[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/21/2011 01:32 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Bhairitu: Sutra means thread and has alway meant that. The word suture comes from it. People from other paths reading this thread would be laughing their asses

Re: [FairfieldLife] Nand Kishore

2011-08-22 Thread Zoran Krneta
with Purusha group in Uttarkashi 2011/8/21 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net ** On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I just watched “David Wants to Fly” for the first time last night. I had heard about the “controversy among the rajas” that was part of the film, but no one had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do nothing and accomplish everything.

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I guess FFL is becoming Wikipedia where people define terms to fit their needs like Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin do. Sutra means thread and has alway meant that. The word suture comes from it. People from other paths

[FairfieldLife] Re: Managing an attractive young woman with large breasts

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: This will be a twofer as I didn’t receive Judy’s post directly. 2. Judy, I didn’t get this post from you directly but any advice from you is always appreciated although it appears not all web sites are receiving my

[FairfieldLife] Time check!

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5YKv-Qj4Q When I first tried that Time Check with triplet-mode, 80 bpm, 4 bars, got 100%! After that began to TRY, 95% was the best got in about 10 rounds! :D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Time check!

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5YKv-Qj4Q When I first tried that Time Check with triplet-mode, 80 bpm, 4 bars, got 100%! Should have added snare only... :´/ After that began to TRY, 95% was the best got in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The trouble with reality is capitalizing it

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: One of the things I find myself noticing in Curtis' descriptions of David Eagleman's findings and opinions is that Eagleman seems to

[FairfieldLife] People Of Color (was Re: Yum Yum in The Golden Domes of Pure Knowledge)

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Just as Mrs Merkel yells out her mantra the street explodes with hundreds and hundreds of naked multi-colored women dancing to the music of of Bob Marley. Blue ones come down the steps of all the surrounding buildings.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 10:00 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: [...] You'll find sutra defined as thread about everywhere else on the web. You found a Tamil lexicon. In fact I believe that MMY may have defined it in his version of the Gita. A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
And meditators attending circus-shows and other places of diversion? And do meditators endeavoring, by example and precept, do they observe moderation and temperance on all occasions and keep their hour of meditation? -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
Compare and contrast spiritual groups through time and, of course,one wonders how it is going for TM and the TM movement. It seems there is a formula that spiritual groups become organized and then communal as people coming together to facilitate spiritual experience first, to then also

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: And meditators attending circus-shows and other places of diversion? And do meditators endeavoring, by example and precept, do they observe moderation and temperance on all occasions and keep their hour of meditation? -Buck in FF

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: In a last ditch effort I tried to figure out how to download music from YouTube. I Googled download YouTube on Mp3 and linked to a guy screaming Developer. WTF? I'm really a novice at this. Any suggestions? The way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: And meditators attending circus-shows and other places of diversion? And do meditators endeavoring, by example and precept, do they observe moderation and temperance on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: hoping and praying that this post actually makes it through I just got a new and different failure notice for one of the posts I made yesterday morning that never showed up: Sorry, we were unable

[FairfieldLife] Re: -Golden Domes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
Hi yep the last was satire. Satire if it works does work only because there is some truth in it. However, your larger Wiki Golden_Domes work is quite good and seems to stand. I hope you can stand up to the TM-movement's legal department.Writing a TM history is always daunting. A frontal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: hoping and praying that this post actually makes it through I just got a new and different failure notice for one of the posts

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread obbajeeba
I would like to know when one has a desire to find peace and one may be lead to a particular meditation and finds peace, then somehow dogmatic thinking is introduced by some experts, of a particular meditation to the user, causing a whirlwind in the mind of the peace seeker of, WTF

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Taste of Utopia Course'and 'Able Archer 83' (1983-84)

2011-08-22 Thread merudanda
Así es la vida shit happens 'Nuclear War Thwarted by Taste of Utopia Course' at FFL http://tinyurl.com/3v4gz8d Film taken in January 1985 at the 'Taste of Utopia' course. Filmed in the Hague and Leiden. Temperature was generally -15C! Taste of Utopia Holland

[FairfieldLife] Celebrating 20 years of the Maharishi Golden Dome, Skelmersdale UK

2011-08-22 Thread merudanda
walking down 'vedic' memory lane.. http://tinyurl.com/3qzh5xo Celebrating 20 years of the Maharishi Golden Dome, Skelmersdale UK

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on meditation recently? You too could be a part of something very positive here. I hope you'll come back some day. -Buck in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: And meditators attending circus-shows and other places of diversion? And do meditators

[FairfieldLife] The Christian right's dominionist strategy

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
Prays Jaysus http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/08/21/ posner_nar_dominionism LINK An article in the Texas Observer last month about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's relationship with followers of a little-known neo-Pentecostal movement sparked a frenzied reaction from many

[FairfieldLife] Happy Janmashtami!

