Following up on Patrick's question yesterday, hopefully
in the spirit in which it was asked, I will rap a bit
in one of my 3 last posts of the week about what I think
about enlightenment. I will *not* deal with the issue
he proposed -- collective consciousness -- because I
don't have a clue what
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
I think that they are all myths, and with exactly the same
substance as other myths we find on this planet -- none
whatsoever on an objective level. Subjectively, enlighten-
ment is neat. Objectively, I think it's
.
Asking for blind obedience to authority could be
one of the biggest con jobs in history to fool people
and keep them on line. All religions are guilty of this.
I don't think any true master will
Most subjective experiences don't tally with
Objective reality. Maybe you could use Occam's razor to
get an answer. There can be only one reality. Maybe
that reality is fragmented. You seen
I've been thinking about this phrase the last couple
of days, because I watched a video done by a friend
on The Wisdom of the Siddhas, in which he proposes
that the value of the Siddhas -- those who can perform
siddhis -- is that they inspire us by reminding us of
the highest goal in life.
My
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_sp...@... wrote:
Most subjective experiences don't tally with
Objective reality. Maybe you could use Occam's razor to
get an answer. There can be only one reality. Maybe
that reality is fragmented. You seen something in Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDmMBIyfsU
From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 28 May, 2010 7:48:08 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Separating the myth of enlightenment from the
reality
--- In
No, really:
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/etc/100527-snails-meth-for-the-sake-science.html
An ignoble prize heading their way methinks.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail carc...@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDmMBIyfsU
HeHe, very funny.
BTW, this is the part Raj Patel refferred to when he said I'm not the Messiah
shortly after some unbalanced souls claimed they had discovered who Maitreya
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam wrote:
Barry, what's your take on collective
consciousness? I mean, apart from the
Maharishi Effect. Do you believe in
such a phenomenon? If yes, how do you
think it manifests?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote:
I thought you might comment on Maharishi's
definition of collective consciousness, seeing
as it's central to any discussion of the Maharishi
Effect. But funny thing - your request prompted
me to look for a TM
Yifu Xero wrote:
weird; and Adrian Brody is a great actor.
http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/across-the-universe/sugar-and-splice/?gt1=28140
It's one of the commercial spots that went flashing by with the
30-second skip that you go back and see what it is. It open a week from
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote:
No, really:
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/etc/100527-snails-meth-for-the-sake-science.html
An ignoble prize heading their way methinks.
Who is the meth snail's bitch?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabongka_Rinpoche
TurquoiseB wrote:
In a way, the myths surrounding enlightenment are like its
advertising buzzphrases. Buy a new Enlightenmentmobile
today! Drive one and you'll know everything, and every-
thing you think will be by definition The Truth
A lot of people believe these sales brochure
Latest news from the David Lynch Foundation
David Lynch Foundation - USA
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The David Lynch Foundation is dedicated to transforming the lives of at-risk
populations through the Transcendental Meditation program. The foundation's May
newsletter reports on its latest initiatives
Lama Zopa's album: http://www.tinyurl.com/2w99aqw
...
Kachoe Dechen Ling:
http://www.dechenling.org/monastery.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls
Turq inquired recently about the Sony Androd phone that comes with a
high megapixel camera. So far we don't know if this just announced
camera/smartphone runs Android but the bottom key layout may suggest
so. It has a 14 megapixel sensor and 3x zoom. I wonder if it might be
a little bulky
My visceral fat-burning program is working fairly well. Two people commented
that I look thinner (even though I was already on the thin side). I'm
experimenting with fat-burning supplements, chiefly various types of fats (the
good fasts that burn up the visceral fat).
In this category would
have the absolute on demand whenever you want it. IOW, you won't need
to meditate to experience it, instead it is just there. But then when
you need to deal with the relative it is NOT going to get in the way.
There we have another misconception about enlightenment being that
KRUU-LP 100.1 FM has posted a link to yesterday's interview with Jerry
Jarvis conducted by Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi:
http://kruufm.com/node/7917
It's in our economic interests that we diversify
away from oil. It's in our environmental interest
and it's in our national security interest.
~~ George W Bush, makes history by saying something intelligent and positive
Swedish surgeon Dr. Ã
sa (awsa) levitates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjqaqiG65Efeature=related
Man, that sure is a hard hitting interview!!! Whew! The sheer openness has me
agog.
Edg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
KRUU-LP 100.1 FM has posted a link to yesterday's interview with Jerry
Jarvis conducted by Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi:
The problem continues to sound much more complicated than we have been hearing.
According to oil industry drilling experts, the large plume that has been
talked about is probably from somewhere other than the leak that they are
attempting to close using the top kill method.
This is a very
Barry, your rap below is pretty much
what I'm taking away from the Buddha
at the Gas Pump conversations that
Rick has recorded. (I listen to the
iTunes podcasts.)
One of his interview subjects - Pam
Keene, I think it was - defined enlightenment
as when your center shifts from your thoughts
Since the Neo-Advaitins say to just give up all techniques and Be, the idea
occurred to me that at critical moments in time, the Neo-Advaitins could
intervene and Awaken the most vicious and demonic of the serial killers.
My idea was just before the Burgoin Brothers tacked Richard Ramirez (aka
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
Wowhook, line and sinker. It's fascinating that there are still those who
believe that this tiny band of movement leftovers and pretend kings are at
the center of the universe.
Hey, I swallowed it all too. But I was young
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The reason this is a very disturbing exchange is
that the guy promoting this idea used to be a highly
respected oil industry expert, but his idea is
completely bonkers if you know anything about what's
going on.
The knowledgeable folks on The Oil Drum blog are
actually concerned that he's become
A day after scientists reported finding a huge plume of oil extending miles
east of the leaking BP well, on Friday a Louisiana scientist said his crew had
located another vast plume of oily globs, miles in the opposite direction.
James H. Cowan Jr., a professor at Louisiana State University,
These plumes are what we should be worried about, not
some nitwit notion about a second leak.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
A day after scientists reported finding a huge plume of oil extending miles
east of the leaking BP well, on Friday a Louisiana
BP 'systemic failure' endangers Gulf cleanup workers
WASHINGTON Federal regulators complained in a scathing
internal memo about significant deficiencies in BP's handling
of the safety of oil spill workers and asked the Coast Guard
to help pressure the company to address a litany of concerns.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam wrote:
Barry, what's your take on collective
consciousness? I mean, apart from the
Maharishi Effect. Do you
The Gulf of BP is a sovereign nation, a law unto itself. No one, not even the
President can make BP stop using Corexit or protect the safety of oil spill
workers or marshal the clean up capabilities of nearby oil tankers or accept
offers of help from 17 nations or dredge sand for barrier
Obama's visit to Grand Isle, LA today reminds of Bush's visit to Jackson Square
after Katrina. Pure stagecraft. What's worrisome is not that Obama is a
corporate tool, it's that he might not know he's a corporate tool. À la The
Truman Show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYj2m1yVpGU
Sham
Raunchy, I love ya, but honest to pete, wild hyperbole
doesn't help here. The stark, unvarnished reality is
bad enough. The good guys need to be giving out the
straight story, consistently, scrupulously, or there's
no basis for anybody to complain when the bad guys
*don't*.
Go hang out at
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
Raunchy, I love ya, but honest to pete, wild hyperbole
doesn't help here. The stark, unvarnished reality is
bad enough. The good guys need to be giving out the
straight story, consistently, scrupulously, or there's
no basis
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