Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   It is interesting Barry that your interest in the TMO and it's founder is so undiminished after all these years. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Like The Blues Brothers, MMY was on a mission from God. YMMV as to whether or not you agree with him as to the source, but anyone who thinks that he didn't have some sense of divine inspiration and mission about what he was

[FairfieldLife] The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm still thinkin' about Steve's comment, and the realization that I really CAN'T work up a curiosity boner about ANY of the many spiritual teachers mentioned here any more. I have *noticed* this for quite some time, of course, but I haven't really *thought* about it much. It just was what it

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Still tripping on this idea, here's a photo of one of the best spiritual teachers I've ever encountered in my time on this rock: Yes, it's a place, not a person. I personally see no problem with this. Some of the most transformative spiritual teachers in my life have been places. This

[FairfieldLife] The Writing Cafe As Spiritual Teacher

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Naturally, now that I've included places in my list of spiritual teachers, I must confess to considering my various writing cafes to be spiritual teachers as well. My criteria for selecting a good writing cafe are remarkably like my criteria for enjoying what a spiritual teacher has to offer.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : snip I'm just rappin' about all this because it's fun to think about something that has kinda snuck up on me. It really ISN'T that I became disillusioned with any one teacher or several teachers and decided to swear offa them. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Steve, for me it's just that everyone and everything is potentially a spiritual teacher. All they have to do is get me upset and voila, the teaching begins (-: On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:45 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   ---In

[FairfieldLife] And the nominees for the Ignobel prize 2014 are....

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
You might want to check out the local woods Barry, looks like there might be some free rodent exercisers lying around. Mice Run on Wheel for Fun, Study Finds A new study conducted in the Netherlands shows mice enjoy running on a wheel enough to do it in the wild, and not just when

Re: [FairfieldLife] IS TM a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
thanks for posting this, srijau and also for Fred's latest research. On Thursday, May 22, 2014 8:52 PM, sri...@ymail.com sri...@ymail.com wrote:   Is TM a Cult? - David W. Orme-Johnson, Ph.D. Is TM a Cult? - David W. Orme-Johnson, Ph.D. Individual Effects Issue: Is the Transcendental

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salyavin, do you think someone like St Joseph Cupertino, a Catholic saint who was also reported to levitate, do you think such people were also deluded? If he thought he could levitate but didn't then yes, obviously. If

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Can you give an example of this Share? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Steve, for me it's just that everyone and everything is potentially a spiritual teacher. All they have to do is get me upset and voila, the teaching begins (-: On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:45

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
salya,I think it's reported that many saw him levitate. Many On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:51 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salyavin, do you think someone like St Joseph Cupertino, a Catholic saint who was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Steve, when I saw ants on a kitchen counter I got upset. So I sprinkled some black pepper and did a little ho'oponopono* and they're gone! *I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:52 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] And the nominees for the Ignobel prize 2014 are....

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And the nominees for the Ignobel prize 2014 are You might want to check out the local woods Barry, looks like there might be some free rodent

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You must've been getting better weed than I was - Blue Nun *always* tasted liked sh*t, but that didn't stop any of us. Hey, speaking of bum wine, remember Ripple, MD 20/20, and my fave, Night Train? Also recently discovered a boilermaker, with tequila, instead of whiskey - not too bad, but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salya,I think it's reported that many saw him levitate. Many It means nothing to me. On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:51 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh, okay. Yes, I think, in general, that when something gets under our skin, it's worth examining a little. Good luck with the ants. You probably don't keep a lot of sugar around and I know that is a draw. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Steve, when I saw ants

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salya,I think it's reported that many saw him levitate. Many It means nothing to me.  Would it if you had been one of them? I mean, ponder this. That's the situation I find myself in.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ghost in the Machine

