I stayed out of the latest tempest-in-a-pisspot discussions of the Big
Bang, and how REEEAAALLY REEEAAALLY STOOOPID some people here think
those who don't believe in it are, because I think such people are
simply incapable of not anthropomorphizing the universe.
They have seemingly legitimate
Why carry your drums or drum kits around with you when you could just
wear them?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57615029-1/drumpants-put-a-whole-ban\
d-in-your-pocket/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57615029-1/drumpants-put-a-whole-ba\
nd-in-your-pocket/
Or at least that's what you'd think, based on the TMO marketing
approach. :-)
http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Which-celebrities-do-this-type-of-yoga\
-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints_i8544005_.htm?utm_medium=referralutm_source=\
NewYorkerutm_content=CartoonsAID=1247905545
To *convince* you of something, dummy. That's why spiritual teachers and
other con men use them. Why do you think Jesus talked in parables? Duh.
Why did Maharishi try to link the mechanics of TM to watering the root
and drawing the arrow back in the bow? Because they intuitively knew
that your
turq, I'm neither Carde nor a drummer so of course I HAD to read this (-: Glad
I did, thanks for posting. What an amazing world we live in!
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:39 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Why carry your drums or drum kits around with you when you could
turq, and then there's *way too meta* as defined by Rick Castle played by
Nathan Fillion. Fun clip...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:13 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com
wrote:
To *convince* you of something, dummy. That's why spiritual teachers and other
con men use them. Why do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mE1ScD64Q
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:46 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
wrote:
turq, and then there's *way too meta* as defined by Rick Castle played by
Nathan Fillion. Fun clip...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:13 AM, TurquoiseB
Richard and wgm, I thought Doc explained the phenomenon very well with the
phrase climate destabilization. Do you think people are using these various
phrases to do something wrong?
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:35 PM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
It's more
Well I find AAA way more trustworthy than EPA. YMMV. Especially if you use E15
ha ha!
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:39 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Snopes.com gives a fairly detailed presentation of the dispute, both the EPA's
side and the AAA's side.
It
noozguru, I like the idea as a movie plot basis. Listened to the music piece.
Kind of reminded me of the music in 2001 A Space Odyssey.
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:55 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
One of my favorite sci-fi films is Sunshine by Danny Boyle. In that
Y.S. II. 40. The habit of cleanliness, if it is not mechanical and
ritualistic but intelligent with an understanding of the nature of
decaying physical organism, reveals the impure nature of the physical
body: and, there arises disgust for the body and a disinclination for
contact with those
If you know the answer, why not just tell us where the TMer mantras come
from and what they mean?
It is totally misleading to say that the TM mantras were made up by
the fakir Mahesh, or lifted out of a book, or that the TM mantras are
so much gibberish, meaningless non-sense syllables.
Buck I agree that Richard's was judicious writing on a tough subject. Thanks to
both you guys...
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:10 PM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
By now I think we know who the real ankle-biters on FFL are: one is the owner,
one is the editor,
This statement of Barry's is somewhat misleading - Buddhists are not
atheists.
Traditionally Buddhists throughout the Buddhist world consider that the
universe contains more beings in it than are normally visible to humans.
Buddhists have no objection to the existence of the Hindu Gods.
We have a saying around here - If you don't like the weather, just
stick around for a day or two, and it will probably change. It is the
nature of weather to change, that's why they call it weather. But, it
doesn'tmake much sense to say that the climate is warming because it's
cold outside.
Everyone knows that the culprits in this rumor-mongering are Rick, Judy,
Joe, and Vaj and now the poser, MJ. Based on what I've read, there's no
basis for their accusations. It's interesting to read Gail's book which
is supported by that Gena character. In my opinion, it's mostly about
eating
You've totally lost the plot here, Share. Neither the EPA nor the AAA is saying
(as Fox News did in the video you posted) that E15 is safe for cars made after
2012. The issue is whether it's safe for cars made after 2001.
You didn't read what Snopes.com had to say, did you?
Or is it a
According to MMY, the Buddha is the ninth incarnation of the Sun God,
Vishnu, based on the Bhagavata Purana.
MMY has been very supportive of the Buddha, and apparently, judging from
what he has written and said, Buddha, is held by MMY in very high
esteem. And no wonder, seeing as how the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote:
This statement of Barry's is somewhat misleading - Buddhists are not
atheists.
