Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded
Lawson, it's definitely been a cooler summer in FF. And what hot spells there are, don't last as long as they used to. And when they end, it's with very cool temps. I'm a happy pitta (-: On Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:46 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Oh nos, the world's average temperature must be lower than ever, as well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded Posted on July 12, 2014 by Anthony Watts Story submitted by Eric Worrall Antarctica continues to defy the global warming script, with a report from Meteo France, that June this year was the coldest Antarctic June ever recorded, at the French Antarctic Dumont d’Urville Station. According to the press release, during June this year, the average temperature was -22.4c (-8.3F), 6.6c (11.9F) lower than normal. This is the coldest June ever recorded at the station, and almost the coldest monthly average ever – only September 1953 was colder, with a recorded average temperature of -23.5c (-10.3F).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Yeah - so true. I like that MMY brought out his Vedic perspective on all this stuff, but I don't see enough value there, to chase it. Nor do I think that is why he spoke about it. Each Vedic tuning, on each domain of living, whether housing, health, astrology, or music, wasn't, imo, meant to become some absolute edict, or supreme way to live, on the way to the truth, or enlightenment. But, since he was always taken so seriously, all Maharishi had to do was comment on something, and his most ardent followers became rather severe about implementing it, whatever it was. The Vedic architecture houses I have seen pictures of, are pretty damned ugly, for starters - at best, completely unimaginative. I like integrating what I learned, and learn, from Maharishi into a full life; my life, vs. filling in a rather humdrum life, by focusing awkwardly, and a little too intensely, on what Maharishi said. From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life I have said before the reason I stuck with TM and TMSP, was that I had all that I needed. I saw too much wishful thinking going on, with the other stuff. Also, who wants to live, according to some chart? If something is difficult, I'll back off and try later, or I'll push ahead a little harder, regardless of which way my planets are spinning. Common sense, and staying intelligently active, bypasses an awful lot of this analysis-paralysis. From: dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life Om Fleetwood, are you rectifying the house and property? You know, if in case it is out of alignment from the previous owners or has poor influences of anything? Around here spiritual people use combinations of the John Douglas Location Repair CD, or chant or play the Sri Suktam. It is an effective way of clearing any area. Karunamayi and others have nice recitations of the Sri Suktam on CD or download. Buy a cheap player and leave it running while you are gone playing: Sri Suktam Sri Suktam Sri Gurubhaya Namah! Hari Om! Hiranya Varnam Harineem Survanam Rajatas Rajam * Chandraam Hiranmayim LakshmeEm Jatavedo Mamaavaha ** ... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo There are other people who specialize in this work that can have good effect on properties. I can ask around get links for referral. We've used house clearing on properties to obvious and good result. Is this property in the foothills, elevated, wooded, facing what direction, have a stream nearby, just wondering? Could it be fenced for horses? Sheep or cattle? You know, make it more productive like the bible says. Mineral extraction possibilities? Oh yes in property management, you know you can keep as many animals on a property as you can haul feed and water to them. The shit flows downhill. There is a lot of spiritual people here interested in aqua-culture now as a concentrated feeding operation alternative to livestock. I look forward to your enlightened journal about homesteading in nature. -Buck fleetwood_macncheese writes: No need, Richard, there is already a lovely new house on the property, with landscaping and a pool. The acreage is 2+. This is the wild stuff, in back of the already done stuff. Also, the water table starts at 300 to 400 feet, so I won't be hand digging any wells... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/11/2014 8:06 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Unlike some here who have subsumed their lives, for a TV screen, I am always looking for ways to grow and learn, often outdoors. My wife and I will probably end up in this home that includes a full acre and a half of woods. There are cougars, deer, coyotes, rabbits and other wildlife there. I am already planning to build a structure, or ten, in the woods. I am interested in either a cave type
[FairfieldLife] Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
Another US news story to make Ann happy! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
Yes, he definitely succeeded there. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Yeah - so true. I like that MMY brought out his Vedic perspective on all this stuff, but I don't see enough value there, to chase it. Nor do I think that is why he spoke about it. Each Vedic tuning, on each domain of living, whether housing, health, astrology, or music, wasn't, imo, meant to become some absolute edict, or supreme way to live, on the way to the truth, or enlightenment. But, since he was always taken so seriously, all Maharishi had to do was comment on something, and his most ardent followers became rather severe about implementing it, whatever it was. The Vedic architecture houses I have seen pictures of, are pretty damned ugly, for starters - at best, completely unimaginative. I like integrating what I learned, and learn, from Maharishi into a full life; my life, vs. filling in a rather humdrum life, by focusing awkwardly, and a little too intensely, on what Maharishi said. From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life I have said before the reason I stuck with TM and TMSP, was that I had all that I needed. I saw too much wishful thinking going on, with the other stuff. Also, who wants to live, according to some chart? If something is difficult, I'll back off and try later, or I'll push ahead a little harder, regardless of which way my planets are spinning. Common sense, and staying intelligently active, bypasses an awful lot of this analysis-paralysis. From: dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life Om Fleetwood, are you rectifying the house and property? You know, if in case it is out of alignment from the previous owners or has poor influences of anything? Around here spiritual people use combinations of the John Douglas Location Repair CD, or chant or play the Sri Suktam. It is an effective way of clearing any area. Karunamayi and others have nice recitations of the Sri Suktam on CD or download. Buy a cheap player and leave it running while you are gone playing: Sri Suktam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Sri Suktam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Sri Gurubhaya Namah! Hari Om! Hiranya Varnam Harineem Survanam Rajatas Rajam * Chandraam Hiranmayim LakshmeEm Jatavedo Mamaavaha ** ... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Preview by Yahoo There are other people who specialize in this work that can have good effect on properties. I can ask around get links for referral. We've used house clearing on properties to obvious and good result. Is this property in the foothills, elevated, wooded, facing what direction, have a stream nearby, just wondering? Could it be fenced for horses? Sheep or cattle? You know, make it more productive like the bible says. Mineral extraction possibilities? Oh yes in property management, you know you can keep as many animals on a property as you can haul feed and water to them. The shit flows downhill. There is a lot of spiritual people here interested in aqua-culture now as a concentrated feeding operation alternative to livestock. I look forward to your enlightened journal about homesteading in nature. -Buck fleetwood_macncheese writes: No need, Richard, there is already a lovely new house on the property, with landscaping and a pool. The acreage is 2+. This is the wild stuff, in back of the already done stuff. Also, the water table starts at 300 to 400 feet, so I won't be hand digging any wells... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/11/2014 8:06 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Unlike some here who have subsumed their lives, for a TV screen, I am always looking for ways to grow and learn, often outdoors. My wife and I will probably end up in this home that includes a full acre and a half of woods. There are cougars, deer, coyotes, rabbits and other wildlife there. I am already planning to build a structure, or ten, in the woods. I am
[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera lens on my laptop, just in case. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
All anyone had to do, was say, no, thank you. I did, plenty of times. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Yeah - so true. I like that MMY brought out his Vedic perspective on all this stuff, but I don't see enough value there, to chase it. Nor do I think that is why he spoke about it. Each Vedic tuning, on each domain of living, whether housing, health, astrology, or music, wasn't, imo, meant to become some absolute edict, or supreme way to live, on the way to the truth, or enlightenment. But, since he was always taken so seriously, all Maharishi had to do was comment on something, and his most ardent followers became rather severe about implementing it, whatever it was. The Vedic architecture houses I have seen pictures of, are pretty damned ugly, for starters - at best, completely unimaginative. I like integrating what I learned, and learn, from Maharishi into a full life; my life, vs. filling in a rather humdrum life, by focusing awkwardly, and a little too intensely, on what Maharishi said. From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life I have said before the reason I stuck with TM and TMSP, was that I had all that I needed. I saw too much wishful thinking going on, with the other stuff. Also, who wants to live, according to some chart? If something is difficult, I'll back off and try later, or I'll push ahead a little harder, regardless of which way my planets are spinning. Common sense, and staying intelligently active, bypasses an awful lot of this analysis-paralysis. From: dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life Om Fleetwood, are you rectifying the house and property? You know, if in case it is out of alignment from the previous owners or has poor influences of anything? Around here spiritual people use combinations of the John Douglas Location Repair CD, or chant or play the Sri Suktam. It is an effective way of clearing any area. Karunamayi and others have nice recitations of the Sri Suktam on CD or download. Buy a cheap player and leave it running while you are gone playing: Sri Suktam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Sri Suktam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Sri Gurubhaya Namah! Hari Om! Hiranya Varnam Harineem Survanam Rajatas Rajam * Chandraam Hiranmayim LakshmeEm Jatavedo Mamaavaha ** ... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znx82Y4glAklist=RDznx82Y4glAk#t=44 Preview by Yahoo There are other people who specialize in this work that can have good effect on properties. I can ask around get links for referral. We've used house clearing on properties to obvious and good result. Is this property in the foothills, elevated, wooded, facing what direction, have a stream nearby, just wondering? Could it be fenced for horses? Sheep or cattle? You know, make it more productive like the bible says. Mineral extraction possibilities? Oh yes in property management, you know you can keep as many animals on a property as you can haul feed and water to them. The shit flows downhill. There is a lot of spiritual people here interested in aqua-culture now as a concentrated feeding operation alternative to livestock. I look forward to your enlightened journal about homesteading in nature. -Buck fleetwood_macncheese writes: No need, Richard, there is already a lovely new house on the property, with landscaping and a pool. The acreage is 2+. This is the wild stuff, in back of the already done stuff. Also, the water table starts at 300 to 400 feet, so I won't be hand digging any wells... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/11/2014 8:06 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. I am pretty sure the average investor or giver of charity to the Movement in aid of some project or other was pretty much thinking there was good karma to be had by doing so or simply that if the money did not go toward one particular thing it would go to another worthy cause. Of course, this does nothing to encourage honesty or accountability on the part of the Movement in order to let investors know what happened to their money because the whole thing is based on good will and the sometimes mistaken idea that those in power have only good intentions and are honest. This is never a good way to operate because it would definitely encourage theft and embezzlement by either those running things or MMY himself. People are people and that means they are usually not above dipping their hand into an anonymous pot of money. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. As we all know (I think and hope) there is no outward way to measure enlightenment. For any spiritual system to claim they have X amount of enlightened followers would be laughable. I rather applaud any movement that doesn't make a list of enlightened people. No one is going to believe the list anyway. I mean, it isn't like enlightened people glow purple or start spontaneously speaking in Hebrew so that at least we could spot them in a crowd. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 7/12/2014 10:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation. You'd probably be wanting to get a dash cam AND a Go Pro camera pointing at your face so you could record your last words. Once I knew a guy that would video tape movies at theaters - not record the movie, but to record his own expressions so he could watch them later at home. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 7/13/2014 8:00 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera lens on my laptop, just in case. Well, I guess it depends on where you use your laptop - I don't usually take mine into the bedroom or the bathroom, so I don't need any black tape on my laptop camera lens - I just close the lid when I'm done with Skype. That way, I don't have to get out the Goo Gone and clean the lens every time I want to join a video conference. The fact is, we don't really know what's inside our laptop computers, either built into the hardware or the software. But that pales in comparison to what's being stored about you in the data center. Have you run an electronic device sweep through your house lately - it's probably bugged somewhere. So, I wouldn't be surprised if your iPhone has a little chip in it that tells Apple almost everything you say, even when your phone is turned off. Since you probably take the phone with you everywhere, they've probably recorded every bedside chat you've had for the past five years. Go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
Wow, Richard, once again I feel compassion for all the peeps collecting and sifting through a pretty much infinite set of data points! I hope Dr. Pete or his equivalent is close by for when the data inevitable meltdown happens (-: On Sunday, July 13, 2014 9:23 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: On 7/13/2014 8:00 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera lens on my laptop, just in case. Well, I guess it depends on where you use your laptop - I don't usually take mine into the bedroom or the bathroom, so I don't need any black tape on my laptop camera lens - I just close the lid when I'm done with Skype. That way, I don't have to get out the Goo Gone and clean the lens every time I want to join a video conference. The fact is, we don't really know what's inside our laptop computers, either built into the hardware or the software. But that pales in comparison to what's being stored about you in the data center. Have you run an electronic device sweep through your house lately - it's probably bugged somewhere. So, I wouldn't be surprised if your iPhone has a little chip in it that tells Apple almost everything you say, even when your phone is turned off. Since you probably take the phone with you everywhere, they've probably recorded every bedside chat you've had for the past five years. Go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life [1 Attachment]
On 7/11/2014 8:06 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Life is for living. I know there are those who denigrate a creative and artistic lifestyle, preferring instead to sit indoors, basically criticizing everything, and taking the dogs for a daily shit. That to me, is a living death, like being buried alive. Anyway, I am excited about the architectural possibilities in front of me... MARFA — “Marfa is the weird that Austin wishes it still was,” said Tex Toler, the city's former tourism director. “These things exist in other hip towns, but in Marfa they exist in the middle of nowhere, in a place with amazing weather and incredible light.” In downtown Marfa, one might run into a MacArthur Fellow getting a trim at Quintana's Barbershop or a German art buff waiting for the Andy Warhol exhibit to open. Among its charms are the stately Paisano Hotel, a first-rate bookstore, its own public radio station, art galleries and studios, poetry readings and film festivals, and residency programs for artists and writers. Foundations abound, some the legacy of Judd, who in 1971 came to Marfa from New York. Before Judd died in 1994, he acquired a lot of Marfa real estate and created large permanent art displays 'Quirky Marfa feels growing pains' http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Quirky-Marfa-feels-growing-pains-5617718.php Humble materials such as metals, industrial plywood, concrete and color-impregnated Plexiglas became staples of his career. Judd's first floor box structure was made in 1964, and his first floor box using Plexiglas followed one year later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Judd Donald Judd, /Untitled,/ 1977, Münster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster, Germany
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RFC: Important information You Can Use
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. On 7/12/2014 6:04 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man. On 7/12/2014 1:37 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 7/12/2014 12:25 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Richard, I wonder if that includes bacteria, etc. Bacteria is a living thing, but viruses are most often considered replicators rather than forms of life. According to what I have read, some researchers have reported that bacterial life forms thrive in the ocean and in some of the deepest waters on the planet. On Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:14 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean. On 7/11/2014 2:02 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. On 7/11/2014 10:18 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated to at least 450F. On 7/11/2014 8:35 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by at least 60 percent. On 7/9/2014 8:15 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers. On 7/9/2014 11:22 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: /Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases./ On 7/9/2014 8:12 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: /Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end./ On 7/8/2014 7:34 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: /Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years./ On 7/8/2014 2:09 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: /It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!/ This is important information you can use. If you can add any more useful important information to this FFL discussion group, you will get money in 5 days. If you fail to post any useful important information, you will not get any money in 5 days. Superstitious or not, this important message is information that is useful, and yes, I have a PayPal account that I am monitoring on a daily basis. Thanks in advance.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Inauguration of the National Director Assembly for Guru Purnima 2014
He says though that the 30,000 doing TM in schools in Peru is a projection or some words like that but the government press clearly states that is where they are now and goals are much bigger.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
You have apparently missed the scientific research that Fred Travis published more thn 10 years ago on people who were reporting being in CC consistently for at least a year. This article discusses the theory and research on pure consciousness during TM and the theory and research on the stabilization of pure consciousness outside of TM: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