2014-05-23 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I didn't know any consumers, vs. companies, were actually using NAS. Is your wife a professional photographer, or something? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : Nerd report: We just pinged our hosted server and then uploaded a file using FTP. The FTP program is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
me too, but I found that the momentum generated, during an enlightened life, sometimes more than enough, without adding the nitro boost of a TM session. So I have gone from habitually meditating 2x a day, to whenever I want or need to. I wouldn't recommend such a non-schedule to a seeker,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I never combined tequila and beer - I only chased tequila with a joint. And for some strange reason there was a wine, if you can call it that, Blue Nun was the brand that was as nasty as could be, unless one had smoked a doobie,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You think it's reported? What's the uncertainty? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : salya,I think it's reported that many saw him levitate. Many On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:51 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker It is interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : I'm still thinkin' about Steve's comment, and the realization that I really CAN'T work up a curiosity boner about ANY of the many spiritual teachers mentioned here any more. I have *noticed* this for quite some time, of course,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/22/2014 5:17 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 5/22/2014 4:03 PM, salyavin808 wrote: Marshy made me believe I could fly by sitting cross legged and hopping up and down holding my feet. I thought I was clever until then, I'm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/22/2014 5:45 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: YMMV as to whether or not you agree with him as to the source, but anyone who thinks that he didn't have some sense of divine inspiration and mission about what he was doing has taken denial in another direction, I think. It's

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/22/2014 7:04 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It is interesting Barry that your interest in the TMO and it's founder is so undiminished after all these years. This is what happens sometimes when you exile yourself to a town or country that has no living TMers - you often

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/22/2014 8:46 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re : Watching old tapes of all of us around Robin during seminars is downright excruciating. : Can you post the clips on YouTube for the rest of us to enjoy? I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Judy, the uncertainty is that I don't have the documents in front of me at this moment. I'm speaking from memory. On Friday, May 23, 2014 8:37 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   You think it's reported? What's the uncertainty? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 4:06 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I can't even pinpoint when I began to feel this way. Probably back when I was still in the Rama trip. And part of it may have been something he said. We were in the desert one night, and he said something like, The

[FairfieldLife] Roger Housden: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 05/23/2014

2014-05-23 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif If you are not doing so already, please consider donating a minimum of $1 or $2 per month to help offset basic monthly expenses associated with hosting, MailChimp, etc. Of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
salyavin, I'm definitely interested in your answer to turq's question because for me, if I'm lacking experience about something, then another source of info is people who I respect. You seem to respect turq, or at least his views, so again, I'm interested in your response to this. On Friday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salya,I think it's reported that many saw him levitate. Many It means nothing to me. Would it if you

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ann, until we experience ourselves as the source of what is good in life, then certain people, things, events, depending on our conditioning, can appear to be the source of that. As Richard might say, it's not complicated. On Friday, May 23, 2014 8:40 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Steve, the ants haven't appeared since I returned from family a week ago. So I'm assuming they're gone. I got back into ho'oponopono because I recently heard a talk by Joe Vitale who popularized it in the US. What I got from that talk is that we're not doing the process about the ants, we're

[FairfieldLife] 10% decrease in crime in the UK in 1 year

2014-05-23 Thread nablusoss1008
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Vigilantes

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, I've been wanting to say this to you for a long time: where I come from, and even where I am right now, silence absolutely does not always signify agreement. Sometimes it just means that I'm too busy to reply, as when I was traveling. Or it might mean that I don't want to get embroiled

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
salyavin, do you think that the world's scientific experts on gravity know everything there is to know about it?! This is wrt your speculation that if you saw someone levitate, you'd think you were insane and then you'd get scientific about levitation. But your ability to get scientific about

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Ann, until we experience ourselves as the source of what is good in life, then certain people, things, events, depending on our conditioning, can appear to be the source of that. As Richard might say, it's not complicated.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Can't resist. :-) It's a joke, Ann...really. Take a deep breath and laugh.    From: awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Ann, until we experience ourselves as the source of what is good in life,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You wouldn't need to have the documents in front of you. All you'd need would be to have read that many people reported seeing St. Joseph levitate. Which would be obvious anyway--he wouldn't be famous for levitating if a lot of people hadn't said they'd seen him do it (whether he did or not).

