[FairfieldLife] RE: O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Emptybill, I've listened to several singers after Judy made her comment on this thread. IMO, Charlotte Church sang it with passion, even though she was still very young when she sang this aria. But Sissel's version made it more understandable because of the subtitles.

[FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
According to a recent OXFAM report the 85 people who own *half of the planet's wealth* could all fit onto this bus: [Double Decker Bus] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/17/oxfam-bus-wealth_n_4616103.ht\ ml http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/17/oxfam-bus-wealth_n_4616103.h\ tml

[FairfieldLife] RE: O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Judy, The us refers to the forum members, but I also meant it to mean me, myself and I.

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: The us refers to the forum members, but I also meant it to mean me, myself and I. The good thing about multiple personality disorder is that you've always got someone to talk to. Also, masturbation is less lonely because you can always get one of

[FairfieldLife] Ringo Starr recognized for 'Lifetime of Peace Love'

2014-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/01/20/ringo-starr-recognized-for-lifetime-of-peace-and-love/4666879/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/01/20/ringo-starr-recognized-for-lifetime-of-peace-and-love/4666879/

[FairfieldLife] HFCS: Japan's retaliation?

2014-01-21 Thread cardemaister
Japan's unintentional retaliation for H-shima and N-sagi? Wikipedia: HFCS was first introduced by Richard O. Marshall http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_O._Marshallaction=editredlink=1 and Earl R. Kooi http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_R._Kooiaction=editredlink=1

Re: [FairfieldLife] O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
John, it is a beautiful melody and her voice is extraordinarily lovely. But the words! For me, they were quite mundane and did not at all match the deeply moving quality of the melody. Maybe I'll write new ones! On Monday, January 20, 2014 8:21 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why yogii's and svaamii's have long hair and beards?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
And you put the fate of the world in those people's hands? On Tue, 1/21/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why yogii's and svaamii's have long hair and beards? To:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why yogii's and svaamii's have long hair and beards?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
I have a buddy who is a long time TM'er - years ago he went to see Muktananda, some kind of retreat - the first time he saw the swami, he was lecturing, Bill got to sit pretty close, it was a morning lecture. Bill said he really didn't feel any energy or anything during the event, But

Re: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
I'd ride with 'em, I ain't prejudiced agin rich folk. On Tue, 1/21/14, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday,

[FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: I'd ride with 'em, I ain't prejudiced agin rich folk. Personally, I suspect that the planet would be better off if we managed to get all 85 of these people on one bus, and then threatened them with driving the bus off a cliff with

[FairfieldLife] Ringo Starr Honored With David Lynch Foundation's 'Lifetime Of Peace Love Award'

2014-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
With David Lynch, Jim Carrey http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/9751038-ringo-starr-honored-with-david-lynch-foundations-lifetime-of-peace-love-award/ http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/9751038-ringo-starr-honored-with-david-lynch-foundations-lifetime-of-peace-love-award/

Re: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I'd ride with 'em, I ain't prejudiced agin rich folk. Smart man. On Tue, 1/21/14, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for

[FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: I'd ride with 'em, I ain't prejudiced agin rich folk. Personally, I suspect that the planet would be better off if we managed to get all 85 of these people on one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
I like this part the best: After they signed, then we'd take the signed papers, get off the bus and push it over the edge anyway, and then redistribute the funds. Hee hee! And I didn't know he was doing a film about Frankie - I wonder what kind of portrayal he'll give? I once read something

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
Ann, I agree that there's an instinct to survive. But I don't think there's an instinct to survive in style, as you say. I think anything beyond basic survival needs is conditioned into us by the people and circumstances of our childhood. Remember the significance of Rosebud in Citizen Kane? Of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Well, obviously there is virtue and there is vice and there are our spiritual practices of discipline to free the soul of the indentations of the subtle system created of vice. Some people are brought up badly. Fortunate though are those whom have good teachers who know better and can give

[FairfieldLife] RE: Girish Varma's judicial remand extended

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Girish, our partner in India: http://globalpeaceproject.net/about-us/our-partner-in-india/ http://globalpeaceproject.net/about-us/our-partner-in-india/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Reading now, 1978 World Government News noticable then the World Government at the top