2011-08-22 Thread obbajeeba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pN19f377b0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=639I_6lKuQMNR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotgpfX8bj8

[FairfieldLife] Re: -Golden Domes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
video, Dome meditating community 20 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olvIddB4ZdMfeature=related --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Wiki Editors, Om no, no. I have one complaint with this 'Golden Dome' Wiki entry. That second

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Laws Of Nature Of Cafe Writing

2011-08-22 Thread obbajeeba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Aug 21, 2011, at 7:54 AM, turquoiseb wrote: 1. Tip well. The waitress can either be your best friend, or your worst enemy. If you want to come back and write in this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on meditation recently? You too could be a part of something very positive here. I hope you'll come back some day. I would rather live in a place inhabited by prostitutes and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on meditation recently? You too could be a part of something very positive here. I hope you'll come back

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/21/2011 07:00 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: [...] You'll find sutra defined as thread about everywhere else on the web. You found a Tamil lexicon. In fact I

[FairfieldLife] Obama?

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
Conan showed some fictional follower candidates for Usama bin Ladin. One of them was Barack 'But not that Barack' Obama. Isn't 'Obama' an African name though, not a typical Arabic Muslim name??

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fflmod fflmod@... wrote: I have not been in Fairfield in the last eleven years and so have not seen him in a while, but I can tell you the author of that letter used to listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio every chance he got and used to go to the

[FairfieldLife] Ron Paul- Liberty Summit Orlando Florida August 19, 2011

2011-08-22 Thread obbajeeba
http://c-spanvideo.org/program/PaulRemar#

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nand Kishore

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: I just watched David Wants to Fly for the first time last night. I had heard about the controversy among the rajas that was part of the film, but no one had mentioned that Nand Kishore was the center of the controversy. He

[FairfieldLife] Uranus/Pluto square!

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
http://astrotransits.blogspot.com/2011/08/london-riots-and-uranuspluto-square.html As history shows, things become often more complicated when Uranus reaches about 10º Aries and after that, and that will happen from summer 2012 onwards. Right now Uranus has reached degree 8º of Aries, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Laws Of Nature Of Cafe Writing

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Aug 21, 2011, at 6:25 PM, azgrey wrote: Yesterday I was a little clever. The daughter and I stopped in for a quick lunch at Ruby

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: This explanation conflates the difference between mind/consciousness (citta) and awareness (cit) or, if you prefer, between drishti-matra and buddhi. Do you, perchance, mean 'dRshi-maatra'? draSTaa dRshi-maatraH shuddho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread emptybill
L This topic is about the distinction between the two techniques and how to highlight any differences between them. It is factually based. It is not a football contest of my technique is better than your technique and most certainly is not a thread for you to celebrate your visibly manifest and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread fflmod
I shop at Trader Joe's every week. I have a friend who moved to Beverly, MA from Denver and said one of the many things his wife likes about the move is is she can shop at Trader Joe's again. There are eight Traders Joe's stores within 2 to 8 miles of me. Maybe you need to spend more time going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fflmod fflmod@... wrote: I shop at Trader Joe's every week. I have a friend who moved to Beverly, MA from Denver and said one of the many things his wife likes about the move is is she can shop at Trader Joe's again. There are eight Traders Joe's stores

RE: [FairfieldLife] Nand Kishore

2011-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Zoran Krneta Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 2:15 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Nand Kishore with Purusha group in Uttarkashi Nice that they didn't boot him out

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Laws Of Nature Of Cafe Writing

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Aug 21, 2011, at 6:25 PM, azgrey wrote: Yesterday I was a little

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
If they're enlightened it doesn't matter, Buck. On 08/22/2011 04:54 AM, Buck wrote: And meditators attending circus-shows and other places of diversion? And do meditators endeavoring, by example and precept, do they observe moderation and temperance on all occasions and keep their hour of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Denise Evans
This list sounds so very much like something from the evangelical Christian tradition - religion is religion is religion.  --- On Mon, 8/22/11, Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: This study, along with other recent neuroradiological studies of Buddhist meditators and Francescan nuns, suggests that all individuals, regardless of cultural background or religion, experience the same neuropsychological

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on meditation recently? You too

