[FairfieldLife] Nostalgia piece on the Chelsea Hotel

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
Just to show I'm not the only person given to occasional fits of nostalgia :-), here's a piece from Vanity Fair in which people who stayed at the famous melting pot of New York music and art creativity look back at their times there. I read it only because they listed my friend Robert Crumb as one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nostalgia piece on the Chelsea Hotel

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
My bad. I forgot to include the link to the article: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/chelsea-hotel-oral-history http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/10/chelsea-hotel-oral-history --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Just to show I'm not the only person given to

[FairfieldLife] Why you should never f**k with a Mean Girl

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
http://www.heavy.com/social/2013/10/video-telekinetic-prank-girl-psychic\ / http://www.heavy.com/social/2013/10/video-telekinetic-prank-girl-psychi\ c/ OK, it's a prank, seemingly as part of a promo for a movie, but it's still pretty cool. I like the guy with the yellow hard hat; he's like,

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Just as a supplement here, pictures of the Shri Yantra Temple in Amarkantak, which is built as a 3 dimensional Shriyantra Mount Meru. It wasn't there yet at GD's time, in fact it was still being constructed when I was there, but it is reminiscent of the spirit of the place. There is of course a

[FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
It's because you inserted the http://http:// two times. It's your mistake actually. You can also just select a url, and right click, 'open link in new tap' , if you are too lazy to make it clickable in rich text editor. The problem here isn't really Neo, but people not knowing how to use a rich

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: [FairfieldIA] ADMIN: HOW TO USE MY FREECYCLE.ORG (R)

2013-10-09 Thread Dick Mays
Begin forwarded message: From: Fairfield Mods fairfiel...@mods.freecycle.org Subject: [FairfieldIA] ADMIN: HOW TO USE MY FREECYCLE.ORG (R) Date: October 9, 2013 4:39:31 AM CDT To: DickMays dickm...@lisco.com HOW TO POST AN OFFER OR A WANTED: Log into my.freecycle.org. Click on Post

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Ann, I think many spouses who work outside the home are separated from each other from most of the day. PS This is a test. Yahoo changed the format of my email inbox yesterday. Is this Neo too?! On Tue, 10/8/13, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Richard or anyone, yahoo changed my email format yesterday. Is this Neo? And more importantly, how can I fix it, esp to get rid of all the white space in 1 or 2 steps? On Wed, 10/9/13, cardemais...@yahoo.com cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject:

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread j_alexander_stanley
Yes, Yahoo Mail has been Neoized. After the initial shock of it being completely different, I messed around with the themes and set it up to my liking. They must have a different team doing Yahoo Mail, because it's actually not bad, unlike Yahoo Groups, which remains a clusterfuck of pure fail.

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread judy stein
Iranitea wrote: Judy: Shut up, Richard. I'm not disputing anything. She's just such a sweetie, isn't she? (Yawn) But it's perfectly OK for Richard to accuse me of disputing facts and misleading folks when he knows I was doing no such thing.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread judy stein
Iranitea wrote: It's because you inserted the http://http:// two times. It's your mistake actually. Ann didn't insert http:// twice, actually. The Rich Text editor's clickable-link feature already has http:// in the window where you paste the URL. If the URL you want to insert already has

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Iranitea wrote: Judy: Shut up, Richard. I'm not disputing anything. She's just such a sweetie, isn't she? (Yawn) But it's perfectly OK for Richard to accuse me

[FairfieldLife] Tibetan Buddhist teacher stabbed to death

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Akong Rinpoche was brutally murdered on a visit to China. He co-founded the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery in Eskdalemuir Langholm, in the Scottish Borders. I visited the place myself long ago. It was the first Buddhist monastery in the UK and Chögyam Trungpa taught there in the early days.

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread judy stein
Share wrote: Ann, I think many spouses who work outside the home are separated from each other from most of the day. When you find out for sure, let us know, OK? This is an important insight.

