[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's report on flooding in Iowa (and other stuff)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Vedic Mantras are the names of the Devatas which govern the physiology of every individual and which administer the whole universe. Reciting the names creates reverberations in the Devata value in the human physiology, and which in turn creates a reverberation in the cosmic value of Devata. A relationship is created between the Devatas in the physiology and the Devatas in the cosmos. We create a relationship of our consciousness, mind and physiology with the cosmic consciousness, mind and physiology through these words of the Veda. We can command the structure of the universe from within our own structure. Through the Maharishi Yagya performance different values of Devata are enlivened in our physiology and in the corresponding value of the cosmic physiology...The Maharishi Yagya performances are set procedures. They have not been invented by any human being, but have existed as part of Natural Law at all times. When the yagya is performed, the pandits may for example begin by chanting a particular Mantra from Rigveda to enliven a specific aspect of a Devata. They may then continue with reciting another Mantra from Samaveda to enliven another aspect of a Devata. In continuing this process of enlivening various aspects of the Devatas in a set procedure they create a new entity, a new Devata. This new aspect of Natural Law, created by the Yagya, has all the power which is needed to fulfill the initial Sankalpa, the purpose of the yagya. (from the Jan 2002 newletter of the Maharishi Yagya program, Hillsboro, NH 03244) Amzing. Who'dve thought they were that powerful, actually creating new Devatas to do their bidding. Actually existing *before* the people who patiently do them all day in India and elsewhere, all day and every day churning out profound changes to events on earth. With such consistently applied technology from the deepest levels of nature like that at their disposal is it unreasonable to expect them to actually work?
[FairfieldLife] Pluto in (tropical?) Capricorn with Michael Lutin
Added: September 26, 2007 (Less info) Michael Lutin discusses the social and political implications of Pluto entering Capricorn in February 2008 where it will remain until 2024 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAF-l8SQvZE
[FairfieldLife] Fake Crop Circle
This what it looks like when a crop circle is made by humans, very crude compared the others. http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2008/winterbourne/winterbourne2008.ht ml
[FairfieldLife] Two more interesting movies
Two more flicks to add to your Netflix queue, if the mini-reviews below appeal to you. I saw the first last night, and it reminded me a little of the second, which came out last year. The connec- tion is that both films have to do with the after- math of an auto accident, and how that accident affects the lives of one of the passengers for the rest of his life. The first was, like In Bruges, shown at the most recent Sundance Film Festival. It's called Quid Pro Quo, and I liked it a LOT. Do NOT be put off by the subject matter; that's just local color for a good, old-fashioned mystery, one that opens up into not only revelation, but self- revelation. It's even got a pair of magical shoes that perform miracles. The two actors who basically eat the screen with fine performances are Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga. Stahl plays playing a public radio reporter/speaker who is semi-paralyzed; the accident in his youth that killed his parents left him in a wheelchair. He gets a tip from an anonymous woman that at a local hospital, a man recently walked in and tried to bribe one of the residents to amputate his leg. Following up on it, he finds that not only is it true, but that there is a subculture out there that *envies* those in wheelchairs, and wants to become like them. They call themselves wannabees, and have been known to cripple themselves or have others do it for them so that they can live their inner selves in the wheelchairs they have dreamed of being confined to for so long. His investigation leads him to a mysterious and beautiful young woman, played by Vera Farmiga in a performance that is going to get her a LOT of work in the future. She's tremendous -- innocent, sexy, conflicted, and at every turn of the plot the person who leads Stahl's character deeper and deeper into his investigation of why on earth someone would *want* to be confined to a wheelchair. It's a great flick, by a first-time writer/director, someone who IMO is To Be Watched. Highly recommended. The other accident-related film is called The Lookout, and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tommy from Third Rock from the Sun) as a guy whose auto accident left him with impaired ability to form and hold memories. Like the character in Memento, he cannot form short-term memories; if he wants to remember anything, he has to write it down for future reference. This even applies to the babe who picks him up in a local bar and sleeps with him. She introduces him to friends who are very interested in the fact that he works as a janitor in a bank. Duh. They take advantage of his impairment to sucker him into being the lookout as they rob the bank. Belatedly, Gordon-Levitt's character, with the help of his blind best friend (well played by Jeff Daniels) figures out what is going on and tries to extricate himself from the situation. Also highly recommended; Gordon-Levitt has turned into a finer actor than was hinted at in Third Rock. Enjoy...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Crop Circle
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This what it looks like when a crop circle is made by humans, very crude compared the others. http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2008/winterbourne/winterbourne2008.ht ml Nah, they just had one too many pints of Hold Horizontal* at the Dog and Trumpet before they set out. * To the inexperienced, one pint of that is often more than enough.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Not Happening Happening
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple weeks ago, I watched two seasons of 'Dexter' in two days. I would highly suggest that as a certain antidote for terrible cinema. I've done that too, and also recommend the experience highly. It's great television, and there is something about watching the episodes back-to-back that allows you to appreciate just how good they are in ways that you can't when watching them once a week. For those who love good filmmaking, good acting, and great writing, I would recommend a similar immersion experience with several other TV series: Firefly (of course), Deadwood, John From Cincinnati, and (if your DVD player is region- free) the English series Life On Mars. Each of these series only get *better* with a repeat viewing, and seem to be enhanced with an immersion viewing, where the past plotlines so important to the present ones are still fresh in your mind in each new episode. I would imagine that the same thing is true for the Babylon 5 series that Lawson recommended today. I never really got into it, and probably won't *unless* I can watch it in such an immersion marathon.
[FairfieldLife] Mouse and carpaltunnel?
I believe intensive use of mouse can cause a condition called carpaltunnelsyndrome. To prevent that, I've built a device out of duct tape, neodym magnets and a rather broad variety of rubber band, whose name I don't know in English. In Finnish it's called kalsarin-kumi[coo-me]-nauha[now-huh] (underware['s]-rubber-band). You can see the material, and a ready-to-use device here (on a lousy Yamaha amplifier): http://www.gypsii.com/place.cgi?op=viewid=116371
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
Turq, nice post summarizing some problems with neo-advaita. My two cents below: But for Door Number 1, my experience is that the NeoAdvaita satsang experience -- while VERY DEFINITELY being a technique -- *can* work for some, but doesn't work for most. The reason is that in most cases the *catalyst* that could make the technique or method work is missing. Ramana Maharishi (big daddy of advaita) makes it very clear that Atma-vichara or Self-inquiry is for the very few who have done, as he calls it, preliminary work. He never saw it as a technique. Basically if you Self-inquired and nothing happened, it was back to yoga until your intellect was sattvic enough to transcend with atma-vichara. This rather important point seems to be missing from the neo-advaita folks. The basic structure/technique is language designed to get the seeker OUT OF HIS HEAD, out of the intellect, and out of concepts of future enlight- enment and into an awareness of Now and only Now. If that is accomplished, *some people* can exper- ience in that Nowness a moment (or longer) of satori or realization. In my experience, the sat- sang experience works best for those who have had enlightenment experiences or realization experiences BEFORE, and who thus take advantage of the silence of Nowness to remember it and re-experience it. You make a critical point about language here. We tmer's are so used to language being used to construct a conceptual model of enlightenment that we fail to recognize any other use of language. Ramana rarely used language this way. For Ramana, language is a tool to trigger realization. Maharishi, almost never, used language this way. Maharishi built waking state models of realization that our minds could hold onto. Raman didn't build conceptual models. Unfortunatly, Neo-advaita speak, at its worst, builds conceptual process models that are, imho, ridiculous for the most part.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turq, nice post summarizing some problems with neo-advaita. My two cents below: But for Door Number 1, my experience is that the NeoAdvaita satsang experience -- while VERY DEFINITELY being a technique -- *can* work for some, but doesn't work for most. The reason is that in most cases the *catalyst* that could make the technique or method work is missing. Ramana Maharishi (big daddy of advaita) makes it very clear that Atma-vichara or Self-inquiry is for the very few who have done, as he calls it, preliminary work. He never saw it as a technique. Basically if you Self-inquired and nothing happened, it was back to yoga until your intellect was sattvic enough to transcend with atma-vichara. This rather important point seems to be missing from the neo-advaita folks. Exactly. Hey, I've had realization experiences myself in a NeoAdvaita setting, but I certainly don't credit the satsang or the teacher with having created them. I've had similar reali- zation experiences just by visiting a place of power, or by being placed in a out-of-the- ordinary situation (once, in fact, by having my life threatened by a mugger in Amsterdam... go figure). The 'ting is, many of us HAVE paid our dues, or at least *some* dues with the 'preliminary work.' So something comes along that triggers an experience *based* on that 'preliminary work.' That does NOT mean to me that the trigger or catalyst *caused* the realization experience. It merely built upon years or decades of 'preliminary work' and SOMETHING happened (we'll never know exactly what) that allowed us to get the hell out of our own way and appreciate what had always already been present. The basic structure/technique is language designed to get the seeker OUT OF HIS HEAD, out of the intellect, and out of concepts of future enlight- enment and into an awareness of Now and only Now. If that is accomplished, *some people* can exper- ience in that Nowness a moment (or longer) of satori or realization. In my experience, the sat- sang experience works best for those who have had enlightenment experiences or realization experiences BEFORE, and who thus take advantage of the silence of Nowness to remember it and re-experience it. You make a critical point about language here. We tmer's are so used to language being used to construct a conceptual model of enlightenment that we fail to recognize any other use of language. Exactly. The very *purpose* of language in the TMO is TO create conceptual models, and to immerse the student in more and more elaborate conceptual models. Ramana rarely used language this way. For Ramana, language is a tool to trigger realization. Exactly. It's anti-conceptual-model language. The closest parallel to it I can come up with is the use of the koan in traditional Zen. The objective is to use language to present a situation or scenario that CANNOT be reduced to a conceptual model. What, after all, IS the sound of one hand clapping? The solution CANNOT be reasoned out; it can never be achieved via intellectual effort. The language is used instead to *break patterns*, to get the student OUT OF HIS HEAD, out of intellectual constructs and the use of the intellect, period. The purpose is to create a mental environment that HAS NO CHOICE but to BE HERE NOW. It's the NOW that allows or facilitates the reali- zation IMO, not the language. Maharishi, almost never, used language this way. My experience was never, period. But I am open to the possibility that others who spent more time with him saw him use language this way. I doubt it seri- ously, because he did not ever strike me as being aware of this particular use of language AT ALL, but it's possible. Maharishi built waking state models of realization that our minds could hold onto. And that people DID hold onto, and still ARE. Ramana didn't build conceptual models. Unfortunatly, Neo-advaita speak, at its worst, builds conceptual process models that are, imho, ridiculous for the most part. I like that. Conceptual process models. That's it exactly. Those who are lured by the use of non- conceptual language in a satsang environment to GET OUT OF THEIR HEADS and let conceptualization fall away sometimes have a minor realization experience. Then, later, when that experience has faded, they put the PROCESS that, for them, led up to the mini- realization experience on a kind of mental pedestal and turn it into an ongoing exercise in moodmaking. They attempt -- without the assistance of a good satsang facilitator -- to create the PROCESS of satsang in their everyday lives. They eschew con- ceptual models and the idea of path or tech- nique, BUT THEY ARE PRACTICING A TECHNIQUE! They are trying to recreate the process that they now associate with their epiphanal moment of real- ization. They are trying to moodmake themselves back to
[FairfieldLife] Mike Myers (The Love Guru) on Conan!
