Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo: ShShRSh!

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Wait, is that a Kardashian or one of the Jenners? I can never keep them straight. All those Hindus look alike, right? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : No, just narcissists who commoditize

Re: [FairfieldLife] ! Celebrating a 14th year of FairfieldLife, FFL !

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/21/2014 5:44 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Writers have come and gone, a lot has happened in 13 years, and some things have not changed. What happened? I tried to get in touch with you back in 2002 and I got no response. Go figure. Subject: A Total Knowledge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Interesting -- and compassionate -- article about narcissism

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
...we get all dressed up in our tutus and there's Willy the War Monger pepper-spraying anyone who's even tapping a toe to the music. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/297781 /According to what I've read, a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Use a Siddhi to Subdue an Intruder

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/20/2014 1:29 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Although he knows kung fu, Keanu Reeves merely talked to an intruder in his house to subdue her as he called 911 for help. He may not know it, but he definitely has a siddhi to influence people in very trying circumstances.

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Use a Siddhi to Subdue an Intruder

2014-09-21 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Richard, good insight, thanks. Do you and Rita practice any form of physical self defense? We have both taken numerous self-defense training courses over the years. According to my martial arts teacher, We have a way of not

Re: [FairfieldLife] ! Celebrating a 14th year of FairfieldLife, FFL !

2014-09-21 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tobywaka@... wrote : #nephalim Toby Walker http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=Toby+Walkerl=fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=Toby+Walkerl=fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com Toby Walker

[FairfieldLife] Re: ! Celebrating a 14th year of FairfieldLife, FFL !

2014-09-21 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : I'd Like this, except that some of the things that haven't changed in all that time are minds. :-) From:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo: ShShRSh!

2014-09-20 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : Wait, is that a Kardashian or one of the Jenners? I can never keep them straight. All those Hindus look alike, right? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : Sri Sri Ravi Shankar On Fri, Sep

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stripping the Gurus

2014-09-20 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*You are supposed to read the messages BEFORE you post redundant messages, Barry. Think.* Vaj Mon, 11 April 2005 Stripping the Gurus http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg03870.html On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 4:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Cultish, Cultish.

2014-09-20 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It must be a slow news day - almost all of these MMY stories today have already been posted on FFL. YOU WILL NEVER BAKE BREAD ON THE MUM CAMPUS AGAIN! On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: When you read

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo: ShShRSh!

2014-09-20 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : Wait, is that a Kardashian or one of the Jenners? I can never keep them straight. All those Hindus look alike, right? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:52 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: For me, sitting with eyes closed is too much an indulgence in some way, too self centered. Take the awareness out there and take a chance, even if it means you fall on your face or

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Vipassana or mindlullness is simple concentration on the breath with the goal of calming the mind. The problem is the will-to-believe: if you don't believe in the enlightenment tradition, you might as well take a nap on the bed, and just try to relax and count sheep. When you take

[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote : I agree that ranking 'levels of enlightenment' is bogus. I wonder where he got that idea from? The propensity for numbers is one of the hallmarks of Indian philosophy. One of the oldest Indian doctrines is the Samkhya on which is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Spiritual Seeking

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:11 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: When you think about it isn't all spiritual seeking a lot like those bumper stickers that start I'd rather be... *So, you don't have all the answers.* Wherever

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thoughts

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : *When you agree to meet up for a drink and the person you are meeting doesn't look anything like their profile picture, then THEY have to pay for the drink.* - Michael Strahan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:54 AM, danfriedman2002

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
The section about the relationship with the brain and the concept of self is a fantastic condensation of neuro-research as it applies to our sense of self. It challenges a lot of preconceptions, although I believe it still falls a bit short of Sam's conclusions from it. The science is still

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The real reason Scots said No to independence

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Being a true conspiracy theorist I was listening to Alex Jones this week and was amused at the kerfuffle between two of his UK guests. One was Scottish John, a country western musician who does a promo for the show and Lord

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thoughts

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*When you agree to meet up for a drink and the person you are meeting doesn't look anything like their profile picture, then THEY have to pay for the drink.* - Michael Strahan On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:54 AM, danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Sir Pudit, Your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Seeking

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It's all about spiritual seeking. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : When you think about it isn't all spiritual seeking a lot like those bumper stickers that start I'd rather be... Wherever they'd rather be whatever they'd rather be driving or sailing or doing or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Syrian Rebels, IS in a Pact

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Syrian Rebels, IS in a Pact

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : H, I may have been mistaken.about who said what.not about who would do what. You've expressed so many war mongering concepts, I'm willing to forgive myself for the --- considering who I think you are in real

[FairfieldLife] Re: The real reason Scots said No to independence

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : It was a trick I tell you, a damnable trick of the Englishters! I was really looking forward to taking my place in the new Scottish gov'ment and putting a stop to TMSP and vastu in the new nation. So, why would anyone be

Re: [FairfieldLife] The TMO

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. -Democritus* On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:3x5 PM, Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://i.imgur.com/rzwt7OB.jpg

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Weekly Fairfieldlife Posting Sprint Race

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:44 PM, dhamiltony wrote: Om, it should be really impressive if the front runners actually posted on spiritual topic related to FFL.-Buck *Om, I've been trying to strike up a conversation with Buck for at least six years on FFL. He doesn't seem to big on dialog

[FairfieldLife] Dream

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/Vo8jvPCyJQo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo: ShShRSh!

