[FairfieldLife] Re: Posting for Brian

2010-08-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, drpetersutphen drpetersutphen@ wrote: I missed this post. And apparently didn't read it when you did see it. Every one of the commenters Brian quotes--and Brian

[FairfieldLife] Re: Posting for Brian

2010-08-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip I was NOT arguing that the project showed anything hopeful. I don't believe that even if the ME exists, it could ever be demonstrated scientifically. My point was that Peter declared the methodology flawed *without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Anti-Authoritarian variety), plus Something Darker?

2010-07-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: I will have to check the Florida laws, but I believe that the term counselor and therapist are too generic to be legal terms. However, I know Florida is quite strict on anyone using terms with any intent to deceive the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Anti-Authoritarian variety), plus Something Darker?

2010-07-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Any psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, etc., would never truly make a serious diagnosis of someones alleged psychopathology through inspecting said persons internet posts. You could certainly have your suspicions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Anti-Authoritarian variety), plus Something Darker?

2010-07-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
Dear Fairfield Lifers, I'm a professional (Ph.D.) therapist . . . snip Dr. Michael Dean Goodman 561-350-3930 • michaeldeangood...@... ../../../../post?postID=ZLs7dBjEIhtnesj4xFnKSJ6urWs-KwlFmulGzbF-FLzEbtu\ O0eGci7eErmFSN5eWbdqEgAebCJ231Xmtk-LuQ_yJ99shpA Offices in West Palm Beach Boca Raton,

[FairfieldLife] Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://home.comcast.net/~dchapman2146/pf_v3n3/NeuroWeird.htm I am willing to grant that [transcendent experiences] feel real, but that comes back to the question: 'Why does anything feel real?' said Beyerstein. 'It is because your brain creates a model of what feels real.' Our brain

[FairfieldLife] Re: M U M students to become Teachers of T M

2010-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Feb 4, 2010, at 5:50 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Global demand for Transcendental Meditation Teachers has been rising rapidly, as a result of programmes in many countries in which large numbers of school

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hands on with the iPad

2010-02-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
I am thinking about the iPad as it would be incredibly convenient for travel. Currently I use a Blackberry Storm (like an iphone) as I am a verizon user. The data cost for the Blackberry I believe will be the same as the iPad, IIRC. The Blackberry is handy as I always can get my email and some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hands on with the iPad

2010-02-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Free Library includes new books for Kindle http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page This is a good way to get old classics, or anything where the copyright is expired. There is lots of free stuff for the Kindle. My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: OMG! A year ago, despite my man heresies, I saw nothing wrong with this. Of course Maharishi's every message, the TMO's every message made perfect sense, even if I couldn't find the sense in it. I was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: May I ask, how did you happen to disengage? I sometimes wonder how likely it is for a long term true believer to give it up and lose

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: OMG!  A year ago, despite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: snip Usually, from my experiences meeting virtually thousands of people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: You're also interpreting disciplined (as opposed to undisciplined) to mean something considerably more strenuous than simply healthy living. You must be bored, making hay out of nothing. You are interpreting what Nabby

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Doug dhamiltony...@... wrote: I sometimes wonder how likely it is for a long term true believer to give it up and lose faith. And whether it simply is a drifting away or a more sudden aha moment. Usually, from my experiences meeting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:11 AM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: SNIP Two songs come

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Ruth, If I could interject on an interesting topic for me... According to professionals in the field of leaving such groups the vast majority drift away and dilute the belief system with other beliefs.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: I have many friends who ran for the Natural Law Party, who follow every bit of Maharishi Joytish, Maharishi Ayurveda, MVVT,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Well, yes, I do know what Nabby meant, and so do you, because he went on to explain it (and you responded to that post, so I know you read it): Or eating a huge meal minutes before you meditate. The outer pressures from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Vote for Consciousness-Based Education at Change.org

2010-01-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:04 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: You may not answer me because you don't give a shit, but what is nice about your program and what nice things do you

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-25 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Where ? In a supposedly genuine mail published on FFL by our

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 no_reply@ wrote: snip Well King Tony has a nice condo in Paris paid for out of movement funds Do we know that it's paid for out of movement funds? Didn't he get his

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 no_reply@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:43 AM, tartbrain wrote: Could be. But that would discredit the PR wing of the TMO The TMO has a PR wing? Oh. Sal Kind of like Sinn Fein to the IRA.

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: Where ? In a supposedly genuine mail published on FFL by our own dear truth-seeking Rick Archer ? Nabby, I know that you might not care, but do you believe that Nader is married with children?