(Perhapst this been up already...) Mike Myers was on Conan June 18th. If one is allowed to watch the Full Episodes on Late Night website, it's worth watching what Mike has to tell especially about Deepak Chopra. According to Mike, Deepak has a great sense of humour. http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Brien/photos/index.shtml#cat=9sec=2026mea=47193 http://tinyurl.com/53fd7h
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mouse and carpaltunnel?
Is the primary benefit due to the palm of your hand lying flat ? How about a picture of the device in action ? For traditionalists who prefer a standard mouse, your 'device' is probably helpful. Laptops forgo the traditional mouse, its tail, and most importantly the troublesome mouse pad. The built-in pad of laptops by itself is a huge plus IMHO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe intensive use of mouse can cause a condition called carpaltunnelsyndrome. To prevent that, I've built a device out of duct tape, neodym magnets and a rather broad variety of rubber band, whose name I don't know in English. In Finnish it's called kalsarin-kumi[coo-me]-nauha[now-huh] (underware['s]-rubber-band). You can see the material, and a ready-to-use device here (on a lousy Yamaha amplifier): http://www.gypsii.com/place.cgi?op=viewid=116371
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not technique when the technique has truly been laid aside. This is where language doesn't suffice. Most of life is a trance and thus a search for techniques to find a way out. But the way out is in. But for Door Number 1, my experience is that the NeoAdvaita satsang experience -- while VERY DEFINITELY being a technique -- *can* work for some, but doesn't work for most. The reason is that in most cases the *catalyst* that could make the technique or method work is missing. It is not technique when the technique has truly been laid aside. This is where language doesn't suffice. Most of life is a trance and thus a search for techniques to find a way out. But the way out is in. Bullshit. Saying it twice doesn't make it any less bullshit. The very fact that you repeat it verbatim indicates that it is very MUCH a technique for you. snip I'm personally not into traditions. Of course not. Traditions have this tendency to actually evaluate and verify the claims of those who dare to teach in their name. It's SO much easier to dispense with that, and claim to be realized, with nothing to back it up. :-) snip There is seemingly no knowledge of further evolution, of unfolding newer levels of realization, of going forward. This is not my experience at all. Then explain. We'll wait. snip There IS nowhere to go and nothing to become to realize one's enlightenment. But at the same time, there is more to it than just saying those words, over and over. I absolutely agree with this last paragraph. Uh...then with all due respect, do something more than just repeating: It is not technique when the technique has truly been laid aside. This is where language doesn't suffice. Most of life is a trance and thus a search for techniques to find a way out. But the way out is in. No matter how many times you say it, that doesn't make it any less bullshit.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Intelligent Life in Fairfield?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, I'm welcomed. More carefully than? I get where the lotus vibration comes from, and also the shakti, although Goddess can encompass a variety of attributes. Juts curious which you align yourself with most strongly? As an example, I have felt an affinity with both the archangel Michael and Shiva at times (though I continue to feel most comfortable calling myself Jim...). This is why I am asking the question. Thank you again for showing up here. All the best to you.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance'
Peter: What the hell does he know? Science is all theory, anyway, so? I trust Rush alot more. Shempmcgurk: The more global warming is debunked - Anatol : Debunked by whom? By Rush? Fine, let's get Rush to build the next space ship. There have been and are scientists who sell themselves To tobacco, beef, dairy, The SAD( Standard American Diet ) Diet The politics Nuclear plants which will never be safe Religious fanaticism The olive oil health myth Misguided economics of greed and selfishness Etc, etc And just plain meanness and nonsense Much as we see on this forum It is indeed unfortunate That many such views are supported by a forum Supposedly dedicated to seekers of truth And call that enlightenment It seem on this forum , many are stuck in the powerful hypnotisms of MMY's misguided teachings even those who supposedly oppose and foster their own misguided views While disregarding genuine spiritual teachers like Amma and Tolle and many others Who clearly inform us that the extinction of human race Is indeed a possibility due to its extreme selfishness And disregard for environment and the plight of those suffering There are scientists who sincerely and honestly do their job as integriously as possible within an area of caring But, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see what can be seen with plain and honest common sense Many sincere seekers come to this forum to check it out And leave shortly greatly disappointed Om, anatol
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll have to visit me in person for the photos. You'll be taking them by the way. Cool, I guess, if you're the lotusshaktigoddess whose photo (non-nekkid photo) is on seemingly dozens of blogs, according to Google. If that's really you (a recent statistic indicates that something like 40% of photos posted by people on the Internet aren't really photos of them), then you look very nice for 49. I'm a little older than 49 myself, but people who have seen my photo think that I still look pretty good: http://tinyurl.com/28ddsq :-) Anyway, just to follow up a little on my previous reply, I'm a bit...uh...outspoken. When I called bullshit on the blurb you kinda repeated like a mantra, it was intended to indicate that I thought that the *blurb* was bullshit, not you. You might be -- that is still undetermined -- but I was commenting on the blurb: It is not technique when the technique has truly been laid aside. This is where language doesn't suffice. Most of life is a trance and thus a search for techniques to find 'a way out.' But the way out is in. I call bullshit on blurbs like this for several reasons. The first is that they are non-provable and non-falsifiable. Someone is just *claiming* to live or act this way or to believe this. And in general, I follow the advice of a former spiritual teacher in regard to such claims: Listen to what people say, but watch what they DO. Following that dictum, everyone I've ever met in my life who claims to have laid aside techniques had more techniques and recognizable habit patterns and thought patterns goin' on for them than those who don't spout such bullshit. This *includes* most of the NeoAdvaita teachers mentioned in followups to your posts. And I'm sorry, but The way out is the way in is less profound to me than No matter where you go, there you are, and the latter was actually spoken by that great sage and master Buckaroo Banzai. :-) I have NOT been following these exchanges very carefully, but it seems to me that a lot of your responses have been canned; that is, you've used them before on one blog or chat forum or another, and that they actually *worked* for you there, because no one called you on them. As you may have guessed :-), a LOT of people on this forum are not terribly impressed or wowed by Newage (rhymes with 'sewage') canned bullshit. They had to put up with can after can after can of it in the TM movement, and some have opened a few cans of post-TM bullshit since they bailed on Maharishi and *his* canned bullshit. If you are the same person who posted on all those blogs, what I noticed in my quick scan was that on them you seemed to have a sense of humor. Some of the things you said there were spontaneous and NOT canned Newage bullshit. I, for one, would respond better to that kind of non-canned spontaneous humor; I tend to value humor over anything else. So if you're really interested in transcending all this petty anti-NeoAdvaita squabbling and gettin' down to some fun conversations, I'm game. Let's make an end run around all these people taking their pur- ported beliefs (or non-beliefs) so seriously and just chat and have fun. Works for me, anyway. And if it works for you and we wind up gettin' along, you can come to my little beach town in Spain and take nekkid pictures of me. I look just like the photo above. Really. No bullshit. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is too easy to put ourselves into a trance using familiar, high-sounding words ... so please don't start. I won't either. The great movers and shakers were not small egos; they were, in the very best sense of the term, big egos, precisely because the ego (the functional vehicle of the gross realm) can and does exist alongside the soul (the vehicle of the subtle) and the Self (vehicle of the causal). To the extent these great teachers moved the gross realm, they did so with their egos, because the ego is the functional vehicle of that realm. They were not, however, identified merely with their egos (that's a narcissist), they simply found their egos plugged into a radiant Cosmic source. The great yogis, saints and sages accomplished so much precisely because they were not timid little toadies but great big egos, plugged into the dynamic ground and goal of the Cosmos itself, plugged into their own higher Self, alive to the pure atman (the pure I-I) that is one with Brahman; they opened their mouths and the world trembled, fell to its knees, and confronted its radiant Goddess. I pray that I never have to say that again. How is that for a description dear SanDiego? Brilliant- Now you're talking! Thanks for this-- Yes, the individual becomes a vehicle plugged into the Cosmic Generator, in humble and blissful service to the Goddess. I was wondering if I would ever read such words as yours here-- it is very satisfying to do so. Thank you again for showing up. I am enjoying reading every word, like the brisk shower of standing under a very tall waterfall. Ha ha!
