date:20131207

P.S.  Seraphita, just to make sure you don't think I was insulting you on any 
level. I don't like the title of the band, but I like this one song, mostly 
because it is so "irreverent" and there are times irreverence fits the bill. 
Not a good Christmas song though.

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

S3raphita, here's a band that started in San Antonio.
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYGRflMgKQ 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYGRflMgKQ

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers

 

 Rooted in the 1980s hardcore punk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk 
scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic and disturbing 
live shows, black comedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy, and a sound 
that incorporated elements of psychedelia 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock, noise 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_rock, punk rock 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock and, later, electronica 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica, as well as their use of sound 
manipulation and tape editing.[3] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-autogenerated1-3[4] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-4 The Buttholes have a 
well-reported appetite for recreational drugs, an evident influence on their 
sound.[5] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-Azerrad.2C_Our_Band.2C_p._274.E2.80.93311-5
 Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fan base, 
Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996's Electriclarryland 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electriclarryland.[5] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-Azerrad.2C_Our_Band.2C_p._274.E2.80.93311-5[6]
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-ReferenceB-6 The album 
contained the hit single "Pepper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_(song)" 
which climbed to number one on Billboard's 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine) Modern Rock Tracks 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Rock_Tracks chart that year.[7] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butthole_Surfers#cite_note-autogenerated2-7

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

The chinese central committee secured a really great big slab of Iowa hog with
this purchase for themselves . Big money industrial agriculturalists proly just
would say, the more Iowa hogs owned by China the safer we all are in Iowa. Is
that what free trade is all about? Making your enemy your partner in
concentrated hog feeding confinements? I sense the land grab to move more
people out of the countryside accelerating all the faster and a lot more hog
confinements in Iowa for China now as a new part of our national security
strategy. Would you rather have a missile silo or a hog confinement next to
your town as part of a defense shield?

The chinese got a good foot hold already going in Iowa. As meditators we are
proly safe in Fairfield from the destruction of LA and Seattle; the chinese
reds would proly only use low yield bombs on the West coast to preserve their
holdings in Iowa. Red china bought and owns Smithfield Hogs.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all

The communist chinese over-seers are not going to nuke their own real estate
holdings in Iowa hog production. That would not make sense considering some of
the best soil in the whole world is here in Iowa to feed all their chinese
billions.

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in the Domes!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, wrote:

In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West
coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese interests to not
radiate their farm land in Iowa.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

I would think 2.3 billion would be a bit of a large number for the US and then
that would probably take rolling in things like yoga classes "offered" at
fitness centers. And if global, India would really skew the numbers. :-D

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

Yes, Bhairitu is entirely right, it clearly is not just some new-agers
consuming some spiritual trinkets. It is a much larger problem. However, we
do know from the example of the Meissner Effect [ME] that just a few of us can
change things; even the course of history.
Yep, frivolous consumerism is seriously perilous in so many ways. We
evidently all just need more Self-discipline around both our incessant
materialism and then actually taking the time for meditation. Taking quiet
time twice a day at the least to practice a transcending meditation. -Buck

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:

I think that $230 billion a year is globally not the US. Otherwise there
would "new age" shops on every corner. Many in this area have closed up since
the 1990s. And also I think they are folding not necessarily "new age" in to
their count such as environmental items.

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
wrote:
>
> In the meanwhile, let's hold the chinese reds off by staying current on our
> payments of consumer debt to them. Prudently let us tighten the belt, spend
> a lot more time meditating and a lot less time and credit on frivolous
> consumer goods.

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New
Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars
and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/

"There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

That's one of the main reason I'm still in Central Texas - Austin is the "live 
music capital of the world." 

 

 I'll have to visit. Here in the UK I was a big fan of the "pub-rock" scene in 
the 70s/80s which despised big-ego stadium bands and concentrated on rockers 
like Dr Feelgood and Steve Gibbons . . .  and then the punk and new-wave bands 
that followed, including New York reject Wayne County. Check this out! 
 WARNING: not for the faint-hearted! It was banned by the BBC.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0c4lgvpb4 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0c4lgvpb4

 

 

 .

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

Uh Buck, folks from China are buying homes on the west coast.  They want 
to raise their kids here so they can go to our colleges.  I don't think 
they want to be pummeled by nukes from their native land.

On 12/07/2013 06:56 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:

*The chinese got a good foot hold already going in Iowa. As meditators 
we are proly safe in Fairfield from the destruction of LA and Seattle; 
the chinese reds would proly only use low yield bombs on the West 
coast to preserve their holdings in Iowa. Red china bought and owns 
Smithfield Hogs. 
*http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all 
**

*The communist chinese over-seers are not going to nuke their own real 
estate holdings in Iowa hog production. That would not make sense 
considering some of the best soil in the whole world is here in Iowa 
to feed all their chinese billions. *

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in 
the Domes!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..."  wrote:
*In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be 
a West coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese 
interests to not radiate their farm land in Iowa. *

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

I would think 2.3 billion would be a bit of a large number for the US 
and then that would probably take rolling in things like yoga classes 
"offered" at fitness centers.  And if global, India would really skew 
the numbers. :-D

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

*Yes,  Bhairitu is entirely right, it clearly is not just some 
new-agers consuming some spiritual trinkets.  It is a much larger 
problem.  However, we do know from the example of the Meissner Effect 
[ME] that just a few of us can change things; even the course of 
history. *
*Yep, frivolous consumerism is seriously perilous in so many ways. 
**We evidently all just need more Self-discipline around both our 
incessant materialism and then actually taking the time for 
meditation.  Taking quiet time twice a day at the least to practice a 
transcending meditation.   -Buck *

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:

I think that $230 billion a year is globally not the US.  Otherwise 
there would "new age" shops on every corner. Many in this area have 
closed up since the 1990s. And also I think they are folding not 
necessarily "new age" in to their count such as environmental items.

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
, wrote:

>
> In the meanwhile, let's hold the chinese reds off by staying 
current on our payments of consumer debt to them. Prudently let us 
tighten the belt, spend a lot more time meditating and a lot less 
time and credit on frivolous consumer goods.

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a 
year on "New Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in 
seminars and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/ 

"There's a sucker reborn every minute."  - Sri Parmahansa 
Boddhisatva Barnum

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

I know...I feel like it's time to find God ASAP or pack up and move to 
Fairfield to take up TM and finally get my masters degree.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

Or, thinking at all. I've met and talked with libertarian conspiracy 
theorist Alex Jones on several occasions up in Austin. According to 
Jones, the US used fake footage in Moon landings and NASA is covering up 
thousands of dead astronauts; the Oklahoma City bombings and the WTC 
attack on 9/11 were both inside jobs. Go figure.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones

On 12/7/2013 9:50 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


*Jeez, between this insane stuff and the notion that the Chinese are 
going to take out the West Coast with nuclear bombs, you really gotta 
wonder what's scaring these people so badly they aren't thinking 
straight.*


*
Emily wrote:
*

Re: "Specifically, Rep. Trey Gowdy from South Carolina has now 
publicly raised fears that Obama could go ahead and suspend election 
laws in order to maintain control of the presidency."



This reads like Obama is going to refuse to step down and will instead 
form a military dictatorship.  Ahhh, the fear, the fear.

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

I'm responding to emptybill's: "The Romans were horrified by the practice of 
human sacrifice which they found during their conquests. They not only banned 
it but also persecuted anyone found practicing it."
 

 Read the thread from the top down.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

Jeez, between this insane stuff and the notion that the Chinese are going to 
take out the West Coast with nuclear bombs, you really gotta wonder what's 
scaring these people so badly they aren't thinking straight.
 
Emily wrote:

 Re: "Specifically, Rep. Trey Gowdy from South Carolina has now publicly raised 
fears that Obama could go ahead and suspend election laws in order to maintain 
control of the presidency."
 

 This reads like Obama is going to refuse to step down and will instead form a 
military dictatorship.  Ahhh, the fear, the fear.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

You do know the Chinese aren't going to bomb us, right?

Buck wrote:
The chinese got a good foot hold already going in Iowa. As meditators we are
proly safe in Fairfield from the destruction of LA and Seattle; the chinese
reds would proly only use low yield bombs on the West coast to preserve their
holdings in Iowa. Red china bought and owns Smithfield Hogs.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in the Domes!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." wrote:

In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West
coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese interests to not
radiate their farm land in Iowa.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New
Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars
and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/

"There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism


 
 August Hermann Francke (1663-1727)
 Francke was concerned with propagating a "personal piety"
 the inspiration that had given the world the bible,
 continued to reveal itself through individuals, a belief much like the
 acceptance of the Werkzeuge (instruments of God) of the Amanas.
 
 
 Francke never lost his tolerance for people who had not undergone a
 similar experience as he had.
 

 
 Francke saw the poverty and the need around him and began an
 engagement in religious oriented social work at Halle, which in scale
 and effectiveness drew attention to it from all parts of Germany.15 In
 1694 he began a program of feeding the destitute. It was so successful
 that donations came in and Francke opened an orphanage in 1695. In
 1698 he started a work-food program for students. Orphans and needy
 students, in return for work could earn room and board and also get an
 education at Francke's preparatory schools on location. By 1700,
 thousands of boys and girls, as well as older students, worked and
 attended school at Halle.
 
 
 [ European spiritual Ashram Village as intentional community...]
 
 
 In order not to have to depend on donations Francke organized
 economic enterprises that paid for the extensive social program and also
 provided the necessary economic base for the building program that
 included schools, dormitories and orphanages. Though Francke retained
 control over them, they functioned as a Stiftung (Foundation).
 
 
 The operation of the Stiftung, including government and administration, was
 paternal-democratic and not unlike that of the German communal
 societies in this country. Among the enterprises Francke organized were:
 a publishing house, a hospital, diverse farm operations, including
 vineyards and orchards.
 Built outside the city limits of Halle, Francke's ambitious and
 successful operations not only attracted attention, but also drew some
 criticism by former donors who felt that poor people and orphans had no
 business to live in what seemed luxurious surroundings. A description of
 the setting provides some insight into the care and planning that went
 into Francke's projects:
 
 
 . . .gardens, meadows and lawns provided the occupants of the
 dormitories with space for recreational walks and play. The
 rooms in the buildings had high ceilings and ample window
 space. They were built so that fresh air, light and sun could
 come in morning, noon, and evening.
 
 
 Great emphasis was placed on the health and sanitary habits of the
 young. The educational program encompassed the liberal arts,
 industrial training and professional preparation, religion, and the
 practical training in communal responsibility and harmony. Francke's
 work was well known to such men as Rapp and Keil. Not only did the
 writings of Spener and Francke, the founders of German Pietism, serve
 as spiritual sustenance to them, but the Halle enterprises were models
 
 in the successful operation of communal undertakings.
 


 Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
 
 
 Described as a "quietistic
 Pietist" Tersteegen said of his own writing that its purpose was "to
 awaken, to revive, to strengthen a secret life in Christ." This
 
 introspective approach to Christian living struck a responsive chord
 


 Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) 
 
 
 was directly involved
 with the founding of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
 
 
 Like the leaders of the German communal societies Zinzendorf had an
 implicit faith in God and himself. He died with these words: "I have
 submitted to the will of my Lord, and He is satisfied with me."
 The picture of Zinzendorf presented here does not do justice to the
 man. There can be no question of Zinzendorf's altruism and religious
 zeal and devotion. But he never forgot, and did not let others forget, his
 high station in life. In many ways this also held true for men like Rapp,
 Baeumeler and Keil, who retained firm leadership of their respective
 groups to the end of their lives. Their position in the community, their
 lifestyle, and their process of decision-making was in marked contrast to
 
 that of the Hutterian leaders.
 

 Johann Heinrich Jung (1740-1817),
 better known as Jung-Stilling.
 
 
 The word "Stilling" comes from the
 (Biblical) "stille," meaning "quiet." 
 
 
 Jung-Stilling on one occasion listed his favorite Scriptural passages.
 These account not only for his name but also for his popularity among
 Pietists generally and communalists in particular. The passages are:
 
 
 And that ye study to be be quiet (in German, stille), and to do
 your own business, and to work with your hands, as we
 command you. Thess. 4:11
 
 
 . . .that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
 and honesty. Tim. 2:2.
 
 
 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of
 apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
 which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
 quiet spirit, whi

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

That's one of the main reason I'm still in Central Texas - Austin is the 
"live music capital of the world."


"Austin was home to the Vulcan Gas Company that featured headliners such 
as the 13th Floor Elevators, Johnny and Edgar Winter and Shiva's 
Headband. The Vulcan morphed into the Armadillo World Headquarters in 
1970 and for more than ten years featured music of all genres, from 
Bruce Springsteen to Bette Midler, as well as local ballet, blues and jazz.


The PBS live music television show Austin City Limits began in 1974 and 
has featured, as of 2005, over 500 artists of various genres, including 
rock, folk, country, bluegrass and zydeco.


Austin is the home of South by Southwest (SXSW), an annual film, music 
and interactive conference and festival, and the expanding number of 
fringe events that take place during the festival, at venues all over 
town. "


Read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Austin,_Texas

On 12/7/2013 5:09 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:

It would be simpler if Barry and Richard listed the bands they 
*haven't* seen.



