Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rum Diary

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, turquoiseb wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Duke Uncle Duke was a caricature of Hunter Thompson in his Fear and Loathing days. One of my favorite strips was when Uncle Duke was ambassador to (Red) China. Duke gave an hours long speech to Chinese polit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: CNN Health: 10 herbs and spices that can help with weight loss

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 11/05/2011 07:32 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/health/gallery/weight-loss-spices-herbs/index.html > &g

Re: [FairfieldLife] CNN Health: 10 herbs and spices that can help with weight loss

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 11/05/2011 07:32 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/health/gallery/weight-loss-spices-herbs/index.html > > > > I fear as usual our resident metabolic typing, supplements as wonder drug > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reality Distortion Field: from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:23 PM, tartbrain wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Jed McKenna, who's books I respect, makes mention of ten year olds in > sixty year old bodies. That is what Haj, as I call him, reminds me of. > > Seeing pilgrimage to Mecca in a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: CNN Health: 10 herbs and spices that can help with weight loss

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/health/gallery/weight-loss-spices-herbs/index.html > > > > I fear as usual our resident metabolic typing, suppleme

[FairfieldLife] CNN Health: 10 herbs and spices that can help with weight loss

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/health/gallery/weight-loss-spices-herbs/index.html I fear as usual our resident metabolic typing, supplements as wonder drug crazies will feel compelled to post their b.s. once I hit the send button for this post.

[FairfieldLife] If only I was old enough to remember the last time a Republican cared for me

But I wasn't. I was a fetus.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Steve Jobs diet quirks (cancer)

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:06 PM, obbajeeba wrote: > It is a little bit more complicated than that. Food turns to glucose. Most > cancer patients start to lose weight, wasting disease, so one would think > that in itself would stop the cancer or slow it down. > Anti angiogenisis, seems to be a pro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thousands March on Port of Oakland

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Quite a turn out over in Oakland. They are now arriving at the Port of > Oakland shutting it down. Not much police presence. Lots of families > coming out for the protest too. > http://www.livestream.com/occupyoakland > and > http://www.kron4.c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Steve Jobs diet quirks

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > A friend of mine in FF was diagnosed with ovarian cancer early enough that > she would have likely survived had she gotten surgery. But, she opted for a > yearlong death spiral, doing all sorts of new-age alternative nonsense. > Honestly, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Occupy the Domes!!"

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:25 AM, tartbrain wrote: > > > > > > Why do I get the feeling that Maharishi would find this initiative of > meditating outside the Dome vey good ? > > > > As we have touched on in the past, we may share a common sense that M, > consciously, or perhaps alternatively, simp

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Vaj wrote: > > <<>> Mahesh <<>> complete with make-up. etc. <<>>. > > > Maharishi wore makeup? U mean like Gadafi eye shadow? Do tell. BTW, I've seen some pictures of Gadafi wearing his gold robes and gown. Who was his designer? MMY?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research reveals autistic individuals are in fact superior in multiple areas

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > Vaj, it seems like a lot of what is being diagnosed > as autism today wouldn't have passed muster just a few > decades ago. They just seem to be expanding the > definition. They're doing this in a lot of other areas > as well, but it seems t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Alex Stanley < j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > We had this half of an American Gothic looking couple, the center > > chairmen, June and Tony. > &g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > I worked on the Houston (Navasota, Grimes County) capital for > > room and board. And yes, shared an unheated cabin. Barhroom > > was the bushes outside.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > "The movement belongs to those who move. Those who were stuck on the idea > that the movement and the TMO were ONLY about the 7-step program were, > well, stuck. I think M and TM were always a moving target about gateways to > consciousness and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kansas Rural Students Done Good

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:26 PM, jr_esq wrote: > IMO, there is an advantage to having a relatively stable community, with a > homogenious population group, and common cultural set of values. This can > be done in the rural areas of the country. > > In cosmopolitan cities, however, this milieu ca

