[FairfieldLife] Re: hearing voices

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: ...I disagree with any poster that says that editors can't write. Any poster spreading such scurrilous rumours should study more about how Raymond Carver and Pat Conroy arrived at their brilliance. I'm not quite sure about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I hope that Rick resolves this as a single issue, which is all it is. Paleeze let's not all squawk about how we are the target of the TMO. Its embarrassing. It's also true. Look at the post that was gone after. There was

[FairfieldLife] Martin Scorsese on his TM practice:

2011-07-09 Thread merlin
  Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: “It’s made a difference”   Martin Scorsese is one of the cinema’s most acclaimed directors. Born in New York City in 1942, he was a quiet child with a strong case of asthma, and spent much of his young life alone watching movies. After high school he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
For those last few minutes of the day I sometimes enjoy leafing through catalogs we get in the mail, the ones filled with electronics and gadgets I won't buy. I haven't figured out why people seem to be obsessed with reading books. I can't recall the last time I read one cover to cover - it has

[FairfieldLife] One town discovered there was wind seeping into its water supply

2011-07-09 Thread Tom Pall
In The Know: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbithttp://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-coal-lobby-warns-wind-farms-may-blow-e,20876/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stanley Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 9:54 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: Careful Nabby, you could be next with Share Int'l!! Everything Benjamin Creme writes is freely available. But he, like Bevan, might not want private instructions to be posted on this or other blogs. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread seventhray1
I understand. I was reading hard stuff even right before bed, and enjoying it. WSJ,or NYT, or even some business magazines. But then I got away from that but still wanted something to make me realize just how tired I was. I understand perfectly about magazines with things for sale. It's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: For those last few minutes of the day I sometimes enjoy leafing through catalogs we get in the mail, the ones filled with electronics and gadgets I won't buy. I used to get an electronics catalog years ago -- can't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I haven't figured out why people seem to be obsessed with reading books. I can't recall the last time I read one cover to cover - it has easily been years. Perhaps they are a fun distraction for overactive minds - I don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Duveyoung
Steve, So you've labeled me. Happy now? I've had some seriously hard knocks, and if I'm now damaged goods and seeing stuff that isn't there and paranoid about it nonetheless, and that bothers you, well, I'd rather be me than someone laughing at a cripple's crutch. The world IS dark and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I can unreservedly pass along wayback's recommendation for Dan Eagleman's SUM: Forty Tales from the Afterlife. It's just what the title implies, and brilliant. And the stories are short, so it's perfect bedtime reading.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread seventhray1
Well, you've got a point. If suddenly the site gets yanked, then how do you go about making your case that the site has not violated copyright laws. It was a cheap shot on my part. Maybe a little of it was just trying to engage you instead of just having your infrequent postings. So, sorry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Duveyoung
A very decent reply.I bow. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: Well, you've got a point. If suddenly the site gets yanked, then how do you go about making your case that the site has not violated copyright laws. It was a cheap shot on my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie: Electra Luxx

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
Just wanted to write and thank you for this recommendation. As you probably remember, I really liked A Girl Walks Into A Bar. I thought it was a very well-done low-budget film, and with a great cast. Elektra Luxx has an even better cast. Carla Guigino, always tremendous. Joseph Gordon- Levitt,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Tom Pall
Talk about leading a darkie life, try being one of the 4 Caucasians here in Charlotte, NC. Despite Rick Archer's former bluff and bluster that Yahoo! will do /his/ bidding since he's got so much stroke with the company on account of the money he spent with them, Yahoo! can and does delete groups

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 7:45 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:15 AM, seventhray1 wrote: Thanks for the recommendations. I wish I could find something I enjoy reading for a few minutes before I drop off to sleep. I am so narrow minded that I can't bring myself to read fiction and usually stick with something spiritual in

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 7:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement All of Nabby's crop circle photos are copyrighted. Should he stop

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Those weren't private instructions. The post in question was a letter he had sent out publically, announcing and explaining King Tony's wife and kids. For some reason I guess the TMO didn't want a permanent record of that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread seventhray1
Thank you. I've noted them all. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:15 AM, seventhray1 wrote: Thanks for the recommendations. I wish I could find something I enjoy reading for a few minutes before I drop off to sleep. I am so narrow minded

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: hearing voices

2011-07-09 Thread Bob Price
fest...@yahoo.com I think the best fictional voice on FFLis that of the wife, as Bob refers to her, who reminds me of She Who Must Be Obeyed in John Mortimer's Rumpoleseries. Definitely a formidable off-stage character. The wife thanks you for this distinction and says she accepts it on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
To have a negative view of readers like this is a strong indicator of an undiagnosed alternative learning style. Your elementary school screwed you by not having the resources to accommodate you. That is my guess. Imagine a computer with no CD rom or IO ports. No Internet connection. No

[FairfieldLife] Re: Out there, In here [was; another question for MZ,..]

