[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'

2017-03-13 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
formative communal values This is an interesting read to plow through following the life-cycle of their group around their formative core communal values in mission work, separate from the sex and that abuse of power,.. The core mission work it seems has kept a group throughout even in its

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Fascinating article about life on the roof of the world: Forgotten Land, Defiant People - Tibet - Luminous Landscape https://luminous-landscape.com/forgotten-land-defiant-people-tibet/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread upfron...@ymail.com [FairfieldLife]
Some Buddhist meditators are clearly serene from their meditation practices. It does seem unfair to the point of appearing dishonest to put down all other forms of meditation. In the ‘80s, after leaving the British TM HQ, being open-minded I also tried chanting for years on the beads

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Monday, November 23, 2015 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : M wasn't very fond of any other meditation opther than TM. However, I did hear him say that he liked one Buddhist technique called *walkin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread srijau
this is piling misconception onto wrong information false rumors, go back to what Maharishi is published saying and you will understand, btw he never had this idea that the Buddhist walking technique was a good idea. just the opposite he said it was a misconception that created a technique out

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread dionysiu...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm only new to the list, but found that comment interesting (having done the reverse of most TM grads by doing years of other modalities first and coming to TM recently.) I'm not sure what M means by 'witnessing', though most 'teachers' would probably mean developing an intermediary step

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Center From way back in that first Scientific American paper published about the physiological effect of meditating, it has long been a cultural position in TM that buddhist meditation is no good. Could even be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
witnessing. From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..   A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus.  8pm a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet.. A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Ce

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread salyavin808
ife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet.. A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Center From way back in that first Scientific American paper published ab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by biological processes it looks like H G Wells may have been on the right track after all. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : This will be rather amazing if true... Nasa finds evidence of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The methane could be coming from microbes underneath the ground. The rovers should find more interesting facts as long as they keep operating on the planet. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by biological processes it looks like H G Wells may have been on the right track after all. Funnily enough, they did this experiment in the '70s with the Viking lander

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread salyavin808
Interesting. The guy who designed the experiment that found life didn't say so at the press conference in 76 because he was a junior at NASA, but he was convinced his test had worked perfectly anyway and had found organic life 3 out of 4 times in 1976. Trouble was, there were two other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hoagland, whose conspiracy theory it is, appears to be something of a crackpot. Look at the last of the links at the end, about India's moon mission: http://exopolitics.org/Exo-Comment-81.htm http://exopolitics.org/Exo-Comment-81.htm I'm highly dubious about the conspiracy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Salyavin, IMO, the reason why NASA did not want to replicate the Viking experiment is due to the funding psychology in the US federal government. Specifically, the NASA managers want to set up an experiment that has a good potential for successful results. By getting positive results, they

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread TurquoiseBee
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world   Yes, for some reason the conservative party want the UK to become the 51st state of America. You'd think with the name they'd want to conserve what was good about this place

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread doctordumbass
You misunderstood me - The experiment is taking place, *within* the 'coldly calculating policy', that you mention. The economic system is already amoral and bloodless, and designed to be so. This additional squeeze is simply to see how far it can go, before slipping profits from the US market,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread Bhairitu
I think Buffet was trying to goad Americans into doing something about the situation. He also remarked that his secretary paid higher a tax rate than he did. Both he and Bill Gates were promoting raising taxes on the rich. But the wealth hoarders succeeded in convincing the underclass that

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread salyavin808
You could be right. I don't know how it works over there but in the UK the government will leak any morally dubious new policy that it wants to try and see how much outrage it causes. If it's only a few left wing bloggers that get irate they know the majority might approve or even just not

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
That's about the size of it. We've got a bunch of toffs in power who have no experience of life other than in the multi-millionaire mansions they grew up in. They started the recession so they could re-engineer society (and they used to admit it but that gets bad PR so they lie about it now)

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Bhairitu
I just wonder what people in the US do when their unemployment runs out and they can't get food stamps anymore and still can't find a job? Do they go to the underground economy? Must be a big underground economy out there. On 03/07/2014 10:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: That's about the size

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
Yes, for some reason the conservative party want the UK to become the 51st state of America. You'd think with the name they'd want to conserve what was good about this place but their ideas about what is good stopped in 1870. Their entire mission seems to be dragging us back to workhouses and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread doctordumbass
Seems like a big out of control experiment, by the mega capitalists and investors, to see how far prosperity in the US can be compromised, before the US cannot even spend its ~40% global market share, for any product, or service. With unemployment in the US growing by 15 million people

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/7/2014 12:15 PM, salyavin808 wrote: I'm ready to man the barricades any time! Do you have homeless people over there where you live? Over here, we have homeless people living on the street. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/7/2014 1:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I just wonder what people in the US do when their unemployment runs out and they can't get food stamps anymore and still can't find a job? Do they go to the underground economy? Must be a big underground economy out there. That's about the time you

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
i don't think it's an experiment, more like a coldly calculated policy to hoard the money at the top witht the added joy of being able to blame those at the bottom for their own predicament. As Warren Buffet said: “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life before birth?