[FairfieldLife] Dutch Psychologist faked at least 30 papers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/post/diederik-stapel-the-lying-dutchman/2011/11/01/gIQA86XOdM_blog.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Kansas Rural Students Done Good

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:37 PM, John wrote: > They're scoring on tests better than the world competition. > > > http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tiny-rural-kansas-district-students-performing-global-competition-195446967.html#more-17478 > > This is a shock? There are pretty traditional scho

[FairfieldLife] Today's feature state: Minnesota

Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858 and was originally settled by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searing heat of Wisconsin's winters. Minnesota gets its name from the Sioux Indian word "mah-nee-soo-tah", meaning, "No, really... They eat fish soaked in lye". The sta

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:01 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply, Vaj. I cannot disagree with your assessment. One > thing that never ceases to amaze me is how people can cling to beliefs > and work tirelessly to preserve the appearance that they are true, long > after other more rea

[FairfieldLife] Republican [1 Attachment]

[FairfieldLife] Late night political jokes

"In a new interview, Rick Perry said it was a mistake for him to participate in the presidential debates. Perry said 'I'm not one of these 'word talkers.''' –Conan O'Brien "Michele Bachmann said she wants her three daughters to learn to s

[FairfieldLife] Judge tells Tennessee to stop arresting Occupy protesters

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/us/tennessee-occupy-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: Speak Well of Others

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:00 AM, maskedzebra wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > Maharishi: Speak Well of Others > > > I'm responding to Rick's OP, which I did not receive. Yup, I remember in Slaughter House Westheimer, the Houston TM center, above the m

Re: [FairfieldLife] Beyond the TM Technique: the Varmas

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > from *Gurus In America* (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies), ch. 3 > "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Beyond the TM Technique by Cynthia Humes (© 2005 > State University of New York) > > Swami Brahmananda's prophecy? > > (…) > M A H E S H B E C O M E S A

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Everyone here in my FFL mind

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Vaj wrote: No need to explain, Vaj, we've got your (case) number.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary Clinton for President?

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:23 PM, John wrote: > Hillary is supposed to be working for Obama right now. How would it look > to the general public if she decides that she will challenge the president > for the next election? > > > Been done before. Abe Lincoln hired all his adversaries as cabinet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A History Lesson

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:28 PM, richardwillytexwilliams < willy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > "...the sooner we decide to roll up our sleeves and > > > get back to work instead of looking for bankers to > > > blame, the better our chances of coming back." > > > > Denise Evans: > > His statemen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hillary Clinton for President?

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > > > This redeems your other post, barely. > > ------ > *From:* Tom Pall > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Hi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Prime Minster Dr Bevan Morris reported on recent advances in the Movement.

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > On Oct 30, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > Are you still sponsoring yajnas T.? How much does a good multi-pundit >> yagya go for these days? >> >> > Well, there are agents involved, payments on a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oakland Protestors plan to shut down the Port of Oakland

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 6:18 PM, wgm4u wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 10/30/2011 04:56 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > This could be the watershed action. The movement has been criticized > for > > > no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Prime Minster Dr Bevan Morris reported on recent advances in the Movement.

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > On Oct 30, 2011, at 6:05 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > Yes, that would explain why the other mandap, the one on private property > in Vedic City, doesn't employ these pundits. Nor why I no longer bother > with "for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Prime Minster Dr Bevan Morris reported on recent advances in the Movement.

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 5:43 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > Maharishi's Global Family Chat Summary > October 28, 2011 > > > Prime Minster Dr Bevan Morris reported on recent advances in the Movement. > > > Dr Morris began by commenting on how powerful the three Vedic performances > were on the 24th, 25

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oakland Protestors plan to shut down the Port of Oakland

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 10/30/2011 04:56 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > This could be the watershed action. The movement has been criticized > for > > not effecting change the "only ways possible", through lobbying Congress, > &g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hillary Clinton for President?

"Why do people say 'Grow some balls'? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding!" -- Actress Betty White.

