[FairfieldLife] Re: The Post Count Follies :-)

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: Don't take that seriously, have been here in US for almost half of my life. Are you originally from India ? Why did you leave for USA, if you don't

[FairfieldLife] Colbert Report: Women's Health-Nazi Plan

2011-08-05 Thread raunchydog
Hilarious. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/393824/august-03-2011/women-s-health-nazi-plan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: Whoa hold on there Robin, in your hurry to attack M you don't seem to have paid much attention - I didn't hear anyone or Hinduism say that that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
They didn't randomly start talking about him, it was in reference to a Wikipedia article. Read it again - Vaj is the only used who used present tense, Judy used past sense and Lawson future tense. So you and Vaj are the only ones that come out obsessed, Vaj for the present tense and you, for not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with Andrew Skolnick happened maybe TEN YEARS AGO? And that these two TM obsessives are not only still talking about him and trying to suck other people into their obsession

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a new meditator

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: My experience and what Indian traditions have found down throughout the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with Andrew Skolnick happened maybe TEN YEARS AGO? And that these two TM obsessives are not only still

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adieu

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you, Ravi, I enjoyed our interchanges. On Aug 4, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: Mark, Oh no..don't, but if you really have to - Good luck !!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Hi all, I guess I'll be signing off for now. Heartfelt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:44 PM, seventhray1 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: BTW is this service Rory renders an hourly rate or is it billed by intensity? (Cat-o-nine with the metal tips only in the premium Mel Gibson package.)

[FairfieldLife] New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 08/05/2011

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 08/05/2011 081. Robert Augustus Masters http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=42da79cbc3e=aa1e3e9546 Aug 04, 2011 03:46

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:50 AM, turquoiseb wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with Andrew Skolnick happened maybe TEN YEARS AGO? And that these two TM obsessives are not only still talking about him and trying to suck other people into their obsession all these years on, they're

[FairfieldLife] Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness

2011-08-05 Thread turquoiseb
On another forum, I am watching a bunch of folks who have never really entertained any serious doubts about their teacher, his enlightenment, and his important role in the cosmic significance of the universe encounter former students of the same teacher who have entertained all of these doubts.

[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Teacher Syndrome

2011-08-05 Thread turquoiseb
What is there about the I-Am-RIGHT mindset that seems to -- historically -- go hand in hand with developing a cult of followers? It's as if the only clear career path presented by the traditional spiritual path is to 1) listen to your teachers, 2) believe everything they say and do exactly what

[FairfieldLife] Career Opportunities for the Post-Enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread turquoiseb
OK, so the spiritual path worked out for you, and now you're all enlightened and all. What now? What do you do with the rest of the incarnation? You could go the traditional route and go into the family business, and become Yet Another Spiritual Teacher yourself. And if you do, you could model

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 5, 2011, at 4:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Actually, last contact I had with Andrew was a year or three ago, during wiki editing wars over the Transcendental Meditation wikipedia entry. Lawson, the point I am trying to make is that you really don't see anything odd about there being

[FairfieldLife] Onward Thought Police Soldiers

2011-08-05 Thread turquoiseb
What, I might ask those who seem to feel a need to convince other people to believe the same things they do, is the problem with these other people believing something different? What payoff would convincing them to believe the same things you do *have* for you? I ask because somewhere along the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Career Opportunities for the Post-Enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
What to do now that we are more spiritually mature? The same things, only clearer, more successfully, a more complete experience, inclusive vs. exclusive. Other than that, nothing changes. I know you are trying hard to create a contrast between having reached your spiritual goals and still

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:16 PM, sparaig wrote: Whether science was done right the first time or not is immaterial. It must be done over and over again, or it isn't science. If it's to be done over and over, it needs to be independently - not by MUM or the David Lynch Mob or Friends of TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
HA HA like you're one to talk(!). You understand attachment very well though. Non-attachment, not so much. You keep thinking it is some kind of mood or a 'tude. It isn't. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: Shall I invite Andrew to come critique everyone here? His background is such that he will, at best, call you self-deluded for what you (and I and Judy and everyone else) espouse here. It would be nice to have him here, but honestly so little