Very good points. The IRS Form 990s of the Maharishi Foundation, USA, and the David Lynch Foundation, give a pretty good idea of where money has been spent since those organizations were founded, but both of them are recent creations. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. I am pretty sure the average investor or giver of charity to the Movement in aid of some project or other was pretty much thinking there was good karma to be had by doing so or simply that if the money did not go toward one particular thing it would go to another worthy cause. Of course, this does nothing to encourage honesty or accountability on the part of the Movement in order to let investors know what happened to their money because the whole thing is based on good will and the sometimes mistaken idea that those in power have only good intentions and are honest. This is never a good way to operate because it would definitely encourage theft and embezzlement by either those running things or MMY himself. People are people and that means they are usually not above dipping their hand into an anonymous pot of money. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. As we all know (I think and hope) there is no outward way to measure enlightenment. For any spiritual system to claim they have X amount of enlightened followers would be laughable. I rather applaud any movement that doesn't make a list of enlightened people. No one is going to believe the list anyway. I mean, it isn't like enlightened people glow purple or start spontaneously speaking in Hebrew so that at least we could spot them in a crowd. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
[FairfieldLife] Re: Take a Voigt-Kampff Test #1
Thinking like a replicant is the way Deckard explores his own consciousness and humanity. Replicants, that is, androids, make Deckard realize that he might not be so human after all. He actually becomes more inhuman than the replicants he is remorselessly hunting! I think the answer is clear: Androids dream of electric sheep just like humans dream of real sheep. After all, they are replicants. Go figure. On 7/9/2014 11:18 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: What would you do if you saw a tortoise lying on it's back in the desert? The /Replicants/ in 'Blade Runner', based on the book by Phillip Dick, (/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/), are created to exactly resemble humans. In San Francisco post WWT there is often confusion whether a humanoid is real or an android. Bounty hunters and others use the /Voigt-Kampff Test/ to distinguish humans from replicants. The test consists of questions which elicit an emotional response. Replicants supposedly have no capacity for empathy, and their unemotional reaction to Voigt-Kampff questions reveals their artificiality, e.g., If you saw a tortoise lying on it's back in the desert... Test #1 - /What would you do?/ This brings up the question of robot consciousness and how they are similar and different from us thinking conscious humanoids. The main theme of Phillip K. Dick's novel and the movie Blade Runner concerns similarity and difference: sentient robots that look identical to humans, but are not human at all. Even Deckard can't tell a replicant from a real human. The central question is, whether or not we can spot replicants in order to retire them. Looming in the background is the question: is Deckard himself a replicant? Go figure. Photo of a replicant robot: /What would you do?/ Photo of a replicant
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On 7/13/2014 9:30 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Wow, Richard, once again I feel compassion for all the peeps collecting and sifting through a pretty much infinite set of data points! Only a few humans actually work at data centers, just to make sure the electricity is on. Most of the sorting and filtering is done by internet bots on the information highway. There are a few humans sitting at the admin console who make sure the internet is being accessed - I guess you could call them robots, but we just call them Nerds. Systems Org Administrative Console I hope Dr. Pete or his equivalent is close by for when the data inevitable meltdown happens (-: Not sure if Dr.Pete is a Nerd or not but it looks like he lost his broadband connection. Go figure. On Sunday, July 13, 2014 9:23 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: On 7/13/2014 8:00 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com mailto:fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera lens on my laptop, just in case. Well, I guess it depends on where you use your laptop - I don't usually take mine into the bedroom or the bathroom, so I don't need any black tape on my laptop camera lens - I just close the lid when I'm done with Skype. That way, I don't have to get out the Goo Gone and clean the lens every time I want to join a video conference. The fact is, we don't really know what's inside our laptop computers, either built into the hardware or the software. But that pales in comparison to what's being stored about you in the data center. Have you run an electronic device sweep through your house lately - it's probably bugged somewhere. So, I wouldn't be surprised if your iPhone has a little chip in it that tells Apple almost everything you say, even when your phone is turned off. Since you probably take the phone with you everywhere, they've probably recorded every bedside chat you've had for the past five years. Go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote : Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/12/2014 10:37 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation. Offline.. date is what a friend has instructed his relatives to put on his gravestone :-) You'd probably be wanting to get a dash cam AND a Go Pro camera pointing at your face so you could record your last words. Once I knew a guy that would video tape movies at theaters - not record the movie, but to record his own expressions so he could watch them later at home. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
CC = dissociative state = depersonalization = the source of a lot of so-called unstressing and resultant mental/emotional problems in many long term TMers. Whee! Happy Sunday! From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life You have apparently missed the scientific research that Fred Travis published more thn 10 years ago on people who were reporting being in CC consistently for at least a year. This article discusses the theory and research on pure consciousness during TM and the theory and research on the stabilization of pure consciousness outside of TM: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
BTW, according to someone I know who worked at Google, the COG for a Google Glass is $80. On 07/13/2014 06:00 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I always keep a small piece of black electrical tape over my camera lens on my laptop, just in case. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 7/13/2014 10:51 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist! If you were wearing a GoPro cam on your head you would probably say something like Damn crazy car driver!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded
The California drought is coming right along. Soon we'll all be taking sponge baths and they are discussing fining people $500 a day if you use too much water. On 07/13/2014 04:19 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Lawson, it's definitely been a cooler summer in FF. And what hot spells there are, don't last as long as they used to. And when they end, it's with very cool temps. I'm a happy pitta (-: On Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:46 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Oh nos, the world's average temperature must be lower than ever, as well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/07/12/coldest-antarctic-june-ever-recorded/ Posted on July 12, 2014 http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/07/12/coldest-antarctic-june-ever-recorded/ by Anthony Watts http://wattsupwiththat.com/author/wattsupwiththat/ *Story submitted by Eric Worrall* Antarctica continues to defy the global warming script, with a report from Meteo France, that June this year was the coldest Antarctic June ever recorded, at the French Antarctic Dumont d’Urville Station. According to the press release, during June this year, the average temperature was -22.4c (-8.3F), 6.6c (11.9F) lower than normal. This is the coldest June ever recorded at the station, and almost the coldest monthly average ever – only September 1953 was colder, with a recorded average temperature of -23.5c (-10.3F).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded
Buy stock in baby wipes. Then use as much water as you want. And pay fine with stock windfall (-: On Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:58 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The California drought is coming right along. Soon we'll all be taking sponge baths and they are discussing fining people $500 a day if you use too much water. On 07/13/2014 04:19 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Lawson, it's definitely been a cooler summer in FF. And what hot spells there are, don't last as long as they used to. And when they end, it's with very cool temps. I'm a happy pitta (-: On Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:46 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Oh nos, the world's average temperature must be lower than ever, as well. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Coldest Antarctic June Ever Recorded Posted on July 12, 2014 by Anthony Watts Story submitted by Eric Worrall Antarctica continues to defy the global warming script, with a report from Meteo France, that June this year was the coldest Antarctic June ever recorded, at the French Antarctic Dumont d’Urville Station. According to the press release, during June this year, the average temperature was -22.4c (-8.3F), 6.6c (11.9F) lower than normal. This is the coldest June ever recorded at the station, and almost the coldest monthly average ever – only September 1953 was colder, with a recorded average temperature of -23.5c (-10.3F).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
