From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this
Christmas period
I
Interesting article, one that I'm sure a few people with rather in the box
ideas about who and what atheists are will skip without even reading, so I'll
post the winning ten after the link, just for them. :-)
Atheists Rewrite Ten Commandments, MythBusters’ Adam Savage Judged New Commands
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I like thinking about religion and spirituality in out of the box ways, ways
that approach the old stories from new perspectives, and that challenge us to
step out of the conditioned boxes we've been taught to think within and
approach these stories from wholly new perspectives..
I too like
I'm not an atheist, but it all sounds good to me.
Good response. I have to work today so don't have time to dive into the
translation of the German article or reply in depth (and may not have anything
to say when I do have time), but your mention of the political and social
forces that influenced the different books of the Bible reminded me of
A holiday message for those who no longer feel comfortable believing in that
Santa Claus guy with all his naughty or nice rule-based, dualistic thinking.
Finally there is a hipper, more humanist guy, the Claus for the rest of us:
Sump'n Claus - Saturday Night Live
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Good for him for not giving in, they could always go home and starve to dearth
in a gulag if they dislike our tradition of mocking our self-important rulers.
Mind you, I admit to gritting my teeth at the prospect of another mustn't be
offensive story and I'm happy it wasn't. If it's any
FWIW, Maharshi is closer to the standard Sanskrit spelling than Maharishi.
mahaa + RSi - MaharSi (vocalic R-sound [ri] changes to consonantal r-sound).
Srijau, Citation? Did you write this? You were there?
You ought to post this over at the_peak where it would be more fully
appreciated.
-Buck in Fairfield
The Peak https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/info
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/info
The
The Swami was obviously drunk or being paid to say that, if indeed he did say
it.
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Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 10:18 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Greatest saint in ten thousand years
Swami Lakshmanju
Look at the end of the article where you will find mention of Vedic math.
Indian village where people speak in Sanskrit
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| Indian village where people speak in SanskritBBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi visits
a village in Karnataka where most residents speak Sanskrit, at
Now see this article:
Nothing Vedic in ‘Vedic Maths’
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| Nothing Vedic in ‘Vedic Maths’Advocating ‘Vedic mathematics’ as a replacement
for traditional Indian arithmetic is hardly an act of nationalism; it only
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Crap, I should have looked further! The con artist who claims to have
discovered Vedic math was apparently a Shankaracharya! Take a look at how he
discovered what doesn't even exist in the veda - cognition!!! Shades of
Marshy's fakery.
The Fraud of Vedic Maths
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Michael, I think you would enjoy a novel by an Indian novelist, R. K. Narayan,
called The Guide. It was published in 1958 and is set in South India. It's
about a man named Raju who gets mistaken by some gullible villagers as a sadhu,
or holy man. He learns how to play along with it and acquires
Sounds like the Mystic Masseur
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 9:02 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: India Loves a Sham - Part 3
Michael, I think youwould enjoy a novel by an Indian novelist, R. K.
Narayan,
Just to follow up, I found time to read a Babelfished version of the German
article, and found it interesting. But not interesting enough to really comment
on. Thanks, though for your comments, and the invitation to a discussion.
Trouble is, I am the furthest person you have ever met from a
Dear Rick, Yep, most the writers who remain posting here have nothing to do
with Fairfield or Fairfield life. They have effectively usurped the
Fairfieldlife brand with the dross of their own branding of negativity and
unkindness that they bring here dumping in method. It is time to separate
I used to be into this kind of thing years ago and lent an ear to many
theologians who were trying to figure out what this stuff was all really
about. This is a pretty good analysis. There is also the concept that
that some of the tales in the Bible and well as Hindu texts are tales
that
Sometimes I see atheism as a phase that people go through rejecting the
personalized God that was made up to help simple people understand a
complex principle of what seems to be a glue that holds the universe
together. I grew up in a non-religious family but my folks sent me to
the local
The NK dear leader was schooled in Switzerland. NK isn't a
communist country but as someone pointed out on the radio er streamer
the other day a family business. Same with Cuba.
On 12/22/2014 02:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
Good for him for not giving in, they could always go home and
For the record, I've met a number of Indian mystics who wouldn't share
the opinion either. But we do have to keep in mind that Indians tend to
have a bad habit of hyperbole.
On 12/22/2014 05:11 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
The Swami was obviously drunk or
Ouch! I've studied Sanskrit and stopped as it started to get into the
nine or more tenses it uses. It is a far more complex and exact
language that any of our modern languages which appear very simplistic
in comparison. Hindi is a dumbed down version of Sanskrit. And then we
have Pali
From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
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For the record, I've met a number of Indian mystics who wouldn't share the
opinion either. But we do have to keep in mind that Indians tend to have a bad
habit of hyperbole.
Tell me about it. If TM TBs
Uh Buck, that's because most of us don't live in Fairfield but WE DO
have a connection with it. Instead of bitching why don't you share
what's been going on in Fairfield? I even find your views and news on
farming interesting.
On 12/22/2014 08:36 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How much do you actually know about ISIS? Have you noticed that some of
the video interviews they've done that the ISIS young guys seem to be a
little too comfortable with western slang? Does that suggest
something to you? It does me.
