Just for fun, here is a shortened version of the Narcissistic
Personality Inventory test used in this study that you can take online.
My score was as follows, although some here are so narcissistic that
they'll claim I am just trying to fuck with them. :-)
Your Total: 3
Between 12 and 15 is
[ Sorry...fixing a double cut-and-paste in my earlier Send ]
Just for fun, here is a shortened version of the Narcissistic
Personality Inventory test used in this study that you can take online.
My score was as follows, although some here are so narcissistic that
they'll claim I am just trying
http://youtu.be/eMmaduq-5bw http://youtu.be/eMmaduq-5bw
of course they are lying about it - that's their stock in trade
On Wed, 1/15/14, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Apostasy, is a terrible thing.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January
Richard, that happened to me. They stole my ID and filed a tax return using the
address of an empty building in town to which IRS mailed a letter. But because
the mail carrier recognized my name and remembered where I lived, she brought
the IRS letter to me. That's the only reason I discovered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
of course they are lying about it - that's their stock in trade
The sadder reality, Michael, one that you may not be aware of from
personal experience (or may...that is for you to say) is that they
*aren't* lying. Except to
As I'm pretty sure both Xeno and Barry know, apostasy is not limited to
defection from a religion. One can become an apostate from any previous loyalty.
'Apostasy is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation
of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy is known
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jr_...@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:24 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas
Pump - 01/14/2014
Hey Rick,
On 1/14/2014 9:01 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Does anyone take anyone else seriously here?
You mean, serious enough to monitor all the messages to FFL 24 x 7?
Of course, the accuracy of one's NPI self-test score depends on one having
answered the questions honestly, as well as a certain amount of self-knowledge.
Those who are in denial about their own personality characteristics might well
achieve an abnormally low score.
Note that the NPI
On 1/14/2014 9:13 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
So you're not going to be using your credit card at Neumann-Marcus
anymore?
We have recourse if we use our credit card at SAKS, but it's the debit
card that's the problem at stores like Target. The only thing I use the
debit card for is to get cash from
We should all take time to contemplate this assertion of Barry's. It's quite
remarkable that a person without training in psychopathology would think he is
qualified to make such a declaration, as if it were established
fact--especially given his own egregiously aberrant behavior on FFL.
On 1/14/2014 9:35 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
TM is posed to make all things better - how can that include sacrifice?
You just sacrifice your thoughts. Meditation is based on thinking and
almost everyone thinks. All you have to do is let the thoughts naturally
fall off and you are left all by
On 1/14/2014 10:12 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*Barry took with the utmost seriousness the fact that he has not, as I
pointed out, been able to sustain a long conversation with anyone here
for ages. After having claimed that I had nothing to say, he
suffered a painful loss of face when I
As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken
seriously.
Barry took with the utmost seriousness the fact that he has not, as I pointed
out, been able to sustain a long conversation with anyone here for ages. After
having claimed that I had nothing to say, he
On 1/15/2014 1:44 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/My Google search earlier for images related to narcissism/*
So, does looking up stuff on the internet make you any smarter than a
fifth grader? LoL!
Seriously, it looks like nobody takes anyone seriously on this forum except
Judy. She seems to take this all VERY seriously. At least seriously enough
monitor every single post while she's at work and to read all the massages and
reply to most of them. Go figure.
---In
As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken
seriously.
I believe him.
Seriously, it looks like nobody takes anyone seriously on this forum except
Judy. She seems to take this all VERY seriously. At least seriously enough
monitor every single post while
Seriously, it looks like nobody takes anyone seriously on this forum except
Judy. She seems to take this all VERY seriously. At least seriously enough
monitor every single post while she's at work and to read all the massages
and reply to most of them. Go figure.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:11 AM,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
Practicing Meditators in general take pride in being meditators who have made
great sacrifices for their practice.
“I recognize no political divisions, no political parties. I recognize only
meditators.”
On 1/15/2014 8:14 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*I believe him.*
This is a very fast response time, Judy. So, you ARE monitoring these
messages. it looks like you take this discussion very seriously - it
looks like you are the only one. Go figure.
As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken
seriously.
Seriously, it looks like nobody takes anyone seriously on this forum except
Judy. She seems to take this all VERY seriously. At least seriously enough
monitor every single post while she's at work and to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius wrote:
'Apostasy is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of
a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy is known as an apostate.'
As I never was
Let's make fun of the Semite ethnic group today.
On 1/15/2014 8:24 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
Practicing Meditators in general take pride in being meditators who
have made great sacrifices for their practice.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/14/2014 9:01 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
Does anyone take anyone else seriously here?
You mean, serious enough to monitor all the messages to FFL 24 x 7?