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/21/2011 11:15 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 08/21/2011 01:32 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Bhairitu: Sutra means thread and has alway meant that. The word suture comes from it. People from other paths reading this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: This list sounds so very much like something from the evangelical Christian tradition - religion is religion is religion. Bingo, Denise. Emphasis on the keyword evangelical. It's just not *enough* to believe this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/21/2011 10:22 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 08/21/2011 02:37 PM, raunchydog wrote: The Iowa State Fair has pushed the limit on what you can fry on a stick. This year, Fried Butter on a Stick made its debut. Not worth the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/22/2011 08:17 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on meditation recently? You too could be a part of something very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/22/2011 05:50 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydograunchydog@... wrote: In a last ditch effort I tried to figure out how to download music from YouTube. I Googled download YouTube on Mp3 and linked to a guy screaming Developer. WTF? I'm really a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@ wrote: This list sounds so very much like something from the evangelical Christian tradition - religion is religion is religion. Bingo, Denise. Emphasis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Nah, Turq is just practicing tantra, Ravi. You should know that tantrics believe in hanging out in dark places, near the edge of death and such. Then they are prepared when death comes. I don't know that I'll be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@ wrote: This list sounds so very much like something from the evangelical Christian tradition - religion is religion is religion. Bingo, Denise.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/22/2011 08:17 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om dear Turq, Have you looked at the science on

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Laws Of Nature Of Cafe Writing

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
The maximum I have ever tipped is 1000 (one thousand) percent. Because of a combination of coupons, bonus points and lunch specials, our restaurant bill was only 59 cents. Just for the heck of it, I tacked on a $5.90 tip. :-) L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: This list sounds so very much like something from the evangelical Christian tradition - religion is religion is religion. Just FYI, the list isn't from TM, it's from questions read before Quaker meetings, instituted

[FairfieldLife] Re: The trouble with reality is capitalizing it

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
* * Great interchange, you guys. I am with Barry on this one -- the tools we choose determine the reality we perceive: if we use the dualist intellect we gain dualistic, intellect-tinted results; if we use the nondualist Self we gain Selfish, nondualist-tinted results. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Yeah he sure is practicing tantra, you would think he would get a clue from other tantrics like Ravi Yogi. A real tantric internalizes his pain, he encounters his shadow, he channelizes the dark energy to ascend. Mother

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
* * From some POVs our whole reality looks rather like an immoderate, intemperate place of diversion -- the paradisal soul-fires of whole-hearted, blissful adoration appear neither moderate nor temperate -- and our hour of meditation is 24/7/365 and keeps us, rather than the other way around

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fflmod fflmod@... wrote: I shop at Trader Joe's every week. I have a friend who moved to Beverly, MA from Denver and said one of the many things his wife likes about the move is is she can shop at Trader Joe's again. There are eight Traders Joe's stores

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fflmod fflmod@ wrote: I shop at Trader Joe's every week. I have a friend who moved to Beverly, MA from Denver and said one of the many things his wife likes about the move is is she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
My favorite grocery store was Trader Joe's as well. My love affair started in Seattle and continued for a long time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: : Birth Certificate Issue Festers Again

2011-08-22 Thread wleed3
---BeginMessage--- I got this from a friend,See what You make of it?Maria -Original Message- From: anngr...@aol.com [mailto:anngr...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 10:30 AM To: amandawen...@netzero.net, bflog...@msn.com, bflo...@msn.com, sa...@kittingergallery.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread emptybill
Yep, Patanjali sez dRshi-maatra . My mistake. Thanks for the correction. The seer (is) sheer seeing (and) although pure (shuddha) beholds (anupashya) ideas (pratyaya). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama?

2011-08-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Yeah yeah, Kenyan, probably Mau Mau. From: cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Obama?   Conan showed some fictional follower candidates for Usama bin Ladin. One of them was Barack 'But not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Back in the day we used to call people like Buck, Gita Thumpers. :-D On 08/22/2011 10:05 AM, RoryGoff wrote: * * From some POVs our whole reality looks rather like an immoderate, intemperate place of diversion -- the paradisal soul-fires of whole-hearted, blissful adoration appear neither

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
Tell us how you really feel, Vaj... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: [...] Other than that, TMers as a class of spiritual seekers are, in general, pretty high on the ignorance scale.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
Ouch, though I note that you didn't address my point. Lawson (the great and powerful) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: L This topic is about the distinction between the two techniques and how to highlight any differences between them. It is factually

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/22/2011 09:40 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 08/22/2011 08:17 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om dear Turq,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/22/2011 09:39 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Nah, Turq is just practicing tantra, Ravi. You should know that tantrics believe in hanging out in dark places, near the edge of death and such. Then they are prepared when death

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/22/2011 09:40 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 08/22/2011 08:17 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:43 PM, sparaig wrote: Ouch, though I note that you didn't address my point. Lawson (the great and powerful) Lawson, only TB TMers really believe that researchers have actually identified Pure Consciousness - because they've found no fourth, just the same ole, same

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/21/2011 11:15 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 08/21/2011 01:32 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Bhairitu: Sutra means thread and has alway meant that.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread whynotnow7
Vaj opined, TMers as a class of spiritual seekers are, in general, pretty high on the ignorance scale. Yes, and others, like you, have turned seeking into a never ending PhD level program. Must be the most important thing in your life, bar none. I would rather experience the process of seeking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 08/22/2011 09:40 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: Yeah he sure is practicing tantra, you would think he would get a clue from other tantrics like Ravi Yogi. A real tantric internalizes his pain, he encounters his shadow, he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Taste of Utopia Course'and 'Able Archer 83' (1983-84)

