[FairfieldLife] Re: tumeric helps prevent brain plaque

2007-09-20 Thread cardemaister
All you hot dog eaters have been eating health food all this time - - good ole yellow mustard contains turmeric: http://www.drgourmet.com/ingredients/mustard.shtml My coffee substitute, sort of, is The New Swedish O'boy cocoa with inuline(sp?), to which (cocoa) I add some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Citta manas?

2007-09-20 Thread Vaj
On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:17 AM, cardemaister wrote: Anyone know what's the difference, if any, between citta and manas Citta and manas are container and contents respectively. Citta is the entire mind-field (antah-karana) which include the manas, the buddhi, ahamkara.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread Peter
Comment below: --- tanhlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Below, you ask if I is the individual. Depends upon how you define it: a. the illusory I that is the core of misidentification, or b. the individual who remains after the ignorance of misidentification is gone, and who STILL may

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- tanhlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Below, you ask if I is the individual. Depends upon how you define it: a. the illusory I that is the core of misidentification, or b. the individual who remains after the

[FairfieldLife] Most science studies appear to be tainted by sloppy analysis

2007-09-20 Thread gullible fool
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118972683557627104.html?mod=blog Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Citta manas?

2007-09-20 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:17 AM, cardemaister wrote: Anyone know what's the difference, if any, between citta and manas Citta and manas are container and contents respectively. Citta is the entire mind-field

[FairfieldLife] Spanish Mind, Beginner's Mind

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. - Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi There are few things more beneficial in terms of both the development of humility and the development of a sense of humor than being a beginner. You walk into a classroom and leave

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realiza

2007-09-20 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Barry writes snipped: Transmission (or empowerment) kinda cuts through the crap of language and its inability to express the inexpressible. It also cuts through the crap of the intellect, in that one doesn't have to try to imagine what is being discussed; it is here and now, part of one's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realiza

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barry writes snipped: Transmission (or empowerment) kinda cuts through the crap of language and its inability to express the inexpressible. It also cuts through the crap of the intellect, in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Citta manas?

2007-09-20 Thread martyboi
Awesome post, Call me simple, but this post clarified some recent experiences in a major way. Thanks Billy! Correct, and to embellish... When the 'chitta' becomes, like a lamp which does not flicker in a windless place MMY Gita 6vs19, it reveals the 'undistorted' beauty of its'

[FairfieldLife] The Guru Looked Good

2007-09-20 Thread Vaj
Hilarious yet saddening blog of a former SYDA/Gurumayi insider. http://the-guru-looked-good.blogspot.com/ Here's chapter One (it's up to chapter 45 now): http://the-guru-looked-good.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-backseat.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread Ron
For Now, I am having my fun. I have told my Guru what I am up to. I am speaking from my own experiences as well which I have the opinion have an effect to move one faster in the path, and the reason I attirbute is because of working directly with the living guru- one to one. By comparison,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realiza

2007-09-20 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barry writes snipped: Transmission (or empowerment) kinda cuts through the crap of language and its inability to express the inexpressible. It also cuts through the crap of the intellect, in

[FairfieldLife] Re: JFK and GWB -- Evolution? Rising World Consciousness?

2007-09-20 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just saw a clip of JFK giving ask not.. speech. Pure magic, IMO. Regardless, what you may think of his politics -- I personally liked many -- not all of his ideas and visions. He was a great speaker, clear

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread Ron
Well Peter , your comments look quite correct here, and those in my path, even the ones in the midst of the journey, would recognize this, I think It has it's own characteristics, sometimes people speak of truth in a complicated way but it is the same truth regardless- so then maybe those who

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Perfect House

2007-09-20 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie msilver1951@ wrote: If you could afford the perfect house, price being no obsticle, in a perfect location, that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantras, meditation and deities

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
bill wrote: When someone tells us such meditation is hindu worship then they are simply misinformed, ignorant or ideologues. For clarity, here is a definition of mantra, according to Swami Ageananda Bharati: A mantra is a quasi-morpheme or a series of quasi-morphemes, or a series of mixed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Perfect House

2007-09-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/20/07 11:18:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Plus the average greenfield built MSV house in ffld is made with toxic materials and very cheaply - lots of problems pop up soon. But fflders pay a huge premium because it's supposedly vastu. As

[FairfieldLife] Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread Duveyoung
Women rule. And they'll continue to rule forever, and it's been that way from the beginningest beginning. There's a female presence -- ancient, devious, powerful, spell casting -- with a fort, an outpost, in every speck of you. Yes, ancient and creepy -- hoary comes to mind -- but with a

[FairfieldLife] Trick or Treat?