And you caught the acts when they were fresh and surprising - lucky 
you. And before bands had moved on to giving performances in vast 
stadiums - something else I loathe.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Government Criminalizes Church Groups Feeding Homeless

I might soon have to take back what I said about most people not "leading lives 
of quiet desperation."

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

Re "Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)":
 

 He founded the Moravian school (and utopian community) I attended in England. 
I only learned years later that Zinzendorf's theology was sometimes 
controversial to his contemporaries. And why would that be? Well he encouraged 
followers to visualise Christ's wounds as "so moist, so gory" and drink from 
them. He referred to the spear-wound in Christ's side as the "little side-hole" 
and had odd ideas about using said hole as a sexual focus. He wanted to 
overcome the traditional shame which was attached to sex by most Christians. 
 

 "Free Love" - avant la lettre. 
 

 He was a major influence on visionary William Blake. See "Why Mrs Blake Cried".
 http://www.amazon.com/Why-Mrs-Blake-Cried-Spiritual/dp/0712620168 
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Mrs-Blake-Cried-Spiritual/dp/0712620168

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

I see a massive migration to Fairfield, IA happening soon. Your small and cozy 
community is about to turn into a mecca of the midwest. If you play your cards 
right, you might finally get the number of meditators needed together in one 
place to achieve peace on earth.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

And what, exactly, does this have to do with MMY's Seven States of 
Consciousness?


On 12/7/2013 4:56 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:


Re "The Romans were horrified by the practice of human sacrifice which 
they found during their conquests.":



Including the Romans' arch-enemy Carthage. Carthaginians were 
notorious for child sacrifice. They may have roasted babies to death 
on a heated bronze statue.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

Not sure who is writing what in this thread, what with all the blue text 
and mixed type faces. Go figure.


But, In my opinion, if you get listed in almost any top 100 Best of All 
Time, you're pretty damn good!


According to Rolling Stone Magazine, The Doors are ranked number 41 on 
their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time; Jim Morrison was 
ranked number 47 on 100 Greatest Singers of All Time; Robby Krieger is 
listed as number 91 on the 100 greatest guitarists of all time; Light My 
Fire, written by Robby Krieger, is ranked number 35 on 500 Greatest 
Songs of All Time. Pretty impressive!


On 12/7/2013 3:42 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:


I followed the Jim link. So you have touched the flesh of a demi-god!

Rock gigs in those days could be pretty violent places. Too much 
testosterone, booze and drugs.


Re: "As an afterthought, The Doors were *by far* the worst band of the 
era. Ray Manzarek could play an acceptable keyboard combo . . . but 
Robbie could barely play his guitar. He had to work out all of his 
parts beforehand . . . The drummer was adequate, but barely. They had 
risen to fame based only on Morrison's image and his bad songwriting.":


The songs on the first two LPs were special. OK, "When the Music's 
Over" and ""The End"  were a bit overwrought but the other tracks 
stand up well today. "End of the Night" still gives me goose bumps.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjY3nfvkJ0Y

Manzarek also did some decent work as a producer with LA punk band "X".

[FairfieldLife] RE: Government Criminalizes Church Groups Feeding Homeless

Something similar in the UK: well-meaning old dears who have prepared food for 
the needy have been unable to deliver their home-baked cakes and what-have-you 
as the local councils can't guarantee they're up to the food standards demanded 
by health and safety legislation and won't risk being prosecuted.
 

 God help us!

[FairfieldLife] RE: Krapp's Last Tape

Re "The URLs are in the correct order; the videos are not. ":
 

 One time a group of us went to see the French film "Lacombe Lucien" (director 
Louis Malle, 1974). Based on Malle's own experiences it tells the story of a 
teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. He wanted 
to join the Resistance movement but they rejected him as he was too young. As 
he wanted to see action and not sit on the sidelines he decided to join the 
Gestapo and work for the collaborators. Brilliant study of the ambiguity of 
war. 
 

 The thing is, the art-house cinema mixed up the reels and we ended up seeing 
characters that had been murdered in previous scenes suddenly reappearing. 
Funny thing: my memory of the movie has everything in the correct sequence. A 
vindication of Burroughs' cut-up technique.

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
 
 
 Described as a "quietistic
 Pietist" Tersteegen said of his own writing that its purpose was "to
 awaken, to revive, to strengthen a secret life in Christ." This
 
 introspective approach to Christian living struck a responsive chord
 


 Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) 
 
 
 was directly involved
 with the founding of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
 
 
 Like the leaders of the German communal societies Zinzendorf had an
 implicit faith in God and himself. He died with these words: "I have
 submitted to the will of my Lord, and He is satisfied with me."
 The picture of Zinzendorf presented here does not do justice to the
 man. There can be no question of Zinzendorf's altruism and religious
 zeal and devotion. But he never forgot, and did not let others forget, his
 high station in life. In many ways this also held true for men like Rapp,
 Baeumeler and Keil, who retained firm leadership of their respective
 groups to the end of their lives. Their position in the community, their
 lifestyle, and their process of decision-making was in marked contrast to
 
 that of the Hutterian leaders.
 

 Johann Heinrich Jung (1740-1817),
 better known as Jung-Stilling.
 
 
 The word "Stilling" comes from the
 (Biblical) "stille," meaning "quiet." 
 
 
 Jung-Stilling on one occasion listed his favorite Scriptural passages.
 These account not only for his name but also for his popularity among
 Pietists generally and communalists in particular. The passages are:
 
 
 And that ye study to be be quiet (in German, stille), and to do
 your own business, and to work with your hands, as we
 command you. Thess. 4:11
 
 
 . . .that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
 and honesty. Tim. 2:2.
 
 
 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of
 apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
 which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
 quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. Pet.
 3:3-4.
 
 
 Jung-Stilling's two main leitmotives in life were Naechstenliebe and
 Selbstverleugnung (love of neighbor and self-denial). These themes were
 ever present in his literary works. They no doubt often served to
 reinforce the faith of his Christian readers, including wavering society
 members who did not always find the task of living in communal
 
 togetherness easy.
 

 The lives, ideals, and writings of these early German Pietists give an
 indication where most of the German-American communal societies,
 especially their leaders, received much of their sustenance, comfort, and
 encouragement. It was in Pietism that they found their spiritual roots.
 
 -VICTOR PETERS, The German Pietists:  Spiritual Mentors of the German Communal 
Settlements in America, 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 

 The new Jerusalem . . . where thee will not be harmed by pagen,
 Turk or stranger, for the whole world will be one, and will
 have no enemies. ~Paracelsus


 The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 In iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association

 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

Re: "Specifically, Rep. Trey Gowdy from South Carolina has now publicly raised 
fears that Obama could go ahead and suspend election laws in order to maintain 
control of the presidency."
 

 This reads like Obama is going to refuse to step down and will instead form a 
military dictatorship.  Ahhh, the fear, the fear.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/smithfield-shareholders-approve-record-chinese-tak/?page=all

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in the Domes!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." wrote:

In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West
coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese interests to not
radiate their farm land in Iowa.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New
Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars
and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/

"There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) 
 
 
 was directly involved
 with the founding of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
 
 
 Like the leaders of the German communal societies Zinzendorf had an
 implicit faith in God and himself. He died with these words: "I have
 submitted to the will of my Lord, and He is satisfied with me."
 The picture of Zinzendorf presented here does not do justice to the
 man. There can be no question of Zinzendorf's altruism and religious
 zeal and devotion. But he never forgot, and did not let others forget, his
 high station in life. In many ways this also held true for men like Rapp,
 Baeumeler and Keil, who retained firm leadership of their respective
 groups to the end of their lives. Their position in the community, their
 lifestyle, and their process of decision-making was in marked contrast to
 
 that of the Hutterian leaders.
 

 Johann Heinrich Jung (1740-1817),
 better known as Jung-Stilling.
 
 
 The word "Stilling" comes from the
 (Biblical) "stille," meaning "quiet." 
 
 
 Jung-Stilling on one occasion listed his favorite Scriptural passages.
 These account not only for his name but also for his popularity among
 Pietists generally and communalists in particular. The passages are:
 
 
 And that ye study to be be quiet (in German, stille), and to do
 your own business, and to work with your hands, as we
 command you. Thess. 4:11
 
 
 . . .that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
 and honesty. Tim. 2:2.
 
 
 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of
 apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
 which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
 quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. Pet.
 3:3-4.
 
 
 Jung-Stilling's two main leitmotives in life were Naechstenliebe and
 Selbstverleugnung (love of neighbor and self-denial). These themes were
 ever present in his literary works. They no doubt often served to
 reinforce the faith of his Christian readers, including wavering society
 members who did not always find the task of living in communal
 
 togetherness easy.
 

 The lives, ideals, and writings of these early German Pietists give an
 indication where most of the German-American communal societies,
 especially their leaders, received much of their sustenance, comfort, and
 encouragement. It was in Pietism that they found their spiritual roots.
 
 -VICTOR PETERS, The German Pietists:  Spiritual Mentors of the German Communal 
Settlements in America, 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 

 The new Jerusalem . . . where thee will not be harmed by pagen,
 Turk or stranger, for the whole world will be one, and will
 have no enemies. ~Paracelsus


 The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 In iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association

 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

Re: [FairfieldLife] Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws SPOT ON! from Col LEED

2013-12-07 Thread William Leed

We so fear 7 must act some how. 1 way  is to meditate in groups & another is to 
bear arms if needed!

-Original Message-
From: emptybill 
To: FairfieldLife 
Sent: Sat, Dec 7, 2013 8:32 pm
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend 
Election Laws

>From DHS enacting ‘Constitution-freezones‘, to executive orderstaking over all 
>forms of communication authority within the United States —the Obama 
>Administration has already gone far beyond corruption and deceptionand into an 
>entirely new level of dictatorial control. And now, even leadingcongressional 
>officials are openly questioning how truly tyrannical Obama’snext move may be.

Always operating with a straightface while trampling all over the Constitution, 
it seems Obama has no remorsewhen it comes to going against the people of the 
United States and its legalsystem as a whole. We all remember when Obama began 
issuing calls to attackSyria following a very sketchy chemical attack scenario, 
only to be met with fierceopposition. Ultimately, we did force Obama to back 
off amid complete and utterdisapproval, but now even high level congressional 
officials are concerned asto what Obama’s next move will be.

Specifically, Rep. TreyGowdy from South Carolina has now publicly raised fears 
that Obama could goahead and suspend election laws in order to maintain control 
of the presidency.Gowdy says that since Obama has already decided to overturn 
the standing law onillegal immigrants, effectively declaring that the law no 
longer applies tothem without any congressional backing, then what is to stop 
him from failingto enforce election laws? 

During  a recorded a House JudiciaryCommittee hearing, Gowdyasked:
“If the president can fail toenforce immigration laws, can the president 
likewise fail to enforce electionlaws?”

And he is asking a validquestion, though it’s essential to understand that 
Obama and his administrationhave already gone above and beyond the already 
unprecedented levels of tyrannyset by the Bush administration with legislation 
like the Patriot Act. Now, wemust understand that Obama is getting away with 
completely stepping over theConstitution and the overall foundation of the 
United States — and it’s time weraise that message loud and clear.

http://www.storyleak.com/video-congress-fears-control-obama-suspend-election-laws/

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

Johann Heinrich Jung (1740-1817),
 better known as Jung-Stilling.
 
 
 The word "Stilling" comes from the
 (Biblical) "stille," meaning "quiet." 
 
 
 Jung-Stilling on one occasion listed his favorite Scriptural passages.
 These account not only for his name but also for his popularity among
 Pietists generally and communalists in particular. The passages are:
 
 
 And that ye study to be be quiet (in German, stille), and to do
 your own business, and to work with your hands, as we
 command you. Thess. 4:11
 
 
 . . .that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
 and honesty. Tim. 2:2.
 
 
 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of
 apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
 which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and
 quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. Pet.
 3:3-4.
 
 
 Jung-Stilling's two main leitmotives in life were Naechstenliebe and
 Selbstverleugnung (love of neighbor and self-denial). These themes were
 ever present in his literary works. They no doubt often served to
 reinforce the faith of his Christian readers, including wavering society
 members who did not always find the task of living in communal
 
 togetherness easy.
 

 The lives, ideals, and writings of these early German Pietists give an
 indication where most of the German-American communal societies,
 especially their leaders, received much of their sustenance, comfort, and
 encouragement. It was in Pietism that they found their spiritual roots.
 
 -VICTOR PETERS, The German Pietists:  Spiritual Mentors of the German Communal 
Settlements in America, 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 

 The new Jerusalem . . . where thee will not be harmed by pagen,
 Turk or stranger, for the whole world will be one, and will
 have no enemies. ~Paracelsus


 The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 An iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 
 
 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association 
 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

The lives, ideals, and writings of these early German Pietists give an
 indication where most of the German-American communal societies,
 especially their leaders, received much of their sustenance, comfort, and
 encouragement. It was in Pietism that they found their spiritual roots.
 
