[FairfieldLife] ZomGas 7 (was Zombie in my Gas tank)
MZ, One of the great things about controlling your own show is that you control the episode numbers. Obviously 7 has your name on it. I'm sure many would love to hear your responses now and we'll worry about back filling later. This link will give you examples of Proust Confessions Questions and Confidences Questions. You could take 20 of these and give the answers or alternatively take the road less travelled and just give 20 answers and watch your fans on FFL fill in some fascinating (and maybe not so fascinating questions). Don't make me beg, I have to do something till we get started on that thing we can't talk about any more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proust_Questionnaire
[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: John Lyons was a beautiful man when I heard him give an introductory lecture in 1972. He was so luscious I was ready to start TM before he said a word. Then he broke the news: Two weeks waiting for using recreational drugs. Really? I was disappointed but unlike the drunk I initiated, I decided to have a good experience and wait the two weeks. I told my boyfriend I was going to start TM and had to give up pot. He said, I'll teach you to meditate. All you have to do is rub your eyes and you'll see colors. Sex with him was definitely better than his advice. I started TM and he dumped me for another girl, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Nice tale, Raunchy, and nicely told. It's almost a mini-short story.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rowing to Doha-Scene 4-(was conflict in fiction)
Nice stuff, Bob. I'm not sure it'll play in Peoria, but I'd watch it. Of course, I'm a confirmed eyepatch- wearing pirate, so you wouldn't get any bucks from my viewing of it, but it's the thought that counts. I do, however, have to warn you that you might be venturing into dangerous ground in one section: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Suddenly Dick spins around and his face is pressed against the window. We hear the sound of cuffs tighteningshut. AGENT HAIRWELL And are you familiar with the Patriot Act you dildo? The Brunette runs toward Dick who's hands are cuffed with his face being pressed against the window by Agent Hairwell. BRUNETTE You sexist pig. Here you have used the forbidden and horribly sexist word dildo. By doing so, you risk someone not only obsessing on it for SIX YEARS, but trying to get others -- who were neither around that long ago or, more important, care -- to obsess on it, too. Watch your ass. Just sayin'. If I were you, I'd replace the word dildo with the more politically correct personal vibrator, or even better, use the brand name of a popular one, like Oscillation Overthruster, or Your Buddy Burt. And whatever you do, never suggest that one could have feelings of its own, and choose to commit suicide rather than perform its intended function. I fully expect script consultant credit in the final film. No residuals, just credit. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: RC, MUC, and RUC
Thank you, Robin. Yes, you did skip a few things I hoped you'd cover, but the tidal wave of thoughts contained here is nearly as rewarding. I'll have to chew on this for a while. Lots to think about. We may or may not have reason to chat via FFL again. It appears you've gone as far as you're able or willing with the challenges I've put to you, and no one else seems much to care anymore. If you'd like to pick up discussion one-on-one, now or in the future, Rick knows my direct email. I'd enjoy getting to know you better and becoming a friend. We are probably constitutionally incapable of accepting each other's frames of reference as factual, but I believe there is tremendous value in mere understanding. My name is Paul, by the way. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@... wrote: Dear at_man_and_brahman, snippity-do-dah Your first question elicited the most important post so farback in June. This may be just as important (important means = *for me*, not necessarily of course, for others). No one can know what it has meant to me to have these conversations through FFL. You, authfriend, and CDB have drawn out from me what has helped me most. Robin
[FairfieldLife] The path to Unity, by the Master--- through Benjamin Creme, 11 June 2011
The path to Unity by the Master , through Benjamin Creme, 11 June 2011 http://share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2011/2011-07.htm
[FairfieldLife] New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 07/28/2011
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Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: We don't need a 3rd party. We need to primary Obama with a Democrat who will stand up and say Obama doesn't represent the party of FDR, he represents the blood suckers on Wall Street. Bernie Sanders agrees we should primary Obama hoping it would push Obama further to the left. It's not going to happen. Obama has a lock on plenty of money for a campaign that would (if 2008 is any lesson) trash the reputation of the challenger, have the DNC cheat for him and play the race card for good measure. Obama is on the right, has always been on the right and will stay on the right regardless of a primary. The debt ceiling debate is just kabuki to make the rubes believe that the only choice, Flimflam Man has to save the county from defaulting on its debt is sacrifice Social Security and Medicare when in truth that is exactly what Obama was hired to do. If Obama were a Democrat, he would have stopped all the Republican crazy talk about the debt ceiling by simply saying he would invoke the 14th Amendment. Bill Clinton said he would invoke the constitutional option to raise the debt ceiling without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me in order to prevent a default. Now, there's a president with some balls. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/07/19/bill-clinton-says-he-would-use-the-14th-amendment/ For the past few weeks, Obama has shown no interest in involving Democrats in negotiating with Boehner, Cantor or McConnell because he couldn't have gotten away with unilaterally offering up programs to help the poor and women. Obama has continually lied about the strength and solvency of the social safety net and now he has accomplished what George W. Bush and every Republican before him could only dream of doing, destroy FDR's New Deal. What is going on here? I've been complaining about a lack of follow through, a lack of leadership.Yes, we're going to close GITMO, yes, gays in the military and so on yet when in office it's OK, at least two full scale wars are great, and we'll involve ourselves in civil wars as we do in Libya. It's Pax Americana all over again. We can't cut defense spending because when Obama became president he was born again and saw how important being involved in everybody else's life is good. Then there's the gay thing. Another president who cared would have used his powers as Commander in Chief. Another president would have said yes, I've got a duty to uphold the way, but I'm going to shirk my duty and tell Justice to lay off the DOM law. I've wondered where the leadership's been. Why not stand up against the Repubs. FDR did, LBJ did, Bill Clinton acted presidential. I'm starting to agree with you, RD. It's looking like we have a president with an agenda here and he hides his agenda in not being a leader. Don't be a leader, be ineffectual when you need to make it look like you're being forced into watered down health reform, cutting down on social security, medicare and medicaid. Don't question why we need to spend so much money elsewhere, like bombing Libya. It doesn't matter that 1/5th of men aren't working, that there's so much unemployment and under employment because that keeps wages down. What matters is that companies are profiting big time without having to hire. What's good for Wall Street is good for America. I've wondered why, since election day, I've cringed every time Obama gives a speech. I can't stand to hear the man because the bullshit detector keeps going off.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: alternative theory regarding MZ
Thank you, Ravi, for your kind words. And I will take you at your word about the condescension. But, if I remember correctly, that email already had in it as I've already explained and how could someone with my history possibly not thoroughly understand the Satguru principle? On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: the self-same principle that Ravi was (condescendingly, I must say, (it takes one to know one)) trying to explain to me way back when. Mark, I have been (intentionally) condescending to others (low vibe writer types) but not when I was responding to you, sorry if it appeared otherwise. Your heart-centeredness became evident to me as you posted more. A beautiful post BTW. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Yes, Jim (how long does it take, here, to put names to email addresses?), I, too, find this true and beautiful, with one possible exception. The heart, the true heart (IME, E U), has no need whatsoever for story gratification. The true heart, the lion heart, is a far better organ of perception/knower than the mind. It's the heart, or hearts, of the inner frozen children that need constant soothing, the heart, if you will, of the ego complex, of our woundedness and our pain, or I guess one could say, and perhaps more simply and truly, and, in so doing dissolve this exception, the wounded parts of our heart. It's the stories that are the defense mechanisms that help us in our long, misguided efforts to keep our pain away. Of course, this may not apply to MZ, or any other particular individual, but, I believe, it applies to most of us. What may more aptly apply to MZ (for all the profound things that have occurred between us, and, yes, they truly are profound, just how much so I have yet to see, I really do not yet know him well, as I have not had the time to follow his suggestion and read all that he has written here, nor do I think I will need to) is that he is using his intellect to sincerely advance his spiritual growth through the towering edifice created by the west's paramount religious institution (at least in terms of it's effect on the west) and, yes, some of the world's purest souls and highest thinkers (perhaps I will have to look into Aquinas), combined with the highly developed qualities of his intuition (for me, there's something I call inner knowing that is distinct from and goes beyond intuition). How many have spent lifetimes lost in this structure (of course, he would know they are not lost but are getting found, and, perhaps, the only ones getting found)? We agree, I think, that the mind, the intellect, no matter how developed and pure must always fall short of true knowing. The truth of things is unfathomable and better known by the heart. To know it one must lay the mind and everything else aside and become it. To do this, one must put oneself through whatever it takes to strip everything else away and become the truly, truly, truly empty vessel. And, to this: the universe within us will never accept any story as the the ultimate truth, I would add that the Satguru, God and the universe, both the universe within and without (which you all may, of course, have already agreed are one, though I still find it useful to distinguish them) and, sometimes, the good guru, will totally knock the shit out of us, if we force it/him/her to, the self-same principle that Ravi was (condescendingly, I must say, (it takes one to know one)) trying to explain to me way back when.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Program in the Domes
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mahavid3h no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: What Swamis were sent around to bless you? mahavid3h: He was again in Seelisberg in 1983 when Shankaracharya Shantanand came... You may heave been thinking of another Swami. Apparently Swami Shantanand never left India. According to Professor Dana Sawer, Swami Shantanand Saraswati was the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math from 1953-1980. As I said, this as around the turn of the year 1982/83, he head aready stepped down, was most definitely in Seelisberg at the turn of the year. He had done an Africa tour visiting Indian communities there, leading Bhajan sessions, I saw a video of it. We went all to the Zurich airport, Maharishi the Shankaracharya, Swami M and a few others. This Swami I am refering to, was also in Noida in 1986. He was on the stage with Maharishi, and there was Vishnudevanand as well. He had the 50th anniversary of his Ashram. Hi. New to the group. According to Vasudevavanda (in his 1983 biography of Shantananda Saraswati) Shantananda accompanied the Maharishi on two tours as follows: 1982: Departed India December (?), for Hong Kong, then China (Shanghai, Nanking, Beijing) then Soviet Union (Moscow), then Switzerland (Seelisberg). Arrived back in India around 13 January 1983. 1983: Departed India ~7 February, for Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Eldoret), then Zambia (Lusaka and Livingstone). Arrived back in India around 3 April 1983. mahavid3h - would you have any further details of that video you mentioned of the visit to Africa? I would love to see it. From what I've read, Swami Shantanand stepped down as the Shankaracharya on 29th February, 1980, in favour of Dandi Swami Vishnudevand, who died in 1990. Vishnudevanad was succeeded by Dandi Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati. None of these Swamis, to my knowledge, ever visited anyone outside India, but correct me if I am mistaken about this. Read more: 'Conspiracy Theories' http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/shantanand3.htm http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/shantanand3.htm In line with this will, the first respondent, who was installed on June 12, 1953 as head of the math, came into possession of the math properties and applied for a certificate of succession in the district court at Allahabad. This was eventually granted on Dec. 12, 1956 - that is, three years later... The Rivalry for Jyotir Math: http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20687.html http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20687.html\ \
[FairfieldLife] AA - Apostates Anonymous
Being somewhat of a voyeur of the spiritual scene (I like to watch), another of the endless trends I have noticed is what happens when a strong member of a spiritual organization decides to take some 'time off' to figure things out a little. In far too many organizations, 'time off' is considered Apostasy. To be less than full time 24/7 on the bus is considered Off The Bus. A seeker decides to take some 'time off' and overnight learns exactly how good his or her good friends really are. They either continue speaking to them, or they don't. In reality, of course, it's far more complex than that. Many old friends do stay in touch. For some of them -- bless their hearts -- it's as if there has been zero change in the relationship. With others, however, there is always a perceptible subtitle track to every conversation that says, Annie Hall-like, Pood sod. He's SO fallen from the highest path. I must humor him until he comes to his senses. Isn't this issue of how a spiritual path treats apostates to that path really the measure of where the rubber meets the road? How is the possibility of switching boats in mid-river regarded by that organization? Is it considered a natural part of human evolution, as a seeker gravitates from one teacher to another? Or is it regarded a falling, nigh unto the Fall From Eden? Are apostates themselves, the people who have decided to take some 'time off,' for their own personal reasons, regarded as being On The Program, or Off The Program? Are their reasons considered valid, or unstressing? Is the definition of The Program 24/7 commitment to it? Is it assumed, back in the org, that apostates have gone over to the Dark Side, and now that they're not on the bus 24/7, they are working 24/7 for Darth Insidious? Is the spiritual view of the world in that org really so much like the 60's cry of Love it or leave it!, followed by the immediate assumption that anyone who didn't love anything about America should just hightail it out of Dodge? And then, having hightailed it, be considered a Wanted Man trying to escape his just desserts thereafter? Or is there room in the org for tolerance and compassion, such as hearing a good friend with whom you have happily walked the path for many years say, out of the blue, Dude...you see that crossroads up ahead? I'm gonna turn off there. I can't really explain why...it's just that something in me really wants to see what attracts me so much in that direction, and replying, Cool. Stay in touch, man, and let me know how it's going for you. Happy walking. I'm there for you any time you want to chat, or go out to a cafe for a Westmalle, and sit in our shared perception of silence. I remain on your speed-dial list. And now for something completely different...back to the Subject line of this rap. As usual in these cafe raps, I thought of the title first, with no preplanned idea of what the content would be, and then just started writing. However, in this case I find my self still tripping on the title itself, and what an AA meeting might be like. Mea culpa. I must indulge: NEWB: Hi. My name is Bevan and I'm an Apostate. GROUP: Hi, Bevan. NEWB: This is my first time speaking in front of the group. I've been mainly lurking for some time now, and I figured it was time to tell my story. GROUP: We've all been there, Bevan. We were working on our first One Week Apostate Chip ourselves. NEWB: Thank you. You can't imagine how relieved that makes me feel. GROUP: We can, dude. We really can. NEWB: It's not as if I'm 'anti' the group I am an apostate from. I was with that group for many, many years, and have primarily positive feelings about it, and the time I spent there. I just wanted to take a little 'time off' and ponder a few of the less-positive feelings. GROUP: Been there, dude. SO got the T-shirt. NEWB: Thank you for understanding. Well, my story is like this. Once I was a trim, fairly attractive, well-educated guy who had charisma of his own, and did not have to depend for it on my proximity to another person's aura... The thing is, this imagined AA meeting is not out of the realm of imagination. What would happen if Bevan actually DID decide to take some 'time off?' How would he be treated by the TM community if he did? On the other hand, how would he be treated by the TM Apostate community if he did? It's BEVAN, after all. My bet is that the One Week Sober Chip would go to the group that was most capable of compassion.
