Paul Haggis Renounces Church of Scientology in Blistering Letter
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[haggis_scieno.jpg] The Church of
Great place you guys live in. Could it have been his
order for brains on a bun that gave him away? :-)
Man Called Zombie While Ordering Food, Punched Twice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/25/man-called-zombie-while-o_n_33\
3053.html
IOWA CITY, Iowa Iowa City police are investigating an
What else could explain this article in Salon.com?
It's very difficult to believe that this is not a put-on
or a satire, but it appears to be exactly what it claims
to be -- the ghostwriter's diary of her interactions
with Palin. Highlighting below is mine; the words
are theirs. Religious crazies
It's the sign of the modern loss of Knowledge. Iowa City used to be a 15
percent meditator town 40 years ago. Meditators moved on, now as a place it
has slid back to only a few. A sweet place then 40 years ago, a shining city
of culture and high thinking. Their lack of Knowledge is over
Cambridge TM
What became of the old Cambridge TM center? That nice building a few
blocks within walking from Harvard Square and Harvard College? Is it still
Transcendental Meditation movement property or was it cashed? Whose
ensigns hang in it now?
The loss of
LINK
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1
To hear his enemies talk, you might think Paul Offit is the most
hated man in America. A pediatrician in Philadelphia, he is the
coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine that could save tens of thousands
of lives every year. Yet
Two headed hydra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsSPzr7ays
On Oct 26, 2009, at 5:30 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Someone yells, When are we going to get our country back?
How bout 2012? SP says, and the crowd erupts.
Hmmm...maybe all these 2012 Harmonic Divergence, end-of-days
fantasies are actually just a cosmic warning from Creator JHVH-1:
Sarah
I think there is a chunk of the population that has it and has not gone to the
doctor
Like our family
No
we have not been technically diagnosed
Just by hypothesis i m making that deduction
the run over by a truck
the ridiculous coughing
all the symptoms are there
We try to get better with red
Hersh: Military waging war with White House
By Neil Offen
DURHAM The U.S. military is not just fighting wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, America's most renowned investigative journalist says.
The army is also in a war against the White House and they
feel they have [President] Obama boxed in,
Daniel Ellsberg: Will Obama go against his own instincts to avoid a
military coup?
Interview with Daniel Ellsberg - Watch:
http://vodpod.com/watch/2393771-daniel-ellsberg-from-vietnam-to-afghanis\
tan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
What else could explain this article in Salon.com?
It's very difficult to believe that this is not a put-on
or a satire, but it appears to be exactly what it claims
to be -- the ghostwriter's diary of her interactions
with
John wrote:
Can one watch the actions of the gunas with
absolute detachment or in bliss?
The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of a battle
in the form of an allegory - it's not a treatise
on fighting or battle techniques.
So, the story of the 'gunas' is also allegorical
- there's really no
Drunkenness, assaults, rape, poor scholarship.
Their collective lack of spiritual Knowledge is over whelming in this
kind of negativity now. The headlines are generally bad coming out of that
city now.
By all science they need an insertion of the David Lynch
Foundation.
At this point the
bill hicks wrote:
The dumber people think you are, the more
surprised they're going to be when you kill
them...
MEXICO CITY: Nine decapitated and dismembered
bodies were found in an abandoned van in the
southern Mexican state of Guerrero, authorities
said on Friday...
'9 dismembered
Bhairitu wrote:
Weren't most of us shown propaganda like
this when we were in grade school and told
this is what the Nazi's did or what
Communists were doing?
Well, I think most of us know what the Nazis
and the Communists did, but apparently you're
one of the few who don't know. Go figure.
rd wrote:
Obama is an elitist like many of the progressive
liberals, Obama's base, the college educated creative
class, who supported him, think they're superior
intellectually to the working class. They look down
on the working class. I've seen this attitude on
FFLife and on liberal
Dunno, Doug. I suspect it's gone. I had dinner
last night with a couple who learned TM in Boston,
and they referred to a one-room Center, which must
be this place:
http://boston.globalcountry.net/
By the way, the man was thrilled with his
benefits. He credited just four days of TM
with
Shemp McGurk wrote:
In my opinion, Barry's biggest whopper was
about 5 years ago when we were discussing
the infamous meeting between Baba Muktananda
and Maharishi in Seelisburg...