 -VICTOR PETERS, The German Pietists:  Spiritual Mentors of the German Communal 
Settlements in America, 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 

 The new Jerusalem . . . where thee will not be harmed by pagen,
 Turk or stranger, for the whole world will be one, and will
 have no enemies. ~Paracelsus


 The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 An iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 
 
 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association 
 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

[FairfieldLife] Pentagon Prepping for ‘Large Scale Economic Breakdown

High level government documents reveal that the Pentagon is preparing in full 
force for ‘large scale economic meltdown’ and massive revolt via the US public 
— exactly what we are criticized for doing. No wonder they are purchasing 
hundreds of millions of rounds for small arms.
 

 Read it and weep.

 

 
 http://www.storyleak.com/pentagon-prepping-large-scale-economic-breakdown/ 
http://www.storyleak.com/pentagon-prepping-large-scale-economic-breakdown/

[FairfieldLife] Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

From DHS enacting ‘Constitution-free zones‘, to executive orders taking over 
all forms of communication authority within the United States — the Obama 
Administration has already gone far beyond corruption and deception and into an 
entirely new level of dictatorial control. And now, even leading congressional 
officials are openly questioning how truly tyrannical Obama’s next move may be.
 

 Always operating with a straight face while trampling all over the 
Constitution, it seems Obama has no remorse when it comes to going against the 
people of the United States and its legal system as a whole. We all remember 
when Obama began issuing calls to attack Syria following a very sketchy 
chemical attack scenario, only to be met with fierce opposition. Ultimately, we 
did force Obama to back off amid complete and utter disapproval, but now even 
high level congressional officials are concerned as to what Obama’s next move 
will be.
 

 Specifically, Rep. Trey Gowdy from South Carolina has now publicly raised 
fears that Obama could go ahead and suspend election laws in order to maintain 
control of the presidency. Gowdy says that since Obama has already decided to 
overturn the standing law on illegal immigrants, effectively declaring that the 
law no longer applies to them without any congressional backing, then what is 
to stop him from failing to enforce election laws? 

 

 During  a recorded a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Gowdy asked:
 “If the president can fail to enforce immigration laws, can the president 
likewise fail to enforce election laws?”
 

 And he is asking a valid question, though it’s essential to understand that 
Obama and his administration have already gone above and beyond the already 
unprecedented levels of tyranny set by the Bush administration with legislation 
like the Patriot Act. Now, we must understand that Obama is getting away with 
completely stepping over the Constitution and the overall foundation of the 
United States — and it’s time we raise that message loud and clear.
 

 
http://www.storyleak.com/video-congress-fears-control-obama-suspend-election-laws/
 
http://www.storyleak.com/video-congress-fears-control-obama-suspend-election-laws/

[FairfieldLife] RE: In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism



 
 The new Jerusalem . . . where thee will not be harmed by pagen,
 Turk or stranger, for the whole world will be one, and will
 have no enemies. ~Paracelsus


 The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 An iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 
 
 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association 
 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

[FairfieldLife] In Quiet, European ancestral genealogy of transcendentalism

The European Satsanga, and the forming of the Western ashram-like village:
 Spirituality from individual spiritual experience to living room satsangas, 
meetings, and intentional community... 
 

 An iteration:
 
 

 Excerpts from:
 The German Pietists:
 Spiritual Mentors of the
 German Communal
 Settlements in America
 Victor Peters
 Professor of History
 Moorehead University
 Moorehead, Minnesota
 


 
 
 Communal Societies, The Journal of the Communal Studies Association 
 
 http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981 
http://www.communalstudies.org/communal-societies-vol-1-1981

[FairfieldLife] RE: Government Criminalizes Church Groups Feeding Homeless

In Seattle as well, although they haven't enforced it until recently. The 
authorities cite the possibility of "food waste" and the homeless eating 
"unhealthy food." Speaking of "wasted," maybe the homeless would have been 
better off making their way to the big pot party being held at the Seattle 
Center. 
 

 http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/70-year-old-food-charity-told-to-stop.html 
 http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/70-year-old-food-charity-told-to-stop.html 
 

 
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022413912_potanniversaryxml.html?cmpid=2628
   
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022413912_potanniversaryxml.html?cmpid=2628

[FairfieldLife] Government Criminalizes Church Groups Feeding Homeless

In what amounts to one of the most blatant displays of how truly corrupt the 
entire hierarchy of the establishment has become, church groups feeding the 
homeless are now being targeted by law enforcement and local government around 
the nation.
 

 Back on November 29th, I was alerted to the reality that a church group 
handing out meals for Thanksgiving 
http://www.storyleak.com/church-group-kicked-public-park-handing-thanksgiving-dinners-homeless/
 at a local park had been told by law enforcement to leave or face potential 
arrest. The story was ultimately read by millions worldwide after it was 
syndicated from Storyleak through Infowars 
http://www.infowars.com/church-group-targeted-by-city-for-feeding-homeless/ and 
other news platforms. And while it was truly concerning, I was still under the 
impression that it must have been a remotely isolated incident. On the night of 
December 5th, however, I was disturbed to find yet another church 
http://www.storyleak.com/wash-church-group-targeted-city-feeding-homeless/ 
coming forward in revealing a complete attack on their ability to feed 
thousands of homeless men and women.
 

 In a story now reiterated by numerous other church heads who continue to 
contact me through email, a Washington-based church out of Olympia is now 
facing government attack after handing out more than 5,000 meals per month for 
the last two years. Now, amid the holiday season, the group known as ‘Crazy 
Faith Ministries’ has been hit with a bureaucratic siege of red tape for 
handing out the thousands of meals via a public parking lot.
 

 Read more at: 

 
 
http://www.infowars.com/video-government-criminalizes-church-groups-feeding-homeless/
 
http://www.infowars.com/video-government-criminalizes-church-groups-feeding-homeless/

[FairfieldLife] RE: Krapp's Last Tape

Very funny. The URLs are in the correct order; the videos are not. If you watch 
them, do watch them in order.

[FairfieldLife] Krapp's Last Tape

One-act play by Samuel Beckett, performed by Harold Pinter 

 In five parts:
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKteoIGbF0Q 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrfzhOaMkk 
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4ibYIWSss 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4ibYIWSss
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WRyORtU6A 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0WRyORtU6A
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQaQM2004s 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQaQM2004s

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[FairfieldLife] RE: Whatever

Since when is Turq an actual, real Tantrika?
Freddy was Mr. B.S. Guru ... so he doesn't count.

As far as represented, Turq is a TINO, Tantric in Name Only.
If a real Tantrika, I have some of the standard questions:

Who was or is his teacher/lineage?
 What teachings did he receive which he still practices?
 What do you know that makes you think he is a real Tantrika?

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils were popular among my set in the north east of 
England in the late 70s. A real fun band. "You Made It Right" is simple but 
perfect laid-back country rock. 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NPdyVw5XE 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NPdyVw5XE

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in the Domes!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@..." wrote:

In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West
coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese interests to not
radiate their farm land in Iowa.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New
Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars
and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/

"There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum

[FairfieldLife] OMG: nagnaa (nekkid) yoginii!

2013-12-07 Thread cardemaister

*udity:
 

http://imgur.com/a/2vs3p#WlhplRh

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

It would be simpler if Barry and Richard listed the bands they *haven't* seen. 
 

 And you caught the acts when they were fresh and surprising - lucky you. And 
before bands had moved on to giving performances in vast stadiums - something 
else I loathe.

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

Re "The Romans were horrified by the practice of human sacrifice which they 
found during their conquests.":
 

 Including the Romans' arch-enemy Carthage. Carthaginians were notorious for 
child sacrifice. They may have roasted babies to death on a heated bronze 
statue.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

Curiously, I didn't become aware of him until his son Jeff became popular. I 
don't know why I missed him - the trouble is there was just too much good music 
around during that period and you were spoilt for choice.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

The Romans were horrified by the practice of human sacrifice which they found 
during their conquests. They not only banned it but also persecuted anyone 
found practicing it. 

 

 The Roman ideal was the Spartan civilization of heroic men performing valiant 
deeds in battle. Think of the movie Gladiator where not even a trace of 
Christian sentiments intruded. 

 

 The Minoans apparently practiced some degree of ritual human sacrifice. You 
know the type. Like what the women practice here on FFL.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> As your rules don't allow one to change the future, I wouldn't want to
go back and meet an earlier version of myself. Not being able to offer
advice or change the odds behind the scenes would be cruel.
>
>  "If youth only knew: if age only could." - Henri Estienne (1470 -
1520)

I replay one of the silly graphics I posted earlier.

If your older, wiser self had thought there was anything it just *had*
to offer you advice on, doncha think it might have done it by now?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

As your rules don't allow one to change the future, I wouldn't want to go back 
and meet an earlier version of myself. Not being able to offer advice or change 
the odds behind the scenes would be cruel.
 

 "If youth only knew: if age only could." - Henri Estienne (1470 - 1520)

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  s3raphita wrote:
> >
> >  The songs on the first two LPs were special. OK, "When the
> > Music's Over" and ""The End"  were a bit overwrought but
> > the other tracks stand up well today. "End of the Night"
> > still gives me goose bumps.
>
> You'd like a coffeehouse in Amsterdam (yeah...that kind of
coffeehouse)
> called The Doors Cafe. "All Doors, all the time." Really. That's all
> they play, non-stop, nearly 24/7, to throngs of stoned-out Doors
> fanatics.  :-)

Here's a question for you, since you seem *incredibly* knowledgeable
about American Hippie Era Music for a Brit. Did you ever get into Tim
Buckley?

I saw Tim a number of times before he burned out, and I think he was a
real phenomenon. What reminded me of him was the discussion about Jim
Morrison. I've always seen them (possibly because I saw both of them
perform live a few times each) as kinda mirror images of each other.

Both waxed poetic. They didn't talk -- in their everyday speech or in
their songs -- the way that other people talked. Both of them were also
almost jazzy in their onstage performances, allowing the feelings of the
moment to dictate where and to what song and in what key they went next.
But, on the whole, and IMO, Jim seemed to follow the promptings of his
dark side in those performances, and Tim tried his best to steer things
to more "up" images and lyrics.

Interesting, in retrospect, that both of them wound up sacrificing
themselves on the altar of drugs. Here -- in keeping with spending my
day delving back into past incarnations watching "Labyrinth" -- is one
of my all-time favorites of his, one of the loveliest songs I know of
written about multi-incarnational love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0f5_rz4u4

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  s3raphita wrote:
>
>  The songs on the first two LPs were special. OK, "When the Music's
Over" and ""The End"  were a bit overwrought but the other tracks stand
up well today. "End of the Night" still gives me goose bumps.

You'd like a coffeehouse in Amsterdam (yeah...that kind of coffeehouse)
called The Doors Cafe. "All Doors, all the time." Really. That's all
they play, non-stop, nearly 24/7, to throngs of stoned-out Doors
fanatics.  :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine



 I followed the Jim link. So you have touched the flesh of a demi-god!
 

 Rock gigs in those days could be pretty violent places. Too much testosterone, 
booze and drugs.
 

 Re: "As an afterthought, The Doors were *by far* the worst band of the era. 
Ray Manzarek could play an acceptable keyboard combo . . . but Robbie could 
barely play his guitar. He had to work out all of his parts beforehand . . . 
The drummer was adequate, but barely. They had risen to fame based only on 
Morrison's image and his bad songwriting.":

 

 The songs on the first two LPs were special. OK, "When the Music's Over" and 
""The End"  were a bit overwrought but the other tracks stand up well today. 
"End of the Night" still gives me goose bumps.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjY3nfvkJ0Y 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjY3nfvkJ0Y

 

 Manzarek also did some decent work as a producer with LA punk band "X".

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I wrote:
>
> Even punched out Jim Morrison once

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita replies:
>
>  Care to elaborate?

So as not to tell the same story again, here's a link to a conversation
with Curtis in which I told the story earlier. The "back story" of how I
wound up telling the Jim Morrison story starts towards the bottom, but
the Jim story is towards the end of the topmost post.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/306104

[FairfieldLife] RE: The FFL Time Travel Machine

Even punched out Jim Morrison once

 

 Care to elaborate?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

I would have liked to have been present when Diotima taught Socrates everything 
he knew about love. But of course, with all the modern conveniences!

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 2:32 PM, TurquoiseB  wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808  wrote:
>
> Just one place? Aw, how could I choose between Mesopotamia during the heyday 
> of Babylon and the late Mesozoic in North America? All those Triceratops and 
> Velociraptors! That hanging gardens! I am allowed to take my camera right? 

Actually, no, you're not. Since I made up the rules for this exercise, I get to 
make up this one. You DO get to come back to the place/time you started from. 
But while you're gone, no cameras, no video, no recording devices of any kind. 
When you DO come back, all that you have to convince anyone else of where/when 
you were and what you experienced there is your own word, your own ability to 
tell the story of your experience. 

I think that's fair. That's what witnessing siddhis is like.  :-)

>  Ok, how about Israel about 40,000 years ago, we could sit on a hill and 
> watch the first human beings walk out of Africa. And if they're late we could 
> do a bit of snorkelling. 

That's good, a moment worth being there for.  

>  Or we could go forward a few million years and see what the human race turns 
> into. Or not. 