[FairfieldLife] Congratulations. You have realized enlightenment. Now leave.
Mind-segueing from my previous cafe rap, I find my self realizing that an even better measure of where the rubber meets the road in a spiritual organization might be how it treats those who have realized its goal, and dare to say so. I submit that this is an interesting topic, Robin and others who have dared to say so being among us. How were they treated by the organization that had promised enlightenment to its followers (not to mention...uh...financial supporters) for many decades? Was their attainment of the goal celebrated and their testimony added to the WhyYouShouldLearnTM.com Web page? Or were they instantly marginalized and/or ostracized? It's an interesting question, isn't it? Those of you who have dared to say so, either on this forum or within the cloistered halls of the TM movement, do you care to comment? How were you treated? Those of you who never mentioned your personal realization within those same cloistered halls, but only on forums such as this one, why did you make that choice? What did you expect would be the response from within the cloistered halls to your proclamation, that prevented you from making it? Honestly curious, and I will do my best to avoid any samskaras that tempt me to poke fun where it might be misinterpreted in response. I really don't know, because although I have experienced the occasional period of time spent in enlightened (or, at the very least, not ordinary) states of consciousness, I was never tempted to go public with them, and thus never had to risk the potential wrath of the public. Saying all of this, I apologize in advance to those to whom I have given offense in the past by challenging *their* claims of having realized the Big E. I may not have believed your claims at the time, and may in fact not believe them now, but I *do* respect you having gone public with them. As does Rick, or he wouldn't be doing his BATGAP series. I guess my point in this cafe rap -- if I have one, other than just to rap -- is What was that decision to 'go public' LIKE for you? Did you feel some reticence in doing so? If so, WHY did you feel that reticence? It's an interesting question, n'est-ce pas?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
On Jul 27, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Mark Landau wrote: And, of course, that's another thing we loved so much about being with M, how much and how warmly he and we all laughed together. In the early years. I left when laughter started to be actually frowned upon. laughter stopped in M's presence? When was that? He became more irritable and grumpy as time went on. One of the landmark moments I recall is when he got an interview with a journalist, who arrived to find he wouldn't actually be with the Maharishi, but he appeared on a TV screen. The reporter asked one wrong question and M. dug into the journalist with great anger and venom. Of course people who were close to him had been seeing his outbursts for years, but that's the landmark public demonstration of his imbalances that I recall. By that time he was sequestered like a Hindu Howard Hughes in his Vedic mansion in Holland, and only met others, like this poor reporter, via closed circuit TV. By that time, in the brief video snippets I'd see, you could see the signs of dementia and the accompanying anger, along with type of eyes seen in long-term diabetics. It seemed like he was partially blind. Special camera set ups were arranged to make it look like he was sitting cross-legged, but he was actually lying down in bed. Perfect health, alas, was another fantasy, even for the Great Oz.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Vaj wrote: He became more irritable and grumpy as time went on. One of the landmark moments I recall is when he got an interview with a journalist, who arrived to find he wouldn't actually be with the Maharishi, but he appeared on a TV screen. The reporter asked one wrong question and M. dug into the journalist with great anger and venom. http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-dirt-in-sea-of-tm- whitewashing.html Saturday, February 16, 2008 More Dirt In The Sea Of TM™ Whitewashing File under: Gurubusting, Satscams and The Siddhi of PR A little more truth has surfaced in the ocean of inveterate whitewashing that's been occurring in the international press over the last week; an article by the last news writer to interview the Maharishi when he was alive. Get ready for the Austin Powers-level wackiness of Yoga's Dr. Evil, the late, yet not so great, Maharhishi Mahesh Yogi: For the historic interview I was ushered into the so-called brahmastan, a sort of giant pagoda-style wooden palace. I was flanked by two sternfaced, light-suited ministers, who introduced me, to the untold thousands of disciples watching this bizarre charade via the live global video-link by which the Maharishi communicated his edicts, as a distinguished international journalist - which was certainly a first for me. Then, just as I was expecting him to make his entrance, a giant screen flickered to life and I was greeted not by a real live guru but by a sort of hologram with a cotton-wool beard and a shiny, teak- brown pate. Only then did I realise that the Maharishi would be addressing me only via closed-circuit TV from his chamber, presumably somewhere upstairs. His Holiness never meets anyone because his doctor is concerned that he might catch germs, Roth whispered. He hasn't been outside for years. In truth, it was more a monologue than an interview. The Maharishi spouted incomprehensible mumbo jumbo for several minutes-then launched into a diatribe against Britain - a terrible country which believes in divide and rule and was responsible for much of the misery besetting the world. This, he said, was why he had decided to excommunicate this country, meaning that his disciples were banned from teaching TM here (a state of affairs which, I regret to report, he later reversed). My one small victory was that I managed to ask him - ever so politely - about The Beatles. Given all the bad blood, did he regret his involvement with the band who made him a household name? Suddenly, all that serenity evaporated and the mystic came over all mortal. Forget about it! he spluttered furiously. If at all, (The) Beatles became substantial by my contact. I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought. Arrogant, full of pride, deluded. This was your leader, TM™.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Where are O's former girlfriends??? - Scary!! or a good laugh - joke
Why is it that these racist ignorant conservatives believe anything that happens to fall into their e-mail in-boxes? http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/columbia.asp --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@... wrote: From: eb7243@... To: WLeed3@... Sent: 7/25/2011 1:39:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Fwd: Where are Oapos;s former girlfriends??? - Scary!! Begin forwarded message: From: Lois Kaufman _otherpaw@..._ (mailto:otherpaw@...) Date: July 24, 2011 4:15:56 PM EDT To: Lois Kaufman _otherpaw@..._ (mailto:otherpaw@...) Subject: Where are O's former girlfriends??? - Scary!! Reply-To: _otherpaw@..._ (mailto:otherpaw@...) WHERE ARE THE GIRLFRIENDS? I hadn't thought about this - but where are O's past girlfriends - surely he had at least one? No past girl friends popping up anywhere? Strange - strange to the point of being downright weird! OK, this is just plain old common sense, no political agendas for either side. Just common knowledge for citizens of a country, especially American citizens, who know every little tidbit about every other president (and their wives) that even know that Andrew Jackson's wife smoked a corn cob pipe and was accused of adultery, or that Lincoln never went to school or Kennedy wore a back brace or Truman played the piano. We are Americans! Our Media vets these things out! We are known for our humanitarian interests and caring for our 'fellow man.' We care, but none of us know one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president. Honestly, and this is a personal thing ... but it's bugged me for years that no one who ever dated him ever showed up. Taken his charisma, which caused the women to be drawn to him so obviously during his campaign, looks like some lady would not have missed the opportunity We all know about JFK's magnetism, McCain was no monk, Palin's courtship and even her athletic prowess were probed. Biden's aneurisms are no secret. Look at Cheney and Clinton-we all know about their heart problems. How could I have left out Wild Bill before or during the White House? Nope... not one lady has stepped up and said, He was s shy, or What a great dancer! Now look at the rest of what we know... no classmates, not even the recorder for the Columbia class notes ever heard of him. Who was the best man at his wedding? Start there. Check for groomsmen. Then get the footage of the graduation ceremony. Has anyone talked to the professors? Isn't it odd that no one is bragging that they knew him or taught him or lived with him. When did he meet Michele and how? Are there photos? Every president provides the public with all their photos, etc. for their library. What has he released? Nada - other than what was in this so-called biography! And experts who study writing styles, etc. claim it was not O's own words or typical of his speech patterns, etc. Does this make any of you wonder? Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc. ? Not one person has ever come forward from his past. This should really be a cause for great concern. Did you see the movie titled, The Manchurian Candidate? Let's face it. As insignificant as we all are... someone whom we went to school with remembers our name or face...someone remembers we were the clown or the dork or the brain or the quiet one or the bully or something about us. George Stephanopoulos, ABC News said the same thing during the 2008 campaign. Even George questions why no one has acknowledged that the president was in their classroom or ate in the same cafeteria or made impromptu speeches on campus. Stephanopoulos was a classmate of Obama at Columbia-class of 1984. He says he never had a single class with him. Since he is such a great orator, why doesn't anyone in Obama's college class remember him? And, why won't he allow Columbia to release his records? Do you like millions of others, simply assume all this is explainable - even though no one can? NOBODY REMEMBERS OBAMA AT COLUMBIA Looking for evidence of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, but not one remembers him. For example,Wayne Allyn Root was (like Obama) a political science major at Columbia , who graduated in 1983. In 2008, Root says of Obama, I don't know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know me. I don't have a single classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia ... EVER! Nobody recalls him. Root adds that he was, Class of '83 political science, pre-law and says, You don't get more exact or closer than that. Never met him in my
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Double-Edged Sword
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Mark Landau m...@sky5.com wrote: Is there anyone here who spent long and equal time with M and Rama? I have one friend who felt that Rama's darshan blew M's away. But she didn't spend nearly as much time with M as with R. And, of course, two others who saw him fly and disappear. Of course we know how he spiraled out of here. And, of course, that's another thing we loved so much about being with M, how much and how warmly he and we all laughed together. I saw James Whitmore in his one man show *Give 'em Hell*, Harry on Broadway. Whitmore had the most darshan I've ever experienced. And I have seen and been close to Maharishi a couple times when he was traveling around the US during the Merv wave.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Double-Edged Sword
On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Mark Landau m...@sky5.com wrote: Is there anyone here who spent long and equal time with M and Rama? I have one friend who felt that Rama's darshan blew M's away. But she didn't spend nearly as much time with M as with R. And, of course, two others who saw him fly and disappear. Of course we know how he spiraled out of here. And, of course, that's another thing we loved so much about being with M, how much and how warmly he and we all laughed together. I saw James Whitmore in his one man show Give 'em Hell, Harry on Broadway. Whitmore had the most darshan I've ever experienced. And I have seen and been close to Maharishi a couple times when he was traveling around the US during the Merv wave. A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature, a stage illusion; most never knew the Real Reesh, the Grinch. One can, in 20/20 hind vision see where the World Teacher Seminar of RWC subconsciously received it's idea of stage, setting/context, actors, stagehands and audience. Step right up to the microphone, the audience awaits and all the world's a stage!
[FairfieldLife] Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
Patanjali meant that you should practice ALL eight limbs of Yoga, not just the last one! Even MMY knew this and the proof of this is in his Bhagavad Gita appendix on Yoga where he states, I quote, A close scrutiny of Patanjali's exposition of Yoga reveals that the actual process of attaining the state of Yoga belongs not only to dhyana, or meditation, but also to all the other limbs of his eightfold Yoga. Each limb presents the principle underlying the practices that bring about the state of Yoga in the sphere of life pertaining to that limb. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Bhagavad Gita (Appendix on Yoga). With the continuous practice of all these limbs, or means, simultaneously, the state of Yoga grows simultaneously in all the eight spheres of life, eventually to become permanent. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Bhagavad Gita (Appendix on Yoga). Samadhi is not only the end goal of Yoga but one of the eight means to Yoga as well, as he states, kshanika (momentary) Samadhi ..becomes nitya (perpetual) Samadhi. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Bhagavad Gita (Appendix on Yoga). Have you noticed the conspicuous absence of Patanjali's 6th limb or Dharana (concentration), why is that? I don't think Patanjali taught TM folks, that's why, but that is another subject. TM is Maharishi's Yoga-lite for modernity.
[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?
When I was on staff at Cobb (1980), we had a lot of CP's (course participants)who had great truly experiences - others not so much. Sometimes we would have group meetings where individuals would share their experiences. On one occasion a CP proudly proclaimed they could see stars through the ceiling while laying down on the bed after program. Unfortunately celestial perception was not to be: a staff member had glued glow-in-the-dark stars to the ceiling as a decoration when they lived in that room. The staff member fessed up.. and we all had a good chuckle. On another occasion, a women was fascinated by the hum of creation that she heard during program and while she slept in her room. This, of course, was the cabin next to an old buzzing transformer hanging on a power pole. She seemed a little disappointed when source of the buzz was explained.
