[FairfieldLife] FYI: Nokia Maps for iPhone and Android, also!
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[FairfieldLife] A Prediction (was Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?))
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: LOL..Barry nowadays is a real pathetic caricature of his glorious bullying past with all the begging, he seems to caught the Vaj bug who similarly begs all newcomers for research on the evils of TM. Any newcomer joining this list must start feeling uncomfortable like they are entering downtown SF, hope Rick and the moderators start a policy on panhandling. Make this cyber panhandling, I demand some rules for cyber panhandling. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: Since I agree with the TMO requirement to keep mantras private, I really shouldn't be doing this. However I have decided for my last post this week to reveal Barry's private mantra. He may try to deny it, but here it is: WA!!!
[FairfieldLife] Best UFO video we've ever seen?
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[FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove Bob - Despite the sarcasm I say bullshit - I sense lot of discomfort and passive aggressive behavior on your part with the E label - may be you should stay within the H (humor) territory and not venture towards the E , I don't think you have completely undressed from your old clothes yet - I really do enjoy your humor though. And yeah like the wife would say - check the mirror darling..LOL..
[FairfieldLife] Re: FYI: Nokia Maps for iPhone and Android, also!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Nokia Maps for iPhone and Android mobile devices: m.maps.ovi.com Just noticed that might be much more accurate than Google! At least in the country side...
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[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Ron Paul: Debt Ceiling Betrayal
From: news...@reply.newsmax.com To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 7/14/2011 12:07:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Ron Paul: Debt Ceiling Betrayal Dear Newsmax Reader: Please find below a special message from our sponsoring advertiser, the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Committee. They have important information to share with you. Thank you. Newsmax.com Dear Concerned American, With President Obama determined to see our country's debt limit raised, will House Speaker John Boehner and other Washington insiders sell the Tea Party and our nation down the river? Only one thing will stop this from happening: You and I raising a cry of opposition that scares sense back into the Republican leadership. I'm doing all I can. Will you join me? It's time we say NO to more government and begin the necessary unwinding of wasteful spending in ALL areas. If you agree, please _sign the petition_ (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetra yal.html?pid=nm1) urging your representative and senators to REJECT the White House's compromise efforts and instead immediately join me in signing the Cut, Cap, and Balance pledge to bring critical changes to how government operates. (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetrayal.html?pid=nm1) It's vital Congress hears from you now. If they don't, I'm still afraid we're just days away from a full-blown BETRAYAL. That means NO Balanced Budget Amendment and NO real spending cuts. And maybe even tax hikes in exchange for weak promises of limited spending cuts sometime down the line! I wish this was all just a bad joke. But that's the deal President Obama is offering the Republican Leadership. Of course, the Washington political establishment knows such limited cuts won't save our economy – but they sure look good for the cameras and give politicians talking points for their reelections. So, without your IMMEDIATE action, I'm afraid American citizens will get sold out again. _That's why I need you to help me draw a line in the sand_ (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/page s/debtceilingbetrayal.html?pid=nm1) . (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetrayal.html?pid=nm1) Such compromises as are being currently floated should never be seriously considered for even a second, but the Republican Party never seems to learn its lesson. It fell for the exact same type of dealmaking during Ronald Reagan's second term. In 1986, the Democrats promised 3 to 1 in spending cuts in exchange for tax increases. The tax increases came. The spending cuts did not. Then again in 1990, Republicans made virtually the same deal, and again tax increases came – the spending cuts did not. Republicans must not take this bait and be fooled again. If they do, I can promise you President Obama will be ecstatic. Should he get his way, he knows he could have the Tea Party on life support. The fact is, Republicans were put back in power during the last election to STOP the runaway spending in Washington, D.C. – not cut deals and increase taxes and spending. Should they cave on their Tea Party mandate now, I believe the GOP will pay a severe price at the ballot box in 2012. I also think that President Obama believes the same. You see, he knows the American people are outraged and demanding true change. But he's also desperate to keep the government's out-of-control spending machine rolling along, so he's eager to create yet another meaningless deal that provides him with some campaign trail rhetoric about supposed change. Now is the time to press our advantage and reform Washington. It's time to show some backbone. After all, if the Republican Leadership won't join me in FIGHTING the Big Spending, Big Government status quo in Washington, D.C. NOW, when will they ever? Our national debt is $14.3 TRILLION. The official unemployment rate is over 9%! Our country's deficit is increasing at a rate of nearly $4 BILLION per day. When will the leadership of BOTH parties start showing that they are SERIOUS about addressing our nation's problems? _The answer is when you and I MAKE them_ (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetra yal.html?pid=nm1) . (http://news.newsmax.com/?K646Ybd36q5mHqTTcVGePnO7ftbktfRAKhttp://www.ronpaul2012.com/pages/debtceilingbetrayal.html?pid=nm1) To win this fight we must get hundreds of Members of Congress to keep the pressure up on Speaker Boehner and the Republican Leadership. Any deal to raise the debt limit that doesn't include Cut, Cap and Balance needs to be declared
[FairfieldLife] Check out Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Obama Administration Asks 9th Circuit Court
_Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Obama Administration Asks 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals To Reconsider Order_ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/dont-ask-dont-tell-white-house-court-order_n_899504.html?icid=main|htmlws-main-w|dl1 |sec3_lnk2|218988)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/8599547/UFOs-spotted-over-London.html Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:46 PM, sparaig wrote: However, what I meant by there's alpha and then there's alpha is a reference to the specific pattern(s) that show up during TM, especially during the pure consciousness state. Alleged pure consciousness state. I don't believe anyone accepts that metaphysical speculation except TM folks - esp. since we now have a much clearer idea of what the EEG of samadhi looks like and what it's physiological results are at the cellular level. Sadly, it has not been seen in TM so far.
[FairfieldLife] UFO spotted in Sao Paulo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/8357480/UFO-spotted-in-Sao-Paulo.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:48 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:06 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: [...] Thank you also Turq (Lawson) for your warm welcome too. There is much I still have to learn about TM, but also about the members here.� Still it has been heuristically useful for me to say the least!� � Um I note that you not only confused me with someone else but you never bothered to respond to my links to research on stuff... Gotta wonder. I believe he is deeply familiar with meditation research in general. Those aren't meditation research in general studies. Those are studies on a specific state found within TM and apparently not elsewhere. At least, I can't find any reference to breath suspension [or synonyms] and meditation except the TM research. It turned out to be insignificant, except of course to TM researchers who want to believe the apnea episodes are significant.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:50 PM, sparaig wrote: One of the pitfalls, or one of the most important aspects of the difference between TM and what you think is proper? Name and form: namarupa.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Check out Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Obama Administration Asks 9th Circuit Court
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:32 AM, wle...@aol.com wrote: ** Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Obama Administration Asks 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals To Reconsider Orderhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/dont-ask-dont-tell-white-house-court-order_n_899504.html?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-w%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk2%7C218988 Check out the rationale: Gays are too precious of a group in America to risk losing in combat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotlEpmAFVQ
[FairfieldLife] A Prediction (was Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?))
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Priorities. Obviously this issue of whether one is enlightened (or not), or whether one proclaims to be enlightened (or not) is a high priority for you. I think this falls into the Buck category of whether one actually lives in Fairfield (or not), and whether one is a practicing meditator (or not). I'm not really sure if you can convince others make this into a priority. But by all means, keep up the campaign.
[FairfieldLife] A Prediction (was Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?))
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: Barry, what in the world are you talking about. Do you think I care if anyone proclaims themself to be enlightened? Really, I don't thing anyone cares about it except you. You sound like Judy wanting everyone to take a stand on an issue you deem to be of vital importance. Wish to clarify. There was a time when I felt Judy exhibited this tendency, but not so much now. Even with this latest dust up, over the Friedman E-mails, it is a matter between her and Curtis without, (as far as I can see) her trying to draw others into her POV.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Bastille Day You F'ing Rich!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I see a guillotine in your future! IOW, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. ;-) (Inspired by Mike Malloy's rap tonight.) Did you really mean, Happy Bastille Day you F'ing Thieves?
[FairfieldLife] Is Meditation the Push-up for the Brain?
