[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread TurquoiseB
Two excellent posts. My comments to both below, interspersed: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I spent a month with David OJ studying the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Highest Buddhist Masters Today

2007-12-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: high on?? http://www.highestbuddhistmasters.org/english/enyingma.html A good test of how high any of them are might be to show each of the teachers this Web page and see who demands to be taken off of it. They're

[FairfieldLife] 'Obama= Bridge to Healing-Christians Moslems?'

2007-12-21 Thread Robert
Because of Obama's background, having a blood line of the Islamic faith. Will bring a bridge of healing to the religious war we are in It seems to me that he would be in a fine position, To bring the two faiths together, with trust and a sense of transcendent purpose.

[FairfieldLife] Quantum theory of gravity?

2007-12-21 Thread cardemaister
Why does it seem to be impossible to come up with a quantum theory of gravity? Is it perchance, because gravity represents* /puruSa/ which is, according to saaMkhya, /kevala/ as to /prakRti/, and thus has nothing to do with the three /guNa-s/? *) brahma-suutra: [brahma(n) is] aakaashas

[FairfieldLife] Bodhisattvas in Hell

2007-12-21 Thread Vaj
Ken Wilber on Samsara and Nirvana http://holons-news.com/node/139 According to all the world's great wisdom traditions, the secret to happiness is said to be remarkably simple: all we need to do is cherish others, to learn to love as deeply as we possibly can, to the bottomless depths of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bodhisattvas in Hell

2007-12-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Wilber on Samsara and Nirvana http://holons-news.com/node/139 According to all the world's great wisdom traditions, the secret to happiness is said to be remarkably simple: all we need to do is cherish others, to

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Stop saying that stuff about TM-jihad please. That is a fundamentlist's term and I am only interested in research published in peer-reviewed respected scientific journals. I consider religion and other unproven

[FairfieldLife] Global warming hoax

2007-12-21 Thread MDixon6569
_.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :._ (http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.BlogsContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb) **See AOL's top rated recipes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 21, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Peter wrote: Back in the day the MIU administration created their own internal currency called Mahas. It was used between departments. Two friends of mine who ran a department (which shall remain nameless to protect the good reputation of Tom Selleck and Chris

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Peter
--- Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 20, 2007, at 7:30 PM, gullible fool wrote: I'll be happy to make one in Raams. I'll kick in as well. Since it will be for a good cause, management should not mind if I come in over the weekend and use their color printer to print

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Peter
--- Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 20, 2007, at 7:30 PM, gullible fool wrote: I'll be happy to make one in Raams. I'll kick in as well. Since it will be for a good cause, management should not mind if I come in over the weekend and use their color printer to print

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Off_World, whoever you are, i think it is a brilliant position you take and try to entrench. I am with you on that. But, where is its virtue if it is not coupled with social progress? It is like you thrust

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum theory of gravity?

2007-12-21 Thread Duveyoung
Cardemaister: Why does it seem to be impossible to come up with a quantum theory of gravity? Is it perchance, because gravity represents* /puruSa/ which is, according to saaMkhya, /kevala/ as to /prakRti/, and thus has nothing to do with the three /guNa-s/? *) brahma-suutra: [brahma(n) is]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bodhisattvas in Hell

2007-12-21 Thread Vaj
On Dec 21, 2007, at 6:45 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Wilber on Samsara and Nirvana http://holons-news.com/node/139 According to all the world's great wisdom traditions, the secret to happiness is said to be remarkably simple:

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The idea that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament is something that only fundamentalists believe. I asked a fundamentalist once how Moses managed to write about his own death (last chapter of

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread feste37
The idea that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament is something that only fundamentalists believe. I asked a fundamentalist once how Moses managed to write about his own death (last chapter of Deuteronomy). Needless to say, I didn't get a satisfactory answer. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Global warming hoax

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :._ (http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.BlogsContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb) Excellent summary of

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the only metric worth using is the measurement of how much social good does any action promote. Off_W you're trying to stay un-involved but what you think about this observation of Marek? Like, where are you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bodhisattvas in Hell

2007-12-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to watch the video before responding. I don't think the orphans who had their blankets stolen were in bliss, do you? He's saying the same thing as MMY, it's called a line on water, you become so infused with

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
So they went back and did as Moses (and presumably God) instructed, killing everyone except for the virgins. In this way they got 32,000 virgins -- Wow! A waste of a lot of good MILFs if you ask me! I enjoy reading about Bible atrocities. When I hear people pointing to it as a moral standard,

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote:Stop saying that stuff about TM-jihad please. That is a fundamentlist's term and I am only interested in research published in peer-reviewed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Global warming YES but enjoy the ride it happened before