2011-08-22 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: *Así es la vida* shit happens Usted es el hijo de puta. You never learned Spanish, did you?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Sutra means thread and has alway meant that. The word suture comes from it. People from other paths reading this thread would be laughing their asses off at TMers and former TMers... Not to mention the 'Tantra' teachers on FFL who think they're the only person on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread whynotnow7
I have found Safeway and even Lucky's have a much better selection than TJ's. I go to TJ's to buy Oregon Chai for my wife, but have noticed some of their in-store brands aren't very good, like much of the prepared food, TJ-branded frozen food, the sushi, and their odwalla-like protein drinks -

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Denise Evans
Did I say it bothered me?  We have the freedom of choice, still.  I was just pointing out a similarity that I noted.   I don't know that I would characterize evangelism as dharma...perhaps it is a-dharma. --- On Mon, 8/22/11, Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net wrote: From: Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/22/2011 12:03 PM, RoryGoff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 08/22/2011 09:40 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 08/22/2011 08:17 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Denise Evans
Well that puts it in context and resonates much better - seemed like it had been lifted from somewhere.  What is the point of lifting and posting it though - why not just source it? --- On Mon, 8/22/11, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote: From: authfriend jst...@panix.com Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Vaj: ...only TB TMers really believe that researchers have actually identified Pure Consciousness... Most of the TMers on FFL know that researchers have actually identified Pure Consciousness, because you cited a study by Alan Wallace that proves that there is such a state, citing the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thanks Denise, I was actually addressing my bitch oops, my Bhakta Barry there. Adharma's only when say a Kshatriya(warrior) starts behaving like a Brahmin(intellectual). However uncomfortable it feels, that is the dharma of a spiritual warrior. So there is a logic when Christians and Muslims

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Bhairitu: Kali Ma peels away the onion layers of maya... Kali Ma IS Maya: Time and Change. The Shiv tattava (Divine Consciousness as Shiva) is inactive, while the Shakti tattava (Divine Energy as Kali) is active. Shiva, or Mahadeva represents Brahman, the Absolute pure consciousness which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Discipline, in community

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: Well that puts it in context and resonates much better - seemed like it had been lifted from somewhere.  What is the point of lifting and posting it though - why not just source it? So he could substitute Meditator

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Taste of Utopia Course'and 'Able Archer 83' (1983-84)

2011-08-22 Thread merudanda
Such is life (=observation that life is full of imperfections) and shit happens (=an acknowledgment that bad things sometimes occur for no particular reason. But more often than not, our minds resist randomness, searching for meaning even where none exists.We use whatever means are available to

[FairfieldLife] faraka -- Chicken Tyson's trades Labor Day for Muslim Holiday

2011-08-22 Thread Tom Pall
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397645,00.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: : Birth Certificate Issue Festers Again

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@... wrote: I got this from a friend,See what You make of it?Maria yawn http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:43 PM, sparaig wrote: Ouch, though I note that you didn't address my point. Lawson (the great and powerful) Lawson, only TB TMers really believe that researchers have actually identified

[FairfieldLife] Re: faraka -- Chicken Tyson's trades Labor Day for Muslim Holiday

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397645,00.html Guess you didn't notice the date on this story, huh? Nor did you click on the link to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette: http://www.t-g.com/story/1449487.html Which has a link

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes the physiological correlates of pure consciousness measured during the practice of Buddhist techniques. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardwillytexwilliams

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, sparaig wrote: I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes the physiological correlates of pure consciousness measured during the practice of Buddhist techniques. Pure consciousness is a TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: faraka -- Chicken Tyson's trades Labor Day for Muslim Holiday

2011-08-22 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:03 PM, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397645,00.html Guess you didn't notice the date on this story, huh? Nor did you click on the link to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: : Birth Certificate Issue Festers Again

2011-08-22 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:52 PM, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@... wrote: I got this from a friend,See what You make of it?Maria yawn http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp I guess you just don't get the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, sparaig wrote: I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes the physiological correlates of pure consciousness measured

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: : Birth Certificate Issue Festers Again

2011-08-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:52 PM, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I got this from a friend,See what You make of it?Maria yawn

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-22 Thread Denise Evans
This is from 2006 on immigrating.  True? http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1067418.html --- On Mon, 8/22/11, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, sparaig wrote: I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes the physiological correlates of pure consciousness measured

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa State Fair

2011-08-22 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Kali Ma sneaks up behind you and peels the maya away. You realize the maya you've been experiencing is going. It actually makes you chuckle. Without a guru it could become confusing and scary. You have to experience

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