Is Meditation the Push-up for the Brain? July 14th, 2011 in Psychology Psychiatry (Medical Xpress) -- Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a control group. This suggested that meditation may indeed be good for all of us since, alas, our brains shrink naturally with age. Now, a follow-up study suggests that people who meditate also have stronger connections between brain regions and show less age-related brain atrophy. Having stronger connections influences the ability to rapidly relay electrical signals in the brain. And significantly, these effects are evident throughout the entire brain, not just in specific areas. Eileen Luders, a visiting assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues used a type of brain imaging known as diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, a relatively new imaging mode that provides insights into the structural connectivity of the brain. They found that the differences between meditators and controls are not confined to a particular core region of the brain but involve large-scale networks that include the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes and the anterior corpus callosum, as well as limbic structures and the brain stem. The study appears in the current online edition of the journal NeuroImage. Our results suggest that long-term meditators have white-matter fibers that are either more numerous, more dense or more insulated throughout the brain, Luders said. We also found that the normal age-related decline of white-matter tissue is considerably reduced in active meditation practitioners. The study consisted of 27 active meditation practitioners (average age 52) and 27 control subjects, who were matched by age and sex. The meditation and the control group each consisted of 11 men and 16 women. The number of years of meditation practice ranged from 5 to 46; self-reported meditation styles included Shamatha, Vipassana and Zazen, styles that were practiced by about 55 percent of the meditators, either exclusively or in combination with other styles. Results showed pronounced structural connectivity in meditators throughout the entire brain's pathways. The greatest differences between the two groups were seen within the corticospinal tract (a collection of axons that travel between the cerebral cortex of the brain and the spinal cord); the superior longitudinal fasciculus (long bi-directional bundles of neurons connecting the front and the back of the cerebrum); and the uncinate fasciculus (white matter that connects parts of the limbic system, such as the hippocampus and amygdala, with the frontal cortex). It is possible that actively meditating, especially over a long period of time, can induce changes on a micro-anatomical level, said Luders, herself a meditator. As a consequence, she said, the robustness of fiber connections in meditators may increase and possibly lead to the macroscopic effects seen by DTI. Meditation, however, might not only cause changes in brain anatomy by inducing growth but also by preventing reduction, Luders said. That is, if practiced regularly and over years, meditation may slow down aging-related brain atrophy, perhaps by positively affecting the immune system. But there is a but. While it is tempting to assume that the differences between the two groups constitute actual meditation- induced effects, there is still the unanswered question of nature versus nurture. It's possible that meditators might have brains that are fundamentally different to begin with, Luders said. For example, a particular brain anatomy may have drawn an individual to meditation or helped maintain an ongoing practice — meaning that the enhanced fiber connectivity in meditators constitutes a predisposition towards meditation, rather than being the consequence of the practice. Still, she said, Meditation appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain at large. Collecting evidence that active, frequent and regular meditation practices cause alterations of white-matter fiber tracts that are profound and sustainable may become relevant for patient populations suffering from axonal demyelination and white-matter atrophy. But, Luders said, more research is needed before taking meditation into clinical trial studies. Other authors of the study included Kristi Clark, Katherine L. Narr and Arthur W. Toga. Provided by University of California Los Angeles Is meditation the push-up for the brain?. July 14th, 2011. http:// medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-meditation-push-up-brain.html To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to:
[FairfieldLife] Republican methods for winning national power resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country
Making the US Economy ‘Scream’ Exclusive: Over the past several decades, Republican methods for winning national power have come to resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country — through the use of black propaganda, political skullduggery and economic disruptions. Now, heading toward Election 2012, the Republicans appear poised to make the U.S. economy “scream,” observes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry June 3, 2011 Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available, from challenging the legitimacy of opponents to spreading lies and disinformation to sabotaging the economy. Over the past four decades or so, the Republicans have simply not played by the old give-and-take rules of politics. Indeed, if one were to step back and assess this Republican approach, what you would see is something akin to how the CIA has destabilized target countries, especially those that seek to organize themselves in defiance of capitalist orthodoxy. To stop this spread of “socialism,” nearly anything goes. Take, for example, Chile in the early 1970s when socialist President Salvador Allende won an election and took steps aimed at improving the conditions of the country’s poor. Under the direction of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the CIA was dispatched to engage in psychological warfare against Allende’s government and to make the Chilean economy “scream.” U.S. intelligence agencies secretly sponsored Chilean news outlets, like the influential newspaper El Mercurio, and supported “populist” uprisings of truckers and housewives. On the economic front, the CIA coordinated efforts to starve the Chilean government of funds and to drive unemployment higher. Worsening joblessness could then be spun by the CIA-financed news outlets as proof that Allende’s policies didn’t work and that the only choice for Chile was to scrap its social programs. When Allende compromised with the Right, that had the additional benefit of causing friction between him and some of his supporters who wanted even more radical change. As Chile became increasingly ungovernable, the stage was set for the violent overthrow of Allende, the installation of a rightist dictatorship, and the imposition of “free-market” economics that directed more wealth and power to Chile’s rich and their American corporate backers. Though the Allende case in Chile is perhaps the best known example of this intelligence strategy (because it was investigated by a Senate committee in the mid-1970s), the CIA has employed this approach frequently around the world. Sometimes the target government is removed without violence, although other times a bloody coup d’etat has been part of the mix. Home to Roost So, it is perhaps fitting that a comparable approach to politics would eventually come home to roost in the United States, even to the point that some of the propaganda funding comes from outside sources (think of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Washington Times and Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.) Obviously, given the wealth of the American elites, the relative proportion of the propaganda funding is derived more domestically in the United States than it would be in a place like Chile (or some other unfortunate Third World country that has gotten on Washington’s bad side). But the concept remains the same: Control as much as possible what the population gets to see and hear; create chaos for your opponent’s government, economically and politically; blame if for the mess; and establish in the minds of the voters that their only way out is to submit, that the pain will stop once your side is back in power. Today’s Republicans have fully embraced this concept of political warfare, whereas the Democrats generally have tried to play by the old rules, acquiescing when Republicans are in office with the goal of “making government work,” even if the Republicans are setting the agenda. Unlike the Democrats and the Left, the Republicans and the Right have prepared themselves for this battle, almost as if they are following a CIA training manual. They have invested tens of billions of dollars in a propaganda infrastructure that operates 24/7, year-round, to spot and exploit missteps by political enemies. This vertically integrated media machine allows useful information to move quickly from a right-wing blog to talk radio to Fox News to the Wall Street Journal to conservative magazines and book publishing. Right-wing propagandists are well-trained and well-funded so they can be deployed to all manner of public outlets to hammer home the talking points. When a Democrat somehow does manage to get into the White House, Republicans in Congress (and even in the Courts) are
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...
For old time's sake From: Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:07:22 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different... These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove Bob - Despite the sarcasm I say bullshit - I sense lot of discomfort and passive aggressive behavior on your part with the E label - may be you should stay within the H (humor) territory and not venture towards the E , I don't think you have completely undressed from your old clothes yet - I really do enjoy your humor though. Ravi my man, Your insights are always appreciated, saves me asking the wife what her opinion is. Should I state the obvious? All aggressive behaviour,on a forum like this, is passive in nature. And if being different is what gets you through the night, not to worry-I'm OK with that. But as your friend, I need to mention that boring the hell out of people can wreak havoc onrelationships. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Thanks Curtis,  I'm pleased that someone thinks my voice training is showing results.  I knew Robin by reputation till he began posting on FFL. During his hay day I was as far from the TMO and Big G as I think one could get. But I still knew people in the movement, although I think they thought of me as more of a heavy un-dresser than a friend. There was no shortage of wankers claiming CC or GC when I was all in. It took years for me to understand the reason they made me so angry- was that they were forcing me to look more closely at Big M and more importantly at my own motivations for thinking of someone as my guru. When I heard about Robin I felt he was something different. From his story I felt he was a real artist. IOM, only an artist would look the TMO and Maharishi straight in the eye and push all his chips onto roulette red. Although I'm a businessman, I have nothing but affection for artists. That might explain my enjoyment of yours and Turqs posts. No matter what else Robin is I will always think of him as an artist.  These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:30:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...  Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@ wrote: Curtis, Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch Rabbit Hole. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you either learn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your life, but never free yourself from. But on another level-it seemed to be saying: The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't exist-we'll have to invent him. I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed to have no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the doubt. IOM, this is always the best type of writing. The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like  to be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boy shows more grief in a look than I knew was possible. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early Christianity.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different...  An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as religious headgear.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Republican methods for winning national power resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country
Edward Bernays would have dealt with this a bit different? LOL. quote[The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.]unquote Edward Bernays (1891-1995), Propaganda (1928). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Making the US Economy `Scream' Exclusive: Over the past several decades, Republican methods for winning national power have come to resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country through the use of black propaganda, political skullduggery and economic disruptions. Now, heading toward Election 2012, the Republicans appear poised to make the U.S. economy scream, observes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry June 3, 2011 Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available, from challenging the legitimacy of opponents to spreading lies and disinformation to sabotaging the economy. Over the past four decades or so, the Republicans have simply not played by the old give-and-take rules of politics. Indeed, if one were to step back and assess this Republican approach, what you would see is something akin to how the CIA has destabilized target countries, especially those that seek to organize themselves in defiance of capitalist orthodoxy. To stop this spread of socialism, nearly anything goes. Take, for example, Chile in the early 1970s when socialist President Salvador Allende won an election and took steps aimed at improving the conditions of the country's poor. Under the direction of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the CIA was dispatched to engage in psychological warfare against Allende's government and to make the Chilean economy scream. U.S. intelligence agencies secretly sponsored Chilean news outlets, like the influential newspaper El Mercurio, and supported populist uprisings of truckers and housewives. On the economic front, the CIA coordinated efforts to starve the Chilean government of funds and to drive unemployment higher. Worsening joblessness could then be spun by the CIA-financed news outlets as proof that Allende's policies didn't work and that the only choice for Chile was to scrap its social programs. When Allende compromised with the Right, that had the additional benefit of causing friction between him and some of his supporters who wanted even more radical change. As Chile became increasingly ungovernable, the stage was set for the violent overthrow of Allende, the installation of a rightist dictatorship, and the imposition of free-market economics that directed more wealth and power to Chile's rich and their American corporate backers. Though the Allende case in Chile is perhaps the best known example of this intelligence strategy (because it was investigated by a Senate committee in the mid-1970s), the CIA has employed this approach frequently around the world. Sometimes the target government is removed without violence, although other times a bloody coup d'etat has been part of the mix. Home to Roost So, it is perhaps fitting that a comparable approach to politics would eventually come home to roost in the United States, even to the point that some of the propaganda funding comes from outside sources (think of Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Washington Times and Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.) Obviously, given the wealth of the American elites, the relative proportion of the propaganda funding is derived more domestically in the United States than it would be in a place like Chile (or some other unfortunate Third World country that has gotten on Washington's bad side). But the concept remains the same: Control as much as possible what the population gets to see and hear; create chaos for your opponent's government, economically and politically; blame if for the mess; and establish in the minds of the voters that their only
[FairfieldLife] Marco is the mahaasiddha of drummers??
Well, at least technically? drummerworld.com/Videos/marcominnemannbasel1.html
[FairfieldLife] Steve Bhaerman did the lyrics on this one! LOL
If I only had a Bank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8vJRo0VaGk
Re: [FairfieldLife] Indian lunch
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: So much to my surprise yesterday when going to the health food store two miles away I noticed that the nearby strip mall now has an Indian restaurant. So I decided to try it for lunch today. The buffet though small was wonderful and priced at $8. And the waiter brought fresh hot naan to the table which is something that other locations are lacking. And it tells you how much I pay attention to that strip mall as when I asked the restaurant has been open 10 months. During my extended stay in the Charlotte area I've converted back to lactating ovary vegetarian. So, Indian food is once again of interest. There's a large Indian population in NC because of high tech and buying the cheapest labor you can get, of questionable quality or not. There's a chain in the South called Bombay Grill. I'm about to go to one of the outlets for lunch. The food is a bit strange on the buffet (which is $8.95 M-F including fresh hot naan brought to the table. The cilantro soup I swear has catsup in it, the raita has sweetener in it. The food doesn't have the fire I'm used to in Texas, but it's not bad, especially for the South. This place plays Indian techno music most of the time (yuk) but a couple days ago it was playing a bhagan, and I felt a lot more at home. Anything is preferable to Bollywood singing of Kirti, Kirti, Kirty that sounds like it's being shrieked by a cat on a hot tin roof. Better than FF? Gotta be kidding me. I don't know if it's the golden agers or those who don't want to disturb their sattwa, but Indian food in FF is to India as Mexican food in the Midwest is to Texas, Socal or Mexico.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 6:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen? Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8 Here's a closer look video of that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFraqmkyC5gNR=1
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Bastille Day You F'ing Rich!