[FairfieldLife] Re: NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, amarnath anatol_zinc@ wrote: excerpt from : http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCI_WARMING_SCIENTIST? SITE=OHCIN\ SECTION=AMERICASTEMPLATE=DEFAULT James Hansen told Congress on Monday that the world has long passed the dangerous level for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and needs to get back to 1988 levels. He said Earth's atmosphere can only stay this loaded with man-made carbon dioxide for a couple more decades without changes such as mass extinction, ecosystem collapse and dramatic sea level rises. We're toast if we don't get on a very different path, Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute of Space Sciences who is sometimes called the godfather of global warming science, told The Associated Press. This is the last chance. . A pastor was giving his weekly sermon to his flock one Sunday morning He was reading the sermon off of a sheet of notes he had prepared. In the margins of the notes next to a particular part of the sermon, he had scribbled: weak point, speak louder. The more global warming is debunked -- the whole enchilada is pretty much all debunked at this point -- the more that fear-mongers like Al Gore and this Hansen character tell us that doom is right around the corner. Anyone want to take bets that the sea isn't going to rise one inch this year and that Manhatten is not going to be under 10 feet of water by 2015? Strawman alert! No one has suggested the seas are going to rise this year or that that coastal areas will be under 10 feet by 2015. What they say is that they Earth is heating up and we are dangerously close to a *known* critical temperature where the ice caps will melt. The sea level was 300 feet higher before the ice age when temperatures were just a bit more than they are now. So unless heat *doesn't* melt ice. I haven't seen any actual debunking of climate science, just head-in-the-sand denial.
[FairfieldLife] Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield
Any Goodman one of the most highly regarded independent journalists, by her peers and the public, will speak at the Fairfield library Sat. June 28. http://tour.democracynow.org/2008/06/fairfield_ia.html
[FairfieldLife] A near death experience from a friend
Did I ever tell you about my near death experience? It happened during a really bad time in my life '81. I had gotten some money from being in a car accident so I went to study painting and sculpture in NY. While there, my life got even more stressful and I had multiple organ failure. The doctor came to me when my liver started shutting down and told me I had better get my life in order because the liver does not have the ability to regenerate itself. While in a coma I had my near death experience. I was floating over a landscape, no body. just consciousness. I got to a door with no doorknob and proceeded to have a conversation with a disembodied voice in my consciousness. The voice said we know I had had a hard time and as soon as I got to the other side they would take care of me. Well, the they was sure interesting. He (it was a he and he was not the Big Guy, more like the keeper of the Gate position), said I had done enough so I could go. For some reason this made me think I was getting a B in life instead of an A so I started to rethink going back. (Much later, after much study I came to think life is not graded like A's and B's. oh well, made my decision on false data.lol) I thought about how upset my Mother would be and did not want to be responsible for killing her. I said maybe I could help some kids or old folks so maybe I would go back. I had the impression they were pleased, but maybe they would have been pleased with any decision...maybe it was just love consciousness. I did however consider that I was probably dead so how could this happen. The voice said not to worry about it because we will carry you for 3 days. I had the impression of some energy work being done on me and then, with a gasp; I was sitting up in my hospital bed. There were two women at the bottom of the bed praying. They looked at me and said they thought they had lost me because I had been in a coma for three days. Well, I thought that was the three days the voice had told me about. The doctor came around and was amazed at how my organs were turning back on and asked me if anything unusual had happened to me while I was out. I lied because I was new to the metaphysical stuff and did not want to be treated like a psychiatric patient! He took some blood and went off on rounds. A short time later another guy came and took some blood. He came back again very grouchy this time and took some more. This happened the next day and the next with different people taking the blood. I was thinking it was odd and didn't I need this blood to recover? Finally my main doctor came to take blood and he explained that when the lab analyzed my blood it came back as being unable to sustain life!!! WOW. And then, on the third day just like the guy in the vision said, my blood became able to sustain life.interesting, yes? He said the blood phenomenon was caused by all my red blood cells going to protect the organs. The blood was very thin and pink when it was taken, not rich red like usual. Anyway, I felt like I have had two lives in one. I also, later, realized that since I chose to come back that all things after that moment were because of my decision so I had to take a lot more responsibility for my life. Definitely a turning point!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any Goodman one of the most highly regarded independent journalists, by her peers and the public, will speak at the Fairfield library Sat. June 28. http://tour.democracynow.org/2008/06/fairfield_ia.html Weelll she's certainly interesting to listen to, but her agenda is every bit as radical as Rush's, just in the other direction. And... what? DId she try for a speaking venue at MUM and got turned down or is her publicist just plain stupid? Had she managed to get a spot at the Domes, instead of the Fairfield LIbrary, she would have had 50x as many people simply because the venue is 50x as large. I mean sheesh. Lawson
[FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield
I find that though her agenda may be radical she backs her entire presentation up with hard facts. She presents the events as they are and does not seem to slant things one way or another when asking question-she simply asks questions. It is clear that she is a left-wing believer but listen to her closely-she does not make stuff up. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, makes stuff up, out and out lies. KH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Any Goodman one of the most highly regarded independent journalists, by her peers and the public, will speak at the Fairfield library Sat. June 28. http://tour.democracynow.org/2008/06/fairfield_ia.html Weelll she's certainly interesting to listen to, but her agenda is every bit as radical as Rush's, just in the other direction. And... what? DId she try for a speaking venue at MUM and got turned down or is her publicist just plain stupid? Had she managed to get a spot at the Domes, instead of the Fairfield LIbrary, she would have had 50x as many people simply because the venue is 50x as large. I mean sheesh. Lawson
[FairfieldLife] Re: A near death experience from a friend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I ever tell you about my near death experience? Thanks for posting this, Rick. I particularly liked: I got to a door with no doorknob and proceeded to have a conversation with a disembodied voice in my consciousness. ... He (it was a he and he was not the Big Guy, more like the keeper of the Gate position), said I had done enough so I could go. For some reason this made me think I was getting a B in life instead of an A so I started to rethink going back. That was funny and humble and I really liked it. The ability to make light of oneself (getting a B in life) and not use the experience to glorify oneself (dealing with the gatekeeper and not the Big Guy) makes the story read better, and allows one to focus on the story, not the storyteller. Nice touch.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenny H Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield I find that though her agenda may be radical she backs her entire presentation up with hard facts. She presents the events as they are and does not seem to slant things one way or another when asking question-she simply asks questions. It is clear that she is a left-wing believer but listen to her closely-she does not make stuff up. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, makes stuff up, out and out lies. As do Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, and the rest of them.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:59 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Top Independent Journalist to visit Fairfield --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any Goodman one of the most highly regarded independent journalists, by her peers and the public, will speak at the Fairfield library Sat. June 28. http://tour.democracynow.org/2008/06/fairfield_ia.html Weelll she's certainly interesting to listen to, but her agenda is every bit as radical as Rush's, just in the other direction. And... what? DId she try for a speaking venue at MUM and got turned down or is her publicist just plain stupid? Had she managed to get a spot at the Domes, instead of the Fairfield LIbrary, she would have had 50x as many people simply because the venue is 50x as large. The dome is in use at that hour. There are other big venues, such as the HS and middle school auditoriums. But there's a $7 fee and this is 10am Saturday. The library will probably be just about right. Her visiting here has nothing to do with the TMO, AFAIK, and they probably would have wanted a cut of the $7 if she had used an on-campus facility.
[FairfieldLife] Have you been *saved* from Kal?
Q: Recently, I've been reading a book called The Ocean of Love by Kabir; he was an incarnation of the true God. (M: Yes, yes) He talks about the mouth of Kal. After uninitiated souls die, the messengers of death come and kind of trick them. The souls go towards Kal, and then Kal chews them up. I don't understand what that means. M: If you are not initiated, Kal, meaning the negative power, will come to you. Kal means negative power in Sanskrit. If you're initiated, the Master will come, and Kal cannot trick you. After initiation, Kal stays away because the soul doesn't belong to him any more; he cannot control you. But he still tries to trick you, of course. He tries to make trouble, but that's his job. And your job is to walk your way, no matter what he says. Q: It just sounded scary. M: Ah, no, life is scary; its end is always deadly! (Master and everyone laugh.) Q: It's scary for uninitiated people. M: But you are initiated, so you are always protected by the Master. If you really, sincerely want to go Home, even 10,000 Kals can do nothing to you at all.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mouse and carpaltunnel?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the primary benefit due to the palm of your hand lying flat ? No, it's the woo woo rays from that powerful neodym magnet, when that thing is around your wrist. :-] I know it shouldn't have any effect, but as soon as I abstain from wearing it, my wrist starts to get tired after I've been clicking my mouse for a while.