2014-02-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: Some interesting research with an interpretation I'm highly dubious of: http://www.psmag.com/kickers/findings-kickers/intuitions-immortality-con\ ception-life-birth-73776/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Prattle. On 12/8/2013 8:13 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Do less. Think less. Understand less. Be less. Don't worry - be happy. Smoke another one. Hmmm ...

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread emptybill
Finally we find out how to get only a one word statement from the professor.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread emptybill
One lives down South in a major city. The other works at a Rocky Mt. winter resort. One has to put on a jacket sometimes. The other works at a ski shop. Warmth is built in for both. I'd be more worried about roaming zombies coming over the wire in a major city. If an EMP blasts occurs all bets

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Share Long
emptybill, what the heck am I supposed to be smoking?! As for prattle, someone's gotta do it! My karma, I guess (-: On Monday, December 9, 2013 9:05 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   One lives down South in a major city. The other works at a Rocky Mt. winter resort.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
I commented on this yesterday but apparently the pond scum at the NSA didn't like my response. But an EMP attack may not work as predicted. Think about all the folks who can't get a cell phone signal in their homes. Probably too much metal in the house and it might act as an Faraday cage.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Try...Thinking...Less. It is not denial - it is peace, and it transcends any violence. :-)

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Do less. Think less. Understand less. Be less. Don't worry - be happy. Smoke another one. Hmmm ...

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Yep, from the outside, it may look like, do less, is part of the equation. No worries, nearly empty bill, and doobie bro'; necessary thought always survives (as the only mechanism available, for fulfillment of desires).

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-10 Thread Share Long
:43 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island   ...isn't he also saying that if he did read the button pushees, he would be affected ie have his buttons pushed?! There are three reasons Turq posts to FFL: 1. Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-08 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
If you're *completely* in the present, how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want it in a dish or on a cone, how would you know what those options represent? We don't have the future, because it isn't here yet; the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread iranitea

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread Share Long
...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island    If you're *completely* in the present, how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
turquoiseb: How evolved are people who have to react to everything said that pushes their buttons? How evolved are they to still *have* so many buttons? Now this is funny - a guy reacts to his own post about button pushing, and then he lashes out because his buttons got pushed. LoL! I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread sharelong60
Richard, isn't he also saying that if he did read the button pushees, he would be affected ie have his buttons pushed?! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus no_reply@... wrote: turquoiseb: How evolved are people who have to react to everything said that pushes

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-06 Thread iranitea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-06 Thread turquoiseb
Iranitea opines: Yes, Doc, but he does it inevitably because this startegy is soo successful. People never fail to obsess about it. What I do not get is this: If you know - by experience- that the Turq always ads a little spice in the last paragraph, which you don't really like, why do you

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread turquoiseb
Iranitea opines: ...if Barry is allowed to report only what's going on in the present moment, he would have to write, 'I'm typing, I'm typing'... This is typical Neo-Advaita BS to think you couldn't have memories. In fact the memories are in the present moment..even brain researchers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
Yeah, I've read this story at least six times on Usenet. You really do like ice cream, Turq! But, what is really funny is - what it's like to be on a TMO ATR over in Switzerland. But, at least YOU can say you learned yoga in downtown L.A. and on a beach hotel over in Spain. Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread Michael Jackson
Maybe Barry is a history buff like me. From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island   Hey, Barry, don't

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life without God

2012-02-28 Thread marekreavis
Great, positive exchange, thanks. If you're able to, there's great reward in living a good, honest, joyful life. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: A Minister loses his faith, inspired by Sam Harris. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/life-without-god

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life Beyond Death

2011-11-25 Thread seventhray1
Thanks for the insights on one of my favorite subjects. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bartwalton@... sbw108@... wrote: http://www.lifebeyonddeath.org The information on this site is a revealed body of information which was given to me as a download from the Spiritual Plane. I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life is here to enjoy

2010-05-25 Thread John
Nabs, This is a good quotation as a reminder for everyone. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=199040id=10315663119 Keep your desire turning back within and be patient. Allow the fulfillment to come

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - more mundane than we think?

