[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
One can only imagine the horror of Judy's personality at the time her father considered her to be insufferable prior to Judy learning TM in 1976. It's 34 years later……..perhaps her dad embellished what he told her then, in the now-proven false hope that her neuroses would abate. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > > > Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid > > the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. > > > > The national debt clock

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 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: > > > > > > When I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid > the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. > > The national debt clock today shows 12.5 trillion, and Obama had the war > costs put on the books properl

[FairfieldLife] Off_World, Bullshit Artist extraordinaire, can't come clean

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" > > > wrote

[FairfieldLife] The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The national debt clock today shows 12.5 trillion, and Obama had the war costs put on the books properly. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > > > Ok, that makes sense. > > Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what has been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Come Clean first, Off

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
I didn't know Paul Krugman was a participant on this forum. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > Ok, that makes sense. > > Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what has been > added to th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific > > technique you are using. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > Ok, that makes sense. Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what has been added to the deficit under Obama has been to keep the economy (which began falling apart largely as a result of Bush's policies) from crashing comple

[FairfieldLife] How long does it take to perfect such a signature?

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
I'm sure Liberace and Carrot Top have equally flamboyant signatures. And, indeed, when I was about 14 years old and fancied myself a rock star I practised my signature 100s of times in order to come up with someth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific > technique you are using. I am not using any "technique." I'm being completely straightforward. You ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > > wrote: > > > > > > Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other rea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" wrote: > > Shemp, > So you advocate lowering income tax rates. At what rate of > income is tax revenue maximized ? Please don't insult our intelligence by > suggesting 0%. > > -Mainstream > Let me answer that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific technique you are using. I am not labeling you as a sophist as an identity. Your attempt to shift the discussion into being about my character "mean" is specifically how you r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
It's Sunday, time for the weekly tortured "debate" autopsy from Judy at FFL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > Notice t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I > > think we're in trouble. But you don't really see that reflected i

[FairfieldLife] Sharkabet

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Sharkabet: ... http://www.trollart.com/sharkimage.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Tolle looks like a troll from the Black Forest. But the Neo-Advaitin message isn't very exciting: Everything is the Self. (saved people the trouble of reading the Balsekar books). I've seen more exciting screen savers than that message. Once I came into work and heard a gurgling as of sound, w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
Shemp, So you advocate lowering income tax rates. At what rate of income is tax revenue maximized ? Please don't insult our intelligence by suggesting 0%. -Mainstream --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in > > > > eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation > > > > of my question to Curtis as to whethe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread BillyG
Where DOES he get those cute little vests...and, you gotta love that beard! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > Consciousness and the Now > > by Gautam Sachdeva > OH, East is East, and West is > West, and never

[FairfieldLife] Evolution in 30 sec.

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Evolution in 30 sec. And check out the weird sharks! http://www.trollart.com/evo.html

[FairfieldLife] Get a load of this

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
http://www.worldometers.info/ (compliments of my daughter)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:21 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: S > > tart Date (UTC): Sat Mar 13 00:00:00 2010 > End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 2010 > 79 messages as of (UTC) Sun Mar 14 04:28:33 2010 > > 16 authfriend > 12 lurkernomore20002000 > 9 tartbrain > 6 Joe > 5 TurquoiseB > 5 ShempMcGurk >

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-03-14 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 13 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 2010 79 messages as of (UTC) Sun Mar 14 04:28:33 2010 16 authfriend 12 lurkernomore20002000 9 tartbrain 6 Joe 5 TurquoiseB 5 ShempMcGurk 4 Buck 4 "do.

[FairfieldLife] Come Clean first, Off

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcG

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I > think we're in trouble. But you don't really see that reflected in the > markets. Dollar has regained strength. Gold is moderating. Of cours

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: [snip] > > That's peanuts. Am I right you are therefore against the Bush tax cuts > for the rich because of this scenario? No, that is precisely why I am FOR the tax cuts for the HIGHER tax brackets (which, yes, affect the

[FairfieldLife] The World Peace Diet hits #1 on Amazon.com! [1 Attachment]

2010-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
- Original Message - From: "Dr. Will Tuttle" Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:02 AM Subject: Victory The World Peace Diet hits #1 on Amazon.com! Dear Partners and Sponsors of the March 12 World Peace Diet Compassion and Health Campaign --- VICTORY!! WE DID IT!!THANK YOU ALL SO