[FairfieldLife] The Newbie Western III: Satsang At The OK Corral
[ It's about 3 p.m. on a Wednesday evening in Fairfield Flats. The set is the same saloon from the first movie in this classic and underappreciated trilogy. There are a lot of regulars for a Wednesday afternoon, and they're doing what Fairfield Flatlanders DO on a Wednesday afternoon -- bash things. In one corner a bunch of guys are getting medieval on a brass spitoon because they just noticed that it has NeoAdvaita written on it. They're whackin' the...uh...spit outa that thing, kicking it and bashing at it with their gun butts. Out among the poker tables anti-TMers (you can always tell them because they wear black hats) are bashing a few TMers in white hats. The victims are holding up gold-bound books with Science and I Just Know written on the covers to protect themselves. In one corner, the Newb from the first movie is sitting alone, because he hasn't quite gotten the piss smell out of his clothes. But he's here, and that shows that he's got a pair...or at least one. Up onstage, one guy is providing the soundtrack. He's a One Man Band, simultaneously playing guitar, harmonica, a bass drum, and a diddley bow, all while trying to keep Sal from climbing into his lap. Lesser men wouldn't be able to handle the latter, much less multitask. Meanwhile, the bartender just stands behind the bar drawing beer and wiping glasses and gazing Buddhalike out over his domain, except for the rare times he has to get out the Louisville Slugger he keeps beneath the bar and moderate someone. ] WhiteHat1: Well, you know what Maharishi says... BlackHatsInUnison: Groan. WhiteHat1: ...he says that in enlightenment the Self is no longer overshadowed by the self. I agree, because I am in constant textmail contact with my Self at all times, 24/7, and I no longer have a self. So I'm right in this debate and you're wrong. BlackHat1: Now wait a minute...if you have no self, who is it that is right? BlackHat2: Forget the self thing. What I want to know is, HOW DOES HE MAKE HIS VOICE DO THAT? I mean, this is a movie, and he managed to make 'self' sound different than 'Self,' while saying this stuff aloud. Aren't we asking the audience for a little too much suspension of disbelief early in the movie? BlackHatsInUnison: He's got a point there. WhiteHat2: No he doesn't. Answer the question. This is an argument, not a discussion. Somebody's got to WIN. Otherwise, how would anyone know whose belief system is The Best? NewbInTheCorner: But we already know which is The Best. It's the one that follows the words Maharishi says... [ Several guys stand up and move their gun hands toward their zippers. The Newb takes a swig of his beer and says nothing more. The guys sit back down. ] GalNewbAtTheBar: But I was LIKING the self / Self stuff. Oh well. Where's the ladies' room? I've got to pee. BlackHat2: It's out back, but it's in another dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: So how do I get there? WhiteHat1: Just follow your inner voice from Maharishi or Guru Dev, whomever is 'on call' at the Help Desk today. WhiteHat2: Call Lou and have him either do a Jyotish chart for you or ask the Pleiaidians. Or both. WhiteHat3: Get a checking. BlackHat1: Just turn left at the sixth dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: Oh, OK, thanks. But how will I get back. BlackHat2: The way out is the way in. GalNewbAtTheBar: OK, got it. Thanks. [ She exits. Some of the black hat guys are eyeing her butt as she goes. None of the white hat guys are...they're too busy work- ing on some new gay slurs for the satsang. ] BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. Bartender: I know...let's have a satsang shootout! WholeBar: What's a satsang shootout? Bartender: Well, that's where the black hats and the white hats meet out at the OK Corral and shoot it out over whose philosophy, religion, belief system, or lifestyle is The Best. There are no rules, and you can use any weapons you want. Whoever is left standing at the end of the shootout is The Best. [ Deep, deep silence, nigh unto the silence of a moonlit night in the Himalayas, as everyone ponders this suggestion. ] BlackHat2: But how is that different than every day here at the saloon? Bartender: Oh. WholeBar: Oh. Bartender: Never mind, then. Carry on. BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. [ GalNewbAtTheBar returns from the ladies' room. Obviously, she found the way in by noticing the sign on it that says 'Out.' She takes her place at the bar again, sips her beer (the only one in the room that doesn't have flies in it) and addresses the crowd. ] GalNewbAtTheBar: I've got an idea! Why don't we have a satsang shootout? WholeBar: Absolutely. Great idea. Last one to the Corral is a rakshasa. [ Everyone runs out except the One Man Band in the corner. He surveys the empty bar, takes a swig of
Re: [FairfieldLife] Have you been *saved* from Kal?
WTF is this? There's no context to it. --- On Wed, 6/25/08, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Have you been *saved* from Kal? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 12:28 PM Q: Recently, I've been reading a book called The Ocean of Love by Kabir; he was an incarnation of the true God. (M: Yes, yes) He talks about the mouth of Kal. After uninitiated souls die, the messengers of death come and kind of trick them. The souls go towards Kal, and then Kal chews them up. I don't understand what that means. M: If you are not initiated, Kal, meaning the negative power, will come to you. Kal means negative power in Sanskrit. If you're initiated, the Master will come, and Kal cannot trick you. After initiation, Kal stays away because the soul doesn't belong to him any more; he cannot control you. But he still tries to trick you, of course. He tries to make trouble, but that's his job. And your job is to walk your way, no matter what he says. Q: It just sounded scary. M: Ah, no, life is scary; its end is always deadly! (Master and everyone laugh.) Q: It's scary for uninitiated people. M: But you are initiated, so you are always protected by the Master. If you really, sincerely want to go Home, even 10,000 Kals can do nothing to you at all.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Newbie Western III: Satsang At The OK Corral
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ It's about 3 p.m. on a Wednesday evening in Fairfield Flats. The set is the same saloon from the first movie in this classic and underappreciated trilogy. There are a lot of regulars for a Wednesday afternoon, and they're doing what Fairfield Flatlanders DO on a Wednesday afternoon -- bash things. In one corner a bunch of guys are getting medieval on a brass spitoon because they just noticed that it has NeoAdvaita written on it. They're whackin' the...uh...spit outa that thing, kicking it and bashing at it with their gun butts. Out among the poker tables anti-TMers (you can always tell them because they wear black hats) are bashing a few TMers in white hats. The victims are holding up gold-bound books with Science and I Just Know written on the covers to protect themselves. In one corner, the Newb from the first movie is sitting alone, because he hasn't quite gotten the piss smell out of his clothes. But he's here, and that shows that he's got a pair...or at least one. Up onstage, one guy is providing the soundtrack. He's a One Man Band, simultaneously playing guitar, harmonica, a bass drum, and a diddley bow, all while trying to keep Sal from climbing into his lap. Lesser men wouldn't be able to handle the latter, much less multitask. Meanwhile, the bartender just stands behind the bar drawing beer and wiping glasses and gazing Buddhalike out over his domain, except for the rare times he has to get out the Louisville Slugger he keeps beneath the bar and moderate someone. ] WhiteHat1: Well, you know what Maharishi says... BlackHatsInUnison: Groan. WhiteHat1: ...he says that in enlightenment the Self is no longer overshadowed by the self. I agree, because I am in constant textmail contact with my Self at all times, 24/7, and I no longer have a self. So I'm right in this debate and you're wrong. BlackHat1: Now wait a minute...if you have no self, who is it that is right? BlackHat2: Forget the self thing. What I want to know is, HOW DOES HE MAKE HIS VOICE DO THAT? I mean, this is a movie, and he managed to make 'self' sound different than 'Self,' while saying this stuff aloud. Aren't we asking the audience for a little too much suspension of disbelief early in the movie? BlackHatsInUnison: He's got a point there. WhiteHat2: No he doesn't. Answer the question. This is an argument, not a discussion. Somebody's got to WIN. Otherwise, how would anyone know whose belief system is The Best? NewbInTheCorner: But we already know which is The Best. It's the one that follows the words Maharishi says... [ Several guys stand up and move their gun hands toward their zippers. The Newb takes a swig of his beer and says nothing more. The guys sit back down. ] GalNewbAtTheBar: But I was LIKING the self / Self stuff. Oh well. Where's the ladies' room? I've got to pee. BlackHat2: It's out back, but it's in another dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: So how do I get there? WhiteHat1: Just follow your inner voice from Maharishi or Guru Dev, whomever is 'on call' at the Help Desk today. WhiteHat2: Call Lou and have him either do a Jyotish chart for you or ask the Pleiaidians. Or both. WhiteHat3: Get a checking. BlackHat1: Just turn left at the sixth dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: Oh, OK, thanks. But how will I get back. BlackHat2: The way out is the way in. GalNewbAtTheBar: OK, got it. Thanks. [ She exits. Some of the black hat guys are eyeing her butt as she goes. None of the white hat guys are...they're too busy work- ing on some new gay slurs for the satsang. ] BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. Bartender: I know...let's have a satsang shootout! WholeBar: What's a satsang shootout? Bartender: Well, that's where the black hats and the white hats meet out at the OK Corral and shoot it out over whose philosophy, religion, belief system, or lifestyle is The Best. There are no rules, and you can use any weapons you want. Whoever is left standing at the end of the shootout is The Best. [ Deep, deep silence, nigh unto the silence of a moonlit night in the Himalayas, as everyone ponders this suggestion. ] BlackHat2: But how is that different than every day here at the saloon? Bartender: Oh. WholeBar: Oh. Bartender: Never mind, then. Carry on. BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. [ GalNewbAtTheBar returns from the ladies' room. Obviously, she found the way in by noticing the sign on it that says 'Out.' She takes her place at the bar again, sips her beer (the only one in the room that doesn't have flies in it) and addresses the crowd. ] GalNewbAtTheBar: I've got an idea! Why don't we
[FairfieldLife] Re: A near death experience from a friend
