[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: Not to the argument I'm making, which is about double standards. I am not the policewoman of the board. I know that Turq treats you terribly

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Well, not everyone accepts the universal being schtick that is basically

[FairfieldLife] Re: Visions during TM-sessions: blue sun?

2009-03-12 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: During the first years of my doing TM I often saw a blue sun somewhat like this: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/166805main_image_feature_736_ys_full.jpg As I recall it, the color was more even, and the sun had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Thank you for your cooperation. Comparing insane people to bats is really unfair to bats. Increasingly rabies is transmitted by bats and most people who get rabies in the US got it from a bat bite that most didn't even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Christian Science Monitor: The Coming Evangelical Collapse

2009-03-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: This is IMO a thoughtful article by a thoughtful person, but one who has completely missed the real reason why evangelical Christianity is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I withdraw my previous rant. Oh, and I didn't mention the shit problem, where the bat guano can hold the spores of histoplasma capsulatum and give you a potentially life threatenting lung disease, histoplasmosis. Another

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Thank you for your cooperation. Comparing insane people to bats is really unfair

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I am not so fond of bats. Bats are a big tourist thing where

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bat-Shit Insane -- A Generalized Rant About Language

2009-03-11 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, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: Beyond Stem Cells: Obama Overturns Bush War On Science

2009-03-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: snip Promoting science isn't just about providing resources, it is also about protecting free and open inquiry, Obama said. It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Needs Your Help

2009-03-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: -- Keith DeBoer 719-439-9128 Mobile and Voice Mail 641-469-6028 Office (no voice mail) Who is this guy? I really tire of the demonizing and belittling of Knapp.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Needs Your Help

2009-03-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: It's like the self-pity version of junk food. The more they read, the more they want to read, because it makes them feel so persecuted, and thus so important. It's like the cultist's version of Descartes: I am

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Needs Your Help

2009-03-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
Mind Reading, a snip Poem Ruth is afraid how insecure she'd much rather makes her feel better her own sour and significantly ignorant view She's just the kind of person :)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-03-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Would ya'll be willing to grant Kirk a one-time pardon for overposting, rather than our having to boot him for a week? He's been going through some tough stuff and could probably use our continued camaraderie and feedback. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: Zoloft

2009-03-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernhardt@ wrote: Anyone here take it - know how it works with meditation. Is it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Zoloft

2009-03-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukr...@... wrote: http://www.tibetanherbs.com/happinesssupport.html -very good,safe and vegetarian formulas also you can use Blissful Joy from MAPI 2x2 if you are depressed, and the aroma too is good if you can afford as well Kirk has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coming to Fairfield, seek to learn.

2009-03-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike m...@... wrote: Hi Everyone, I've recently come to the thought that I want to come study at MUM and an the process of researching the Fairfield area, luckily came to this thriving chat list. It would seem that many, if not most, of the people

[FairfieldLife] Re: THE NEWBIE QUESTION LIST

2009-03-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: If you're new here, tell us about yourself, and then post this with a new title that includes your name: THE NEWBIE QUESTION LIST: your name here Not new, but the thread is interesting so I will respond. 1. In which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Zoloft

2009-03-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: You may wish to explore Wellbutrin or its cheaper generic Bupropion. It helps maintain required levels of three neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine as well as, though less so, of seretonin. Doesn't have the

[FairfieldLife] Re: vedic democracy - a contradiction?

2009-02-28 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:50 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: Well, I don't want to make my BD pubic Freudian slip, Ruth? Considering some of the posts lately, it makes a lot of sense. Sal God, I make that typo all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: the Six figures ain't rich by today's standardsunless you mean SEVEN figures

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's rather cryptic answer

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: IIRC, MMY's take was slightly different: you do the best you can in the most ethical/moral way, and if someone suffers for your actions in a way that you can't have possibly predicted, then its their karma working itself out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's rather cryptic answer

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
I tend to think charisma and shakti are as much in the observer and what the observer is looking for as in the person who apparently is projecting the force. Some people were extremely taken with MMY and his shakti. Others were not. I was always rather put off by his giggling, it sounded like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's rather cryptic answer

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: PLUS probably another dozen things that I am unaware of. In other words, it's still a mystery... Something of a mystery, but there are many factors you can often point to that can work together to create the buzz. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: URL for the IA Dome Numbers Please

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hope. Change. Believe. Sacrifice. Coming Together. l.shad...@... wrote: Could someone please repost the URL for the Dome numbers? http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth eclipses the sun

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I'm not up on optics, but I believe that if the Moon covers the Sun from an earthly POV, then the Earth MUST cover the Sun from a lunar POV. So you can't have one, but must have two equal POVs, so then that would mean it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: vedic democracy - a contradiction?