I may be the guy making up the rules, but even I haven't figured out what 
happens if you time-travel to another time and there's no there there. :-)

>  And the pyramids in Egypt just after they were finished, all shiny white 
> limestone and a nice gold cap on top, must been rather impressive. 
> 
>  Rome during the time of Cicero. 
> 
>  See the Doors at the Whisky a go go in '67. 

Been there, done that. :-) Even punched out Jim Morrison once, but that wasn't 
at the Whisky. 

>  Tell Van Gogh he'll be popular one day, honest. 

Ha. I read your post *after* reading and replying to s3raphita's earlier, and 
mentioning wanting to go back to Paris during the Belle Epoche and be Van 
Gogh's patron. Synchronicity, dude.  :-)

>  Find out what stonehenge was actually for. 

What if it was an ornamental outhouse?  :-)

>  But you can tell I never get hold of a time machine because I would have 
> gone here: 
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/02/stephen-hawking-time-travel_n_1643488.html
>   

Maybe you did, but I went back later and chatted up Hawking the whole time so 
he never saw you. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

Nice quotes, Richard and I love the zen koan in another one of your posts. Ok, 
I'm going home now and finish watching The Hunger Games. No Internet at home. 
Boo hoo! But good tapas too (-:

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:18 AM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:

One thing you have to consider is that the practice of "TM", or any other yoga 
technique, is NOT the cause of enlightenment - TM just provides the ideal 
opportunity for the awakening. No "technique" is going to cause a person to 
become enlightened, even if you practice yoga for years and years. You are only 
going to get as much enlightenment as you are going to get.

But, you only have to ingest LSD or some other alkaloid once in
  order to realize that there are altered states of consciousness.
  Once you do that, you will probably never forget it. LoL!

According to yoga theory, you build up "samskaras" due to "karma"
  - the actions in this life and in your past lives. You can remove
  the samskaras through "tapas" - "burning off" the accumulated
  layers of past actions. But, yoga will not remove all the
  samskaras - there's always a trace of karma because you still
  maintain a human body which requires food, coarse or fine, and
  thoughts and volitions. There is always an innate clinging to life
  which is human nature.

Patanjali says that the ideal state for awakening is the cessation
  of thoughts; you simply have to *isolate* the Purusha from the
  prakriti and then realization can occur on it's own, or not. SBS
  compared enlightement to "Light" (Brahman). The Absolute is
  already there; it doesn't require anything else to illuminate it
  because it is an already established ultimate reality. 

The enlightened state is described in the Indian rice analogy: you
  can remove the chaff and it's still rice paddy.

In this day and age hardly anyone reads or understands the
  Sanskrit scriptures. The only hope for enlightenment today is to
  practice "karma yoga" - giving up the fruits of your labor for the
  common good, like Nelson Mandela, and having the good fortune to
  meet a qualified teacher. 

In the final analysis though, nobody is going to give you
  enlightenment - you earn it, and sometimes, by the grace of the
  gods, you realize your true nature. May the gods be with you!

"As in a pond, when its influx of water has been blocked, dries up
  gradually through evaporation and use, so karmic matter, which has
  been acquired through millions of lives, is erased through tapas;
  there is no further unflux" (Wallah Sutra, I.4.).

On 12/7/2013 9:25 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:

>Re "The mystical psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke distinguished between 
>three types of consciousness: Simple Consciousness, awareness of the body, 
>possessed by many animals; Self Consciousness, awareness of being aware, 
>possessed only by humans; and Cosmic Consciousness, awareness of the life and 
>order of the universe, possessed only by humans who are enlightened.":
>
>
>
>Bucke's experience of CC only lasted a minute or so. Some of his friends later 
>advised him to try Indian yoga to learn how to replicate the experience. He 
>wasn't interested. It wasn't that he didn't believe that yoga/meditation could 
>alter someone's state but he regarded it as too much like "taking heaven by 
>storm". It was evolution of the race that would gradually produce more 
>enlightened humans - in the same way that "self consciousness" had naturally 
>arisen out of "simple consciousness". Was he right?
>
>
>It's striking that Gopi Krishna (of kundalini fame), living in India and 
>spending a lifetime on the spiritual quest, said that he'd only ever met two 
>people he regarded as fully awakened. One was an anonymous sadhu who emerged 
>from a forest about whom we know nothing; the other was Ramana Maharshi. Now 
>one thing we do know about Maharshi is that he achieved his awakening 
>spontaneously and *not* as a result of doing yoga/meditation or other 
>spiritual exercises. So he was a "natural mystic" in Bucke's sense. Maybe the 
>"anonymous sadhu" was a "natural" also.
>
>
>Perhaps we should all be more relaxed about the spiritual trip and just let 
>Mother Nature take her course. She probably knows better than us what it's all 
>about.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808  wrote:
>
> Just one place? Aw, how could I choose between Mesopotamia during the
heyday of Babylon and the late Mesozoic in North America? All those
Triceratops and Velociraptors! That hanging gardens! I am allowed to
take my camera right?

Actually, no, you're not. Since I made up the rules for this exercise, I
get to make up this one. You DO get to come back to the place/time you
started from. But while you're gone, no cameras, no video, no recording
devices of any kind. When you DO come back, all that you have to
convince anyone else of where/when you were and what you experienced
there is your own word, your own ability to tell the story of your
experience.

I think that's fair. That's what witnessing siddhis is like.  :-)

>  Ok, how about Israel about 40,000 years ago, we could sit on a hill
and watch the first human beings walk out of Africa. And if they're late
we could do a bit of snorkelling.

That's good, a moment worth being there for.

>  Or we could go forward a few million years and see what the human
race turns into. Or not.

I may be the guy making up the rules, but even I haven't figured out
what happens if you time-travel to another time and there's no there
there. :-)

>  And the pyramids in Egypt just after they were finished, all shiny
white limestone and a nice gold cap on top, must been rather impressive.
>
>  Rome during the time of Cicero.
>
>  See the Doors at the Whisky a go go in '67.

Been there, done that. :-) Even punched out Jim Morrison once, but that
wasn't at the Whisky.

>  Tell Van Gogh he'll be popular one day, honest.

Ha. I read your post *after* reading and replying to s3raphita's
earlier, and mentioning wanting to go back to Paris during the Belle
Epoche and be Van Gogh's patron. Synchronicity, dude.  :-)

>  Find out what stonehenge was actually for.

What if it was an ornamental outhouse?  :-)

>  But you can tell I never get hold of a time machine because I would
have gone here:
>
> 
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/02/stephen-hawking-time-travel_n\
_1643488.html

Maybe you did, but I went back later and chatted up Hawking the whole
time so he never saw you. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

emptybill, are you saying that human sacrifice was a unique feature of 
matriarchy?! Nothing like that when the patriarchs took over?!




On Saturday, December 7, 2013 2:10 PM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
You forgot the best part ...


Maybe we should also reinstate human
sacrifice and return to matriarchy's good graces.

Yeah ... that's it. You offer yourself first and then we'll sit around making 
up slogans praising you.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT & NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY

Richard, $400 rent?! That's it! You get no more sympathy from me!





On Saturday, December 7, 2013 11:17 AM, Bhairitu  wrote:
 
  
Obviously Richard, the problem is you need to type in all upper case then 
everything will be fine. :-D 

On 12/06/2013 08:35 PM, William Leed wrote:

  
>BUILD A HOME & RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ & THEN BECOME AN OWNER! 
>wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME!
>ENJOY THE RIDE & BE MORE HAPPY & POSITIVE LOOK 4
THE SUN & THE PROFITS
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Richard J. Williams 
>To: FairfieldLife 
>Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 7:38 pm
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!
>
>
>
>
>
>Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return about a 
>hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find a parking slot 
>and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward me, GOING THE WRONG 
>WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back.
>
>At first I said "You **fukin
  **#@*&^^!!!#@&*%$#%@ SOB! 
>
>Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real
  dumb and half blind and confused, but he was
  probably driving the only vehicle he owned and
  paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a
  six-pack of beer and a carton of cigarettes at the
  store. Go figure.
>
>So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said:  you
  **fukin **#@*&^^!!!#@&*%$#%@ poor
  bastard!" and backed up, causing a traffic jam in
  front of the store.
>
>Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy
  dressed in overalls with a styrofoam cup in his
  hand  tried to hit us up for some spare change.
  So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down
  the window and said real nice: "We don't have any
  cash - we're living on credit cards. Sorry we
  can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm
  rich because I'm driving a shiny new car, but this
  where all our money is going, just so we can get
  to the store to buy some beer and a few canned
  goods!" LoL!
>
>When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the
  telephone to ask if we could donate anything and
  to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 13th.
  You can't make this stuff up!
>
>The rent is too damn high! 
>
>On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
>
>  
>>I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon.  But it is a messy 
>>job and required a custom oil filter.  Current oil changes at the local shop 
>>up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is $40.  How much time depends 
>>on how busy they are but the longest wait would be about an hour.  I watch 
>>the oil to see how dirty it is.  However I have yet to reach the miles they 
>>put on the sticker a year ago.  Everything I need is a short trip around here 
>>so I don't rack up miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do.
>>
>>I heard a report the other day on why car
  prices have exceeded inflation over the years
  and the bottom line was.. you got it...
  profit.  Adding air bags do not add much to
  the price though companies use safety features
  as a reason.  In 1973 I bought a new Datsun
  wagon for a mere $1800.  I put the figure for
  my '77 Subaru wagon in an inflation calculator
  and my $2800 '77 should only cost around $11K
  these days adjusted for inflation.
>>
>>OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless
  remote for the '98 Subaru since the second of
  the original pair was beginning to fall
  apart.  A few years back I looked online and
  found that the price for a remote was around
  $70.  This time I found one online for my year
  and model for only $15 including shipping.  It
  was easy to setup and works great.
>>
>>On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams
  wrote:
>>
>>  
>>>Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car every 3,000 
>>>miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this by driving out to the 
>>>dealership, waiting in line, and either leaving the car, or wait in the 
>>>waiting room, and then pay $55. It usually takes more than an hour, if you 
>>>get there real early during the week.
>>>
>>>
>>>The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car to Jif

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tempus fuckit

Richard, I think turq's Mom is deceased.





On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:32 AM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:
 
  
But, did they follow you over to Rama and what did they think of you doing so? 
Just curious.

On 12/7/2013 10:09 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

  
>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>
>> Just curious - did your brothers or any other family
  members get into
>TM at any point?
>
>One brother and my mother not only learned TM, but became
  TM teachers.
>Go figure.
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ministry of Homeland Security Rolls Out Armored Vehicles

Jeez, emptybill, watching The Hunger Games, I feel in sych with this pic. Scary!





On Saturday, December 7, 2013 8:44 AM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
They are here just for you. 
http://www.infowars.com/ministry-of-homeland-security-rolls-out-armored-vechiles/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tempus fuckit

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson  wrote:
>
> Yep that's what I meant - and thank you for the post you put here
today - I got a lot of laughs from some of them.

Thanks for getting the laughter. I woke up in the silliest damned mood
I've awakened in in months. *Everything* I found on the Net made me
laugh, so I indulged in SC (sillly consciousness) for a number of posts.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams

MMY's Seven States of Consciousness

[image: Inline image 1]

The Seven States of Consciousness: Los Angeles at World Pacific Studios,
1967. Transcript from vinyl recording. Historic Lectures

Mahesh Yogi on World Pacific Records

In this 1967 recording, Mahesh Yogi describes how his meditation can
establish higher states of consciousness beyond those normally experienced
in waking, dreaming, and deep-sleep. The experience and understanding of
higher states of consciousness unfolds the full possibilities of human life
- life lived in complete fulfillment. MMY explains that beyond the familiar
states of waking, dreaming, and sleeping are four higher states of
consciousness-transcendental consciousness, cosmic consciousness, God
consciousness, and unity consciousness-each bringing a new dimension of
experience, knowledge, and fulfillment.

The Seven States of Consciousness, excerpt.:

"The practice of Transcendental Meditation, which is a simple, natural
method, to bring our conscious mind deep within the thinking process, and
tap the source of a thought. The source of thought is a reservoir of energy
and intelligence. The reason I gave was very rational, very obvious, that a
thought flows, due to energy it flows. And always flows in a specific
direction. It is the intelligence that gives direction to a thought. So
every thought is built up of energy and intelligence. And because thoughts
after thoughts are coming from within, so that area which is the source of
all thought must be a necessarily be an inexhaustible reservoir of energy
and intelligence. Therefore, in order to improve man's energy and
intelligence it is only necessary that his conscious mind reaches that area
of the source of thought and thereby is filled with great energy and
intelligence.

This is how we can improve the ability and the efficiency of any man in a
very natural way. And thereby, giving him a chance to be more efficient in
life, to be more productive in life, more creative in life, and yet do not
accumulate stress and strain. It is vital that we do something so that the
people of our age do not gather stress and strain. Otherwise, if a man
feels more responsible in society, wants to produce more, the result is,
that he undertakes to do more and more and with the result that he gathers
stress and strain and eventually dies of heart failure."

