[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread Duveyoung
I know the parents of several of these kids. My heart goes out to them. This is where a parent cannot look into a mirror without enduring a torturous second guessing of all of a child's parenting. All the injustice of the law, the coldness of the cops, the grind of the courts, and the terrif

[FairfieldLife] Sanskrit and computers?

2009-02-17 Thread cardemaister
[Panini] computer programming‏ Lähettäjä: panini2...@googlegroups.com käyttäjän Manoj Reghupathy (manojv...@gmail.com) puolesta Lähetetty: 17. helmikuuta 2009 13:55:02 Vast.ott.: panini2...@googlegroups.com Listers, I think this info will help Aseem. The following are the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > There's one *huge* difference you're missing: I > > > don't attack or belittle Vaj for

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy about Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread raunchydog
emptybill, tHis explains a lot. Knowing the motivations and affiliation of a would be interloper on FFLife helps level the playing field. Thanks. Vaj is a Hare Krishna guy? Who knew? As he hypocritically hides the identity of his affiliation, ashamed and fearful of derision, he enjoys the catbi

[FairfieldLife] Visualization Exercise (was Re: Breaking the back of the devil)

2009-02-17 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > One of the things that is largely "missing > > > in action" from TM-related teachings is > > > visua

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > The kids arrested included the sons of Fairfield's meditating mayor and > Board of Education member: > http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_11685597 > Oh, this is better than the most recent episodes of "Big Love" (actually,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > > I can't believe anybody is so out of it that they would start a grow > > operation without being aware of utility co./cop cooperation in > > monitoring high electricity us

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > The kids arrested included the sons of Fairfield's meditating mayor and > Board of Education member: > http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_11685597 > ** A 2005 FL post notes Justin's rep as a pothead: http://groups.y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread I am the eternal
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > I can't believe anybody is so out of it that they would start a grow > operation without being aware of utility co./cop cooperation in > monitoring high electricity usage. Didn't these guys read one of the > weed magazines while boning up on h

[FairfieldLife] Russian mutants

2009-02-17 Thread yifuxero
http://englishrussia.com/?cat=17

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy about Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
hats off to you emptybill! brilliant, entertaining and informative, all without sacrificing any of the three- i guess the reason Vaj doesn't post on here -all- the time is he is busy soliciting donations at the airport, and dancing on the sidewalk. cheers! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, nablusoss1008 wrote: > From: nablusoss1008 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 5:40 PM > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > wrote: > > > > snip > > Like the black and white cookie: wor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
> I'm so proud of them. I mean it. I am also very sorry if they get >alot of > time. Weed is from God/dess. She should not be denied those who >love >her. > The news said it was the most sophisticated grow set up they had >seen >in > that county and really good stuff. At least Maharishi k

RE: [FairfieldLife] Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Archer
The kids arrested included the sons of Fairfield's meditating mayor and Board of Education member: http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_11685597

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:14 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Yes, I agree that Million Dollar Baby was overrated but, boy, I sure enjoyed seeing Hillary Swank...and I love the Cinderella Story of her career: getting fired from 90210 one day and then coming back to win not one but two Oscars... Well, she ma

[FairfieldLife] To Randy about Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Hey, I like Vaj. He and I have completely different takes on MMY, but so what. Like the black and white cookie: world peace. And who is this Randy Melzer anyway? Is he a Hare Krishna spy? How do we know for sure? … Hi Randy, Welcome to th

[FairfieldLife] Hillary Defends Islam....

2009-02-17 Thread Arhata Osho
  Weasel Zippers: Hillary Clinton Defends Islam, Slams Christianity for Being Violent*

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Hey, I like Vaj. He and I have completely different takes on MMY, but so what. Like the black and white cookie: world peace. And who is this Randy Melzer anyway? Is he a Hare Krishna spy? How do we know for sure? … Hi Randy, Welcome to th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/02/13/several-maharishi-graduates- busted-for-growing-pot/ > > http://is.gd/jOCY > *** They shoulda used LED grow lites, kind of pricey, but good for the environment, and utility co weasels

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why we don't matter a whit...