[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi martyboi@... wrote: During one initiation, after puja, the initiate started to really cough, likely from inhaling incense or camphor smoke. The remedy? Taking the water offering container which still was 1/2 full and giving it to the initiate to drink.(hoping it did not taste too much like brasso.) It did the trick and instruction commenced. When I was on staff at Cobb (1980), we had a lot of CP's (course participants)who had great truly experiences - others not so much. Sometimes we would have group meetings where individuals would share their experiences. On one occasion a CP proudly proclaimed they could see stars through the ceiling while laying down on the bed after program. Unfortunately celestial perception was not to be: a staff member had glued glow-in-the-dark stars to the ceiling as a decoration when they lived in that room. The staff member fessed up.. and we all had a good chuckle. On another occasion, a women was fascinated by the hum of creation that she heard during program and while she slept in her room. This, of course, was the cabin next to an old buzzing transformer hanging on a power pole. She seemed a little disappointed when source of the buzz was explained.
[FairfieldLife] New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hold In Global Warming Alarmism
New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hold In Global Warming Alarmism By JAMES TAYLOR Jul. 27 2011 NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/8/1603/pdf . The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed. Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA's Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA's Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models. The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show, Spencer said in a July 26 University of Alabama press release http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/new-paper-on-the-misdi\ agnosis-of-surface-temperature-feedbacks-from-variations-in-earth%E2%80%\ 99s-radiant-energy-balance-by-spencer-and-braswell-2011/ . There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is especially big over the oceans. In addition to finding that far less heat is being trapped than alarmist computer models have predicted, the NASA satellite data show the atmosphere begins shedding heat into space long before United Nations computer models predicted. The new findings are extremely important and should dramatically alter the global warming debate. Scientists on all sides of the global warming debate are in general agreement about how much heat is being directly trapped by human emissions of carbon dioxide (the answer is not much). However, the single most important issue in the global warming debate is whether carbon dioxide emissions will indirectly trap far more heat by causing large increases in atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds. Alarmist computer models assume human carbon dioxide emissions indirectly cause substantial increases in atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds (each of which are very effective at trapping heat), but real-world data have long shown that carbon dioxide emissions are not causing as much atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds as the alarmist computer models have predicted. The new NASA Terra satellite data are consistent with long-term NOAA and NASA data indicating atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds are not increasing in the manner predicted by alarmist computer models. The Terra satellite data also support data collected by NASA's ERBS satellite showing far more longwave radiation (and thus, heat) escaped into space between 1985 and 1999 than alarmist computer models had predicted http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/03/30/lindzen-on-negative-climate-feedb\ ack/ . Together, the NASA ERBS and Terra satellite data show that for 25 years and counting, carbon dioxide emissions have directly and indirectly trapped far less heat than alarmist computer models have predicted. In short, the central premise of alarmist global warming theory is that carbon dioxide emissions should be directly and indirectly trapping a certain amount of heat in the earth's atmosphere and preventing it from escaping into space. Real-world measurements, however, show far less heat is being trapped in the earth's atmosphere than the alarmist computer models predict, and far more heat is escaping into space than the alarmist computer models predict. When objective NASA satellite data, reported in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, show a huge discrepancy between alarmist climate models and real-world facts, climate scientists, the media and our elected officials would be wise to take notice. Whether or not they do so will tell us a great deal about how honest the purveyors of global warming alarmism truly are. James M. Taylor is senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute http://heartland.org/ and managing editor of Environment Climate News http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/index.html .
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: On Jul 27, 2011, at 1:12 PM, turquoiseb wrote: Not so much in his presence. It was still permitted to laugh at his joke and plays on words. But it began to be frowned upon at TM centers, and at National, where I worked for the last year or so of my TM period. And it continues here at FFL where we contiunally laugh at this self-important clown. As you probably know Mark, there are stong suggestions to support that this fellow was thrown out of the TMO, head first, all access to courses immediately closed. Untill this day he holds agression towards the TMO. At least 80% of his posts here is in some way a trying to make a Maharishi-put-down. But he succeeds as a clown. I continually laugh at his vain attacts on Maharishi and his supporters on this forum. He seems to be flabbagasted by the fact that one person on this forum, that got Eternal Freedom from the blessings of Maharishi, Jim, refused to be bullied by Barry and stayed here, posting frequent. You will see by analysing the posts here Mark, that Jim was the only person to give concrete advice regarding finding a new job for you. This fellow IS Love. In his short life Guru Dev blessed him for all times to come. Because he was ready. Do all you can to become ready ! Do have a checking !
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Step right up to the microphone, the audience awaits and all the world's a stage! It is interesting to note that you were never in the same room of Maharishi, small or big.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
Mark Landau: And, of course, that's another thing we loved so much about being with M, how much and how warmly he and we all laughed together... Do you think it's strange that Turq left out how much fun and how much laughter there was around MMY? Go figure. turquoiseb: IMO, the proper soundtrack of the movie or soap opera that is the pathway to enlightenment is laughter...
Re: [FairfieldLife] New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hold In Global Warming Alarmism
What's a gaping hold? Maybe that's just how they talk over at the Heartland Institute. You can almost imagine the spokesperson coming out to make the announcement and having several teeth missing. It sounds like something one of Sarah Palin's speechwriters might come up with! On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:34 AM, emptybill wrote: New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hold In Global Warming Alarmism
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
Vajradhatu: A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature... You mean compared to your other guru, Trungpa, who reminded me of a drunk Lobsang Rampa, dressed in a suit and tie. I'll never forget the time Trungpa got shit-faced drunk at a lecture seminar up in Boulder and then proceeded to light up a Marlboro Light on stage, and flicked the ashes onto the top of Ram Das's bald head! Not sure if Ram Das thought it was funny, but I sure did! Can you share some other interesting stories of the drunk Trungpa - like the time he got naked and insisted everyone at the meditation camp take off all their clothes? LoL!!!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Where are O's former girlfriends??? - Scary!! or a good laugh - joke
Joe: Why is it that these racist ignorant conservatives believe anything that happens to fall into their e-mail in-boxes? So, you want to play the race card, Joe.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardwillytexwilliams willytex@... wrote: You mean compared to your other guru, Trungpa, who reminded me of a drunk Lobsang Rampa, dressed in a suit and tie. I'll never forget the time Trungpa got shit-faced drunk at a lecture seminar up in Boulder and then proceeded to light up a Marlboro Light on stage, and flicked the ashes onto the top of Ram Das's bald head! LoL!!! HaHa, that video must be available ! Vaj's guru dead drunk, hehe !
[FairfieldLife] Re: RC, MUC, and RUC
Mark Landau: How many people were in the Robin Carlsen Cult? Three or four? The moderator's brother, the TMO Raja, was probably in the 'Robin' cult - may still be in it for all I know. LoL! And, apparently Rick Stanley was in the cult as well. Sally Sunshine was probably in the cult at the Taste of Utopia held in Fairfield. And, I think Kirk Bernhardt was in it too and maybe Curtis and the two Barry's, but not Lawson. Go figure. The experience of psychedelic drugs made me aware of the need to unify myself with the cosmos...
[FairfieldLife] Koans
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: As you probably know Mark, there are stong suggestions to support that this fellow was thrown out of the TMO, head first, all access to courses immediately closed. Untill this day he holds agression towards the TMO. At least 80% of his posts here is in some way a trying to make a Maharishi-put-down. ... Ah so, Grasshopper. A mighty series of koans have been presented. First, will any of the self-appointed monitors of falsehood, and persecutors of lying, bother to ask Nabby to *produce* these supposed stong sugges- tions? For example, have they ever been made on this forum by anyone else? Second, can Nabby document his claim that I have spent 80% of my posts here trying to make a Maharishi putdown? What is the sound of no one asking him to? Have any of the TM supporters ever questioned his repeated claims that I and others are on the CIA payroll, and thus given a regular salary to spread disinformation here? And if you have infor- mation that this is true, have you seen my latest check? It is frightfully late. And if a strong, multi-decade practitioner of the most effective technique of self realization on the planet chose to *make up* stuff like this, in the supposed interest of defending TM and MMY, what would that willingness to lie say about both? What would it say about those who knew he was doing it, but failed to speak up? Finally what, Simon and Carbunkle's answer to this last koan notwithstanding, is the sound of silence? Should it, as some on this forum have suggested, be considered implied consent to the accuracy of Nabby's claims, or of the integrity of others who make shit up in the name of defending TM and Maharishi? What does *that* say about both? I ask because I have noticed a trend on this forum that when one of the diehard TM supporters makes an unsupported claim or spins outright lies, we tend to hear nothing from the very people quickest to pile on to TM critics they believe have done the same thing. Zip. Nada. Bupkus. What's up with that, eh? Yet another koan.
[FairfieldLife] Re: More for
emptybill: So do you think the Nasty-s will clarify it enough? Watch out, you might push their buttons and they might get real mad at you for having an agenda! LoL! As some have noticed, I have a low tolerance threshold when it comes to idiots who show up on Internet forums I frequent and bring a hidden agenda with them. I suspect everybody does, but it is more obvious in my case because I am often merciless about insulting these idiots and ripping them a new asshole verbally. Here's why. It saves time. So my theory is that I just lay into them hard -- insult them, make fun of them, do everything I possibly can to push their buttons. And what happens? Because they have an agenda, they always react angrily, and in that anger stop trying to *hide* their agenda. They start saying things and revealing things that otherwise might have taken weeks for everybody to figure out. It's a neat technique. I highly recommend it. It saves time... Subject: Agendananda Author: Uncle Tantra Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: February 16, 2003
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: Have you noticed the conspicuous absence of Patanjali's 6th limb or Dharana (concentration), why is that? I don't think Patanjali taught TM folks, that's why, but that is another subject. TM is Maharishi's Yoga-lite for modernity. Maharishi's project is designed for eternity. Your small and foolish postings are rediculous. Maharishi redesigned the consciousness of this Planet for all eternity. The Age of Enlightenment is here and now. Jai Maharishi Jai Guru Dev
RE: [FairfieldLife] New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hold In Global Warming Alarmism
Yes, he's an evangelical Christian who also doubts Darwin's theory of evolution. Real scientific guy. See http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2008/05/22/202659/should-you-believe-anything- john-christy-or-roy-spencer-say/ http://www.science20.com/chatter_box/global_warming_skeptic_clouds_issues
[FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube
No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: Have you noticed the conspicuous absence of Patanjali's 6th limb or Dharana (concentration), why is that? I don't think Patanjali taught TM folks, that's why, but that is another subject. TM is Maharishi's Yoga-lite for modernity. Maharishi's project is designed for eternity. Your small and foolish postings are rediculous. Maharishi redesigned the consciousness of this Planet for all eternity. The Age of Enlightenment is here and now. Jai Maharishi Jai Guru Dev Well, you didn't really address the substance of the post, but that's OK, you may not be able to deal with. It shows what MMY was UP to; a little cut here, a little cut there, and vea, you've got yourself Yoga-lite for modernity, it's really not so bad, it's helped thousands, it's just not YOGA! per se... PS. We don't even know if MMY was enlightened.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Video of my old band, âªGoodhillâ¬â - YouTube
Cool! Sic! Nice! Awesome! The fact of a video of a band with no sound cracks me up! : ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics
Re: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube
On 07/28/2011 10:36 AM, Rick Archer wrote: No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics You're certainly recognizable in the film. Too bad sound 8mm was so expensive back then. I should check with my Seattle TV contacts to see if the news films of my groups are still around. One of the guys who used to hang out with the band would up being in charge of the news film division at the one major station. Those old news clips were 16mm with sound.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube
This looks like the 60's. Is the the 70's? Definitely before band names took on names like Twisted pinkie. Which one are you? --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:36 AM No audio:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics
[FairfieldLife] The Force Of Fate
What is charisma? Are you born with it, or can it be acquired? At what age does it appear? These are the questions asked by a link off of Huffpost that points to a music video made for a Spanish pop group called Mecano for their song La Fuerza del Destino. The band itself is now (possibly blessedly) forgotten, but the star of the music video is anything but -- Penelope Cruz, age 15. http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-07-28/penelope-cruz-in-her-sultry-music-video-debut-video/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
Nabby, you are cute. You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I hope you do not think I am anti-meditating and all that stuff, because I do, do the stuff. Sometimes people see it from a different perspective, like I see the elephant from the raised trunk. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: Have you noticed the conspicuous absence of Patanjali's 6th limb or Dharana (concentration), why is that? I don't think Patanjali taught TM folks, that's why, but that is another subject. TM is Maharishi's Yoga-lite for modernity. Maharishi's project is designed for eternity. Your small and foolish postings are rediculous. Maharishi redesigned the consciousness of this Planet for all eternity. The Age of Enlightenment is here and now. Jai Maharishi Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] The Girl who Silenced the World
She delivered a very powerful speech. Does anyone where she is now? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0feature=feedrec_grec_index
Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug?
