[FairfieldLife] Faith, and the demonstration thereof...

This morning I'm pondering the notion of "faith," which I define as believing that one knows "the truth" about something (or more likely in spiritual circles, every- thing), in the absence of any kind of demonstrable proof of that "truth." While much has been said to glorify the notion of "faith"

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Just a few points. > > 1. A political ideology literally means a belief system or a set of > doctrines about why and how to govern through political power. > Agreed. > 2. Is a doctrine of power that defines and formulates all nat

[FairfieldLife] The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)

please be patient, part 2 of 8 gets more and more interesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY part 1 of 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3JI8F9LQQ part 2 of 8 etc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teaching Virtue

> > > > Spiritual-good in the TM sense would be that which promotes spiritual > > > experience. > > > > > Having discipline (as in attending to things) in spiritual practice. > > MMY: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTzu_SxTis&feature=related > > > > > > The Value of a Human Birth an

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

Just a few points. 1. A political ideology literally means a belief system or a set of doctrines about why and how to govern through political power. 2. Is a doctrine of power that defines and formulates all national and personal values what you are looking to implement in peoples lives? Will t

[FairfieldLife] Einstein was a man of faith !

Einstein's theory of General Relativity predicted that light would bend bypassing a massive planet like the Sun. That was the only feasible experiment for his untested theory at the time since there were no lasers, etc. Einstein was asked what if the experiment proves his theory wrong? He said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount wrote: > > Fairfield Life Post Counter > === > Start Date (UTC): Sat Jun 05 00:00:00 2010 > End Date (UTC): Sat Jun 12 00:00:00 2010 > 427 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jun 11 00:06:06 2010 > > 51 authfriend I can't see a

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jun 05 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Jun 12 00:00:00 2010 427 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jun 11 00:06:06 2010 51 authfriend 45 TurquoiseB 34 Bhairitu 31 nablusoss1008 30 Joe 21 WillyTex 20 Rick Archer 20 Hugo 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 2010 Summer Session IAA

Guru Purnima July 25 Hey Dear Dick, is the Guru Purnima celebration going to be open as of old or exclusive and closed as has been usual for the last couple decades here? Newly 'open', something like you wrote recently: > Open and free to MUM Faculty, Staff, Students, IA, and anyone who > pract

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are you getting diabetes from your computer?

Bhairitu: > Are you getting diabetes from your computer? > How are those blood sugar levels after spending > hours on FFL? > Apparently you are on FFL 24 x 7, so you'd probably be needing shots of insulin every three hours or so. It takes me about three minutes to read through the posts on F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating Newage bias on Huffpost

TurquoiseB: > Recently here and on BATGAP folks have been > discussing gullibility, as in the ability to > believe that someone like Trivedi can claim > that he can clean up the oil spill via his > powerful Woo Woo and have them believe it > completely, for no other reason than that he > sa

[FairfieldLife] Re: " Good morning, Sarah. It's me, Barack. "

do.rflex: > The President of the United States... > "Obama says he's sick and tired of the Washington blame game, but still can't resist doling out piles of blame himself. His compulsive, reflexive finger-pointing at Republicans, George W. Bush and vague villains on the right is not only unb

[FairfieldLife] Re: BP buys oil spill related search terms

Bhairitu: > Will these crooks know no end to cover their butts? > "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that BP, the energy company responsible for the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, helped craft the bill proposed by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman that would tax business

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Crop Circle in beans ! Reported 7th June

    sri Rick-ji, Web pictures dosen't appear on daily digest format --- On Wed, 6/9/10, nablusoss1008 wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] New Crop Circle in beans ! Reported 7th June Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 3:11 PM   Stony Littleton Long Barrow, Nr Wellow. Somerset. Reported 7th Ju

[FairfieldLife] " Good morning, Sarah. It's me, Barack. "

The President of the United States and the Pretend President on Facebook confer. Take a look: http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/potus_talks_to_ppofb/

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

Thom Hartmann on this: Thom's blog Is BP Enforcing a No Fly Zone? Late last month, Mississippi state House Speaker Billy McCoy (D) and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) started a select committee to look into the BP oil spill and would hold hearings this week. McCoy said, "The people of Mississippi deserv

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 2010 Summer Session IAA

similar e-mail on the side from before, "Yet another indication of big changes in the TMO. I think it likely that Rajaism is going to go, be swept under the carpet, too weird and offputting. Things will loosen up. A return to the mid 70's style TMO will be encouraged. ,,," > > Dick, >

[FairfieldLife] Re: BP buys oil spill related search terms

Yes I was appalled to see how the media were reporting this like it was a scandal. Anyone who uses Google should be able to know that the top items are paid listings on search. It's highlighted in yellow on my browser and clearly says "sponsored link". No scandal here! --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Radical Peace: People Refusing War, by William T. Hathaway

Fwd From: Ken Chawkin Below are two recent tweets on William T. Hathaway's latest literary work, Radical Peace: People Refusing War. The book presents the first-person experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists in the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Just released by Tri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Checkout Ravi Yogi's FB profile !!

