[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread hermandan0
Are you sure? The Arrogant Worms beg to differ! They say carrot juice is murder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM Listen up brothers and sisters, come hear my desperate tale. I speak of our friends of nature, trapped in the dirt like a jail.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
I am sure of my own bhava (a priori creative moodstance or finest feeling level), spacetime stories, and selective perceptions, yes. By that, I mean, I am aware that these things exist. I don't assert their absolute truth for everyone, only that they're a true expression of me. The Arrogant

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: I am sure of my own bhava (a priori creative moodstance or finest feeling level), spacetime stories, and selective perceptions, yes. By that, I mean, I am aware that these things exist. I don't assert their absolute truth

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote: A gracious approach, and a wise one. Pointed out only because you are on a forum with others who are not nearly so gracious. They'd have us believe that their subjective experiences -- or the equally subjective

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
Terrific find, hermandan0. That's a fabulous song. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@... wrote: Are you sure? The Arrogant Worms beg to differ! They say carrot juice is murder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
the white-gold light which pours from their lips as they cite their favorite scripture Yeah, there is a distinctly different way of operating once the soul is unencumbered. I used to do this thing where led by my unconscious heart, I would use my intellect to create boxes for people. Then I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: the white-gold light which pours from their lips as they cite their favorite scripture Yeah, there is a distinctly different way of operating once the soul is unencumbered. I used to do this thing where led by my

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
Thanks! I enjoyed the song, too. As to eat and be eaten, yes! As they say, Brahman is the eater (and the eaten) -- The Arrogant Worm Ouroboros!:-) And as to surety, I am sure :-) that surety is always a good thing to examine. At the core, I find there is only one thing I can ever be utterly

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: Thanks! I enjoyed the song, too. As to eat and be eaten, yes! As they say, Brahman is the eater (and the eaten) -- The Arrogant Worm Ouroboros!:-) Yep: attaa caraacaragrahaNaat (cara-acara-grahaNaat).

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: You probably mean that as an insult, but I love the circus!! I have been many, many times. The first time I went was in the 70's, Portland OR, when Gunter Gebel Williams was still doing his thing with leopards and lions

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread Vaj
On Jan 17, 2011, at 2:37 AM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: You probably mean that as an insult, but I love the circus!! I have been many, many times. The first time I went was in the 70's, Portland OR, when Gunter Gebel

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
I have heard too that such things occur. Before the Ringling Bros. show in San Jose, it is possible to visit the back lot, where the animals are tended. I have spoken with the animal caretakers for that circus and they take good care of the animals. It shows too. They all look quite healthy and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I have heard too that such things occur. Before the Ringling Bros. show in San Jose, it is possible to visit the back lot, where the animals are tended. I have spoken with the animal caretakers for that circus and they

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
Glad to hear it. Yes, if properly cared for, animals in zoos and circuses have a far less stressful and longer life than they do in the wild - regular meals and no predators. The same has been said of sidhas - lol. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: I have heard too that such things occur. Before the Ringling Bros. show in San Jose, it is possible to visit the back lot, where the animals are

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
I've been concerned about vegetables, and how they feel about us eating them. The next time you're serving some, could you ask them for me? I'm especially concerned about the brussel sprouts. Last time I cooked some they didn't seem happy about it at all. That's because *no one*, including the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote: Rory, given your prowess at whispering, I wonder if you could do me a favor. I've been concerned about vegetables, and how they feel about us eating them. The next time you're serving some, could you ask them for me?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:02 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: I've been concerned about vegetables, and how they feel about us eating them. The next time you're serving some, could you ask them for me? I'm especially concerned about the brussel sprouts. Last time I cooked some they didn't seem happy

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
I can't help it if the dude says funny stuff! PS Sal, its a J-O-K-E.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:02 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: I've been concerned about vegetables, and how they feel about us eating them. The next time

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
Ooops, sorry, I forgot your cardinal rule around here - Thou shalt not make fun of Barry - everyone else is fair game. I think that is pretty much an exact quote. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I can't help it if the dude says funny stuff! PS Sal,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread SwedaK
Many zoos nowadays are trying to collect rare species in an attempt to maintain those species. An example is the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin. They even collect eggs that would otherwise be destroyed, raise the chicks and reintroduce the young adults into the wild. Other zoos

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread whynotnow7
Yes, things have improved immensely in terms of animal enclosures. So much so that a tiger was being harassed at the SF Zoo by visitors on Christmas day 2007, jumped out of its moat area, killed one guy and tracked another the length of the zoo before it was shot, sadly. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Ooops, sorry, I forgot your cardinal rule around here - Thou shalt not make fun of Barry - everyone else is fair game. I think that is pretty much an exact quote. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-16 Thread whynotnow7
You probably mean that as an insult, but I love the circus!! I have been many, many times. The first time I went was in the 70's, Portland OR, when Gunter Gebel Williams was still doing his thing with leopards and lions and tigers and horses and elephants. There was a master. An absolutely

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-16 Thread RoryGoff
I can't speak for anyone else of course, but it's been my experience that our separate Ego deals mainly in put-downs and insults, to prop itself up and mask its own core pain, while our simple presence annihilates our separateness into appreciation of the divine in everything that IS :-)