[FairfieldLife] Oakland Protestors plan to shut down the Port of Oakland

This could be the watershed action. The movement has been criticized for not effecting change the "only ways possible", through lobbying Congress, buying stocks so they can go to stockholder meetings. Revolutions don't work that way. The more pushback this movement gets the larger it will gro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rebuttal to Aquinas

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 7:34 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > > turquoiseb: > > P.S. This post should in no way be construed as > > dumping on "Dexter." > > > So, you watch "Dexter" on TV. > > > The current season may be the best yet, because > > they're examining the role of faith. Dexter,

[FairfieldLife] An unwanted side effect of the Six Supplement (Prostate Cancer) Cure

I walked into a drug store here in Charlotte and asked to talk to a male pharmacist. The lady I was talking to said that she was the only pharmacist and as she and her sister owned the store. There were no male employees. She then asked if she could help me. I said that it was something that I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rebuttal to Aquinas

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Yifu wrote: > Sam Harris presents a case for Intrinsic Goodness originating from > neurophysiology. A completely different source of support may come from > game theory; albeit completely amoral, (just looking a payoffs, e.g. > cooperation may lead to a superior p

[FairfieldLife] Re: One Billion USD Single Family House Unoccupied: Bad Vastu

Think of how much land SSRS could have bought illegally in Eyesore, India with Rs 4902 crore!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Mediocrity Principle - "You aren't special"

Coming to realize that you're mediocre is the ultimate freedom. You can take a day off and go fishing if you want without having to constantly appease the parent that was instilled in you, the Judgement of God, what will others think. I suspect that Brahmin Consciousness is so freeing because on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hillary Clinton for President?

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:48 AM, raunchydog wrote: > A national poll conducted for TIME on Oct. 9 and 10 found that if Hillary > Clinton were the Democratic nominee for President in 2012, she would best > Mitt Romney 55% to 38%, Rick Perry 58% to 32% and Herman Cain 56% to 34% > among likely vot

[FairfieldLife] One Billion USD Single Family House Unoccupied: Bad Vastu

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/blogs/the-billion-dollar-house-thats-not-quite-a-home

[FairfieldLife] Interesting: Oprah avoided the TMO and went to the meditators

*Oprah Winfrey at Facebook – Sept. 8, 2011 * Oprah says she meditates, mandated her staff to meditate twice a day, in Facebook interview. Oprah sat down with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg for a live chat, in which she answered questions from Sandberg, the crowd at the event, and online participants.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Merv Griffin sighting in Fairfield

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Buck wrote: > Really the sighting was on good authority. A group of people saw him. > Actually he sat down and was at a table for a while under the big mural of > Mother Divine in Paradiso. He spoke freely and the interview is going to > be on radio later. h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:50 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > > Tom Pall: > > Guess that allowed him to forge wills at the end. > > > Do you have any new evidence to support your claim > that MMY forged SBS's will? > > This is FFL. U can get by with a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > I tried this only once. Got choked up on the incense burning within me, > the internally strewn flowers. Got tremendous heartburn from the camphor. > > But seriously, folks, Maharishi in all of my residence courses and WP

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody know what form of meditation MMY practiced?

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:21 AM, richardwillytexwilliams < willy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > wgm4u: > > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > > initiate him? and into what? > > > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced >

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Day That TMers Became Officially Crazy

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:26 PM, stevelf wrote: > > > For me it was sometime around '76. I was about to take my first siddhis > course in Switzerland. Often I would get to Europe a month early to hike in > the Swiss alps. So I was there early th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Contrary to What Our Resident Cult Victim Says, Butt Bouncing Works!