Well it's a good start.. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > Now he's a Bhagwan. With a massive following of one four year old. > > > > *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ravi Chivukula > *Sent:* Thursday, June 1

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Checkout Ravi Yogi's FB profile !!

Now he's a Bhagwan. With a massive following of one four year old. From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Chivukula Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:03 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Checkout Ravi Yogi's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

Actually the old man on a throne is one of the images of Zeus Pantokrator and also its derivative Christ Pantocrator. This is the idea/eidos of "God" we get from the x-gen bible. YHVH was initially just a mountain "protector-deity" later universalized by the Hebrews once they encountered Platonism

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Checkout Ravi Yogi's FB profile !!

Thanks shukri for helping me nail my core teaching down. *Bhagwan Ravi yogi has no story, so he makes up stories as he goes along. **He takes everyone on a wild, fun filled roller coaster ride.* Thats it. Its nothing new but simple, innocent and pristine. The stories or roles vary depending the

RE: [FairfieldLife] Amreeka -- movie

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:22 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Amreeka -- movie Here's another little indie gem I watched on Netflix last night: http://www.netfli

[FairfieldLife] Fascinating Newage bias on Huffpost

Recently here and on BATGAP folks have been discussing gullibility, as in the ability to believe that someone like Trivedi can claim that he can clean up the oil spill via his powerful Woo Woo and have them believe it completely, for no other reason than that he says he can. When the twif who belie

RE: [FairfieldLife] BP buys oil spill related search terms

-Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] BP buys oil spill related search terms >Will these crooks know no end to cov

[FairfieldLife] BP buys oil spill related search terms

Will these crooks know no end to cover their butts? http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/306996 Whether it’s a $50 million TV commercial blitz or BP CEO Tony Hayward snapping to a reporter that he wanted “his life back,” the company behind the nation’s worst oil disaster in history can’t seem to get its

[FairfieldLife] Are you getting diabetes from your computer?

How are those blood sugar levels after spending hours on FFL? > (NaturalNews) Most people are familiar with type-1 diabetes and type-2 > diabetes, but did you know researchers have discovered a third type of > diabetes? Type-3 diabetes, as they are calling it, affects people who > are extra sen

[FairfieldLife] Amreeka -- movie

Here's another little indie gem I watched on Netflix last night: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Amreeka/70112460 It's a story about a Palestinian woman and her son who travel from the West Bank to Chicago to stay with her sister right as the US is bombing Iraq in 2003.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

Thom Hartmann is reporting on this morning and talking with a congressman who is going to look into this. This story also broke a week ago when he interviewed marine biologist Riki Ott and she reported that the pilot she was flying with over the area mentioned flight restrictions. http://grou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churchill story

I just noticed that my favorite Churchill story and brian64705's both involved Clement Atlee and the bathroom!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churchill story

[I find google the best way to find anything. I searched for your quote and only one hit came up... our very own Fairfield Life in 2005] Your mistake (and mine) was to assume that akasha_108's quotes were verbatum. They aren't. TurquoiseB suggested that I google "Churchill stand-offish." This w

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear > And it shows them pearly white > Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe > And he keeps it, ah, out of sight > Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe > Scarlet billows start to sp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churchill story

I find google the best way to find anything. I searched for your quote and only one hit came up... our very own Fairfield Life in 2005: http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg17544.html was the sole hit for the search: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien und die minderjährige Witwe

Very nice link ... hearing Brecht singing this is like being there again. Some years ago I listened to an analysis of the English to German translation. The German ended up to be much more subtle and nuanced. It was way beyond Bobby Darin. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrot

[FairfieldLife] Churchill story

During a recent Internet search I came across the following story about Winston Churchill that was posted by akasha_108 back in 2005 (cf. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/61698): "One day, it must of been in his conservative days -- he jumped parties two or three times for po

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion

Hideous? Hideous? Dictionary: 1 : offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly 2 : morally offensive Hugo you're getting a D- on your commentsee me after class. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

  This story is reported by Mel Fabregas. He lost credibility with me by pouring it on so thick. So, I put his name into a google search box expecting he would show up as an extremist. Sure enough, the blurb on the very first search hit says:   The Veritas Show with Mel Fabregas is a weekly sh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion + Psycho Girlfriend 1-7