On 07/15/2011 05:45 AM, obbajeeba wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: I see a guillotine in your future! IOW, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. ;-) (Inspired by Mike Malloy's rap tonight.) Did you really mean, Happy Bastille Day you F'ing Thieves? Malloy was talking about the Minnesota governor caving in to Republicans by not passing a measly 3% tax increase on the rich. So Malloy started talking about what happened during the French Revolution and how many of the rich faced the guillotine. If you look at an overview of what went on back then it is similar to what we're seeing now in the US. Something similar also brought the Bolshevik Revolution. Both situations were where a small percentage of the rich owned most of the wealth. I read recently where the rich in the US have been buying $250,000 guard dogs.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Meditation the Push-up for the Brain?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: (Medical Xpress) -- Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a control group. Hold on there, that's a troubling finding. Health warning required? Neanderthals looked much like modern humans... The brain case was lower but longer housing a slightly larger brain than that of modern humans http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Neanderthal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Marco is the mahaasiddha of drummers??
Ringo Starr would blow him away, no question! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Well, at least technically? drummerworld.com/Videos/marcominnemannbasel1.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
L., no wonder I never saw it. I did not read any posts in this thread. Normally I don't read other threads here unless they pertain directly to meditation. I don't read the political ones, nor a variety of other threads. The e-mail you sent, and its relevancy, I think falls upon how you want to define TM. In your e-mail you are pressing the points based only on the meditative technique and the state of consciousness that it produces. Nevertheless, when viewed through the prism of religious scholarship, I think any scholar would see the TM organization is being profoundly steeped in Hinduism. There are so many points of contact between the TM organization and normative Hindu beliefs that I don't think anyone can really question that. Personally, I have always viewed Maharishi as being a perfectly orthodox Hindu, at least within his own Advaita tradition. By the way, my old TM teacher has told me that he thought that one day there would be a bifurcation of the organization. There would be a Western branch and an Indian branch. The Western branch would emphasize exactly the points that you have brought up here and no doubt divest itself of some of the more overt mystical and Hindu elements. The Indian branch, would of course, cloak itself in the garb of Hinduism, which is entirely appropriate. Anyway, I am sorry I missed this, but I didn't read any posts in this particular thread. Was this the particular link you were pointing out in your other post to me? Cheers Bill From: sparaig lengli...@cox.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:59 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: L., forgive me, but I went though my old posts, which had several from you and none had any links for further research. Did I miss one of them? Cheers Bill Re: The Soul is extracted and judged by weight An email I fired off recently might be of interest to you: Dear Professor Brown, I just finished reading your article, Doubt as Methodology and Object in the Phenomenology of Religion, found in M/C Journal http://www.journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/\ 334 ... I'd like to present the TM theoretical take of the Vedic philosophy and ask that you reconsider calling TM a religion, per se: Rather than theories or beliefs about God, the Universe and Everything that are strictly the product of the specific culture that they are found in, TM theory asserts that these are cultural interpretations of states of consciousness that are natural to humans, regardless of culture. TM theory further asserts that TM is a technique (in the same sense that the Way that cannot be spoken is a technique) that increases the probability that practitioners will enter into the state of consciousness called turya -pure consciousness- in the Upanishads. The theory further asserts that long-term practice of TM, alternated with normal activity, leads to the situation called turyatita (quality of turya) where turya is omni-present, in some sense, in the individual. This theory is nothing new. You can find it, with minor variations, in various places. E.G. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turiya What IS unique to TM theory, however, are the assertions that: 1) turya is a physiological state of the brain in the Western scientific sense, that can be measured using the tools of Western science; 2) that turyatita is likewise a measurable state; 3) that turya is the state of least stress in a resting nervous system; 4) the process of TM is merely a resting state of the nervous system that repairs stress (note that obvious episodes of turya are NOT required for this resting state to be effective --one can become fully enlightened according to TM theory, without ever having a clear experience of turya during meditation, at least prior to full enlightenment); 4) turyatita is merely a state in mature adults whose nervous systems are sufficiently strong and mature due to lack of physiological stress that turya is evident, even during waking, dreaming and sleeping. this leads to the logical conclusion that turyatita is NOT some esoteric state, and that the physiological signature of turya during meditation should more likely appear, not only in long-term practitioners of TM contrasted with non-meditating or short-term meditating controls, but also in non-meditators whose success in life suggests that their nervous systems are very efficient, e.g.: world champion athletes (as compared to non-champion professionals in the same sport), professional classical musicians (as compared to amateur classical musicians) and high-functioning business managers as compared to their less successful counterparts. Research on the physiological correlates of turya found during TM practice: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7045911 Breath suspension during the transcendental meditation
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Thank you so much Emptybill. I wonder if you or Richard might be able to answer the following two questions. 1) Do Hindus who adhere to the Advaita tradition consider Shankara a shakta? 2) Do we know whether GuruDev and MMY thought of their particular strand of Advaita as being fully within the shakti tradition? In short, would both men consider themselves, and Shankara, as shaktas? Cheers Bill From: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:53 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras This could be a duplicate Yahoo post or maybe not. Sorry but no troth with Yahoo. Bill, Contrary to what you might read, Shakti does not mean energy, as in electricity, but rather power. Shakti(power) carries none of our modern connotations of a strictly mechanistic force but rather points to what Shakta-s (shakti initiates) see as the intelligence(s) that actualize the cosmos and enact its unmanifest design. You seem to recognize that Shaktivada (shakti-ism) is a doctrine (-vada) that is quite separate from Advaita. It is a doctrine asserting that there is a universal power that manifests the cosmos and that it's actualizations are various all-constituting intelligences. Since these are intelligences, rather than insentient material forces, the further insight is that they are accessible to other intelligences (like us) and that there is a methodology for doing just this. That methodology is called Tantra and includes not only formulae for contacting these intelligences but also specific etiquettes for creating, maintaining and enhancing this contact. These intelligences are deva-s/devi-s … the numinous presences that constitute and animate our body, along with our sense powers, mental operations and the functions of consciousness (chitta). All of these internal deva-s/devi-s are considered micro-processes of macro-intelligences that are massively awake and actively cognizant. They are the internal-external values that order, organize and interconnect the various subjective/objective strata of the universe. This, however, does not include Awareness (chit) which is a reality eulogized as Shiva, the auspicious One, the Presence-Awareness-Felicity that is the essence of all true identity. Sounds abstract but that's the cliff notes version for dummies like me. You may find it a mere iteration of what you already know but it never hurts of hear it again. Now I think I'll go have a beer.…… --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Richard and Emptybill: Given my rudimentary knowledge at this point I am wondering if the both of you can clarify something. I went and looked up on Wikipedia about Sri Vidya. I thought that the basic shakti doctrine was as follows: Shiva is the static consciousness that pervades all things, while shakti represents (envisioned in feminine form) the dynamic form of consciousness. In essence, they have divided up the notion of Brahman. One is pure consciousness, static in existence, while the other is pure consciousness in its changeable phenomenal form? I thought all these divine goddesses were simply a manifestation of shakti. Is that not correct? Cheers Bill Â
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: Nab, I do know how to pronounce my mantra, at least as it was told to me. But what is here is different. Excuse my curiosity Cheers Bill PS- My training was, after all, 11 years ago!! Stop this nonsense. Either you listen to what the teacher says, or you choose to do someting else. Simple. Many people believe that they MUST start thinking their mantra exactly the same way every time. I think MY decided that if they didn't intuit from what they were told that this was a bit anal, that it was counter-productive to make the hints any stronger than they already are. But, I'll just say that after nearly 40 years of practicing TM, it takes quite a bit of effort sometimes to remember exactly how my mantra was pronounced when I was given it. Oh wait, TM is effortless... Did MMY lie or is there something to be learned from the realization that attempting to remember a specific pronunciation from 38 years ago is often extremely difficult? L There is no need to remember the mantra with a specific pronunciation...that's not it at all...allow it to unfold naturally, and if you can't remember specific prounciation, don't worry about it... A mantra is just a vehicle for transcending thought... We pick up the mantra to transcend the mantra... The objective of TM is to become familiar with the process of transcending thought, and the experience of pure consciousness when thought is transcended... That's all there is to it; it's not necessary to complicate the procedure in any way... Keep it as simple as possible... TM teaches how to be 'effortless'...so when you find that you are sliding into effort, just let go, and be effortless... R.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Thank you so much Richard. I am learning a great deal from you and a number of other people on the forum. I asked both you, and Emptybill, two questions over on the e-mail I sent from Emptybill's reply. If you have the time please read it and see if you can cast some light on those two questions. Thank you again! Cheers Bill From: richardjwilliamstexas willy...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:27 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras William Parkinson: Shiva is the static consciousness that pervades all things, while shakti represents (envisioned in feminine form) the dynamic form of consciousness... The answer lies in the relationship of the Sri Vidya tradition and Kashmere Saivism. In the Shankaracharya tradition, Shankara was born at Kaladi, where he was a sort of child prodigy linguist, at an early age. Shankara went to study with Gaudapada, and then subsequently travelled to Kashi, and then to the Upper Kashi, where he founded the Jyotir Math and composed his commentary on 'Vedanta Sutra' and 'Bhagavad Gita'. Shankara then traveled to Kashmere where he got the Sri Yantra and took it to Karnataka where he placed it on the altar and called the place Sringeri, after the Shakti. It was at Sringeri that Shankara composed the 'Ode to the South Facing Form' and the 'Saundarylahari'. According to Theos Bernard, Kashmere Saivism teaches that conciousness alternates between two phases, rest and action. You can easily see the relation to TM practice when you consider that this is almost exactly what MMY said at Squaw Valley! The phase of transcendental rest is called 'Pralaya' in Sanskrit, which has no first beginning, therefore no primal cause. The world of matter is only another form of conciousness. The Vedanta doctrine contends that there is only one ultimate reality which never changes; therefore the manifest world is an 'appearance' only, Maya. Kashmere Saivism contends that there is only one reality, but it has *two aspects*. The manifestation, Maya, is real. This is based on the argument that the effect cannot be different from its cause. However, according to the Siva Sutra, human logic can never construct an unassailable monism; the final proof can be had only by the experience of yogic samadhi, attained through mantric meditation. Centering - An excerpt from the 'Bhairava Tantra', translated by Swami by Laksmanjoo: 7. Devi, imagine the Sanskrit letters in these honey-filled foci of awareness, first as letters, then more subtly as sounds, then as most subtle feeling. Then, leaving them aside, be free. 14. Bathe in the center of sound, as in the continuous sound of a waterfall. Or, by putting fingers in ears, hear the sound of sounds. 19. Intone a sound audibly, then less and less audible as feeling deepens into this silent harmony. Read more: http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/centering.htm
[FairfieldLife] Re: Marco is the mahaasiddha of drummers??