No. It is just that CC is not enlightenment by any standard. It is an early stage experience that one may have by whatever means a person is pursuing enlightenment. It is not a permanent experience subjectively. It is the first substantial taste of what 'freedom' in the enlightenment sense might be because you recognise that there is something more to experience than just thoughts, activity, and the dead of sleep (TC is not substantial because it is intermittent). Sleep is a completely silent state too, but there is no sense of self or ego or sense of mind there, so evaluation of experience is not possible in sleep, so you do not learn anything from it. I believe others here have pointed out that M referred to CC as 'glorified ignorance'. The subjective experience of experiencing deep silence inside but seemingly separate from the activity of the mind and the world is nice. It represents the greatest contrast between activity and non-activity that one can have on a spiritual path. It is the easiest experience to point to on the spiritual path because of that contrast between 'absolute' and 'relative' is so strong. But as they are separate, they are dis-integrated, and the mind for the most part is as deluded as ever, still seeing snakes in the grass when there are none. What is actually being experienced is the reflection of being on a silent aspect or facet of the mind that has developed as a result of meditation. You do not experience pure consciousness in this state. For the sake of explaining this to someone in these states, you just say that, even though it is not accurate, because it has referential and experiential meaning for them in that state. But it is a lie. It gives you an idea of what pure consciousness might be. An analogical experience and a metaphorical explanation. There is no scientific evidence of consciousness in the brain, or the mind, although scientist, for the sake of research, have to assume consciousness is there somehow. They are measuring correlates of subjective experience, that is all. The witness of activity and experience is located equally everywhere, not merely simultaneous with activity and experience, but this is unknown in CC. CC experiences have been reported by TM meditators and Zen meditators, but the Zen meditators do no consider this enlightenment by any means. I assume it is also experienced by others but I am not so familiar with those other traditions. I believe I saw a reference to it once in an article about Sufis. The main thing is, in the TM movement, one is not often informed that what one is being told is part of the illusion. A thorn to remove a thorn. That at some point that explanation is going to be pulled out from under your as experience and understanding change. When you dig out the thorn of ignorance with that second thorn (the ideas and understanding that the spiritual path brings), what are you going to do with the two thorns? You don't want the first one, that is clear, but the second one is the same thing, so you have to toss that one as well. That means everything on the spiritual path at some point has to be tossed away. Everything you thought was real, turns out to be an uninformed opinion about experience from your point of view. A further problem develops, because if you want to talk about it, you have to express it as a metaphorical opinion, and whoever is dense enough to believe you is going to be sucked into the lie unless you have the tools to lead them out of that eventually. Unlike many other paths TM does not seem to foster critical thinking and practical scepticism about what one is told. It actually seems worse has time goes on, TM is becoming more and more a system of belief rather than a system of strategies and understanding for freeing the mind from ignorance. Note that in Fred's article, the word enlightenment only appears twice—as a keyword, and in the references, it does not appear in the text of the article or the abstract. Note too that M once said that with TM there was at least CC for everyone. But remember that is a pale shadow of experience and knowledge to come. And that the experience and knowledge to come might not be what you expect. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : You have apparently missed the scientific research that Fred Travis published more thn 10 years ago on people who were reporting being in CC consistently for at least a year. This article discusses the theory and research on pure consciousness during TM and the theory and research on the stabilization of pure consciousness outside of TM: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 07/13/2014 08:54 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 7/13/2014 10:51 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist! If you were wearing a GoPro cam on your head you would probably say something like Damn crazy car driver! Nah, everybody's waiting for the $40 Chinese Google Glass knock-offs. Go figger. And in San Francisco you could get killed by a wild bicyclist.
[FairfieldLife] Interview with Laura Dern
On acting, David Lynch, life and Transcendental Meditation Interview with Laura Dern / Rozhovor s Laurou Dern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHc3Rwv0m8Ifeature=youtu.be
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
On 7/13/2014 10:47 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: CC = dissociative state = depersonalization = the source of a lot of so-called unstressing and resultant mental/emotional problems in many long term TMers. Whee! Happy Sunday! It sounds like you are in a trance-induction state based on what you've posted lately. It's almost like you are in some kind of long-term redundant dissociative condition that leads you to repeat logically unsound statements based on circumstantial evidence and rumors. This tends to produce depersonalization in some long-term ex-TMers. Once they quit TM they can't even think straight and they get all stressed-out. Go figure. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality, rather than a loss of reality as in psychosis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29 *From:* lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 13, 2014 11:03 AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life You have apparently missed the scientific research that Fred Travis published more thn 10 years ago on people who were reporting being in CC consistently for at least a year. This article discusses the theory and research on pure consciousness during TM and the theory and research on the stabilization of pure consciousness outside of TM: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This reply Michael, is not logically sound. It is circumstantial evidence that M was more interested in other things. But I too noticed that projects began, or were advertised, and then never materialised. I never gave money to any movement project. It was always very clear that the flow of money was a one way street, and that if a project did not materialise or was unfinished, you would not get anything back. And for Nabby, if Buddha managed 500 enlightened people, what is TM movement tally so far? Maharishi's statement would be true if the movement produced 501 enlightened people, which taking into account modern communications, would not be so hot by comparison. I have never heard of any official movement statement regarding anyone getting enlightened, including Maharishi. The most I have heard is from time to time the movement publishes a list of 'experiences' certain people have had, such as 'after TM I noticed that my nail fungus seemed better than before'. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : His habit of begging, cajoling, bullying and wheedling people to give him money for projects that never materialized and giving no explanation for where the money went makes your assertion untrue. *From:* nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Raising individual and collective consciousness was the one aspect that mattered most to Maharishi, everything else was just the frosting of the cake. It is said that the Lord Buddha left 500 enlightened people. I think we will do better - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Buddha Yayanti, River Rhine, Germany, 1982
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
And yet, witnessing sleep is a hallmark of being in CC... And where did I say that CC was the end-all of enlightenment? I generally describe the people that Fred studies as those who are in the beginning stages of the first of several higher states collectively called enlightenment. I left out all the caveats because I assumed that people on this forum would fill in the omitted qualifiers. And, even in CC, the realization that Self is permanent means that when such a person dies, they dont' go anywhere -that is, there's no rebirth involved, because even though they don't notice that Self is all that there is, even in the external world, the fact that they have realized Self means that there's no place left for them to go when the body goes away --Self never goes anywhere. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : No. It is just that CC is not enlightenment by any standard. It is an early stage experience that one may have by whatever means a person is pursuing enlightenment. It is not a permanent experience subjectively. It is the first substantial taste of what 'freedom' in the enlightenment sense might be because you recognise that there is something more to experience than just thoughts, activity, and the dead of sleep (TC is not substantial because it is intermittent). Sleep is a completely silent state too, but there is no sense of self or ego or sense of mind there, so evaluation of experience is not possible in sleep, so you do not learn anything from it. I believe others here have pointed out that M referred to CC as 'glorified ignorance'. The subjective experience of experiencing deep silence inside but seemingly separate from the activity of the mind and the world is nice. It represents the greatest contrast between activity and non-activity that one can have on a spiritual path. It is the easiest experience to point to on the spiritual path because of that contrast between 'absolute' and 'relative' is so strong. But as they are separate, they are dis-integrated, and the mind for the most part is as deluded as ever, still seeing snakes in the grass when there are none. What is actually being experienced is the reflection of being on a silent aspect or facet of the mind that has developed as a result of meditation. You do not experience pure consciousness in this state. For the sake of explaining this to someone in these states, you just say that, even though it is not accurate, because it has referential and experiential meaning for them in that state. But it is a lie. It gives you an idea of what pure consciousness might be. An analogical experience and a metaphorical explanation. There is no scientific evidence of consciousness in the brain, or the mind, although scientist, for the sake of research, have to assume consciousness is there somehow. They are measuring correlates of subjective experience, that is all. The witness of activity and experience is located equally everywhere, not merely simultaneous with activity and experience, but this is unknown in CC. CC experiences have been reported by TM meditators and Zen meditators, but the Zen meditators do no consider this enlightenment by any means. I assume it is also experienced by others but I am not so familiar with those other traditions. I believe I saw a reference to it once in an article about Sufis. The main thing is, in the TM movement, one is not often informed that what one is being told is part of the illusion. A thorn to remove a thorn. That at some point that explanation is going to be pulled out from under your as experience and understanding change. When you dig out the thorn of ignorance with that second thorn (the ideas and understanding that the spiritual path brings), what are you going to do with the two thorns? You don't want the first one, that is clear, but the second one is the same thing, so you have to toss that one as well. That means everything on the spiritual path at some point has to be tossed away. Everything you thought was real, turns out to be an uninformed opinion about experience from your point of view. A further problem develops, because if you want to talk about it, you have to express it as a metaphorical opinion, and whoever is dense enough to believe you is going to be sucked into the lie unless you have the tools to lead them out of that eventually. Unlike many other paths TM does not seem to foster critical thinking and practical scepticism about what one is told. It actually seems worse has time goes on, TM is becoming more and more a system of belief rather than a system of strategies and understanding for freeing the mind from ignorance. Note that in Fred's article, the word enlightenment only appears twice—as a keyword, and in the references, it does not appear in the text of the article or the abstract. Note too that M once said that with TM there was at least