2011-07-09 Thread danfriedman2002
Rory, Perhaps you have identified the main difference between your and my awareness. You don´t see that difference, but I do. My awareness remains separate (especially from mischiefmakers). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip People have different reasons for reading. Some do it to relax, or as you say to distract them from their lives. I do it because I love good writing. Sadly, that is often my bane when it comes to modern writing,

[FairfieldLife] Question for Cardemeister

2011-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
What was that verse that Maharishi use to always quote, something like: Taking recourse to my Self, I create again and again. Sanskrit, English, and source please

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread danfriedman2002
Curtis, Couldn´t agree more, having been an elementary school teacher. I tried to encourage the kids to read the mind-opening books that you describe, but added those ´closer-to-home´ as a complement. I follow that prescription myself. As I recommended earlier, Song of Kabir, which is as mind

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sai Baba's Legacy: Death Threats Scandal

2011-07-09 Thread Denise Evans
Ha...that is funny - thank you.  I have to play that for my 18 year old!  I was thinking on July 4th that only in America would I have the opportunity to fully burn out with a career as a woman, homeowner, collecting unemployment, going back to school, single mother of two mixed children who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Cardemeister

2011-07-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: What was that verse that Maharishi use to always quote, something like: Taking recourse to my Self, I create again and again. Sanskrit, English, and source please The English version that sticks in my memory

Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for Cardemeister

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Rick Archer wrote: What was that verse that Maharishi use to always quote, something like: Taking recourse to my Self, I create again and again. Sanskrit, English, and source please It's from the Bhagavad-gita 9:8 prakritim svam avastabhya visrijami punah

[FairfieldLife] Weighing yourself in the light of truth.

2011-07-09 Thread wgm4u
Sometimes you have to look at yourself in the mirror (of conscience) and see yourself for the 'bastard' you've become! As the case may be, of course, :-). Sometimes a person's Ego is so large it disallows him/her to ever see themselves as anything other than near perfect, this is the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movie: Electra Luxx

2011-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
Glad you enjoyed the film. Julianne Moore isn't even credited on IMDB. And Eric Stolz is in one of the deleted scenes. I have The Anniversary Party DVD. It was another early film shot with video. And for Netflixers Frank Zappa's 200 Motels is available in it's original 16:9 aspect ratio.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Besides, shamantha is just another variant on TM, similar to Tibetan Dzogchen... Vaj: It's actually nothing like TM. Within a couple of weeks Shamatha meditators were transcending for many hours at a time. It's just like 'TM': sitting meditation with a mental object with

[FairfieldLife] Re: hearing voices

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: feste37@... I think the best fictional voice on FFLis that of the wife, as Bob refers to her, who reminds me of She Who Must Be Obeyed in John Mortimer's Rumpoleseries. Definitely a formidable off-stage character.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sai Baba's Legacy: Death Threats Scandal

2011-07-09 Thread Denise Evans
Thank you for the quote and thanks to Xenophaneros Anartaxius and Ravi and Rick as well.  It was someone from the ex-amma group that suggested I post something here after my visit...who knew there was such a group of creative, philosophizing, questioning, political, aware, opinionated, humorous

[FairfieldLife] Re: Out there, In here [was; another question for MZ,..]

2011-07-09 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@... wrote: Rory, Perhaps you have identified the main difference between your and my awareness. You don´t see that difference, but I do. My awareness remains separate (especially from mischiefmakers). * * I can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement-Attn Rick

2011-07-09 Thread Bob Price
Curtis, A big fist bump back at ya bro. Thank you for this. I always look forward to opening your posts. To me, your voice seems active, thoughtful and firm without being aggressive. That's a talent. One reason I post on FFL is that I wish there had been an FFL when I left the movement in

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread cardemaister
Vaj: It's actually nothing like TM. Within a couple of weeks Shamatha meditators were transcending for many hours at a time. Pray tell, what is your proof of that?

RE: [FairfieldLife] Question for Cardemeister

2011-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
Thanks guys. From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 11:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for Cardemeister On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Rick Archer wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Cardemeister

2011-07-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Thanks guys. The full verse is: prakritim svam avastabhya visrijami punah punah bhuta-gramam imam krtsnam avasam prakriter vasat Indicating the long vowels and stuff: prakRtiM svaam avaSTabhya visRjaami

[FairfieldLife] You ARE the pure happiness of the soul.