On 12/21/2014 07:42 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com
Turquoise,
I am all for exploring outside the box. Though, of course, simple being
outside the box, by it self, does not make something useful and valid. Perhaps
nine of ten, or 99 out of 100 things outside the box are dross and dead-ends.
But finding that one thing can I would hope, make
Turquoise:
Exactly. At its heart, the Gita is the story of Doing What You're Told By Your
Superiors, no matter what your own sense of discrimination, honor, and right
and wrong tell you.
I'd love to hear those who diss the Koran while praising the Gita explain to
me how the latter is
I'm thinking of purchasing thisanyone here know of this or have any cogent
opinions?
The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images (The Archive for
Research in Archetypal Symbolism)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Symbols-Reflections-Archetypal/dp/3836514486
Turquiose:
I'm going to follow up on this, because 1) it's part of a pattern I see on
FFL, 2) it ties in with other posts I've made here, and similar reactions to
them, and 3) I'm a little surprised that it's actually YOU doing the reacting
this time, s3raphita.
I like thinking
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 6:31 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Views on Gita (was Love and God)
Turquoise:
Exactly. At its heart, the Gita is the story of Doing What You're Told
On this first day of winter when all of us old meditators are being mercilessly
into the depths of black hell darkness and demonic evil negativity here on FFl,
I suggest that we have a period of silence ending at 12:01am on January 11th. I
further suggest that the silence last for a full 108
I'm down with this. It's got lots of numbers in it, so it must be true.
From: jamesalan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 6:58 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity
On this first day of winter when all of us old meditators are being mercilessly
into the depths of black hell darkness and demonic evil negativity here on FFl,
I suggest that we have a period of silence ending at 12:01am on January 12th. I
further suggest that the silence last for a full 108
The singer-songwriter best known for his cover of The Beatles' With a
Little Help From My Friends, died after a battle with lung disease,
reports The Yorkshire Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/22/joe-cocker-dead_n_6367648.html
The angels will get a new voice in heaven.
And in addition, Buck, I used to live in Fairfield, IA, at one time, and while
I live in New York state, I live just 3 miles from Fairfield County,
Connecticut, which is across the state line, and I shop there frequently. And
occasionally I drive to the city of Fairfield, Connecticut for
I live about 15 miles south of Fairfield, California. It's an urban
sprawl place probably more like SoCal than NorCal. Where I live is
kinda Old Bay Area. It's where many Sicilians settled who came over to
work in masonry. And I've been to Fairfield, IA once but not on TM business.
On
I thought Fairfield was a stand in for wherever you are, right now. (or is
that Atman) Like in the song, That's How I Got to Memphis
In the series finale of The Newsroom (e3.6):
Charlie (News Director): “Name that tune.”
Will (News Anchor): “Play a little more. …. Tom T.
Does this mean that this animal has become conscious and has become a person?
A court in Argentina apparently thinks so.
http://news.yahoo.com/captive-orangutan-human-freedom-argentine-court-rules-203651528.html
I agree. Even the Old Testament has many references to a fair field.
“For the fruit felleth from the spirit, and the field of blood turneth to a
fair field, unto this day.” [Obadiah 5:34]
Sincerely,
The OT Prophets
Naveb, Sirrom, Jarmar Nilegah
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
We agree. Even the Old Testament has many references to a fair field.
“For the fruit felleth from the spirit, and the field of blood turneth to a
fair field, unto this day.” [Obadiah 5:34]
Sincerely,
The OT Prophets
Naveb, Sirrom, Jarmar Nilegah
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
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I see you're in troll mode today.
Re Reposted it in case someone had anything intelligent to say about it. Too
bad you didn't:
Define intelligent. I wasn't exactly having a rant!
Re I'm sorry you thought my post was tacky. I think your reply was somewhat
more so.:
You think
Crank (person) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_%28person%29
Crank (person) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_%28person%29 Crank is a pejorative term
used for a person who holds an unshakable belief that most of his
MJ most of all.
http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/mental-health/the-answer-lies-within-30850382.html
http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/mental-health/the-answer-lies-within-30850382.html
How much do you actually know about ISIS? Have you noticed that some of the
video interviews they've done that the ISIS young guys seem to be a little too
comfortable with western slang? Does that suggest something to you? It does
me.
I've mostly heard the ISIS Brits who seem to be fully
The ones I saw interviewed were probably from Kentucky.
On 12/22/2014 06:36 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
How much do you actually know about ISIS? Have you noticed that some
of the video interviews they've done that the ISIS young guys seem to
be a little too comfortable
People who believe in the lies and bullshit of Marshy Mahesh the Con Artist are
the ones who are stuck in the past. The Old Goat is dead and you still swallow
his nonsense? You ran smack into the tar baby and didn't know it.
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To:
Forgive me if I start to cryin' By the time Lizzie lays it down...well.I
guess I'll listen to her again and put up a few more Christmas lights.
Putin Reopens Possibility for Preemptive Attack on the West, Zhilin Says
http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-reopens-possibility-for-preemptive-attack-on-the-west-zhilin-says/
http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-reopens-possibility-for-preemptive-attack-on-the-west-zhilin-says/
Putin
In Putin’s own words, “Russia as always will consistently defend its interests
and sovereignty and will seek to strengthen international stability and support
equal security for all states and peoples.” And that means, Zhilin says, that
“in the case of danger for Russia in financial,
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