No, I didn't mean that.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/14/2014 10:12 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
Barry took with the utmost seriousness the fact that he has not, as I pointed
out, been able to sustain a long conversation with anyone here for ages. After
Here is a chance for Bawwy to engage in a conversation:
Bawwy, so what personal character traits did you or do you still possess that
would have allowed you, indeed propelled you, to become a TM teacher and to
have stayed one for as long as you did? Extra point question: What character
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
Seriously, it looks like nobody takes anyone seriously on this forum except
Judy. She seems to take this all VERY seriously. At least seriously enough
monitor every single post while she's at work and to read all the massages and
See? This simply illustrates my earlier post. Bawwy always thinks of others in
terms of himself. How they effect him, how they inconvenience him, how everyone
else is different from him, and so on, and so on...I'm still laughing at what
has become, for me, Bawwy's signature phrase, Now me,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
Let's make fun of the Semite ethnic group today.
OK, you go first.
On 1/15/2014 8:24 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Thanks, Turqb. Nice substantial writing even as I can't agree with you I do
appreciate the thought. Almost missed your post for all the personal
ankel-biting macros that get posted here.
-Buck
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In
Yes, that 'Disaffiliation'; Friends, for any of us we certainly know an
apostate when we see one. For instance, with The Science of Creative
Intelligence of which TM is the practical application. Seeing as US
jurisprudence judges SCI to be a Religion it would not be a stretch to say that
Don't be silly, Buck. There were only three, and they were posted well after
Barry made his post.
Barry does far worse than mere ankle-biting all the time. If he could be made
to behave like a decent human being, the tenor of this forum would improve
significantly.
Thanks, Turqb. Nice
Richard, here's my debit card adventure, a card which I NEVER use. Except I had
to in order to purchase gifts cards from the grocery store here. They wouldn't
let me use my credit card! That didn't seem right to me but I went along with
it because I was eager to finish my Christmas shopping! I
Says the guy who writes virtually every single post.
Ann - I was not being serious when I posted that nobody takes these messages
seriously. So, it's settled then: Judy is the only informant on FFL that takes
anyone seriously. Go figure.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
On 1/15/2014 8:27 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be
taken seriously. *
When I said nothing I say is to be taken seriously, I wasn't being
serious. So, just admit that you took whatI posted seriously. Now let's
get to work!
On 1/15/2014 8:42 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Bawwy always thinks of others in terms of himself.
Maybe he thinks surfing the internet for occupational group studies will
make him smarter than a fifth-grader.
Richard, I do wish Funny Farm Loungers would operationally define their terms,
as is done in Science. For example, what is meant by seriously? It seems like
you operationally define it as:
1. replying quickly to posts
2. replying to a lot of posts
3. replying to posts throughout the day and
This subject is amazingly fascinating for you Bawwy. Why is that? Do you have a
deep-seated fear you have NDP? Are you terrified you have surrounded yourself
with narcissists your whole life? Are you attempting to hone your skills?
Have you realized that everyone who lives and breaths in one
Yes, I already asked him most of these questions, Ann, and I asked
Curtis and Robin the same kinds of questions. The only response I got
was from Curtis who said that he grew up, but he admitted that he was
selling snake-oil for all those years. So, I guess we can assume that
they each had a
On 1/15/2014 8:48 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/14/2014 9:01 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
Does anyone take anyone else seriously here?
You mean, serious enough to monitor all the
On 1/15/2014 9:08 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Barry does far worse than mere ankle-biting all the time. If he could
be made to behave like a decent human being, the tenor of this forum
would improve significantly.
The tenor of this forum could have improved if you had not tried to get
On 1/15/2014 9:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, here's my debit card adventure, a card which I NEVER use.
Except I had to in order to purchase gifts cards from the grocery
store here. They wouldn't let me use my credit card! That didn't seem
right to me but I went along with it because I
Re make it count on more than one level.:
I guess actors have an excuse for doing some serious workouts . . .
You're casting the role of Achilles in Troy. You've got a choice between
Charles Hawtrey . . .
. . . or Brad Pitt. How long do you want to think about it?
I'm going to take this quite seriously: I never tried to get rid of anybody on
this forum. You've said this before, and Barry's hinted at it as well, but it's
a blatant lie. Nor, obviously, am I trying to get rid of Barry (read what I
wrote, you dumbass lying troll).