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hey Share, that must mean that I have been a spiritual teacher for you! You've helped me out too, so I won't let it go to my head. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Steve, for me it's just that everyone and everything is potentially a spiritual teacher. All

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You're right, Emily, everyone on FFL whose post has upset me is my spiritual teacher and I'm grateful. Yay Funny Farm Lounge! On Friday, May 23, 2014 10:56 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Hey Share, that must mean that I have been a

[FairfieldLife] The occasional benevolent use of a really, really bad movie review

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I try to avoid them, myself, but every so often film critics kinda have to write a review like this to remind viewers what it is they're actually watching, and what that says about them. Sample quote: 'Blended' is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It will make your children stupid.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The occasional benevolent use of a really, really bad movie review

2014-05-23 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
In fact, most people read reviews before they decide whether to see a movie. So a review isn't intended to remind viewers what it is they're actually watching, and what that says about them, since they haven't watched the movie yet. Only Barry would assume the review is written to insult and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I have never heard of Night Train From: fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm on the Night Train Express With my Mad Dog Singing Wild Irish Rose Waiting for my Thunderbird to pick me up at the station. I composed this ditty in my 20's during my homeless stint.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just to explain it so you don't become too offended, this is an in joke from the Rama days. There were those of his students who were originally attracted to him and who remained his students because of the flash. They got off on the occult, pushed-out energy of the siddhis and similar flash,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Actually, I think I was 20 that summer; couldn't get into bars ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : I'm on the Night Train Express With my Mad Dog Singing Wild Irish Rose Waiting for my Thunderbird to pick me up at the station. I composed this ditty in my

[FairfieldLife] Re: The occasional benevolent use of a really, really bad movie review

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That *is* funny. I'm glad the parents are cautioned. I won't be seeing that one. I never read reviews after I've seen the movie. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : In fact, most people read reviews before they decide whether to see a movie. So a review isn't

[FairfieldLife] Important Maharishi Vedic Pandit Update

2014-05-23 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.vedicpandits.org/emailing/images/bsflh-header.jpg Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandits, Thank you so much for all you have done to make it possible to have the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program in America for nearly eight years. As you know, the program has faced some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Salyavin, do you think that the world's scientific experts on gravity know everything there is to know about it?! There are plenty of alternative theories to Einstein's - which is the current most likely option with plenty of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The occasional benevolent use of a really, really bad movie review

2014-05-23 Thread salyavin808
I hate reading reviews before seeing a flick because they invariably give something away, far nicer to be totally surprised - for better or worse. In this case worst I suspect... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : In fact, most people read reviews before they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Important Maharishi Vedic Pandit Update

2014-05-23 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How very sattvic! We see with the full support of all the laws of Nature, the beautiful effect these mighty chanters of the Vedas have in Fairfield. When the numbers were 300, with an additional 200 regular siddhas/governors flying, making five an a half percent of the population of Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: The occasional benevolent use of a really, really bad movie review

2014-05-23 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
However, I don't think you'd read a review of a stinker after you'd seen it to be reminded of what it was you had actually watched and what that said about you. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : I hate reading reviews before seeing a flick because they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
salyavin, I doubt that St. Joseph Cupertino just decided to disregard gravity and float away! Ok, indirectly you're saying that science is not yet able to explain levitation. Thanks (-: On Friday, May 23, 2014 12:35 PM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Can't miss it - has a picture of a speeding locomotive on the label - beats Sterno through a cheese-cloth. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I have never heard of Night Train From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
A lot of it, at least at the level of interaction you are describing, is common sense. In other words, the process may be about our erroneous thinking about the ants, but usually, you just want to get rid of the damn ants, because they don't live there, you do. Sometimes seekers get so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Doc, I mentioned in another post that I also put black pepper, a natural remedy for ants, where I found them. That was my version of common sense solution. On Friday, May 23, 2014 2:45 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   A lot of it,

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM is a Cult?

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 12:40 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 05/23/2014 07:29 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 5/22/2014 8:30 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Looks like you've put on a little weight? Having

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Vigilantes

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 9:51 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Richard, I've been wanting to say this to you for a long time: where I come from, and even where I am right now, silence absolutely does not always signify agreement. Sometimes it just means that I'm too busy to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Vigilantes

2014-05-23 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, you're right. I don't always address the important issues. Sometimes it's because I don't think I know enough about them to make a useful contribution to the discussion. And sometimes I don't because I've seen in the past that to do so does not have a good result. FFL seems to be a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 8:45 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I just stopped being drawn that way. This pretty much tells me you don't have any teachers, and may have not had one for a long time. But for me, all my teachers are spiritual and I'm still learning. I hope I don't get to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 8:27 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I never combined tequila and beer - I only chased tequila with a joint. And for some strange reason there was a wine, if you can call it that, Blue Nun was the brand that was as nasty as could be, unless one had smoked a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Vigilantes