I won't get sucked into a debate with either Richard or Empty on this. I
will only point out that trying to claim anything about What Buddhists
It's not judicious that Richard keeps calling me a liar, actually. That's
just trolling, stuff Richard made up.
It's interesting, though, that he hasn't said a word about your having told
falsehoods about my September 2012 post that you refuse to admit to. Why do you
think that is?
As
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except Xeno) takes
Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation, let me know.
Richard trolled:
It is totally misleading to say that the TM mantras were made up by the
fakir Mahesh, or lifted out of a book, or that
You've got to understand, Share, that you're dialoging with a gal that
doesn't own a motor vehicle and probably never has or even knows how to
operate one. Go figure.
The E15 fuel contains contains 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline.
Conventional internal combustion engines restricts the use of
Nobody is saying The climate is warming because it's cold outside. What some
(including most climate scientists) are saying is that the fact of extreme
low-temperature events locally or even regionally is not evidence against
global warming. Such events are what one would expect to see with
MMY and other teachers use metaphors because they parallel the actual
mechanics of nature - all human excrement always flows downstream. And,
because the transcendental field can't be described in words. Maybe your
mind is too stupid to understand that the world of relativity works
because of
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except Xeno) takes
Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation, let me know.
Richard trolled:
Everyone knows that the culprits in this rumor-mongering are Rick, Judy,
Joe, and Vaj and now the poser, MJ. Based on
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
You've got to understand, Share, that you're dialoging with a gal that doesn't
own a motor vehicle and probably never has or even knows how to operate one. Go
figure.
Poor Ricky, of course he must surely realize that owning a
It should be noted that Barry is the author of this thread, and that he
sucks, when it comes to describing what Buddhists believe. Everyone
knows that Buddhas are supernatural beings, not real people that can
fly up in the air like Rama supposedly did.
All Buddhist believe in Buddhas -
If you needed any proof that Judy is an ankle-biter, here you have it.
Here you have Judy defending a paperback book and some disgruntled
skin-boys, and she wants you to believe things based on hearsay. Nobody
has any proof that MMY had sexual relations with anyone. And, that's the
bottom
The term 'Internet troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents in
heated debates and is frequently misapplied by those who are ignorant of
Internet etiquette.
On 12/11/2013 8:10 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except
Xeno)
Get a load of this shyster - she hasn't even read Gail's book. Go figure.
On 12/11/2013 8:21 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except
Xeno) takes Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation,
let me know.*
*
*
*Richard
The land of enlightenment, where being gay is a crime:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/india-court-homosexuality-rulin\
g_n_4423496.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/india-court-homosexuality-ruli\
ng_n_4423496.html
Where rapists go free:
Well, it sure helps if you read your car owner's manual. LoL!
On 12/11/2013 8:27 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Poor Ricky, of course he must surely realize that owning a motor
vehicle or not has absolutely nothing to do with how much one knows
about motor vehicles. The average owner can
Oh Barry, how you really hate the human race. You are constantly irritated and
upset by how stupid everyone is and how different you are from the rest of the
blathering, naive masses. The mere idea that you espouse of there having been
no creation or creator and that those who believe in such
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
Get a load of this shyster - she hasn't even read Gail's book. Go figure.
Who put the bug up your ass lately Ricky?
Buck, Ricky's being mean and annoying again...
On 12/11/2013 8:21 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@...
FYI, nobody reads car owners manuals. Especially men.
From now on, Barry, we will expect to see no metaphors in your posts, lest
folks suspect you're a con man trying to mislead them because you know they're
too stupid to tell the difference between metaphor and reality.
Hope eschewing metaphors doesn't, er, cramp your style.
Thibodeau
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except Xeno) takes
Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation, let me know.
(Except that you ought to be able to tell just from reading what I've said and
what he says.)
Richard trolled:
If you needed any proof
That would be Fairfield, India, right?
Barry babbled:
The land of enlightenment, where being gay is a crime:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/india-court-homosexuality-ruling_n_4423496.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/india-court-homosexuality-ruling_n_4423496.html
Here's an interesting article about the round-table discussion held the
other night in which the writers got to talk about their process, and
what made the series so great.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-polman/breaking-brilliant-notes-_b_43\
88462.html?utm_hp_ref=tvir=TV
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
The term 'Internet troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents in heated
debates and is frequently misapplied by those who are ignorant of Internet
etiquette.