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: snip Haiglin said he was surprised -- the us raja, presumably in the inner of innermost circles -- had no idea Tony was missing for 8 years. Just to

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: Are your series of Duh's really called for? Seems a rather rude and egotistical contribution. Uh huh. If you spend some time here you will see that this is the way she interacts with others. Nice to meet you

[FairfieldLife] Re: More on Raja Ram

2010-01-23 Thread ruthsimplicity
snip Raja John said he thought RR is as deeply steeped in silence as any Purusha and maintains what could be called an ideal Purusha program and routine. Okay. The ideal Purusha program allows you to have a wife and kids upstairs. Hear that guys? You have permission to get married and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharaja with children is a shock?

2010-01-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
Well this is fun. If the rumor is true it could explain why Tony is ruling from silence. He never has been a front man and he can continue to be the silent king living a nice little bucolic family life out of the public eye. Hope it is true as it is fun to watch the dissonance be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Persinger discovers telepathic link

2009-12-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Hugo wrote: Fascinating interview, I hope Persinger is onto something here. But if he uncovers too much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers are supposed to die for their country, not live in it

2009-11-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Hospitals so degrading and poorly run that the definition of the group researched in this study was Veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 who were uninsured in 2008. Veterans were only classified as uninsured if they

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just as a question, how exactly *does* one control

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
Some comments on this thread and recent TM research: --If in fact different TM mantras have different effects on BP (which I personally do not believe) it is at least possible that mantras were not chosen correctly when chosen based on age and sex, rather than whether you were a kapha type or

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Just as a question, how exactly *does* one control for placebo? I'm honestly curious. Not easy in this kind of research, but you need to at least give the control group some kind of technique that could lead to similar

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Just as a question, how exactly *does* one control for placebo? I'm honestly curious. Not easy in this kind of research, but you need to at least give the control group some kind of technique that could lead to similar

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just as a question, how exactly *does* one control for placebo? I'm honestly curious. Not easy in this kind of research, but you need

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Blood Pressure

2009-11-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: snip Expanding a bit, the placebo effect to the lay person seems to have a negative connotation. In fact, the power of placebo has some interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to leave a cult with style

2009-10-30 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: [snip] Or perhaps the former TMers here have lost all faith in TM being able to deliver on its claims? [snip] Seeing as TM and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Enlightenment Process AS Moodmaking

2009-10-30 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Recent discussions initiated by Hugo (richardhughes) on this forum about suggestibility and whether reading a description of higher states of consciousness can pre- dispose a person to imagine or, in fact, *experience*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape

2009-10-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Thanks for posting, Ruth. It's great to get a perspective from someone who knows what they're talking about. Sometimes I wonder about Harry Reid's commitment to a robust public option. Why is it so important for him to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape

2009-10-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: If you object to reports, maybe you should do a fact-check: You're funny. Health care reform is what I do full time these days. BTW, I am not on a group plan, I have private insurance.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape

2009-10-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Given your proximity to the issue and your calling in this regard, Ruth, I'd really love to hear what you have to say about the whole scene that's been going down in the US over health care reform. I would completely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape

2009-10-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: John wrote: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape Forty-four percent (44%) of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting MUM Developments

2009-10-12 Thread ruthsimplicity
I am just stopping in for a quick visit, after Vaj let me know about this development. I note the number of suck it up posts. I wouldn't be surprised if that was what had been done for years by the disenchanted. Now the student population has changed. Too many students no longer care about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation: The Dark Side

2009-08-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: snip As Eigen says: ³Jessie needed simple human contact, not Enlightenment.² snip Although Wilber thinks people can through meditation reach elevated states of consciousness that can help them become more mature, he says

[FairfieldLife] Re: Death Panels Dropped?

2009-08-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Ruth, hats off to you for doing yeowoman's work on health care. I understand you have a nursing background, how did you get involved lobbying and what is GBO? snip Sorry, I had a typo, it is the CBO, the congressional

[FairfieldLife] Re: Death Panels Dropped?

2009-08-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: The Senate Finance Committee will drop a controversial provision on consultations for end-of-life care from its proposed healthcare bill, its top Republican member said Thursday. The committee, which has worked on

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Transcendental Meditation deniers

2009-08-08 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 7, 2009, at 9:23 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Om, the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Go Ahead And Die! (Pirates Of The Health Care-ibean)

2009-08-08 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: do.rflex wrote: Go Ahead And Die! So, there's going to be a panel that decides who lives and who dies. Some will get their meds cut, others will be told to just go and die. And they call that a care plan? Get a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin: Feminist Receptacle for Hate

2009-07-07 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long-Term TMers Watch List, revised

2009-06-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long-Term TMers Watch List, revised

2009-06-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Good point Ruth. However, I hope you do not miss the reason I posted such a list was to point out the absurdity of posting lists. Yup! Though I do find it interesting to know who are TM practioners, who practice the

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Michael Jackson?