Some people leave
An apostate of course is different from someone just being a critic. The
critic, who as a satisfied and regular practitioner may offer some criticism as
in a state of critique. Such critique is then also quite different in grade
from those others being more negative and then again from states
yep, I have to agree with you
On Wed, 1/15/14, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apostasy, is a terrible thing.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 1:16 PM
Well you know what Buck, you may be right, I never considered that the regular
practice of the TM and TM Siddhi Programme increased and improved my creative
intelligence to the point I was able to see the whole TMO and Marshy himself
were full of it. All praise to the Unified Field! TMSP
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/15/2014 9:08 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
Barry does far worse than mere ankle-biting all the time. If he could be made
to behave like a decent human being, the tenor of this forum would improve
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
Yes, I already asked him most of these questions, Ann, and I asked Curtis and
Robin the same kinds of questions. The only response I got was from Curtis who
said that he grew up, but he admitted that he was selling snake-oil for
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote:
I'm going to take this quite seriously: I never tried to get rid of anybody on
this forum. You've said this before, and Barry's hinted at it as well, but it's
a blatant lie. Nor, obviously, am I trying to get rid of Barry (read
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/family-life-off-the-grid-abe-connally-vela-creations-144054081.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
Well you know what Buck, you may be right, I never considered that the
regular practice of the TM and TM Siddhi Programme increased and
improved my creative intelligence to the point I was able to see the
whole TMO and Marshy himself
We've discussed such celestial being experiences on FFL. They are a
very much a part of meditation but discussed more in other paths than
TM. However even in those paths you deal with them the same and don't
pay much attention to them. The theory is you are seeing beings who
exist in an
How could TM possibly be a religion?? It is, after all, a technique which leads
to fulfillment, of the goals, of ALL the religions, IF one is willing to put in
the hard work, and dedication necessary.
Fear and bitterness are all I see as the drivers of this stupidity [equating TM
to
You can make TM your religion if that's your bag, but it's a choice, not a
requirement.
How could TM possibly be a religion?? It is, after all, a technique which
leads to fulfillment, of the goals, of ALL the religions, IF one is willing to
put in the hard work, and dedication necessary.
Plus One is a different take on a sci-fi supernatural movie. It's
about some young folks who attend a party and strange things begin to
happen. They start seeing duplicates of themselves. In some cases this
results in some hilarious circumstances. But there is a lot here about
this story
Spiritually, people should speak the sweet truth.
Saha Nav,
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
Actually, Doc, after MIU moved to FF, Maharishi visited and during QA, a
townsperson asked if TM is a religion. Maharishi responded that religious
people will see it as a religion; scientists will see it as a science. I think
he also said that business people will see it as a business and
On 1/15/2014 9:35 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, I do wish Funny Farm Loungers would operationally define
their terms, as is done in Science. For example, what is meant by
seriously? It seems like you operationally define it as:
1. replying quickly to posts
2. replying to a lot of posts
3.
On 1/15/2014 10:14 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*I'm going to take this quite seriously:*
I wasn't really serious when I posted that. But, one way to get rid of
another informant is to call them a liar.
A funny and perceptive article on the heels of Spike Jonze's Her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/siri-religious-beliefs-iphone_n\
_4590708.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/siri-religious-beliefs-iphone_\
n_4590708.html
On 1/15/2014 10:50 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
It must be a very traumatic experience to make a 360 like that - from
cultist to anti-cultist! Go figure.
In all seriousness, I actually agree with you.
In Barry's case, he was a cultist twice over before he became an
anti-cultist. But,
On 1/15/2014 10:51 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
The tenor of this forum could have improved if you had not tried
to get rid of Ruth, Sal, Robin, Curtis, and Vaj. Now you want to
get rid of the only serious writer left on the entire forum? Go
figure.
You're right,
On 1/15/2014 10:58 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Become repetitive and obnoxious enough like Ricky was/is, in spades,
is enough to drive anyone away.
More boring than a couple of informants posting macros? Go figure.
On 1/15/2014 1:33 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/A funny and perceptive article on the heels of Spike Jonze's Her.
/*
*/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/siri-religious-beliefs-iphone_n_4590708.html/*
Does reading articles on the Huffington Post makes anyone smarter than a
fifth-grader?
Share,
It takes a very courageous couple to live a life they have chosen. I just
wonder if they built their house facing the easterly direction. If they did,
the house should provide them good fortune.
John, I looked at the photos again but couldn't tell the direction from them.
The family seems very committed to their decision. Some aspects of their life
appeal to me and some don't.
On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:28 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Share,
It takes a
Apostasy is one of the techniques you may use for spiritual advancement,
because it gets you out of thinking that what you are thinking is true rather
than an opinion or a pointer.
