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

2009-03-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:28 AM, raunchydog wrote: More nonsense. Rape is rarely about desire and usually much more about power. O.K. Sal, I'll can accept your qualifier power and say desire for power Happy now? No, it's still a silly point, raunch. Stealing: A rapist covets a woman then

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

2009-03-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:57 AM, raunchydog wrote: Maybe the Biblical God of the Old Testament is pro slavery and pro rape. I wouldn't know. But you had no trouble tossing my insult my way for asking about it. Maybe it's time to clear the rocks out of your own head? But IMO the wrathful God

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

2009-03-17 Thread Kirk
: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Let's see, a self-proclaimed yogi comes to America, gains a following

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

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:00 AM, raunchydog wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Sal It's just interesting or do you have an opinion about it? IMO rape is included in the commandments against coveting, stealing and murder. That's just

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

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Kirk wrote: ---Men get raped by women too, In your dreams, Kirk. :) as well as by each other as well as the others by the others. ---Let's face it 'getting used' is just a subtle form of rape. Men 'get used' just as women, so some women think it's open

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

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:51 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Sal Or slavery. Holding up the 10 Commandments as some sort of moral guide is one of my pet peeves. There are actually two versions of them in the Bible.

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 5:20 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Duveyoung wrote: The Christians whom I've banged against think that TM's pure being is the Devil's Playground -- one is opening one's self

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

2009-03-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think once you are discussing the perspective of the 10 commandments you are assuming that. Thou shalt not have other Gods before thee contains the assumption that this is an option. So I don't believe that most Christians don't have

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

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
---Men get raped by women too, as well as by each other as well as the others by the others. ---Let's face it 'getting used' is just a subtle form of rape. Men 'get used' just as women, so some women think it's open season. It's not always fun or nice. hehe :) Isn't it interesting that in

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:54 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Or the TMSP folks who couldn't stop twitching. Now there's research I'd like to have seen: TM-Sidhi Induced Tourrette Syndrome in Young College Students, a Longitudinal

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

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
Fascinating, really! - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:54 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Some like the poet Robert Bly saw through the ploy and called us out on it. Do you remember what he said? I've seen both sides of it. I've definitely seen the smarmy, condescending, put on smile. But I've also seen actual ecstasy in

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Kirk wrote: Fascinating, really! How much do you wanna bet that the more people who are present, the more powerful the laughter, divine drunkedness and divine slaying (passing out), etc.? Some of the people scream or make animal noises. Sound familiar?

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

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
on. I liked her whether I care about politics or not. Anyone watching, Kings? - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. On Mar 16, 2009

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Kirk wrote: Uh, during the Eighties we cut out all that weird shit from the Domes. Some didn't stop, the butt bouncing seeming to emanate from someplace more what is it - brain stemmy?! As you are well aware the butt bouncing occurs in other Eastern religions

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

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 3:32 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: None of which you have any need to deal with if all you want is a simple relaxation technique. What if that is what you want and then later find out the religious

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

2009-03-15 Thread Vaj
On Mar 15, 2009, at 4:02 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for the Greek word metanoia. But going back to the Greek, it turns out that metanoia can also

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

2009-03-15 Thread Vaj
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:34 PM, bob_brigante wrote: Well, it is work in that you have to do something. Even if that something is sitting and meditating. Time passes and you bring you mind to the mantra. It still is doing something. *** TM is called a natural technique because it is

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

2009-03-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Duveyoung wrote: The Christians whom I've banged against think that TM's pure being is the Devil's Playground -- one is opening one's self to demonic possession, ya see? Maybe that comes not from TM itself, but from the people practicing it. Do you remember

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

2009-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2009, at 5:29 PM, shukra69 wrote: There is nothing in doing TM that conflicts with doing any religion as currently practiced. There is no insult to any intelligence. That's of course not true Shukra. I've spoken to a number of hep Kabbalists, all of them Orthodox Jews very

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

2009-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:26 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Well, not everyone accepts the universal being schtick that is basically a Hindu interpretation of the TC state. As I

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

2009-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2009, at 10:23 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: [...] If there was full, honest disclosure on the technique, anyone and their religion would have to be cool with practicing a common technique of Hindu paganism. I can tell you that