I doubt that Ringo can play e.g. one hand roll (1:54) on the hi-hat and snare drum simultaneously. But I'm sure he plays rock'n roll better than Marco (Kansas City, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Rock'n Roll Music and stuff...) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher no_reply@... wrote: Ringo Starr would blow him away, no question! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Well, at least technically? drummerworld.com/Videos/marcominnemannbasel1.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
If you look just before the upper object goes off screen you can see as the reflection changes the wings of the plane --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 6:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen? Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8 Here's a closer look video of that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFraqmkyC5gNR=1
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. Cheers Bill From: Robert babajii...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:29 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: Nab, I do know how to pronounce my mantra, at least as it was told to me. But what is here is different. Excuse my curiosity Cheers Bill PS- My training was, after all, 11 years ago!! Stop this nonsense. Either you listen to what the teacher says, or you choose to do someting else. Simple. Many people believe that they MUST start thinking their mantra exactly the same way every time. I think MY decided that if they didn't intuit from what they were told that this was a bit anal, that it was counter-productive to make the hints any stronger than they already are. But, I'll just say that after nearly 40 years of practicing TM, it takes quite a bit of effort sometimes to remember exactly how my mantra was pronounced when I was given it. Oh wait, TM is effortless... Did MMY lie or is there something to be learned from the realization that attempting to remember a specific pronunciation from 38 years ago is often extremely difficult? L There is no need to remember the mantra with a specific pronunciation...that's not it at all...allow it to unfold naturally, and if you can't remember specific prounciation, don't worry about it... A mantra is just a vehicle for transcending thought... We pick up the mantra to transcend the mantra... The objective of TM is to become familiar with the process of transcending thought, and the experience of pure consciousness when thought is transcended... That's all there is to it; it's not necessary to complicate the procedure in any way... Keep it as simple as possible... TM teaches how to be 'effortless'...so when you find that you are sliding into effort, just let go, and be effortless... R.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Thank you so much Ravi!! You have a very interesting story. And I can now see your inability to sleep for those periods is something quite different than what might happen in TM. If I understand you correctly, it seems as if you had too much energy. And later you crashed. It has some associative points of contact with manic-depressive states. I am just knowledgeable enough to know that kundalini-style yoga seems to emphasize moving energy around the various chakras. The problem in TM seems to be that the recognition within oneself of this silent innerlayer never leaves even during sleep. Your state was high energy, the TM state during sleep might be compared to a dimly lit candle-- but one nevertheless never goes out even during sleep. I am go thankful that you nshard this with me. I have a great awareness now of what happened to you and maybe it is also a cautionary tale against using this type of yoga in some cases. Cheers Bill From: Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:27 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Unlike Ravi, Jim, and perhaps Robin, I really find the whole notion of not sleeping very troubling. Bill, I have to clarify that I mostly sleep like a log now, I did mention that I didn't sleep much for a few months during my Kundalini descension and explained that I believe now that it was an unnatural state since my body had decided it was under threat and probably never triggered the right chemicals that would let me fall asleep. In any event I want to make this my last post on the subject, given that it has developed into some side issues that I never meant to dig up. No worries - welcome to FFL, threads veer off in all different directions and several are hijacked for personal battles. Pretty soon you will be familiar with the opposing players and if need be either indulge or learn techniques to steer clear. Thx so much Barry. I took your admonishment seriously and I felt, and do still feel, it was heartfelt. And yes you are right. I have taken them at their word, even though I know this is such a subjective thing. Nevertheless, even if they only got close to so-called 'Enlightenment' it is very interesting to talk to them and see what state of mind they were in and what effect it had on their personal lives. I have to clarify that I have never used the E word, I only share my experiencesin the hope it might help or inspire someone.In fact I frequently sometimes I think there's something wrong with me, my personal situation is messed up, there's lot of strife,struggle in the world, the problems require someone mature and responsible but yet here I am I feel blissed out for no reason and act in a silly playful manner like a child. Ravi, I would still be very interested in hearing what you have to say concerning how, and in what way, these types of intense periods of illumination has helped you. I would have to first briefly describe these intense periods of illumination. Over a period of 7 years I went through a several stages which I would refer to as Kundalini ascension, each experience lasted a week or 2 where as the energy ascended to my head I noticed heightened sensitivity, intense emotions and toward the end, intense derealization depersonalization ending in a powerful surge of energy that would leave me in an absolute dread and then boom it would be gone and I would sleep exhausted. The end phase almost happened in the night time with heightened senses as if on guard against an attack. I would return to normal consciousness the next day. I have to add a quick disclaimer here that I have never tried any psychedelic drugs or never been on any prescription medication ever. However the period above was followed by intense personal problems with my marriage, wanting to feel love and be loved, being in a emotionally abusive relationship. I had a final intense one in 2009, however unlike the previous ones when I got up the next morning I was in intense bliss, as if intense blissful energy had entered in to me. This episode lasted 3 weeks and was one of the 2 episodes of Kundalini descension, the other one in April-May last year which everyone here is aware of because of my erratic behavior.The first in 2009 for 3 weeks and second for 6 weeks. Unlike the previous experiences which were very uncomfortable, this was pure bliss which increased in intensity, I felt as if energy was descending in droves, as each day progressed and at the end I went through a stage of psychosis which helped my body, mind, ego to make the transition. The state of psychosis was only a few hours during the first whereas in the second it was much intense and over a period of 5 days. After I hit the peak, the psychosis enabled me to survive, and it took me up to
Re: [FairfieldLife] Indian lunch
On 07/15/2011 09:04 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Bhairitunoozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: So much to my surprise yesterday when going to the health food store two miles away I noticed that the nearby strip mall now has an Indian restaurant. So I decided to try it for lunch today. The buffet though small was wonderful and priced at $8. And the waiter brought fresh hot naan to the table which is something that other locations are lacking. And it tells you how much I pay attention to that strip mall as when I asked the restaurant has been open 10 months. During my extended stay in the Charlotte area I've converted back to lactating ovary vegetarian. So, Indian food is once again of interest. There's a large Indian population in NC because of high tech and buying the cheapest labor you can get, of questionable quality or not. There's a chain in the South called Bombay Grill. I'm about to go to one of the outlets for lunch. The food is a bit strange on the buffet (which is $8.95 M-F including fresh hot naan brought to the table. The cilantro soup I swear has catsup in it, the raita has sweetener in it. The food doesn't have the fire I'm used to in Texas, but it's not bad, especially for the South. This place plays Indian techno music most of the time (yuk) but a couple days ago it was playing a bhagan, and I felt a lot more at home. Anything is preferable to Bollywood singing of Kirti, Kirti, Kirty that sounds like it's being shrieked by a cat on a hot tin roof. Better than FF? Gotta be kidding me. I don't know if it's the golden agers or those who don't want to disturb their sattwa, but Indian food in FF is to India as Mexican food in the Midwest is to Texas, Socal or Mexico. One of the popular places in the San Francisco area East Bay was an place that served tandoori chicken sandwiches. They set up a second restaurant in Concord in the theater building. Those sandwiches with chicken, special sauce in a naan were killer. Unfortunately not killer enough for the mundane tastes of the locals so the place closed after a couple years. The now overpriced south Indian restaurant there serves a killer butter chicken, the yogurt sauce variety not the tomato one. The main difference I found between food in India and here was the rice is a bit different in India. I found one restaurant in San Francisco just off Webster which had more authentic Indian food.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Indian lunch
On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The now overpriced south Indian restaurant there serves a killer butter chicken, the yogurt sauce variety not the tomato one. The main difference I found between food in India and here was the rice is a bit different in India. I found one restaurant in San Francisco just off Webster which had more authentic Indian food. I've got some kick-ass recipes for homemade tandoori chicken/quail and butter chicken which will knock your socks off if you like Indian food. They're both done in a two-stage marinade, best done overnight - all homemade. It would take me a while to get them all typed in, but they've gotten rave reviews from friends who've had them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: A word from St. Paul
Which Origen do you mean? 1. Origen Adamantius (ÅrigénÄs) the Christian Theologian 2. Origen the Pagan, student of Ammonius Saccus and a contemporary of Plotinus? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Origen2.jpg Origen, missed. Cut him off at the pass --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: To bad for you. You missed Plotinus and the other Platonists that followed him until Justinian closed the academy. No wonder you don't believe in this stuff.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: “Mental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.”