2007-12-21 Thread WLeed3
I note the earth is warming, however here in Buffalo NY S. Ont 15 ,000 yrs ago we had 2 1/2 miles of ice here GREAT for us this global warming. Its occurred before the arctic antarctic has palm trees growing there, of course the continents have drifted some since then. Some of the ice on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bodhisattvas in Hell

2007-12-21 Thread Vaj
On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:38 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to watch the video before responding. I don't think the orphans who had their blankets stolen were in bliss, do you? He's saying the same thing as MMY, it's called

[FairfieldLife] Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL. I have no intention of conversing with anti-science fundamentalists on the topic of science. People like Curt, Lurk, Turq., Peter, Boo, Sal, Doug, Vaj, and others, are anti-science, just like Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, George Bush, Rush Limbaugh,

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Dear Off_World, whoever you are, i think it is a brilliant position you take and try to entrench. I am with you on that. But, where is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 20, 2007, at 7:30 PM, gullible fool wrote: I'll be happy to make one in Raams. I'll kick in as well. Since it will be for a good cause, management should not mind if I come in over the weekend and use their color printer to print off a few thousand of my Super Coherent All-American

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Peter
This news story is right up there with the one about the busty queen for King Tony! --- shanti18411 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Hey Thanks for the info.Any idea when the VD Diety nectar will be for sale?$108 per ml sounds too good to be true!:)Kevin In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread Duveyoung
If we interpret the Bible as some of us are wont to do with the Gita, then Moses' genocidal actions must be at least compared to Arjuna's mass killings -- that is, they are spiritual tales meant to symbolize psychological battles fought. It's hard to think of an archer knocking down 10,000 arrows

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I am sad to hear you say that you are throwing out ALL of modern science because it doesn't suit your opinion. On that idea are fascist states born. What are you talking about? Do you think that my

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we interpret the Bible as some of us are wont to do with the Gita, then Moses' genocidal actions must be at least compared to Arjuna's mass killings -- that is, they are spiritual tales meant to symbolize

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
snip Absolutely not, you are trying to smear the world of science again instead of admitting that only research published in respected peer- reviewed scientific journals holds any weight in the 21st century, and that you believe in that principle. If you do not admit to believing in that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL. I have no intention of conversing with anti-science fundamentalists on the topic of science. People like Curt, Lurk, Turq., Peter, Boo, Sal, Doug, Vaj, and others,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:52 AM, off_world_beings wrote: People like Curt, Lurk, Turq., Peter, Boo, Sal, Doug, Vaj, and others, are anti-science, just like Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Billy Graham, If that's the case, how come we're not as rich? And BTW, it's Curtis.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread Angela Mailander
Just for the record, the word myth is used in the popular culture to mean untruth. In my profession, the word is used to refer to a story that has significant truth value of the kind that is accessible only through interpretation as symbol, metaphor, or anagoge--usually some combination of

[FairfieldLife] For Judy

2007-12-21 Thread Angela Mailander
From Laws of Form by G. Spencer Brown: Unfortunately we find systems of education today which have departed so far from the plain truth, that they now teach us to be proud of what we know and ashamed of ignorance. This is doubly corrupt. It is corrupt not only because pride is in itself a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch Ron Paul OWN this Fox news turd

2007-12-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk

[FairfieldLife] Death Ray Replaced By The Voice of God

2007-12-21 Thread Vaj
While U.S. efforts to deploy it's microwave Active Denial System (which transmits a searchlight sized bean of energy when makes people downrange feel like their skin is on fire) continue to be delayed, another non-lethal system, LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) has been quietly deployed to Iraq.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
And BTW, it's Curtis. Thanks Sal. And it's Mr. Curtis if you're nasty, like Miss. Jackson said! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:52 AM, off_world_beings wrote: People like Curt, Lurk, Turq., Peter, Boo, Sal, Doug, Vaj, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
If one is predisposed to conspiracy theories and the like, turning to peer review science would be a boon. If one is predisposed to useful stuff (including accumulated wisdom), turning to peer review science will turn you into an absent minded klutz.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If one is predisposed to conspiracy theories and the like, turning to peer review science would be a boon. If one is predisposed to useful stuff (including accumulated wisdom), turning to peer review science will turn you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL. I have no intention of conversing with anti-science fundamentalists on the topic of science.