2009-02-17 Thread Bhairitu
Just like the scientists you are thinking humans are somehow special. But if we look throughout nature we see how much it mirrors itself in so many forms. There are probably millions of human like species throughout this galaxy since the same physical laws that exist here will exist on other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/02/13/several-maharishi- graduates-busted-for-growing-pot/ > > http://is.gd/jOCY > *** I can't believe anybody is so out of it that they would start a grow operation without being aware of u

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why we don't matter a whit...

2009-02-17 Thread John
Maybe these planets are being kept as potential garden spots for human forms to populate. In the vedic texts, we read beings called the prajapatis, or cosmic executives, who are considered to be the progenetors of humankind on earth. Their mission, whether they they like or not, is to populate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > But you used the term "world view," which you should > > > > > know is incorrect. > > > > > > > > Not to me. The big leap is the buy-in concerning > > > > his interpretation of the meditation experiences. > > > > His world vi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: > "There will be blood" was fabulous. Funnily, the best scene in the > movie was cut out. It is on the Extras, though, and it is where > Daneil tells Mr. Sunday that his sun is a lunatic and asks if he, the > father, could please stop bothering him. great stuff. Great film

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > But

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
lol- precisely Sal, and why is Randy's opinion so important to YOU? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > Vaj, > > You again have invalidated me and people like me with good > > experiences with TM. You mentioned a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
no doubt like the seed of a plant, the uncovering of the atman as a progressive experience can grow and grow and grow, revealing more power and wonder and capability as it is uncovered, whether defined by the Maharishi, the Buddha, or any other fully enlightened being. once the process begins,

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
in other words Randy, Vaj invalidates what you said, that the Maharishi has provided you with everything that he promised, and now Vaj says he didn't say that, that instead you are confused. its simple to Vaj, Randy, and it should be simple to you; all of us are wrong (eight posters at last co

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scientology blames 9/11 on psychiatrists

2009-02-17 Thread I am the eternal
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > Oh, please, let's not let facts get in the way of a great hypothesis! > It ruins the fun to reveal that al-Zawahiri is an eye surgeon and not a > psychiatrist. > > Let's see if we can put together a list of cults and their assignment > of cause

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > Remember, Maharishi School students are the best and the brightest. > They graduate and go to the very best schools. Of course we'd expect > them to do business on a very large scale. The $180,000 cash seized > was probably just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 8:27 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> And that's why you consider his teaching on the >> nature and mechanics of consciousness a "world >> view"?? That's pretty thin soup, Curtis. > > Let's see if Wiki can thicken it: > > A comprehensive world view (or worldview) is a term calqu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread yifuxero
--MMY's "Unity" could be a quantum leap beyond Neo-Advaitin Enlightenment. Buddhist Enlightenment is probably a quantum leap beyond MMY's Unity; but few people have attained that. I doubt that Vaj's Guru Norbu Rinpoche is fully Enlightened. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > B

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:12 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > in other words Randy, Vaj will not take you at your word when you > say your practice of TM has been everything that the Maharishi has > promised. he will however take the merest hearsay, if negative about > the practice of TM, and state it

[FairfieldLife] Why we don't matter a whit...

2009-02-17 Thread Bhairitu
There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7891132.stm Isn't it always interesting that the scientists think the other "earth-like" planets could only harbor simple lifeforms. Sorta vain, I think. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > But you used the term "world view," which you should > > > know is incorrect. > > > > N

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > Vaj, > You again have invalidated me and people like me with good > experiences with TM. You mentioned above that you don't really buy > that there are people who have found everything that Maharishi > promised through TM, even though they beli

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: Vaj, You again have invalidated me and people like me with good experiences with TM. You mentioned above that you don't really buy that there are people who have found everything that Maharishi promised through TM, even though they believe they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Arhata Osho
"reminds me of that show on TV, 60 Minutes, always going after the small fry, but as for institionalized corruption and failure, they turn a blind eye." Correction: 60 Minutes takes on many big stories --- On Wed, 2/18/09, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: in other words

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > But you used the term "world view," which you should > > know is incorrect. > > Not to me. The big leap is the buy-in concerning > his interpretation of the me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
> > The undoing of the former students is of course predictable. They > used too much power. This is a very big sin. Using too much power > violates the laws of green and sustainable living. How did they get > as big as they did? Well, pot uses up carbon dioxide and produces > oxygen. This i

[FairfieldLife] Netflix CEO: Tax Me More!