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Spiritual Warfare Begins Within, In Field Effect of consciousness. As much as for just purely Selfish reasons, Being good communitarians and good citizens we all should be going to nearby group meditations to join with others in group transcending meditation, so the science says. Numbers

Re: [FairfieldLife] O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
Si, John, Italian is a beautiful sounding language. Thanks for the detailed explanation of how the words of the song fit into the plot. Today we're experiencing Polar Vortex II! But the sun is shining so that helps a little. On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:11 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Share, Yes, it's a very emotional song but I didn't understand the words until Sissel's video version came along. As we can see, the story is fairly simple: the girl asks her father for permission to get married. If not, she'll jump off a bridge to the waters below. You probably can

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why yogii's and svaamii's have long hair and beards?

2014-01-21 Thread doctordumbass
lol- I think I'll try that, over at the local Starbucks this morning, and see how long it takes, before the cops show up. No, really, I meditated over it... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I have a buddy who is a long time TM'er - years ago he went to see

[FairfieldLife] RE: O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
You know, you can find English translations of the lyrics of most famous opera arias on the Web. Just do a search for English lyrics [title of aria]. Emptybill, I've listened to several singers after Judy made her comment on this thread. IMO, Charlotte Church sang it with passion,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Ann, I agree that there's an instinct to survive. But I don't think there's an instinct to survive in style, as you say. I think anything beyond basic survival needs is conditioned into us by the people and circumstances of our

Re: [FairfieldLife] O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
That was a literal translation, Share. And not even a singable translation. Of course it isn't going to be as poetic as the original Italian. But if you have a literal translation to compare with the Italian lyrics, it's not hard to follow the Italian, and then you get the poetry and the

[FairfieldLife] Jim Carrey: The Power of Consciousness

2014-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P779XJEq6vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P779XJEq6vg RUSSELL BRAND ADDICTED TO CONSCIOUSNESS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp6Og18OYTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp6Og18OYTM Stern Interviews Russell Brand :

[FairfieldLife] many good reasons to return to...eating bugs!

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
http://www.upworthy.com/watch-the-food-youre-probably-not-eating-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-8?c=upw1

[FairfieldLife] RE: O Mio Babbino Caro

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
Much better, thank you. Since it is opera why not listen to it sung by some of the best mezzos? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1niq0mOwE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1niq0mOwE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3bJ5JJhlw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3bJ5JJhlw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Advaita is about inherent freedom

2014-01-21 Thread Richard Williams
To reiterate - the term maya in Advaita Vedanta is not real, yet not unreal; it is neither both nor neither. Maya in Advaita Vedanta is real in the sense that it is presented to us, but not real in the absolute sense. According to Shankara, maya is a superimposition on the real. Apparently there

[FairfieldLife] Russel Brand on Kathy Perry, sex and Transcendental Meditation

2014-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
Stern Interviews Russell Brand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z6d5lQd3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z6d5lQd3U

[FairfieldLife] Re: many good reasons to return to...eating bugs!

2014-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: http://www.upworthy.com/watch-the-food-youre-probably-not-eating-for-all\ -the-wrong-reasons-8?c=upw1 http://www.upworthy.com/watch-the-food-youre-probably-not-eating-for-al\ l-the-wrong-reasons-8?c=upw1 Growing up in Morocco, I had a

[FairfieldLife] Games People Play

2014-01-21 Thread Richard Williams
[image: Inline image 1] We used to play video games on a TV set. Then we got an Atari game console. Then, there's the XBox, SONY Play Station and the Nintendo Wi game console. But these days kids and adults want to play games on their smartphone or tablet. Go figure. Pong (marketed as PONG) is

Re: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
They won't let you on their bus. On 01/21/2014 04:12 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: I'd ride with 'em, I ain't prejudiced agin rich folk. On Tue, 1/21/14, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] New meaning for Kesey's Are you

[FairfieldLife] Russel Brand on Sex with 2 girls with rubber, the lovely mother of Kathy Perry and Transcendental Meditation

2014-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z6d5lQd3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z6d5lQd3U I knew you would finally click this link :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
And this is why some folks didn't get what I meant by using the term scam the other day with reference to people in Silicon Valley. It's been very interesting to watch (as well as be part of) the excesses of wealth in the area where VC's (also known as Vulture Capitalists by the old timers)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
Oh, but that would be taking other people's money which we all know they worked so hard for.:-D Actually I suspect Scorsese probably would say he got his desired effect with you. I haven't seen the film yet as I relegated it to the BD rental phase. You are not alone in your reaction to

[FairfieldLife] RE: HFCS: Japan's retaliation?