2014-09-19 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*Sri Sri Ravi Shankar* On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:24 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: 2014-09-19-387 https://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/15099126827/in/photostream/ [image: image]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: My experiences of higher states of consciousness

2014-09-19 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : Run Forrest, Run! Think, Curtis, think! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dickmays@... wrote : Forwarded from: David Orme-Johnson davidoj@... mailto:davidoj@... Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:36 PM Subject: My

Re: [FairfieldLife] Gee or Yeah?

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:57 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The original Hebraic name of Jesus is yehoshua (~yeah-haw-shoe-ah*; Aramaic: yeshua). We think in most European countries, the spelling of his name is based on the Latin

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM and the Media, was Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:24 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Over that time they got used to seeing things around them that would sent had them running for the exits if they'd been allowed to see them during their first months with

[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-18 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis writes (in part): I figure I am as enlightened as I need to be to pursue my own goals and the self chosen purpose for my life. Hard to get me excited with promises of more inside. Whatever internal state I have seems to do the job nicely, the bigger task of my life is actualizing it

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:38 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: L: Research will furnish answers, I am sure, but in the meantime, anyone who says that TM leads to the same place as mindfulness and concentration is full of it... M: You

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:31 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Nisargadatta died of throat cancer in 1981, probably still believing that he was neither a phenomenon nor subject to any phenomena. You seem to like the fact that he can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Sal

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: So what will the BBC do when Scotland frees itself from being a British slave? *The question should be: What will Scotland do when the welfare money stops coming in

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
a few times and feel the body as a whole. - Close your eyes and relax into thought - don't try to control your thoughts. - Being mindful of each thought - how it arises and it's duration. On Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:47 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:23 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: But my experience with them is similar to what Harris said -- they taught *not* by providing techniques to allow you to sneak up on unbounded, selfless awareness by focusing

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
as it is, and your breath as you find it.* - Sogyal Rinpoche On Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:04 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:36 PM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: There's been a lot of crap spoken today about a popular, well tested and useful form of meditation but not by anyone that has actually tried it. Go figure. Buddhist vipassana is a practice for beginners given out as

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
that meditation is nothing other than getting used to the practice of meditation. As it is said, 'Meditation is not stnving, but naturally becoming assimilated into it.' * On Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:46 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:36 PM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: There's been a lot of crap spoken today about a popular, well tested and useful form of meditation but not by anyone that has actually tried it. Go figure. So far as I can tell the only crap that has been posted

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:51 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: *From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Richard, I'm really glad I practice TM. Mindfulness seems like a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Awareness

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*Nisargadatta Maharaj:* On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Q: Is Awareness aware of itself? M: *No. Awareness, by ItSelf, does not know ItSelf. When consciousness appears, then the witnessing of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Race the Tube

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Fleetwood, THE classic coming of age movie, at least from the female POV, is Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swaze and Jennifer Grey. Also set in Upper NY State. Do you love me,

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

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:30 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Mahesh Yogi was not qualified to provide a commentary on the remainder of the Bhagavad Gita. *The Mahesh Yogi was one of the best scribes in all India, holding a science degree in physics from a major university.

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

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:27 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: But western culture was and still is ignorant of Sanatan Dharma. *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

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

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: I put my time into another commentary I find much more complete and practical, thanks. Most TMers on this list don't even need a commentary on BG anymore, since they already know and understand the most important

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

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 11:41 AM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:42 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: So what you insinuate here is that chapters 7-18 are insignificant and

Re: [FairfieldLife] OK fleet, so I got to reading...

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*Somewhere west of Laramie* On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 5:39 PM, danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: ...the Police Blotter after you pointed out the NYC crime. What do I read but: Classic Jaguar found 46 years after being stolen. Found in California! pulling an rv?