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk claudi...@... wrote: One aspect of MMY's teachings that seems hopelessly unenlightened to me was his take on democracy, which he saw as socially devisive and irresponsible. For instance he talked disparangely about the Labour Party in the UK,

[FairfieldLife] Re: vedic democracy - a contradiction?

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Feb 27, 2009, at 5:51 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: You can make a case for anything. The question is whether it makes sense. I seriously doubt that the vedas and democracy are compatible. Let's not go backwards. I do

[FairfieldLife] Re: vedic democracy - a contradiction?

2009-02-27 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hope. Change. Believe. Sacrifice. Coming Together. l.shad...@... wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:51 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Now does anyone here really believe that Jyotish can tell you what your place is in the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's rather cryptic answer

2009-02-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, uns_tressor uns_tressor@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: the Anyone here think they could live in FF for even a year and be a rich TB? How rich? I know one person who lives in FF in a trailer in Utopia Park and has at least a six figure net worth. He keeps his mouth shut.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_li...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:42 AM, boo_lives wrote: People I know who see auras all say that anti-depressants are about the worst drug to take, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are you getting your B-12 from as a vegetarian?

2009-02-23 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Where are you getting your B-12 from as a vegetarian? Anybody know? OffWorld Dairy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any one know how to reacdh my lost friend Dr. Robert David

2009-02-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wle...@... wrote: He is am medical Doctor used to for a time live in Utopia Park, is a Sidha. He also worked in or at an HIV clinic in Florida as I recall. I do not believe he ever attended MIU or MUM. Thanks in advance for any means of contact

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any one know how to reacdh my lost friend Dr. Robert David

2009-02-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: He is am medical Doctor used to for a time live in Utopia Park, is a Sidha. He also worked in or at an HIV clinic in Florida as I recall. I do not believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any one know how to reacdh my lost friend Dr. Robert David

2009-02-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: He is am medical Doctor used to for a time live in Utopia Park, is a Sidha. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any one know how to reacdh my lost friend Dr. Robert David

2009-02-22 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Feb 22, 2009, at 10:56 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: Investigators from the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Units in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami arrested Lawrence and Debbie Boudreaux, co-owners

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Someone could put together such a book just from all the material posted on FFL. And certainly our combined experience with him could result in such a book. Yup! Turq could gather the materials and write it and Judy could

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:16 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: Doesn't MMY need to be enlightened under TM theory? How else could he rediscover what he claimed were lost mediation techniques? I think it's understood by most reasonable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: And to hear apologists for the the caste system in the movement is a real disgrace to the progressive values of the best thinkers of our generation. (Oops I was one of THEM!) My TB friends every once in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-20 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM, bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Smoking pot makes ya lazy and stupid, that's why society has enacted

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote: So, I have anger at MMY and the TMO for fucking with the minds of my friends. I have anger that the MMY was a guru to those close to him but left all the rank and file to deal with their own problems, like unstressing,

[FairfieldLife] For Shemp

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPcJyypUKceurl=http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/ers-getting-screwed-42571.html http://tinyurl.com/bwmgn4

[FairfieldLife] Rant for Shemp

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPcJyypUKc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: So, it's all about Jim. I like Jim. Enlightened Dawn, if you are Jim, I am glad you came back. I couldn't stay away either. Be cool. Keep in mind what Kirk said try not to bait or be baited. I am going to give

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Most of the people who use other screen names that I interact with here have connected with me through email, so I know I am dealing with a real person. I appreciate that. We are dealing with very personal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ Because the topics here are very personal, I can understand if someone wants to try a new identity. Especially if they felt they were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: i think Vaj was hoping that he could be our resident and pet Dalai Lama, dispensing wisdom, and clearing the haze of ignorance from our eyes. I doubt it. He like others shares his point of view. You strongly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
. But hey, I said that a very long time ago and I don't remember why you made me say something like that ! Things change you know, and I'm sure your friends are happy to be a friend with you ! Why thank you Nabby!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The TM mythos is filled with the tacit implication or even insistence that MMY was fully enlightened. In fact during his death ceremonies they kept repeating that he wasn't just enlightened, but the most enlightened