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 2:07 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > A good article on the rapid and statistically valid reduction of violence > in our world: > > > http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-beheadings-stats-show-peaceful-world-134625326.html > > > So Amma, SSRS, the groups who chant 10 million, 50 million

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oprah Winfrey at MUM in Fairfield, IA

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:20 AM, merlin wrote: So the article I posted about Mrs. Purple wasn't enough? I have a premonition. I've got this feeling that this might hasten the demise of the TMO. The TMO no longer has Maharishi's Woo Woo to charm people, sooth things over, steal the show and a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Most relaxing "musical" track created

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Denise Evans wrote: > > > Post a track...I dare ya. > > http://www.4shared.com/audio/2RvpjYGv/RaghaMegha1.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the dome tonight

http://maharishi.posterous.com/oprah-winfrey-meditated-in-fairfield-iowa-ton When I received this URL from a friend at MUM I thought I saw preposterous in the URL and got all excited, happy that TM finally brought my friend around to his senses. [?] <<323.gif>>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the dome tonight

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:28 AM, tartbrain wrote: > > And why are talk show hosts particularly drawn to TM? <<>> > Hey, maybe even that dude who hosts the talk show Batshit Crazy Sucking on the Gas Pipe might start TM. Ya think?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the dome tonight

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:42 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > While I understand Oprah's tendency to buy into > > Woo Woo, what I don't understand is her support > > staff's failure to clue her in to some of the > > darker sides of the TMO, such as the robes and > > crowns, > > What's wrong with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Capital sold to Ravi Shankar

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:11 AM, wgm4u wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Buck wrote: > > > > > Article about sale of the Spiritual Center to Ravi Shankar's group on > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Spiritual Capital sold to Ravi Shankar

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Buck wrote: > Article about sale of the Spiritual Center to Ravi Shankar's group on > www.goblueridge.net > http://tinyurl.com/3c6m58n > > I've heard the chatter, seen the pictures, read about the plans of SSRS's group had for Heavenly Mountain for months now.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oprah in the dome tonight

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:58 PM, feste37 wrote: > Apparently Oprah was in the dome in Fairfield tonight, meditating with the > ladies. > > > Not just that, but campus as abuzz (at least those who meditate) about Oprah and her staff of 50 learning TM. This is being seen as the next explosion of

[FairfieldLife] [SPAM] Re: Conversation between Curtis & Robin

Can't you at least show some courtesy to other FFL members and designate this as SPAM? Anything that Curtis or RC posts is ipso facto SPAM.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An anti-shoplifting strategy that probably works

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:35 PM, John wrote: > Barry, > > That was a blast! But it's not going work here in the USA. It takes too > much time and money to stage that prank. > > Unfortunately, you can walk out the door with a shopping cart full of stolen stuff, walk about the loading dock door h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Most relaxing "musical" track created

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:09 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: I'm very sorry to have left you out, Dickie. Your Youtube expostions are also highly sleep inducing.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A History Lesson

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:59 PM, tartbrain wrote: > He also wrote: > > Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth and Neo-Nazism, > ...1998-2000 - ISBN 0-8147-3111-2 . > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi > > Unknown Sources: National Socialism and the Occult, co-authored wit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Most relaxing "musical" track created

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049948/Most-relaxing-song-UK-band-Boffins.html > > > > Finally there is something even more sleep induc

[FairfieldLife] Most relaxing "musical" track created

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049948/Most-relaxing-song-UK-band-Boffins.html Finally there is something even more sleep inducing than a post from RC or psycho-Ravi or a lecture from Dr. BM.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Siddha Medicine , Navapashanam & Healing

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > I like the kitties too - we have several that use our yard for lounging, > drinking and hunting. A big orange one likes to rest on the birdbath right > next to the Buddha. We also have several hummingbirds, one of my favorite > creatures ever.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The ads are gone!

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > These days in an effort to "monetize" web sites I find many sites > overloaded with ads. These really bog down browsers especially if there > is some script code involved in serving them. Worst offenders are some > of the news sites. They mak

Re: [FairfieldLife] The ads are gone!