2007-09-20 Thread Bhairitu
The other day there was some religious dude handing out fliers about how evil Halloween is and how Satan is taking over the world, blah, blah, blah. I heard the spiel as I walked pass that he gave someone else and figured if he tried to lay that trip on me I was going to tell him to look

[FairfieldLife] I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread Bhairitu
Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. It is the first one I've seen around here and I thought, here's the Gestapo. The bun hoppers must not be doing too well as fascism still seems to be on the rise with thugs turned cops tasering

[FairfieldLife] Re: I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. It is the first one I've seen around here and I thought, here's the Gestapo. The bun hoppers must not be doing too

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantras, meditation and deities

2007-09-20 Thread billy jim
Herr Leo Fischer, the Austrian Sanskritist, was one of a handful of European academics to throw aside his scholastic robes and assume the robes of a Dashanami Swami. It was rather remarkable for his day but now, unfortunately, any California Hausfrau can do the same The text you quoted

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trick or Treat?

2007-09-20 Thread martyboi
The world is your mirror. MMY --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other day there was some religious dude handing out fliers about how evil Halloween is and how Satan is taking over the world, blah, blah, blah. I heard the spiel as I walked pass

[FairfieldLife]

2007-09-20 Thread mainstream20016
For the first time, last weekend I went to a Jesuit-run Catholic retreat at a Jesuit retreat house. It was in a beautiful pastoral setting and the weather was gorgeous, too. It was attended by about 45 other men, most of whom have attended annual weekend retreats there for many of the 50

[FairfieldLife]

2007-09-20 Thread mainstream20016
For the first time, last weekend I went to a Jesuit-run Catholic retreat at a Jesuit retreat house. It was in a beautiful pastoral setting and the weather was gorgeous, too. It was attended by about 45 other men, most of whom have attended annual weekend retreats there for many of the 50

[FairfieldLife] My first real night living in Sitges

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
Sun down, work over the dogs and I walk barepaw on the beach and watch the half moon rise And from somewhere out at sea we hear the sound of cosmic chillout music carried on the wind Rhythm section provided by pounding surf and the white noise drone of waves caressing the shore Over which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Women rule. And? And they'll continue to rule forever, and it's been that way from the beginningest beginning. And? There's a female presence -- ancient, devious, powerful, spell casting -- with a fort, an

[FairfieldLife] Catholic Retreat Houses, and other related topics...

2007-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the first time, last weekend I went to a Jesuit-run Catholic retreat at a Jesuit retreat house. It was in a beautiful pastoral setting and the weather was gorgeous, too. It was attended by about 45 other

Re: [FairfieldLife] I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/20/07 2:30:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. It is the first one I've seen around here and I thought, here's the Gestapo. The bun hoppers must not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/20/07 3:14:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you noticed the latest O. J. incident's effect on the media? There's such excitement in the air, with top of the hour reports chronicaling O. J.'s every move, as though he were still carrying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spanish Mind, Beginner's Mind

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: I am taking a Spanish class. A beginner's Spanish class. Even though I lived close to the Mexican border for many years, my interest in and mastery of the Spanish language was pretty much limited to asking for a cervesa... So, you lived for years near the Mexican border,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread tertonzeno
--I disagree. The I after the illusory I vanishes and refers to something. It, the pronoun, refers the body/mind that others engage with. The idea that everything vanishes is the Neo-Advaitin trap of delusion. I can't believe anybody would fall for it. Go back to MMY's SBAL: Brahman has

Re: [FairfieldLife] I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread Bhairitu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/20/07 2:30:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. It is the first one I've seen around here and I thought, here's the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trick or Treat?