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
Maharishi saw that couching TM in terms of modern science was the way to sell it to the West (and perhaps create an endless puzzle for fools like you to get lost in), but essentially measuring metabolic markers to determine spiritual states isn't the point. The point is to get on with it, and

[FairfieldLife] Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
I must have missed a post or two. That happens when you have to forward posts to places that forward posts so you can read them. But I digress. Is Alex going to start counting long posts as two posts?That doesn't seem fair at all. Those who write long posts like RC, the show salesman who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@ wrote: Masked Zebra responds to seventhray1: When I skimmed the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: I must have missed a post or two. That happens when you have to forward posts to places that forward posts so you can read them. I've already responded to this here:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: Doesn't sound like you are a candidate for being born again :) Unfortnunately I don't think we have much choise :-) But I do wonder if it is possible to set some kind of date for a new birth based on the current

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with Andrew Skolnick happened maybe TEN YEARS AGO? And that these two TM obsessives are not only still talking about him and trying to suck other people into their obsession

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: May I point out that anything having to do with Andrew Skolnick happened maybe TEN

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 5, 2011, at 4:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Actually, last contact I had with Andrew was a year or three ago, during wiki editing wars over the Transcendental Meditation wikipedia entry. Lawson, the point I am

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:16 PM, sparaig wrote: Whether science was done right the first time or not is immaterial. It must be done over and over again, or it isn't science. If it's to be done over and over, it needs to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: Shall I invite Andrew to come critique everyone here? His background is such that he will, at best, call you self-deluded for what you (and I and Judy and everyone else)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
The very IDEA of becoming so obsessed with one little view of life and/or spirituality that one feels the need to defend it against its enemies strikes me as just as insane... sparaig: You and Judy get along fine now, i take it... Let's see, Turq has been obsessed with TM and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:01 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: Shall I invite Andrew to come critique everyone here? His background is such that he will, at best, call you self- deluded for

[FairfieldLife] The Threefold Gate of Hell-Gita Ch XVI vs21

2011-08-05 Thread wgm4u
(21)Lust, anger, and greed; these constitute the threefold gate of hell leading to the destruction of the soul's welfare. These three, therefore, man should abandon. Gita Ch16 vs21 trividham narakasyedam dvaram nasanam atmanah kamah krodhas tatha lobhas tasmad etat trayam tyajet But the soul,

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Stanley Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
If it's to be done over and over, it needs to be independently - not by MUM or the David Lynch Mob or Friends of TM here or there... sparaig: I keep asking you to identify the study where the subject was identified as being in samadhi. Apparently the study was done by Alan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
turquoiseb: On another forum, I am watching a bunch of folks who have never really entertained any serious doubts about their teacher, his enlightenment, and his important role in the cosmic significance of the universe encounter former students of the same teacher who have entertained

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Andrew is probably one of the most insightful people when it comes to ™ and valid criticism. It's that naked, raw insight that so disturbs ™-TB's... authfriend: ROFL. Raw, naked insight unmixed with respect for accuracy. ROTFL!!! Subject: Andrew's notion of Historical

[FairfieldLife] [FairfieldLife] Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Turq, Thank you for another excellent post. Some comments below. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 4:33:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness   On another

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stocks Plunge as Economic Worries Continue

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Bhairitu wants to give even that away to the government! Bhairitu: Where did I say that? Stop making things up. Limit the size and lifespan of corporations back to what it was before the Civil War... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/284536

[FairfieldLife] The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
In a comment to our new meditator my favourite epicurean poet blues breaker got me thinking about the magic of innocence. I sometimes experience a sense memory of a time in my childhood when everything was in the future and therefore seemed possible.  I also have viid memories of my first love,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Latest photo of the Quorum of Twelve