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The idea that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament is something that only fundamentalists believe. I asked a fundamentalist once how Moses managed to write about his own death (last chapter of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch Ron Paul OWN this Fox news turd

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:52 AM, off_world_beings wrote: People like Curt, Lurk, Turq., Peter, Boo, Sal, Doug, Vaj, and others, are anti-science, just like Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, George Bush, Rush Limbaugh,

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread Dick Mays
Fwd: This news is just too good to sit on For example, I got this email message from Steve Taylor not too long ago... He was attending a Residence Course and just heard this news about the pundit project in India! The finances have been secured now so that 20,000 pundits can be supported

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Absolutely not, you are trying to smear the world of science again instead of admitting that only research published in respected peer- reviewed scientific journals holds any weight in the 21st

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: The idea that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament is something that only fundamentalists believe. I asked a fundamentalist once how

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't state this above statement, then you ARE stating that you are against science. Let's see If you are not with us, you are against us So you ARE stating that you are agianst science, and yes you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Angela Mailander
Off, get a grip. Curtis is not anti-science and he wrote an intelligent and well-written piece about that. He's against absolutist statements and ultimatums. Curtis has said that science in peer reviewed journals has to be read and assessed intelligently. It's not automatically the absolute

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
If you don't state this above statement, then you ARE stating that you are against science. Let's see If you are not with us, you are against us...who gave that ultimatum... Reason and logic must work together with the scientific method to advance human knowledge. You are way OFF here.

[FairfieldLife] Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
The Anti-Science Proponent: First discards an argument based on no rational reason. Then, attacks the personality of the other person. Then they say research published in peer-reviewed journals is not the important thing. Then, they flip-flop and they tout a study published in a peer-

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
When my Mom tells me to put on fresh clean underwear before going out for a drive - I am not supposed to take her as an authority on the subject - - wait till I tell her, she'll come and kick your ass.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Global warming hoax

2007-12-21 Thread Angela Mailander
One of the reasons I posted the article about how sat yuga will come because most of us will die off due to climate change is that I wanted everyone's opinion on that subject. So thanks for responding. What emerges from the discussion is that none of us have (nor can have) definitive answers,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL. I have no intention

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we interpret the Bible as some of us are wont to do with the Gita, then Moses' genocidal actions must be at least compared to Arjuna's mass killings -- that is, they are spiritual tales meant to symbolize

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: If you don't state this above statement, then you ARE stating that you are against science. Let's see If you are not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
What she said. Thank you Angela. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off, get a grip. Curtis is not anti-science and he wrote an intelligent and well-written piece about that. He's against absolutist statements and ultimatums. Curtis has said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fwd: This news is just too good to sit on For example, I got this email message from Steve Taylor not too long ago... He was attending a Residence Course and just heard this news about the pundit project in

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: The idea that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament is something that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do us all a very big favor, and get back to announcing this when 20,000 *ACTUALLY DO* show up. I'd be willing to bet that it *DOES NOT HAPPEN* Tirelessy attending the competion to become the most boring person in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Absolutely not, you are trying to smear the world of science again instead of admitting that only research published in respected peer-

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fwd: This news is just too good to sit on For example, I got this email message from Steve Taylor not too long ago... He was attending a Residence Course and just heard this news about the pundit project in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@ wrote: Fwd: This news is just too good to sit on For example, I got this email message from Steve Taylor not too long ago... He was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Do us all a very big favor, and get back to announcing this when 20,000 *ACTUALLY DO* show up. I'd be willing to bet that it *DOES NOT

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Do us all a very big favor, and get back to announcing this when 20,000

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for the record, the word myth is used in the popular culture to mean untruth. In my profession, the word is used to refer to a story that has significant truth value of the kind that is accessible only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-21 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Anti-Science Proponent: First discards an argument based on no rational reason. Then, attacks the personality of the other person. Then they say research published in peer-reviewed journals is not the

[FairfieldLife] Good Reason Not to See Charlie Wilson's War

2007-12-21 Thread Bhairitu
Seems it's a whitewash when compared with the book. The Massoud inaccuracy was included because Tom Hanks just can't deal with this 9/11 thing; and because Wilson and Joanne Herring (played by Julia Roberts in the movie) threatened legal action after reading an earlier, more honest, draft of

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipyou anti-science nuts here on FFL, that cannot bring themselves to make that statement. This has nothing to do with TM, this has to do with the future of science and humankind which is threatened by you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-21 Thread Vaj
In regards to typical FFL anti-science stance, all it takes to be anti-scientific is belief in TM as science since most TM science has been shown to be non-scientific and at best statistically insignificant. These are the real anti-science people, all of whom were apparently fooled,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lay off the egg nog! STRAWMAN ATTACK ! , STRAWMAN ATTACK ! :-) Either that or the Jim Beam. Maybe you should go have holiday drinks with your schools physic department dean. :D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@ wrote: Fwd: This news is just too good to sit on For example, I got this

[FairfieldLife] Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
How many people in this forum Pseudo-science.?? And how many are Anti-science.?? How do you define both.?? Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:01:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Traits of the Anti-Science Mind In regards

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus washed feet of his Prostitute........was/MMY-A Bal Brahmacharya.