2011-07-09 Thread wgm4u
MMY once said, Everybody's inner being is pure happiness, that is the soul. In Yoga it is called the Ananda-maya-kosha or bliss covering of the Self (Brahman). As the word suggests the soul is still maya (or duality, illusion) though sattvic (pure)it is not the ultimate Reality but is bound by

[FairfieldLife] ~~~~~~~inspiring news from the vedic pandits~~~~~~~

2011-07-09 Thread merlin
~~ Jai  Guru  Dev ~~         CLICK HERE   http://www.vedicpandits.org/subscribe.html    

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 1:40 PM, cardemaister wrote: Vaj: It's actually nothing like TM. Within a couple of weeks Shamatha meditators were transcending for many hours at a time. Pray tell, what is your proof of that? The experience reports came back pretty soon after the retreats ended.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/09/2011 03:51 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7whynotnow7@... wrote: I hope that Rick resolves this as a single issue, which is all it is. Paleeze let's not all squawk about how we are the target of the TMO. Its embarrassing. It's also true. Look at

[FairfieldLife] Re: You ARE the pure happiness of the soul.

2011-07-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: MMY once said, Everybody's inner being is pure happiness, that is the soul. In Yoga it is called the Ananda-maya-kosha or bliss covering of the Self (Brahman). As the word suggests the soul is still maya (or duality, illusion)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/09/2011 08:03 AM, Tom Pall wrote: Talk about leading a darkie life, try being one of the 4 Caucasians here in Charlotte, NC. Despite Rick Archer's former bluff and bluster that Yahoo! will do /his/ bidding since he's got so much stroke with the company on account of the money he spent

[FairfieldLife] Cantor's Conflict of Interest

2011-07-09 Thread raunchydog
Eric Cantor's Republican friends on the Hill say he's a nice guy who opposes raising the debt ceiling because it's ideologically the right thing to do. They refuse to believe he would do anything dishonest, such as invest $15,00 shorting U.S. Treasury notes, a bet for huge profits if the U.S.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread Bob Price
My all time favourite, while I'm lying in bed wondering if I meditated to late or pushed it with that 4pm Starbucks, is clipping coupons from unsolicited flyer's while reading the Urantia Book. Not sure if its the way I drop of to sleep, but the two activities seem to have a correlation.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
As I told Yahoo and the Movement's lawyer, we would have been happy to delete the post if MUM, Yahoo, or the lawyer had asked us too. I wonder how much it cost MUM to have that lawyer contact Yahoo?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: squid

2011-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
When I moved here there was one downtown restaurant that served a humongous calamari sandwich. It was a hit with guests I took there. The calamari steak was almost as big as the plate it was served on and very tender. The owner got tired of running the restaurant so closed down. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: As I told Yahoo and the Movement's lawyer, we would have been happy to delete the post if MUM, Yahoo, or the lawyer had asked us too. I wonder how much it cost MUM to have that lawyer contact Yahoo? Not to mention, dare I

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: NTPA Alert: Does Anyone Have Any Chocolate Socks?

2011-07-09 Thread WLeed3
From: i...@nationalteapartyalert.com To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 7/9/2011 2:25:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: NTPA Alert: Does Anyone Have Any Chocolate Socks? Does Anyone Have Any Chocolate Socks? Yet more proof of the failure of Obamanomics

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: snip Well I wouldn't panic too much about Yahoo's heavy handled legalize. They want to scare you into submission. Yahoo is protecting itself from being sued for copyright infringement. Their counsel writes like a NAZI

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: For those last few minutes of the day I sometimes enjoy leafing through catalogs we get in the mail, the ones filled with electronics and gadgets I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
Actually I have read prodigiously all of my life. It is only in the last ten years or so that I have largely lost interest in books, preferring direct experience over words. More power to you if you enjoy them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Regarding fiction, I used to enjoy it and read every book by some well known authors, Hemingway, Steinbeck and Hermann Hesse for example. Then I reached a point where I saw that for me, certain assumptions needed to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
I don't mean to sound negative about all of this. I enjoy TV and movies from time to time. Just rented True Grit, take two, and will probably enjoy it. I have purchased DVDs for the Castle, Burn Notice, and Curb Your Enthusiasm TV shows in the past year. Also really enjoyed Ricky Gervais'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: As I told Yahoo and the Movement's lawyer, we would have been happy to delete the post if MUM, Yahoo, or the lawyer had asked us too. I wonder how much it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
Not at all. More like reality in and of itself is so rich and so full of wonder and pretty incomprehensible most of the time, that I don't see a need for reading fiction. As I tried to explain below, reality is amazing enough so that I don't need to graduate to reading stories people make up.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread Bob Price
whynotn...@yahoo.com Actually I have read prodigiously all of my life. It is only in the last ten years or so that I have largely lost interest in books, preferring direct experience over words. More power to you if you enjoy them. Did someone ask you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I don't mean to sound negative about all of this. I enjoy TV and movies from time to time. Just rented True Grit, take two, and will probably enjoy it. I have purchased DVDs for the Castle, Burn Notice, and Curb Your

[FairfieldLife] Re: You ARE the pure happiness of the soul.