That's a pretty big whopper all right, but you
really can't compare that to Barry's tall tale
about the
The only way for the U.S. to extricate itself
from the conflict, Hersh said, is to negotiate
with the Taliban...
So, Seymore Hersh thinks that negotiating with the
terrorists will help extricate NATO from the war
in Afghanistan? Does Hersh really believe that
Obama would make a special
Which of the two Barry's below is real.??
--- On Mon, 10/26/09, WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's biggest whopper
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:36 AM
Shemp McGurk wrote:
In my opinion, Barry's biggest
John wrote:
Daniel Ellsberg: Will Obama go against his own
instincts to avoid a military coup?
Well, I predict that Obama will send in additional
troops to Afghanistan. What he should be doing is
sending in troops to fight in Pakistan. The only way
that NATO is going to win a regional war is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_sp...@... wrote:
Which of the two Barry's below is real.??
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/31985843/or/1629327331/name/Barry_Toon_11.j\
pg
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/31985843/or/1187646366/name/Barry_Toon_22.j\
pg A
For those who, like Barry, are hopelessly confused
about the status of the public option, here's a good
short recap of the current state of play:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-treatment/obama-cool-the-opt-out
The writer's summary:
...It seems pretty clear (at least to me) that Obama
really would
Pakistan is running with the hare and hunting with the hounds at the
same time.
There are important lessons that has to be learnt from the Vietnam.
It started as a conventional war. as years dragged on the Vietcong made
massive infiltration into the South vietnam
There's something not right about this defection happening now.
Haggis has been a member for 35 years? And only now these sorts of revelations
have come to his attention?
Come on. Much, much worse has been seeping out of Scientology for years and
even before the internet if one wanted to
Drunkenness, assaults, rape, poor scholarship.
Their collective lack of spiritual Knowledge is over whelming in this
kind of negativity now. The headlines are generally bad coming out of that
city now.
By all science they need an insertion of the David Lynch
Foundation.
At this
I read some of the comments at the site where the
entire letter has been published. They appear to mostly
be from Scientologists who are still involved and loyal,
but they're denouncing some of the people at the top who
have been taking things in what they feel is the wrong
direction.
Interesting
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
I read some of the comments at the site where the
entire letter has been published. They appear to mostly
be from Scientologists who are still involved and loyal,
but they're denouncing some of the people at the top who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
John jrwrote:
We should be reminded of the aforementioned
quotation from the Gita...
The point of the Bhagavad Gita is that we
should not be attached to the fruits of our
actions. In order to do that, the Gita says
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
Or perhaps the former TMers here have lost all faith
in TM being able to deliver on its claims?
Perhaps the main reason some of them are
here is the constant amusement of watching
people who -- after 30+ years -- are still
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
John wrote:
Can one watch the actions of the gunas with
absolute detachment or in bliss?
The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of a battle
in the form of an allegory - it's not a treatise
on fighting or battle
WillyTex wrote:
Bhairitu wrote:
Weren't most of us shown propaganda like
this when we were in grade school and told
this is what the Nazi's did or what
Communists were doing?
Well, I think most of us know what the Nazis
and the Communists did, but apparently you're
one of the
Thursday, 29 October - Deva Prabodhini Ekadashi Celebration
Rashtrageet will start at 14:40h (2:40pm) MERU-Holland time
Global Puja live telecast from Brahmasthan of India
Jai Guru Dev
http://www.maharishichannel.in/archives/gfc-archive.html
Weren't most of us shown propaganda like
this when we were in grade school and told
this is what the Nazi's did or what
Communists were doing?
Well, I think most of us know what the Nazis
and the Communists did, but apparently you're
one of the few who don't know. Go figure.