A related observation, if I may: I suspect lots of people, especially teenagers, think about suicide not because they want to die, but because life demands they make a conscious decision to live. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Did I ever tell you about my near death experience? Thanks for posting this, Rick. I particularly liked: I got to a door with no doorknob and proceeded to have a conversation with a disembodied voice in my consciousness. ... He (it was a he and he was not the Big Guy, more like the keeper of the Gate position), said I had done enough so I could go. For some reason this made me think I was getting a B in life instead of an A so I started to rethink going back. That was funny and humble and I really liked it. The ability to make light of oneself (getting a B in life) and not use the experience to glorify oneself (dealing with the gatekeeper and not the Big Guy) makes the story read better, and allows one to focus on the story, not the storyteller. Nice touch.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Have you been *saved* from Kal?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WTF is this? There's no context to it. Obviously you haven't been *saved* from Kal! You need a Sat-Guru to be considered a Marked Soul. Sorry, you don't make the cut.:-) (Prior post) Special claims of Sant Mat-The disciple is told that Kal, (Satan) the negative power stood on one leg for millions of years in order to get a boon from Anami Radhasoami (the highest creator). Because of the unbelievably admirable austerity performed by Kal Anami gave him pure souls who were living in the highest region in order that Kal could animate his otherwise inanimate creation. These souls became locked and trapped in the creation owing to the laws of Karma. Originally, one ninth or one tenth of the souls who were residing with Anami Radhasoami did not want to leave and go down to Kals Creation; however the supreme being was under such an obligation to Kal that they had to go anyway. But the supreme being made a promise to them that He, himself, would take birth and in human form He would grant them initiation and teach them how to return to their True Home. Those special souls would be called Marked Souls, since they were marked by the Father for return to their spiritual home. No other souls had this possibility, but were eternally doomed to traverse the cycle of 8 million 400 thousand species of life. The fact that the initiate was now receiving initiation meant that the Perfect Master (who was the incarnation of god himself) had called him and was proof that the initiate was a Marked Soul. He would now be able to return to the highest Spiritual Regions in no more than four lifetimes. The Master would take over all of his karmas and manage them so as to speed up the disciples journey. Now anything that happeded to the disciple was with the Master's permission, since Kal (the Devil) no longer had control over the disciple.. Everything that happens to you in your life from now on will be with HIS permission, and it will be given to you in your best interest. This means that you will condition yourself to think that every illness that you experience will be the Master, himself, allowing some evil cosmic power to burn off your karma, every success will be given to you not because you applied yourself to a task competently, but because Master was giving you His Graceit gets more and more bizarre!
[FairfieldLife] Re: A near death experience from a friend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did I ever tell you about my near death experience? It happened during a really bad time in my life '81. I had gotten some money from being in a car accident so I went to study painting and sculpture in NY. While there, my life got even more stressful and I had multiple organ failure. The doctor came to me when my liver started shutting down and told me I had better get my life in order because the liver does not have the ability to regenerate itself. While in a coma I had my near death experience. I was floating over a landscape, no body. just consciousness. I got to a door with no doorknob and proceeded to have a conversation with a disembodied voice in my consciousness. The voice said we know I had had a hard time and as soon as I got to the other side they would take care of me. Well, the they was sure interesting. He (it was a he and he was not the Big Guy, more like the keeper of the Gate position), said I had done enough so I could go. For some reason this made me think I was getting a B in life instead of an A so I started to rethink going back. (Much later, after much study I came to think life is not graded like A's and B's. oh well, made my decision on false data.lol) I thought about how upset my Mother would be and did not want to be responsible for killing her. I said maybe I could help some kids or old folks so maybe I would go back. I had the impression they were pleased, but maybe they would have been pleased with any decision...maybe it was just love consciousness. I did however consider that I was probably dead so how could this happen. The voice said not to worry about it because we will carry you for 3 days. I had the impression of some energy work being done on me and then, with a gasp; I was sitting up in my hospital bed. There were two women at the bottom of the bed praying. They looked at me and said they thought they had lost me because I had been in a coma for three days. Well, I thought that was the three days the voice had told me about. The doctor came around and was amazed at how my organs were turning back on and asked me if anything unusual had happened to me while I was out. I lied because I was new to the metaphysical stuff and did not want to be treated like a psychiatric patient! He took some blood and went off on rounds. A short time later another guy came and took some blood. He came back again very grouchy this time and took some more. This happened the next day and the next with different people taking the blood. I was thinking it was odd and didn't I need this blood to recover? Finally my main doctor came to take blood and he explained that when the lab analyzed my blood it came back as being unable to sustain life!!! WOW. And then, on the third day just like the guy in the vision said, my blood became able to sustain life.interesting, yes? He said the blood phenomenon was caused by all my red blood cells going to protect the organs. The blood was very thin and pink when it was taken, not rich red like usual. Anyway, I felt like I have had two lives in one. I also, later, realized that since I chose to come back that all things after that moment were because of my decision so I had to take a lot more responsibility for my life. Definitely a turning point! Fascinating, I think there are a few websites who would be interested in adding this to their collection of testemonies because of the warning about needing to be carried for three days is quite unusual. These guys for instance: http://www.nderf.org/Share_NDEhtm.htm I feel like I haven't been doing anything else bar reading about this since your last post the other day. I was looking for a bit of info I read many years ago that I thought proved that it was a totally subjective experience. None of the websites mentions it, even the skeptics ones so I can't really be sure of the facts and figures. Stupid not to mention it though. It concerns one of the more commonly reported things that of meeting dead relatives, according to this more sober than usual book a third of people who report this met people who were still alive. I instantly assumed it wrapped the whole thing up as something physical, like a process the mind goes through when near death to stave off the horror of non-being that disappears when the brain *really* dies. Until I find that statistic I won't know if I misremembered or not and I think it's pivotal. Not that that on it's own explainss everything about it, no way. But I've always had this compulsion to explain everything in reductionist/materialist terms but it stems from a desire to disprove Darwin which I think would require some good evidence, hence my urge to pick this stuff apart. I figured the best place to look is the paranormal because
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Newbie Western III: Satsang At The OK Corral
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [ It's about 3 p.m. on a Wednesday evening in Fairfield Flats. The set is the same saloon from the first movie in this classic and underappreciated trilogy. There are a lot of regulars for a Wednesday afternoon, and they're doing what Fairfield Flatlanders DO on a Wednesday afternoon -- bash things. In one corner a bunch of guys are getting medieval on a brass spitoon because they just noticed that it has NeoAdvaita written on it. They're whackin' the...uh...spit outa that thing, kicking it and bashing at it with their gun butts. Out among the poker tables anti-TMers (you can always tell them because they wear black hats) are bashing a few TMers in white hats. The victims are holding up gold-bound books with Science and I Just Know written on the covers to protect themselves. In one corner, the Newb from the first movie is sitting alone, because he hasn't quite gotten the piss smell out of his clothes. But he's here, and that shows that he's got a pair...or at least one. Up onstage, one guy is providing the soundtrack. He's a One Man Band, simultaneously playing guitar, harmonica, a bass drum, and a diddley bow, all while trying to keep Sal from climbing into his lap. Lesser men wouldn't be able to handle the latter, much less multitask. Meanwhile, the bartender just stands behind the bar drawing beer and wiping glasses and gazing Buddhalike out over his domain, except for the rare times he has to get out the Louisville Slugger he keeps beneath the bar and moderate someone. ] WhiteHat1: Well, you know what Maharishi says... BlackHatsInUnison: Groan. WhiteHat1: ...he says that in enlightenment the Self is no longer overshadowed by the self. I agree, because I am in constant textmail contact with my Self at all times, 24/7, and I no longer have a self. So I'm right in this debate and you're wrong. BlackHat1: Now wait a minute...if you have no self, who is it that is right? BlackHat2: Forget the self thing. What I want to know is, HOW DOES HE MAKE HIS VOICE DO THAT? I mean, this is a movie, and he managed to make 'self' sound different than 'Self,' while saying this stuff aloud. Aren't we asking the audience for a little too much suspension of disbelief early in the movie? BlackHatsInUnison: He's got a point there. WhiteHat2: No he doesn't. Answer the question. This is an argument, not a discussion. Somebody's got to WIN. Otherwise, how would anyone know whose belief system is The Best? NewbInTheCorner: But we already know which is The Best. It's the one that follows the words Maharishi says... [ Several guys stand up and move their gun hands toward their zippers. The Newb takes a swig of his beer and says nothing more. The guys sit back down. ] GalNewbAtTheBar: But I was LIKING the self / Self stuff. Oh well. Where's the ladies' room? I've got to pee. BlackHat2: It's out back, but it's in another dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: So how do I get there? WhiteHat1: Just follow your inner voice from Maharishi or Guru Dev, whomever is 'on call' at the Help Desk today. WhiteHat2: Call Lou and have him either do a Jyotish chart for you or ask the Pleiaidians. Or both. WhiteHat3: Get a checking. BlackHat1: Just turn left at the sixth dimension. GalNewbAtTheBar: Oh, OK, thanks. But how will I get back. BlackHat2: The way out is the way in. GalNewbAtTheBar: OK, got it. Thanks. [ She exits. Some of the black hat guys are eyeing her butt as she goes. None of the white hat guys are...they're too busy work- ing on some new gay slurs for the satsang. ] BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. Bartender: I know...let's have a satsang shootout! WholeBar: What's a satsang shootout? Bartender: Well, that's where the black hats and the white hats meet out at the OK Corral and shoot it out over whose philosophy, religion, belief system, or lifestyle is The Best. There are no rules, and you can use any weapons you want. Whoever is left standing at the end of the shootout is The Best. [ Deep, deep silence, nigh unto the silence of a moonlit night in the Himalayas, as everyone ponders this suggestion. ] BlackHat2: But how is that different than every day here at the saloon? Bartender: Oh. WholeBar: Oh. Bartender: Never mind, then. Carry on. BlackHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. WhiteHatsInUnison: Sure is boring around here. NewbInTheCorner: Sure is boring around here. [ GalNewbAtTheBar returns from the ladies' room. Obviously, she found the way in by noticing the sign on it that says 'Out.' She