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:10 AM, authfriend wrote: > From the post windows, at least. Must not have gone over > too well among the users. They're no longer even in the > posts they were in originally. > > > I sent one of my last night's bitchograms both to FFL and to Rick. Half an hour Alex app

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Siddha Medicine , Navapashanam & Healing

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > On Oct 18, 2011, at 6:42 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > >>> Speaking as myself, no amount of ooga-booga Hindoo magic > >>> woo is going to change the very real fact that heavy metals > >>> are toxic. Within the last two years, there are half a doz

Re: [FairfieldLife] FDA - Failure, Deception, and Abuse

ws what buffoons you two are. Tom, Cancer survivor, due to nothing I can attribute to you, LEF or any other pimp of the massive Life Extension and unproven medicine establishment that fleeces particularly old people with limited funds of $Billions and $Billions. Oh yeah. Say what what you wa

[FairfieldLife] Filing a complaint with the FDA

Reporting Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on the Internet If you find a Website you think is illegally selling human drugs, animal drugs, medical devices, biological products, foods, dietary supplements or cosmetics over the Web, please select *one* of the three options below to report to FDA.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Siddha Medicine , Navapashanam & Healing

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:34 PM, evananda108 wrote: > "Before you speak ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, it is true, > does it improve upon the silence?" Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918) > > Are you listening FFL > > This is not a commercial site. Are you listening Alex, other moderators and R

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: super-rare find on YouTube

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:06 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Siddha Medicine , Navapashanam & Healing

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:32 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > But...but...this is just an ad of yours. Go prey on the sick elsewhere > please. > > Yeah. Like he and his "brokers" preyed on us. Maharishi said to start businesses.Not scams. The businesses should at least have been as on the up and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland: a contrast

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Saturday's Occupy Oakland rally had not only Danny Glover as a speaker > but also the mayor of Oakland and I also hear that the mayors of Alameda > and Berkeley were in attendance. Now ain't that a contrast to places > like New York or Chicago o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: super-rare find on YouTube

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Vaj wrote: > I would bet that most TM indoctrination materials from that era look whacky > or way off target today. Even the whole dramatic 'sentence and pause' > ramblings of Mahesh, seemingly profound at the time, sound silly now. I > can't imagine SCI standing

[FairfieldLife] Should Math be taught in school? [1 Attachment]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shrink: Obama Suffers 'Father Hunger'

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:15 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > It's far from clear-cut even when you're working from real life, as this > fascinating article from Salon points out. It turns out that "Sybll," a book > written in 1973 about a patient who supposedly had 16 distinct personalities > and that we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shrink: Obama Suffers 'Father Hunger'

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM, authfriend wrote: > > Few psychologists/psychiatrists are such completely > unprofessional, unethical assholes as to write books > purporting to analyze and diagnose people they've > never even met. This joker got a lot of flak from his > colleagues for his first

[FairfieldLife] Shrink: Obama Suffers 'Father Hunger'

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/10/14/shrink-obama-suffers-father-hunger "This is Frank's second psychoanalytical book about a president. While a sympathetic look at Obama, it follows *Bush on the Couch,* a sharply critical analysis that suggested then President George W.

Re: [FairfieldLife] It ain't peanuts

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > On Oct 16, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > On TTC we had fish or chicken twice a week. Eggs were available every > > morning. And Thursdays tuna for sandwiches was available. I understand > > things got a bit more austere in later c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: super-rare find on YouTube

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:38 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > Curtis, I think that what "Buck" is focusing on is > not the lack of a shared "level of life" but the lack > of a shared *lifestyle*. One that he himself cannot > even live, because he was kicked out of the domes > long ago, and can't get back

[FairfieldLife] From Blue Whales to Earthworms, a Common Mechanism Gives Shape to Living Beings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111013153943.htm Sounds a whole lot more plausible than the SCI explanation that it's all just the force of evolution.