I may see an Ayurvedic practitioner. I am going to try Valerian and the tribal mantra...definitely am of the pitta variety. Have resorted to 1/2 an Ambien...which definitely puts you out...but it's more like being knocked out, which is not the goal! I have no side effects that I'm aware of in the AM however, so it's pretty tempting to use. I've had some success with Melatonin but have to take a lot of it. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:58 AM Knowing some ayurveda is useful. Insomnia is often related to a vata imbalance though in summer excess pitta can cause it. Cooling and calming herbs are useful. Spearmint tea is cooling for pitta and somewhat calming for vata. Comfrey is also a good tea to use. Dr. Lad's vata tea consists of equal amounts of cumin, coriander and ginger. But if pitta might be an issue reduce or omit the ginger. Even back in the 1980s I kept a bottle of valerian root tablets next to my bed to allay insomnia. Ram is a calming mantra for vata. I've also successfully used this tribal mantra to bring on sleep: http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/health_tip_of_t_1.html On 07/27/2011 09:40 AM, Denise Evans wrote: Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue - does TM allow you to nap at will? --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Vajvajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Vajvajradh...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00 AM On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, cardemaisterno_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: If Transcendental Meditation were a drug, conferring so many benefits with few, if any, side effects, it would be a billion-dollar blockbuster. - Norman E. Rosenthal, Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation Wiki: Rosenthal began a private practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 1979.[2] At the same time he began a research fellowship with Fredrick Goodwin at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. [3]This was the beginning of a 20 year career with the NIMH as a Researcher, Research Fellow, and Senior Researcher.[2][4] Rosenthal eventually became the director of seasonal studies at the institute and in 1985 led research with 160 participants on the effects of SAD and later studied the psycho-physiological phenomena of spring fever. [5][6] If TM were a drug, it would be an unapproved one. First put in the market because of it's wonderful effects then quickly taken off the market because of its horrific side effects. This happens with drugs all the time as clinicians start noting dangerous side effects with a wider population than in the studies, though many of the ontoward side effects observed during clinical trials are swept under the rug. TM would be eventually be classified as a Schedule I drug in the US, with the ability to waste lives at least as often as heroin. There are dangerous drugs which are put on and kept on the market because although they have a profile where the dangerous side effects are about as frequent as their useful properties, these drugs are prescribed in tightly monitored situations. That's not the situation with TM, where it's get everyone to buy it and many to use it 8 hours a day and if there's a problem, get more rest, take more time before going into activity after taking the drug, something good is happening or it's the patient's fault, they weren't suitable for the drug. LOL! Actually, if TM were a drug there'd be massive lawsuits as it was found out the research results were fudged and/or faked to exaggerate the desire outcome. Sound crazy? This is actually what happened quite recently when TM researchers were found fudging data to make TM look better than it ever was. An old trend in this very dishonest org - ever since Keith Wallace was found manipulating the baseline on TM research of metabolic rate, falsely making it look like TM reduced metabolic rate wildly. It turns out TM reduces metabolic rate no differently than napping (which is actually what the majority of TMers are doing). Of course some anonymous person would leak the chart found in of the FFL files section which shows that TM is actually the worst of all techniques for reducing BP. Even regular mantra meditation was better! WTF? TM TBs would start laying on the train tracks in FF again and trying to jump from the three story buildings downtown. Overdoses of Amrit Kalash would send physicians scrambling for insulin. Sidhas would introduce garlic into their
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Nabby, you are cute. You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I hope you do not think I am anti-meditating and all that stuff, because I do, do the stuff. Sometimes people see it from a different perspective, like I see the elephant from the raised trunk. The Age of Enlightenment is here and now. I think I would have to take issue with the comment of his that the Age of Enlightenment is here and now, that sounds like he is merely parroting Maharishi's hyperbole. The Kingdom of Heaven is IN the here and now but very few, if any, have actually realized it...Jesus did and a few others.
[FairfieldLife] Republicans attempt to avoid becoming like Greece.
These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting. Read to the end. * Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings. * Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings. * International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings. * Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings. * National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings. * National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings. * Hope VI Program.. $250 million annual savings. * Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings. * Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually. * U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings. * Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings. * Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings. * John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings. * Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings. * Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings. * Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings * Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings. * Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings. * Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings. * Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings. * Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings. * Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings. * New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings. * Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings * Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings. * Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings. * Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings. * Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings. * Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings. * Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings. * FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings. * Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings. * Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually. * U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings. * General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings. * Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings. * Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years. * No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings. * End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services. * Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually. * IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years. * Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.WHAT\ ! * Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years. * Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings. * Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress. Lord help us! * Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings. * Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings * Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings. * USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings. * Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings. * Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings. * Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings. * Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.. * HUD Ph.D. Program. * Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act. * TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years My question is, what is all this doing in the budget in the first place?
RE: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Denise Evans Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube This looks like the 60's. Is the the 70's? It was 1970. Definitely before band names took on names like Twisted pinkie. Which one are you? The drummer. --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, Goodhill - YouTube To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:36 AM No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3793 - Release Date: 07/28/11
[FairfieldLife] Yagyas from Pundit Samuvedula
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Video of my old band, âªGoodhillâ¬â - YouTube
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Denise Evans Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:59 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, âªGoodhillâ - YouTube This looks like the 60's. Is the the 70's? It was 1970. Definitely before band names took on names like Twisted pinkie. Which one are you? The drummer. Was this Connecticut? Do you know what song you were playing? You all look so very young, and we thought we new so much in those days! --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: Rick Archer rick@... Subject: [FairfieldLife] Video of my old band, âªGoodhillâ - YouTube To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 10:36 AM No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWsofD6Ics _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3793 - Release Date: 07/28/11
Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington
I've said for a long time that it is corporate that's running the show. While I believe Obama thought he could usher in a more just and robust America, he wasn't able to and is now another pawn taking directions from the big Democratic party doners. However, he faced unbelievable odds...Bush and the Republicans left this country in tatters after inheriting the strongest federal balance sheet in postwar history. I have no understanding of how anyone could trust that agenda, which is why, when I look at the alternative to Obama, I get even more worried. All politicians give us BS in their speeches - I can't tolerate listening to any of them on either side. I think we need to get a message to the Democratic Party and our individual reps...they are just as bad right now in using sensationalism and self-righteousness to drum up money as the other side...two sides of the same coin. It's a completely flawed system. Maybe there is value in a 4th party, I don't know. Until we, the people, address corporate america and demand that they work for us and not the other way around, we are screwed. How do we do this? I'd like to hear some ideas. Of course, Obama may be deciding that his life is more importantremember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence. While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK. --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 4:36 AM On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: We don't need a 3rd party. We need to primary Obama with a Democrat who will stand up and say Obama doesn't represent the party of FDR, he represents the blood suckers on Wall Street. Bernie Sanders agrees we should primary Obama hoping it would push Obama further to the left. It's not going to happen. Obama has a lock on plenty of money for a campaign that would (if 2008 is any lesson) trash the reputation of the challenger, have the DNC cheat for him and play the race card for good measure. Obama is on the right, has always been on the right and will stay on the right regardless of a primary. The debt ceiling debate is just kabuki to make the rubes believe that the only choice, Flimflam Man has to save the county from defaulting on its debt is sacrifice Social Security and Medicare when in truth that is exactly what Obama was hired to do. If Obama were a Democrat, he would have stopped all the Republican crazy talk about the debt ceiling by simply saying he would invoke the 14th Amendment. Bill Clinton said he would invoke the constitutional option to raise the debt ceiling without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me in order to prevent a default. Now, there's a president with some balls. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/07/19/bill-clinton-says-he-would-use-the-14th-amendment/ For the past few weeks, Obama has shown no interest in involving Democrats in negotiating with Boehner, Cantor or McConnell because he couldn't have gotten away with unilaterally offering up programs to help the poor and women. Obama has continually lied about the strength and solvency of the social safety net and now he has accomplished what George W. Bush and every Republican before him could only dream of doing, destroy FDR's New Deal. What is going on here? I've been complaining about a lack of follow through, a lack of leadership.Yes, we're going to close GITMO, yes, gays in the military and so on yet when in office it's OK, at least two full scale wars are great, and we'll involve ourselves in civil wars as we do in Libya. It's Pax Americana all over again. We can't cut defense spending because when Obama became president he was born again and saw how important being involved in everybody else's life is good. Then there's the gay thing. Another president who cared would have used his powers as Commander in Chief. Another president would have said yes, I've got a duty to uphold the way, but I'm going to shirk my duty and tell Justice to lay off the DOM law. I've wondered where the leadership's been. Why not stand up against the Repubs. FDR did, LBJ did, Bill Clinton acted presidential. I'm starting to agree with you, RD. It's looking like we have a president with an agenda here and he hides his agenda in not being a leader. Don't be a leader, be ineffectual when you need to make it look like you're being forced into watered down health reform, cutting down on social security, medicare and medicaid. Don't question why we need to spend so much money elsewhere, like bombing Libya. It doesn't matter that 1/5th of men aren't working, that there's so much unemployment and under employment
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video of my old band, ‪Goodhill‬†- YouTube
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wayback71 Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:04 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video of my old band, ‪Goodhill‬†- YouTube Was this Connecticut? Do you know what song you were playing? Don’t even remember the occasion, much less the song. But I wasn’t stoned. Most of those guys were meditating.
[FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I've said for a long time that it is corporate that's running the show.  While I believe Obama thought he could usher in a more just and robust America, he wasn't able to and is now another pawn taking directions from the big Democratic party doners.  However, he faced unbelievable odds...Bush and the Republicans left this country in tatters after inheriting the strongest federal balance sheet in postwar history.  I have no understanding of how anyone could trust that agenda, which is why, when I look at the alternative to Obama, I get even more worried.  All politicians give us BS in their speeches - I can't tolerate listening to any of them on either side.  I think we need to get a message to the Democratic Party and our individual reps...they are just as bad right now in using sensationalism and self-righteousness to drum up money as the other side...two sides of the same coin.  It's a completely flawed system. Maybe there is value in a 4th party, I don't know. Until we, the people, address corporate america and demand that they work for us and not the other way around, we are screwed.  How do we do this?  I'd like to hear some ideas. I think in our society, just about the only way to change people's minds and/or to mobilize them to make demands of corporate America is through a movie, or several, that get the information out in a simple, vivid, unambiguous form. Most people don't want to think too much or deeply about anything complicated. So the movies would need to be compelling, clear, somewhat simple, and appeal to a variety of issues that affect us. People would have to get that without change, they are hurt financially, and that with change, they will benefit financially. Along with the movie some simple, inexpensive ways to put pressure on corporations has to be available. But I hold little hope that anything would work. If climate change and health insurance are examples of our behavior on issues, despite how important they are, then everyone will just follow along in their same thought patterns. What I see is that the only reason most people are interested in driving a smaller, gas efficient car now is because the cost of gas bothers them. And most don't want national health insurance because, God forbid, they might end up paying a few pennies for some disabled or unemployed person's health care, too. We here in the US don't do much to help the group - our individualism is entrenched strongly. Of course, Obama may be deciding that his life is more importantremember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence.  While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK.  --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.pall@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 4:36 AM  On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: We don't need a 3rd party.  We need to primary Obama with a Democrat who will stand up and say Obama doesn't represent the party of FDR, he represents the blood suckers on Wall Street. Bernie Sanders agrees we should primary Obama hoping it would push Obama further to the left. It's not going to happen. Obama has a lock on plenty of money for a campaign that would (if 2008 is any lesson) trash the reputation of the challenger, have the DNC cheat for him and play the race card for good measure. Obama is on the right, has always been on the right and will stay on the right regardless of a primary. The debt ceiling debate is just kabuki to make the rubes believe that the only choice, Flimflam Man has to save the county from defaulting on its debt is sacrifice Social Security and Medicare when in truth that is exactly what Obama was hired to do. If Obama were a Democrat, he would have stopped all the Republican crazy talk about the debt ceiling by simply saying he would invoke the 14th Amendment. Bill Clinton said he would invoke the constitutional option to raise the debt ceiling without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me in order to prevent a default. Now, there's a president with some balls. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/07/19/bill-clinton-says-he-would-use-the-14th-amendment/ For the past few weeks, Obama has shown no interest in involving Democrats in negotiating with Boehner, Cantor or McConnell because he couldn't have gotten away with unilaterally offering up programs to help the poor and women. Obama has continually lied about the strength and solvency of the social safety net and now he has accomplished what George W. Bush and every
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate
A few months ago, I saw a video clip in Spanish of Penelope Cruz. She was saying she couln't believe of her success in the USA. In jyotish, such success is shown in the chart. The manifestation of this success or yogas can be foretold based on the various prediction models like the vimshottari mahadasas, or major periods of the planets. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: What is charisma? Are you born with it, or can it be acquired? At what age does it appear? These are the questions asked by a link off of Huffpost that points to a music video made for a Spanish pop group called Mecano for their song La Fuerza del Destino. The band itself is now (possibly blessedly) forgotten, but the star of the music video is anything but -- Penelope Cruz, age 15. http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-07-28/penelope-cruz-in-her-sultry-music-video-debut-video/
[FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I've said for a long time that it is corporate that's running the show.  While I believe Obama thought he could usher in a more just and robust America, he wasn't able to and is now another pawn taking directions from the big Democratic party doners.  However, he faced unbelievable odds...Bush and the Republicans left this country in tatters after inheriting the strongest federal balance sheet in postwar history.  I have no understanding of how anyone could trust that agenda, which is why, when I look at the alternative to Obama, I get even more worried.  All politicians give us BS in their speeches - I can't tolerate listening to any of them on either side.  I think we need to get a message to the Democratic Party and our individual reps...they are just as bad right now in using sensationalism and self-righteousness to drum up money as the other side...two sides of the same coin.  It's a completely flawed system. Maybe there is value in a 4th party, I don't know. Until we, the people, address corporate america and demand that they work for us and not the other way around, we are screwed.  How do we do this?  I'd like to hear some ideas. Of course, Obama may be deciding that his life is more important I think Obama spent his entire life compromising and fitting in so he could get a good education, achieve and do something significant with his life. Compromising is his entrenched way of being. Times now might be calling for more forcefulness than he has. remember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence.  While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK.  --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.pall@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 4:36 AM  On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: We don't need a 3rd party.  We need to primary Obama with a Democrat who will stand up and say Obama doesn't represent the party of FDR, he represents the blood suckers on Wall Street. Bernie Sanders agrees we should primary Obama hoping it would push Obama further to the left. It's not going to happen. Obama has a lock on plenty of money for a campaign that would (if 2008 is any lesson) trash the reputation of the challenger, have the DNC cheat for him and play the race card for good measure. Obama is on the right, has always been on the right and will stay on the right regardless of a primary. The debt ceiling debate is just kabuki to make the rubes believe that the only choice, Flimflam Man has to save the county from defaulting on its debt is sacrifice Social Security and Medicare when in truth that is exactly what Obama was hired to do. If Obama were a Democrat, he would have stopped all the Republican crazy talk about the debt ceiling by simply saying he would invoke the 14th Amendment. Bill Clinton said he would invoke the constitutional option to raise the debt ceiling without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me in order to prevent a default. Now, there's a president with some balls. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/07/19/bill-clinton-says-he-would-use-the-14th-amendment/ For the past few weeks, Obama has shown no interest in involving Democrats in negotiating with Boehner, Cantor or McConnell because he couldn't have gotten away with unilaterally offering up programs to help the poor and women. Obama has continually lied about the strength and solvency of the social safety net and now he has accomplished what George W. Bush and every Republican before him could only dream of doing, destroy FDR's New Deal. What is going on here? I've been complaining about a lack of follow through, a lack of leadership.Yes, we're going to close GITMO, yes, gays in the military and so on yet when in office it's OK, at least two full scale wars are great, and we'll involve ourselves in civil wars as we do in Libya. It's Pax Americana all over again. We can't cut defense spending because when Obama became president he was born again and saw how important being involved in everybody else's life is good. Then there's the gay thing. Another president who cared would have used his powers as Commander in Chief. Another president would have said yes, I've got a duty to uphold the way, but I'm going to shirk my duty and tell Justice to lay off the DOM law. I've wondered where the leadership's been. Why not stand up against the Repubs. FDR did, LBJ did, Bill Clinton acted presidential. I'm starting to agree with you, RD. It's looking like we have
Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington
On 07/28/2011 01:03 PM, Denise Evans wrote: I've said for a long time that it is corporate that's running the show. While I believe Obama thought he could usher in a more just and robust America, he wasn't able to and is now another pawn taking directions from the big Democratic party doners. I think the ruse was in before he even gave the speech at the 2004 election. It was all orchestrated before that. He was a chosen candidate and the speech written to gain him attention for a presidential run. I still voted for him. I certainly wasn't going to vote for McCain. The only Republican I've ever voted for was a liberal one who was a governor of my home state and later senator. I didn't support Hillary because shouldn't wouldn't have won either. You would have had all the howling from the Clinton haters against her. Obama asked us at one point to hold his feet to the fire and we have done so. We have an illusion of democracy. And indeed corporate is running the show. Up until Santa Clara County vs South Pacific Railroad they couldn't. I sometimes suspect the Civil War wasn't about states rights over slavery but states rights over railroad gauges. Back then you had railroads running different gauges. In order for the railroad mogols to have consistent gauges for a transcontinental railroad you needed a federal law mandating it. Without that every time you crossed a state line you would have had to change trains. There was a LOT of money at stake with that project. However, he faced unbelievable odds...Bush and the Republicans left this country in tatters after inheriting the strongest federal balance sheet in postwar history. I have no understanding of how anyone could trust that agenda, which is why, when I look at the alternative to Obama, I get even more worried. I believe the Republicans want to destroy the US economy so their cronies can buy it for pennies on the dollar. They are descendants either by blood or by ideology (useful idiots) of European landowners who didn't like their serfs fleeing to the new world and owning property. This has been going on since the country was founded. Own your house outright? We'll they may try to find some way to kick you out of it. They hate us for our freedoms. But they are risking an insurgency rising up against them. And I don't think the Patriot Act nor the DHS can prevent it. All politicians give us BS in their speeches - I can't tolerate listening to any of them on either side. I think we need to get a message to the Democratic Party and our individual reps...they are just as bad right now in using sensationalism and self-righteousness to drum up money as the other side...two sides of the same coin. It's a completely flawed system. Maybe there is value in a 4th party, I don't know. Create a new government and constitution where policy is made by a large council. No one could have enough power to pull it any one direction. We have the technology for everyone to get involved if they want to. I personally think that a socialist government that runs things in the commons and has a mandate to be streamlined would work very well. And at the same time allow ONLY small business to exist. This because the latter would be too much micromanagement for a centralized government. More likely though the US would break up geographically into new countries which have specific issues. This happened to the USSR. OTOH, if you look at the open source movement in software some of the newer business models we may well be moving towards a collectivist society. The corporations want to run it but fie to that. It should be owned and run by the people. There are just a lot of situations where individual ownership no longer makes sense. Until we, the people, address corporate america and demand that they work for us and not the other way around, we are screwed. How do we do this? I'd like to hear some ideas. Capitalism only works in small populations where there is plenty of slack. It is too chaotic otherwise. What we have now is money junkies who are obsessed with accumulating money and power. We curbed that with progressive taxes which discouraged such behavior. When those taxes were capped we got these deranged billionaires. People like the Koch brothers (who earned their money the old fashioned way -- they inherited it) are a danger to America. This shit has to stop! Of course, Obama may be deciding that his life is more importantremember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence. While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK. You might enjoy Russ Baker's writings on conspiracy in America. It is not sensationalist radio jock stuff and well researched. He claims your oil moguls have been running things for decades in America and decide WHO will play salesman (president)
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[FairfieldLife] Re: The Girl who Silenced the World
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: She delivered a very powerful speech. Does anyone where she is now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Cullis-Suzuki
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Nabby, you are cute. Thanks :-) You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I was never into the ji-thing because it indicated a distance. Even long before Maharishi dropped the body some were excercising this ji-sport. I don't know how he reacted to this, but I suspect he found it foolish.
Re: [FairfieldLife] For Nabby - The Message of the Pleiadians - YouTube
I'm not Nabbybut this is a great reminder message and worth viewing. I saw that movie What the Bleep a long time ago. There are sooo many of these types of reminders around in multiple contexts seemingly to intend to communicate to all factions of the human race. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] For Nabby - The Message of the Pleiadians - YouTube To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 8:45 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRta1xu6FYfeature=player_embedded
[FairfieldLife] Re: Koans
Untill this day he holds agression towards the TMO. At least 80% of his posts here is in some way a trying to make a Maharishi-put-down... turquoiseb: Ah so, Grasshopper. A mighty series of koans have been presented... You have been kicked out of the 'TMO' - now it is official. And, 95% of your posts are putdowns of either MMY, the TMO, somebody's spiritual path, or another seeker. Face it - you suck as a spiritual teacher! You sold nonsense gibberish syllables for a decade promising enlightenment in 5-7 years. What happened to all the money? Then, you went over to another teacher and promised 'instant' enlightenment. You are a longtime seller of 'snake-oil' for 'Zen Master Rama''. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@ wrote: Nabby, you are cute. Thanks :-) You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I was never into the ji-thing because it indicated a distance. Even long before Maharishi dropped the body some were excercising this ji-sport. I don't know how he reacted to this, but I suspect he found it foolish. You are welcome. Plenty of Indians have been referring to Maharishiji as that. In fact, that is where I have heard it for years, from the Indians. Go figure. The M Vedic experts are all foolish, because they add ji? : )
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Girl who Silenced the World
Alex, Thanks for the efficient research about this girl is now an outstanding woman. I just was moved by her speech as a young girl. I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes a world-figure in ecology or any other endeavor that she chooses. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: She delivered a very powerful speech. Does anyone where she is now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Cullis-Suzuki
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
On 07/28/2011 02:37 PM, obbajeeba wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeebano_reply@ wrote: Nabby, you are cute. Thanks :-) You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I was never into the ji-thing because it indicated a distance. Even long before Maharishi dropped the body some were excercising this ji-sport. I don't know how he reacted to this, but I suspect he found it foolish. You are welcome. Plenty of Indians have been referring to Maharishiji as that. In fact, that is where I have heard it for years, from the Indians. Go figure. The M Vedic experts are all foolish, because they add ji? : ) Ravi may want to chime in but ji is a bit like saying mister. In some of the older US made movies made that took place in India (maybe Nine Hours to Rama) the Indians would say add mister after the person's name when speaking their pigeon English. So it doesn't confer anything but a title of respect like Mr. Of course in our modern times such conventions tend fall away as being too formal (sort of like putting Dear in the opening of an email).
[FairfieldLife] Re: If TM were a drug?
Valerian by itself has a definite calming effect. It's one of the ingredient used in Mind Plus, a rasayana sold by the TMO, to improve the mind functioning. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I may see an Ayurvedic practitioner. Â I am going to try Valerian and the tribal mantra...definitely am of the pitta variety. Â Have resorted to 1/2 an Ambien...which definitely puts you out...but it's more like being knocked out, which is not the goal! Â I have no side effects that I'm aware of in the AM however, so it's pretty tempting to use. Â I've had some success with Melatonin but have to take a lot of it. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: From: Bhairitu noozguru@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:58 AM Â Knowing some ayurveda is useful. Insomnia is often related to a vata imbalance though in summer excess pitta can cause it. Cooling and calming herbs are useful. Spearmint tea is cooling for pitta and somewhat calming for vata. Comfrey is also a good tea to use. Dr. Lad's vata tea consists of equal amounts of cumin, coriander and ginger. But if pitta might be an issue reduce or omit the ginger. Even back in the 1980s I kept a bottle of valerian root tablets next to my bed to allay insomnia. Ram is a calming mantra for vata. I've also successfully used this tribal mantra to bring on sleep: http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/health_tip_of_t_1.html On 07/27/2011 09:40 AM, Denise Evans wrote: Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue - does TM allow you to nap at will? --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Vajvajradhatu@... wrote: From: Vajvajradhatu@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00 AM On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, cardemaisterno_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: If Transcendental Meditation were a drug, conferring so many benefits with few, if any, side effects, it would be a billion-dollar blockbuster. - Norman E. Rosenthal, Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation Wiki: Rosenthal began a private practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 1979.[2] At the same time he began a research fellowship with Fredrick Goodwin at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. [3]This was the beginning of a 20 year career with the NIMH as a Researcher, Research Fellow, and Senior Researcher.[2][4] Rosenthal eventually became the director of seasonal studies at the institute and in 1985 led research with 160 participants on the effects of SAD and later studied the psycho-physiological phenomena of spring fever. [5][6] If TM were a drug, it would be an unapproved one. First put in the market because of it's wonderful effects then quickly taken off the market because of its horrific side effects. This happens with drugs all the time as clinicians start noting dangerous side effects with a wider population than in the studies, though many of the ontoward side effects observed during clinical trials are swept under the rug. TM would be eventually be classified as a Schedule I drug in the US, with the ability to waste lives at least as often as heroin. There are dangerous drugs which are put on and kept on the market because although they have a profile where the dangerous side effects are about as frequent as their useful properties, these drugs are prescribed in tightly monitored situations. That's not the situation with TM, where it's get everyone to buy it and many to use it 8 hours a day and if there's a problem, get more rest, take more time before going into activity after taking the drug, something good is happening or it's the patient's fault, they weren't suitable for the drug. LOL! Actually, if TM were a drug there'd be massive lawsuits as it was found out the research results were fudged and/or faked to exaggerate the desire outcome. Sound crazy? This is actually what happened quite recently when TM researchers were found fudging data to make TM look better than it ever was. An old trend in this very dishonest org - ever since Keith Wallace was found manipulating the baseline on TM research of metabolic rate, falsely making it look like TM reduced metabolic rate wildly. It turns out TM reduces metabolic rate no differently than napping (which is actually what the majority of TMers are doing). Of course some anonymous person
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:22 PM, wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com wrote: remember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence. Â While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK. Â I expected that Obama would meet the same fate as the 3 mentioned, only sooner. But he's a crafty one. Indeed he got by by being the affirmative action token who appealed to the black, Hispanic and liberal vote and accommodation. That's what community organizers do. And lawyers plea bargain be it in criminal or civil matters. Instead of carrying out 1% of what he promised, he chose life and re-election rather than principle. The three men mentioned would not have done that. The 3 men mentioned were of the Great War generation. They knew what principle was, what conviction was (*JFK wrote Profiles in Courage*). If offered a choice beforehand, each would, IMO, have chosen to give up his live. The Kennedy's, if they had been told what would follow their demise would have had a different idea about giving up their lives for principle. Seeing that they'd be dying so what they were most against would win out. Well, kind of. JFK's death got the Great Society. But it also got the Vietnam disaster. These are days where it's not principle. It's way beyond the ME Generation. And of course what party operative from Chicago ever had principles?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Yagyas from Pundit Samuvedula
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com wrote: http://vedicyagyacenter.com/upcoming-yagya-pujas.html Are absolutely useless. Done by a few children. And communication with the great priest is next to impossible. Don't waste your money or your time. You know this guy's not cutting it as he has to travel the world trying to drum up business for himself.