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > This is an example of a new phenomenon, the YouTube > TV series. Very well done and acted, IMO. > And if you've ever *had* a Psycho Girlfriend, you'll dig it. You mean there's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion

On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Hugo wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: >> >> Life may be astoundingly abundant out there. Hawking is refusing to see >> that life is a gimme -- built into the subtle laws of physics -- and if this >> is so, then life isn't so damned i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Joran Van der Sloot Jyotish

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > And now you're putting words in my mouth, even though > > > I've made it clear on any number of occasions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion + Psycho Girlfriend 1-7

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > Hawking doesn't change views on a dime, he's a scientist. > He proposes explanations and they stand for as long as the > evidence supports them. New evidence, new theories needed. > Perhaps you doubt his credentials because he is always quick

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Life may be astoundingly abundant out there. Hawking is refusing to see > > that life is a gimme -- built into the subtle laws of physics -- and if > > this is so, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stephen Hawking on Religion

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Life may be astoundingly abundant out there. Hawking is refusing to see that > life is a gimme -- built into the subtle laws of physics -- and if this is > so, then life isn't so damned insignificant as he's framing it. He'd argue >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

Brian, I looked at the NY Times this morning and found I have to take back some of what I wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/10access.html?th&emc=th Apparently some reporters' access *has* been restricted, more or less arbitrarily. But there doesn't seem to be any reason for it other tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

He's posted video of his flight over Grand Isle yesterday as well as interviews on the streets of New Orleans on his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamescfox --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, brian64705 wrote: > > I sent your comment to James Fox via Facebook and he responded:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear > And it shows them pearly white > Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe > And he keeps it, ah, out of sight > Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe > Scarlet billows start to spre

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: 2010 Summer Session IAA

Dick, I forwarded your post to old TM friends out in the world, and this came back in response, "Yes, I've heard that there is quite a change going on with the TM movement. And nothing I am interested in right now for my spiritual path either. I actually did a wonderful yoga treat with the SF

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lock-down on the Gulf

I sent your comment to James Fox via Facebook and he responded: I've got more info coming VERY soon that will support my oberservations of a strong military presence in that area. I also have footage from the air of the oil marching into the shores and wet lands coming within 5 hours. Thank you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Sarah Palin combined "nut job" with "boob job?"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , TurquoiseB wrote: > > I think most here consider Sarah Palin a bit of a boob, > and many of the things she says...uh...blown out of > proportion to reality. > > Now even FOX News is speculating that her boobs may > have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's email about his own sanity or lack of

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > And, since I'm commenting on the differences between > the two Rick-spawned groups, I do have to mention at > least one significant difference I've noticed. On > BATGAP, there seems to actually be...and it's a good > thing I don't believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Checkout Ravi Yogi's FB profile !!

like a troubled 9 year old boy. you could live a more dignified and meaningful life, its not about psychiatric drugs --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Will do, but I have been playing with my 4 year old niece for the past 2 > days. We had so much fun that you have g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teaching Virtue

> > > > Having discipline (as in attending to things) in spiritual practice. > > Who is more "disciplined" in their spiritual practice, > Buck -- the person who believes that spiritual practice > is limited to meditation, going to the domes or to visit > the occasional saint and stuff like that

[FairfieldLife] Barry peels Onions

  Home   Don't need a black belt to peel the onions Krish Ashok The Buddha, in one of his lesser followed pieces of advice, implored his followers to constantly question the status quo, to challenge prevailing customs and mores, and more critically, respect skepticism as a philosophy. And not

[FairfieldLife] Has Sarah Palin combined "nut job" with "boob job?"

I think most here consider Sarah Palin a bit of a boob, and many of the things she says...uh...blown out of proportion to reality. Now even FOX News is speculating that her boobs may have the same relationship to reality. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/sarah-palin-breast-implan_n_60659

[FairfieldLife] BP tries to clean up the spill

Comedy.com takes you inside the offices of BP as they try to clean up a terrible spill of brown, sticky...uh...coffee. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/the-great-bp-coffee-spill_n_606520.html An allegory for our times...

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Alien in the White House

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear > And it shows them pearly white > Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe > And he keeps it, ah, out of sight > Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe > Scarlet billows start to spre

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teaching Virtue

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > Having discipline (as in attending to things) in spiritual practice. Who is more "disciplined" in their spiritual practice, Buck -- the person who believes that spiritual practice is limited to meditation, going to the domes or to visit the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's email about his own sanity or lack of

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Damn, mouses = mice, I'm falling off the Beethovenesque > > standards that Rick has set for me, I love him and I hope > > I can continue to be in his good books to slowly navigate > > up on the food cha