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matrix ~ You've zero awareness of anything but your own ego which is overshadowing this entire group, so it's safe to say that you're projecting again. Why be so hard on yourself? - This is clearly an adolescent whose entire intellectual magazine amounts to little more than I know you are, but what am I? I haven't checked the posting guidelines lately, isn't there an age limit for participants? -
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
On Jun 25, 2008, at 2:01 PM, mrfishey2001 wrote: This is clearly an adolescent whose entire intellectual magazine amounts to little more than I know you are, but what am I? I haven't checked the posting guidelines lately, isn't there an age limit for participants? Yeah, anyone over 100 is a no-no. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Not Happening Happening
Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I saw M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening yesterday afternoon and probably would have been better off it I had bought a ticket to The Hulk instead. The bad reviews The Happening has been getting are indeed deserved. This was IMO the worst of his films so far. As a friend who gave me a pirated version said, I feel bad giving this to you. If shit got this film on it, shit would wipe it off. He was correct. :D I don't know what's happened to the guy. The film was stiff like a really bad B-movie. I've seen very amateur films that were more entertaining and more suspenseful. Today, I picked up In Bruges and Persopolis the latter in BluRay. A couple weeks ago, I watched two seasons of 'Dexter' in two days. I would highly suggest that as a certain antidote for terrible cinema. In Bruges was great and a great antidote. It hasn't been announced yet for BluRay. I watched those Dexter episodes when they were on Showtime. I signed up again for Showtime last week and got a good deal from the cable company (is that a flock of pigs flying by)? I wanted to catch the latest Weeds episodes and Showtime has some good movies, usually on at odd hours so I'm also getting some use out of the DVR. Today I was at Fry's looking through the BluRay section and I see that Echo Bridge one of the B-Movie small studios is releasing their junk films in BluRay and they were priced at $9.99. That's a good sign that some of the independent films will start showing on that platform.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's report on flooding in Iowa (and other stuff)
bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't see how a bunch of guys chanting Sanskrit is going to have much of any effect other than getting those guys high and maybe a little better atmosphere very close to where they live. Unless one believes the deities micromanage there is going to be little effect. * The Vedic Mantras are the names of the Devatas which govern the physiology of every individual and which administer the whole universe. Reciting the names creates reverberations in the Devata value in the human physiology, and which in turn creates a reverberation in the cosmic value of Devata. A relationship is created between the Devatas in the physiology and the Devatas in the cosmos. We create a relationship of our consciousness, mind and physiology with the cosmic consciousness, mind and physiology through these words of the Veda. We can command the structure of the universe from within our own structure. Through the Maharishi Yagya performance different values of Devata are enlivened in our physiology and in the corresponding value of the cosmic physiology...The Maharishi Yagya performances are set procedures. They have not been invented by any human being, but have existed as part of Natural Law at all times. When the yagya is performed, the pandits may for example begin by chanting a particular Mantra from Rigveda to enliven a specific aspect of a Devata. They may then continue with reciting another Mantra from Samaveda to enliven another aspect of a Devata. In continuing this process of enlivening various aspects of the Devatas in a set procedure they create a new entity, a new Devata. This new aspect of Natural Law, created by the Yagya, has all the power which is needed to fulfill the initial Sankalpa, the purpose of the yagya. (from the Jan 2002 newletter of the Maharishi Yagya program, Hillsboro, NH 03244) That's a belief system and only a theory as is mine. We'll all believe it when we can change the weather ourselves. :D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's report on flooding in Iowa (and other stuff)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kenny H kenhassman@ wrote: This from a friend on Mother Divine: Bevan has pointed out that one thing that we won't see in Heaven on Earth is chemical ag. He threw up his arms and said he couldn't pretend to know the mechanics of nature's functioning here. A ray of hope, perhaps one day he will admit to not knowing the mechanics of natures functioning at all and the TMO can stop pretending something ineffable has occured when it rains a bit harder than usual. Funny that the chief sponsor of all this coherence has his own petrochemical company. How AofE is that? Are they planning to phase it out in favour of solar power anytime soon? To be fair, I think settle's money comes primarily from natural gas, which burns cleaner than other fossil fuels. The mov't's other big donors right now, harris kaplan and steve rubin, are also energy guys. Really? His company is Raam oil, bit of a giveaway I thought. It's still a major contributor to climate change and must be a bit of Karma attached to it, or a bit of hypocrisy as they are always banging on about natural living. It is interesting - US banks are getting their much needed fix of new cash/equity from various sheiks and mideast sovereign wealth funds; the top real estate in london is getting bought up by russian oil mafiosos; everyone in the world who needs money is looking to the newly created immense fossil fuel wealth to get it, and even the TMO is now relying on it to fund their main project. Yep, we've built the world economy on something that is running out quicker than they want you to know.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I just arrived, how would I know what you've heard before? How does this justify your social rudeness? Answer: It doesn't. I've pointed directly at your behaviors sans Advaita and there have been no intelligent responses. Your only response is to call me an Advaita-peddler. Answer: redundant. I've no interest in E. Tolle's books. None whatsoever. Nor in answering your mental masturbatory questions about TM (the biggest dead horse in the house). Answer: WTF! - Madam here's your opening post on this forum. Actually your second, after trolling with: Intelligent life in Fairfield? Say it's so I may as well respond to my own question. After all, it was a GOOD question and a FAIR question. Especially so, since much of what I see posted here (snipe after snipe) (at a rate of a post every minute, or so) doesn't reveal much awakening, enlightenment, nor integration present via the posters. Sorry guys. Next! That is presumptive in the worst kind of way. Your innocence's is feigned and your purpose obvious. As any number of previous posters have stated, your act is tired and overused. Stay and post. But please, do so using the same integrity you've accused others of lacking. ---
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Newbie Western III: Satsang At The OK Corral
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ It's about 3 p.m. on a Wednesday evening in Fairfield Flats. etc [ Fade to gold. Credits. ] Class stuff. I raise my hat and bow.
[FairfieldLife] Weird Homeland Security regs affect Maharishi School
Maharishi Academy's director of admissions Sherry Levesque said a Department of Homeland Security regulation, that was instituted after the terrorist attacks of September 11, requires a school to have a graduating class before it can admit foreign students. http://tinyurl.com/4u3jv5
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just a gentle flower in a sea of mean old monkey minds. Yet I exist and for some reason that has bothered you. Consider that. I tried. I really tried. That you exist bothereth me not. That you can describe the world you see around you in your first sentence bothereth me somewhat.
[FairfieldLife] 'Prayer's for Obama in India'
National 11-day prayer for Obama’s success Staff Reporter Congress leader invokes blessings of Hanuman 15 kg, 21-inch brass idol will reach Obama by August 24 NEW DELHI: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama can now expect help from an unexpected quarter — Lord Hanuman. All-India Congress Committee member Brij Mohan Bhama has organised a 11-day religious ceremony at Karol Bagh here for his success in the U.S. elections. The idea of sending an idol of Hanuman dawned on him after friends in the United States mentioned a “prominent American politician who carried a miniature Hanuman idol in his pocket for luck,” Mr. Bhama said speaking on the first day of the ceremony on Tuesday. “After hearing that, I decided to gift Mr. Obama a larger, gold-plated version along with the wishes of thousands of his supporters in this country,” said the leader struggling to lift the 15 kg, 21-inch brass idol. The first-day ceremony, pranapratishta, or infusion of divine life into an idol, was performed by a dozen priests reciting mantras in tandem. It was attended by Democrats Abroad India chairperson Carolyn Sauvage, who spent over an hour at the venue. The idol was later kept in the sanctum sanctorum of the Sankat Mochan Dham, where it will be kept for 10 more days. Mr. Bhama said several temples in New Delhi had already expressed an interest in keeping the idol for worship on their premises before it begins its journey across the Atlantic. Along with the idol, a copy of Hanuman Chalisa, a compilation of hymns in praise of the Lord, would be sent. “We will ensure that Mr. Obama receives the idol by August 24, a day before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado,” said Mr. Bhama.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mouse and carpaltunnel?