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > Wow, I really dislike having to carry things to this extent. > But for the record, you did reproduce two of the posts, Only one, actually. I picked that one because Sal's part of it was self-contained. But the rest were all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , "authfriend" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , "Joe" wrote: > > > > > > Is that really

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
I'll work on it Tex. If only I could learn to be a troll like yourself. And maybe, just maybe.I'll have the uh "smarts" as you call them, to win a debate with Judy. It's good to have lofty goals --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Joe: > > Precisely. And t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I think we're in trouble. But you don't really see that reflected in the markets. Dollar has regained strength. Gold is moderating. Of course sentiment can change quickly. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > off_world_beings wrote: > > > Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM > > and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own senses. > > So, you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" > > wrote: > > > > > "As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the N

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
off_world_beings wrote: > Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM > and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own senses. So, you believe that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" > wrote: > > > > "As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel > Peace > > > > Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America > g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
Joe: > Precisely. And this is why conversations with Judy, > the majority of them anyway, are a waste of time, a > very unusual form of mental masturbation IMO. > Very impressive, Joe - you managed to tank this discussion is less than five hours. Good work! > The only one left on this forum w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
> > Have you ever won a debate with Judy, Joe? > > Joe: > I've won them all... > Can you be a little more specific, Joe? Which debates did you win? Nobody wins all debates. > What Judy engages in is not debate IMO... > Is this a debate, or just your opinion?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "authfriend" wrote: > > > The one saving grace of Fox News is that only a tiny > > percentage of peopl

[FairfieldLife] Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > "As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace > > > Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the > > > White House based on: > > > the same credentials." Shemp, take away h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "Joe" wrote: > > > > Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? > > I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "Joe" wrote: > > Hey Buck, is TM a religion?>> Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own senses. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Wow, I really dislike having to carry things to this extent. But for the record, you did reproduce two of the posts, and gave numbers for the rest. If someone wishes to ignore that, or be "too busy" to read posts for today, then I guess that is where it stays. But in your post #243746 today a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in > > > eagerly adopting Barry's ass-bac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walt Whitman rewrites the Ten Commandments

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
Two great quotes -- Hitchens and Whitman --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO: > > Love the earth and sun and the animals. Despise > riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up > for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and > labor

[FairfieldLife] Walt Whitman rewrites the Ten Commandments

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO: Love the earth and sun and the animals. Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in > > eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation > > of my question to Curtis as to whether "The Sim

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
Just a drive by for me too. Me:> One of the straw men arguments about the criticisms against religion that guys like Sam Harris make is that he is only talking about fundamentalist. That he is ignoring really educated people who have watered down the claims of religion with reason and common sens

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
Precisely. And this is why conversations with Judy, the majority of them anyway, are a waste of time, a very unusual form of mental masturbation IMO. The only one left on this forum who imagines that Judy "wins" these so-called debates is Tex. That alone speaks volumes. (Not to mention that Tex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in > eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation > of my question to Curtis as to whether "The Simpsons" > and "The Family Guy" were funny, or mean. Actually it was his analys

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
Not a full response. Some good things I need to ponder. Some drive-by comments, below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > > I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between two huge battle > > s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
Agreed. That's a mighty small pooch to have managed such a loud bark. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? > > I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I double- > ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I double- checked elsewhere, and apparently it is accurate. This is from the magazine/Web site Broadcasting and Cable: "...Fox News will finish 2009 as the

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:57 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > > > > > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between two huge battle ships. > I hope they see my white flag. We have always had excellent conversations. You take an appropriate amount of care to build rapport and I respect that. You h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation of my question to Curtis as to whether "The Simpsons" and "The Family Guy" were funny, or mean. Nor does Curtis acknowledge what he knows to be the case (yes, Joe, "knows," because he's been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > The one saving grace of Fox News is that only a tiny > > percentage of people watch it, 3-something million at > > most. Of course, that's more than the other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
I've won them all Tex, how could you not know that? What Judy engages in is not debate IMO. It's a neurosis, a manifestation of a deep seated issue within her. I find engaging with her to (90% of the time) be a waste of time and time is something I value highly. Too highly to waste it playing e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between two huge battle ships. I hope they see my white flag. As part of full disclosure, I am not religious, don't go to or belong to a church, though I have, in my simpleton ways, at times constructed cathedrals in nature -- in my minds eye -- im

[FairfieldLife] So did you all "spring forward"?