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@... wrote: If you look just before the upper object goes off screen you can see as the reflection changes the wings of the plane Do you really see a plane in the video at the bottom of this post ? If so I'd say you have a very vivid imagination ! :-) Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen? Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8 Here's a closer look video of that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFraqmkyC5gNR=1
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Wilhelm Reich spent time in the SW US observing the UFO phenomenon there, and he felt they were connected to desertification processes, whereby prana was being depleted from the area. His son's biography The Book of Dreams has an intersting first hand account of the experiments, where he demonstrates a device to neutralize them. Sent from my iPad Wilhelm Reich was a great seer who invented devices to store prana and was thus killed by the CIA because his major discovery could very effectively heal people in a natural way. To suggest that Reich worked against the Space Brothers, if I understand you correctly, is utter nonsense. On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 6:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen? Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8 Hereâs a âcloser lookâ video of that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFraqmkyC5gNR=1
[FairfieldLife] Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)
Bill, sorry about the length of this post, I'd like to say I wrote it right after my first meditation, but the truth is I wrote it right after my first coffee. Blame it on Robin! I appreciate your willingness, to consider some exchanges on this topic. I can cover 280 to 400 CE so between the two of us we have almost 600 years to get us into trouble. IOM, there are many good storytellers on FFL. I believe one of the reasonsis that many here are comfortable with conflict, which I believe is fundamental to good story telling. Among other things, Robin believes there is something out of balance with Westerners following Eastern paths. As you can imagine, his position brought a strong basis for conflict to his exchanges on this forum. I also think he enjoyed the fact there are writers on FFL who know how to develop a good argument (I exclude myself from this group as I just like to *have* a good argument). Even the ones who only have time for spitballs seem to add velocity to the real arguments. Whether we can recapture the magic of the exchanges with Robin- I don't know. I thought I'd start with a sweeping generalization or two and then ask you a few leading questions. First, call me a civil engineer or something, but I believe witharguments like Robin's you have to look at the founding of the Christian church and what I see there is a weak foundational structure with major cracks, and a potential for soil liquefaction. Frankly, I don't see the same issueswith many Eastern traditions. Second, to touch on my change of subject line. If you're as shallow as I am and reduce everything to its monetized brand value (half of the Oracle of Omaha's magic) you might be forgiven for thinking the real trinity of the Roman Catholic Church was Jesus of Nazareth, Paul the Apostle (who never met Jesus, equestrian skills aside) and the Emperor Constantine. IOM, take one of these three out of the mix and no Christianity as weknow it today. If some Arabian magician gave me one wish to go back in time and meet one of these threeit would be tempting to go back, and hear Jesus give The Sermon on the Mount. But I haveto be honest it would be more tempting to head back to the Milvian Bridge and put a bullet in Constantine as he was designing the top of the Pope's scepter. But after more thought, I'd have to choose to go back and run interference of Paul. IMO, Paul was the Steve Jobs of my trinity and one of the most if not thee influential individuals in history. A few questions, I'll try to keep them pre 200 CE. 1. Is it true Jesus lived and died as a practicing Jew? 2. Is it true the 12 apostles also lived and died as practicing Jews? 3. Is it true Paul was not a Jew? 3. Is it true Paul came up with the Greek title Christ in his quest to baptize Greeks and other non-Jews in the Roman Empire? 4. Is it true, as a practicing Jew, Jesus never thought of himself as a Christ? 5. Is it true the 12 apostles, appointed by Jesus, never called Jesus the Christ? 6. Is it more accurate to call its Paul's church than Peter's- since the only thing left related to Peter is the garbage dump, where Peter was crucified, given by Constantine to the early Christians where St. Peters Basilica was build? 7. Is it true that Peter and the other apostles, appointed by Jesus, were not at allconvinced that Jesus would have agreed with Paul's quest to baptize gentiles, and specifically disagreedwith Paul's decision to forgo circumcision (a required Jewish practice) which gentileswould never have agreed to and if Paul had not dropped it as a requirement, could have stopped his ministry and theglobalization of the teaching of Jesus right in its tracks? 8. Would you agree that the real antecedent for the film The passion of the Christ is Alien or Texas Chain Saw Massacre rather than The Last Temptation of Christ? 9. Would you agree there has never been anything like crucifixion in the Jewish culture and this was completely a Roman form of terror? 10. Is it true (this is a 312-337 question so you can consider it a statement) it’s easy to draw a direct line from Constantine-a rabid anti-semite, who established Christianity as the official church of the Roman Empire (and arguably Europe), to the Holocaust? I'm too lazy to state sources as WillyTex does, please, just consider it a personal polemic on Why I'm not a Christian (which I'm sure you know is a title I stole from Bertrand Russell). . From: William Parkinson ameradi...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:47:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A word from St. Paul Now I understand!! Well, my own expertise runs from 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.. My concentration and my doctoral program was in Early Christianity, Second Temple Judaism, and to a lesser degree Greco-Roman mystery cults (in particular, Mithras and Hekete). Once we get beyond 200 C.E., I fear I will be
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Wilhelm Reich spent time in the SW US observing the UFO phenomenon there, and he felt they were connected to desertification processes, whereby prana was being depleted from the area. His son's biography The Book of Dreams has an intersting first hand account of the experiments, where he demonstrates a device to neutralize them. Sent from my iPad Wilhelm Reich was a great seer who invented devices to store prana and was thus killed by the CIA because his major discovery could very effectively heal people in a natural way. To suggest that Reich worked against the Space Brothers, if I understand you correctly, is utter nonsense. To be more precise it was agents from the FBI who killed Reich, not the CIA.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A word from St. Paul
Hi Emptybill. Adamantius, or as we refer to him Origen of Alexandria. All the Anti-Nicene fathers are sources in the study of Early Christianity. Cheers Bill AFrom: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A word from St. Paul Which Origen do you mean? 1. Origen Adamantius (ÅŒrigénÄs) the Christian Theologian 2. Origen the Pagan, student of Ammonius Saccus and a contemporary of Plotinus? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Origen2.jpg Origen, missed. Cut him off at the pass --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: To bad for you. You missed Plotinus and the other Platonists that followed him until Justinian closed the academy. No wonder you don't believe in this stuff.
[FairfieldLife] Summer food porn
I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (well here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you have to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I do too, but I usually stock fantastic butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) So there are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup that you can smell right through their patterned skin and of course the only fruit accused of being racist, watermelons. I prefer them with seeds because I am a snob and that goes against the yuppie trend for convenient everything. Plus my farmer's market owner claims they are sweeter cuz when you mess with genetics you get what you ask for and if you ask for no pits sometimes the sweet gene goes too. This is complete bullshit of course since I have had plenty of sweet seedless ones but I have to maintain my specialness somehow and if it isn't because I am growing in enlightenment then it has boiled
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Exactly Rick. Which is not what some mantra works suggest. That is what I think is interesting. If these mantras are the 'sonic representations' of the deity, one would think they should be spoken, or thought inside, clearly and correctly. If that is so, then what are we to make of our TM way of not thinking it but faintly? What did MMY think of these mantras? Are they symbolic, or merely tools to allow us to go inside? Cheers Bill From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:32 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras From:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: “Mental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.”
[FairfieldLife] Orgone
Orgone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#mw-head , search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#p-search [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Croftpyramidcb.jpg/\ 300px-Croftpyramidcb.jpg] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croftpyramidcb.jpg [http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croftpyramidcb.jpg A cloudbuster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbuster : (seen at bottom, right of center, not the sculpture) a device intended to influence weather, supposedly by altering levels of atmospheric orgone. Orgone energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_(esotericism) is an idea which was proposed and promoted in the 1930s by psychoanalyst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich , who originated the term to describe a universal life force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism .[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-kelley-0 The idea was quickly discredited and dismissed.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-isaacs-1 The current consensus of the scientific community is that orgone theory is pseudoscience http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience .[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-dictionary-2 [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-3 [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-4 Reich, originally part of Sigmund Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud 's Vienna circle, believed that Freud's concept of libido http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libido had an actual biological basis,[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-gardner-5 and developed a therapeutic practice that was ostensibly designed to open up this bodily energy in the belieffollowing Freudthat healthy psychological state derived from uninhibited libidinal flow. This biophysical theory eventually developed into the concept of orgone (a word coined from the same root as organism and orgasm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasm ): which Reich saw as a massless, omnipresent substance, similar to luminiferous aether http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether , but more closely associated with vital, living energy than inert matter. Orgone would coalesce and create organization on all scales, from the smallest microscopic unitscalled bions in orgone theoryto macroscopic structures like organisms, clouds, or even galaxies.[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-skeptic-6 Reich's follower Charles R. Kelley went so far as to claim that orgone was the creative substratum in all of nature, comparable to Mesmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmer 's animal magnetism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism , the Odic force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odic_force of Carl Reichenbach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reichenbach and Henri Bergson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bergson 's élan vital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lan_vital .[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-kelley-0 Reich believed that many diseases, and particularly cancer, were caused by deficits or constrictions in the flow of orgone in the body, and developed specially designed orgone accumulators which supposedly charged the body with orgone collected from the atmosphere.[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-blumenfeld-7 These devices were distributed as devices to improve general health and increase sexual potency, and later were adopted into tools such as cloudbusters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbuster , devices intended to stimulate rainfall. Reich created the Orgone Institute after immigrating to the US, and pursued research into orgone energy for more than a decade, publishing his own work through the institute and producing orgone accumulators and related devices for distribution. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration (FDA) eventually obtained a federal injunction barring the interstate distribution of orgone-related materials, on the charge that Reich and his associates were making false and misleading claims. When Reich violated the injunction he was jailed, and all orgone-related equipment and literature owned by Reich and his associates were destroyed.[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-about-8 Orgone is regarded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Complementary_and_Alte\ rnative_Medicine as a type of putative energy, a model which some therapists use for clinical procedures but which is untestable or defies measurement.[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone#cite_note-9 There is little or no support for the concept in the medical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine and scientific http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_community communities.[2]
Re: [FairfieldLife] Indian lunch
On 07/15/2011 10:28 AM, Vaj wrote: On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The now overpriced south Indian restaurant there serves a killer butter chicken, the yogurt sauce variety not the tomato one. The main difference I found between food in India and here was the rice is a bit different in India. I found one restaurant in San Francisco just off Webster which had more authentic Indian food. I've got some kick-ass recipes for homemade tandoori chicken/quail and butter chicken which will knock your socks off if you like Indian food. They're both done in a two-stage marinade, best done overnight - all homemade. It would take me a while to get them all typed in, but they've gotten rave reviews from friends who've had them. Thanks, but don't do that for me. I'm more a quick cooking kind of guy. Mainly stir frying. I leave the specialty dishes to restaurants. Besides I have to watch aggravating kapha. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
On 07/14/2011 10:43 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: You have opened a whole can of worms here. I've watched for years different tantra school argue over whether the beej mantras should have use the ng ending or the m ending. They have slightly different effects as far as resonance patterns go. And Indians given their nature will argue passionately over this, making the arguments on FFL look very wimpy (I'm sure Ravi will agree). Bhairitu - I have to plead ignorance in spite of being born a Brahmin, you and others seem to be more well versed and yeah lot of Indians for sure. However give me some Sanskrit slokas and I will chant it perfectly, comes naturally to me. I wasn't talking about the knowledge but how Indians love to argue. They really went at it on one forum over the ng and m endings. And just wander over to the JyotishList on Yahoo. There is often a brawl going on there. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
On 07/14/2011 07:53 PM, emptybill wrote: This could be a duplicate Yahoo post or maybe not. Sorry but no troth with Yahoo. Bill, Contrary to what you might read, Shakti does not mean energy, as in electricity, but rather power. Empty, have you ever given shaktipat?
