[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread enlightened_dawn11
agreed-- as has been said, there is no such thing as bad publicity. and that goes for the TM and MMY bashers here too- just by criticizing and bashing TM they continue to keep it alive in the minds of those who read these posts. after some time all people remember was a discussion on TM, not

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: agreed-- as has been said, there is no such thing as bad publicity. and that goes for the TM and MMY bashers here too- just by criticizing and bashing TM they continue to keep it alive in the minds of those who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread Vaj
On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Judy and Raunchydog have stated that they feel that revealing information about the puja and the nature of the mantras, etc. could be confusing to new meditators and spoil the innocence of their experience of TM. They have put themselves on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Judy and Raunchydog have stated that they feel that revealing information about the puja and the nature of the mantras, etc. could be confusing to new meditators and spoil

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread Vaj
On Apr 10, 2009, at 8:26 AM, raunchydog wrote: Project JADED INNOCENCE: What would be nice would be to put up a video of the puja on YouTube, and simply label it as what it is and what it is used for. The person performing the puja could wear a mask to conceal identity. Then the video could

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread Duveyoung
What you put your attention on grows. Is it just me, or does ED make some sense below? To me, if the world had ignored Ann Coulter, instead of paying attention to her dysfunctions, we'd not have the likes of Rep. Michele Bachmann. I mean, how many more pretty women are going to say to

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread enlightened_dawn11
thanks for your post! please keep the controversy going! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: agreed-- as has been said, there is no such thing as bad publicity. and that goes for

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread enlightened_dawn11
yep- the way i look at it is not whether TM is a panacea for all (it does work spectacularly well for me, and a lot of others though...), but to just keep getting the name out there legitimizes it in the [spiritual] marketplace. for example with cars, i've never much cared for Chryslers- never

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked Howard Stern's schtick, and I don't like O'Reilly's schtick, but so what? They

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: agreed-- as has been said, there is no such thing as bad publicity. and that goes for the TM and MMY bashers here too- just by criticizing and bashing TM they continue to keep it alive in the minds of those who read

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: What you put your attention on grows. Is it just me, or does ED make some sense below? To me, if the world had ignored Ann Coulter, instead of paying attention to her dysfunctions, we'd not have the likes of Rep. Michele

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: ing. The point about the health food store is that Stern is qualified to say TM is a good thing, even if he's not too sattvic a guy -- even as anybody even in the worst health can sell stuff at a health food store. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ing. The point about the health food store is that Stern is qualified to say TM is a good thing, even if he's not too sattvic a guy -- even as

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: One of the things I've found most fascinating in all of this post-concert I'm important because something I was once associated with is in the news idiocy is the continuing tendency on the part of the TMO and TMers to not

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: agreed-- as has been said, there is no such thing as bad publicity. and that goes for the TM and MMY bashers here too- just by criticizing and

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ing. The point about the health food store is that Stern is qualified to say TM is a good thing, even if he's not too sattvic a guy -- even as

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ing. The point about the health food store is that Stern is qualified to say

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread Kirk
This analogy beaks down quite quickly when one considers that many plants thrive best when stressed while others who have ideal conditions compete with other plants eventually for growing space. The master gardener knows what plants to plant where and how to grow them. They do not just throw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread Kirk
Lately, due to Facebook, I finally met up with old MIU buddies, and I was surprised to find that many if not most all of my friends are now in some humanitarian line of work. Even some people who seemed never to be that humanistic. So TM may be part of the growth of their compassion. One thing

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: One of the things I've found most fascinating in all of this post-concert I'm important because something I was once associated with is in the news idiocy is the continuing tendency on the part of the TMO and TMers to not

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: One of the things I've found most fascinating in all of this post-concert I'm important because something I was once associated with is in the news idiocy is the continuing tendency on the part of the TMO and TMers to not

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: One of the things I've found most fascinating in all of this post-concert I'm important because something I was once associated with is in the news idiocy is the continuing tendency on the part of the TMO and TMers to not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Dixon
O'Reilly frequently sets politics aside for a worthy cause.. unlike many others. The fact that this event is charitable for at risk youth and not a demand for tax payers to foot the bill is why O'Reilly commended those that involved themselves. --- On Thu, 4/9/09, sparaig lengli...@cox.net

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread guyfawkes91
So silly that I won't even bother to offer evidence to contradict it. Well you should have bothered because you would have found out that he was right. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Act on the Neutrality Acts of the '30s pushed by the Repubs and opposed by Roosevelt. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked Howard Stern's schtick, and I don't like O'Reilly's schtick, but so what? They both are displaying an enthusiasm for TM, and I like that. Like MMY always

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread Vaj
On Apr 9, 2009, at 5:21 PM, bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked Howard Stern's schtick, and I don't like O'Reilly's schtick, but so what? They both are displaying an

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Apr 9, 2009, at 5:21 PM, bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But BILL O'REILLY? That's going too far. *** I've never liked Howard Stern's schtick, and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMers are so desperate for praise they accept it from Bill O'Reilly

2009-04-09 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@... wrote: So silly that I won't even bother to offer evidence to contradict it. Well you should have bothered because you would have found out that he was right. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Act on the