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Re Don't be so pedestrian. Polyamory is about loving more than one person. It's not all about OMG, these people are having more sex than I am the way critics tend to think it is.: I suspect the critics are more usually right than wrong! Your answer reminds me of the way nudists (naturists)

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Judy, this is a perfect example, of how going into nitpicking details, does nothing to make things more clear, but rather helps to lose sight of the whole. Why? Because everybody can see that the http:// is already inserted in the link window that opens. But it is also selected, so that when

[FairfieldLife] Re: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote, in reply to me: Re Don't be so pedestrian. Polyamory is about loving more than one person. It's not all about OMG, these people are having more sex than I am the way critics tend to think it is.: I suspect the critics are more

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re Don't be so pedestrian. Polyamory is about loving more than one person. It's not all about OMG, these people are having more sex than I am the way critics tend to think it is.: I suspect the critics are more usually right

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread Ann Woelfle Bater
Dear I-ran-a-tea-house-but-don't-anymore I think Judy was picking up on your snarkiness and was mostly addressing that. It wasn't about the nitpicking details.  On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:48:16 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Judy, this is a perfect example, of how

[FairfieldLife] RE: A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
There's also the complication that human remains have themselves become a political battle - see the controversy over Kennewick Man - so that Indian/native American groups want to re-bury the skeletons while scientists want to investigate the bones to learn more about the make-up of your

[FairfieldLife] The little trash can . . .

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
. . . that appears at the bottom of messages I've posted inviting me to delete same: does that just delete the message in my own viewing window or does it remove it for all FFLifers? I see I don't have the option of deleting other users' comments! Shame.

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Oh is that so..? But I didn't mean to be snarky really - I just wanted to give you some technical information, If you already knew that - sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVxXdOKrgo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVxXdOKrgo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] RE: The little trash can . . .

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
I don't want to be snarky again, so I'm not sure you are serious, but it does delete it for all - even non-FFlers (now that was snarky) - as you correctly observed, you can do that only with your own posts. If you can do that also for posts of others, please let me know, because I would be

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Re Hold that thought next time you're in a doctor's office, and naked.: I'm not a narcissist so the sight of my own body doesn't affect me! But, yes, I have always thought that it's probably one disadvantage of being a doc and so examining others' bodies all the time that one might become

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Now this comment from Judy is a perfect example of snarky IMO. Ann had criticized that people rounding for 7 1/2 hours were thus separated from their spouses. I responded reasonably noting that spouses who work away from home are also separated for 7 1/2 hours or so.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: The little trash can . . .

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
it does delete it for all: Excellent - could be useful in covering my tracks. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I don't want to be snarky again, so I'm not sure you are serious, but it does delete it for all - even non-FFlers (now that was snarky) -

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
During our conversation he started talking to me about Sri Vidya, the highest of paths, followed only by accomplished Sanskrit scholars of India. It is a path which joins raja yoga, kundalini yoga, bhakti yoga, and advaita Vedanta. There are two books recommended by the teachers of this path:

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: The little trash can . . .

2013-10-09 Thread j_alexander_stanley
I was about to add that the off-site archive is irrelevant, since Neo posts don't display there. But, I just checked, and that problem has been fixed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: I don't want to be snarky again, so I'm not sure you are serious,

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread authfriend
It was the I think that cracked me up, as if you might not be quite sure about such a trivial and obvious fact. False humility on your part, in other words. You do it a lot; it's a function of the general inauthenticity of your FFL persona. Share wrote: Now this comment from Judy is a perfect

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Share, thanks for the answer. It also proves that you can read thoughts, because I was just about to ask Ann if this was an example of snarkiness. Btw., for all Neo-fans, I think I discovered another feature, I haven't seen any of you talking about yet. But if I click on those three little

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Judy, unlike you who simply asserts your opinions as facts, I say I think to designate that in this day and age of many working at home, my statement is qualified in that I don't know all the statistics involved. On Wed, 10/9/13, authfri...@yahoo.com

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Testing, replying in the format yahoo foisted on me yesterday... On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:41 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:   Yes, Yahoo Mail has been Neoized. After the initial shock of it being completely different, I messed around with the

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Scholars? Do you think the Saraswati danadi sannyasins give a crap what 'scholars' have to say about their Shakti tradition? The fact is, all the Saraswati dandi sannyasins ascribe the Ananda Lahari to Pushpadanta and the Sounda to the Adi Shankara, a hymn of praise to Saraswati. According to