[FairfieldLife] Summer - food porn (with a few revisions)
I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. (Yeah, I'm bragging here.) I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you had to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I love too. But I usually stock fantastic Irish butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) There are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup that you can smell right through their patterned skin and of course the only fruit accused of being racist, watermelons. I prefer them with seeds because I am a snob and that goes against the yuppie trend for convenient everything. Plus my farmer's market owner claims they are sweeter cuz when you mess with genetics you get what you ask for and if you ask for no pits sometimes the sweet gene goes too. This is complete bullshit of course since I have had plenty of sweet seedless ones but I have to maintain my specialness somehow and if it isn't because I am growing in enlightenment then it has boiled down to watermelon preference. (Oh how the
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 1:22 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Exactly Rick. Which is not what some mantra works suggest. That is what I think is interesting. If these mantras are the 'sonic representations' of the deity, one would think they should be spoken, or thought inside, clearly and correctly. If that is so, then what are we to make of our TM way of not thinking it but faintly? What did MMY think of these mantras? Are they symbolic, or merely tools to allow us to go inside? Cheers Bill Maharishi felt (old Rishikesh TTC tape I heard) that the mantras were a way to attune oneself to the deity, and that that was accomplished by transcending with them, not remaining on the gross level. From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:32 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: “Mental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.” _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
I like to use the workability criterion. Everything else is crap. But the Ship of Theseus thought experiment has been helpful to me in mantra and related questions such as the puja. For example, (ref. an actual case): - somebody mentioned to MMY that he had replaced Guru Dev's picture with a pic of Jesus. We can continue per the Ship of Theseus model and replace this and that until perhaps, we are left with mantras one can get out of a book. In my experience, the most important factors are a. technique done properly, and b. the Shakti. My TM mantra has a distinct perceptible amount of Shakti, not possessed by mantras I've received from other (non TMO) Gurus. So go figure. ... SHIP OF THESEUS from Wiki: According to Greek legend as reported by Plutarch, The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned [from Crete] had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, insomuch that this ship became a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question of things that grow; one side holding that the ship remained the same, and the other contending that it was not the same. Plutarch, Theseus[1] Plutarch thus questions whether the ship would remain the same if it were entirely replaced, piece by piece. Centuries later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes introduced a further puzzle, wondering: what would happen if the original planks were gathered up after they were replaced, and used to build a second ship.[2] Which ship, if either, is the original Ship of Theseus? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 1:22 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Exactly Rick. Which is not what some mantra works suggest. That is what I think is interesting. If these mantras are the 'sonic representations' of the deity, one would think they should be spoken, or thought inside, clearly and correctly. If that is so, then what are we to make of our TM way of not thinking it but faintly? What did MMY think of these mantras? Are they symbolic, or merely tools to allow us to go inside? Cheers Bill Maharishi felt (old Rishikesh TTC tape I heard) that the mantras were a way to attune oneself to the deity, and that that was accomplished by transcending with them, not remaining on the gross level. From: Rick Archer rick@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 10:32 AM Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: âMental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.â _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11
Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy Bastille Day You F'ing Rich!
Let zim eat ze carrot cake! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:56 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Happy Bastille Day You F'ing Rich! I see a guillotine in your future! IOW, those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. ;-) (Inspired by Mike Malloy's rap tonight.)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Summer - food porn (with a few revisions)
A cornucopia of pleasure. Bravo! -Mainstream --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. (Yeah, I'm bragging here.) I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you had to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I love too. But I usually stock fantastic Irish butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) There are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup that you can smell right through their patterned skin and of course the only fruit accused of being racist, watermelons. I prefer them with seeds because I am a snob and that goes against the yuppie trend for convenient everything. Plus my farmer's market owner claims they are sweeter cuz when you mess with genetics you get what you ask for and if you ask for no pits sometimes the sweet gene goes too. This is complete bullshit of
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: SHIP OF THESEUS from Wiki: According to Greek legend as reported by Plutarch, The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned [from Crete] had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, insomuch that this ship became a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question of things that grow; one side holding that the ship remained the same, and the other contending that it was not the same. Plutarch, Theseus[1] Plutarch thus questions whether the ship would remain the same if it were entirely replaced, piece by piece. Centuries later, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes introduced a further puzzle, wondering: what would happen if the original planks were gathered up after they were replaced, and used to build a second ship.[2] Which ship, if either, is the original Ship of Theseus? ;-) Good question! And if we don't even understand what makes for the identity of a 'thing', how are we to understand the identity of that which is closest to our heart, our selves? It is said that every material part of our body is replaced over so many years. So every material element of me-now has changed from, say me-in-1970 (one might suppose). Now as a thought experiment (for materialists), if it were possible to re-combine the set of material elements that comprised me-in-1970, who would exist? Two of me? if they met up in the pub for a pint or two, just who would be looking at who? Or is it just that identity is inexplicable under the assumption of materialism?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:46 PM, sparaig wrote: However, what I meant by there's alpha and then there's alpha is a reference to the specific pattern(s) that show up during TM, especially during the pure consciousness state. Alleged pure consciousness state. I don't believe anyone accepts that metaphysical speculation except TM folks - esp. since we now have a much clearer idea of what the EEG of samadhi looks like and what it's physiological results are at the cellular level. Sadly, it has not been seen in TM so far. That assumes that what you are referring to is the real deal while what I am referring to is not. What is fun about *my* real deal pure consciousness state is that it is found in self-actualizing non-meditators. Is yours? L.
[FairfieldLife] Zoran Josipovic on how meditation affects the brain - The Consciousness Chronicles Vol. 1 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4azqqBVv2f0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:48 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:06 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: [...] Thank you also Turq (Lawson) for your warm welcome too. There is much I still have to learn about TM, but also about the members here.� Still it has been heuristically useful for me to say the least!� � Um I note that you not only confused me with someone else but you never bothered to respond to my links to research on stuff... Gotta wonder. I believe he is deeply familiar with meditation research in general. Those aren't meditation research in general studies. Those are studies on a specific state found within TM and apparently not elsewhere. At least, I can't find any reference to breath suspension [or synonyms] and meditation except the TM research. It turned out to be insignificant, except of course to TM researchers who want to believe the apnea episodes are significant. Certainly that is the case, that the TM researchers thought (and still do) that these episodes are significant. I'm curious as to why you think they are not? L.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Sorry, I thought I responded directly to you in that original posting. Shrug. As for the rest, it is certainly possible though, I think that even MMY's nephew wants to maintain an aura of scientific respectability so the schism won't be near as obvious as you suggest. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: L., no wonder I never saw it. I did not read any posts in this thread. Normally I don't read other threads here unless they pertain directly to meditation. I don't read the political ones, nor a variety of other threads. The e-mail you sent, and its relevancy, I think falls upon how you want to define TM. In your e-mail you are pressing the points based only on the meditative technique and the state of consciousness that it produces. Nevertheless, when viewed through the prism of religious scholarship, I think any scholar would see the TM organization is being profoundly steeped in Hinduism. There are so many points of contact between the TM organization and normative Hindu beliefs that I don't think anyone can really question that. Personally, I have always viewed Maharishi as being a perfectly orthodox Hindu, at least within his own Advaita tradition. By the way, my old TM teacher has told me that he thought that one day there would be a bifurcation of the organization. There would be a Western branch and an Indian branch. The Western branch would emphasize exactly the points that you have brought up here and no doubt divest itself of some of the more overt mystical and Hindu elements. The Indian branch, would of course, cloak itself in the garb of Hinduism, which is entirely appropriate. Anyway, I am sorry I missed this, but I didn't read any posts in this particular thread. Was this the particular link you were pointing out in your other post to me? Cheers Bill
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@... wrote: If you look just before the upper object goes off screen you can see as the reflection changes the wings of the plane Such FX are now possible on home computers using software that a good amateur could afford to purchase and learn to use. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 6:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen? Yes, it's on my list of 10 best videos of UFO's. On the list of the 5 best is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GPIPONMB8 Here's a closer look video of that one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFraqmkyC5gNR=1
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras.  I don't know if this is the ideal or just what happens for many people. Setting up an ideal certainly sets one up to add effort. Also, see my comment to Vaj: as the nervous system changes during meditation, the perception of the mantra may change as well. Does this mean the mantra changed, or only that the perception changed? How can you tell? Insomuch as TM is about rest, then worrying about such things is counter restful and therefore counter TM. And, it is easy to make the case that Pure Consciousness is the most restful (least stressed) state of the nervous system: stress interferes with the ability of the pre-frontal cortex to moderate the activity of the rest of the brain. During TM, the signs of restful alertness (high coherent alpha EEG) become very great, in the pre-frontal cortex AND between the pre-frontal cortex and the parts of the brain that generally don't have that good a connection to the pre-frontal cortex during stress. Anything that you do that interferes with this resting state (e.g. being judgmental about the strict pronunciation of the mantra) is going to be detrimental to the rest gained during TM and subsequently to the long-term effects outside of TM. Another way of looking at things is to consider the neural-feedback model that MUM researchers have proposed for how TM works: the effortless introduction of the mantra helps set up an inhibitory feedback loop in the thalamus which reduces the likelihood of sensory info passing throughout the brain. This includes the sensory info from our external senses as well as the internal thalimic-cortical loops we associate with thought, imagination, feelings, etc. This leaves the brain in a state of only optimizing its own internal state. Attempts to control the pronunciation of the mantra involve larger, higher-order functioning of the brain which tends to reduce the localization of the inhibitory effect. Note that this inhibitory effect doesn't have to be profound (and probably shouldn't be!). Meditators can respond to novel outside sensory input. Their brains still send signals to the heart to keep beating. They are not bound into this no-thought state, and when optimization activity starts to interfere with the inhibitory loop they are drawn outwards into normalish waking state where they perceive thoughts which signals them to start the process all over again. L.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William Parkinson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras. The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: âMental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.â The key word there is try. It is perfectly acceptable, according to my understanding, for the mantra to be clear as a bell. I have found that during episodes of sleep deprivation or illness, that my mantra tends to be much more pronounceable than usual. Others may well have the opposite experience. L.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Exactly Rick. Which is not what some mantra works suggest. That is what I think is interesting. If these mantras are the 'sonic representations' of the deity, one would think they should be spoken, or thought inside, clearly and correctly. If that is so, then what are we to make of our TM way of not thinking it but faintly? What did MMY think of these mantras? Are they symbolic, or merely tools to allow us to go inside?  The mantras fetch the grace of the deva they are associated with, or something like that, was how MMY described TM mantras 55 years ago. My take is that you can accept this as a literal truth (some gods float around waiting to be enticed to offer benefits to people who use TM mantras), or that it is an attempt to explain, using religious terminology, some actual effect that using specific mantras have on people, or that it is an attempt to justify some ancient tradition that has no real relevance to non-believers, but since MMY was a believer, he bought the explanation and used it. L
[FairfieldLife] Re: âªZoran Josipovic on how meditation affects the brain - The Consciousness Chronicles Vol. 1â¬â - YouTube
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4azqqBVv2f0 Awareness of awareness states. He doesn't mean pure consciousness ala TM. L.