I don't know how far it is true, there are companies in the states, that
the sales manager doesn't live longer that two, three years. He get lots of
hundred of thousand every month but his life is just two, three years.
Can't sustain that constant pressure. This shows that it is absolutely
necessary for all those who aspire for greater improvement and greater
accomplishment in life, to not only engage in increasing activity, but at
the same time, improve the efficiency increase your energy. Our enthusiasm
to accomplish brings us to entertain more and more activity, but our
increasing will not be at the cost of our life, if we remain balanced; if
we increase energy and intelligence in the proportion we increase our
activity.

Transcendental meditation not only improves the capacity of man on the
mental level, on the psychological level, but also improves the ability of
nervous system. Because, it is the state of nervous system which has a
corresponding state of consciousness. The mind thinks as nervous system
behaves. If the nervous system is functioning normally, then the thinking
is very clear, aspirations are good, all thoughts are powerful and right
and productive. But if the nervous system is strained then it is not
functioning normally, it just can't, and when it doesn't function normally
then the aspirations are distorted, thoughts are very unclear, productivity
is low, and in such a state, tensions naturally will be increasing all the
time.

Therefore, what we concluded was that Transcendental Meditation is one
simple, natural technique, whereby, the nervous system could be
strengthened to function normal, and this normal functioning of nervous
system will produce a normal state of consciousness. If the body is
functioning normally, normal function means, all the physical structure is
pure, at the same time, the structure is evenly functioning, on both
levels. On the material level and on the structural level. The ability of
nervous system will be normal and such a normal state of nervous system
will produce normal state of consciousness. A normal state of consciousness
will be full potentiality of the mind for every thought. Psychology shows
that we are using only a small portion of the mind. Full expansion of the
mental capacity in order that the thought is as powerful as it can possible
be. This can happen only to a normally functioning nervous system.
Transcendental Meditation is that technique.

All that I have been speaking and all that I will speak, is the result of
personal experience of thousands of people in all countries. And people
belonging to all classes, all nationaliti

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

You forgot the best part ...

 Maybe we should also reinstate human sacrifice and return to matriarchy's good 
graces.

 

Yeah ... that's it. You offer yourself first and then we'll sit around making 
up slogans praising you.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Whatever

turq, probably it'll be a mix of good and bad. But I'm sure being a tantric, 
you'll make the most of both (-: Internet down at home. Am at library catching 
up. Battery to fiber optic gizmo might not be fixed til Monday! Bye for now...

On Saturday, December 7, 2013 7:22 AM, TurquoiseB  wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> thanks, turq, I love this, had some good LOLs watching the different 
> reactions. The little kids are especially wonderful. How about Maya? Did she 
> like?

I won't know until I get home next Friday. But then I'll be home for good. Or 
bad. Your call. :-)

> On Saturday, December 7, 2013 4:26 AM, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote:
> 
> If ever there were a link that deserved the new Net Acronym I thought up the 
> other day, it's this one:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjSkfSDF6Oo
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] McClintock–The Great Question: Will Our Constitution Stand?


"That IRS scandal I was outraged about is no big deal." - Barack Obama

http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/06/aclj-obama-was-one-of-the-outraged-about-targeting-before-he-wasnt/

The IRS Scandal, Day 212:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/12/the-irs-scandal-5.html

On 12/7/2013 8:49 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:


Who needs one anyway? It's been outdated by the Great One. He'll 
protect us!


http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/05/Exclusive-McClintock-The-Great-Question-Will-Our-Constitution-Stand

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

Buck, not to mention all their exchange students, etc. at MUM and in the Domes!





On Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:08 AM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
In
Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West coast 
radiation fall-out plume.  It would be in the red Chinese
interests to not radiate their farm land in Iowa.  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


I would think 2.3 billion would be a bit of a large number for the US and then 
that would probably take rolling in things like yoga classes "offered" at 
fitness centers.  And if global, India would really skew the numbers. :-D 

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."


On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:
>
  
>Yes,  Bhairitu is entirely right, it clearly is not just some new-agers 
>consuming some spiritual trinkets.  It is a much larger problem.  However, we 
>do know from the example of the Meissner Effect [ME] that just a few of us can 
>change things; even the course of history. 
>Yep, frivolous consumerism is seriously perilous in so many ways.  We 
>evidently all just need more Self-discipline around both our incessant 
>materialism and then actually taking the time for meditation.  Taking quiet 
>time twice a day at the least to practice a transcending meditation.   -Buck  
>
>
>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
>
>I think that $230 billion a year is globally not the US.  Otherwise there 
>would "new age" shops on every corner.  Many in this area have closed up since 
>the 1990s.  And also I think they are folding not necessarily "new age" in to 
>their count such as environmental items.
>
>
>On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
>>
>  
>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>>>
>>> In the meanwhile, let's hold the chinese reds
  off by staying current on our payments of consumer
  debt to them. Prudently let us tighten the belt,
  spend a lot more time meditating and a lot less
  time and credit on frivolous consumer goods. 
>>
>>I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over
  $230 billion a year on "New Age" products:
>>
>>http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/
>> 
>>And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion
  per year market in seminars and self-improvement
  programs.
>>
>>http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/
>> 
>>
>>"There's a sucker reborn every minute."  - Sri
  Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

Terra Mater is a Viscious Bitchious with no heart:

 

 That's no way to speak of your mom. 
 

 She gave us our hearts, consciences and intelligence. We didn't arrive here 
from some other reality.
 

 Anyway, mothers always want their offspring to do better for themselves so she 
would be delighted if you turn into a exemplar for the rest of us.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> I'm assuming I have a return ticket? If not forget it; I couldn't bear
to live somewhere without modern bathrooms.

Ha. LOL. That's honest. I could toy with the idea of time-traveling back
to the Middle Ages, but I know enough about the period to know what it
*smelled like*. No plumbing, nary a deodorant in sight, and people never
bathed.

>  I might go for the Crucifixion of a first-century rabbi - and stick
around the tomb over the next few days to see if I noticed anything odd.
>
>  A previous suggestion of the pyramids in Egypt just after they were
finished would be close to the top of my preferences.

I could probably get off on going back to Paris during the period Chris
Moore wrote about in "Sacre Bleu." I'd become what he got to be in his
imagination writing the novel -- a time-traveling mecene (patron of the
arts), supporting painters like Van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
just so you could occasionally watch them paint. And party with them, of
course.  :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams

Oh, yeah! The Elevators, with Roky Erikson and jug player Tommy Hall, who
used to play at the old Vulcan Gas Company in Austin back in 1965 - that's
where I met my ex-wife, Sally Mann. I also met Janis Joplin at the Vulcan
on South Congress Street. Before I split up with Sally we saw the Elevators
at The Fillmore West and The Avalon Ballroom when we moved out to San
Francisco. They were a very cool band to dance to live, but like a lot of
other guys, really hooked on ecstasy or something, probably weed. Go
figure. Thanks for the memories!

[image: Inline image 1]

13th Floor Elevators - Youre Gonna Miss Me
http://youtu.be/47SI1FddVqY

Read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Floor_Elevators

On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:29 PM,  wrote:

>
>
> Talking about Austin City: did you ever see The 13th Floor Elevators? They
> intrigued me because they pioneered both the raw "garage" approach to
> recording and the psychedelic soundscape. They're one of those bands most
> people today won't know but who were amazingly influential over the long
> term.
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBJsdE9V14
>
>  
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tempus fuckit

Yep that's what I meant - and thank you for the post you put here today - I got 
a lot of laughs from some of them.

On Sat, 12/7/13, TurquoiseB  wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tempus fuckit
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 4:22 PM

   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael
 Jackson  wrote:

 >

 > How are they with it now?

 Neither meditates, if that's what you're asking.

[FairfieldLife] RE: I Like UG

Ugh ...

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100 Great Rock Artists

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> Talking about Austin City: did you ever see The 13th Floor Elevators?
They intrigued me because they pioneered both the raw "garage" approach
to recording and the psychedelic soundscape. They're one of those bands
most people today won't know but who were amazingly influential over the
long term.
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBJsdE9V14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBJsdE9V14

Absofuckinglutely.

I distinctly remember when their album first came out; it was like a bit
of a revolution -- the *first* psychedelic album, ever. They got their
record out and into the hands of acidheads long before The Grateful Dead
or Jefferson Airplane or any of the other head bands did.

I saw them once in San Francisco, at the Avalon. Boy, that was a scene.

Stoned Haight Ashbury hippie acidheads dancing around to the sounds of
-- essentially -- a Texas garage band, performing better psychedelic
rock than their own local head bands were putting out. Thanks for the
trip (so to speak) down memory lane.  :-)

[FairfieldLife] RE: I think I've found my Christmas presents

You must not have a smart phone with a GPS on it.
 

 No I don't. But that's a good point. From here on in, everyone will have GPS 
and will no longer need street guides. People will no longer enjoy the fun of 
getting lost.

[FairfieldLife] RE: The FFL Time Travel Machine

I'm assuming I have a return ticket? If not forget it; I couldn't bear to live 
somewhere without modern bathrooms.
 

 I might go for the Crucifixion of a first-century rabbi - and stick around the 
tomb over the next few days to see if I noticed anything odd.
 

 A previous suggestion of the pyramids in Egypt just after they were finished 
would be close to the top of my preferences.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The FFL Time Travel Machine

Emily - It looks like the beginning of the end for Yahoo. You've got 
mail - problems. Go figure - three days. Maybe it's time to switch to 
Google Mail. It works for me.


We're experiencing some technical difficulties...

http://downdetector.com/status/yahoo-mail

'Yahoo users outraged over redesign'
http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/youve-got-mail-problems-yahoo-users-outraged-over-redesign/

On 12/7/2013 11:58 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:


Yahoo is losing my posts.  Maybe it will show up later.  Second. Try. 
 I like the period thing, period!  Salvayin, this was too funny.  To 
repeat, "Too late now, and now, and now, and now."

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

Talking about Austin City: did you ever see The 13th Floor Elevators? They 
intrigued me because they pioneered both the raw "garage" approach to recording 
and the psychedelic soundscape. They're one of those bands most people today 
won't know but who were amazingly influential over the long term.
  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBJsdE9V14 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBJsdE9V14

[FairfieldLife] Labyrinth

Stumbling onto this film today, after puzzling over the nature of time
earlier, and even bringing up some of my short past-life flashbacks, is
synchronistic, to say the least.

I found it after catching a glimpse of an actress with a striking face
on French TV. Discovering her name and stalking her to the IMDB, I
discovered that she was Irish, and that she'd also starred in a UK TV
series I'd never heard of named "Labyrinth." No, not the older film of
the same name, a more recent series, from 2012. Investigating further, I
found that it had been executive produced by none other than Ridley
Scott and Tony Scott.

Unable to stop digging into it by this time, I then discovered that the
series is based on a very popular novel I'd never heard of by the same
name, and that the novel itself was based on Cathar history, myth, and
legend. That pretty much nailed it, so I downloaded it, and have just
finished watching it.

Great, it's not. But good, and entertaining, it was, especially because
much of it was filmed in Carcassonne and Montsegur and in other Cathar
strongholds and areas that I know intimately from having been there many
times.

It's basically a Dan Brown-like riff, combining modern-day characters
with their counterparts 800 years ago. Cathar history it ain't, but it's
better than a lot of Neo-Cathar fantasies I've read, even though it
can't avoid the cliche of making the supposed "treasure of Montsequr"
the holy grail.

Besides, it was only two episodes of an hour and a half each, so it was
an interesting way to spend the day. It's probably available on DVD or
Bluray if anyone is interested. If nothing else, you'll get to see what
the Cathar country I'm so enamored with in the south of France looks
like.

   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzBdoNeAzHw

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Williams

Doug Sahm

[image: Inline image 1]

Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover
http://youtu.be/XboE3_7KZ3Y

Taking advantage of the British invasion! This song has a unique, haunting
sound - a credit to Augie Meyers' signature playing on a Vox organ that I
had to lug around in a U-Haul for two months in 1965.

Notes:

Back in 1964 I met Doug Sahm at the Blue Note Lounge in San Antonio, Texas
back in 1964. Sahm was a child prodigy in country music - he first sang on
the radio at the age of five. Sahm became a significant figure in roots
rock and other genres. Sahm was proficient on dozens of musical
instruments. He was a friend of Bob Dylan who played on one his albums.

In 1965 I worked for Sahm as his sound assistant and roadie on a tour
arranged by the William Morris Agency out of Los Angeles. I was at the Cow
Palace with Sahm in 1965 at on a Beach Boys tour, featuring The Grateful
Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and The Birds. Sahm still owes me over $1000 for
that gig - may he RIP.

We attended Sham concerts dozens of times over the years in San Antonio,
San Francisco, and Austin. The last time I heard from him was a phone
message when he lived in Austin: "Get in touch with me if you want to talk
about baseball or somthin'." Sahm was a big baseball fan.

Sir Douglas Quintet:

His first hit was "She's About a Mover" featuring a 12-bar blues structure
and was followed by "The Rains Came", which was played on radio all over
L.A. at the time I moved there with my ex-wife, Sally Mann, who later was
married the late Spencer Dryden of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. I was
good friends with Johnny Perez, who played maracas and saxophone in the
early days of the band.