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: The other day there was some religious dude handing out fliers about how evil Halloween is and how Satan is taking over the world, blah, blah, blah. I heard the spiel as I walked pass that he gave someone else and figured if he tried to lay that trip on me I was going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung wrote: The Jews had it figured. If yer mommy's not a Jew, you're not a Jew. There's no female Jewish mitochondria, you idiot!

[FairfieldLife] Re: I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. So, you were walking around downtown Oakland. It is the first one I've seen around here and I thought, here's the Gestapo. So, Osama bin Laden killed 3,000 innocent Americans

[FairfieldLife] Re: My first real night living in Sitges

2007-09-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: I took a long, ambling walk with my friend's dogs down the beach. And with each step my smile widened, and my step lightened, and more of my inner slumbering selves woke up. So, you took a long, ambling walk with your friend's dog down the beach, with a silly grin on your

[FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-20 Thread Ron
When the body, mind and conditionings are gone, there is still something left, and this is what is known by the enlightened, and this is not transcient, all the other stuff is. If the enlightened when using the word I are referring to this eternal IS, that is One thing, if one is using I'

Re: [FairfieldLife] I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/20/07 6:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's what Starbuck's has to say on that: _http://www.starbuckhttp://www.stahttp://www._ (http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/origins.asp) I'm sure those coffee farms do quite well. It's the Juan

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trick or Treat?

2007-09-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/20/07 6:17:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's just amazing what you can see walking around downtown Oakland; a left-handed, basket-weaving, religious fanatic selling non-sense syllables laying his trip on everybody! Are they still

[FairfieldLife] Re: I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/20/07 2:30:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yup, just as I was leaving downtown from my stop at Starbucks here comes a Homeland Security van. It is the first one I've seen

Re: [FairfieldLife] I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread Bhairitu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/20/07 6:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's what Starbuck's has to say on that: _http://www.starbuckhttp://www.stahttp://www._ (http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/origins.asp) I'm sure those coffee farms

Re: [FairfieldLife] Spanish Mind, Beginner's Mind

2007-09-20 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: I am taking a Spanish class. A beginner's Spanish class. Even though I lived close to the Mexican border for many years, my interest in and mastery of the Spanish language was pretty much limited to asking for a cervesa or for the servicios. Fortunately those two terms

[FairfieldLife] Re:Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread genevieve mandrake
Thanks for the laugh! aaahahaaa ahhaaa ahaa Genevieve - Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Women rule. snip I don't trust them. snip She, she, she, she. Edg, I'll be honest with ya. Anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die I'm not sure I trust that either. just a joke, just a joke. I think

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trick or Treat?

2007-09-20 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other day there was some religious dude handing out fliers about how evil Halloween is and how Satan is taking over the world, blah, blah, blah. Hey, I kinda like the version I picked up somewhere along the way that

[FairfieldLife] Re: I saw my first Gestapo van this morning

2007-09-20 Thread bob_brigante
When you drink your cup of Starbuck's , you're paying for the exploitation of some dirt poor coffee bean picker somewhere. So I guess we are all pathetic sheep in some way or another. Starbucks says it pays premium prices in order to make sure that farmers can

[FairfieldLife] (unknown)

2007-09-20 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 For the first time, I have personal dialogue during prayer. I consider this to be very significant, and am thankful for the guidance of the Jesuit's, and the Ya gotta admit. There are some nice benefits at 50 plus. lurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women -- the first terrorists

2007-09-20 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duveyoung wrote: The Jews had it figured. If yer mommy's not a Jew, you're not a Jew. There's no female Jewish mitochondria, you idiot! I guess it's not flaming cause he didn't say fuckin idiot Hey

[FairfieldLife] FLAME ALERT FLAME ALERT

2007-09-20 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duveyoung wrote: The Jews had it figured. If yer mommy's not a Jew, you're not a Jew. There's no female Jewish mitochondria, you idiot!