[FairfieldLife] Yeah, but does it face East?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck4aWHDaIFMfeature=feedu
Re: [FairfieldLife] Summer - food porn (with a few revisions)
Curtis, Thank you for this basket of seasonal gems. I agree summer is the time men remember water is our friend and all lines must be curved. I'm sure your dangerous part has the same scent as those wolves the ladies like so much to chase. From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:57:02 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Summer - food porn (with a few revisions) I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. (Yeah, I'm bragging here.) I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you had to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I love too. But I usually stock fantastic Irish butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) There are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup that you can smell right through their patterned skin and of course the only fruit accused of being racist, watermelons. I prefer them with seeds because I am a snob and
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: The TM instructions explicit advise NOT trying to think or pronounce the mantra clearly: âMental repetition is not a clear pronunciation; just a faint idea.â Just out of curiosity, how is your recall of the puja, the checking notes, the steps? At best, I think I could do half of any of them. Maybe not that much, and then it would be some here, some there
[FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Ravi my man,  Your insights are always appreciated, saves me asking the wife what her opinion is. Should I state the obvious? All aggressive behaviour,on a forum like this, is passive in nature.  And if being different is what gets you through the night, not to worry-I'm OK with that. But as your friend, I need to mention that boring the hell out of people can wreak havoc onrelationships. Thanks Bob, this confirms my understanding of you - it's a lotta fun mocking others but starts to get uh...boring when getting mocked at..LOL..No worries though I'm used to this kind of behavior from a certain Mr. TurquoiseB, a legend, a 60 year old man with the emotional maturity of a 6 year old.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Summer - food porn (with a few revisions)
I am going to take the liberty of forwarding this to the food network. Oh, and BTW, they would never do it, but that would be a killer title to one of their shows. It would guarantee instant ratings. This post would not disappoint. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. (Yeah, I'm bragging here.) I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you had to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I love too. But I usually stock fantastic Irish butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) There are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup that you can smell right through their patterned skin and of course the only fruit accused of being racist, watermelons. I prefer them with seeds because I am a snob and that goes against the yuppie trend for convenient everything. Plus my farmer's market owner claims they are sweeter cuz when
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Bill - Thank you. If I understand you correctly, it seems as if you had too much energy. And later you crashed. I would characterize it as a rise and coast. It's only an apparent crash, not crash landing or crashing down to earth. Using the analogy of an airplane the crash from rise to coast is only apparent or temporary, we have already gained elevation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Thank you so much Ravi!! You have a very interesting story. And I can now see your inability to sleep for those periods is something quite different than what might happen in TM. If I understand you correctly, it seems as if you had too much energy. And later you crashed. It has some associative points of contact with manic-depressive states. I am just knowledgeable enough to know that kundalini-style yoga seems to emphasize moving energy around the various chakras. The problem in TM seems to be that the recognition within oneself of this silent innerlayer never leaves even during sleep. Your state was high energy, the TM state during sleep might be compared to a dimly lit candle-- but one nevertheless never goes out even during sleep. I am go thankful that you nshard this with me. I have a great awareness now of what happened to you and maybe it is also a cautionary tale against using this type of yoga in some cases. Cheers Bill Â
[FairfieldLife] GENOCIDAL EVIL
This is an article by Jeff Reeves for market watch. It shows the mentality of him towards seniors. Word of this and hime should be sent far and widwide and Market Watch should be contacted and all sponsors boycotted. JEFF REEVES Archives | Email alerts July 14, 2011, 12:00 p.m. EDT ROCKVILLE, Md. (MarketWatch) Take Medicare, one of the biggest causes of our current budget trouble. If we slash spending dramatically, we will not only eliminate one of the biggest drains on the U.S. Treasury, but we will also fix the nagging demographic problem caused by the baby boomers living longer and clogging Social Security rolls. Without health care, surely few of our seniors will survive into old age. This will dramatically reduce both future Medicare and Social Security payouts. These socialist programs are part of the problem. It's time to make them part of the solution.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I wasn't talking about the knowledge but how Indians love to argue. They really went at it on one forum over the ng and m endings. And just wander over to the JyotishList on Yahoo. There is often a brawl going on there. ;-) Sorry I misunderstood, thanks for clarifying, I wasn't even aware of the ng ending. I'm sure it's never ending since there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer to anything.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
On Jul 15, 2011, at 4:53 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:46 PM, sparaig wrote: However, what I meant by there's alpha and then there's alpha is a reference to the specific pattern(s) that show up during TM, especially during the pure consciousness state. Alleged pure consciousness state. I don't believe anyone accepts that metaphysical speculation except TM folks - esp. since we now have a much clearer idea of what the EEG of samadhi looks like and what it's physiological results are at the cellular level. Sadly, it has not been seen in TM so far. That assumes that what you are referring to is the real deal while what I am referring to is not. Well these were lineal realizers from the Patanjali tradition. I guess you'd have to decide what you'd consider a fourth state. They considered it samadhi. I'm simply stating that EEG signatures well known to be associated with waking, sleeping and dreaming would not traditionally, experientially, be considered the fourth. What is fun about *my* real deal pure consciousness state is that it is found in self-actualizing non-meditators. Is yours? Generally NOT. And in the Vedantic trip that's why it was called the fourth (turIya). It's something beyond the ordinary states, other than briefly in various peak experiences.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
On Jul 15, 2011, at 4:54 PM, sparaig wrote: Certainly that is the case, that the TM researchers thought (and still do) that these episodes are significant. I'm curious as to why you think they are not? Because there's been nothing demonstrated as outside the normal realm of waking-dreaming-sleeping for one. But the primary source is yogic literature itself, which defines the different types of breath suspensions in considerable detail. The Hindu science of breath is quite detailed.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Bill, You might note the following: Verbal pronunciation and muttered pronunciation is what passes as mantra for most hindoo-s and Tibetans. That is why they call it japa (repetition). Not all of them do it this way however. TM is decidedly not like that but is based upon the four (4) levels of speech (Vak) that chart the influence of human speech from verbal articulation to the noetic pulsations at the borderline of silence. . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Hi Rob. What I found interesting in the pronunciation was simply this: books on mantra meditation that I have state very emphatically that the mantra must be pronounced absolutely clearly and correctly. I assume because they believe that the mantra is some sort of sonic representation, if not sonic manifestation, of the deity. Yet in TM we are told the mantra might will change as we use it. And the mantra should ideally be a faint thought--not something clear and strong in our minds.This was part of my interest in this varient ways of saying the mantras.  Cheers Bill
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Meditation the Push-up for the Brain?
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:13 PM, PaliGap compost...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: (Medical Xpress) -- Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a control group. Hold on there, that's a troubling finding. Health warning required? Neanderthals looked much like modern humans... The brain case was lower but longer housing a slightly larger brain than that of modern humans http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Neanderthal So perhaps the subject should be changed to meditation (especially TM) is the push up bra of the brain.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GENOCIDAL EVIL
It's a satirical essay. The clue is in the subtitle, A modest proposal on debt: Let the government close. It's an allusion to a famous 18th century satirical essay by Jonathan Swift in which he suggests that the Irish could ease their poverty by selling their children to rich people, who would eat them. The purpose of the modest proposal was to expose the callousness of British policy toward Ireland. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@... wrote: This is an article by Jeff Reeves for market watch. It shows the mentality of him towards seniors. Word of this and hime should be sent far and widwide and Market Watch should be contacted and all sponsors boycotted. JEFF REEVES Archives | Email alerts July 14, 2011, 12:00 p.m. EDT ROCKVILLE, Md. (MarketWatch) Take Medicare, one of the biggest causes of our current budget trouble. If we slash spending dramatically, we will not only eliminate one of the biggest drains on the U.S. Treasury, but we will also fix the nagging demographic problem caused by the baby boomers living longer and clogging Social Security rolls. Without health care, surely few of our seniors will survive into old age. This will dramatically reduce both future Medicare and Social Security payouts. These socialist programs are part of the problem. It's time to make them part of the solution.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fight against the FDA's ridiculous supplement regulation
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The FDA wants to outlaws supplements formulated after 1994. I guess that means that ancient ayurvedic formulas will be exempt but don't count on it. Most of this stuff the FDA comes up with is because big pharma wants the lucrative supplement market and drive the small supplement companies out of existence. Make no mistake, small supplement companies would like some regulation but not the pull the ladder up stuff that big pharma wants so they can have a monopoly. Always blame big pharma instead of the ineffectiveness of all the sht you post hype links about here. Supplements are a waste of money. I sent a thank you telegram to the FDA when they arrested Bill Faloon and Saul Kent. There's a multi billion dollar business in the US promoting, selling and hyping substances which at best do no good, at worse, kill people. Take something common like IP6. A couple of inconsequential studies that proved nothing. Repeated thousands of times on the Internet, different fonts, different colors, different background but all the same words over and over again, all over the 'Net. Why? For what purpose? This isn't content farming we're talking about. This is copy and paste me to in an attempt to turn a dishonest buck. I've listened to the likes of Bill Faloon (the major henchman in keeping supplements deregulated so far) tell of how he was keeping himself from catching AIDS (that's what it was called in those days) by taking an Israeli formulation called AL-721. Never announced when he abandoned it. By my reckoning Bill Faloon is taking at least a million supplements as he or Life Extension Foundation have never disavowed a single supplement they recommended and, incidentally, peddled. Dirk Pearson and Sally Shaw. The authors of *Life Extension *and the poster children of the supplement movement. I saw pictures of these life extension poster children about a decade ago. I've seen better looking corpses in hospices.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Summer - food porn (with a few revisions)