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
Excellent. From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life No. It is just that CC is not enlightenment by any standard. It is an early stage experience that one may have by whatever means a person is pursuing enlightenment. It is not a permanent experience subjectively. It is the first substantial taste of what 'freedom' in the enlightenment sense might be because you recognise that there is something more to experience than just thoughts, activity, and the dead of sleep (TC is not substantial because it is intermittent). Sleep is a completely silent state too, but there is no sense of self or ego or sense of mind there, so evaluation of experience is not possible in sleep, so you do not learn anything from it. I believe others here have pointed out that M referred to CC as 'glorified ignorance'. The subjective experience of experiencing deep silence inside but seemingly separate from the activity of the mind and the world is nice. It represents the greatest contrast between activity and non-activity that one can have on a spiritual path. It is the easiest experience to point to on the spiritual path because of that contrast between 'absolute' and 'relative' is so strong. But as they are separate, they are dis-integrated, and the mind for the most part is as deluded as ever, still seeing snakes in the grass when there are none. What is actually being experienced is the reflection of being on a silent aspect or facet of the mind that has developed as a result of meditation. You do not experience pure consciousness in this state. For the sake of explaining this to someone in these states, you just say that, even though it is not accurate, because it has referential and experiential meaning for them in that state. But it is a lie. It gives you an idea of what pure consciousness might be. An analogical experience and a metaphorical explanation. There is no scientific evidence of consciousness in the brain, or the mind, although scientist, for the sake of research, have to assume consciousness is there somehow. They are measuring correlates of subjective experience, that is all. The witness of activity and experience is located equally everywhere, not merely simultaneous with activity and experience, but this is unknown in CC. CC experiences have been reported by TM meditators and Zen meditators, but the Zen meditators do no consider this enlightenment by any means. I assume it is also experienced by others but I am not so familiar with those other traditions. I believe I saw a reference to it once in an article about Sufis. The main thing is, in the TM movement, one is not often informed that what one is being told is part of the illusion. A thorn to remove a thorn. That at some point that explanation is going to be pulled out from under your as experience and understanding change. When you dig out the thorn of ignorance with that second thorn (the ideas and understanding that the spiritual path brings), what are you going to do with the two thorns? You don't want the first one, that is clear, but the second one is the same thing, so you have to toss that one as well. That means everything on the spiritual path at some point has to be tossed away. Everything you thought was real, turns out to be an uninformed opinion about experience from your point of view. A further problem develops, because if you want to talk about it, you have to express it as a metaphorical opinion, and whoever is dense enough to believe you is going to be sucked into the lie unless you have the tools to lead them out of that eventually. Unlike many other paths TM does not seem to foster critical thinking and practical scepticism about what one is told. It actually seems worse has time goes on, TM is becoming more and more a system of belief rather than a system of strategies and understanding for freeing the mind from ignorance. Note that in Fred's article, the word enlightenment only appears twice—as a keyword, and in the references, it does not appear in the text of the article or the abstract. Note too that M once said that with TM there was at least CC for everyone. But remember that is a pale shadow of experience and knowledge to come. And that the experience and knowledge to come might not be what you expect. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : You have apparently missed the scientific research that Fred Travis published more thn 10 years ago on people who were reporting being in CC consistently for at least a year. This article discusses the theory and research on pure consciousness during TM and the theory and research on the stabilization of pure consciousness outside of TM: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 7/13/2014 11:48 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/13/2014 08:54 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 7/13/2014 10:51 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist! If you were wearing a GoPro cam on your head you would probably say something like Damn crazy car driver! Nah, everybody's waiting for the $40 Chinese Google Glass knock-offs. Go figger. And in San Francisco you could get killed by a wild bicyclist. Not to mention killed by an errant down-hill electric rail car running off the track and into a large group of pedestrians at Market Street, which I presume would be recorded by the public cams and the trolley cams.
[FairfieldLife] Become an Exponent of EEG and Enlightenment—Part 1
Become an Exponent of EEG and Enlightenment—Part 1 – 14-20 July 2014 https://www.mgcwp.org/ico/emailing/2014/2014-07-14-20_EEG/2014-07-14-20_EEG.html https://www.mgcwp.org/ico/emailing/2014/2014-07-14-20_EEG/2014-07-14-20_EEG.html Become an Exponent of EEG and Enlightenment—Part 1... https://www.mgcwp.org/ico/emailing/2014/2014-07-14-20_EEG/2014-07-14-20_EEG.html Announcing Part I: Become an Exponent of EEG Enlightenment this Guru Purnima View on www.mgcwp.org https://www.mgcwp.org/ico/emailing/2014/2014-07-14-20_EEG/2014-07-14-20_EEG.html Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
They are working against their own self interests. Wearing the gun in public is a bit like showing off and creates more opposition to gun ownership than supporting it. But then they are dumb as rocks anyway. On 07/13/2014 09:14 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 image http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 07/13/2014 11:36 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 7/13/2014 11:48 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/13/2014 08:54 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 7/13/2014 10:51 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist! If you were wearing a GoPro cam on your head you would probably say something like Damn crazy car driver! Nah, everybody's waiting for the $40 Chinese Google Glass knock-offs. Go figger. And in San Francisco you could get killed by a wild bicyclist. Not to mention killed by an errant down-hill electric rail car running off the track and into a large group of pedestrians at Market Street, which I presume would be recorded by the public cams and the trolley cams. These days one may want some liability insurance because your car insurance may not be enough if you accidentally hit someone and their medical bills need to be covered.
[FairfieldLife] Coolest death scene ever??
Well, can't tell for sure, but doubt it... Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest Death Scene Ever - Matti Pellonpää Kaurismaki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo This is a clip from Arial, one of Kaurismäki's most talked about and critically appreciated films and the film where, arguably, Kaurismäki found his ... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
The acid test was this morning and the camera performed beautifully for such a toy. The one goof I caught on video was the SUV in front of me stopping as the warning lights started going off at the railroad crossing. He was just right on top of the crossing and should have continued through. Be he stopped instead and then had to back up. The crossings are set up so the bars don't come down immediately so a car can get through. The train was about 15 seconds out so plenty of time. What didn't work so well was the footage as I returned home as that camera apparently got too hot in the car so the video was blurry. Checking here the camera is back to normal. So I will put it away if it looks like it is going to get heat from direct sunlight while parking. On 07/12/2014 08:06 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: My dash cam arrived today. I ordered a little less than two weeks ago and it was sent from China. It was only $40 including shipping but does 1080p HD. For a cheap gadget it is pretty well thought out to require as little installation as possible. The camera will sit on a suction cup holder in front of my rear view mirror so out of the way. The lens is extra wide angle which means it's little fish-eye but what you probably want to take in as much area as possible. It is hooked up to the cigarette lighter so when the car starts it starts the camera and it will record in a loop (currently I have an 8 GB micro SD card in it) until you shut the car off and then it can run for 3 more minutes. So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. Good cheap liability insurance in our modern age. On 07/12/2014 06:47 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window?: Yes, that sucks. What is worrying me more is this new Google glass contraption which has just started to become available in the UK. The thought of people recording the strangers they encounter in public spaces (and using face-recognition software) is very creepy. Soon the only place you can expect privacy is in your own home - and I understand that the capability exists for a snoop to switch on your laptop camera without your knowledge. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : What would you do if you saw a drone at your bedroom window? For all the slick technology, there are grave moral and legal questions going unanswered in the government’s use of armed drones to kill people considered terrorist threats. 'Reining In the Drones' http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/opinion/reining-in-the-drones.html?_r=0
[FairfieldLife] Re: World Cup Soccer
Q: What do you call the 3rd place team in the World Cup? A: Loser.