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
Great shot of the good ol boysI wonder how much direction Ggood 'ol Mitt Romney takes from the Mormon church. As an aside,  here is what Sarah Palin thinks of good 'ol white rich men.  Monocle: Back to the running-mate question. Say the Democratic ticket is Clinton-Obama, a woman and a black

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stocks Plunge as Economic Worries Continue

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/05/2011 08:28 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Bhairitu wants to give even that away to the government! Bhairitu: Where did I say that? Stop making things up. Limit the size and lifespan of corporations back to what it was before the Civil War...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a new meditator

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
She might have also been a total work of fiction. A joke played on FFL. ;-) On 08/04/2011 08:18 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: My feelings exactly, she might have already ran away? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@... wrote: Beth, oh Beth. You know that tool on your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
* * Beautiful, Mark! Having myself undergone a dark night of the soul for several years, during which horrific time I lost the golden light of God and Master and my own soul, and my own certainties and special attainments, and where absolutely everything I believed in or held dear crumbled to

[FairfieldLife] ISO 9000 and something (was Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Tom, I expect better from you than gloating. You're just showing off because  Herr Edelstein has decided-due his perception of the slipping my FFL voice,  to focus his formidable attention exclusively on you. I could call  this a crime of passion but I know you'd just call me a Nancy boy  and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts offer little content then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: I must

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice rap, I'll take a shot at this having been mentioned by name. And I hope you don't take my curmudgeonly response as a tarnish on the playful goodwill we groove on. It's just that the term innocence is really an overused and misused concept in spirituality, IMO, and is often used by people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts offer little content then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-) And

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Mooji's Angelic Choir' absolutely assume...

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
I love the last video for Ramana Maharshi - beautiful and simple and universal --- On Thu, 8/4/11, Robert babajii...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Robert babajii...@yahoo.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Mooji's Angelic Choir' absolutely assume... To: fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, August

[FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
He's the guy for me right nowthese two videos articulate my obsession with equity on the topic of taxes and the war on the middle/working class that is being waged. He also bring up the fact that there are no good alternatives for Dem's to Obama and the disappointment that so many have in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread emptybill
Nabs Nothing to know. It is called derealization and is a well documented mental/psychological change. Get it? It is an uncontrolled reversal of mental fixations. It often goes together with depersonalization. Wiki if you need to get a start on a definition. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread maskedzebra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: I must have missed a post or two. That happens when you have to forward posts to places that forward posts so you can read them. But I digress. Is Alex going to start counting long posts as two posts?That doesn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
They say I am dying, but I am not going away. Where can I go? Ramana Maharshi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jsswtme-Dwfeature=player_embedded Dear Markdon't go anywherepost your PO address if you need assistance. --- On Wed, 8/3/11, Mark Landau m...@sky5.com wrote: From: Mark

[FairfieldLife] Yeskia pokes fun at the Fruit (Apple?)

2011-08-05 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S07KAn0ETjo People here in Finland believe it's Nokia that's behind the TabCo... I'm not at all sure about that!

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Curtis, Thank you or this, you never disappoint. More below. From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 10:07:03 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence   Nice rap, I'll

RE: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
Or Allen Grayson. Dennis Kucinich would be great if he didn't look like a space alien. Even if he looked like a movie star, he's probably too far ahead of the curve to get elected.

[FairfieldLife] 'Judy Collins w/Muppets~Send in the Clowns'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
A truely heart felt video!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqx5_w-dnk

[FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. Your actions worked against their purpose. | elephant journal

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/a-letter-from-a-survivor-a-must-read/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/05/2011 11:10 AM, Denise Evans wrote: He's the guy for me right nowthese two videos articulate my obsession with equity on the topic of taxes and the war on the middle/working class that is being waged. He also bring up the fact that there are no good alternatives for Dem's to