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
His name Jesus derived from Tejas. In Sanskrit, Tejas means Radiance. A holy halo over his head. Spiritual birlliance.!! Please pronounce it as Thay-jus. Consult Cardemeister. off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:45:35

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 20,000 Pandits in India

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
If the TM-org crawls before the Almighty Dollar $$ What purpose does the RAAM serve.?? What do they do with it.?? Heh Heh, Great mystery eh.?? Mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:39:29 - Subject: [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
The 21st century will be about research published in resepected peer- reviewed scientific journals. Get used to it. -Doug, in FF

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread gullible fool
Did you notice the acronym for Super Coherent All-American Money? --- Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 20, 2007, at 7:30 PM, gullible fool wrote: I'll be happy to make one in Raams. I'll kick in as well. Since it will be for a good cause, management should not mind if I

[FairfieldLife] Too many Rajas spoil the Vedic broth

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
The Raja stuff and King Nader stuff is way too literal. Maharishi has fallen into the same pitfall as many other literalists like the Hare Krishna mov't who believe in a literal Gokulam.!! I just can't believe that Maharishi could make a mistake like this.

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
Krishna and Balrama did not fight. His clan became drunk and started fighting and killing each other. Balrama went into the state of yogam and vanished instantly. Krishna went into a forest to lie down. A hunter mistook him for a deer and shot him with an

[FairfieldLife] Re: blame it on Star Trek

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
Maharishi says with no effort is lost the yogi attains his goal.!! Wealth can be created effortlessly. Sure, Wealth can be ill-gotten by murdering or cheating or Genocide.!! This superiority complex is the reason for the hatred for Jews all over

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:28 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus washed feet of his Prostitute........was/MMY-A Bal Brahmacharya.

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His name Jesus derived from Tejas. In Sanskrit, Tejas means Radiance. A holy halo over his head. Spiritual birlliance.!! Please pronounce it as Thay-jus. Consult Cardemeister.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus washed feet of his Prostitute........was/MMY-A Bal Brahmacharya.

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Is Aramaic a dead language.?? do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:37:23 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus washed feet of his Prostitutewas/MMY-A Bal Brahmacharya. Yeshua is the original

[FairfieldLife] Re: Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
I suppose there are many levels or degrees of Anti-science thinking.?? But to lump, ' Badass bin Laden' with Shemp is a little overboard.?? off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:13:10 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Traits of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus washed feet of his Prostitute........was/MMY-A Bal Brahmacharya.

2007-12-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Is Aramaic a dead language.?? Although for the most part Aramaic is consider a dead language it is still being taught and used by students and scholars

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many people in this forum Pseudo-science.?? And how many are Anti-science.?? How do you define both.?? I recently moved to town and found this forum. I signed up mostly to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread Jason
You have hit the nail right on the head. Pseudo-science is basic disbelief in the scientific method. ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:30:38 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science I recently moved to

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Like many here who have taught and promoted TM in the past, I was ready, willing and able to be less than candid or truthful about the TMO or its programs if I felt that the ultimate result would be that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Peter
Curtis, she's way too rational. Has she been validated through a peer reviewed journal? Wait, we're antis-science. See if babies cry in her presence or if milk curdles and then we'll know the real story behind this Angela person. --- curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What she said.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Too many Rajas spoil the Vedic broth

2007-12-21 Thread tertonzeno
---Charlie Lutes agrees. (Charlie speaks from beyond the grave!!...) In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Raja stuff and King Nader stuff is way too literal. Maharishi has fallen into the same pitfall as many other literalists like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Movement news?

2007-12-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:46 PM, gullible fool wrote: Did you notice the acronym for Super Coherent All-American Money? Not at first--good one! Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate to beliefs. It seems to be a dance between trying to be rigorous in my thinking and still being open to what is not known. I am still finding that balance. I don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis, she's way too rational. Has she been validated through a peer reviewed journal? Wait, we're antis-science. See if babies cry in her presence or if milk curdles and then we'll know the real story behind this Angela

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Angela Mailander
Babies cry Milk curdles Flowers wilt Kittens keel over dead Clouds gather Lightening strikes I'm friggin' powerful!!! - Original Message From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:50:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off, get a grip. Curtis is not anti-science and he wrote an intelligent and well-written piece about that. He's against absolutist statements and ultimatums. Ah yes, the anti-science crowd predictably going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: If you don't state this above statement, then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In regards to typical FFL anti-science stance, all it takes to be anti-scientific is belief in TM as science You are the only ones talking about TM, you anti-science crowd STILL refuse to say that the simple rational truth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis, she's way too rational. Has she been validated through a peer reviewed journal? Wait, we're antis-science. See if babies cry in her presence or if milk curdles and then we'll know the real story behind this Angela

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice contribution! I studied the philosophy of science a bit. In my personal life I am trying to find a balance in how I relate to beliefs. It seems to be a dance between trying to be rigorous in my thinking and

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