Re: [FairfieldLife] "You don't believe what we believe, therefore you hate it...and us"

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Vaj wrote: > > > The conclusion I've come to is that mental techniques, if that's all they > are (throwing in some simple pranayana exercises and some basic asanas don't > really count for much, other than some fun), can attach you to your own > mental models of r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: super-rare find on YouTube

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Buck wrote: > Turqb, what a fabulous opportunity in life that you had, to have been there > at that very pivotal moment of world consciousness in the 20th Century. > That Merv Griffen show. Would be like having witnessed the moments of > Eckhart Tolle on Oprah,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: super-rare find on YouTube

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > wrote: > > > > Someone has posted a nearly complete video of the 1975 > > appearance of Maharishi on Merv Griffin: Grandma Walton, > > Mary Tyler Moore, and Clint Eastwood. View it no

Re: [FairfieldLife] RC has few readers

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > I always think of that > Kaplan email that circulated where he discovered in India that > enlightenment wasn't considered all that difficult to achieve. Of > course MMY complicated it a bit so that the carrot was always too high > because then p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any Jyotish buffs here willing to do a quick reading for a friend?

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM, obbajeeba wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM, obbajeeba >wrote: > > > > > Daylight savings time? > > > > > > &g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any Jyotish buffs here willing to do a quick reading for a friend?

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM, obbajeeba wrote: > >> Daylight savings time? >> >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: >> > >> > I've got a friend who's thin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any Jyotish buffs here willing to do a quick reading for a friend?

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:15 PM, obbajeeba wrote: > Daylight savings time? > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > I've got a friend who's thinking of learning TM or going to the AOL. I > > told him about Jyotish and he&

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Will Barky get his war?

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > The US can't afford the wars it has and neither can you nor I afford to > pay the debt they create. So let's stop treating wars as if they are a > football game the home team "must" win. We are not the world's policemen. > > > We can't afford

Re: [FairfieldLife] Will Barky get his war?

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Guess if you can't solve the debt crisis you have a war instead? But > hey, it seemed to work back in the 1940s: > > President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. will make sure that > Iranian officials are held accountable for "reckless be

[FairfieldLife] Any Jyotish buffs here willing to do a quick reading for a friend?

I've got a friend who's thinking of learning TM or going to the AOL. I told him about Jyotish and he's wondering if that science can tell him anything about the success he'd have with Maharishi's TM, SSRS's Sudarshan Kriya or SSRS's Sahaj meditation. My friend's birth details are as follows: B

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Persistence Of Woo Woo

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Bob Price wrote: > Tom, > > I hope I don't make you mad (ever), when I say: I think you're the most > authentic voice on FFL, and > > if I ever find the talent to recreate your voice, even a bit---I'm outta > here. > >

[FairfieldLife] You Duck is Dead

*Your Duck is Dead--** * A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed aw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Persistence Of Woo Woo

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM, richardwillytexwilliams < willy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > "I once dreamt I was a butterfly. Suddenly I awakened, > and there I lay like a man, myself again. > > Now, which am I? > > A man dreaming he is a butterfly, or a butterfly > dreaming he is man?" > > > Actua

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Tale Of Four "Enlightened" People

Maharishi was pushing experiences and the initiators/governors rhapsodizing about them for years. On the preparatory courses we had experience sessions every day. Then came the sidhis and we weren't to talk about experiences. Then it flipped back again. Right now it's the #1 experience on IA

Re: [FairfieldLife] Where Do the Higher Dimensions Exist?

The other dimensions may be experienced in New Jersey cities to the west of NYC. Fascinating places. This city completely occupied by Venezuelans, this one by Panamanians, this one by Chileans. Kind of interesting to see shop after shop selling the same goods, the same bi or tri colors, dozen

[FairfieldLife] Oh, OK, it was Andy

Andy was the guy at the Best Western. RC wasn't that guy. Different huckster.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Persistence Of Woo Woo

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:02 PM, P Duff wrote: > Tom Pall wrote: > P Duff of the lesser Boston area? The for a time a contributor to alt.meditation.transcendental? You're alive and kicking? Wonderful? How's life been? You been part of this group all along and I just no

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