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-19 Thread ruthsimplicity
From Vaj via email, as his post apparently didn't go through: On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:16 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The TM mythos is filled with the tacit implication or even insistence that MMY was fully enlightened. In fact

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_li...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernhardt@ wrote: Fact is, none of us experience what Maharishi priomised. Not a single lift-off

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-18 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote: Fact is, none of us experience what Maharishi priomised. Not a single lift-off ever in TMO. I know the two sons of a TM teacher and they lost respect for their own father for his believing, nay, not only beliving, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

2009-02-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: snip Popper was adamant about the fallacy of induction -- that we cannot prove anything is true -- only that we can prove things to be false. And that new theories may replace old ones because they reveal cases where the old

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

2009-02-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: You can't count on the black swan. :) Actually the unexpected is the only thing we can expect with certainty. Yeah, but the totally unexpected only shows up when totally unexpected and then it isn't what you would

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Re: [Fairfield_Community_Kiosk] Ringo will appear at the concert

2009-02-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I mean, this is a 63-year-old man promoting a concert that features an almost 67-year-old singer and an almost 69-year-old drummer. And the people getting all excited about it are in the same age range. I'm going

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Feb 14, 2009, at 8:06 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: In TM research there is a prevalence of small, nearly insignificant results. This is ripe

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: You asked if I was someone named Tim Guy posting to Space City Skeptics, claiming that

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
One thing I have learned by this little exchange and others is that apparently it is fine with the culture here to dis someone in public based on a personal message. Okie dokie.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: [...] Pardon me. You both appear to have some insider knowledge about some studies and both have made similar arguments. So I was curious if you were

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: You asked if I was someone named Tim Guy posting to Space City Skeptics, claiming that

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: One thing I have learned by this little exchange and others is that apparently it is fine with the culture here to dis someone in public based

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Well, privledged email information slipping out again but its obvious from the fact that 20 years research was ignored that they don't have a theoretical framework to put it in, or are you seriously suggesting that every

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Feb 14, 2009, at 6:00 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: No point in us arguing this. We disagree as to their conclusions. Apparently you can't believe that they have the background to conclude that the studies they excluded

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Rather than abolish NCCAM, why not require it to have more stringent peer review? L Peer review alone is not going to cut it. Instead, far more rigorous methodologies have to be required before funding. Interestingly,

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Feb 14, 2009, at 7:15 PM, sparaig wrote: Interesting because one of the researchers is probably the most qualified man in the world to comment on EEG, having been the section editor of the state of the art work on Human

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: I read a study recently about the more expertise a person has in a certain area, the more likely that person will see a pattern in their area

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Gwad, Ruth...

2009-02-14 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Feb 14, 2009, at 7:15 PM, sparaig wrote: Interesting because one of the researchers is probably the most qualified man in the world to comment on

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-13 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: ---Yes, Vaj seems to be suffering from some type of mental aberration, at least in the sense of some engrams from the past forcing him into this bizarre behavior. I can see people dissing MMY, TM, etc; a few times, but I

[FairfieldLife] Why are you here?

2009-02-13 Thread ruthsimplicity
Every once in a while someone questions another person's motivations for hanging out on FFL. I am curious. Why are you here? What do you get out of this place?

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-12 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: IBiological Psychology Volume 61, Issue 3, November 2002, Pages 293-319 Patterns of EEG coherence, power, and contingent negative variation characterize the integration of transcendental and waking states Travis,

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-12 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Let me jump into this attachment discussion. I'd like

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:22 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-11 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Feb 11

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Me: I am trying to figure out why they made such a big deal out of something that seems obvious to me. Judy Maybe it's because

[FairfieldLife] Re: Grist for the Rumor Mill

2009-02-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher bhrma@ wrote: Could be all that healthy vegetarian dietary regiment these people have used over the last 30 years, along with tons of white sugar. Sooner or later,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Grist for the Rumor Mill

2009-02-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: There's also this Indian belief that ghee one of the most valuable things on earth. Ghee is of course good for you. Except there are loads of ex-pat Indians from the West Indies to the US who have bad heart problems

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Let me jump into this attachment discussion. I'd like to argue that you don't know what attachment is until you experience pure consciousness while the mind functions. Any attempt to become unattached through the mind is

[FairfieldLife] Re: How the Brain Creates God

2009-02-08 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: How the Brain Creates God

2009-02-08 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... How can you forget Darwin and his day if you visit FFL? The gene pool is so shallow here it's a wonder you don't scrape bottom. I am not regular in my visits, as I am not regular in my meditations. :)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are There Prerequisites for Advaita?