2009-02-17 Thread Bhairitu
A CEO who isn't whining about possible higher taxes for a change: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/opinion/06hastings.html

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-02-17 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 2009 474 messages as of (UTC) Wed Feb 18 00:14:38 2009 40 TurquoiseB 37 authfriend 32 enlightened_dawn11 25 Vaj 24 sparaig 21 Bhairitu 19 Arhata Osho 16 nab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > > Okay, confession: I haven't seen the following films: > >> > >> Lean On Me--great movie, well worth renting > > > >> Sicko--i

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
in other words Randy, Vaj will not take you at your word when you say your practice of TM has been everything that the Maharishi has promised. he will however take the merest hearsay, if negative about the practice of TM, and state it as fact here. he ends his post with a serious admonition ab

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > >> What post or posts are you referring to Randy? > > > > I am referring to any and all posts where you seem to indicate that > > TM has no validity. > > I've never said that Randy. I d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > But you used the term "world view," which you should > know is incorrect. Not to me. The big leap is the buy-in concerning his interpretation of the meditation experiences. His world view is that everything in the world is an expres

[FairfieldLife] To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: What post or posts are you referring to Randy? I am referring to any and all posts where you seem to indicate that TM has no validity. I've never said that Randy. I do and will respond to posts as I please and if they contain inaccurate in

[FairfieldLife] Re: I just did TM again and I liked it!

2009-02-17 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote: > > It's a pretty irreplaceable technique to have in ones kit. > Easy huh? Isn't this why they call it prakriti-manas - the mind in its natural state? How could you not like it? Isn't this your ultimate nature? Have you forgotten what those old

[FairfieldLife] Re: The dying paroxysms of the Western world

2009-02-17 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 2009, at 11:44 PM, emptybill wrote: > > > "How dreadful are the curses which Islam lays on its votaries! > > Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man > > as rabies in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apa

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent > > contributor. > > So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? > > Fine you don't like TM, Maharishi or the TM movement. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > This po

[FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
agree here too-- i found it incredibly boring and wooden, which was such a disappointment, given that Daniel Day Lewis had the starring role. i don't think i was able to stand it for even an hour. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Agree with Sal. "There Will Be Blood" is n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > There's one *huge* difference you're missing: I > > don't attack or belittle Vaj for his spiritual > > beliefs and practices or criticize his teachers. > > No y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > They are; Barry and Vaj are receiving sponsorship for > their long-time anti knowledge, anti TM-activities at FFL. Oh, come on, Nabby. That's nonsense. They lie on their own hook, out of their own noxious spite.

Re: [FairfieldLife] To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent contributor. So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? Fine you don't like TM, Maharishi or the TM movement. WE GET IT! Do you have to keep trying to prove your point over and over ad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > I was going to ask you as well to acknowledge that > > Barry quite deliberately misrepresented my post, > > as I pointed out in my reply to him, but I see > > you've deci

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > They are; Barry and Vaj are receiving sponsorship for their long-time > anti knowledge, anti TM-activities at FFL. OK, the Maitreya delusion is just entertaining. This one is offensive Nabby. Claiming such defamatory nonsense on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
By TM criteria, he is enlightened. By Buddhist criteria he is not fully enlightened. Are you familiar with the Bodhisattva path? On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:47 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: he doesn't claim to be enlightened, and yet, let's you and all of his other followers refer to him as His H

Re: [FairfieldLife] To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent > contributor. > So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? > Fine you don't like TM, Maharishi or the TM movement. > WE GET IT! Do you have to keep trying to prove your point over an

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > snip Like the black and white cookie: world peace. And who is this Randy Melzer anyway? Is he a Hare Krishna spy? How do we know for sure? Maybe he's Nabs? "No more soup for you !"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scientology blames 9/11 on psychiatrists