2014-01-21 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1XBVpOS28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ1XBVpOS28

[FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Oh, but that would be taking other people's money which we all know they worked so hard for.:-D Actually I suspect Scorsese probably would say he got his desired effect with you. I haven't seen the film yet as I relegated it to the BD

Re: [FairfieldLife] Russel Brand on Sex with 2 girls with rubber, the lovely mother of Kathy Perry and Transcendental Meditation

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
I am more impressed by the first 30 seconds or so where Brand talks about the possibility of sticking the banana up his own ass - truly a fine example of the virtues of TM and TMSP - and truly a wonderful spokesperson for TM and David Lynch. On Tue,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: many good reasons to return to...eating bugs!

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
turq, you have me LOLing with this eyeball story. Reminds me of a Star Wars moment whose details now escape me. Except for a floating in soup eyeball!  PS Yes, I remember Raisinets though my favorite was the chocolate covered caramel thingies whose name I can't remember. I think I better have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
noozguru, not to be too persnickity but I just saw on the weather report this morning that there is already drought in California. And no rain in the long range forecast! I'm beginning to suspect that *the powers that be* are using Super Bowls and Golden Globe Awards, etc. to distract the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
The drought is a big topic in California. Just listened to a SF talk show where it was the topic. Again this is being called climate disruption now by the climate scientists. And we have been getting delayed rain in years past. Someone even mentioned on the talk show that the almanac says

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bollywood Movies

2014-01-21 Thread Richard Williams
Outsourced TV Series [image: Inline image 1] Outsourced is set in a call center in Bombay, India, where an American novelties company has recently outsourced its order processing. A lone American manages the call center and must explain American popular culture to his employees as he tries to

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 01/14/2014

2014-01-21 Thread Share Long
noozguru, well I would speculate that Shiva is sattvic and so might help alleviate the tamasic quality of kapha imbalance. On Saturday, January 18, 2014 2:15 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   Yes from an ayurvedic standpoint.  One of the last questions I asked my late tantra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New meaning for Kesey's Are you on the bus or off the bus?

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
wouldn't the rains come in time if all the yogic frawg hoppers went to Cali and did their sleeping - er, I mean their program out there in the dry spots? On Tue, 1/21/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 01/14/2014

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
I look at mantras scientifically as resonance patterns which have a certain influence on the nervous system and hence the rest of the body. They can particularly have an influence on the autonomic nervous system. The spiritual explanations are pretty much to make things understandable to

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Sherlock: His Last Vow

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
Just a reminder to those in the US that the first episode played Sunday night and if you've cut the cable or don't have TV then you can watch on PBS.com. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/ Or wait for Hulu to get as they said they don't have Season 3 yet. So maybe after all three

[FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 01/14/2014

2014-01-21 Thread cardemaister
FWIW, Wikipedia: Tamas is also a Guna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guna or Quality that is much needed to counter Evil, as an example Bhairava http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhairava Incarnation of Lord Shiva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Shiva is a Tamasic Avatar, and Lord Shiva Himself

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Emily, To understand the event that happened last Sunday, consider the known characteristics of Shiva. He -- keeps company with boisterous and rowdy friends; -- wears dreadlocks on his hair; -- is blue or dark skinned; -- strikes fear to people when he speaks. During the game,

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 22-Jan-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-01-21 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 01/18/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 01/25/14 00:00:00 318 messages as of (UTC) 01/22/14 00:13:48 44 Share Long 34 authfriend 29 Richard Williams 28 dhamiltony2k5 28 awoelflebater 25 Bhairitu 21 jr_esq 17 TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] The Naked Rambler

2014-01-21 Thread s3raphita
Stephen Gough - the Naked Rambler - is an activist, and a former Royal Marine. In 2003-2004, he walked the length of Great Britain naked. He did it again in 2005-2006, but was arrested in England and in Scotland. He has been repeatedly rearrested for public nudity within a short period, each

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Why yogii's and svaamii's have long hair and beards?