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, we can assume, based on their input from this thread, that the bija mantras used in the basic TM practice came from MMY's teacher, SBS and the Shankaracharya tradition. No one seems to be disputing this. And we do know that everything MMY did he did it in the name of his teacher, SBS,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
It sounds to me like you wanted to believe there was pie up in the sky, but you failed to get any. Maybe you sucked as a baker or maybe you just couldn't sit still to do a simple kindergarden yoga pose. Go figure. Maybe you just conned yourself - at any rate, it must have been a powerful

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
you are so far out in left field - there is zero evidence that GD gave marshy any mantras - that is an apocryphal TM story - given the fact that some claim GD told him he was NOT a spiritual teacher, that he was a business man why would he? Those mantras are commonly available in India - they

Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread Ann Woelfle Bater
And I thank you for that as it did help. I will make sure there are no duplicate http's in the link box. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:09:58 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Oh is that so..? But I didn't mean to be snarky really - I just wanted to give you some technical

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Testing. Richard, maybe Domash didn't mention the tantric origins because Westerners can have such a narrow view of what tantra is. And that view does not include being a recluse! On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:18 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   It sounds to me

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
So how do you get it to automatically give you a list of possible e-mail addresses when you type a letter into the To field when you compose a new e-mail? I have yet to find a setting that allows this. On Wed, 10/9/13, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Now this comment from Judy is a perfect example of snarky IMO. Ann had criticized that people rounding for 7 1/2 hours were thus separated from their spouses. I responded reasonably noting that spouses who work away

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, since the TM bija mantras came from the Adi Shankara, passed down through Shantanand Saraswati, and are included in the supreme scripture of the Sri Vidya, the Saundaryalahari, we can conclude that the Mahesh Yogi probably got the TM bija mantras from his Master, Swami Brahmananda

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield#39;s future?

2013-10-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Thanks. Yes, the world could use a lot more piety. FFL could too. -Buck the Pious ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Nicely put. It reminds me of something I wanted to say about awoelflebater's post on another thread (power naps): Now, these

[FairfieldLife] Free New Thought Library - Over 180 Titles

2013-10-09 Thread ediblecity
I'm new here and I'm not sure how appropriate it is to share websites on this group but here goes. There is a very extensive new thought library with over 180 titles that I have gathered over the years and have put up on the internet to share. The website is here

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Thanks for the article, Ann. Good stuff. And Happy Mental Health Day tomorrow! On Wed, 10/9/13, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread judy stein
Iranitea wrote: Judy: Shut up, Richard. I'm not disputing anything. She's just such a sweetie, isn't she? (Yawn) But it's perfectly OK for Richard to accuse me of disputing facts and misleading folks when he knows I was doing no such thing. Right, iranitea? Yes you are

Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Ann, there were 2 posts and in one you focused on rounding spouses. As a response to the other, I refer you to this comment from Seraphita:We understand what you're saying but it is a common belief in all contemplative traditions that communities joined together practising silent prayer (eg,

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread judy stein
Share wrote: Judy, unlike you who simply asserts your opinions as facts, I say I think to designate that in this day and age of many working at home, my statement is qualified in that I don't know all the statistics involved. Nope, sorry, you specified spouses who work *outside the home*: I

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Yeah, yeah Syrupa, we all know about the left/right divide but poor Mike is under the illusion he is a billionaire and we're out to take his money from him. The rich have always manipulated the peasant class to make them their pawns. Psst, you need to go a layer deeper and see who is BEHIND

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Or maybe because he didn't have a clue at all about what tantric traditions are. If he did he might have wound up booted from the movement. Gotta keep the purity of the teaching ya know. :-D On 10/09/2013 08:24 AM, Share Long wrote: Testing. Richard, maybe Domash didn't mention the tantric

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Forget the pseudo mantra shastra, what we really want to know is did you cut the cable? On 10/09/2013 08:25 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: So, since the TM bija mantras came from the Adi Shankara, passed down through Shantanand Saraswati, and are included in the supreme scripture of the Sri

Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread Share Long
Judy, outside the home does not almost create a tautology because, as in my family, spouses work outside the home, but in the same place thus are not separated in the way that was being discussed. As for attempting to accurately read my mind regarding my use of I think, you failed IMO. As for

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Or aliens seeded the whole planet with human DNA. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/09/3-year-old-brazilian-artifacts-throw-wrench-in-theory-humans-first-arrived-in-americas-12000-years-ago/ On 10/08/2013 08:57 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Bhairitu, I've heard another version of this

[FairfieldLife] only in Fairfield

2013-10-09 Thread feste37
(10/9) Police Reports http://www.exploreseiowa.com/-10-9-Police-Reports/17486778 10/8 5:31am A runner called in for police assistance to the Trails. A dead rabbit had been mutilated. Called said that something or someone mutilated the animal. The rabbit was removed from the trail.

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Also, not all Dasanami monks meditate on the bijas of Saraswathi, not twice a day, some do not meditate at all, and not all of TM mantras are bijas of Saraswathi, only those of the student age. The first mantras Maharishi taught in the west were in fact Ram mantras. Shree is typical Lakshmi,

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread authfriend
Oh, please, Share, your desperation is palpable. You just keep digging yourself in deeper. Most spouses who both work outside the home do not work in the same place. There are some who do, but, you know, that's why I said it was *verging on* a tautology, to leave room for those few. And in

[FairfieldLife] RE: Free New Thought Library - Over 180 Titles

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
Thanks Scott - There are some voracious readers on here. I just began reading Shackleton's account of trying to cross Antarctica. I am on page 22, and its 400+ pages, so it'll probably take me longer to read it, than the time he had planned for his journey. But, I'll be warmer. ---In

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread j_alexander_stanley
That feature is still working for me, so my only advice would be to log in with a different browser. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: So how do you get it to automatically give you a list of possible e-mail addresses when you type a letter into the

Re: [FairfieldLife] only in Fairfield

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
But didn't it have pretty teeth? On 10/09/2013 09:34 AM, feste37 wrote: (10/9) Police Reports http://www.exploreseiowa.com/-10-9-Police-Reports/17486778 10/8 5:31am A runner called in for police assistance to the Trails. A dead rabbit had been mutilated. Called said that something

[FairfieldLife] RE: only in Fairfield

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
LOL - Did they provide grief counseling to the runner, afterwards? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: (10/9) Police Reports http://www.exploreseiowa.com/-10-9-Police-Reports/17486778 10/8 5:31am A runner called in for police assistance to the Trails.

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
Hey Share, if a person is established in silence all the time, they no longer need to round seven and a half hours a day. It continues 24/7. So, there is not really a correlation between time explicitly spent meditating, and a person's ability to be a source of calm, vs a generator of noise.

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
thanks for the advice - doesn't work in Firefox or Safari On Wed, 10/9/13, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date:

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
that's an interesting theory - I'd like to see the bird that has a call of Shri Shri Aing Namah Namah! On Wed, 10/9/13, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread j_alexander_stanley
This may be a stab in the dark, but if you don't have Java installed, try installing it: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: thanks for the advice - doesn't work in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Free New Thought Library - Over 180 Titles

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
This is very cool - thank you - I am going to look through some of these titles. On Wed, 10/9/13, ediblec...@gmail.com ediblec...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Free New Thought Library - Over 180 Titles To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] RE: Free New Thought Library - Over 180 Titles

2013-10-09 Thread ediblecity
You're very welcome! ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: This is very cool - thank you - I am going to look through some of these titles. On Wed, 10/9/13, ediblecity@... mailto:ediblecity@... ediblecity@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: that's an interesting theory - I'd like to see the bird that has a call of Shri Shri Aing Namah Namah! Voilà, le Gullibilled Sapsucker: http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/shoebill-bird.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Prairie Dog

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Williams
PrairieDog2.jpghttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByokGViIBDLhcXplU1JEd01Penc/edit?usp=drive_web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. - Mark Twain ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: Yeah, yeah Syrupa, we all know about the left/right divide but poor Mike is under the illusion he is a billionaire and we're out