Absolutely beautiful Curtis! Goes beyond mere description food porn! You rocked it. I agree wholeheartedly this is a hit!! Thanks for an amazing, enjoyable, insightful, transcendent piece of writing. Bringing in the atmosphere of the southern summer brings me back instantly to my past week in NC, where the heat index hit 110 three days in a row. Like swimming through the atmosphere, hot, muggy, steamy, tropical, sweaty and real. Loved it...and thank god for air conditioning! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: I'm gunna talk Summer. Steamy hot, makes every fragrant thing rise into your nose like Jesus's mom ascending into heaven, Summer. It started yesterday when I stuck my nose into a box of white Virgina peaches at a farmer's market. The smell was intoxicating as every perfectly ripe fruit rose up and greeted me with the perfume of Summer. For me trips to this market are church. It is a communion with the season and nothing smells as good as the things in a farmer's market in the steamy season. I'm a fan of all the seasons and each has its foodie charms. But for take-your-clothes-off and pour a pitcher of lemonade mixed with ice tea all over your body (here you will have to put in the type of body you would like to see this drink streaming down)naked sensual joy, nothing beats Summer. It's the heat baby. I have my Summer rituals. I plant a container garden of herbs with 12 kinds of Basil from all over the world. (Yeah, I'm bragging here.) I go out and grab a handful of whatever I touch first when I cook in the Summer. This is key because I am an heirloom tomato fanatic. Thwarted by a lack of enough sun to grow my own, I fork over a percentage of my income each week to stay stocked up. I found this olive oil with a harvest date on it in Whole Foods, Prima something which costs as much as a bottle of good bourbon. It is worth it because when you pour it on the sliced tomatoes it also rises up to meet your nose. The fresher the better with white wines and olive oil. That's how I roll. Then I shower the tomato slices with too much basil. I say too much because I am not subtle about this. I am basil rich and I revel in it. Salt, pepper and here comes the airplane into the hanger. That is a magical combination that only comes together at this time of year. You can't do it in the Winter. That green basil substitute they grow in greenhouses can't hold a candle to the sharp flavor of the tiny leaves on my Greek Basil. And if you had to ask about the tomatoes you wouldn't have read this far. I associate eggplant with this season. I layer them with perorino and mozzarella with vadalia onions and slices of stale bread that the Tuscans use as an ingredient in lots of dishes. Sometimes I sacrifice some tomatoes and of course shower each layer with olive oil and fresh marjoram, oregano and basil. (Again not subtle, I want to taste them!) I might pour a can of crushed tomatoes over the top before topping it all with cheese. Bake it hot 400 to brown the edges in a glass pan. I want to see brown when I open the oven 30-40 minutes later. Let it set a bit and then carve away and let it wash over the plate because waiting didn't set it up as you hoped, it is one glorious mess. You can throw it on top of pasta if you want. Top with the best olive oil you can find Mario Battali style and some more fresh basil leaves and inhale. I mean breath baby, this is Summer so fill your lungs. I bought two kinds of corn, one white delicate and sweet and one mixed white and yellow on each cob which is not as sweet but has a butteriness to it. I eat one of each alternating bites. Each has been blessed with olive oil and salt and fresh ground pepper. I know the purists eat it with nothing and some people eat it with butter, which I love too. But I usually stock fantastic Irish butters in the Winter when I am craving heavier food so I don't have butter around in the Summer too often. I do have lard that I rendered myself but I would never be so indulgent to...oh man I am putting my lard butter on an ear tonight. It comes from special pigs who live in the woods and have a great life and one bad day, just like the rest of us. Only theirs is accomplished by a pro and we will have to make do with whatever random crap comes our way to snuff out our life. (Uncomfortable pause having alienated the vegetarians as well as people who prefer their food porn without a dash of existential death reality check vinaigrette. Sorry.) There are zukes and yellow squash including those funny ones that look like flying saucers and are firmer, have you seen them? You can put them in with the eggplant. But the money shot is the melons. Of course I am referring to lady's breasts pushing against the gauze-like fabric of Summer dresses...wait...sorry, I actually mean melons this time. Cantaloup
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Hi Bill, Your user name reminds me of the word amerindian. I am curious if you saw my comment earlier pertaining to coddling your bliss and what your thoughts are about that please? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: L., no wonder I never saw it. I did not read any posts in this thread. Normally I don't read other threads here unless they pertain directly to meditation. snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
I like reading your stuff Ravi - Bhakti Yoga. In SE Asia I grew up on it. It was always in the air. Literally. What I remember was the air always smelled like life, kind of fruity, with rot and diesel and tobacco and dust mixed in. It HAD a smell. Life seems closer, less abstract there. Fruit bats filling the evening sky between the corrugated roofs, near the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia, on Java. The beating sun searing above the horizon at seven, then during the monsoon season, watching walls of rain sweeping down the street. In the tropics, Nature envelops you. Seed of Bhakti Yoga. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Bill - Thank you. If I understand you correctly, it seems as if you had too much energy. And later you crashed. I would characterize it as a rise and coast. It's only an apparent crash, not crash landing or crashing down to earth. Using the analogy of an airplane the crash from rise to coast is only apparent or temporary, we have already gained elevation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: Thank you so much Ravi!! You have a very interesting story. And I can now see your inability to sleep for those periods is something quite different than what might happen in TM. If I understand you correctly, it seems as if you had too much energy. And later you crashed. It has some associative points of contact with manic-depressive states. I am just knowledgeable enough to know that kundalini-style yoga seems to emphasize moving energy around the various chakras. The problem in TM seems to be that the recognition within oneself of this silent innerlayer never leaves even during sleep. Your state was high energy, the TM state during sleep might be compared to a dimly lit candle-- but one nevertheless never goes out even during sleep. I am go thankful that you nshard this with me. I have a great awareness now of what happened to you and maybe it is also a cautionary tale against using this type of yoga in some cases. Cheers Bill Â
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: snip Well these were lineal realizers from the Patanjali tradition. I guess you'd have to decide what you'd consider a fourth state. They considered it samadhi. I'm simply stating that EEG signatures well known to be associated with waking, sleeping and dreaming would not traditionally, experientially, be considered the fourth. Let's see, that would be traditionally since about, what, 1924 or so?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip It turned out to be insignificant, except of course to TM researchers who want to believe the apnea episodes are significant. Certainly that is the case, that the TM researchers thought (and still do) that these episodes are significant. I'm curious as to why you think they are not? Because the TM researchers think they are, of course. Silly wabbit! Note, BTW, how often Vaj uses circumlocutions like turned out to be and found to be when he makes pronouncements denigrating research on TM, vague phrases that allow him to avoid giving any specifics.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
That's about the time when Alice Bailey got going heavy. 1927 is the year when she wrote a paraphrase of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Now we know why Vag won't list his teachers. One of them must be D. J. Wahl Ghoul. . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Well these were lineal realizers from the Patanjali tradition. I guess you'd have to decide what you'd consider a fourth state. They considered it samadhi. I'm simply stating that EEG signatures well known to be associated with waking, sleeping and dreaming would not traditionally, experientially, be considered the fourth. Let's see, that would be traditionally since about, what, 1924 or so?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
I do remember it, but not the full gist now. You will have to forgive me. Can you 'enlighten' me about it (pun intended). Cheers Bill From: whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 5:51 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?) Hi Bill, Your user name reminds me of the word amerindian. I am curious if you saw my comment earlier pertaining to coddling your bliss and what your thoughts are about that please? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: L., no wonder I never saw it. I did not read any posts in this thread. Normally I don't read other threads here unless they pertain directly to meditation. snip
[FairfieldLife] Fishing joke photo
1900 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52627.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Well, 1924 was the date of the first EEG recording. Pretty primitive. I don't imagine they got around to doing detailed EEGs to detect samadhi in lineal Patanjali realizers for at least a few years after that, so it would be a pretty short tradition. On the other hand, Mr. Ghoul may have told Ms. Bailey about EEG recordings from one of the planet's earlier advanced technological civilizations. Supposedly he was the communications director for the Ascended Masters, after all, so if anybody would have had access to that information, it would have been him. Don't think Ms. Bailey ever wrote about it, but I'm sure Vaj has his own sources. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: That's about the time when Alice Bailey got going heavy. 1927 is the year when she wrote a paraphrase of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Now we know why Vag won't list his teachers. One of them must be D. J. Wahl Ghoul. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Well these were lineal realizers from the Patanjali tradition. I guess you'd have to decide what you'd consider a fourth state. They considered it samadhi. I'm simply stating that EEG signatures well known to be associated with waking, sleeping and dreaming would not traditionally, experientially, be considered the fourth. Let's see, that would be traditionally since about, what, 1924 or so?
[FairfieldLife] Rama's Coronation
pic from 1940 (Rama - supposedly earlier): http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/25436.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Girl at pool, Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs, CO; 1905 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52636.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Dog pyramid
Dog pyramid at Gentry's trained animal show, 1900 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52598.jpg
[FairfieldLife] William Tecumseh Sherman
1888 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52915.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Woman with hoop skirt
very hoopish http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52917.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Morris family at dinner
Denver, 1905 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/52717.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Meditation the Push-up for the Brain?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:13 PM, PaliGap compost1uk@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: (Medical Xpress) -- Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more gray matter than the brains of individuals in a control group. Hold on there, that's a troubling finding. Health warning required? Neanderthals looked much like modern humans... The brain case was lower but longer housing a slightly larger brain than that of modern humans http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Neanderthal So perhaps the subject should be changed to meditation (especially TM) is the push up bra of the brain. IMO, MMY would not like to associate meditation with effort. It would be better to say that the human brain has the natural ability to transcend, which is the secret to fathoming the cosmic mind or the unified field. This ability to transcend is the pinnacle of creation from its basic constituent of matter. Kurzweil's idea of merging the human brain with the assumed emergent intelligence of computers would actually be a devolution from the present condition of human consciousness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Only in my younger days. I concluded that people deserve something better than that. I found them wanting to attribute more Reality to me than I really could claim. It was an easy way to attribute too much to divine power or God's grace because someone had a (temporary) connection to the ocean of power. It's just too easy to forget that we are French kissing the Grim Reaper with every breath. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/14/2011 07:53 PM, emptybill wrote: This could be a duplicate Yahoo post or maybe not. Sorry but no troth with Yahoo. Bill, Contrary to what you might read, Shakti does not mean energy, as in electricity, but rather power. Empty, have you ever given shaktipat?