~National Association for Business Economics says more U.S. firms are
planning to hire and increase investment in the next six months~
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In another sign of economic recovery, U.S. companies
are planning to hire and invest more in the near future, according to a survey
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
What else could explain this article in Salon.com?
It's very difficult to believe that this is not a put-on
or a satire, but it appears to be exactly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Listening to those who suggest that a stopper can
be found to block up that drain and save the TMO
is laughable. They just haven't been paying
attention.
It's amazing to observe that someone who was kicked out of the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
I read some of the comments at the site where the
entire letter has been published. They appear to mostly
be from Scientologists who are still involved
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
What else could explain this article in Salon.com?
It's very difficult to believe
Just FYI, the words fiction, satire. and humor
do not appear on the page on which this article
appears in Salon, or even in its source code. And
there is no Read More link.
I suspect that either there are several versions of
the page, depending on one's browser, or (more likely)
someone (not
Or maybe they just don't care because, it's Palin after
all, and their liberal readership eats up anything that
slams her for her politics, her class and her sex whether
it's true or not.
Judy wrote:
It's ugly satire, that's for sure.
Maybe, but when will the liberals realize that
WillyTex wrote:
Weren't most of us shown propaganda like
this when we were in grade school and told
this is what the Nazi's did or what
Communists were doing?
Well, I think most of us know what the Nazis
and the Communists did, but apparently you're
one of the few who don't know.
The important thing is how much do these jobs pay? What kind of jobs
are they? A lot of these jobs may be low paying. If you're an engineer
don't count on getting hired to scrub floors. They know you'll be gone
the minute you get a call on your cell phone for an engineering job.
People
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_re...@... wrote:
[snip]
The TM organization cannot do this. It will
continue doing the same old same old because
it is completely locked into the revering of a
teacher who was never authorized to teach
[snip]
So, what is the kind of
The Nazis and the Communists were responsible
for the deaths of millions of innocent people?
Bhairitu wrote:
But what about their spying activities on their
own citizens?
Well yes, I guess that in addition to murdering
millions of people, the Nazis and the Communists
had spying
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6aF9nFaJao
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_reply@ wrote:
[snip]
The TM organization cannot do this. It will
continue doing the same old same old because
it is completely locked into the revering of a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Just FYI, the words fiction, satire. and humor
do not appear on the page on which this article
appears in Salon, or even in its source code. And
there is no Read More link.
I suspect that either there are several
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_reply@ wrote:
[snip]
The TM organization cannot do this. It will
continue doing the same old same old because
it is completely locked into the revering of a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Just FYI, the words fiction, satire. and humor
do not appear on the page on which this article
appears in Salon, or even in its source code. And
TurquoiseB wrote:
Have you been suckered by the TMO's *assump-
tion* that he was authorized to teach by his
own teacher? He would never have been by the
Shankaracharya lineage of which Guru Dev was
a part, because he was the wrong caste.
Maybe Paul Mason can clear this up for us...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Just FYI, the words fiction, satire. and humor
do not appear on the page on which this article
appears in Salon, or even in its source code. And
there is no Read More link.
I suspect that either there are several
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Just FYI, the words fiction, satire. and humor
do not appear on the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@...
wrote:
Those keywords were there this morning, and they're
mentioned in the comments section. However, the page
has changed, and they're gone now.
Thanks. They weren't there when I found
the page and posted about
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
http://www.ncane.com/vie
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
[snip]
Or perhaps the former TMers here have lost all faith
in TM being able to deliver on its claims?
[snip]
Seeing as TM and the TMO promises nothing less than full mental potential (ie,
enlightenment), it's not
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap
compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_reply@ wrote:
[snip]
The TM organization cannot do this. It will
continue doing the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
yifuxero wrote:
http://www.ncane.com/vie
So what do your think of Ray Kurzweil?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote:
Or perhaps the former TMers here have lost all faith
in TM being able to deliver on its claims?
Perhaps the main reason some of them are
here is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote:
snip
Regardless of the tags, I'm pretty sure it's satire.