It certainly takes one to know one Dick. You have been giving
See what I mean about minds too small to conceive of eternity?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Oh Barry, how you really hate the human race. You are constantly
irritated and upset by how stupid everyone is and how different you are
from the rest of the blathering, naive masses.
This post is just blatant racism, in my opinion. We're not too big on
racial profiling where I live. It's wrong to group people into classes
based on their birth circumstances, just for the purpose of winning a
debate with Judy.
That might be acceptable in Barry's neighborhood, but it doesn't
Well, c'mon now, Ann, it's not as if Barry ever suggested that mainstream
science was any more than adolescent twaddle. I mean, he's been rock-solid
consistent about mainstream science having its head up its ass, just like the
rest of us. Can't call him a hypocrite on that score, no siree bob.
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except Xeno) takes
Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation, let me know.
Richard trolled:
Get a load of this shyster - she hasn't even read Gail's book. Go figure.
On 12/11/2013 8:21 AM, authfriend@...
This is fraud and junk science. Bush fires are nature's way of
preventing future fires by burning off the bushes that may trigger
future fires. In fact, bush fires have been part of Australian life for
centuries, long before the Industrial Revolution and the sale of the
first sports utility
I couldn't have put it better myself, Richard - A brilliant example! :-)
LOL - You find evidence of the weakness of your own mind, and insist we all
share the same affliction!
Typical.
Rick, the owner of this site, would probably be the first, if he wasn't
so busy with other things, to complain about Gail's book. There may be a
place to discuss the private sex life of others, like in a bowling alley
or at a bar frequented by cross-dressing, gay and lesbian neo-nazi
Geez , all he needed were green fatigues, a cigar and speak in Spanish and I
would have sworn that was Fidel!
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:47 PM, wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr2LCTdIzd4#t=40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INjjEzSTfIg
God is widely conceived to be eternal, you dumb fuck.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
You turn men back to dust,
saying, “Return
Speak for yourself, but I've read probably a hundred owner's manuals -
anyone who wants to understand their vehicle's operation can buy a
Chilton's manual at Auto Zone or on Amazon. Reading an owner's manual is
what intelligent people do when they buy a car.
On 12/11/2013 8:46 AM,
Re I stayed out of the latest tempest-in-a-pisspot discussions of the Big Bang,
and how REEEAAALLY STOOOPID some people here think those who don't believe in
it are,:
I think it was the other way around. Ie, me saying how credulous people are in
*believing* in the Big Bang ie, in
Where did MMY get his teaching about seven (7) states of consciousness? Did he
just make it up?
The professor just repeated a few descriptions without answering the question.
Anyone else know?
Second question... how much does it cost?
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:55 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Or at least that's what you'd think, based on the TMO marketing approach. :-)
If anyone wants to discuss my private sex life they can be addressing me
directly. Judy should keep her pie hole shut about what other people do,
or don't do, in their own bedroom, even if they don't have a bedroom, or
a bathroom, or a tiger skin, or a picture of SBS hanging on the wall. If
LOL - I am so happy to see Barry challenging himself with new horizons, now
that, It Is Time, as he recently proclaimed. ...sounds bored to death, the
poor thing.
Actually, as Richard well knows, Rick has always been one of the strongest
supporters of Judith Bourque's book. And as Richard also well knows, you can't
buy it at a newsstand in Jersey.
Richard trolled:
Rick, the owner of this site, would probably be the first, if he wasn't so
busy
Hey, Richard, thanks for the link. I purchased my Honda Civic in Feb 2006 so
I'll be avoiding E15, thank you very much! Also, Honda was one of the car
makers listed as not honoring warranties if one uses E15! All glory to Snopes
LOL.
But emptybill, they didn't really tell us what to do! Except basically not to
believe these stories and or look for who really might be spreading them. Ok, I
guess that's something!
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:36 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com
emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
ROTFL. Obviously, Share hasn't read what Snopes has to say.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/e15.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/e15.asp
It didn't occur to her to wonder where I got the information I put in my post
about the warranties.
Share shoots herself in the
You can buy a Chilton's manual to *understand* how your car works - but, unless
Chilton's has improved -a lot- over the last ten years, to actually *fix* your
car, you need the mfrs. service manuals.