2009-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry inmadi...@... wrote: I've got a brother-in-law who has a heart attack, dragged half dead to the hospital, cut open from bow to stern . . . and he walked out of that hospital an advaita thru and thru. He's never heard of the concept, or come

[FairfieldLife] Re: Atheism

2009-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho arhatafreespe...@... wrote: An atheist is more that a non believer in god.   http://www.atheists .org/Atheism/ http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/ That is why I said you cannot be a TMist and an atheist.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Finances

2009-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
Hard to tell much from the 990s. I just recently looked at the David Lynch Foundation 990 for tax year 2006, the most recent. It had 2.4 million in revenues and spent about 1.3 million on programs. Not much went out in director compensation. None to Lynch.

[FairfieldLife] Re: About Kirk

2009-02-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
Given the way people treat each other on this forum and the fact that people distort what others say, I could not imagine using my own name here. There should be a warning on this site that people feel free to libel one another and defame their businesses. Kirk, where are you working? PM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Name Game (was: new books on Maharishi ???)

2009-02-03 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: And, just to end on a light note, may I express my appreciation for one of our new members' ID and screen name -- ysoy10li. Yes. But very soon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

2009-02-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: When the ultra-rich buy their yachts etc., what needs are they fulfilling? Whatever and however you describe those needs, it will be seen that Maharishi's lifestyle fulfilled exactly those needs for his ego. snip Sorry,

[FairfieldLife] Re: new books on Maharishi ???

2009-02-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Feb 2, 2009, at 2:13 AM, sparaig wrote: Median income for physics PHD with 20+ years of experience: $125,000 ANd Hagelin isn't any old median physicist, despite what people here like to pretend. He's been out

[FairfieldLife] Re: new books on Maharishi ???

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: My suspicion is that those who believe that Maharishi couldn't possibly have fucked around believe this because they believe he was enlightened and if the rumor were true, that would upset their definition of what

[FairfieldLife] Re: fluoride in water

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe Smith msilver1...@... wrote: Anyone have any opinions on fluoride in the drinking water, it's benefits and health problems.Does Vedic City fluoridate it's water as well as MUM? My opinion is that it is fine and does much to strengthen tooth enamel

[FairfieldLife] Re: new books on Maharishi ???

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: -that- is your standard, that something has been published in newspapers?? unbelievable...and what about all of those health benefits of TM that i have read published in newspapers? sorry, that just doesn't cut

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: A woman may appear more attractive sexuality because she pushes more buttons of a sexual nature, pretty simple. The buttons she has learned to push are designed to obtain your/and others attention for her sometimes egotistical

[FairfieldLife] Re: new books on Maharishi ???

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: and we have those, like me, and i suspect the majority of those who practice TM, who just don't know, and until something is proved one way or another, don't care- unlike the Maharishi bashers who are content to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Power Of Attraction

2009-02-01 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: If someone can push it out -- and mesmerize us a bit, whether its our gender of choice, teachers or politicians (actors and great performances is another phenomenon that comes to mind -- as well as musicians -- I mean the

[FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: Funny recap! I am afraid my last question might have been lost in the snark. I really am interested in what specific results you

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Me, EnlightenDawn and Raunch sit around, smoking grasshopper weed and engage in mental tantric practices between the domes. Oh, by the way, many years

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: spawning? -- racist remark or insensitive gaff? Edg Frankly, I don't know which. My reaction to a 15 year old girl having a baby

[FairfieldLife] Re: A reply to Vaj about Mantras, Religion, etc.

2009-01-28 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: So, what specifically did MMY say concerning the vibration of the mantras? that they were life supporting is about all i recall. that by repeating the mantra silently like any other thought, the mind

[FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-28 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: various manifestations of the sidhis themselves. they produced

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