Oh, I see. Looks like you've got an invention. I've been sleeping on a magnetized mattress recently. Must say that I wake up more refreshed and energized. Who knows ? Maybe magnets do have good effects --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: Is the primary benefit due to the palm of your hand lying flat ? No, it's the woo woo rays from that powerful neodym magnet, when that thing is around your wrist. :-] I know it shouldn't have any effect, but as soon as I abstain from wearing it, my wrist starts to get tired after I've been clicking my mouse for a while.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
amarnath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even Amma says snip Amma has said in important step made by both Amma and Francis Lucille and many others. snip Amma also warns snip Jai Kali Amma, Oh yea. Amma, Amma, Amma. Been there.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Have you been *saved* from Kal?
Barker: Kal insurance. Get you're Kal insurance here. One initiation can keep your Kal away. Won't need another booster for 10 years. Kal insurance. Get it here. When the big day comes, you don't want to be unprotected. One initiation can do it. Master guaranteed to show up and shoo Kal away. Kal insurance. Get ya Kal insurance here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WTF is this? There's no context to it. --- On Wed, 6/25/08, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Have you been *saved* from Kal? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 12:28 PM Q: Recently, I've been reading a book called The Ocean of Love by Kabir; he was an incarnation of the true God. (M: Yes, yes) He talks about the mouth of Kal. After uninitiated souls die, the messengers of death come and kind of trick them. The souls go towards Kal, and then Kal chews them up. I don't understand what that means. M: If you are not initiated, Kal, meaning the negative power, will come to you. Kal means negative power in Sanskrit. If you're initiated, the Master will come, and Kal cannot trick you. After initiation, Kal stays away because the soul doesn't belong to him any more; he cannot control you. But he still tries to trick you, of course. He tries to make trouble, but that's his job. And your job is to walk your way, no matter what he says. Q: It just sounded scary. M: Ah, no, life is scary; its end is always deadly! (Master and everyone laugh.) Q: It's scary for uninitiated people. M: But you are initiated, so you are always protected by the Master. If you really, sincerely want to go Home, even 10,000 Kals can do nothing to you at all.
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
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[FairfieldLife] My visit to Seelisberg
Thanks for the insight into the security nablusoss1008. I wonder if anyone knows what the purpose of the high-tech music recording studio on the top floor of the hotel was, or what became of it? I also saw a number of people working at computer workstations designing what seemed to be cities inside plastic bubbles. What was that about? Thanks, Peter 1976 - two armed armericans caught on and before the Kulm - Sonnenberg bridge. Securiy beefed up after that with unlimited power to the WYMS as a result. Again americans causing havoc. Same year; the CIA blows up Maharishis two renovated DC 3's stationed in Germany. Again americans causing havoc here, there and everywhere. Again and again the americans tried to get to Him. But Maharishi simply did not show up, and the pilots got an anonyous call to leave the airstrip ASAP. It saved their lives. Invincibility in daily life :-) These days they complain that nature is cruel to them; floods and fires. Fairfield is protected as always. Probably they will not learn unless they are taught some very serious lessons and beg for mercy. They are a stubborn and violent race. attachment: winmail.dat
[FairfieldLife] Cthulhu R'lyeh
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Have you been *saved* from Kal?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barker: Kal insurance. Get you're Kal insurance here. One initiation can keep your Kal away. Won't need another booster for 10 years. Kal insurance. Get it here. When the big day comes, you don't want to be unprotected. One initiation can do it. Master guaranteed to show up and shoo Kal away. Kal insurance. Get ya Kal insurance here. Ha, haeverybody's got a schtick!!! :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: My visit to Seelisberg
snip I find your USA bashing distasteful Nabby. 1976 - two armed armericans caught on and before the Kulm - Sonnenberg bridge. Securiy beefed up after that with unlimited power to the WYMS as a result. Again americans causing havoc. Same year; the CIA blows up Maharishis two renovated DC 3's stationed in Germany. Again americans causing havoc here, there and everywhere. The US CIA spending time blowing up a plane of the guru of the Beatles? Come on Nabby. The CIA have done some real shitty things in this world but the idea that they would care enough to do this is not reasonable. Why blow up the plane. Maharishi could just fly first class? Again and again the americans tried to get to Him. He was in the US a lot when I was in the movement. If this was true it would have been so easy. You are buying into Maharishis own grandiose self-important paranoia. Maharishi loved to pump up his own importance by invoking the name of the CIA. So does the guy who lives behind my closest 7-11. But Maharishi simply did not show up, and the pilots got an anonyous call to leave the airstrip ASAP. It saved their lives. Invincibility in daily life :-) These days they complain that nature is cruel to them; floods and fires. Fairfield is protected as always. Yeah, unlike other parts of the world where nature never does stuff huh? You might want to crack a paper and read about China's earthquake, or the Tsunamis of the South Pacific. By your logic, where I live near DC is also blessed, I haven't had any natural disasters. Probably they will not learn unless they are taught some very serious lessons and beg for mercy. They are a stubborn and violent race. This reveals your own vindictive nature Nabby. You want America to pay and beg for mercy. First off we are not a race, we have been the most accepting country for immigrants for decades, unlike many countries who have restricted immigration. So you are talking about the human race if you want to characterize who America is. We are everybody from the whole world. Your violent fantasies of us as a homogeneous culture begging for mercy (from whom?) reveals your own small mindedness about the diversity of our beautiful country.
[FairfieldLife] Whenever I need a little pick me up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEK_FtMD2QQ
[FairfieldLife] Re: My visit to Seelisberg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Vogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the insight into the security nablusoss1008. I wonder if anyone knows what the purpose of the high-tech music recording studio on the top floor of the hotel was, or what became of it? I also saw a number of people working at computer workstations designing what seemed to be cities inside plastic bubbles. What was that about? I can't speak to the high-tech music recording studio but I know about the cities inside plastic bubbles. What you were looking at were the lost cities of Krypton, salvaged from an explosion of that planet about 70 Earth years ago. 7 or 8 of their major cities were preserved by shrinking them down to the size that you saw. Had you looked -- or, indeed, had you the PERMISSION to look -- you would have been able to see with a microscope that these are thriving, bustling cities with the people of Krypton going about their daily business with nary a care in the world. When one of the leaders of that planet, Jor-El, was planning these cities-in-plastic-bubbles in anticipation of the destruction of Krypton, he entrusted to Maharishi's master, Guru Dev, the care, feeding, and maintenance of all the cities and people therein contained. Upon Guru Dev's death, this trust succeeded to Maharishi. I can only guess but upon Maharishi's death, the trusteeship has probably passed to King Tony. What I'm surprised about is the talk in the movement since Maharishi's passing of opening up to the public visits to the plastic bubbles. It's been discussed ad infinitum on this forum by Judy and Barry so it is not necessary for me to repeat all the details...use the search engine feature on this forum to follow their never-ending debate on this matter...use the keywords bubbles barry judy lost cities and that should get you right there. I say I'm surprised because the bubbles have heretofore never, ever, been considered anything but a sacred duty. Commercial exploitation was never a consideration. Now, please don't ask me if opening up to the public means that paying customers will just tour around the facilities where the bubbles are kept or whether in fact it means shrinking each visitor down to the size of the bubble inhabitants, bringing them down INTO the bubbles, and, of course, returning them safely to their proper size and regular life here on Earth after the tour is up. On which side of the controversy do I fall? Well, I personally don't see a conflict...as long as the people of Krypton democratically and freely decide that the TMO can use them in the commercial manner described above, who are we to say that it shouldn't be done? I am curious, though, why this is happening ONLY since Maharishi's death. But I could be wrong on that account. Perhaps the technology for the shrinking machine was only perfected conincidentally to Maharishi's passing. Now I have a question for YOU, Peter Vogel: should the bubble theme park become a reality, would you shell out money to visit? Would you allow yourself to be shrunken (and, of course, made big again)? Do you think the TMO has such a good track record in organisational skills that you would entrust all the molecules in your body to them with a new, as-of-yet untried technology? Thanks, Peter 1976 - two armed armericans caught on and before the Kulm - Sonnenberg bridge. Securiy beefed up after that with unlimited power to the WYMS as a result. Again americans causing havoc. Same year; the CIA blows up Maharishis two renovated DC 3's stationed in Germany. Again americans causing havoc here, there and everywhere. Again and again the americans tried to get to Him. But Maharishi simply did not show up, and the pilots got an anonyous call to leave the airstrip ASAP. It saved their lives. Invincibility in daily life :-) These days they complain that nature is cruel to them; floods and fires. Fairfield is protected as always. Probably they will not learn unless they are taught some very serious lessons and beg for mercy. They are a stubborn and violent race.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My visit to Seelisberg in 1980
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Thats true. Growing up there she must have appreciated the Swiss love for children and nature. [snip] The Swiss are amazing that way. Virtually every other nationality on the face of the Earth beat and abuse their children. The Swiss never did. Curiously, alot of people -- nablusoss1008 is an example -- actually believe that LOVING and nurturing children is GOOD for them. Ha, ha! What deluded fools! Everyone knows that children must be beaten on a regular basis, sent to work in the coal mines on reaching age 12 (or, if none are available in your area, the local Wal-Mart), and given only bread and water from Monday to Saturday (Sunday is the day for pulled pork).