God is widely conceived to be eternal, you dumb fuck.
Love it! This would be awesome, stitched into a sampler, with a border of roses
around it - excellent!
Ooops, sorry, I misread. It's Gail Treadwell's book about Amma he's talking
about here, not Judith Bourque's book about her and Maharishi. My bad.
I wrote:
Actually, as Richard well knows, Rick has always been one of the strongest
supporters of Judith Bourque's book. And as Richard also
Thanks for the compliments, but I don't really have much to say about
what other people wear - my main concern is what I'm wearing. Today I am
wearing denims, Wranglers; a western belt, brown; a Van Heusen long
sleeved dress shirt, white; and cowboy boots, brown (not shiny, but
rough); and no
Buddhists don't believe in eternity, that would be considered an
extreme view. Buddhists follow the Middle Way, believing neither in the
extremes of eternalism or annihilationism. Buddhists ascribe to the view
of dependent origination - everything happens for a reason - and that
emptiness
Emptybill, my guess is that Maharishi was speaking from his own experience and
the experience of those around him.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:28 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com
emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Where did MMY get his teaching about seven (7) states of consciousness? Did he
If you've read Gail's book, what's on page 89?
On 12/11/2013 9:03 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
This is all trolling, stuff Richard made up. If anyone here (except
Xeno) takes Richard seriously enough to want a detailed refutation,
let me know.
Richard trolled:
Get a load of this
Yeah, the whole Big Bang theory is based on the measurement of cosmic
background radiation, similar to tuning a satellite dish, and staying away from
the earth noise.
So, we've built instruments to measure the background radiation, out there.
We have reached a point of measurement, where, the
Don't be hard on them - it is a sin to see homeless people in this country -
Here, in Silicon Valley, one of the wealthiest places on earth, we had seven
homeless people freeze to death, last week. We have the fifth largest homeless
population, of any county in the US. I recall helping out the
But Richard, do Buddhists believe in ONE supreme being?
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:29 AM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
It should be noted that Barry is the author of this thread, and that he sucks,
when it comes to describing what Buddhists believe. Everyone
MMY probably either heard his teacher recite the Upanishads or he read
about it the Hindu scriptures. All the Upanishad thinkers were
transcendentalists. The various states of consciousness is a common
typology known all over India. According to Swami Rama and Swami
Bhaktivedanta, the various
It is a fact that Barry has never set foot in Mother India.
On 12/11/2013 9:30 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
LOL - I am so happy to see Barry challenging himself with new
horizons, now that, It Is Time, as he recently proclaimed. ...sounds
bored to death, the poor thing.
If Curtis were here, he would almost certainly note that what may seem to us
laypeople to be common sense (e,g., the mass of
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars couldn't possibly have been squashed
into a point) is not a reliable basis for evaluating scientific theories.
After all, if
Richard, thanks, this is wonderful. BUT! I've heard Maharishi explain that at
the deepest level of reality, Purusha IS Prakriti.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 7:05 AM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
Y.S. II. 40. The habit of cleanliness, if it is not mechanical and
As you well know, Rick does not approve of Gail's book slamming Amma.
And, as you well know, you have not read Gail's book; or Nancy's book;
or Paul's book; or Helen's book; or Mia's book. Why you read Judith's
book is known only to you - prurient interest I am guessing. And, stop
the fibbing
Doc, thanks for this, for the compassion. And for the hard fact of what
happened last week, seven people freezing to death there in Silicon Valley.
More than sobering...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:58 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Don't be
In Indonesia, I drove along a canal for about an hour at highway speeds. I
never lost sight of cardboard shanties or the 100,000 people that lived inside
them and drank that canal's water. Never saw that canal, actually, because
it was clogged with garbage.
A career for those folks was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote:
Re I stayed out of the latest tempest-in-a-pisspot discussions of
the Big Bang, and how REEEAAALLY STOOOPID some people here think those
who don't believe in it are,:
I think it was the other way around. Ie, me saying how credulous
Share would probably believe her Honda Civic owner's manual before she
would believe anything Snope's has to say about her vehicle. Certainly,
she wouldn't believe anything you have to say about any vehicle, since
you probably don't even have a driver's license or know how to drive a
car,
It doesn't even take a Chilton's manual to find out if you can use
ethanol in your car and what mixture. Just ask your service station guy
or anyone at Pep Boys.