The Sir Douglas Quintet had a hit with "Mendocino", which is kind of corny,
but fun to listen to. My favorite Quintet album is "Sir Douglas Quintet + 2
= Honkey Blues" on Smash Records. A friend of mine, Charles Winans, did the
album cover.

Sir Douglas Quintet - Austin City Limits
http://youtu.be/PqpgZqUAWmg

Texas Tornados:

You've probably heard of "New Kids on the Block" - here's "The Old Guys in
the Street." The Texas Tornados is a Tejano band. Its music is a fusion of
rock, country and various Mexican styles. Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez,
Augie Meyers, and Doug Sahm, with  Louie Ortega, Speedy Sparks and Ernie
Durawa. This is Tex-Mex at it's best! That's me in the hat doin' the two
step!

Texas Tornados, Who Were You Thinking Of? - Gruene Hall, 1992
http://youtu.be/L6ON9tlAQ-8

Sahm, Meyers and Jiménez are from the San Antonio area. Their 2005 Live
from Austin album was a recording of a 1990 performance on the TV series
Austin City Limits. The Texas Tornados won a Grammy Award in 1991.

Read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Douglas_Quintet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tornados

On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Richard Williams wrote:

> The Rolling Stones
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up - Official Promo
> http://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw
>
> Where to begin? I first saw the Stones at the San Antonio State Fair back
> in 1964, which Bill Wyman described as a disaster. They were booed off the
> stage and a troupe of monkeys returned to the stage. Then, in 1965 I met
> them in Los Angeles when they came in to see Doug Sahm (The Sir Douglas
> Quintet) perform at "The Trip" on the Sunset Strip.
>
> So, I almost grew up with this band.
>
> I missed the Altamont concert, although I was only fifty miles away - and
> that's probably a good thing. The last time I saw the Stones live was in
> 2011 when they toured Texas and stayed at the Palacio del Rio hotel in
> downtown San Antonio. Mick Jagger and his then girlfriend Marrianne
> Faithful were initiated into TM in 1967 at Bangor, Wales, UK, according to
> Mason.
>
> Let's just say the Stones are "The world's greatest rock & roll band."
>
> [image: Inline image 3]
>
> "The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
> 1989, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Ranked fourth on the "100
> Greatest Artists of All Time" according to Rolling Stone Magazine. Current
> members Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica, guitars, bass,
> keyboards, percussion (1962–present) Keith Richards – guitars, bass,
> keyboards, backing and lead vocals, percussion (1962–present) Charlie Watts
> – drums, percussion (1963–present) Ronnie Wood – guitars, bass, saxophone,
> drums, backing vocals."
>
> Work cited:
>
> 'Maharishi: The Biography'
> by Paul Mason
> p. 109
>
> Read more:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
>
> http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2011/06/stones-roll-into-san-antonio/
>
> 'Stoned'
> by  Andrew Loog Oldham
> St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.
>
> Egan, Sean (2006). The Rough Guide to the Rolling Stones. London: Penguin.
> ISBN 1-84353-719-2.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> Peter Gabriel
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Peter Gabriel - Steam

[FairfieldLife] RealTime WWII Tweets from 1941

The Japanese are just taking off from the carrier fleet, en route to Pearl 
Harbor. Read from the bottom up...then go to:
 

 https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII

 

 And follow the attack in 1941 "real time." My mother was around six months 
pregnant with me when Pearl Harbor took place.
 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII1h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409379055364890624
 7.49AM Japanese Commander Mitsuo Fuchida now over unsuspecting Pearl Harbor- 
radios "To ra, to ra, to ra"- "Surprise attack achieved".
 
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 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII1h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409369232032296961
 To coincide with surprise strike on Pearl Harbor, Japan simultaneously 
attacking Thailand, Philipines, & UK colonies Singapore & Hong Kong.
 
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 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII1h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409366749830606848
 Japanese Army have invaded Malaya: 5000 troops storming up beaches at Kota 
Bharu, in withering hail of fire from British Indian defenders.
 
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 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII2h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409361612252786688
 Roosevelt has been given decrypted Japanese messages ordering ambassador to 
break off diplomatic relations; very long- he hasn't read it all
 
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 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII2h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409355406830350336
 Dawn just breaking over Pacific. To check direction, Japanese pilots have 
tuned in to US radio station from Honolulu, playing dance music.
 
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 WW2 Tweets from 1941 ‏@RealTimeWWII https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII2h 
https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409354126804267008
 6.10AM 1st wave of 183 Japanese planes taking off from carrier fleet. Target 
is 370km south: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/sc0MHNawMS 
http://t.co/sc0MHNawMS
 

 https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/409354126804267008/photo/1/large

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness


 Perhaps we should all be more relaxed about the spiritual trip and just let 
Mother Nature take her course. She probably knows better than us what it's all 
about.
 

 What utter ecco-babble this is. Terra Mater is a Viscious Bitchious with no 
heart, no conscience and no real intelligence. 
 

 Maybe we should also reinstate human sacrifice and return to matriarchy's good 
graces.

 

 Yeah ... that's it. You offer yourself first and then we'll sit around making 
up slogans praising you.

Re: [FairfieldLife] You've got mail - problems.

2013-12-07 Thread Mike Dixon

I don't like the new changes either.




On Saturday, December 7, 2013 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:
  
  
It looks like the beginning of the end for Yahoo. Yahoo SUCKS!

We're experiencing some technical difficulties...three days. 

http://downdetector.com/status/yahoo-mail

'Yahoo users outraged over redesign'
http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/youve-got-mail-problems-yahoo-users-outraged-over-redesign/

[FairfieldLife] I Like UG

*All gurus are welfare organizations providing petty experiences to their 
followers. The guru game is a profitable industry; try and make two million 
dollars a year any other way." - U G Krishnamurti

[FairfieldLife] RE: The FFL Time Travel Machine

Yahoo is losing my posts.  Maybe it will show up later.  Second. Try.  I like 
the period thing, period!  Salvayin, this was too funny.  To repeat, "Too late 
now, and now, and now, and now."

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness


"Take it easy, baby
Take it as it comes
Don't move too fast
And you want your love to last
Oh, you've been movin' much too fast..."

As written by Will Jennings and Steve Winwood; sung by Jim Morrison; 
Track 4, Side 2; The Doors.


General Comment:

"I'm not real sure how it fits (haven't thought about it) but the 
shooting arrows at the sun closely parallels Hercules shooting an arrow 
at Helio, the charioteer of the sun, in an attempt to strike back at the 
excessive heat in the Libyan desert, while Hercules was on his 10th labor.


I feel quite certain that Morrison would be familiar with this reference 
(anyone who knows about "The Journey to the End of the Night" is pretty 
far into literary influences), and how it relates to mythical heroes 
(demi-god, in this case) being forceful in life."


http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/4927/ 



The Doors - Take It As It Comes
http://youtu.be/Vp_tjYszBmQ

On 12/7/2013 11:02 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:


Perhaps we should all be more relaxed about the spiritual trip and 
just let Mother Nature take her course. She probably knows better than 
us what it's all about.

Re: [FairfieldLife] What do you visualize when you think of time?


4/4

Of course there is also 5/4, 6/8, 11/16

On 12/07/2013 04:36 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:


Still on this time kick, I thought I'd ask that question of Google. So 
I Googled for "time." This is the first one that came up:



Some of the others were pretty cool, too:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm


Perhaps he had Stockholm Syndrome? ;-)

On 12/07/2013 03:32 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote:


Can't stand watching and listening. Jimi looks so utterly depressed 
and reluctant...

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT & NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY

Obviously Richard, the problem is you need to type in all upper case 
then everything will be fine. :-D


On 12/06/2013 08:35 PM, William Leed wrote:


BUILD A HOME & RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ & THEN BECOME 
AN OWNER! wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME!

ENJOY THE RIDE & BE MORE HAPPY & POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN & THE PROFITS

-Original Message-
From: Richard J. Williams 
To: FairfieldLife 
Sent: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 7:38 pm
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!



Today we went to the grocery store to get a few things and return 
about a hundred plastic bags. In the parking lot I turned left to find 
a parking slot and there was this yahoo in a big truck heading toward 
me, GOING THE WRONG WAY, driving a Ford F-350 with dual wheels on back.


At first I said "You **fukin **#@*&^^!!!#@&*%$#%@ SOB!

Then, I realized the poor guy was not only real dumb and half blind 
and confused, but he was probably driving the only vehicle he owned 
and paying $600 a month in payments, just to go get a six-pack of beer 
and a carton of cigarettes at the store. Go figure.


So then, in the Christmas spirit, I said:  you **fukin 
**#@*&^^!!!#@&*%$#%@ poor bastard!" and backed up, causing a traffic 
jam in front of the store.


Then, on the way home at a stop light, a guy dressed in overalls with 
a styrofoam cup in his hand  tried to hit us up for some spare change. 
So, still in the Christmas spirit, I rolled down the window and said 
real nice: "We don't have any cash - we're living on credit cards. 
Sorry we can't donate anything - I know it looks like I'm rich because 
I'm driving a shiny new car, but this where all our money is going, 
just so we can get to the store to buy some beer and a few canned 
goods!" LoL!


When we got home, the Salvation Army called on the telephone to ask if 
we could donate anything and to leave it on the front porch FRIDAY THE 
13th. You can't make this stuff up!


The rent is too damn high!

On 12/6/2013 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
I used to change the oil myself on my '77 Subaru wagon.  But it is a 
messy job and required a custom oil filter.  Current oil changes at 
the local shop up the street who now do my Subaru maintenance is 
$40.  How much time depends on how busy they are but the longest wait 
would be about an hour.  I watch the oil to see how dirty it is.  
However I have yet to reach the miles they put on the sticker a year 
ago. Everything I need is a short trip around here so I don't rack up 
miles and they always kid me about all the driving I do.


I heard a report the other day on why car prices have exceeded 
inflation over the years and the bottom line was.. you got it... 
profit.  Adding air bags do not add much to the price though 
companies use safety features as a reason.  In 1973 I bought a new 
Datsun wagon for a mere $1800.  I put the figure for my '77 Subaru 
wagon in an inflation calculator and my $2800 '77 should only cost 
around $11K these days adjusted for inflation.


OTOH, the other day I ordered a new keyless remote for the '98 Subaru 
since the second of the original pair was beginning to fall apart.  A 
few years back I looked online and found that the price for a remote 
was around $70.  This time I found one online for my year and model 
for only $15 including shipping.  It was easy to setup and works great.


On 12/06/2013 11:40 AM, Richard Williams wrote:
Our car dealer says we should be changing the oil in our new car 
every 3,000 miles, in order to insure the warranty. We can do this 
by driving out to the dealership, waiting in line, and either 
leaving the car, or wait in the waiting room, and then pay $55. It 
usually takes more than an hour, if you get there real early during 
the week.


The last time I had the oil changed at 10,000 miles, I took the car 
to Jiffy Lube - it took only about twenty minutes and I paid them 
$65. They talked me into getting synthetic oil - Royal Purple. They 
tried to sell me an air filter for $18 - but I declined.


According to Click & Clack, The Tappit Brothers, you can go over 
6,000 miles between oil changes. I've always been fond of Texaco 
oil. I get almost all of my oil from either Spindletop or from the 
Permian Basin. Dad goes 5,000, because it's easy to remember the 
numbers. One guy, a car mechanic, once told me that oil never breaks 
down - all you have to do is change the oil filter and add a quart 
of oil. Go figure.


So, this time I took the car to Pep Boys for the oil change: $19.95 
for Pennzoil, with a discount coupon, and half an hour waiting. And, 
I bought my own filter for $12.95 and put it on myself.


The rent is too damn high!

[FairfieldLife] You've got mail - problems.


It looks like the beginning of the end for Yahoo. Yahoo SUCKS!

We're experiencing some technical difficulties...three days.

http://downdetector.com/status/yahoo-mail

'Yahoo users outraged over redesign'
http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/youve-got-mail-problems/

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Rent is Too Damn High!

2013-12-07 Thread awoelflebater



 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 

 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 WHAT!? 
 
 Probably the last thing I need is to buy a house just so I could be close to a 
golden dome. I already sold my shack out in Hays County and rented a house down 
in San Antonio. I'll probably sell Dad's place on the lake when he is gone. I'm 
still in Texas for two reasons: no personal income tax and I like live music 
venues. 
 
 I'm paying $400 a month for rent down here, and the rent is still too damn 
high!
 

 You are complaining about 400 a month?  Yep, you are suited for the boondocks. 
 
 

 I get the distinct impression Richard is a real Cheaper McCheapersen.
 

 
 On 12/6/2013 10:35 PM, William Leed wrote:
 
 BUILD A HOME & RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ & THEN BECOME AN OWNER! 
wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME!
 ENJOY THE RIDE & BE MORE HAPPY & POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN & THE PROFITS

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-07 Thread awoelflebater



 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 One thing you have to consider is that the practice of "TM", or any other yoga 
technique, is NOT the cause of enlightenment - TM just provides the ideal 
opportunity for the awakening. No "technique" is going to cause a person to 
become enlightened, even if you practice yoga for years and years. You are only 
going to get as much enlightenment as you are going to get.
 
 But, you only have to ingest LSD or some other alkaloid once in order to 
realize that there are altered states of consciousness. Once you do that, you 
will probably never forget it. LoL!
 