2011-07-09 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: MMY once said, Everybody's inner being is pure happiness, that is the soul. In Yoga it is called the Ananda-maya-kosha or bliss covering of the Self

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
As a social activity I really enjoy sitting in my gazebo with someone, sharing a glass of wine, looking at the sky, hearing my garden fountain and watching and feeling the breeze. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/09/2011 01:06 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: snip Well I wouldn't panic too much about Yahoo's heavy handled legalize. They want to scare you into submission. Yahoo is protecting itself from being sued for copyright

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
Not a lot of TV, movies, books, magazines, texting or any of that for me. I have active hobbies (creating music, woodcarving, landscaping) and I enjoy those more than any passive activity. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/09/2011 08:03 AM, Tom Pall wrote: snip Incidently, the way I understand it, you don't need to file a copyright when you produce something. This is my original contribution and as I understand it, I own it. I own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sai Baba's Legacy: Death Threats Scandal

2011-07-09 Thread Ravi Yogi
Hey Denise - I am glad you took my message in a positive way, coincidentally I read your message at the airport yesterday while on way to Boston where I will be attending Amma's programs. However I couldn't respond right away. Your assessment and sharing of your path and struggles was quite honest

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread emptybill
Oh so sorry but you're been given the con's own definition. There is no transcending defined in Buddhist meditation - which is the source lineage for Alan Wallace's concentration training. The Sanskrit word used by Buddhism is shamataa, from Sanskrit shama or calm plus the Sanskrit word ending

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread Ravi Yogi
An excellent point Jim, I don't read any fiction either, in fact no books at all for a long time now - though I occasionally watch movies on cable, mostly comedy or romance, but I totally agree on your observation here. I find most fiction involves an unhappy or imperfect situation, either

[FairfieldLife] Self-portrait

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
[Say cheese: The monkeys were intrigued by their reflection in the camera lens ] At a national park in Indonesia, a female crested black macaque made off with a photographer's camera, got it working, and took this self-portrait.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
I find it disconcerting, to say the least, to think that in a genuine Age of Enlightenment a very large portion of the human heritage of art of all types would no longer have any appeal because the theme of so much of it is surmounting (or succumbing to) struggle. Goodbye Shakespeare, goodbye

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread whynotnow7
Picasso is always so amazing. Recently someone (from New Jersey no less) walked into a gallery in San Francisco, removed a drawing by Picasso, walked out to a waiting cab and disappeared. However a camera at a bar next door caught his picture and he was arrested shortly thereafter. Anyway, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: I find it disconcerting, to say the least, to think that in a genuine Age of Enlightenment a very large portion of the human heritage of art of all types would no longer have any appeal because the theme of so much of it is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 6:04 PM, emptybill wrote: Oh so sorry but you're been given the con's own definition. There is no transcending defined in Buddhist meditation - which is the source lineage for Alan Wallace's concentration training. The Sanskrit word used by Buddhism is shamataa, from

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 9, 2011, at 6:04 PM, emptybill wrote: Oh so sorry but you're been given the con's own definition. There is no transcending defined in Buddhist meditation - which is the source lineage for Alan Wallace's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I find it disconcerting, to say the least, to think that in a genuine Age of Enlightenment a very large portion of the human heritage of art of all

[FairfieldLife] I've been doing it almost 40 years - Clint Eastwood

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
People who age well are an inspiration—especially for me since I just turned 60. Clint Eastwood is certainly a prime example. At 62-years-old, Mr. Eastwood won his first Oscar for the film, Unforgiven. Then, as many film-making professionals believe, he only got stronger and better with age,

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-07-09 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 09 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 16 00:00:00 2011 111 messages as of (UTC) Sun Jul 10 00:07:17 2011 16 seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 11 authfriend jst...@panix.com 9 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com

[FairfieldLife] Clint Eastwood, Russell Brand and David Lynch Join Meditation Project

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread emptybill
You're just a bullshit con here, Vag. The words sama-dhi and sam-aa-dhi are different in meaning. Sama-dhi is not a cognate for Shamataa either. Vag: But such confusion is common in TM teachers like yourself. This is not an argument but rather the sputtering of your pathetically