On 12/11/2013 9:38 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
You can buy a Chilton's manual to *understand* how your car works -
Richard, I really like Snopes but you're right. I'd trust my owner's manual
more. Now if only I would sit down and read it!
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:12 AM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
Share would probably believe her Honda Civic owner's manual before she
Maybe Share would make him one. ;-)
DoctorDumbass opined:
(I wrote:)
God is widely conceived to be eternal, you dumb fuck.
Love it! This would be awesome, stitched into a sampler, with a border of roses
around it - excellent!
But Richard, we see a snake in the backyard because our brain, especially the
primitive area, is hardwired to see danger and thus protect us from that.
Waking up from the dream may only be a case of the activity of our brain shifts
mainly to the front area. thanks, turq, good article.
On
Read the Snopes page too, while you're at it. Then maybe you can stop
compulsively shooting yourself in the foot.
Share smarmed:
Richard, I really like Snopes but you're right. I'd trust my owner's
manual more. Now if only I would sit down and read it!
Well, I thought it was a very tantric comment so I'd probably use the yin yang
symbol rather than roses! And it kind of made turq the father of God!
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:25 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Maybe Share would make him one. ;-)
Richard, Maharishi was a huge proponent of combining intellectual understanding
with direct experience. So I still say what he wrote about 7 states was based
on his own experience and that of others he knew.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:01 AM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com
Actually, it isn't what you believe that's the problem. It's your thought-free,
scornful dismissal of the beliefs of others (as in this and your earlier posts
today).
Barry, panties well twisted, lashes out:
But go figure. Some people get REALLY bent out of shape (like Ann just
Wow, turq, what the heck do you mean by: a form of chaotic controlled folly,
reality being determined by nothing more (or less) than the combined
sentience of all sentient beings in the universe.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:11 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com
wrote:
--- In
I mean, turq, maybe this is what God is really, the combined sentience, etc.
BTW, yahoo is being wonky today so if I take to long to write a reply, it
refreshes all by itself!
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:41 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Wow, turq, what the heck do
While I'm at it:
I'm just always amused at the kneejerk reactions to anyone (often moi,
admittedly) who suggests that no such concept as God is necessary to
explain the universe, or even the fairly simple belief that the universe
has no beginning or end. I honestly think that
Richard pooped:
Share would probably believe her Honda Civic owner's manual before she
would believe anything Snope's has to say about her vehicle.
FAIL. Richard hasn't read the Snopes article either.
You can see the entire book online, at the link below:
Guy Harvey's letter to JoBeth
As you know this year I published my book of Fairfield and Vedic City
photographs - a result of a 5 year photographic journey.
I'd be grateful if you share this with any fans of Fairfield and that
Have you seen Berberian Sound Studio? It was added just yesterday on
Netflix. I saw it listed earlier in the summer in the before theaters
section of VUDU. It's a film about a sound engineer who goes to work on
an Italian horror film. It stars Toby Jones as the engineer. He played
Alfred
It's a bit more complicated than that, actually. The Wikipedia article is a
good starting point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
And dark matter is still just inferential; we haven't yet been able to
identify any dark matter particles.
No,
The Trans Pacific Partnership has a bunch of draconian shit that the
Hollywood fascists want. I think the DRM industry has them believing
they are losing billions when they really aren't. There's actually no
way to know how much is lost via piracy. They're just making up figures
and in the
Why would they nuke their owned country? ;-)
On 12/10/2013 07:36 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
http://dailyreckoning.com/what-to-do-when-china-nukes-the-u-s/
The desperation of poverty makes people come up with all kinds of weird
ideas. In college we had a percussion piece that was totally played by
clapping hands.
I've owned two portable sets. One was the RIMS set which was invented
by the drummer on Prairie Home Companion and literally just
What a fabulous art project. Thanks for sharing it. Should be required
viewing for everyone trying to post to Fairfield Life.
-Buck
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote:
You can see the entire book online, at the link below:
Guy Harvey's letter to JoBeth
As
I like the second photo of Downtown the best.
I am not replying to this but I must say that a paranoid optimist are
the funniest three words I've heard in a long time. Ah ha...smile.
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