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Double-Edged Sword
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature, a stage illusion; most never knew the Real Reesh, the Grinch. One can, in 20/20 hind vision see where the World Teacher Seminar of RWC subconsciously received it's idea of stage, setting/context, actors, stagehands and audience. Step right up to the microphone, the audience awaits and all the world's a stage! There's a stage leaving for El Paso in an hour. Let's put RWC on it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, John jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: A few months ago, I saw a video clip in Spanish of Penelope Cruz. She was saying she couln't believe of her success in the USA. In jyotish, such success is shown in the chart. The manifestation of this success or yogas can be foretold based on the various prediction models like the vimshottari mahadasas, or major periods of the planets. And she's the only person in the world to have such features on her chart, right? Who said it? The stock market has predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions?
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Double-Edged Sword
On Jul 28, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature, a stage illusion; most never knew the Real Reesh, the Grinch. One can, in 20/20 hind vision see where the World Teacher Seminar of RWC subconsciously received it's idea of stage, setting/context, actors, stagehands and audience. Step right up to the microphone, the audience awaits and all the world's a stage! There's a stage leaving for El Paso in an hour. Let's put RWC on it. Some might say that RWC succeeded at separating the ego by simulating a dance of good and evil where a glimpse of grace could be (hopefully) grasped - somewhat similar to a pointing-out instruction. The student however had to make the foundational decision, a turning in the seat of consciousness, in order to separate from their dark side long enough and decisively enough to vanquish over it. Many of the his students were MIU students who seemed to be demonically possessed…or was it just an elaborate staging, with a context that forced the audience into the subjectivity of the director (RWC)? Perhaps forums like FFL could be another kind of stage where such contexts can be explained and understood?
[FairfieldLife] Re: If TM were a drug?/insomina solutions
agar35 is very useful as are the mapi sleep formulas for many people www.mapi.com http://www.jcrowsmarketplace.com/agar35-eaglewood35tibetanherbalformulation.aspx --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I may see an Ayurvedic practitioner. Â I am going to try Valerian and the tribal mantra...definitely am of the pitta variety. Â Have resorted to 1/2 an Ambien...which definitely puts you out...but it's more like being knocked out, which is not the goal! Â I have no side effects that I'm aware of in the AM however, so it's pretty tempting to use. Â I've had some success with Melatonin but have to take a lot of it. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: From: Bhairitu noozguru@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:58 AM Â Knowing some ayurveda is useful. Insomnia is often related to a vata imbalance though in summer excess pitta can cause it. Cooling and calming herbs are useful. Spearmint tea is cooling for pitta and somewhat calming for vata. Comfrey is also a good tea to use. Dr. Lad's vata tea consists of equal amounts of cumin, coriander and ginger. But if pitta might be an issue reduce or omit the ginger. Even back in the 1980s I kept a bottle of valerian root tablets next to my bed to allay insomnia. Ram is a calming mantra for vata. I've also successfully used this tribal mantra to bring on sleep: http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/health_tip_of_t_1.html On 07/27/2011 09:40 AM, Denise Evans wrote: Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue - does TM allow you to nap at will? --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Vajvajradhatu@... wrote: From: Vajvajradhatu@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00 AM On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, cardemaisterno_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: If Transcendental Meditation were a drug, conferring so many benefits with few, if any, side effects, it would be a billion-dollar blockbuster. - Norman E. Rosenthal, Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation Wiki: Rosenthal began a private practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 1979.[2] At the same time he began a research fellowship with Fredrick Goodwin at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. [3]This was the beginning of a 20 year career with the NIMH as a Researcher, Research Fellow, and Senior Researcher.[2][4] Rosenthal eventually became the director of seasonal studies at the institute and in 1985 led research with 160 participants on the effects of SAD and later studied the psycho-physiological phenomena of spring fever. [5][6] If TM were a drug, it would be an unapproved one. First put in the market because of it's wonderful effects then quickly taken off the market because of its horrific side effects. This happens with drugs all the time as clinicians start noting dangerous side effects with a wider population than in the studies, though many of the ontoward side effects observed during clinical trials are swept under the rug. TM would be eventually be classified as a Schedule I drug in the US, with the ability to waste lives at least as often as heroin. There are dangerous drugs which are put on and kept on the market because although they have a profile where the dangerous side effects are about as frequent as their useful properties, these drugs are prescribed in tightly monitored situations. That's not the situation with TM, where it's get everyone to buy it and many to use it 8 hours a day and if there's a problem, get more rest, take more time before going into activity after taking the drug, something good is happening or it's the patient's fault, they weren't suitable for the drug. LOL! Actually, if TM were a drug there'd be massive lawsuits as it was found out the research results were fudged and/or faked to exaggerate the desire outcome. Sound crazy? This is actually what happened quite recently when TM researchers were found fudging data to make TM look better than it ever was. An old trend in this very dishonest org - ever since Keith Wallace was found manipulating the baseline on TM research of metabolic rate, falsely making it look like TM reduced metabolic rate wildly. It turns out TM reduces metabolic rate no differently than napping (which is actually what the majority of TMers are doing). Of course some anonymous
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals Photos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: These are a pair of sandals Maharishi wore exclusively for an unknown number of years prior to 1973... The photos don't show up on the FFL web interface, so I've uploaded them to one of the photo folders: http://tinyurl.com/3z2qg22 Go to the last page to see them. You can also see the pics in a PDF of the original email: http://alex.natel.net/ffl/documents/Maharishi%20Sandals%20Photos.pdf
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals Photos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: These are a pair of sandals Maharishi wore exclusively for an unknown number of years prior to 1973. Due to financial difficulties, I am attempting to sell them. For their story, see below. When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi's sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love's place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi's small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. We had ordered two pair. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, No. When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn't care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn't throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you and sincerely, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com Nice! and now for something completely different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9mfZbTFbk
Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug?/insomina solutions
On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:14 PM, shukra69 wrote: agar35 is very useful as are the mapi sleep formulas for many people www.mapi.com http://www.jcrowsmarketplace.com/agar35-eaglewood35tibetanherbalformulation.aspx Good choice, but MAPI doesn't carry Tibetan medicines that I'm aware of.
[FairfieldLife] Questions and answers - a selection, July 2011
http://share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2011/2011-07.htm#q-n-a
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
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[FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate
Penelope's chart is unique and no other person can duplicate it. This applies to everyone in this planet. The gifts of nature are different for everyone. For example, Bill Gates has a chart for making billions of dollars in the computer industry. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, John jr_esq@... wrote: A few months ago, I saw a video clip in Spanish of Penelope Cruz. She was saying she couln't believe of her success in the USA. In jyotish, such success is shown in the chart. The manifestation of this success or yogas can be foretold based on the various prediction models like the vimshottari mahadasas, or major periods of the planets. And she's the only person in the world to have such features on her chart, right? Who said it? The stock market has predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington
All in all, reality dictates that the majority of us live within the systemand most of us, including myself, are still struggling within such system. Currently, you have three choices...Republican or Democrat or Independent...if you choose to participate in our political system. We are all disappointed in various ways, but I still have way more faith in Obama then I do in the fungus underneath any one of the current Republican leaders toenails. I don't think any of us, including myself, can even hope to say anything intelligent about what we know nothing about, such as doing the job ourselves, what he is up against, etc. I see many signs that he is fighting the fight, but perhaps not in the way that is recognizable to everyone. I think that overall, he has accomplished an amazing amount. We know this by how hard the other party is fighting and slamming every aspect of him, if we don't bother to check it out ourselves. While I refuse to give money to any political party, I would vote for Obama again, as I think he has done more to start the correction in the nightmare that is Washington and our Congress than anyone could have and I don't see a worthy alternative. Yes, he is a compromiser and an intellect and perhaps he is too wedded to the ideal that we will all come together, but he represents us and until we come up with a better solution, he should have our support. A Republican regime right now, IMHO, would be selling our soul to an even greater extent. I will never concede that the Bush years did anything but badly destabilize every part of our country and relationship to the planet. Talk is cheap and so are my words, which are worth little. We have no control and no insight that is worth anything really. I ask myself, why bother with acting like an ignorant pundit? I choose to retreat from here and spend my time on staying alive. Survival is a basic instinct, afterall. --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 3:20 PM On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:22 PM, wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com wrote: remember what happens to those who are too outspoken and gain too much influence. Â While I have no proof of course.I always think about JFK, Bobby Kennedy, and MLK. Â I expected that Obama would meet the same fate as the 3 mentioned, only sooner. But he's a crafty one. Indeed he got by by being the affirmative action token who appealed to the black, Hispanic and liberal vote and accommodation. That's what community organizers do. And lawyers plea bargain be it in criminal or civil matters. Instead of carrying out 1% of what he promised, he chose life and re-election rather than principle. The three men mentioned would not have done that. The 3 men mentioned were of the Great War generation. They knew what principle was, what conviction was (JFK wrote Profiles in Courage). If offered a choice beforehand, each would, IMO, have chosen to give up his live. The Kennedy's, if they had been told what would follow their demise would have had a different idea about giving up their lives for principle. Seeing that they'd be dying so what they were most against would win out. Well, kind of. JFK's death got the Great Society. But it also got the Vietnam disaster. These are days where it's not principle. It's way beyond the ME Generation. And of course what party operative from Chicago ever had principles?