2010-03-14 Thread Bhairitu
Or at least those in the US except Shemp (and anyone living in Hawaii)? The next two weeks there were be more auto accidents than usual.

[FairfieldLife] Political question of the year

2010-03-14 Thread do.rflex
Howell Raines : One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > As we all hopefully know, according to YS there > are several stages of samaadhi, at least: > > - savitarka > - nirvitarka > - savicaara > - nirvicaara > - saananda > - saasmitaa > - nirbiija > - dharma-megha > > According to Tai

[FairfieldLife] Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
Judy and I had been having a discussion about religious beliefs and the various ways to deal with it in society. Judy proposed that going after egregious specific behavior was the best way. Although she does not explain how convincing someone their behavior is wrong is so much easier than convi

[FairfieldLife] Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Consciousness and the Now by Gautam Sachdeva OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgement Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,

[FairfieldLife] The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality

2010-03-14 Thread do.rflex
The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week, aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House pr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:57 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > > > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John > > > Edwards mistress, love

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is TM a religion (?)

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 wrote: > What makes TM a religion isn't the funny hats, dietary > restrictions or ceremonies, it's the fact that evidence > against perceived wisdom is ignored or reinterpreted to > support the received ideas. Gee, sounds a lot like the Republic

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
> > I am sure catcalls will follow this post... > > Judy: > Not to mention that rich people can be > psychologically miserable (sometimes as a > result of their wealth, other times > independently of it). > In an ideal karmic system, good things should happen to good people, and bad things s

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > > > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I > > > remember when the John Edwards mistress, l

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
tartbrain: > Big Question, "Why are things the way they are?" > The 'Big Question' in this debate is the South Asian docrine of 'karma', which both Barry and Curtis failed to define. The karma theory states that when an action occurs, there is a corresponding re-action. This definition of ka

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I > > remember when the John Edwards mistress, love child > > story broke. You totally ridiculed me for buying into > > i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Vaj wrote: > On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:10 AM, cardemaister wrote: > >> >> As we all hopefully know, according to YS there >> are several stages of samaadhi, at least: >> >> - savitarka >> - nirvitarka >> - savicaara >> - nirvicaara >> - saananda >> - saasmitaa >> - ni

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:10 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > As we all hopefully know, according to YS there > are several stages of samaadhi, at least: > > - savitarka > - nirvitarka > - savicaara > - nirvicaara > - saananda > - saasmitaa > - nirbiija > - dharma-megha > > According to Taimni, those a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
Joe: > I'm scared shitless of Judy... > Yes, I always thought so, because of the ego factor - that's my theory of why Barry is posting so many messages to Judy these days. But, you're going to have to post more than a single line of text after the RE:, if you're going to join the debate, Joe.

[FairfieldLife] Re: India 'issues' zero rupee banknotes

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > > wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > > > > > I fi

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Good Morning! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards mistress, love child story broke. You totally ridiculed me for buying into

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Do the enlightened benefit the world?" - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > Pure Consciousness is only an indirect cause, not "In-Itself". What changes > the world is Shakti. > Yep, & you know it when you experience it. Shaktic experience in contrast to non-spiritual experience. It's that simple. > >

[FairfieldLife] Disgust for one's own body?

2010-03-14 Thread cardemaister
Shauca is one of the five niyama's. According to Patañjali shaucaat svaan.ga-jugupsaa parair asaMsargaH. Taimni's translation: >From physical purity (arises) disgust for one's own body and disinclination to come in physical contact with others. Have you ever noticed this disgust for your own b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John > Edwards mistress, love child story broke. You totally ridiculed me for buying > into it, because the story was broken by, OMG, "The National Enquirer". Sounds

[FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread cardemaister
As we all hopefully know, according to YS there are several stages of samaadhi, at least: - savitarka - nirvitarka - savicaara - nirvicaara - saananda - saasmitaa - nirbiija - dharma-megha According to Taimni, those are all, save nirbiija and dharmamegha, saMprajñaata. Between most of them, up