On 12/28/2013 3:24 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
> Upheaval this coming year in the US is very likely because all they
> did in 2008 was slap a band aid on the economic problem. The wound
> now has festered and little or nothing can be done to fix it. People
> are going to be screwed and more forced int
Richard, thank you, I like this perspective very much and only hope I can
remember it the next time I see a windmill.
On Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:38 PM, Richard J. Williams
wrote:
On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, Share Long wrote:
> Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are bi
Look up the French Revolution and the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Anarchy is the ideal form of democracy. Everyone is at the same level.
But after a while people want to offload running things on someone else
so hierarchies begin to appear.
On 12/28/2013 02:07 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
Re the Wiki quote about under-age virgins being a source of longevity, I said:
"If you believed the following you'd be well advised to keep it as part of the
secret oral traditions!".
I was just being cute. I'm sure there is a lot in left-hand tantra and
traditional Taoist teaching that is stri
According to Shankara, scriptural knowledge of the Vedas (vidya) concerning
the nature of the Being vis a vis the conditioned state, can bring one to a
state of liberation (moksha) that is, freedom from suffering. However, in
this day and age hardly anyone can read and understand the Sanskrit
scrip
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Bodhidharma
It's all about wall gazing, mental activity cessation, and rounding. Like a
Bodhidarma (Jap. Daruma) of old MMY brought TM-Sidhis to the West, as did
the Daruma who took Dhyan pu-kuan to China. One brown-eyed, the other blue,
both bearded, sitting quietly facin
Judy,
What may escape you is that the content of your posts are mostly the same.
So, in that manner the quantity doesn't matter. Whether you take a look at
number one, or number 20 or number 150 of your posts, it is the same content.
And unfortunately, not particularly interesting, except
Woven cadences as a subtle map for the inner journey.
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There is no path, no steps on a path, and 'concentration' is not a way to
transcend, according to the Maharishi and Sri Buddha. Transcending is a
middle way between relative and absolute, called subtle by the wise, a
st
Thanks Bob, I feel fortunate to be able spend time with family in a special
place doing fun activities.
First, I do enjoy Richard's writing style. Now, I know that has nothing to do
with content, but style points do count for me.
Second, it has been my observation that some edge has been
Barry,
I feel I must mention this before the close of the year.
Best Advice of the Year on FFL, bar none, was from Share to Judy, "Judy, it's
just a chat room"
Can you imagine how transformative that would be if Judy could take that to
heart?
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There are lots of worse things than getting stuck on a deserted island with
a beautiful woman like this!
Huey Lewis & The News - Happy To Be Stuck With You
http://youtu.be/-8b0IKQxx2k
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
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Huey Lewis and the News - from the Sports Album
http://youtu.be/gMa2coAIiuo
I Want A New Drug - from the Sports Album
http://youtu.be/N6uEMOeDZsA
Hip To Be Square - From the album Fore!
http://youtu.be/LB5YkmjalDg
Workin' for a livin' - Live 1992
http://youtu.be/9N2CANa
I said "a Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient is goat penis. Let me know if that
boosts your sex life."
Judy responded "That is Barry's sex life. ;-)"
Richard took exception to Judy's crack but it made me smile. Now Helen Mirren
recently said "English humour is harsher, more scathing, more cruel
Last Saturday we to see this place up by Dad's place. This is one of his
oil wells up in North Texas where he has a place with six lots on the water
at Lake Possum Kingdom near Graham. I use only Texaco oil in all my cars -
most of it comes from either Spindletop, the Permian Basin, or from the
Eag
We went by this wind farm up by Abilene last Saturday - it's one of the
largest wind farms on the planet.
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On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
> Last Saturday we to see this place up by Dad's place. This is one of his
> oil wells up in North Texas whe
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P.S. ... the original artists are either mind-painting up a storm in the
Christian heaven or have been reborn here to dance with the devils.
We looked at this place last Saturday up by Rising Star on the way to Dad's
place. It's an almost perfect example of a Yaqui Vastu house and it has an
entrance facing east. The construction utilizes native sandstone and cedar
posts.
There is a pier and beam floor inside made out of oak planks that
<< What may escape you is that the content of your posts are mostly the same.
So, in that manner the quantity doesn't matter. Whether you take a look at
number one, or number 20 or number 150 of your posts, it is the same content. >>
I'm truly sorry you are so undiscerning.
<< And unfo
Not good, not bad.
You need to read James Swartz's "How to Attain Enlightenment", which is a good
presentation of the basis and ramifications of Shankara's teachings. Swami
Dayananada
While the publisher probably insisted upon the title, he must have found it
quite amusing to imply that somet
And this one's a belly-laugh.
In any case, Yahoo Groups aren't really "chat rooms," they're Web or Internet
forums:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum
Whatever you want to call FFL, I find it appalling that some people seem to
fee
Don't you have anything better than these old '60-s blah blah?
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kAPCaagc3QsC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=alfonso+verdu&ots=Dwdjq2ldx5&sig=qR41Va-LeAUYTIID9U-Y-D3eopc#v=onepage&q=alfonso%20verdu&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kAPCaagc3QsC&oi=fn
These wall icons are traditional Orthodox murals for older churches and
monasteries. Most Orthodox churches in America don't have the luxury of a wide
population so they don't have many artists trained in following the Orthodox
canons of iconography.