2009-06-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Whatever did happen to Michael Jackson, here's a video reminder of the person he was underneath all the glitz and neuroses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5O61yKkdr4 This was shot for a Pepsi commercial in 1992. Kudos

[FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra's tribute to Michael Jackson

2009-06-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: But what I find more interesting is the enduring hatred that long-term TMers seem to aim at him. Whatever they claim on the surface, the bottom line of it always has struck me as them being *jealous* of him for *making*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call your Congress Critters for Public Option Health Care

2009-06-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Today I contacted Dave Lobesack's office in D.C. and suggested that Dave make a statement of support on his website for the public option in the health care reform bill. I'll be watching. I am on the Central Committee

[FairfieldLife] Re: Health Care Reform?

2009-06-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: One of my law partners asked me yesterday which of the Democrats' current initiatives is worse, the tax on carbon or the health care public option, otherwise known as socialized medicine. I replied unhesitatingly that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Half Measures Doom Health Care Reform

2009-06-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: ...Barack [Obama]...searches for common ground where none exists, and...negotiations with himself lead to policies that are far too weak... The point is that if you're making big policy changes, the final form of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Government Ran Health Care?

2009-06-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: It's really exciting giving up health choice to these corrupt? politicians and their bureacratic drones. Can't wait to become a total ward and meat-puppet of the State. Read more: 'What if Government Ran Health Care?'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Epilogue

2009-06-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: While sitting with Maharishi in 1975, someone asked, What did Guru Dev actually do? Maharishi was quiet for a moment and then said softly and with the simplicity of a child, He made me. Rank 10 on the 1 to 10

[FairfieldLife] To hell with group consciousness (Re: What happened to Michael Jackson?)

2009-06-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: If Obama fails on single payer, my first thought about him from then on will be that he's a house N-word, bought and paid for. He'll have denial-ability in that we don't gots the votes, blame the Repugs, but, right now, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Healthcare industry spending $1.4 million - a day - on lobbyists

2009-06-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: The healthcare industry is spending upwards of $1.4 million each day on average to lobby members of Congress on health care legislation, a report issued by Common Cause this week reveals. Industry spending has nearly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another A-B comparison...one that makes the TMO look better

2009-06-23 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Folks on this list get a little...overfocused... on TM and the TMO from time to time, to the point of...uh...losing touch with the greater reality of the greater spiritual marketplace. Some rant about the TMO as if it were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get an Ugly Girlfriend

2009-06-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: After years of Americans accepting sexism in their culture, advertisers apparently believe women are so accustomed to sexism, that Bacardi can successfully sell breezers to women by attacking women. The premise is that a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cancer: shock breakthrough

2009-06-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: This is one of the Holy Grails of prostate cancer research. We have been looking for this for years, he said. Don't get too excited yet. This was just a phase II trial of the drug, phase III is still to go with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: More advice, please

2009-06-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: So, as I told you folks a few months ago I am going through a crisis in my life in which I am experiencing a lot of depression and anxiety, the likes of which I've never experienced in my life (at least, since I started

[FairfieldLife] Re: More advice, please

2009-06-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: I would stay away from anything as addictive as xanax supposedly is, and I'm sort of surprised your doctor would even prescribe it. There's got to be other things that would work without such a major side-effect,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sorry to interupt;I have a question-

2009-06-13 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, meowthirteen meowthirt...@... wrote: --- I fell*splat* on my left knee then, shortly thereafter, I *splat!* fell on my right knee bruising right knee looked, felt worse. A few days I could do yoga again, but at a weird angle To avoid hurting

[FairfieldLife] Re: My upcoming return to Fairfield - I need your help please - (formating corrected)

2009-06-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
Micheal, the internet is your friend. For example, this website give a lot of information on housing options for meditators in Fairfield: http://invincibleamerica.org/info.html You might also look at the website for the local paper and post classified ads for what you are looking for:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis

2009-06-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize

[FairfieldLife] Re: Adept TM'ers

2009-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: The TM technique can (or could at the time) claim uniqueness as being: ... * Not a skill i.e. something that you develop and get better at, as in, for example, learning a musical instrument. In theory you can't

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.

2009-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: We have EEG evidence of Samadhi in Patanjali yogins, so we know what it looks like. If you can't replicate those findings in students, I would hope that

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.

2009-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't believe any of them consider these TM-induced apneas significant... There is no medical evidence of a sleep apnea induced by TM practice. In most cases, TM doesn't cause sleeping, but a

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.