[FairfieldLife] Master Gardeners will be hosting Summer Webinar Series
Forwarded from: Alex Green dracgr...@gmail.com From: Keller, Kimberly D [CO PD] kdkel...@iastate.edu Date: 10 July 2014 18:24 The Master Gardeners will be hosting a Summer Webinar Series at the Extension Office on the fairgrounds. It will cost $5.00 per session and there is no charge for active Master Gardeners. We will be hosting the Summer Webinar series again this summer. Here is the information for the series: Summer Webinar Series Set The theme for the 2014 Summer Webinar Series is Totally Trees. As the Emerald Ash Borer marches across the state, homeowners need to be prepared to recognize signs of damage, know what control options are available, and consider alternatives for replacement trees. All sessions will be held from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on the dates indicated below. Tuesday July 15 - Mark Vitosh, Iowa DNR District Forester, will speak on Iowa's Unknown Treasure: The Forest Resource. He will discuss trees in communities as well as the benefits and issues of growing trees in Iowa woodlands and urban areas. Thursday August 14 - Donald Lewis Mark Shour, ISU Extension Entomologists, will speak on Tree Pests, with a focus on recent pests of trees such as the Emerald Ash Borer and the impact of these pests on the Iowa landscape. Thursday September 4 - Jeff Iles, Extension Nursery and Landscape Specialist, will speak on Ash Alternatives, providing ideas of other species of trees to consider planting in the home landscape.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever??
Uh, no. Now, THIS is a cool death scene: http://youtu.be/WbIVV9cVveo http://youtu.be/WbIVV9cVveo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote : Well, can't tell for sure, but doubt it... Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest Death Scene Ever - Matti Pellonpää Kaurismaki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo This is a clip from Arial, one of Kaurismäki's most talked about and critically appreciated films and the film where, arguably, Kaurismäki found his ... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
Seraphita, this had me chuckling at the thought of being in the bardo and concerned about how many Views my youtubed last words were getting! On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:37 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation..
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wins 1:0 against Argentina and the girls are happy, too
[FairfieldLife] Re: nabuleque maskedzebras fav. country
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[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
Re The thought of being in the Bardo and concerned about how many views my YouTubed last words were getting: There must be a new level on the after-life planes for the present generation of narcissists who spend their days taking selfies and obsessively updating their Facebook pages. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Seraphita, this had me chuckling at the thought of being in the bardo and concerned about how many Views my youtubed last words were getting! On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:37 PM, s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation..
[FairfieldLife] Re: nabuleque maskedzebras fav. country
and round and round... http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iMNn8gaoCqCoqfmXTAt9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTgwMDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz0xMTY0/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/germany-v-argentina-2014-fifa-20140713-214359-829.jpg http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iMNn8gaoCqCoqfmXTAt9w... http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iMNn8gaoCqCoqfmXTAt9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTgwMDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz0xMTY0/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/germany-v-argentina-2014-fifa-20140713-214359-829.jpg View on l1.yimg.com http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iMNn8gaoCqCoqfmXTAt9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTgwMDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz0xMTY0/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/germany-v-argentina-2014-fifa-20140713-214359-829.jpg Preview by Yahoo World Cup final - Germany defeats Argentina http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/world-cup-2014-final-germany-vs-argentina-1405278787-slideshow/ http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/world-cup-2014-final-germany-vs-argentina-1405278787-slideshow/ World Cup final - Germany defeats Argentina http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/world-cup-2014-final-germany-vs-argentina-1405278787-slideshow/ View the World Cup final - Germany defeats Argentina photo gallery on Yahoo Sports. Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries. View on sports.yahoo.com http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/world-cup-2014-final-germany-vs-argentina-1405278787-slideshow/ Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com Preview by Yahoo
[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
Re You mean like damn bicyclist!: How about: REALITY IS A DEADLY PLACE. I HOPE THIS TRIP IS A GOOD ONE. Psych-Out (1968) Check it out from the 7:40 to 8:40 mark . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O540iw5xaqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O540iw5xaqs ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : On 07/12/2014 08:37 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation.. You mean like damn bicyclist!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever??
Bags of onions. On Sunday, July 13, 2014 1:24 PM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Uh, no. Now, THIS is a cool death scene: http://youtu.be/WbIVV9cVveo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote : Well, can't tell for sure, but doubt it... Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest Death Scene Ever - Matti Pellonpää Kaurismaki Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel - Mikkonen's Death - Coolest ... This is a clip from Arial, one of Kaurismäki's most talked about and critically appreciated films and the film where, arguably, Kaurismäki found his ... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
You are confusing the 24/7 establishment in Silence, with some transient experience, and calling both, CC. Only the permanent state is referred to as CC. A person may have a brief experience of witnessing, even for a few days or weeks, but that is not called CC, or Cosmic Consciousness, simply because it goes away. To say that CC is not enlightenment by any standard, is a misunderstanding of what CC, is. The other traditions may not recognize CC for that it is, because they don't see it in its proper context, as the permanent establishment of Silence, within oneself, leaving only the discovery of Self in the external world for enlightenment to continue. All of your words are based on a transient experience of witnessing, but not what can legitimately be called CC. You are taking your beginner experiences of inner silence, and extrapolating them, to interpret Maharishi's teaching, and you end up in a mess. Probably a good thing for you to wait until the Silence is permanent, 24/7, to comment further. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : No. It is just that CC is not enlightenment by any standard. It is an early stage experience that one may have by whatever means a person is pursuing enlightenment. It is not a permanent experience subjectively. It is the first substantial taste of what 'freedom' in the enlightenment sense might be because you recognise that there is something more to experience than just thoughts, activity, and the dead of sleep (TC is not substantial because it is intermittent). Sleep is a completely silent state too, but there is no sense of self or ego or sense of mind there, so evaluation of experience is not possible in sleep, so you do not learn anything from it. I believe others here have pointed out that M referred to CC as 'glorified ignorance'. The subjective experience of experiencing deep silence inside but seemingly separate from the activity of the mind and the world is nice. It represents the greatest contrast between activity and non-activity that one can have on a spiritual path. It is the easiest experience to point to on the spiritual path because of that contrast between 'absolute' and 'relative' is so strong. But as they are separate, they are dis-integrated, and the mind for the most part is as deluded as ever, still seeing snakes in the grass when there are none. What is actually being experienced is the reflection of being on a silent aspect or facet of the mind that has developed as a result of meditation. You do not experience pure consciousness in this state. For the sake of explaining this to someone in these states, you just say that, even though it is not accurate, because it has referential and experiential meaning for them in that state. But it is a lie. It gives you an idea of what pure consciousness might be. An analogical experience and a metaphorical explanation. There is no scientific evidence of consciousness in the brain, or the mind, although scientist, for the sake of research, have to assume consciousness is there somehow. They are measuring correlates of subjective experience, that is all. The witness of activity and experience is located equally everywhere, not merely simultaneous with activity and experience, but this is unknown in CC. CC experiences have been reported by TM meditators and Zen meditators, but the Zen meditators do no consider this enlightenment by any means. I assume it is also experienced by others but I am not so familiar with those other traditions. I believe I saw a reference to it once in an article about Sufis. The main thing is, in the TM movement, one is not often informed that what one is being told is part of the illusion. A thorn to remove a thorn. That at some point that explanation is going to be pulled out from under your as experience and understanding change. When you dig out the thorn of ignorance with that second thorn (the ideas and understanding that the spiritual path brings), what are you going to do with the two thorns? You don't want the first one, that is clear, but the second one is the same thing, so you have to toss that one as well. That means everything on the spiritual path at some point has to be tossed away. Everything you thought was real, turns out to be an uninformed opinion about experience from your point of view. A further problem develops, because if you want to talk about it, you have to express it as a metaphorical opinion, and whoever is dense enough to believe you is going to be sucked into the lie unless you have the tools to lead them out of that eventually. Unlike many other paths TM does not seem to foster critical thinking and practical scepticism about what one is told. It actually seems worse has time goes on, TM is becoming more and more a system of belief rather than a system of strategies and understanding for freeing the mind from ignorance. Note that in
[FairfieldLife] Re: nabuleque maskedzebras fav. country
Great game, and an amazing scoring drive, and kick, by Germany. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : wins 1:0 against Argentina and the girls are happy, too
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
My recollection is that open carry is legal in Iowa but highly restricted. However, a couple years ago, they passed a law that made concealed carry available in all counties. Before that, it was up to the local sheriff's department, and the JeffCo sheriff had a long-standing policy of never issuing concealed carry permits. Now, there are tens or hundreds of JeffCo residents with permits. I used to have a handgun (Beretta 92FS), but when I discovered I couldn't hit a paper plate at 10 feet, I got rid of it. Rifles and shotguns are more my speed. And, while the Ruger semi-auto .22 plinker rifle has its charms, I'm more a bolt action kinda guy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote : Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
[FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever??