Jeez. Whaddya mean, regardless of the tags? The tags
*tell* you it's satire, if you ever had any doubt. Raunchy,
there really isn't any uncertainty about this.
Steve
October 26, 2009 | Issue 45•44
WASHINGTON—In a rare display of bipartisanship, senators on both sides
of the aisle set aside their differences Tuesday and passed off
responsibility for the nation's problems by an overwhelming 91-8
margin. As senators, it's our duty to get any sort of blame out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap
compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
no_reply@ wrote:
[snip]
SEVEN QUESTIONS THAT KEEP PHYSICISTS UP AT NIGHT
by Ivan Semeniuk
New Scientist
October 23, 2009
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18041-seven-questions-that-keep-physic
ists-up-at-night.html
It's not your average confession show: a panel of leading physicists
spilling the beans about what
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
snip
??? I just checked the link above again, and they're
still there.
I saw them in Firefox this morning. They're gone in
Firefox now. They
I just posted the one from Zeilinger for Hugo, but
I guess he missed it.
Hugo, if you're reading this, have a look at post #233014,
Physicists' Insomnia. There's more to it than just the
bit about Zeilinger below.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
SEVEN
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:
snip
Regardless of the tags, I'm pretty sure it's satire.
Jeez. Whaddya mean, regardless of the tags? The tags
*tell* you it's satire, if you ever had
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/happy-birthday-hillary-2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck2nTUUPyZg
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote:
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/happy-birthday-hillary-2/
Well, Miss Havisham, this is exciting. I see you more clearly now.
Clinging on to TM, clinging on to Hilary, clinging on to your bridal
dress and
TurquoiseB wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck2nTUUPyZg
Oh, an ad for luxury homes in the US! :-D
...is still by Sarah Palin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrzXLYA_e6E
Lest we forget.
In his presser, Harry Reid said very little about what kind of an opt-out
he'll put in the final bill.
The good news: Pressure on Reid from progressives when his poll numbers are
flagging made him defy the White House. More importantly, he ratted them out to
the press. Rahm thought he could
'Pitfalls of Channeling'
http://www.melora.org/Talk041307.html
Sunday, October 25th 7:00 PM
Fairfield Arts Convention Center/Expo Hall
Fairfield, IA
Level V Workshop - Sunday, October 25th - $200.00
http://www.spirit-repair.com/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote:
There were three events in Maharishi's life,
That influenced the direction, which the 'Movement' took...
There was the initial response, from S.R.M.,
From the days in India...
Charlie Lutes, then Jerry Jarvis, the
Barry imitated Rush Limbaugh today. LOL Rush ended up with egg on his face when
he read an Internet satire piece that claimed President Obama dissed the
Constitution in his college thesis at Columbia University. He alerted his
audience to the hoax but refused to apologize.
Rush:
So I shout
Thanks. If i remember it was on Garden Street at about Chauncy between Harvard
and Radcliff. Wonderful big house with large rooms on the main floor to use as
lecture halls. Always filled for intro lectures, group meditations and
advanced lectures. Many rooms upstairs for teaching, offices,
And here I thought they already had... something resembling a shark.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/6432628/Rich-may-evolve-into-separate-species.html
Now if we can just get them to move to another planet. Maybe Jupiter
is more their style.
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He's a true Renaissance genius!
a. Since he's into supplements (featured in Life Extension magazine), I reserve
a place in my heart for the likes of him and other supplement pioneers who wolf
down huge amounts of supplements per day.
b. overall, he comes up with some truly original ideas, of
Some of us conservative meditators in town were singing recently this old
harmony hymn below that made me think of the old Cambridge TM Center.
Nice tune full of meaning:
http://shapenote.net/49b.htm
JAS,
-D in FF
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote:
Not familiar with a center in Kenmore Square. There was a short-lived Boston
center on swank Newbury Street way back in the late 70s or early 80s. My
favorite memory of that place happened when it had just been rented and was in
the paint the walls stage...it was watching Dennis Raimondi
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