2010-04-08 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: Carbon Dioxide May Explain 'Near Death Experiences' ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Near death experiences (NDEs), reported to include sensations such as life flashing before the eyes, feelings of peace and joy, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life-sized blue whale on the Web

2009-09-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: This is a *life-sized* image of a blue whale. You can scan the creature's entire body by moving your cursor around the image. Or drag the little red box in the inset.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-06-01 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-06-01 Thread Duveyoung
below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, my friend, we need to talk. I'm wondering how your mind works when it comes to deciding if others are speaking truths and/or are speaking truly. There's a big

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. - Ashleigh Brilliant I'm not quite sure who or what Ashleigh Brilliant is, or was, but I catch his meaning, and I approve. One of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best of what Here And Now presents them. In contrast, if you look even at the sampling of TM thought we see on this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best of what Here And Now presents

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best of what Here And Now presents them. In contrast, if you look even at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: You write: One of the main differences I perceive between the TM view of life and its possible meaning or purpose and that of other spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: You write: One of the main differences I perceive between the TM view of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong Buddhists, content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just vent their discontent with the Here And Now of TM and TMers and/or the There And Then of MMY. I don't believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Barry, 3:34 a.m.: One of the main differences I perceive between the TM view of life and its possible meaning or purpose and that of other spiritual traditions I tend to prefer is that TMers -- on the whole -- seem

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on this thread that any example of not being content with Here And Now has to be an exact analog of TMers not being content with Here And Now. I mentioned

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip This early morning in Sitges, watching the street cleaners do their thing from this cafe table, I find myself underwhelmed by this tendency to view the world as something that needs work because it doesn't live up to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Strong Buddhists

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Yes, there are stories in Indian scripture about pearly white teeth. And yes, Maharishi occasionally would pay lip service to those stories. But did he really believe them? I think not, because his whole *life* was all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on this thread that any example of not being content with Here And Now has to be an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Duveyoung
below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong Buddhists, content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just vent their discontent with the Here And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. - Ashleigh Brilliant I'm not quite sure who or what Ashleigh Brilliant is, or was, but I catch his meaning, and I approve... Oops! Somebody got confused. LOL! Nihilism: ...life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: (Sometimes I have the sense there's a whole 'nother FFL going on that I never see... There is a Buddhist 'Shamballa' inside every Marshy Golden Dome. There are many Buddhist analogues posted to FFL and to AMT. This has been one of my main themes for over eight years - 'TM'is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: snip Hindu teachers universally agree that even ordinary life is a life of yagya -- that is, desires are being burnt by fulfilling them. snip Edg Edg-A little off topic, but, I wouldn't say desires are being burnt by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong Buddhists, content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just vent their discontent with the Here And Now of TM and TMers and/or the There

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on this thread that any example of not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Duveyoung
Reality—Per Gary Zukav Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, my friend, we need to talk. I'm wondering how your mind works when it comes to deciding if others are speaking truths and/or are speaking truly. There's a big difference between these two concepts, yes? I'm worried that I'll piss you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: [...] (Sometimes I have the sense there's a whole 'nother FFL going on that I never see, with a whole different set of participants. On the FFL I *do* see, this other FFL is repeatedly described by the TM critics, but it just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-28 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used some other calculators with different results. I had an ant who recently passed away at age 94. Wow, thats pretty old for an ant. Ants

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited answers as to say if you don't do it this way you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes I wonder if these seemingly early meditator deaths are people gettin' while the gettin's good? Who knows what ominous future lies ahead? *** Well, if you hold ATT stock, hell...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:20 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator My great grandmother chain smoked her whole life, never got sick, and died

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread off_world_beings
Answer: 72 Sounds about right. Good enough for me. But they were not able to take into account my fruit diet that I will do for 3 months a year, which can add 20 years to life. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread bhairitu
They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited answers as to say if you don't do it this way you're hosed. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Answer: 72 Sounds about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited answers as to say if you don't do it this way you're hosed. ** If you google it,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Life After Death I am sympathetic to the idea of reincarnation. But not to this concept: *The last thoughts just before death are the most powerful thoughts in creating the next life.* I think (but may be wrong)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Life After Death I am sympathetic to the idea of reincarnation. But not to this concept: *The last thoughts just before death are the most powerful

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. I can think and feel the death experience as one of complete disolution, in which relative

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. I studied

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
enlightened_dawn wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. Well, of course the historical Buddha didn't teach anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. I can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Vaj
On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- My feelings exactly. Bring them new incarnations on. Or not. Whatever. right on.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious

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