Russia and Greece dominate in this area.
Barry claims that he never reads my posts, so I doubt if he's even seen it.
(Well, maybe he'll read it quoted in your post.)
He could hardly be offended, given that his own humor is pretty much the
ultimate in what you describe as English-style. (He might be pissed off to find
that I'd made
The name is Ajahn Brahmavamso or Ajahn Brahm for short, not
A.J. Bahm. Get your fact straight "professor".
Read this to see how close it is to MMY's practice.
http://ebookbrowsee.net/ajahn-brahm-the-jhanas-pdf-d216535250
http://ebookbrowsee.net/ajahn-brahm-the-jhanas-pdf-d216535250
The Wallah Sutras 1-5 on Be and Cause
*1.1 "xper, trace-guns, cert, cuz this, that, ordo, no streamy dos, no bod
gross, feel hole, jus b, go, retread not." *
(Experience for yourself without any trace of the three gunas and you can
be certain because you can be That and do without identifying wit
Steve, actually I did not originate that advice. I read it first in a post of
noozguru's and then I passed it along where I thought it applicable. I can't
remember to whom noozguru was writing it.
PS I really enjoyed your most recent post to Bob. Very much your style,
balanced and thoughtful an
On 12/28/2013 6:44 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm truly sorry you are so undiscerning.
There's not much to discern about the same macro posted twelve times,
except who and why it was created. Go figure.
On 12/28/2013 6:50 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Not good, not bad.
You need to read James Swartz's "How to Attain Enlightenment", which
is a good presentation of the basis and ramifications of Shankara's
teachings. Swami Dayananada
While the publisher probably insisted upon the title, he
On 12/28/2013 6:44 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
I learned long ago that "interesting" is in the eye of the beholder.
Apparently you don't find anything interesting that is posted here,
except Barry pushing some buttons; the post count; and posting some
macros. I thought fer sure you'd make a
On 12/28/2013 7:00 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
In any case, Yahoo Groups aren't really "chat rooms," they're Web or
Internet forums:
"The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form
of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous
conferencing. The term ca
Oh yeah ... the Bolshevik revolution.
And everyone free and equal.
Thanks for the comedy sidelights.
On 12/28/2013 7:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Don't you have anything better than these old '60-s blah blah?
There is simply nothing better than 60-s blah blah.
The cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and
women risks undermining Western civilization itself.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240022857012920
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527023039976045792400228570129
Re "He might be pissed off to find that I'd made a crack someone had found
funny":
He doesn't strike me as an uptight character who easily takes offence.
On a related theme. "Bad-taste humour" is an intriguing "genre". I've had lots
of belly laughs from bad-taste jokes but it does raise
On 12/28/2013 7:24 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> The name is Ajahn Brahmavamso or Ajahn Brahm for short, not
>
> A.J. Bahm.
>
Wrong Bahm. Archie J. Bahm was the Chair of the Department of Philosophy
at the University of New Mexico. His student, Richard A. Brougham, Ph.D.
was my professor at
I've always respected and liked Camille Paglia. She talks so fast that you
really get value for money when she makes an appearance! What's more she always
*argues* her case rather than relying on anecdotal stories or knee-jerk PC
responses. Even when I don't agree with her (which is a lot of the
There is simply nothing better than 60-s blah blah
Yes. Alan Watts, D. T. Suzuki and Krishnamurti turned the world upside down.
(At least my inner world.) And lets not forget MMY's Science of Being and Art
of Living. Though not in the same league it was an original and optimistic work.
Om, have either of you earned a real PhD from a real university or are you just
pretty well read in spiritual things? Just wondering. Das after your name can
work pretty good too. Das is a different credential than just being a Phd.
-Buck Das on the lone prairie
Wake up and smell the sulfur.
The link will enable you to download a .pdf of an important presentation
by someone who mastered these jhana-s/dyana-s.
Obviously written by someone before they went batty from unstressing.
On Sat, 12/28/13, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 8:08 PM
You mean just like capitalism? (bada bing!)
On 12/28/2013 05:58 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Oh yeah ... the Bolshevik revolution.
And everyone free and equal.
Thanks for the comedy sidelights.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DU9rwfXE8Ag
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DU9rwfXE8Ag
That's certainly what he wants you to think. It's not always borne out by his
behavior, though. He's actually extremely uptight but takes great pains to
conceal it.
With regard to my making a funny, he'd be pissed because he likes to portray
me as humorless.
Re "He might be pissed off to
It is all preparation for the Euro-Muslim apocalypse.
Look down and smell the sulfur -- you kafir!
(bada bing!) Be pleased that this is your reward for being a loyal menshevik.
Actually the video I found most interesting was the one linked to at the bottom
of that page, where Maharishi was talking about yoga and transcendence. That
was recorded [2007] in the year before he passed away [2008]. Seeing that again
dispels all the angst some people spread about his mental s
The fellow who released one of the best albums in 2013 that's who.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8EFJuUngI&list=ALGLx1orRGw4W9_x3d49cFdP3r0WmTQ_I9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8EFJuUngI&list=ALGLx1orRGw4W9_x3d49cFdP3r0WmTQ_I9
Nice find Buck. thanks for posting this !
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