Spiritual jargon's intent is to create an environment of special vocabulary
that can be used as information
Bhairitu,
IMO, these experiences of celestial beings may be due to hynogogia, a state
of consciousness in between sleep and waking. It would appear that meditation,
for some people, may enhance or extend hynogogia into the waking state. Thus,
they appear to see or hallucinate visions in
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/15/2014 10:51 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
The tenor of this forum could have improved if you had not tried to get rid of
Ruth, Sal, Robin, Curtis, and Vaj. Now you want to get rid of the only
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:
On 1/15/2014 1:33 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
A funny and perceptive article on the heels of Spike Jonze's Her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/siri-religious-beliefs-iphone_n_4590708.html
Hallucinatory visions are unstable and easy to tell. These can be very
stable though they will eventually fade out. Point is that many folks
even back in the 1970s noticed they weren't actually coming out of
meditation anymore. The transcendent stayed with them into activity.
MMY tended to
Good point - you can make anything a religion, and TM has enough convenient
pieces lying around, like mousetraps, so it can be made to operate that way
too. Why you would want to, either pro, or con, TM, is another question. Both
are dead ends.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
I would like to have a conversation with you about your time with Rama if you
are willing. I am more than happy to do it privately if you like cause I know
some on here are going to revile you no matter what you say. So can we talk?
On Wed, 1/15/14,
then how do you account for the focus on yagyas, which are Hindu religious
ceremonies, the continual focus on celebrating all the Hindu religious holidays
and the act of the TMO leaders refering to themselves as rajas and continuing
to both practice and promote a somewhat westernized form of
Hmm, across the street I have a number of houses which are east facing.
The folks at the closest one had to sell their house in 2007 for a
loss. So much for the east facing thang.
On 01/15/2014 12:28 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Share,
It takes a very courageous couple to live a life they
MJ, the next time I go to a TM facility I will let you know, and we can compare
notes. Don't hold your breath - it has been a decade and a half, for me, so
far, with no particular urge apparent. I did visit a Catholic shrine last
summer - that was definitely a religious place.
---In
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jr_...@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:50 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the
Gas Pump - 01/14/2014
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which shrine?
On Thu, 1/16/14, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apostasy, is a terrible thing.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:02 AM
Rick,
We've discussed the existence of higher dimensions here in the forum often
enough. It is generally acknowledged by physicists that these dimensions may
be curled up within space-time itself. But they have not been able to find or
discover them.
Given our knowledge of MMY's idea
Bhairitu,
You don't know all the details. Maybe the owner sold the house because he had
a new job, or promotion and had to move to another town or state.
Also, the great recession started around July 2008. So, it was good that he
sold the house earlier. Otherwise, he might have lost a
Nope, they still live locally. Probably in an apartment. Their son was
old enough to leave home to live. I would bet there are plenty of
foreclosed homeowners who had houses east facing.
On 01/15/2014 05:21 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Bhairitu,
You don't know all the details. Maybe the
St. Annes Shrine, on Isle Le Motte, in Lake Champlain, near Burlington, VT.
Amazing island - All small farms, surrounded by water, very peaceful. There is
a causeway over, from another island, so driving is possible.
By 1974 more than one million people throughout the world had learned the
practice of Transcendental Meditation and were experiencing higher states of
consciousness. With this, world consciousness was already becoming increasingly
purified. Furthermore, people everywhere were experiencing the
Through the window of Science we see the Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment.
Good time for the world is coming. Now, a few people in any country will be
able to change the destiny of their nation for all good.
One percent of the population will be sufficient to design the direction of
After these words the transcendentalist leaned on his elbow on the back of the
sofa and closed his eyes, as though weary of prolonged talking. Pierre gazed at
that stern, immovable, old, almost death-like face, and moved his lips without
uttering a sound. He wanted to say, “Yes, a vile, idle,
We're going to have to agree to disagree on this series. And opinion seems
equally divided on the comments below on-line reviews.
For me, the whole point of the Holmes stories was to see the great man solving
crimes. This series is far too involved in the characters of Holmes's immediate
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote [with
corrections applied]:
After these words the Mason leaned on his elbow on the back of the sofa and
closed his eyes, as though weary of prolonged talking. Pierre gazed at that
stern, immovable, old, almost death-like face, and
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote:
Nope, they still live locally. Probably in an apartment. Their son was old
enough to leave home to live. I would bet there are plenty of foreclosed
homeowners who had houses east facing.
Oh my goodness you guys. So
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com:-), wrote:
We're going to have to agree to disagree on this series. And opinion
seems equally divided on the comments below on-line reviews.
For me, the whole point of the Holmes stories was to see the great
man solving crimes.
Ah. So you were hoping for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOR_SsYrpTclist=UUfZtzmK-txIdeiwvF_62XwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOR_SsYrpTclist=UUfZtzmK-txIdeiwvF_62XwA
7/40: why does it feel like he's (intentionally?) misplacing the accents on
the
left hand??
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