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
Thank you - have had it for a long time. Dunno what the issue is. On Wed, 10/9/13, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prairie Dog

2013-10-09 Thread Richard Williams
prairie_dog.jpghttps://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByokGViIBDLhWTJNWHRWUHBKdHM/edit?usp=drive_web [image: Inline image 1] Arizona Game and Endangered wildlife Programhttp://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/nongameandendangeredwildlifeprogram/Black-tailedPrairieDog.shtml On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:55 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Aing is the bija. The advanced technique is a long form mantra with extra samput added. On 10/09/2013 10:16 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: that's an interesting theory - I'd like to see the bird that has a call of Shri Shri Aing Namah Namah! On Wed,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Aing is the bija. The advanced technique is a long form mantra with extra samput added. So 'samput' is like a kind of spiritual cheerleader squad, to give the bija team some extra ooomph? Gimme a Shri, gimme a Shri, gimme a Namah Namah

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Most all of the Saraswati dandi sannyayins meditate on the bija mantra of Saraswati. This bija is enumerated in their scripture, the Sound Arya Lahari. You get the bija from your guru when you get initiated into the Saraswati dasanami. All the members of the Saraswati sect meditate on this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Samput are the extra words added. For instance they may add extra bijas to Gayatri to make it more powerful. This, of course, is stuff that TM never students but information often explained in other traditions. Gotta step outside the prison to learn it. ;-) On 10/09/2013 12:29 PM,

[FairfieldLife] Why the 14th Amendment Matters in the Debt Ceiling Crisis

2013-10-09 Thread jr_esq
An argument can be made that the Tea Party instigators of the crisis are in violation of the 14th Amendment and are betraying the Constitution. As such, Congress may have to pass another law to prevent the tactics being employed by the Tea Party members from being used again in the future.

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
You have to be exceptionally resource challenged, these days, to consider the TM knowledge, a prison. Also, TM, imo, is not for people who want to over intellectualize everything. It either works, or it doesn't, and knowing what samput is, ultimately makes no difference, wrt its effectiveness.

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Any knowledge is a prison, not just TM knowledge. That's not just what Krishnamurti says, but Maharishi said this himself about the knowledge he was teaching. It's a conditioning of the mind. At my time, which was before the siddhis, there was much emphasis to get fertilizers asap. That's

[FairfieldLife] Cutting the Cable Tip

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
If you don't have HuluPlus and have PayPal there is a one month free trial of HuluPlus if you sign up with your PayPal account. I was surprised at the number of shows I figured that might have to rent on Amazon are actually available with the subscription.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-09 Thread Mike Dixon
Never indicated anything of the sort Bhairtu. I have no idea where you came up with that. I'm saying I'm against redistribution of wealth. Taking it away from one person to give  to another. I have no problem with paying my fair share of taxes for roads, police, fire department, public schools, 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Gimme a Shri, gimme a Shri, gimme a Namah Namah Namah! Barry, I had this extra experience of becoming TM teacher two times. The first time I was only 20, and became only a student initiator, so I got only mantras 1-9. 4 years later I became full initiator, had to rehearse all the teaching

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
A seed when sown grows into a fruitful tree, like that Beej Mantra is a fun of shakti. There are Various Beej Mantras which are an important part of Mantras and each Beej mantra has its own power and when mixed with mantras adds extra power to the traits of that mantra. According the mantras

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread iranitea
Domash was a smart guy, I'm sure he has read the Garland of Letters like anyone else, it was even in the MERU library in the Sonnenberg as all other of Woodroffe's books. He wrote what he was allowed to write, and his was a devotional act, I don't blame him for that. I think he was a very

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why the 14th Amendment Matters in the Debt Ceiling Crisis

2013-10-09 Thread jr_esq
Nancy Pelosi thinks the President can raise the limit himself given the circumstances that the US is in now. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/nancy-pelosi-14th-amendment-debt_n_3991148.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/nancy-pelosi-14th-amendment-debt_n_3991148.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why the 14th Amendment Matters in the Debt Ceiling Crisis