Leon - This is from Mathilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS9aDRqyII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS9aDRqyII
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
Haven't actually done any shooting since I used my brother's Model 1894 .30-.30 Winchester actually made in 1894, octagon barrel. Mighty fine rifle. Never could hit much with a revolver, but the last one I fired was a .347 Magnum so maybe if I used a lighter caliber From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! My recollection is that open carry is legal in Iowa but highly restricted. However, a couple years ago, they passed a law that made concealed carry available in all counties. Before that, it was up to the local sheriff's department, and the JeffCo sheriff had a long-standing policy of never issuing concealed carry permits. Now, there are tens or hundreds of JeffCo residents with permits. I used to have a handgun (Beretta 92FS), but when I discovered I couldn't hit a paper plate at 10 feet, I got rid of it. Rifles and shotguns are more my speed. And, while the Ruger semi-auto .22 plinker rifle has its charms, I'm more a bolt action kinda guy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote : Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
On 7/13/2014 5:27 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re The thought of being in the Bardo and concerned about how many views my YouTubed last words were getting: There must be a new level on the after-life planes for the present generation of narcissists who spend their days taking selfies and obsessively updating their Facebook pages. Probably about the same level as those who update their Yahoo! FFL messages. But, there's only one or two posting here that claim Facebook pages or taking selfies. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Seraphita, this had me chuckling at the thought of being in the bardo and concerned about how many Views my youtubed last words were getting! On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:37 PM, s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation..
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
I'm a hardcore flincher, and I *really* dislike shooting high caliber rounds. One time, I was at the range with a friend of mine, and he had an old .30-.30 lever action with him. He kept insisting that I take some shots with it, and I finally agreed. I've always used scopes on my rifles, and all that thing had was iron sights. So, I took careful aim, pulled the trigger, ! BLAM !, hit the target about 3 inches from the bullseye at 100 yards. Not bad, considering the sights and caliber. But, I was so rattled by the recoil that my second shot didn't even hit paper. Gimme a .22 or .223 any day. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote : Haven't actually done any shooting since I used my brother's Model 1894 .30-.30 Winchester actually made in 1894, octagon barrel. Mighty fine rifle. Never could hit much with a revolver, but the last one I fired was a .347 Magnum so maybe if I used a lighter caliber From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! My recollection is that open carry is legal in Iowa but highly restricted. However, a couple years ago, they passed a law that made concealed carry available in all counties. Before that, it was up to the local sheriff's department, and the JeffCo sheriff had a long-standing policy of never issuing concealed carry permits. Now, there are tens or hundreds of JeffCo residents with permits. I used to have a handgun (Beretta 92FS), but when I discovered I couldn't hit a paper plate at 10 feet, I got rid of it. Rifles and shotguns are more my speed. And, while the Ruger semi-auto .22 plinker rifle has its charms, I'm more a bolt action kinda guy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote : Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? From: j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would You Do?
Richard, that's why I was chuckling at the thought. I abhor Facebook, think of it as a big, fat, spider web and haven't used a camera in years! But...whatever floats one's boat! On Sunday, July 13, 2014 8:19 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: On 7/13/2014 5:27 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Re The thought of being in the Bardo and concerned about how many views my YouTubed last words were getting: There must be a new level on the after-life planes for the present generation of narcissists who spend their days taking selfies and obsessively updating their Facebook pages. Probably about the same level as those who update their Yahoo! FFL messages. But, there's only one or two posting here that claim Facebook pages or taking selfies. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Seraphita, this had me chuckling at the thought of being in the bardo and concerned about how many Views my youtubed last words were getting! On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:37 PM, s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Re So I too will be recording people or drivers and crazy cyclists I encounter on the public roadways. : Yep, in some places (Russia, for example) it's become essential to have a camera fitted to your car if you want to make an insurance claim. One day, that camera of yours might record your dying moments after a high-speed impact. Make sure you've got some memorable last words to ensure you're a YouTube sensation..
Re: [FairfieldLife] Meditating has instant effect on reducing stress
Hi Share, Here was destination of hike I took with #1 (chronologically) son. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Hi Steve, some of MJ's replies to my questions are under the thread, minus the YAS. Hope you all are having fun (-: Meditating has instant effect on reducing stress On Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:02 AM, steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Beautiful Michael. Thanks for a laugh. One of your many, many abilities. Now, about that mediocre meditation producing all those top drawer experiences ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I can From: Bhairitu noozguru@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Meditating has instant effect on reducing stress I don't think you can figure out whether a person is enlightened or not from their posts on a group. On 07/08/2014 04:53 AM, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Thanks Bucky, but I haven't met any enlightened people here on FFL yet, except maybe Sal. Jim and most here ascribe things to me that don't apply, like the idea that I am seeking redress for wrongs done me. I don't feel aggrieved toward the Movement for wrongs done me personally. I despise the Movement the same way I despise the current political circus we call a government - the gov'ment screws everyone all the time cuz that's what they do, the Movement screws everyone cuz that's what they do - both need to be reigned in and held accountable. I despise a liar and fraud whether he wears white robes and gold crowns or a suit and tie. I remember when the old Spiritual Counterfeits Project used to print up brochures denouncing Marshy and the Movement and they had one with a pencil drawing of Marshy sitting in a chair wearing a Western business suit. My roommate at the time was a TM'er and I was utterly and I mean utterly appalled when he brought that into the apartment. Turns out those SCP people were right!!! Wheee! From: dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife] mailto:dhamiltony2k5@...[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 12:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Meditating has instant effect on reducing stress Rick's original vision for FFL was that this place should be a salon for ideas. Not a saloon. I agree. MJ should just turn the other cheek and yield to the already enlightened here. But then MJ might just get it after enough thrashing, However to avoid conflict with the Yahoo-groups guidelines for civil discourse, where it gets really personal it would be kinder to the whole list if people should just take their personal stuff out to the back alley, off list between themselves, -Buck in the Dome In someone's grill? !!! Fists-cuffs? !FFL! !Moderators!, Keep an eye on this thread! awoelflebater writes: I would find some way to get up in someone's grill, and resolve this. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Who cares if I agree or disagree? If I were you, I would find some way to get up in someone's grill, and resolve this. I've done such things before, and it sure beats letting all us disinterested folks know how upset you are. PS I am on your side, wrt righting any wrongs done to you, but you are not handling this effectively, at all. A big waste of time and energy, imo. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... wrote : its not just about the sexual proclivities - in fact that is the least of it in my opinion - its the whole thing, but we've been over all that before. You and I are never gonna agree about it so that's just how it is.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
On 7/13/2014 5:45 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? Not sure exactly how you'd /take an AR-15 into Sonic,/ since Sonic is a curb-service eatery in your vehicle. Apparently the nearest Sonic is over in Ottuma. Go figure. But, since the Ar-15 is just a Colt M-16 rifle, it would probably be legal to carry one in your truck or in town since it is not unlawful to carry a long gun in Iowa. Iowa law does not generally require that firearms be concealed. *From:* j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 image http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns!