 According to yoga theory, you build up "samskaras" due to "karma" - the 
actions in this life and in your past lives. You can remove the samskaras 
through "tapas" - "burning off" the accumulated layers of past actions. But, 
yoga will not remove all the samskaras - there's always a trace of karma 
because you still maintain a human body which requires food, coarse or fine, 
and thoughts and volitions. There is always an innate clinging to life which is 
human nature.
 
 Patanjali says that the ideal state for awakening is the cessation of 
thoughts; you simply have to *isolate* the Purusha from the prakriti and then 
realization can occur on it's own, or not. SBS compared enlightement to "Light" 
(Brahman). The Absolute is already there; it doesn't require anything else to 
illuminate it because it is an already established ultimate reality. 
 
 The enlightened state is described in the Indian rice analogy: you can remove 
the chaff and it's still rice paddy.
 
 In this day and age hardly anyone reads or understands the Sanskrit 
scriptures. The only hope for enlightenment today is to practice "karma yoga" - 
giving up the fruits of your labor for the common good, like Nelson Mandela, 
and having the good fortune to meet a qualified teacher. 
 
 In the final analysis though, nobody is going to give you enlightenment - you 
earn it, and sometimes, by the grace of the gods, you realize your true nature. 
May the gods be with you!
 
 "As in a pond, when its influx of water has been blocked, dries up gradually 
through evaporation and use, so karmic matter, which has been acquired through 
millions of lives, is erased through tapas; there is no further unflux" (Wallah 
Sutra, I.4.).
 
 
 
 On 12/7/2013 9:25 AM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote:
 
   Re "The mystical psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke distinguished between 
three types of consciousness: Simple Consciousness, awareness of the body, 
possessed by many animals; Self Consciousness, awareness of being aware, 
possessed only by humans; and Cosmic Consciousness, awareness of the life and 
order of the universe, possessed only by humans who are enlightened.":
 
 
 
 Bucke's experience of CC only lasted a minute or so. Some of his friends later 
advised him to try Indian yoga to learn how to replicate the experience. He 
wasn't interested. It wasn't that he didn't believe that yoga/meditation could 
alter someone's state but he regarded it as too much like "taking heaven by 
storm". It was evolution of the race that would gradually produce more 
enlightened humans - in the same way that "self consciousness" had naturally 
arisen out of "simple consciousness". Was he right?
 
 
 It's striking that Gopi Krishna (of kundalini fame), living in India and 
spending a lifetime on the spiritual quest, said that he'd only ever met two 
people he regarded as fully awakened. One was an anonymous sadhu who emerged 
from a forest about whom we know nothing; the other was Ramana Maharshi. Now 
one thing we do know about Maharshi is that he achieved his awakening 
spontaneously and *not* as a result of doing yoga/meditation or other spiritual 
exercises. So he was a "natural mystic" in Bucke's sense. Maybe the "anonymous 
sadhu" was a "natural" also.
 
 
 Perhaps we should all be more relaxed about the spiritual trip and just let 
Mother Nature take her course. She probably knows better than us what it's all 
about. 
 

 One thing is for sure, everybody has enough trouble as it is just living the 
state of consciousness they are in. Most don't seem ready to move onto the 
jogging state of things because they are too busy stumbling and falling down. 
Don't you have to know how to walk before you can run? Or maybe getting 
elevated prematurely to the next level could avoid so much, well, messiness.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Go Out and Radiate!


 
 Take your pick - invite Shiva-Shakti into your heart or Jesus into your heart. 

 Just remember though  - Allah is already there waiting to throw you into the 
eternal fire.
 After all, you are indeed an unbeliever (kafir). 

 

 The TMO translation: “Whether pure or impure, whoever opens themselves to the 
expanded vision of unbounded awareness gains inner and outer purity”
 

 
 The Sanskrit transliteration: 
 
 (aatma shuddhi – self purification)
 
 apavitraH pavitro vaa sarvaavasthaa.n gato.api vaa .
 yaH smaretpu.nDariikaakShaM sa baahyaabhya.ntaraH shuchiH
 
 (from haribhaktivilasa ch3 v37, garu.Da puraaNa (Garuda Purana) and 1st line 
in siva samhita 4:33)
 

 Whether filtered or unfiltered, whether all dwellings get purified, 

 remember the lotus-eyed (Vishnu) to get inner and outer purify.
 

 
 
 
 The sources for the puja as a whole as declared by Paul Mason's Acharya 
Vandana Puja:

 

 
 
 Trotakacharya http://everything2.com/title/Trotakacharya's famous 
guru-paramparA http://everything2.com/title/paramparA
 Selected verses from the gurustotra http://everything2.com/title/gurustotra 
that every Indian who studies with a guru knows by heart
 
 
 A short middle verse used by Sanskrit http://everything2.com/title/Sanskrit 
students for recitation practice which invites Shiva 
http://everything2.com/title/Shiva and Shakti to take up residence in the 
performer's heart.
 
 1.   http://everything2.com/title/Trotakacharya
 

 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Dear MJ,
 You been away a long time out in the world and you may not be totally aware 
yourself of the profound and personal success in our very real spiritual 
experience of the Fairfield, Iowa meditating community. For instance, it seems 
evident that most every illumined person that Rick Archer interviews about 
their personal illumination is a transcending meditator in root talking about 
spiritual experiences. Heck, that is just www.Batgap.com http://www.Batgap.com/ 
. 
 

 
 But also one of the most very special things of meditating in the Golden Domes 
with the large group here is that at around 10 am most every morning after the 
first meditation people can get up to speak of their spiritual experiences and 
progress in meditation. The communal experiences of spiritual reality is a lot 
to exult over here in fact. There is a lot of grace and blessing that has 
occurred here in people's lives who stuck with it. I am only sorry that you did 
not stay longer with us. Though you could certainly begin again anytime. There 
is a great compassion in Nature for that. “Whether pure or impure, whoever 
opens themselves to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness gains inner and 
outer purity”. That is a very beautiful thing. 
http://www.mum.edu/public-service/invincible-america 
http://www.mum.edu/public-service/invincible-america 
 It would be a great joy to have you back meditating with us,
 
 -Buck  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I know that there is still the mind set that no matter what M may have done 
that wasn't ethical, the effect of TM and TMSP is so good and so powerful, it 
is best to ignore or rationalize that the negative or dark side of M and the 
Movement is outweighed by the vast positive benefit to the individual and the 
world.
 
 I know there is that mind set but I don't agree with it. I do not see any 
evidence the group practice of TMSP is having any kind of effect of offsetting 
the "negative" energy around the world. If you take the current state of the 
world as evidence of Marshy effect then it is clear the Marshy Effect is either 
non-existent or a colossal failure. 
 
 I have come to feel that TM itself seems to work well for a couple years and 
then for some reason the positive benefits seem to fade away. I mean even old 
timers like Rick don't just strictly do TM - they do other stuff. If TM is so 
fabulous, people would not step away from it.
 
 There have been too many suicides, too many mental breakdowns and too many 
high ups in the Movement whose behavior is the opposite of what you would 
expect from folks practicing daily the royal technique for enlightenment. That 
last is of great importance to me. I don't feel you can make the grandiose 
claims for a mental technique and have the actual results be totally off base 
or totally different than what is promised and still legitimately believe the 
technique will do what is claimed for it.
 
 When the people who have been doing TMSP the longest behave in the arrogant, 
elitist, unethical manner I have seen in people like Hagelin, Morris, Greg 
Wilson, Susan Humphries, Chris Crowell, Neal Patterson, Bill Sands, Reed Martin 
and so on and so forth I see that the TMSP has had the OPPOSITE effect on their 
behavior that it should have had. 
 
 So while I admire your desire to change the world, it won't change through 
folks doing TM and TMSP - if it was going to do so, it would already have done 
it. 
 
 The stat

[FairfieldLife] RE: The FFL Time Travel Machine

2013-12-07 Thread salyavin808

Just one place? Aw, how could I choose between Mesopotamia during the heyday of 
Babylon and the late Mesozoic in North America? All those Triceratops and 
Velociraptors! That hanging gardens! I am allowed to take my camera right?
 

 Ok, how about Israel about 40,000 years ago, we could sit on a hill and watch 
the first human beings walk out of Africa. And if they're late we could do a 
bit of snorkelling.
 

 Or we could go forward a few million years and see what the human race turns 
into. Or not.
 

 And the pyramids in Egypt just after they were finished, all shiny white 
limestone and a nice gold cap on top, must been rather impressive.
 

 Rome during the time of Cicero.
 

 See the Doors at the Whisky a go go in '67.
 

 Tell Van Gogh he'll be popular one day, honest.
 

 Find out what stonehenge was actually for.
 

 But you can tell I never get hold of a time machine because I would have gone 
here:
 

 
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/02/stephen-hawking-time-travel_n_1643488.html
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/02/stephen-hawking-time-travel_n_1643488.html

 

 Too late now

[FairfieldLife] Two more for Feste et al.

From a blog post on the demise of alt-weeklies:
 

"For reasons I’ve already laid out, when you report for an alt-weekly, you have 
to go deep. You have to figure out the not-obvious story. You have to become an 
engaging storyteller, not just a sharp transcriber. The editorial staff is 
small. (When I worked at the New Haven Advocate, the most full-time editorial 
staffers we ever had was seven, and that didn’t last long.) Your beat is broad. 
You need to learn your history, fast, so you know what to ask about and who to 
talk to. In general, you need to get really good. Really. Goddamned. Good." 
 

 http://itsbrianlarue.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/goodbye-advocate-weekly/ 
http://itsbrianlarue.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/goodbye-advocate-weekly/

 

 

 A snippet from a long essay on "smarm":
 

 "Let's pause here to say: Joe Lieberman.
 

 "Joe. Lieberman.
 

 "Joe Lieberman! If you would know smarm, look to Joe Lieberman."
 

 http://gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977 http://gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977

 

 This makes three examples now of the convention that Feste and others here 
have declared doesn't exist (one of whom actually accused me of lying about it).

[FairfieldLife] RE: "sweet truth" a fundamental misunderstanding

As this current and next generation of David Lynch-TM'ers take the helm from us 
TM elders as we rotate out of the front lines in the next few years may be this 
more honest iteration of the sweet-truth hymn could become the new TM prayer 
that gets said before meals and invoked before meetings instead of that old 
Saha Nav version the elder administration is currently so fond of keeping in 
place. Just might help and encourage people to rise up to new levels of 
integrity that the TM movement has not necessarily been known for. As our south 
American christian FFL member says here, “Think of that.”
 There is hope and our hope for good is in the new generation,
 
 -Buck   
 

 This “Speak the Sweet-truth” thing is real interesting to look back at. Like 
the bending in our TM translation and repeating of the Saha Nav hymn to a 
cultural end. Cardmeister worked that over a while ago here. It was kind of 
shocking seeing the translation then to discover a manipulation in what was a 
scriptural hymn. Seems to explain a lot about the old culture of TM inside. 
That culture now seems to be changing as TM gets run more openly by committee 
processes based more practically on merit and less by an authoritarianism in 
theocratic feelings about people and things. In watching it seems the Prime 
Minister of the Global Country is still proly the most powerful authoritarian 
left of the old guard. Saha Nav, -Buck
 


 May be Yahoo could adapt this in to their yahoo-groups guidelines:
 satyam bruyat, priyam bruyat   speak the truth, speak sweetly
na bruyat satyam apriyam |  don't speak truth in an unloving way
priyam ca nanritam bruyat   don't speak untruth in a pleasant way
esha dharmah sanatanah ||   this is the eternal law 
 


 Paul, you may appreciate the dissonances in the TM Saha Nav hymn too. 
Cardmeister worked that over in translation too. See these, 
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/342542 
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/342542 
  
 this link to the Saha Nav post by Cardemaister fra Finland about the more 
proper translation of the TM Saha Nav 
hymn:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/302944 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/302944  
 
 

 
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 
 This verse is from the Manu Smriti (4.138):
 
 Original translation:
 
 satyaM brUyAt priyaM brUyAt   speak the truth, speak sweetly
 na brUyAt satyam apriyam |  don't speak truth that is unpleasant
 priyaM ca nAnRRitaM brUyAt   don't speak untruth that is pleasant
 eSha dharmaH sanAtanaH ||  this is the eternal law
 
 the Literal translation is:
 
 truth speak, lovingly speak
 don't speak truth unloving
 lovingly untruth don't speak
 this is law eternal
 
 My "enhanced" translation"
 
 satyam bruyat, priyam bruyat   speak the truth, speak sweetly
 na bruyat satyam apriyam |  don't speak truth in an unloving way
 priyam ca nanritam bruyat   don't speak untruth in a pleasant way
 esha dharmah sanatanah ||   this is the eternal law
 
 I'm certain that the shloka is talking about how to speak the truth not the 
quality of the truth itself.  That is, it's not the truth that is to be sweet 
or not, truth is truth.. but it is HOW you say it that is the rule.
 
 the key word you in the first three lines is "priyam"
 this is derived from the word "prem" which means love, so I feel it is 
appropriate to translate "priyam" as "lovingly", although "sweetly", 
"pleasantly" are not far off.
 
 But I have to emphasize that this shloka doesn't not say that one should, 
under any circumstances, not tell the truth, but it is guiding one to say the 
truth in a pleasant way.  The truth must be told ("satyam eva jayate" truth 
alone triumphs)
 
 "ca" means "and" (used very differently in Sanskrit than English / not a 
connective word)
 "ritam" is another word for "truth"
 "nan" negation "no" or "not"
 "bruyat" means "speak" or "say"
 
 priyam ca nanritam bruyat   don't speak a pleasant untruth
 
 The word "ca" echoes the repetitive logic from earlier line (meaning "don't")
 "nanritam" means "untrurth"
 
 "priyam" is used here to describe a way of speaking, not nature of the truth.
 Therefore it should mean "lovingly"
 
 
 The reason I think this is a fundamental issue is that people may feel that 
you should never tell someone something they don't want to hear.  But that is 
not what it says.  You can tell your friend that he didn't win the election or 
you can rub his nose in it and call him a loser.  The fact (or truth) is the 
same but the way you say it is different.
 
 If you only tell people what they want to hear, you create "bubble mentality". 
 People will live in a bubble they create because they only want to hear what 
they want to hear.  That is NOT speaking the sweet truth as defined in the Manu 
Smriti.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tempus fuckit

But, did they follow you over to Rama and what did they think of you 
doing so? Just curious.

On 12/7/2013 10:09 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
>
> Just curious - did your brothers or any other family members get into
TM at any point?

One brother and my mother not only learned TM, but became TM teachers.
Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn HIGH ...no ITS JUST RIGHT & NOT 2 HIGH ITS THE MARKET PRICE EXACTLY



 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 WHAT!? 
 
 Probably the last thing I need is to buy a house just so I could be close to a 
golden dome. I already sold my shack out in Hays County and rented a house down 
in San Antonio. I'll probably sell Dad's place on the lake when he is gone. I'm 
still in Texas for two reasons: no personal income tax and I like live music 
venues. 
 
 I'm paying $400 a month for rent down here, and the rent is still too damn 
high!
 

 You are complaining about 400 a month?  Yep, you are suited for the boondocks. 
 
 

 
 On 12/6/2013 10:35 PM, William Leed wrote:
 
 BUILD A HOME & RENT IT OR BUY OIL STOCKS, SAVE SOME $$ & THEN BECOME AN OWNER! 
wITH PROFITS IF U CHOOSE TO MAKE THEM BE HAPPY IN THE DOME!
 ENJOY THE RIDE & BE MORE HAPPY & POSITIVE LOOK 4 THE SUN & THE PROFITS

[FairfieldLife] RE: Activist Meditators, Doing Some Things..Good for Others.

Meditators, Doing Good for Others..

 

 http://caritasseeds.com/aboutus.html http://caritasseeds.com/aboutus.html

 

 http://caritasseeds.com/ http://caritasseeds.com/

 



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Meditators, Doing Good for Others.. 
 
 
 http://responsibletechnology.org/ http://responsibletechnology.org/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

One thing you have to consider is that the practice of "TM", or any 
other yoga technique, is NOT the cause of enlightenment - TM just 
provides the ideal opportunity for the awakening. No "technique" is 
going to cause a person to become enlightened, even if you practice yoga 
for years and years. You are only going to get as much enlightenment as 
you are going to get.


But, you only have to ingest LSD or some other alkaloid once in order to 
realize that there are altered states of consciousness. Once you do 
that, you will probably never forget it. LoL!


According to yoga theory, you build up "samskaras" due to "karma" - the 
actions in this life and in your past lives. You can remove the 
samskaras through "tapas" - "burning off" the accumulated layers of past 
actions. But, yoga will not remove all the samskaras - there's always a 
trace of karma because you still maintain a human body which requires 
food, coarse or fine, and thoughts and volitions. There is always an 
innate clinging to life which is human nature.


Patanjali says that the ideal state for awakening is the cessation of 
thoughts; you simply have to *isolate* the Purusha from the prakriti and 
then realization can occur on it's own, or not. SBS compared 
enlightement to "Light" (Brahman). The Absolute is already there; it 
doesn't require anything else to illuminate it because it is an already 
established ultimate reality.


The enlightened state is described in the Indian rice analogy: you can 
remove the chaff and it's still rice paddy.


In this day and age hardly anyone reads or understands the Sanskrit 
scriptures. The only hope for enlightenment today is to practice "karma 
yoga" - giving up the fruits of your labor for the common good, like 
Nelson Mandela, and having the good fortune to meet a qualified teacher.


In the final analysis though, nobody is going to give you enlightenment 
- you earn it, and sometimes, by the grace of the gods, you realize your 
true nature. May the gods be with you!


"As in a pond, when its influx of water has been blocked, dries up 
gradually through evaporation and use, so karmic matter, which has been 
acquired through millions of lives, is erased through tapas; there is no 
further unflux" (Wallah Sutra, I.4.).




On 12/7/2013 9:25 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:


Re "The mystical psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke distinguished 
between three types of consciousness: Simple Consciousness, awareness 
of the body, possessed by many animals; Self Consciousness, awareness 
of being aware, possessed only by humans; and Cosmic Consciousness, 
awareness of the life and order of the universe, possessed only by 
humans who are enlightened.":



Bucke's experience of CC only lasted a minute or so. Some of his 
friends later advised him to try Indian yoga to learn how to replicate 
the experience. He wasn't interested. It wasn't that he didn't believe 
that yoga/meditation could alter someone's state but he regarded it as 
too much like "taking heaven by storm". It was evolution of the race 
that would gradually produce more enlightened humans - in the same way 
that "self consciousness" had naturally arisen out of "simple 
consciousness". Was he right?



It's striking that Gopi Krishna (of kundalini fame), living in India 
and spending a lifetime on the spiritual quest, said that he'd only 
ever met two people he regarded as fully awakened. One was an 
anonymous sadhu who emerged from a forest about whom we know nothing; 
the other was Ramana Maharshi. Now one thing we do know about Maharshi 
is that he achieved his awakening spontaneously and *not* as a result 
of doing yoga/meditation or other spiritual exercises. So he was a 
"natural mystic" in Bucke's sense. Maybe the "anonymous sadhu" was a 
"natural" also.



Perhaps we should all be more relaxed about the spiritual trip and 
just let Mother Nature take her course. She probably knows better than 
us what it's all about.

[FairfieldLife] RE: I think I've found my Christmas presents



 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Love it! I'm buying one.
 

 Reminds me that I hate it when in an unfamiliar area of town I stop to consult 
a street guide posted up by the local authorities and it *doesn't* have one of 
those "You Are Here" arrows on it. If I knew where I already was I wouldn't 
need the map.
 

 Funny.  You must not have a smart phone with a GPS on it.  Me neither.  I 
always carry a map when in unfamiliar territory; looking at it a few times 
gives me a mental map of the "geography" and what the main thoroughfares are, 
in case I get lost.  And, I like to see the bigger picture at a scale that I 
can read.  At least your local authorities post street guides.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Go Out and Radiate!

Buck when they get up to sing the glory of their spiritual experiences, do they 
get to say how grand it felt to have the monitors putting a measuring stick 
next to their asses to see if they are hopping high enough?

On Sat, 12/7/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Go Out and Radiate!
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 2:26 PM

   Dear
 MJ,You
 been away a long time out in the world and you may not be
 totally
 aware yourself of the profound and personal success in our
 very real
 spiritual experience of the Fairfield, Iowa meditating
 community. 
 For instance, it seems evident that most every illumined
 person that
 Rick Archer interviews about their personal illumination is
 a
 transcending meditator in root talking about spiritual
 experiences.
 Heck, that is just www.Batgap.com
  .   

 But
 also one of the most very special things of meditating in
 the Golden
 Domes with the large group here is that at around 10 am most
 every
 morning after the first meditation people can get up to
 speak of
 their spiritual experiences and progress in meditation.  The
 communal
 experiences of spiritual reality is a lot to exult over here
 in fact.
   There is a lot of grace and blessing that has occurred
 here in
 people's lives who stuck with it.  I am only sorry that
 you did not
 stay longer with us.  Though you could certainly begin again
 anytime.  There is
 a great compassion in Nature for that.  “Whether pure or
 impure,
 whoever opens themselves to the expanded vision of unbounded
 awareness gains inner and outer purity”.  That is a very
 beautiful
 thing.  http://www.mum.edu/public-service/invincible-america

 It
 would be a great joy to have you back meditating with
 us,

 -Buck

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 wrote:

 I know that there
 is still the mind set that no matter what M may have done
 that wasn't ethical, the effect of TM and TMSP is so
 good and so powerful, it is best to ignore or rationalize
 that the negative or dark side of M and the Movement is
 outweighed by the vast positive benefit to the individual
 and the world.

 I know there is that mind set but I don't agree with it.
 I do not see any evidence the group practice of TMSP is
 having any kind of effect of offsetting the
 "negative" energy around the world. If you take
 the current state of the world as evidence of Marshy effect
 then it is clear the Marshy Effect is either non-existent or
 a colossal failure. 

 I have come to feel that TM itself seems to work well for a
 couple years and then for some reason the positive benefits
 seem to fade away. I mean even old timers like Rick
 don't just strictly do TM - they do other stuff. If TM
 is so fabulous, people would not step away from it.

 There have been too many suicides, too many mental
 breakdowns and too many high ups in the Movement whose
 behavior is the opposite of what you would expect from folks
 practicing daily the royal technique for enlightenment. That
 last is of great importance to me. I don't feel you can
 make the grandiose claims for a mental technique and have
 the actual results be totally off base or totally different
 than what is promised and still legitimately believe the
 technique will do what is claimed for it.

 When the people who have been doing TMSP the longest behave
 in the arrogant, elitist, unethical manner I have seen in
 people like Hagelin, Morris, Greg Wilson, Susan Humphries,
 Chris Crowell, Neal Patterson, Bill Sands, Reed Martin and
 so on and so forth I see that the TMSP has had the OPPOSITE
 effect on their behavior that it should have had. 

 So while I admire your desire to change the world, it
 won't change through folks doing TM and TMSP - if it was
 going to do so, it would already have done it. 

 The state to the world today is a testament to Marshy's
 monumental failure to make significant changes in world
 consciousness through his programs. Of course, I believe his
 real program was to make himself into a demigod in
 people's minds, make tons of money for himself and his
 family and get laid a whole bunch while he was still young
 enough to enjoy it, so he actually did have the effect he
 wanted to have, it just wasn't the effect he promoted in
 public.

  On Thu, 12/5/13,Buck> wrote:

  Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Go Out and Radiate!

  To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

  Date: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 3:15 PM

MJ,

  did you miss that this was a spiritual revival movement in
 a

  muddy

  world filled with vasana?  I feel you are being too hard
 on

  how he

  did it and what all we did.  Like, was Christ perfect

  in everything?  Never stubbed his toe?  We could

  su

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Concert Highlights

Goddamn! Maybe I better ask Curtis or someone else - I' don't believe I cotton 
to such doings a'tall!!!

On Sat, 12/7/13, TurquoiseB  wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Concert Highlights
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 2:04 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard
 J. Williams"  wrote:
 
 >
 
 > Apparently Barry is no longer a Spiritual Guide
 (checker) in good
 
 > standing with the TMO.
 
 
 
 That may be so, but if you'll notice, Nabby recommended
 
 below that Michael get a good "cheching." I may
 not be a
 
 TM checker any more, but I *am* a certified Checher,
 
 recognized and ordained by the Church of Whatever The Fuck.
 
 
 
 If Michael wants a cheching, he need only show up bearing
 
 the offerings used in our non-religious (despite the name
 of
 
 our congregation) and non-denominational pre-cheching
 
 ceremony. He should bring fresh fruit, a tube of K-Y Jelly,
 
 three small rodents, a clean white pair of skivvies, an
 
 industrial-strength vibrator, three dwarves, Cindy
 
 Crawford, and an open mind.
 
 
 
 We'll take care of the rest...
 
 
 
 :-)
 
 
 
 > On 12/6/2013 10:04 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
 
 > >
 
 > > I told you I will, but only if Barry is the
 checker
 
 > > 
 
 > > Nabby wrote previously:
 
 > > >
 
 > > > Do have a cheching of your meditation
 
 > > >
 
 > >
 
 >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

In Fairfield, Iowa we are proly okay or safe enough from what will be a West
coast radiation fall-out plume. It would be in the red Chinese interests to not
radiate their farm land in Iowa.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

It's like their looking for a "next big thing."

On 12/06/2013 10:51 AM,Buck wrote:

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:

On 12/06/2013 04:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:

I wouldn't hold your breath. Americans spend over $230 billion a year on "New
Age" products:

http://specialtyretail.com/issue/2003/10/retail-products/retail-product-features/new_age_products/

And that doesn't even include the $10.4 billion per year market in seminars
and self-improvement programs.

http://www.marketresearch.com/Marketdata-Enterprises-Inc-v416/Self-Improvement-Products-Services-7284574/

"There's a sucker reborn every minute." - Sri Parmahansa Boddhisatva Barnum

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Concert Highlights