[FairfieldLife] Re: For Nabby - âªThe Message of the Pleiadiansâ¬â - YouTube
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I'm not Nabbybut this is a great reminder message and worth viewing.  I saw that movie What the Bleep a long time ago.  There are sooo many of these types of reminders around in multiple contexts seemingly to intend to communicate to all factions of the human race. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: Rick Archer rick@... Subject: [FairfieldLife] For Nabby - âªThe Message of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRta1xu6FYfeature=player_embedded Very nice, do see this tape. Please remember it is from 1975 when His Divinity declared The Age of Enlightenment in Seelisberg.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals Photos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: and now for something completely different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9mfZbTFbk Very Funny ! Raj Patel acknowleges this video to represent him most accurately - or not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjz16xjeBAA
[FairfieldLife] Barry Judy: put to music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gan1keOg9e8 LINK Adrian Belew of King Crimson does a rare acoustic version of one of their songs during a break: Three of a Perfect Pair She is susceptible He is impossible They have their cross to share Three of a perfect pair... He has his contradicting views She has her cyclothymic moods They make a study in despair Three of a perfect pair... One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess… He has his contradicting views She has her cyclothymic moods They make a study in despair Three of a perfect pair… One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess… One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess…
Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington
There are many interesting points in this responseI've determined that I'm not qualified to speak on the matter of economics or weigh in on the performance of our president. The posturing is all we read about in the news...the pointless distraction of one vicious dogfight after another. My reactive opinions are based on a combination of intuition and real world experience and I'm not giving up on the only candidate standing between me and a continuation of the Bush years. I wonder sometimes if we should all take our different spiritual practices and practice them at a single time period and stop fighting about which are true and which aren't and just focus on something simple like peace or compassion. They all get us supposedly to the same place Perhaps if there were a coordinated spiritual sit-in, we would see whether we humans have any ability to shift the destructive emphasis. --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 1:40 PM On 07/28/2011 01:03 PM, Denise Evans wrote: I've said for a long time that it is corporate that's running the show. While I believe Obama thought he could usher in a more just and robust America, he wasn't able to and is now another pawn taking directions from the big Democratic party doners. I think the ruse was in before he even gave the speech at the 2004 election. It was all orchestrated before that. He was a chosen candidate and the speech written to gain him attention for a presidential run. I still voted for him. I certainly wasn't going to vote for McCain. The only Republican I've ever voted for was a liberal one who was a governor of my home state and later senator. I didn't support Hillary because shouldn't wouldn't have won either. You would have had all the howling from the Clinton haters against her. Obama asked us at one point to hold his feet to the fire and we have done so. We have an illusion of democracy. And indeed corporate is running the show. Up until Santa Clara County vs South Pacific Railroad they couldn't. I sometimes suspect the Civil War wasn't about states rights over slavery but states rights over railroad gauges. Back then you had railroads running different gauges. In order for the railroad mogols to have consistent gauges for a transcontinental railroad you needed a federal law mandating it. Without that every time you crossed a state line you would have had to change trains. There was a LOT of money at stake with that project. However, he faced unbelievable odds...Bush and the Republicans left this country in tatters after inheriting the strongest federal balance sheet in postwar history. I have no understanding of how anyone could trust that agenda, which is why, when I look at the alternative to Obama, I get even more worried. I believe the Republicans want to destroy the US economy so their cronies can buy it for pennies on the dollar. They are descendants either by blood or by ideology (useful idiots) of European landowners who didn't like their serfs fleeing to the new world and owning property. This has been going on since the country was founded. Own your house outright? We'll they may try to find some way to kick you out of it. They hate us for our freedoms. But they are risking an insurgency rising up against them. And I don't think the Patriot Act nor the DHS can prevent it. All politicians give us BS in their speeches - I can't tolerate listening to any of them on either side. I think we need to get a message to the Democratic Party and our individual reps...they are just as bad right now in using sensationalism and self-righteousness to drum up money as the other side...two sides of the same coin. It's a completely flawed system. Maybe there is value in a 4th party, I don't know. Create a new government and constitution where policy is made by a large council. No one could have enough power to pull it any one direction. We have the technology for everyone to get involved if they want to. I personally think that a socialist government that runs things in the commons and has a mandate to be streamlined would work very well. And at the same time allow ONLY small business to exist. This because the latter would be too much micromanagement for a centralized government. More likely though the US would break up geographically into new countries which have specific issues. This happened to the USSR. OTOH, if you look at the open source movement in software some of the newer business models we may well be moving towards a collectivist society. The corporations want to run it but fie to that. It should be owned and run by the people. There are
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Denise Evans dmevans...@yahoo.com wrote: I ask myself, why bother with acting like an ignorant pundit? I choose to retreat from here and spend my time on staying alive. Survival is a basic instinct, afterall. Well, you also have the choice of being an ignorant feminazi and instead of having a single original thought, post URLs and what they've read in HuffPost and other online rags. You've written some things here that amazed me. So well articulated, so well reasoned, so well thought out that I composed a couple of posts asking you to give the attribution of the source you copied your words from, since except for bitching, there's next to no articulated cogent writing on politics here that's original. I googled and was amazed to find that I couldn't find what you had written anywhere except in FFL. Amazing. BTW, if you were calling me an ignorant pundit, well when you start paying my property taxes, I'll let you guide my life a bit. Maybe even a FF like life coach, which according to the last US census, was the stated profession of 80% of all ru women in FF. Otherwise, I'll assume you were talking about our feminazis and not me.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Judy: put to music
What acoustic ability! Never heard that before. The peoples in the place I sit enjoyed it. : ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gan1keOg9e8 LINK Adrian Belew of King Crimson does a rare acoustic version of one of their songs during a break: Three of a Perfect Pair She is susceptible He is impossible They have their cross to share Three of a perfect pair... He has his contradicting views She has her cyclothymic moods They make a study in despair Three of a perfect pair... One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess He has his contradicting views She has her cyclothymic moods They make a study in despair Three of a perfect pair One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess One One too many Schizophrenic tendencies Keeps it complicated Keeps her agggravated And full of this hopelessness What a perfect mess
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, John jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Penelope's chart is unique and no other person can duplicate it. This applies to everyone in this planet. The gifts of nature are different for everyone. For example, Bill Gates has a chart for making billions of dollars in the computer industry. Le, le. We've been thru this bullshit already. Because so and so has Pluto in the outhouse, Obama is president of the U.S.Explains a lot. Except that 1,000,000 other people also have Pluto in the outhouse. And it's always in retrospect. Lincoln had this, that and that. Therefore he'll be the worse president the US has ever had. responsible for seemingly endless needless deaths to benefit the North economically in the War of Northern Aggression. Take a science course. Even go so far as to take a math or worse yet, a statistics course.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Koans
When Barry is the target of an unsupported claim or a lie, the phrase What goes around, comes around springs to mind. IOW, maybe if he didn't make so many unsupported claims or tell so many outright lies about other people--very much including Nabby--some of us might be more willing to stand up for him rather than relishing his discomfiture. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: As you probably know Mark, there are stong suggestions to support that this fellow was thrown out of the TMO, head first, all access to courses immediately closed. snip First, will any of the self-appointed monitors of falsehood, and persecutors of lying, bother to ask Nabby to *produce* these supposed stong sugges- tions? For example, have they ever been made on this forum by anyone else? I pointed out awhile back (#203748) that it was possible both that Nabby is telling the truth about what he heard, and that Barry left the TMO on his own hook. And according to Nabby, back when this came up before in 2009, one other person *has* made the same suggestion on FFL. But this person isn't the only one Nabby heard the suggestions from. Obviously Barry has carefully chosen not to remember what was said in that earlier discussion. Here's what Nabby said back in January 2009 (#203561): So I also do not have any p r o o f that he was asked to stay away for security reasons, perhaps the reasons were manysided. Again I don't care. The problem for the Turq is that this version has been ciculating for years from many different americans present at the time, including one fellow that with his full name claimed the same thing here on FFL. A fellow you should be able to seek out from the archives if you so wished. The same fellow also claimed that the Turqs claim to be some kind of doorman for Maharishi was an outright lie as he was consciously kept outside the door and not let into the room. Security concerns have been hinted several times as the reason for this. TMO rumors are obviously not the sort of thing Nabby would be able to document, so Barry's demand that he do so is absurd. But perhaps he'd be willing to tell us the name of the person who made the same claim on FFL. In any case, given Barry's long, long record of dishonesty on this forum and on alt.m.t, I'm a lot more inclined to believe Nabby than Barry. (Looks like Barry should review what koans are, too.)
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, John jr_esq@... wrote: Penelope's chart is unique and no other person can duplicate it. This applies to everyone in this planet. The gifts of nature are different for everyone. For example, Bill Gates has a chart for making billions of dollars in the computer industry. Le, le. We've been thru this bullshit already. Because so and so has Pluto in the outhouse, Obama is president of the U.S.Explains a lot. Except that 1,000,000 other people also have Pluto in the outhouse. And it's always in retrospect. Lincoln had this, that and that. Therefore he'll be the worse president the US has ever had. responsible for seemingly endless needless deaths to benefit the North economically in the War of Northern Aggression. Take a science course. Even go so far as to take a math or worse yet, a statistics course. It is kind of odd when some people have experiences accounting to getting laid by one partner, or more than one partner or multiple at the similar time or not at all. I have heard of these tendencies showing up in charts of people. That in itself is enough to stimulate curiosity in the business of jyotish in america. lol
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Judy: put to music
On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:09 PM, obbajeeba wrote: What acoustic ability! Never heard that before. The peoples in the place I sit enjoyed it. : ) It's usually done with two guitars, bass and drums, the two guitars playing parallel but different parts. I found it rather difficult to learn, as it's not a typical guitar piece by any means, esp. for a fingerpicker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QilNVTZx5CI Belew is not only an extraordinary acoustic guitarist, but an excellent guitarist in general. I'm sure that's why Frank Zappa (who discovered him) and the Talking Heads were able to make such good use of him. His new King Crimson lineup starting in the early 80's, were what many MIUers and Carlsenites were grooving to.
[FairfieldLife] Re: AA - Apostates Anonymous
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip The thing is, this imagined AA meeting is not out of the realm of imagination. I love it when Barry gets so caught up in his own rhetoric he ends up saying exactly the opposite of what he means. Or maybe it's a Freudian slip... Incidentally, as I was looking in the archives for the previous discussion of Barry being thrown out of the TMO (or not, as the case may be), I found a couple of interesting quotes from his posts: To be honest, there was *much* more demonization of me when I Walked Away from the Rama trip. TMers are real lightweights when it comes to demonizing a former friend turned heretic. (#203425) We were actually *told* how to deal with critics from within the TM organization -- demonize them. Or at least I was. It was actually codified in letters sent to us at the Western Regional Office from International Staff in Switzerland during the early 70s. Later, as a State Coordinator, I was told several times by International Staff to circulate untrue rumors about someone whom they had decided was overly critical of the TMO or 'off the program.' I always refused. (#203400) Regardless of which trip was more vicious about demonizing apostates, you'd think Barry would give Nabby the doubt concerning the TMO rumors about the nature of Barry's departure from the organization. Unless, of course, the paragraph I just quoted was a lie, and the truth was more along the lines of the quoted paragraph above it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: snip A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature, a stage illusion; most never knew the Real Reesh, the Grinch. Actually it shows that he had more than one side to him, as many of us do.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:38 PM, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: snip A close examination of Mahesh across time and from people who saw his on-stage persona and his off-stage self, shows that the image of the blissy giggling guru was just that: an image, a caricature, a stage illusion; most never knew the Real Reesh, the Grinch. Actually it shows that he had more than one side to him, as many of us do. Maharishi had been considered for Mount Rushmore but the US Department of the Interior/Parks Department surveyed and decided there was only room left for one face.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't let Maharishi and the tmorg mislead you!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/28/2011 02:37 PM, obbajeeba wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeebano_reply@ wrote: Nabby, you are cute. Thanks :-) You forgot to add ji after, like Maharishiji. I was never into the ji-thing because it indicated a distance. Even long before Maharishi dropped the body some were excercising this ji-sport. I don't know how he reacted to this, but I suspect he found it foolish. You are welcome. Plenty of Indians have been referring to Maharishiji as that. In fact, that is where I have heard it for years, from the Indians. Go figure. The M Vedic experts are all foolish, because they add ji? : ) Ravi may want to chime in but ji is a bit like saying mister. In some of the older US made movies made that took place in India (maybe Nine Hours to Rama) the Indians would say add mister after the person's name when speaking their pigeon English. So it doesn't confer anything but a title of respect like Mr. Of course in our modern times such conventions tend fall away as being too formal (sort of like putting Dear in the opening of an email). Yes ji is a mark of respect, but Maharishi (great sage) is already such a big title that a ji at the end is redundant and sounds a little ridiculous. I would just stick ji after a person name than to titles such as Maharishi but each to his own.
[FairfieldLife] Re: If TM were a drug?
I have used Banyan Botanicals in the past. They seem to have a product - http://www.banyanbotanicals.com/prodinfo.asp?number=1271variation=aite\ m=3mitem=4 http://www.banyanbotanicals.com/prodinfo.asp?number=1271variation=ait\ em=3mitem=4 (It has Ashwagandha, the stress buster). A good technique with herbs is to take them for 3 weeks and lay off for a week. The good thing with Ayurvedic medicine is that they work very gently, rejuvenate your body ability's to deal with the problem so you can ultimately quit after a few months. Worked like a charm for my fatty liver issues. I hate going to sleep because I don't see any reason for it, once asleep I hate getting up because I don't see any good reason for it either :-), so I'm always late at work, glad I'm working though since I'm forced to sleep and get up because of that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans dmevans365@... wrote: I may see an Ayurvedic practitioner. Â I am going to try Valerian and the tribal mantra...definitely am of the pitta variety. Â Have resorted to 1/2 an Ambien...which definitely puts you out...but it's more like being knocked out, which is not the goal! Â I have no side effects that I'm aware of in the AM however, so it's pretty tempting to use. Â I've had some success with Melatonin but have to take a lot of it. --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: From: Bhairitu noozguru@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:58 AM Â Knowing some ayurveda is useful. Insomnia is often related to a vata imbalance though in summer excess pitta can cause it. Cooling and calming herbs are useful. Spearmint tea is cooling for pitta and somewhat calming for vata. Comfrey is also a good tea to use. Dr. Lad's vata tea consists of equal amounts of cumin, coriander and ginger. But if pitta might be an issue reduce or omit the ginger. Even back in the 1980s I kept a bottle of valerian root tablets next to my bed to allay insomnia. Ram is a calming mantra for vata. I've also successfully used this tribal mantra to bring on sleep: http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/health_tip_of_t_1.html On 07/27/2011 09:40 AM, Denise Evans wrote: Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue - does TM allow you to nap at will? --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Vajvajradhatu@... wrote: From: Vajvajradhatu@... Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00 AM On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, cardemaisterno_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: If Transcendental Meditation were a drug, conferring so many benefits with few, if any, side effects, it would be a billion-dollar blockbuster. - Norman E. Rosenthal, Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation Wiki: Rosenthal began a private practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 1979.[2] At the same time he began a research fellowship with Fredrick Goodwin at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. [3]This was the beginning of a 20 year career with the NIMH as a Researcher, Research Fellow, and Senior Researcher.[2][4] Rosenthal eventually became the director of seasonal studies at the institute and in 1985 led research with 160 participants on the effects of SAD and later studied the psycho-physiological phenomena of spring fever. [5][6] If TM were a drug, it would be an unapproved one. First put in the market because of it's wonderful effects then quickly taken off the market because of its horrific side effects. This happens with drugs all the time as clinicians start noting dangerous side effects with a wider population than in the studies, though many of the ontoward side effects observed during clinical trials are swept under the rug. TM would be eventually be classified as a Schedule I drug in the US, with the ability to waste lives at least as often as heroin. There are dangerous drugs which are put on and kept on the market because although they have a profile where the dangerous side effects are about as frequent as their useful properties, these drugs are prescribed in tightly monitored situations. That's not the situation with TM, where it's get everyone to buy it and many to use it 8 hours a day and if there's a problem, get more rest, take more time before going into activity after taking the drug, something good is happening or it's the patient's fault, they weren't suitable for the drug. LOL! Actually, if TM were a drug there'd be massive lawsuits as it was found out the research results were fudged and/or faked to exaggerate the desire outcome. Sound crazy? This is actually what
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rowing to Doha-Scene 4-(was conflict in fiction)
Thanks for this, consider it done. Another hard day in the diamond mines. For more see: Rowing to Doha-Scene 5-(was conflict in fiction) From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:31:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rowing to Doha-Scene 4-(was conflict in fiction) Nice stuff, Bob. I'm not sure it'll play in Peoria, but I'd watch it. Of course, I'm a confirmed eyepatch- wearing pirate, so you wouldn't get any bucks from my viewing of it, but it's the thought that counts. I do, however, have to warn you that you might be venturing into dangerous ground in one section: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Suddenly Dick spins around and his face is pressed against the window. We hear the sound of cuffs tighteningshut. AGENT HAIRWELL And are you familiar with the Patriot Act you dildo? The Brunette runs toward Dick who's hands are cuffed with his face being pressed against the window by Agent Hairwell. BRUNETTE You sexist pig. Here you have used the forbidden and horribly sexist word dildo. By doing so, you risk someone not only obsessing on it for SIX YEARS, but trying to get others -- who were neither around that long ago or, more important, care -- to obsess on it, too. Watch your ass. Just sayin'. If I were you, I'd replace the word dildo with the more politically correct personal vibrator, or even better, use the brand name of a popular one, like Oscillation Overthruster, or Your Buddy Burt. And whatever you do, never suggest that one could have feelings of its own, and choose to commit suicide rather than perform its intended function. I fully expect script consultant credit in the final film. No residuals, just credit. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: alternative theory regarding MZ
Poor choice of words then. True, with your history you should definitely have the understanding. Like Ammachi would say most in spirituality have the knowledge, it's the awarenes (as in being a Sakshi or a witness) that is lacking. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Thank you, Ravi, for your kind words. And I will take you at your word about the condescension. But, if I remember correctly, that email already had in it as I've already explained and how could someone with my history possibly not thoroughly understand the Satguru principle? On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: the self-same principle that Ravi was (condescendingly, I must say, (it takes one to know one)) trying to explain to me way back when. Mark, I have been (intentionally) condescending to others (low vibe writer types) but not when I was responding to you, sorry if it appeared otherwise. Your heart-centeredness became evident to me as you posted more. A beautiful post BTW. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Yes, Jim (how long does it take, here, to put names to email addresses?), I, too, find this true and beautiful, with one possible exception. The heart, the true heart (IME, E U), has no need whatsoever for story gratification. The true heart, the lion heart, is a far better organ of perception/knower than the mind. It's the heart, or hearts, of the inner frozen children that need constant soothing, the heart, if you will, of the ego complex, of our woundedness and our pain, or I guess one could say, and perhaps more simply and truly, and, in so doing dissolve this exception, the wounded parts of our heart. It's the stories that are the defense mechanisms that help us in our long, misguided efforts to keep our pain away. Of course, this may not apply to MZ, or any other particular individual, but, I believe, it applies to most of us. What may more aptly apply to MZ (for all the profound things that have occurred between us, and, yes, they truly are profound, just how much so I have yet to see, I really do not yet know him well, as I have not had the time to follow his suggestion and read all that he has written here, nor do I think I will need to) is that he is using his intellect to sincerely advance his spiritual growth through the towering edifice created by the west's paramount religious institution (at least in terms of it's effect on the west) and, yes, some of the world's purest souls and highest thinkers (perhaps I will have to look into Aquinas), combined with the highly developed qualities of his intuition (for me, there's something I call inner knowing that is distinct from and goes beyond intuition). How many have spent lifetimes lost in this structure (of course, he would know they are not lost but are getting found, and, perhaps, the only ones getting found)? We agree, I think, that the mind, the intellect, no matter how developed and pure must always fall short of true knowing. The truth of things is unfathomable and better known by the heart. To know it one must lay the mind and everything else aside and become it. To do this, one must put oneself through whatever it takes to strip everything else away and become the truly, truly, truly empty vessel. And, to this: the universe within us will never accept any story as the the ultimate truth, I would add that the Satguru, God and the universe, both the universe within and without (which you all may, of course, have already agreed are one, though I still find it useful to distinguish them) and, sometimes, the good guru, will totally knock the shit out of us, if we force it/him/her to, the self-same principle that Ravi was (condescendingly, I must say, (it takes one to know one)) trying to explain to me way back when.