On 7/13/2014 5:45 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Yew mean yew boys ain't got no open carry groups out thar in Farifield what takes ther AR15's into Sonic to make a statement? Not sure exactly how you'd /take an AR-15 into Sonic,/ since Sonic is a curb-service eatery in your vehicle. Apparently the nearest Sonic is over in Ottuma. Go figure. But, since the Ar-15 is just a Colt M-16 rifle, it would probably be legal to carry one in your truck or in town since it is not unlawful to carry a long gun in Iowa. Iowa law does not generally require that firearms be concealed. *From:* j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:14 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Alabama - Gotta have them guns! IMO, anyone doing open carry to make a statement is a pitiful pencil-dick. Sure, if you're a rancher in rural bear country, keeping a .45 strapped to your waist is a damn good idea. But, if these urban open carry idiots had any smarts, they'd be carrying concealed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Another US news story to make Ann happy! Yes, so happy. What is interesting about this article is that it clarifies something with regard to why law abiding citizens feel the need to carry guns which is that they don't feel safe in their lives. The mention of the drug dealers in this particular area points to the justification these people use to want to openly carry weapons. So, a lack of faith in the ability of the police to deal with or provide safety for the average citizen is apparent. But what is so strange is that these people think by carrying a gun they are going to be safe. All the gun toter is going to get for his trouble is to get hit by the first bullet in a shoot out. No criminal is going to shoot the unarmed guy first if there is a gun holder in the room. And look at this guy standing in front of the target - all puffed up and manly 'cause he owns and shoots guns. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 image http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Alabama Ruling Hobbles Ban on Guns in the Open at Polls http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 After a sheriffs association sought to ban unconcealed weapons, fearing they might frighten voters, the state’s attorney general ruled that guns could be openly dis... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/alabama-ruling-hobbles-ban-on-guns-in-the-open-at-polls.html?ref=us_r=0 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Living a spiritual and artistic life
This pure consciousness is the basis of all these waking, dreaming and sleeping states of consciousness. How do we know it? We know it for the simple reason that pure existence is the basis for all that exists; it's very obvious. All that exists, exists in the basis of existence. The entire relative filed of phenomenal existence is based on pure existence. Waking, dreaming, and sleeping - these are the three relative states of consciousness. Belonging to the relative field they are based on the absolute being. Therefore, these three states of consciousness are based on pure consciousness, absolute Being. 'The Seven States Of Consciousness' by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi http://youtu.be/ScwYJ7GHixw On 7/13/2014 6:39 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are confusing the 24/7 establishment in Silence, with some transient experience, and calling both, CC. Only the permanent state is referred to as CC. A person may have a brief experience of witnessing, even for a few days or weeks, but that is not called CC, or Cosmic Consciousness, simply because it goes away. To say that CC is not enlightenment by any standard, is a misunderstanding of what CC, is. The other traditions may not recognize CC for that it is, because they don't see it in its proper context, as the permanent establishment of Silence, within oneself, leaving only the discovery of Self in the external world for enlightenment to continue. All of your words are based on a transient experience of witnessing, but not what can legitimately be called CC. You are taking your beginner experiences of inner silence, and extrapolating them, to interpret Maharishi's teaching, and you end up in a mess. Probably a good thing for you to wait until the Silence is permanent, 24/7, to comment further. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : No. It is just that CC is not enlightenment by any standard. It is an early stage experience that one may have by whatever means a person is pursuing enlightenment. It is not a permanent experience subjectively. It is the first substantial taste of what 'freedom' in the enlightenment sense might be because you recognise that there is something more to experience than just thoughts, activity, and the dead of sleep (TC is not substantial because it is intermittent). Sleep is a completely silent state too, but there is no sense of self or ego or sense of mind there, so evaluation of experience is not possible in sleep, so you do not learn anything from it. I believe others here have pointed out that M referred to CC as 'glorified ignorance'. The subjective experience of experiencing deep silence inside but seemingly separate from the activity of the mind and the world is nice. It represents the greatest contrast between activity and non-activity that one can have on a spiritual path. It is the easiest experience to point to on the spiritual path because of that contrast between 'absolute' and 'relative' is so strong. But as they are separate, they are dis-integrated, and the mind for the most part is as deluded as ever, still seeing snakes in the grass when there are none. What is actually being experienced is the reflection of being on a silent aspect or facet of the mind that has developed as a result of meditation. You do not experience pure consciousness in this state. For the sake of explaining this to someone in these states, you just say that, even though it is not accurate, because it has referential and experiential meaning for them in that state. But it is a lie. It gives you an idea of what pure consciousness might be. An analogical experience and a metaphorical explanation. There is no scientific evidence of consciousness in the brain, or the mind, although scientist, for the sake of research, have to assume consciousness is there somehow. They are measuring correlates of subjective experience, that is all. The witness of activity and experience is located equally everywhere, not merely simultaneous with activity and experience, but this is unknown in CC. CC experiences have been reported by TM meditators and Zen meditators, but the Zen meditators do no consider this enlightenment by any means. I assume it is also experienced by others but I am not so familiar with those other traditions. I believe I saw a reference to it once in an article about Sufis. The main thing is, in the TM movement, one is not often informed that what one is being told is part of the illusion. A thorn to remove a thorn. That at some point that explanation is going to be pulled out from under your as experience and understanding change. When you dig out the thorn of ignorance with that second thorn (the ideas and understanding that the spiritual path brings), what are you going to do with the two thorns? You don't want the first one, that is clear, but the second one is the same thing, so you have to toss that one as
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever??
Why are you guys so depressed? On 7/13/2014 7:12 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Leon - This is from Mathilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS9aDRqyII
[FairfieldLife] 35 M.P.H Trikkes drag race
You folks responded to my last vid, so.. Edg Ron Jesse test the new beast drag races https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHkcs545rQamp;feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHkcs545rQamp;feature=youtu.be Edg Ron Jesse test the new beast drag races https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHkcs545rQamp;feature=youtu.be Edg, Ron and Jesse drag race using the new beasts and Ron's 16er. View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHkcs545rQamp;feature=youtu.be Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever??
BLADE RUNNER - I've seen things BLADE RUNNER - I've seen things View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo From: s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:12 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coolest death scene ever?? Leon - This is from Mathilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS9aDRqyII