2013-10-09 Thread jr_esq
Judge Napolitano offers the conservative viewpoint as follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ApJlSIhHUamp;list=HL1381357068 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ApJlSIhHUamp;list=HL1381357068 But if you follow the reasoning he's making, the economy will collapse since the US has a

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Michael Jackson
Is Domash in good graces with the Movement? On Wed, 10/9/13, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 10:05 PM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Cutting the Cable Tip

2013-10-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Got it and thanks. Works for me! On 10/9/2013 4:22 PM, Bhairitu wrote: If you don't have HuluPlus and have PayPal there is a one month free trial of HuluPlus if you sign up with your PayPal account. I was surprised at the number of shows I figured that might have to rent on Amazon are actually

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 10/09/2013 02:22 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Never indicated anything of the sort Bhairtu. I have no idea where you came up with that. I'm saying I'm against redistribution of wealth. Taking it away from one person to give to another. Such as taking what little a poor person has and giving it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
Now you're cooking with shakti! :-D On 10/09/2013 02:46 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: A seed when sown grows into a fruitful tree, like that Beej Mantra is a fun of shakti. There are Various Beej Mantras which are an important part of Mantras and each Beej mantra has its own power and when

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why the 14th Amendment Matters in the Debt Ceiling Crisis

2013-10-09 Thread jr_esq
If the negotiations with the Republicans fail, the possible step that President Obama can take is to let the Judiciary Branch of the government to make judgement whether to raise the debt ceiling or not. IMO, the Judiciary will eventually decide that the debt ceiling should be raised.

[FairfieldLife] Food for thought - LOL

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
I am blown away, these days, by how easily desires manifest. The strength of the thought, the ease of adjustment, personally, and the quick precision of the manifestation, are all evident. I trace it back to having a choice, now, on whether, or not, to *think*. From what I observe, most

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
OK. You are obviously a lot smarter than I am. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Any knowledge is a prison, not just TM knowledge. That's not just what Krishnamurti says, but Maharishi said this himself about the knowledge he was teaching. It's a

[FairfieldLife] World Wealth Levels

2013-10-09 Thread Bhairitu
What a bunch of greedy Ruskis! 110 people own 35% of the wealth in Russia. http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-russia-wealth-inequality-20131009,0,670373.story

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread doctordumbass
Like listening to the Vedic Hymns, this stuff gets me a little too high, if used regularly, so *thank you* for sharing it, but I will use it sparingly, like an encouragement, vs a program . :-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: A seed when sown grows

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[FairfieldLife] US Government Impasse Drags On

2013-10-09 Thread jr_esq
The reputation of the presidency of the USA is at stake here. As the leader of this country, President Obama should deliver a fireside talk to the American people addressing both Republicans and Democrats the importance of the US Constitution and its meaning to the country and the world as a

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Re these so-called Advanced Techniques are not a prerequisite for any other program, like the TMSP. Never saw the need for one, myself.: I'm sure I've asked this question before but can't now recall the answer. Isn't learning an Advanced Technique a prerequisite for taking the TM-Sidhi

[FairfieldLife] RE: World Wealth Levels

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
It's astonishing how a once-communist country has descended so rapidly to such a gangster, money-obsessed mentality. There's a similar tale to tell in China, of course. There it is even weirder because they are still officially a communist country and a portrait of mass-murderer Mao

[FairfieldLife] RE: Food for thought - LOL

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Re I am blown away, these days, by how easily desires manifest.; is that because you now have few desires and so rest content in the sat-chit-ananda of CC? I assume that you don't day-dream about owning a luxury yacht, or luxuriating in an orgy, or becoming a celebrity? ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
Re Or aliens seeded the whole planet with human DNA.: Panspermia (love the name!). The thought that Man is made in the image of an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God is appealing to our vanity. But suppose that we one day discover that the DNA shared by all life on Earth was sown by an

[FairfieldLife] RE: Food for thought - LOL

2013-10-09 Thread s3raphita
That is to say: Everything I want I get because I don't actually want anything. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re I am blown away, these days, by how easily desires manifest.; is that because you now have few desires and so rest content in the sat-chit-ananda of

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