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Share, he wasn't talking to you personally I don't think. Richard is like a broken record with these sayings of his - stock comments that seldom apply to what the topic at hand is and are patently immaterial and irrelevant. Although I realize you warned him about me and stated here that you

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi devotee strikes at heart of capital punishment

2014-05-23 Thread srijau
Thank-you Maharishi! beginning of the end of capital punishment everywhere http://scroll.in/article/663753/How-a-Mumbai-man-disrupted-the-supply-of-lethal-drugs-used-by-US-to-execute-convicts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Important Maharishi Vedic Pandit Update

2014-05-23 Thread emilymae...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From an outsider's perspective, this is some pretty incredible stuff, although nothing too dissimilar from some of the stuff corporate or political interests generate. I love the bit about the new diploma program including training on a scientific level To think, the pandits, a group

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ghost in the Machine

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 7:30 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Is your wife a professional photographer, or something? We are both computer professionals, but Rita is the one with the brains. She graduated from the university /summa cum laude/. --- This email is free from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/23/2014 6:45 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: that I just don't see the percentage in looking for them primarily in spiritual teachers. Well, I think it is a good rap. And I like the part about the real value of a teacher. I also relate to losing interest in spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi devotee strikes at heart of capital punishment

2014-05-23 Thread nablusoss1008
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Thank-you Maharishi! beginning of the end of capital punishment everywhere http://scroll.in/article/663753/How-a-Mumbai-man-disrupted-the-supply-of-lethal-drugs-used-by-US-to-execute-convicts

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Sat 24-May-14 00:15:04 UTC

2014-05-23 Thread FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 05/17/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 05/24/14 00:00:00 829 messages as of (UTC) 05/23/14 23:46:13 112 'Richard J. Williams' punditster 82 fleetwood_macncheese 78 Share Long sharelong60 72 awoelflebater 58 TurquoiseBee

[FairfieldLife] Another suicide in FF

2014-05-23 Thread geezerfr...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sheer-el Cohen. He was employed at the Raj. Apparently this happened yesterday. http://www.8000now.com/audiotext/Sheer-elCohenText.htm http://www.8000now.com/audiotext/Sheer-elCohenText.htm

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Can't resist. :-) It's a joke, Ann...really. Take a deep breath and laugh. From: awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Ann, until we

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Manchurian Spiritual Seeker

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Just to explain it so you don't become too offended, this is an in joke from the Rama days. There were those of his students who were originally attracted to him and who remained his students because of the flash. They got off on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 5/23/2014 8:45 AM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: I just stopped being drawn that way. This is the second time a quote of bawee's looks like it's attributed to me. By cutting it out you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 5/23/2014 6:45 AM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: that I just don't see the percentage in looking for them primarily in spiritual teachers. Well, I think it is a good rap. And I like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another suicide in FF

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak@... wrote : Sheer-el Cohen. He was employed at the Raj. Apparently this happened yesterday. http://www.8000now.com/audiotext/Sheer-elCohenText.htm http://www.8000now.com/audiotext/Sheer-elCohenText.htm Now this is supremely sad.

[FairfieldLife] For Share

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hey Share. Remember that time I posted a picture of myself on a beach up in Tofino and you said I looked like a Nazi with a smirk? For fun, I cropped the picture and had a look and this is my face in that same picture. Do I still look like I am ready to Sieg Heil? I don't think so but would be

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Share

2014-05-23 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Om Dear FFL Moderators, By FFL Guideline: 10) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. Moderators, please keep a close watch on this very personal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Spiritual Teacher Thang

2014-05-23 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I guess I'm more like Share in that regard. I tend to learn something everyday from whatever is in my environment. Although I've come to think that awakening is kinda like the coming of Matreya. It is always right around the corner. You can have some continuing refinement of experience, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Share

2014-05-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote : Om Dear FFL Moderators, By FFL Guideline: 10) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole