[FairfieldLife] What defines a cult?

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
Does the TMO fall under the parameters of the following definition of a cult? From: http://www.spiritwatch.org/cultdef.htm 7 ELEMENTS OF A CULTIC GROUP 1) A centralized form of leadership that rules with unquestioned authority 2) A body of convictions, beliefs, and practices set forth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars in Aid for...

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/26/05 9:40 AM, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> And, by the way, all those wonderful works that you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 10:40 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 9/26/05 10:36 AM, "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> snip >> >>> >>> Do you think that Bevan and >>> John engage in >>> lecentious behavior and why do you care? >> >> Well, they do or they did. That is quite well known. >> Howev

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/26/05 10:06 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> Why would I care? Hmm, let's see...perhaps because > >> of the unbelievable > >> pompousness of HE the Honorable Dr. Morris when he > >> arrogantly enforc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: global warming = fewer hurricanes

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 10:31 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ...and there was that recent study in Switzerland that says that > global warming is causing the polar ice caps to melt...on Mars! > > It is the sun that goes through periods of emitting greater heat > that may very well be responsi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars in Aid for...

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > And, by the way, all those wonderful works that you cite above? > > Your local Catholic Church has been doing that in you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hogs

2005-09-26 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > > An old friend of mine here in Fairfield ended up in > > the local mental > > hospital recently. She wouldn't talk to her doctors > > unless they were facing > > E

[FairfieldLife] Re: global warming = fewer hurricanes

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/25/05 7:58:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "We're only half way through this decade, barely, and we've already > got six very intense hurricanes," Stephanopoulos argued, as

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/26/05 2:28 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> What licentious behavior and why do you care? > > > > Bevan and Hagelin are infamous womanizers. They have not limited > > themselves to single wome

[FairfieldLife] ...just change the names; the dance remains the same...

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/25/05 11:34 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 9/25/05 12:55 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> >

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch on public radio

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
Today? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just heard Director David Lynch is going to talk about > his quest to teach Transcendental Meditation in the schools > today on "Here and Now," a program produced by WBUR > in Boston. I imagine it'll

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Vaj
On 9/26/05 10:36 AM, "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > >> >> Do you think that Bevan and >> John engage in >> lecentious behavior and why do you care? > > Well, they do or they did. That is quite well known. > However your last question, if phrased, ..."why do we > care?" is very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hogs

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 10:14 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > >> An old friend of mine here in Fairfield ended up in >> the local mental >> hospital recently. She wouldn't talk to her doctors >> unless they were facing >> East. > > Who had to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 10:06 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Why would I care? Hmm, let's see...perhaps because >> of the unbelievable >> pompousness of HE the Honorable Dr. Morris when he >> arrogantly enforces >> policy that he creates while he seems to feel he is >> immune from the >> basics of

[FairfieldLife] Re: global warming = fewer hurricanes

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 1:03 p.m. EDT > > Hurricane Center: Global Warming Equals Fewer Storms > > www.newsmax.com > > > > Environ

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 3:48 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sounds pretty hypocrtical to me, yes, but why can't you just laugh it > off as one of life's little ironies, and move on? If everyone does that, and leaders aren't held accountable for their actions, then the corruption just keeps gettin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/26/05 2:28 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> What licentious behavior and why do you care? > > Bevan and Hagelin are infamous womanizers. They have not limited > themselves to single women, they have no scruples, or at least they > didn't for a looong time, about whose wife t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hogs

2005-09-26 Thread Peter
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > An old friend of mine here in Fairfield ended up in > the local mental > hospital recently. She wouldn't talk to her doctors > unless they were facing > East. Who had to be facing east? Her, the doctor, or both of them? > > > > > > --

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > > > > Do you think that Bevan and > > John engage in > > lecentious behavior and why do you care? > > Well, they do or they did. That is quite well known. > However your last question, if phrased, ..."why do we >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars in Aid for...

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/25/05 11:34 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> on 9/25/05 12:55 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> Doesn't Amma's org have financial statements? >> >> Probably does. I don't know anyt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Wacko Democrat Streisand declares Global Warming emergency

2005-09-26 Thread Peter
Stop ruining a perfectly good hypothesis with empirical fact! --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > X DRUDGE REPORT X SUN SEPT 25, 2005 16:44:05 > ET X > > STREISAND DECLARES 'GLOBAL WARMING EMERGENCY' > > THE SUPERSTAR SONGSTRESS SERENADED SAWYER WITH STORM > SEASON > ASSE

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Peter
--- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > > One one of the website, I found an e-mail > address to send questions > > > for t

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I always thought Bevan was gay. > > > > Sal > > Some where in the archives, in the mid eight thousands, > is a less than charitab

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EM

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAI

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread Peter
snip > > Do you think that Bevan and > John engage in > lecentious behavior and why do you care? Well, they do or they did. That is quite well known. However your last question, if phrased, ..."why do we care?" is very interesting if not used simply as a defensive posture. Why do we care? Why d

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread uns_tressor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I always thought Bevan was gay. > > Sal Some where in the archives, in the mid eight thousands, is a less than charitable post lsiting twelve ladies whose eggs Bevan is supposed to have covered; a selfless accomplish

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars in Aid for...

2005-09-26 Thread Vaj
On 9/26/05 9:40 AM, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> And, by the way, all those wonderful works that you cite above? >> Your local Catholic Church has been doing that in your very own >> neighb

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you think that the TM leadership is supposed to be better than > everyone else? The talks by TM leadership unequivically state that the practice of MMY's programs by an individual create "ideal behavior" and "total s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars in Aid for...

2005-09-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, by the way, all those wonderful works that you cite above? > Your local Catholic Church has been doing that in your very own > neighbourhood for the past several hundred years...and without the > hugging and

Re: [FairfieldLife] global warming = fewer hurricanes

2005-09-26 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/25/05 7:58:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "We're only half way through this decade, barely, and we've already got six very intense hurricanes," Stephanopoulos argued, as if to suggest that global warming's impact began in 2001. Well...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/25/05 7:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > he does take email questions, for every press conference!> > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi> E-mail Address:>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Personal Address:>     MVU Station 24>     Vlodrop  6063 NP>    

[FairfieldLife] We are either Saints or Devils

2005-09-26 Thread markmeredith2002
Today salom.com reviews a new book titled: Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of an American Conscience. In trying to explain the irrational witch trials, the author states: "The prosecutors were engaged in the indefatigable pursuit of the either/or. They were incapab

[FairfieldLife] David Lynch on public radio

2005-09-26 Thread Patrick Gillam
I just heard Director David Lynch is going to talk about his quest to teach Transcendental Meditation in the schools today on "Here and Now," a program produced by WBUR in Boston. I imagine it'll be at the end of the hour-long program. In Iowa, "Here and Now" broadcasts over KUNI at 90.9FM fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMA

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