[FairfieldLife] Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
As I recall from my TTC, kalas are level of evolution. I believe there are 16 of them. Krishna represents the highest. Humans can't go higher than the 8th, even if enlightened. Do I remember correctly? Can anyone correct and/or elaborate?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Alex Stanley *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 AM *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
OK, I'll bite. I don't hold him in the same league as Jimi and M, but I worked my butt off for Kucinich's first campaign, initially gratis and then on the campaign's payroll, so I had some decent interaction with him. What's her name here, Chris Griscom, is his friend/teacher. I helped open

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, RoryGoff roryg...@hotmail.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts offer little content then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be

[FairfieldLife] 'One Heartn One Love' let's get together and 'Be' ...alright!'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
'One Heartn One Love' let's get together and 'Be' ...alright!'   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MXekJ7-0kfeature=player_embedded#at=16

RE: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Landau Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:29 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President OK, I'll bite. I don't hold him in the same league as Jimi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Alex Stanley *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 AM *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:01 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: Shall I invite Andrew to come critique everyone here?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
Can you find a mention of samadhi in reference to this study? I've never been able to. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardwillytexwilliams willytex@... wrote: If it's to be done over and over, it needs to be independently - not by MUM or the David Lynch Mob or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: I approved it this morning. Yeah, I figured FFL's unmoderator wasn't going to do it. Thanks, I guess. Your subscription request happened

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Duveyoung
I was told Guru Dev had to drop the body to get his 16th kala, but who knows anything about TMO gossip? Maharishi kept us in the dark about this for the most part -- a tell that he just really never cared about us becoming scholarly about TM's tradition lest we find out what Maharishi did to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Duveyoung: ... he just really never cared about us becoming scholarly about TM's tradition lest we find out what Maharishi did to it. Well, I guess Maharishi could do what he wanted to do with the 'TM Tradition', since he invented it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: I'm sure I'm not the first to tell you have the heart of a great sufi master. This is code for You are totally posting drunk dude! Curtis, Thank you or this, you never disappoint. More below.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote: Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts offer little content then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President-to Mark

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
Geezus Mark, don't send out any more death poemsnot all of us are TMers.what the F@ck does that all mean?whaddya need?  Money?  How much.   I'm about to send out a check for 21,000 for half my daughters tuition and I'd be more than willing to send you some too.  But, you'd better offer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread emptybill
The 16 kalas (portions) or phases of the moon are a Jyotish measure originally used to apportion the best time to perform a yajña. This was taken over by the Vaishnava-s and applied to the various mythic avatara-s of Vishnu-Narayana as a means to understand the differing powers of these

Re: [FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. Your actions worked against their purpose. | elephant journal

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
God bless the human race. --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. Your actions worked against their purpose. | elephant journal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 5, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote: As I recall from my TTC, kalas are level of evolution. I believe there are 16 of them. Krishna represents the highest. Humans can’t go higher than the 8th, even if enlightened. Do I remember correctly? Can anyone correct and/or elaborate?

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-08-05 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 30 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 06 00:00:00 2011 852 messages as of (UTC) Fri Aug 05 23:34:49 2011 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com 50 Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 46 Mark Landau m...@sky5.com 45 RoryGoff

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
right, Vaj. Besides, the whole notion of Who's highest is scientifically probablematic in that the claimants would have to be capable of making the taste test among alternative Paths. An assumption that MMY was familiar with all Paths and thus able to say Krishna is the highest would be false,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
He must have been a good organizer for his lesser elections. He won them when he set his mind to it. But, for whatever reasons, IME, E O, the way he ran/did not run his first presidential election was disastrous, almost comedic. I have no direct experience with his second one, but it sure

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President-to Mark

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you, Denise, for this and your previous, lovely email. I wanted to respond sooner, but was concerned about over-posting. I also had to go out. What a generous heart you must have! It's not my plan, at this time, to go. I've always loved death and was inspired to write what I did in the

[FairfieldLife] Massey Hill Boys

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1913 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/28262.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Nice threads