[FairfieldLife] Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: “It’s made a difference”

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: It's made a difference by Mario Orsatti http://www.tm.org/blog/author/mario-orsatti/ on July 7, 2011 [Post image for Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: It's made a difference] Martin Scorsese http://www.imdb.com/name/nm217/ is one of the cinema's

[FairfieldLife] Orthodox Rabbi speaks on his 9-year TM practice

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
Orthodox Rabbi speaks on his 9-year TM practice by Bob Roth http://www.tm.org/blog/author/bob-roth/ on September 8, 2010 [Post image for Orthodox Rabbi speaks on his 9-year TM practice] Rabbi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi Abraham Shainberg is the son of Holocaust survivors. His parents

[FairfieldLife] “Maharishi, what is ‘enlightenment’?”

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
Maharishi, what is `enlightenment'? by Mario Orsatti http://www.tm.org/blog/author/mario-orsatti/ on May 25, 2011 [Post image for Maharishi, what is `enlightenment'?] In this interview, UCLA student reporter Rachel Kelley http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/1996/12/taking-time-out asks

[FairfieldLife] New Book – The Flow of Consciousness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
New Book – The Flow of Consciousness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature and Language by Tom Ball http://www.tm.org/blog/author/tom-ball/ on April 20, 2011 [Post image for New Book – The Flow of Consciousness: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Literature and Language ] A New Collection of Maharishi's

[FairfieldLife] What celebrities have done Transcendental Meditation?

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
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[FairfieldLife] Paul McCartney congratulates David Lynch on his Foundation

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2LrGW2lHfEfeature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2LrGW2lHfEfeature=relmfu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 8:25 PM, emptybill wrote: You're just a bullshit con here, Vag. Thanks for the ad hominem, it add SO much to already non-existent logic! The words sama-dhi and sam-aa-dhi are different in meaning. Sama-dhi is not a cognate for Shamataa either. In Sanskrit, meaning is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread Bob Price
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip People have different reasons for reading. Some do it to relax, or as you say to distract them from their lives. I do it because I love good writing. Sadly, that is often my bane when it comes to modern writing,

[FairfieldLife] Live In Concert: Paul McCartney, Moby, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow, at Radio City

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLmiDvGPcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLmiDvGPcg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint -Lose Your BadgeNO SIGN EVER inDOMES

2011-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: snip Was it Stephen King that said: If you want to avoid writing a lot of crap, you have to read a pile of it? If it was King, he's been slacking off his crap-reading in recent years.

[FairfieldLife] Across The Universe - Maharishi, The Beatles, Mike Love, Donovan in Rishikesh

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnLkNl2dplo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread obbajeeba
If needed, I will support FFL to exist, if anyone attempts to shut er down. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: As I told Yahoo and the Movement's lawyer, we would have been happy to delete the post if MUM, Yahoo, or the lawyer had asked us too. I wonder

[FairfieldLife] A Message of Peace from the North

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxoNIuBySo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxoNIuBySo Twelve Moons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_CInaVezsfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_CInaVezsfeature=related Brother Wind March: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjgr9UJuODMfeature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Vaj wrote: Non-sequitur - filled with more lies. And really none of your business - esp. for a slimeball like yourself, who takes in the occasional weekend dharma retreats in KC, while practicing ceremonial magic, claiming also to be a practicing Greek Orthodox

[FairfieldLife] Keith Jarrett - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq0EWNuR1H8feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across The Universe - Maharishi, The Beatles, Mike Love, Donovan in Rishikesh

2011-07-09 Thread stevelf
the good-old-days can really be refreshing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnLkNl2dplo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across The Universe - Maharishi, The Beatles, Mike Love, Donovan in Rishikesh

2011-07-09 Thread stevelf
the good-old-days can really be refreshing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnLkNl2dplo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across The Universe - Maharishi, The Beatles, Mike Love, Donovan in Rishikesh

2011-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, stevelf ysoy10li@... wrote: the good-old-days can really be refreshing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnLkNl2dplo Indeed; Knowledge is refreshing !

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement

2011-07-09 Thread Tom Pall
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: For the record, when I was working at a software company back in the 1990s I was put in charge of a patent program. We were adverse to such a thing but the board of directors wanted it. So I had meetings with a patent

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Deepak Chopra on Maharishi's Poisoning...'

2011-07-09 Thread emptybill
You are wasting our time Vag. You are also obviously afraid to answer those five questions. I guess we should expect anyone who is a fake like you to ardently refuse to answer questions about their background under any circumstance. Your claim, though, that I practice ceremonial magic is quite

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