2009-02-17 Thread shempmcgurk
Oh, please, let's not let facts get in the way of a great hypothesis! It ruins the fun to reveal that al-Zawahiri is an eye surgeon and not a psychiatrist. Let's see if we can put together a list of cults and their assignment of cause to various effects: - Mass-murders at a McDonald's of seve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > What the tibetans in Tibet themselves think of his achievements is > a > > different matter; they are more on the 2 + side of things > > regarding "His Holiness's" abilities to achieve anything whatsover > > for Tibetan cultu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > wrote: > > > > > ("World domination.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rahu

2009-02-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote: > > No need Doug, I do it TM too infrequently. Too much TM makes me mean and > spacey. Checking or not. Too long or too often? L. > >

[FairfieldLife] Scientology blames 9/11 on psychiatrists

2009-02-17 Thread TurquoiseB
Dr. Pete, take note. You and your ilk are really the axis of evil here. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/scientologists-blame-psyc_n_167611.html In this clip, two members from the "Citizens Commission On Human Rights," an advocacy group established by the Church of Scientology, explain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
Agree with Sal. "There Will Be Blood" is not worth the time. Oddly written and acted in that you have a profound character change with no noticeable reson. The only thing that makes the movie worrthwhile is the "If you had a milkshake and I had a straw scene..." --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Sal Sunshin

Re: [FairfieldLife] To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
Hey, I like Vaj. He and I have completely different takes on MMY, but so what. Like the black and white cookie: world peace. And who is this Randy Melzer anyway? Is he a Hare Krishna spy? How do we know for sure? Maybe he's Nabs? --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Randy Meltzer wrote: > From: Randy Meltzer

[FairfieldLife] Finally on TV News - Beheading

2009-02-17 Thread Arhata Osho
On CNN Today WEB RESULTSProminent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife : Don't Miss ...Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her husband — an influential member of the local Muslim ...www.buffalonews.com/494/story/5786

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > This post has some interesting insight. I think > > Judy's description of her own motives

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I was going to ask you as well to acknowledge that > Barry quite deliberately misrepresented my post, > as I pointed out in my reply to him, but I see > you've decided not to risk your relationship with > him by correcting what he wrot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rahu

2009-02-17 Thread Kirk
No need Doug, I do it TM too infrequently. Too much TM makes me mean and spacey. Checking or not. - Original Message - From: "dhamiltony2k5" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:17 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rahu > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote: >>I woul

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > It had nothing to do with Judy or what she experiences (or doesn't > > experience) during TM. > > > Correct. It had to do with personal experiences of the Dalai Lama

[FairfieldLife] To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent contributor. So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? Fine you don't like TM, Maharishi or the TM movement. WE GET IT! Do you have to keep trying to prove your point over and over ad naseum? Don't you realize that those of us who are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > It had nothing to do with Judy or what she experiences (or doesn't > experience) during TM. Correct. It had to do with personal experiences of the Dalai Lama which you do not understand or are willing to acknowledge. Your dear Dalai is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
gotta agree with you wholeheartedly on this one Judy. the comments made here about TM, TMers, the Maharishi and the TMO are anything but objective. and somehow to then fight fire with fire here is off limits. what a joke. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > I'm not a "tmo TB" by any stretch, although I > > suspect you're including me here. > > No I don't. You use a different language generally > and you use more objective

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread enlightened_dawn11
he doesn't claim to be enlightened, and yet, let's you and all of his other followers refer to him as His Holiness? if he isn't especially holy, why allow himself to be called that? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Robert wrote: > > > --- In

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of "attachment?" (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Great thread. I'm posting some comments following up on Richard's in a very loose fashion. Like Richard's experience, my sense of self is a presence that is unengaged and without attributes. In my funky example of the bagel's hole, it (self) is defined by what surrounds it but is in itself

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > This post has some interesting insight. I think > Judy's description of her own motives seem accurate. > I know she also has a deep emotional investment in > Mahar

[FairfieldLife] Re: What does Xe mean? Blackwater's New Name!

2009-02-17 Thread Arhata Osho
[Cool - the merc-firm now wants to be known as a flash-point substance found in minute amounts 'everywhere'.    Go figure the omens on that one!]   Xe 1  [pronounced:   EX-e] Definition: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth''s atmosphere in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Barry's always at his most, um, transparently > creative when he's trying to extricate his > dick from a wringer. This Turq fellow needs to spend less time on the internet and more time walking with dogs. Good for dogs, good for Turq

[FairfieldLife] Analogy for ignoring long vowels in Sanskrit?