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
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[FairfieldLife] Re: ZomGas 7 (could be a visa for Jesus - was Zombie in my Gas Tank)

2011-08-05 Thread obbajeeba
Oh you guys, I know Heysus is a mexican. I have proof. Really. But not sure if I should share it. A picture tells a thousand words. : ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Steve, I think we're all in agreement that next time around Jesus will be a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rowing to Doha-Scene 12-(was conflict in fiction)

2011-08-05 Thread obbajeeba
Hey! Continue this thread Mr. Priced! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: The cat, is its name, Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam? Does the cat take its shoes off inside? Puss in boots, or was that the Brunette? Do Rajas have cats? Water and a board and we'll

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
I did not know about this fellow, and my knowledge of the history of the Wikipedia edits is cursory, just based on my following links in replying to the previous post; I have never edited a Wikipedia article, but I do know that sometimes there are problems with the ideology impaired attempting

[FairfieldLife] Akiane's painting of Jesus

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
Looks similar on the surface of Jesus when He appeared to me in His Radiant Form on Jul 17, 1996. I also was puzzled by the fact that this was the 100-th Anniversary of Ramana Maharshi's Self-Realization (took place in Madurai, Jul7 17, 1896). http://akiane.com/creating_painting.html ... But

[FairfieldLife] A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stanley
So, it's a few days before my 50th birthday, and I just received a membership letter from AARP. It's only $16 per year, but is it really worth it?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you for sharing this, and I agree. We do seem to be kindred spirits in many ways, though, of course, we part ways in certain areas. I'm glad we met. Perhaps our association will continue. Perhaps, too, we should talk on the phone sometime. I don't know if we could strike up a real

[FairfieldLife] Re: A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
For me, yes;...but I'm way older than you are and they can be helpful, although one of the downsides is that they clog your mailbox with junk advertising on various types of insurance you probably won't want. If you can put up with that, I'd say yes. Who knows when they might be of use? Various

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread noah
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: He's the guy for me right now Denise, I could not agree with you more.Period. these two videos articulate my obsession with equity on the topic of taxes and the war on the middle/working class that is being waged.

Re: [FairfieldLife] A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Everyone'll tell you different, but I say no. Probably each person has to try it and determine for themselves. On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: So, it's a few days before my 50th birthday, and I just received a membership letter from AARP. It's only $16 per year, but is it

[FairfieldLife] partial Sidhi

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
A partial Sidhi may be defined as an enhanced ability, perhaps extra-ordinary but by no means miraculous; that is facilitated by techniques such as mantras. Thanks to a certain Kali mantra, I've finally surpassed 4,000 entries (sequences and comments) in a certain mathematics encyclopedia:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 7:46 PM, sparaig wrote: snip ANdrew accused me of reverting an entire section when I first came into Wikipedia. He appolgized after I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread seventhray1
You may have missed this one. But I think this soundtrack and presentation would go well with your little sermon. I enjoyed it and yes agree that it is overblown. But Charlie could deliver it well I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLci5DoZqHU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLci5DoZqHU

[FairfieldLife] 'The Tide is High.and I'm moving on...'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzp471BBXAI

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
Vaj, What technique are you doing to get obviously and progressively less bright? While we are on the subject, what great advances have the brilliant people in the Tibetan Autonomous Region contributed to the welfare of the world? All I can come up with is (1) Yak butter, (2) helping rich white

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread seventhray1
Tommy Pall don't need no stinkin joke. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: No. Rory posted some groaner puns, and I wrote that as soon as Bhairitu could add pun detection to the post count script, pun posts would count as two posts. It was a joke.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
This forum is like that battle in the Bhagavad-Gita. Is that the best you can do? Let's get even more grandiose and call it, FFL: Battle For Spiritual Truth And The Future Dominion Of The Universe Itself. or, alternatively, a bunch of fools talkin' smack.:-) --- In

[FairfieldLife] Power grab

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
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