[FairfieldLife] Abacab

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/QbjfesCI254

[FairfieldLife] Remember The Future

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/uCDT0OXoekg

[FairfieldLife] The Old Man Down The Road

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/4Lf0pQoRgFQ

[FairfieldLife] Steam

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/Qt87bLX7m_o

[FairfieldLife] Re: What People Buy

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
We went by this place last night, it was closed so we didn't buy any wine. *Total Wine, San Antonio, Texas* On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: We went by this place yesterday in the mall, but we didn't buy a watch since we already have an Apple

[FairfieldLife] Where We Were

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
We were at this place today: *Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, Texas*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:01 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Do ya get the feeling, Barry's falling into a Sam Harris sez type pattern? Sam Harris has a certain appeal to authority for him - he seems to need that, which would explain why he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:06 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Great find, Geez. It's quite an experience watching this and listening to Maharishi and many people I know personally, just after reading Sam Harris' new book. Bevan's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
:59 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Richard, I like you. So wrt MJ calling Nabby a Nazi, please do not hold your breathe waiting for an apology! On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:42 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mindfulness practice on FFL

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It's not unusual to see someone like Judy or Ann or Jim or Steve or Richard or Nabby or Dan nurse a grudge and hold onto it for YEARS. --- punditster@... wrote : Says the guy who has held a grudge against Judy Stein and Richard Williams for over ten years. Is Barry on some kind of drug

Re: [FairfieldLife] Elsewhere in cult news...

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:14 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I don't know whether anyone here noticed the recent U2 debacle, but it's worth paying attention to. I've liked some of their music and not liked other of their music, just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Transcendentalism: Established in Being, live your life

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:31 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Om, there's a town here full of old meditators who meditate and who don't have a relationship with the TM movement. Lot of meditators would say, Yes I am a meditator but not that.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep, a hack. He came in dismissive and ignorant of the material science and the reality of our spiritual experience underlying. He had a story constructed before he came in. It's called sanity. You should try it sometime, possibly with a side order of respect for real science. On Wed,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Walk in the Sand

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:22 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I strolled in the park this wonderful sunny afternoon towards Ocean Beach. Once I got there, I decided to take my shoes off to walk on the sand and wade through the water's edge to feel

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:11 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: As I mentioned, it becomes a matter of choice. Everything is now visible. It becomes a choice to entertain it or not. Any precepts become silly, like the earlier waking state

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:44 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Oh, MJ, you do make me laugh. It wasn't a hostile interview? Watch it again. You lack perspective. Consider if you were to interview a scientologist, what would you ask them about? A quick google would reveal

Re: [FairfieldLife] my recent media picks

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*Director/musician Robert Rodriguez performs at the after party for the premiere of “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” in San Antonio,Texas * *In the movie world, critics have panned “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” because of its sex, exploitation and effects-driven violence. I loved the movie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:33 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: right Michael, it's the same old, same old from you. you'll probably say it a dozen more times before the day ends. *Obviously he's not keeping up with the conversation. He asked

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM and the Media, was Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*So, you don't want to talk about the Rotherham scandal cover-up. Go figure.* *South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner Shaun Wright, who has resigned over the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA* The Guardian:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:08 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Barry, this is why, if you are so inclined, it is really a good idea to follow Sam Harris's advice and choose a guru carefully. You studied with a teacher, who has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Media, was Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:33 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: They are finally improving, with the current wave of celebrity interest, but the TMO has ALWAYS, imo, been a public relations disaster, hands-down. Maharishi must have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wipe them out (Syrian Rebels, IS in a Pact)

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: John, I'm not sure that jihadists driven to such horrific acts will cave in due to their own vileness. And certainly not in response to the world's censure. They LIVE FOR

Re: [FairfieldLife] Elsewhere in cult news...

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:56 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Personally, I use all the mainstream OSs. My webserver is an iMac. My office desktop is a fanless, completely silent PC running Win 7. My favorite laptop is a 13 aluminum

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Media, was Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yes, I always found the media presentations of the movement made me cringe. A complete lack of awareness of how ordinary people think, totally unslick. *Maybe

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. It sounds so simple that one wonders why Barry doesn't get it, even after reading a Sam Harris book. Go figure. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:47 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: It is an automatic process, Richard. The Self begins to

[FairfieldLife] What People Buy

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
We went by this place yesterday in the mall, but we didn't buy a watch since we already have an Apple watch. *Lee Michaels at North Star Mall, San Antonio*

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:13 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I have been following the excellent comments on this topic with delight. I loved this book, especially where it helped me draw my own belief lines by disagreeing with it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 12:13 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I have been following the excellent comments on this topic with delight. I loved this book, especially where it helped me draw my own belief lines by disagreeing with it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Troops May Be Back in Iraq

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: General Dempsey, the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, said that half of the Iraqi army can't fight. So, it would not be possible to defeat ISIS. The problem is the

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Looks like about a 5 shot Americano rap. Tried a Starbuck's Clover yet? ;-) *Non sequitur.* As you know I would agree with you that ranking spiritual experiences is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: any university that teaches and preaches that Hindu priests can change the world through butter and chanting sacrifices is some sort of science, not to mention the idea