2009-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:33 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: We have correlated physiological markers to specific described experiences that occur in more than one person. We do not know if the same markers might occur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Adept TM'ers

2009-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: The TM technique can (or could at the time) claim uniqueness as being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: It's just a ride wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: On Fri, Jun 5

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. Ruth, You being a nurse and all, I'm hesitant to smack at the health industry lest I besmirch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: ruthsimplicity wrote: I would describe the relationship between docs and insurers as almost adversarial, hardly in cahoots. Ruth, You being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Private insurers necessarily waste health dollars on things that have nothing to do with care: overhead, underwriting, billing, sales

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Rid of the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry

2009-06-05 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Crop Circle at Knoll Down, nr Beckhampton, Wiltshire. Reported 1st June

2009-06-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: We've had a good bit of discussion here before, if you want to check the archives. It does seem to make some people very nervous, judging from the near- hysterical tone of their skepticism. I think this is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to show I'm not the only one to comment on her photos...

2009-06-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I ask you...is there an appreciable difference between the two photos? Of course. One is making a face, the other is smiling. What is the purpose of your post? Nothing good that I can see. If you feel that there is,

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-30 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: My own pet theory is that MMY knew the feds were a-comin' for him, so he made himself sick unto death using his yogic control over his body, and had himself flown to ENgland to get away from the Indian legal system.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ayurvedic recipes

2009-05-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Vaj in his most foolish mode. Maharishi's teaching is perpeuating Maitreyas ideas. Have some licorice and cardamom, hon.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The purpose of marriage - liberation

2009-05-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Maharishi on marriage - Married life is the structure of bondage for liberation. The ideal of married life is that the two bind themselves into the desires of the other. One willingly takes upon himself to work for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: New to this group?

2009-05-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: How bout u? U a practicing meditator, of some kind too? Just wondering, JGD, -D in FF No longer in the sit and think a mantra sense. My meditations occur with running and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj ...

2009-05-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ben brbenjaminass...@... wrote: ? I'm new here how is Vaj and naughty boy? He isn't a naughty boy. He has a different point of view from most here, a former TMer yet still interested in things spiritual and mystical. He gets ragged on quite a bit

[FairfieldLife] Re: New to this group?

2009-05-17 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: Dear Ruth; How bout u? U a practicing meditator, of some kind too? Just wondering, JGD, -D in FF No longer in the sit and think a mantra sense. My meditations occur with running and swimming and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fruit Diet

2009-05-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: off_world_beings wrote: 3 months fruit diet will cure 99% of all cancers. 3 weeks fruit diet will cure

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Meals of King Tony Nader

2009-05-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@... wrote: I know it is very weak evidence, but when I see him on M Channel, I see a man who feels out of place and unhappy. Even though his theories are complete bunk he is actually quite a nice guy. If he did feel

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Meals of King Tony Nader

2009-05-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: --- On Fri, 5/15/09, guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@... wrote: snip Getting excited by this kind of thing is the equivalent of people getting excited by images of Jesus in a slice of toast or the Virgin Mary in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Meals of King Tony Nader

2009-05-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man! Bake me a cake as fast as you can! Pat it and prick it and mark it with P! Bake it in the oven for baby and me! This rime is usually accompanied (even to-day in the nursery) with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sildenafil and prevention of wilting?

2009-05-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 15, 2009, at 8:48 AM, cardemaister wrote: Wiki: Prevention of plant wilting A low-concentration solution of sildenafil in water significantly prolongs the time before cut flowers wilt; one experiment

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL -- the blockbuster movie

2009-05-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Ruth, just think of the programing possibilities for a romp in the hay. Just flip a switch to revv him up or shut him down. User friendly and definitely not dead. http://tinyurl.com/otl4v3

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL -- the blockbuster movie

2009-05-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Spaced-out... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Fairfield Life. Its endless mission: to explore unbounded banality; to seek out dead horses to beat; angels to dance on heads of pins; to boldly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mark Meredith dies

2009-05-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of feste37 Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:49 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Mark Meredith dies

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mark Meredith dies

2009-05-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: You're kidding. That's a real shame... I never even connected the two. The mold caused an infection so bad even antibiotics didn't help? Î Sal Mold is a fungus and can cause fungal infections in the lungs that

[FairfieldLife] Re: New to this group?

2009-05-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukr...@... wrote: If you are new to this group might not immediately realize that there are individuals posting here with personal and or idealogical vendettas against the TM technique , Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Holy Tradition. They are

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'There's nothing to Fear, but Cheney Himself'

2009-05-13 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip HUMANS do stupid shit. That does not mean that they are incapable of doing smart shit, or even the occasional good shit. I'd be willing to bet that Adolf Hitler did one or two good things in his life. Can you concede

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: YOU make up your own mind ! -- The statement,people become lik...

2009-05-12 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote:    Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author of the Malignant Self Love believes  Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist.  Vaknin is a world authority on narcissism.  He understands narcissism and describes the inner mind of a

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