[FairfieldLife] Re: My visit to Seelisberg
-Here's one of the cities in a bubble. Still costs only $3,500.: http://www.vedicobservatory.org/Products.html -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Vogel peter.vogel@ wrote: Thanks for the insight into the security nablusoss1008. I wonder if anyone knows what the purpose of the high-tech music recording studio on the top floor of the hotel was, or what became of it? I also saw a number of people working at computer workstations designing what seemed to be cities inside plastic bubbles. What was that about? I can't speak to the high-tech music recording studio but I know about the cities inside plastic bubbles. What you were looking at were the lost cities of Krypton, salvaged from an explosion of that planet about 70 Earth years ago. 7 or 8 of their major cities were preserved by shrinking them down to the size that you saw. Had you looked -- or, indeed, had you the PERMISSION to look -- you would have been able to see with a microscope that these are thriving, bustling cities with the people of Krypton going about their daily business with nary a care in the world. When one of the leaders of that planet, Jor-El, was planning these cities-in-plastic-bubbles in anticipation of the destruction of Krypton, he entrusted to Maharishi's master, Guru Dev, the care, feeding, and maintenance of all the cities and people therein contained. Upon Guru Dev's death, this trust succeeded to Maharishi. I can only guess but upon Maharishi's death, the trusteeship has probably passed to King Tony. What I'm surprised about is the talk in the movement since Maharishi's passing of opening up to the public visits to the plastic bubbles. It's been discussed ad infinitum on this forum by Judy and Barry so it is not necessary for me to repeat all the details...use the search engine feature on this forum to follow their never- ending debate on this matter...use the keywords bubbles barry judy lost cities and that should get you right there. I say I'm surprised because the bubbles have heretofore never, ever, been considered anything but a sacred duty. Commercial exploitation was never a consideration. Now, please don't ask me if opening up to the public means that paying customers will just tour around the facilities where the bubbles are kept or whether in fact it means shrinking each visitor down to the size of the bubble inhabitants, bringing them down INTO the bubbles, and, of course, returning them safely to their proper size and regular life here on Earth after the tour is up. On which side of the controversy do I fall? Well, I personally don't see a conflict...as long as the people of Krypton democratically and freely decide that the TMO can use them in the commercial manner described above, who are we to say that it shouldn't be done? I am curious, though, why this is happening ONLY since Maharishi's death. But I could be wrong on that account. Perhaps the technology for the shrinking machine was only perfected conincidentally to Maharishi's passing. Now I have a question for YOU, Peter Vogel: should the bubble theme park become a reality, would you shell out money to visit? Would you allow yourself to be shrunken (and, of course, made big again)? Do you think the TMO has such a good track record in organisational skills that you would entrust all the molecules in your body to them with a new, as-of-yet untried technology? Thanks, Peter 1976 - two armed armericans caught on and before the Kulm - Sonnenberg bridge. Securiy beefed up after that with unlimited power to the WYMS as a result. Again americans causing havoc. Same year; the CIA blows up Maharishis two renovated DC 3's stationed in Germany. Again americans causing havoc here, there and everywhere. Again and again the americans tried to get to Him. But Maharishi simply did not show up, and the pilots got an anonyous call to leave the airstrip ASAP. It saved their lives. Invincibility in daily life :-) These days they complain that nature is cruel to them; floods and fires. Fairfield is protected as always. Probably they will not learn unless they are taught some very serious lessons and beg for mercy. They are a stubborn and violent race.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Cthulhu R'lyeh
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: featured at http://www.tinyurl.com/ytsye3 Been there, done that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157603581173041/ http://tinyurl.com/52ob2g See you there L
[FairfieldLife] shakespeare
http://slshakespeare.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to consider the fact that only 1 person here even bothered to GREET me when I arrived. Is it apathy, laziness, or have you all become this jaded? I understand that it may be awkward, even difficult to enter a new group. Particularly with people who have 4-5+ years of internet interactions with each other -- and sometimes 30 years of personal friendships, plus a sustained common experience some decades back. And the rudeness of some is not shared by all. But why the need to be greeted? When you visit a new city, do you expect everyone to drop what they are doing, and show you around town? Its nice if they do. But thats not an expectation I have,or observe in most when traveling. My experience, and inclinations, are different. I relish the anonymity of entering a new culture and just watching, pondering, absorbing for a while. So the world is made of different folks. Maybe I missed it, but did you introduce yourself? Usually, in forums such as this, when someone goes out of their way to introduce themselves, with some substance, people do stop a minute and say hi, welcome, and all. Particularly when one provides some insight as to why they chose to spend time in this group -- reflecting some substantive understanding of the group by observing, reading the archives, and then sharing common interests. I think people are naturally a bit jaded -- in that lot of strangers ride through town with less than stellar purposes. Often newcomers will drop in, promote some agenda, explicitly or covertly, and then soon ride off again. Others come and try to tell everyone how much their town sucks and how they ought to change things. Ok from a five year veteran, but from someone who has yet to spend time,and come to undertand and appreciate the culture and traditions -- not so much. So, perhaps you can introduce yourself. What are your interests, background, skills -- what roads have you traveled? And what brings you here (asked in a gracious and positive sense). Then perhaps the greetings will be more abundant. If you find such important and necessary (and explaining why that is so would provide insight.) If you have posted such, sorry, I don't catch all posts. Please reference the link(s). I primarily read half a dozen posters and skip the rest. When someone builds confidence that they have useful insights (for me), I tend to read them. Until someone takes the time to do that I usually don't have the time to audition new writers and posters. Sorry if that seems unfriendly, it is not the intention. But we all recognize we can't read posts all day -- and we limit our time to what interests us. Has social ineptness led you to this vast wasteland of redundant insult-slinging? Opps, you are not rising fast to the top ten yet. The degree of rage that exists within some of you is only matched by the degree of attachment to your so-called knowledge. Yikes. And what is it in you that you find so endearing that people should drop what they are doing and warmly greet you? I think I will move on for now. I will read a few more or your posts. If I see some common, useful or fun grounds to share a conversation, I will respond once more.
[FairfieldLife] Re: shakespeare
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://slshakespeare.com/ for those with no time for fulllength performances: http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: My visit to Seelisberg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Here's one of the cities in a bubble. Still costs only $3,500.: http://www.vedicobservatory.org/Products.html Holy gulabjamin! This is for real! And just when I thought I'd seen the bottom of the pit of strange that the TMO has become. Does anyone know if they (whoever they are) ever sold any?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Cthulhu R'lyeh
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno tertonzeno@ wrote: featured at http://www.tinyurl.com/ytsye3 Been there, done that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157603581173041/ http://tinyurl.com/52ob2g See you there I meant that literally, Innsmouth is a Second LIfe simulator. Your avatar can walk through it. The creator hosts role-playing games based on Lovecraft. Lawson
[FairfieldLife] Re: GC, CC, XTC ... WOO!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sunyata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good ole boys (egos a-go-go) congratulating one another. Shall I provide the pom-poms? How about cheering the fact that there has been more SHAKTI since I've arrived on the scene than there has been in the past 5 years? How about that? Oh dear. Now why did you have to go and say that? Buh-bye.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Cthulhu R'lyeh
-Indeed, you have out-Cthulhu'd me. Here's a minor encore: COLLECT CALL OF CTHULHU by Keith Allen Daniels My wife and I, having a ball, were taken aback by the call. We never expected he'd call us collect -- and the phone was unplugged from the wall. It seems, said Cthulhu, my spawn know nothing of 'getting it on.' Come morning, he said, as we cowered in bed, I shall ravish the crack of dawn. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno tertonzeno@ wrote: featured at http://www.tinyurl.com/ytsye3 Been there, done that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157603581173041/ http://tinyurl.com/52ob2g See you there I meant that literally, Innsmouth is a Second LIfe simulator. Your avatar can walk through it. The creator hosts role-playing games based on Lovecraft. Lawson
[FairfieldLife] Please give me 5 stars
Please give me 5 stars rating and favorite my video that I snatched, scratched, batched, and attached, for the YouTube Greatest Athlete in the World poll. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OJOO91rlw OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Cool Solar Collector
I remember years ago one of the early 70's issues of Mother Earth News had this awesome thing on the front cover that was a welded frame and hundreds of these small mirrors attached to it. I carried that issue of Mother Earth News around for days, I was sure it was the answer to everything. Then believe it or not I saw one on a horse ranch off of Shea Boulevard, in Paradise Valley, Arizona (where I lived) I could not believe my eyes some guy had actually built one. But it was broken. Maybe it got hit by a bad wind storm or something. So then I was disappointed.Anyway this guy, and the students who worked on it, seem to have figured it out. Awesome. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C370212%2C00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C370212%2C00.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Cthulhu R'lyeh
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: featured at http://www.tinyurl.com/ytsye3 OK, OK...Jim was right. I DO look a little pouchy in this photo. :-)