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dear MJ, sometimes you just have to go to war along with the people you got. These may be our last best hope. MahaRaja Nader Raam however is rising now in his place. I am feeling quite good about him recently. Things are marching again a foot and on the move for meditation and the numbers

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: John Hagelin: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 01/14/2014

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dear Bhairitu; I absolutely agree. For instance, I find the vibratory affect of the maha saraswati mantra brings transcendental consciousness forward throughout the energy fields of the human form. The Gayatri maha mantra polishes marma points and chakras brightening them up and gets them

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
John, I think dreadlocks are the hair, they aren't worn on the hair. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: Emily, To understand the event that happened last Sunday, consider the known characteristics of Shiva. He -- keeps company with boisterous and rowdy

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread Mike Dixon
Just wondering why they are called *dreadlocks*. Maybe because one dreads running a comb through them? From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 4:59 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football   John, I think

[FairfieldLife] You're not as dumb as you think

2014-01-21 Thread s3raphita
Scientists at Tübingen University, Germany say, older brains aren't weaker than younger brains. Instead they believe they are just slower due to years of stored up information. They say many tests used to determine brain power of elderly favour the young. http://tinyurl.com/k64ccvn

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
LOL. I didn't know, so I looked it up. The name apparently comes from the Rastafarians, for whom dreadlocks are a sign of devotion, i.e., fear of the Lord--hence dread. Just wondering why they are called *dreadlocks*. Maybe because one dreads running a comb through them? From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Awoelflebater writes: How many times do I have to tell you Bucko, there are NO SUCH THINGS AS SAINTS. Get over it. Go stare your horse in the face, look in his eyes and tell me this is not the most sublime, the deepest thing you will ever see. Collecting the ashy crap emanating from some

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
In Graphing data-pairs of Saints and spiritual groups; along the path we all long-timers had experience to some degree with ranges and distribution of personality narcissism in spiritual people, from ordered to disordered and with continuum of relatively saintly charismatic affect and the less

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-01-21 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: In Graphing data-pairs of Saints and spiritual groups; along the path we all long-timers had experience to some degree with ranges and distribution of personality narcissism in spiritual people, from ordered to disordered and

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Judy, In retrospect, I could have written that phrase better. I had difficulty in describing a person with such a hair arrangement. But that's how it was written. C'est la vie! O mio babbino caro!

[FairfieldLife] RE: Advaita is about inherent freedom

2014-01-21 Thread emptybill
All of these absurd assertions have long ago been refuted by excellent scholars. You simply don't know what you are talking about - to put it quite plainly.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread jr_esq
Judy, Aside from their dreadlocks, consider the odd connection of the Rastafarians to Shiva. From what I understand, they believe in smoking marijuana as part of their religion, which is similar what the sadhus are doing to worship Shiva.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Naked Rambler

2014-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
Back in the late 1990s on a Saturday afternoon I was driving on Channing just west of Telegraph in Berkeley when this guy came walking down the street carrying his shopping bag and wearing a baseball cap, sandals and nothing else. Back then there was no law against public nudity there. On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-01-21 Thread Michael Jackson
all the saints I ever communed with were cats, and they all loved to kill mice On Wed, 1/22/14, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements. To:

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread authfriend
You'd say it the same way you'd describe a man with a ponytail: He wore his hair in a ponytail, and He wore his hair in dreadlocks. No big deal; it's just that He wore dreadlocks on his hair sounds as if dreadlocks are in addition to the hair, but they're all just hair. Judy, In

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread emilymaenot
John, I hate to tell you, but now I think you might be takin' a few tokes. Richard Sherman's behavior was painful to watch, but then again, they don't pay football players for their self-awareness, except maybe their ability to be aware of where their self is on the field relative to their

[FairfieldLife] RE: It's All About Football

2014-01-21 Thread emilymaenot
John, I hate to tell you, but now I think you might be takin' a few tokes. Richard Sherman's behavior was painful to watch, but then again, they don't pay football players for their self-awareness, except maybe their ability to be aware of where their self is on the field relative to their