2009-02-17 Thread cardemaister
Perhaps a "bit" exaggerated analogy for ignoring the long vowels in Sanskrit could be that ya played e.g. Star Spangled Banner changing all the quarter notes to eighth notes! :0

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > This post has some interesting insight. I think Judy's > > description of her own motives seem

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > wrote: > > > > This post has some interesting insight. I think Judy's > > description of her own motives

[FairfieldLife] Final Score on Approval for Stimulus Package

2009-02-17 Thread do.rflex
"In any event, the final score was unambiguous. The stimulus package arrived with the price tag and on roughly the schedule Obama had set for it. "The president's job approval percentage now ranges from the mid 60s (Gallup, Pew) to mid 70s (CNN) — not bad for a guy who won the presidency with 52

[FairfieldLife] Is Obama's Tax Cut the Biggest in History?

2009-02-17 Thread do.rflex
The economic stimulus package to be signed today by President Obama includes one of the largest tax cuts in American history -- $282 billion in tax cuts over two years. The compromise stimulus plan includes $282 billion in tax cuts over two years. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bush's fir

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2009-02-17 Thread vskamala
Tanil & Samskrit maybe? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Well, since I haven't chatted with him recently.;-) > > > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, cardemaister wrote: > > > From: cardemaister > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Shankara's native language? > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > This post has some interesting insight. I think Judy's > description of her own motives seem accurate. For the record, Curtis, I do not. If what she really wante

Re: [FairfieldLife] Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Okay, confession: I haven't seen the following films: Lean On Me--great movie, well worth renting Sicko--if you like docs, and I really do, don't miss this one There Will Be Blood--couldn't g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I'm not a "tmo TB" by any stretch, although I > suspect you're including me here. No I don't. You use a different language generally and you use more objective logic. In fact my guess is that if you were to actually work for the tm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Okay, confession: I haven't seen the following films: Lean On Me--great movie, well worth renting Sicko--if you like docs, and I really do, don't miss this one There Will Be Blood--couldn't get into it There Will Be Boredom would have been a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:06 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > For Vaj, as I understand his POV, he believes that Judy is actually > > not experiencing what she thinks she is in TM. He believes that she > > would be better served with another p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Beautiful wedding gown needs bride

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: Naomi Greenfield [mailto:n...@...] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:21 PM > To: Naomi Greenfield > Subject: Beautiful wedding gown needs bride I'll see if my GF is up for fulfilling my "best man at wedding defiling the bri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread Vaj
On Feb 17, 2009, at 1:06 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: For Vaj, as I understand his POV, he believes that Judy is actually not experiencing what she thinks she is in TM. He believes that she would be better served with another practice of meditation. Unless there's some other post, written un

Re: [FairfieldLife] Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread Arhata Osho
''Maharishi School students are the best and the brightest". Compared to what? Certainly not compared to Jewish people On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > http://livinginsmal lsizes.com/ 2009/02/13/ several-maharish i-graduates- > busted-for- growi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crackpot Sen. Declares Victory Over Global Warming 'Conspiracy'

2009-02-17 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > The thing to know about Inhofe is that he is a longtime influential > member of The Family, a powerful group of christian fundamentalists > that believes gov't should be based on biblical law. They know how > politics is played and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Okay, confession: I haven't seen the following films: > > Talk To Me > Reign Over Me Haven't seen. > Lean On Me Worth it. Top notch actors in their youth serving up some of the best kid's acting I have seen. They take you back to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: This post has some interesting insight. I think Judy's description of her own motives seem accurate. I know she also has a deep emotional investment in Maharishi's world view, but that seems natural given her years of practice and intere

Re: [FairfieldLife] Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-17 Thread I am the eternal
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/02/13/several-maharishi-graduates-busted-for-growing-pot/ > > http://is.gd/jOCY Remember, Maharishi School students are the best and the brightest. They graduate and go to the very best schools. Of course w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Films I have not seen

2009-02-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Okay, confession: I haven't seen the following films: > > > > Talk To Me > > Reign Over Me > > Lean On Me > > Sicko > > There Will Be Blood > > A Mighty Heart > > M

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