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

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:30 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Mahesh Yogi was not qualified to provide a commentary on the remainder of the Bhagavad Gita. *There was no need to publish a comment on the remaining chapters since MMY had already made clear the keystone in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wipe them out (Syrian Rebels, IS in a Pact)

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
with no fuel or food when your life depends on a Toyota for a runner to get to a market.* On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:31 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Share Long sharelon

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Troops May Be Back in Iraq

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: That's Iraq's problem not ours. *You built it - you own it.* It was a stable before we decided trash the place back 2003. *It was as near a failed state as you can get.*

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

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:42 PM, netineti108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: So what you insinuate here is that chapters 7-18 are insignificant and not worthy of his time. What I am insinuating is that if you don't understand Chapter II verse 45 of BG, and you don't know TM, and you have

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

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Except, as we've heard here many a time, it really wasn't his commentary. He just approved but gave no credit to the scholar who wrote it. Vernon Katz did the

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

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I have seen a couple posts that alluded to this - but I don't know any details, who is it that actually wrote the commentary and why did he or she do it? *If you had

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM and the Media, was Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: hmmm, missed it. sorry. I am really shocked, really surprised, they didn't run your entire 30 minutes on national TV, and hold the rest of the news for another time. After

Re: [FairfieldLife] This just in . . .

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
This message seems like it is prejudiced against Hindus. *The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of gender, political opinion, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: and your TM positive schtick is what, a rut? Or some blissful truth Marshy graciously gave you? Or a rut? *Non sequitur. An inference or conclusion that does not follow

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:07 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I know! It is funny as hell to observe - seems so random, and fulfilling, and mysterious, and utterly mundane, all at the same time. *Karma is never random - it works on all

Re: [FairfieldLife] My take on Waking Up by Sam Harris

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:14 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: ha-ha - caffeined. I agree that the 'levels' thing can be really confusing, but I do like that it shows first the lighting inside, spreading to the outside, then

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rest and Activity

2014-09-17 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: After spending most of the day raking leaves, hauling leaves to the road, putting together my new weed eater and leaf blower, charging the battery, baking cookies,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sam Harris on choosing a guru :-)

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
...he's been exposed to more of them than most people on this forum. *The article Sam Harris wrote was reasonable enough, but the introductory paragraph you wrote sucked. N**obody here claimed to have been exposed to more gurus than Sam Harris.* So how does one of the world's great atheists and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Waking Up - the art of pitching meditation to skeptics

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
You need to get some smarts, Barry - NOBODY on FFL, that has a lick of sense, is going to pay $16.00 for a 256 page book so they can read what Sam Harris says about Buddhist meditation. Only a nerd would do that - because there is nothing new in his book to read - this is some pretty basic stuff.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good quote from Sam Harris' new book passed along from a former FFL poster

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
You just over-intellectualized enlightenment. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but there don't seem to be ANY bliss-ninnies posting to FFL. If you got confused by the Maharishi, who made everything dirt simple, you must be really confused. What could be simpler than go in and meditate and come

Re: [FairfieldLife] thoughts on samskaras and enlightenment - CC to UC

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
fleetwood_macncheese: these mental and emotional patterns, their solidity begins to dissolve, *According to Vaj, seeded meditation does not remove samskaras, let alone strong samskaras; it merely plants nicer seeds to (hopefully) drown out the weeds.*

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Hallowed Hollow Earth and The Transcendental Everywhere

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*This is interesting but maybe not as interesting as the reports of alien abduction. Buck probably had good intentions when he posted this at the crack of dawn, but the whole paragraph is fatally flawed. The word transcendentalism when describing TM is a contradiction in terms: TM is what helps

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Hallowed Hollow Earth and The Transcendental Everywhere

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
You still have not retracted your accusation that an informant on this list is a Nazi. You should do that before posting any more messages. Until you apologize to the group, you will not be taken seriously because of your slandering and lack of ethical or moral standing. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris on choosing a guru :-)

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: those who, while still human, seemed to possess so much compassion and clarity of mind that they were nearly flawless examples of the benefits of spiritual practice

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris on choosing a guru :-)

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:19 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Sage advice. I like the bit about ending WW2 but I always thought it was GuruDev who did that with a yagya? *Everyone knows that Tibetan Buddhists perform yagyas and numerous other rites and ceremonies every

Re: [FairfieldLife] Established in Being, let anger take over

2014-09-16 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:03 AM, geezerfr...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Wait for the MMY interview 30 seconds in. You suck, troll. The narrator suggests that Mahesh believes people can fly. This is, of course, nonsense. Mahesh believes nothing of the

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