[FairfieldLife] Rowing to Doha-Scene 5-(was conflict in fiction)
INT. SPACECRAFT HOVERING OVER THE BOWMAN RESIDENCE (IN AN IOWA CORNFIELD) Through the spacecraft window, from Maharishi's POV, we see Terry on the back of The Zebra who looks like a Unicorn (hell, lets just call him a Zebra Unicorn) floating in the air. The Zebra Unicorn is starting to look a little fatigued and he and Terry are starting to BOB up and down as if they may fall from the sky. Maharishi sees this and points to his right. They don't seem to understand so he picks up a pad and writes the following: 'Head for the door over there before your fool asses fall out of the sky.' The Zebra Unicorn fly's through the door and lands on the spacecraft deck as a wall closes behind them. Terry jumps off the Zebra Unicorn and takes hold of the Zebra Unicorns horn and unscrews it. He turn it over and a small electronic devise falls out. He then kicks off one of his wooden shoes and slides a compartment open and drops in the electronic devise into the compartment, closes it and put the shoe back on his foot. He takes a pirate eye patch out of his pocket and puts it on. He quickly screws the unicorn horn back on its owner and leans over and says: Not a word The inner wall slides open to reveal Maharishi standing in a flood of bright light. Maharishi Jai Guru Dev. Terry Yo, Jai Guru Dev yourself. NNand Shankarare standing beside Maharishi, we hear Wally snoring in the background. NN Maharishi, what happened to your accent, you sound American. Maharishi Of course I sound American, everyone sounds American up here. At least I can pronounce Peseta now. NN Maharishi, don't let them in. Maharishi Why not? NN They're polluters of the teaching. Maharishi Nonsense, the only thing polluting anything around here is Wally's snoring. Maharishi (con't) I have a mission for you and it will take all of you to get it done. Go get a coke for Terry and some hay for the Zebra Unicorn. Terry looks at Maharishi feet. Maharishi Where's Mark? Terry No idea, why? Maharishi My sandals, I need some sandals. These floors are made of platinum and they're as cold as Ron L. Hubbard's heart. Maharishi (con't) Every skin boy I ever had walked off with a pair of my sandals- like it was some sort of pension or something. John B and Johnny G both got a pair, I think Billy C may have got two and I think John C got a half dozen and may have turned a couple into a guitar. I need some sandals! Terry kicks off his wooden clogs. Terry Try these puppies, I picked them up in Amsterdam. Nothing finer. Maharishi try'son the wooden clogs. A big smile spreads across his face. Maharishi Terry these are fine, I had no idea. Terry They're yours, compliments of the Zebra and me. Maharishi looks over at the Zebra Unicorn. Walks over and starts rubbing his ears. CLOSE UP: on the Zebra Unicorns face, we see a small tear roll slowing down his face. Maharishi Ah yes, the Zebra, you've been a bit naughty haven't you? The Zebra Unicorn looks in Maharishi's eyes longingly and then takes a deep bow like the finest lipizzanhorse. Maharishi (con't) Not to worry I have a job for you that will change the world. Now come. CUT TO: The inner sanctum of the spacecraft is crowded with memorabilia. There is a statue of Hans Solo, and large reproductions of Princess Leia, R2D2 and C-3PO. A stuffed YODA sits in an honoured place. On the wall is a large blow up of an 18 year old Penelope Cruz. On the control panel is a old CD player. Around a large table sit; Shankar, NN, Terry and Wally (who is asleep and snoring). Maharishi sits at the head of the table rubbing the Zebra Unicorn head. He has a blissful expression on hi face as he stares at his new wooden clogs. Maharishi NN, you are absolutely right. NN About what Maharishiji? Maharishi Don't call me that, its what you call someone in India when you're trying to sell them something. NN I'm sorry your Divinity. Maharishi Now you're being silly. Call me Maharishi or the Rish as Terry likes to call me. NN Sorry, Maharishi, what could I have possibiliy been right about? Maharishi The Age of Enlightment, you're absolutely right. Its here and nothing will turn it back. Maharishi There is just one thing that we need to get rid of and to do that I need the 5 of you to go to the Emirate of Qatar, more specifically I need you to Row to Doha. NN What's the one last thing we need to get rid of. Maharishi Democracy! And out of the old CD player comes the most heavenly recitation of the most profound poetry ever heard by the intrepid seekers. Ash-hadu anna Muħammadan rasulullah
Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count
On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:16 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 23 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 30 00:00:00 2011 784 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jul 29 00:08:06 2011 50 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com Isn't today Thursday? And didn't Judy post 3 more over the limit? Hmmm~~dum, de dum dum... :) Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count
Did you watch THE LITTLE RASCALS (reruns of course) as a child? From: Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:21:13 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:16 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 23 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 30 00:00:00 2011 784 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jul 29 00:08:06 2011 50 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com Isn't today Thursday? And didn't Judy post 3 more over the limit? Hmmm~~dum, de dum dum... :) Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Congratulations. You have realized enlightenment. Now leave.
I think there would be 2 options - one, it would be the time for the enlightened person to fall out from the organization. If they are charismatic enough and have teaching samskaras then they can start giving Satsangs and such, I have seen quite a few on batgap. Two - continue the same old drama. But be cautious in divulging the details publicly and hopefully one can slowly gain the trust of one individual at a time, share their experience and hopefully inspire them. It could be helpful to others on the same path, practicing similar meditation techniques, with similar Guru that similar state is possible for them as well. The above two options seem to be a good idea. Most in an org would take very unkindly to a person like this, since this can be very upsetting to them and can result in a lot of negativity, along with what you say, ridicule by others. Most are caught up in the seeker story, seeker auto-pilot for the rest of their lives. I actually don't think there is much value in any org celebrating or recognizing this individual because I don't think that this individual would care for anyone's acknowledgment. Plus I believe that enlightenment cannot be judged in others, it is upto that individual to declare it. This is the biggest problem I had with MZ's story about how everyone could recognize his UC and how he was bitch slapping the unenlightened around. Saying all of this, I apologize in advance to those to whom I have given offense in the past by challenging *their* claims of having realized the Big E. I may not have believed your claims at the time, and may in fact not believe them now, but I *do* respect you having gone public with them. As does Rick, or he wouldn't be doing his BATGAP series. Thanks Barry, that's quite an admission and I certainly wasn't expecting it :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Mind-segueing from my previous cafe rap, I find my self realizing that an even better measure of where the rubber meets the road in a spiritual organization might be how it treats those who have realized its goal, and dare to say so. I submit that this is an interesting topic, Robin and others who have dared to say so being among us. How were they treated by the organization that had promised enlightenment to its followers (not to mention...uh...financial supporters) for many decades? Was their attainment of the goal celebrated and their testimony added to the WhyYouShouldLearnTM.com Web page? Or were they instantly marginalized and/or ostracized? It's an interesting question, isn't it? Those of you who have dared to say so, either on this forum or within the cloistered halls of the TM movement, do you care to comment? How were you treated? Those of you who never mentioned your personal realization within those same cloistered halls, but only on forums such as this one, why did you make that choice? What did you expect would be the response from within the cloistered halls to your proclamation, that prevented you from making it? Honestly curious, and I will do my best to avoid any samskaras that tempt me to poke fun where it might be misinterpreted in response. I really don't know, because although I have experienced the occasional period of time spent in enlightened (or, at the very least, not ordinary) states of consciousness, I was never tempted to go public with them, and thus never had to risk the potential wrath of the public. Saying all of this, I apologize in advance to those to whom I have given offense in the past by challenging *their* claims of having realized the Big E. I may not have believed your claims at the time, and may in fact not believe them now, but I *do* respect you having gone public with them. As does Rick, or he wouldn't be doing his BATGAP series. I guess my point in this cafe rap -- if I have one, other than just to rap -- is What was that decision to 'go public' LIKE for you? Did you feel some reticence in doing so? If so, WHY did you feel that reticence? It's an interesting question, n'est-ce pas?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington - no not you Tom
Of course I wasn't calling you that...I was actually calling myself that. Politics is difficult and depressing and crazy-making - and I make myself crazy at times if I delve too far into the mania. Your opinion is certainly as valid as mine and likely more so (I do not have my bibliography to post online. I am feeling like I am wasting precious time in life by allowing the politics to affect me at all in this reactive way. I needed some exercise - went for a long swim and my brain is functioning again and feeling more optimistic. I get depressed - I'm heading into the big M (and no, that is not M for Maharishi). It's a brave new world on all fronts. If I don't get exercise, life looks a lot bleaker. And no, I don't want to pay your property taxes - I just found out mine are the highest in the neighborhood! Must be because I stupidly told the assessor about the renovations I'd done when I moved in - I've been paying higher taxes for years. It's endless. This is why I get so annoyed about corporate america's aversion to paying their fair share - I do. --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: #f@ckyouwashington To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 6:08 PM On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Denise Evans dmevans...@yahoo.com wrote: I ask myself, why bother with acting like an ignorant pundit? I choose to retreat from here and spend my time on staying alive. Survival is a basic instinct, afterall. Well, you also have the choice of being an ignorant feminazi and instead of having a single original thought, post URLs and what they've read in HuffPost and other online rags. You've written some things here that amazed me. So well articulated, so well reasoned, so well thought out that I composed a couple of posts asking you to give the attribution of the source you copied your words from, since except for bitching, there's next to no articulated cogent writing on politics here that's original. I googled and was amazed to find that I couldn't find what you had written anywhere except in FFL. Amazing. BTW, if you were calling me an ignorant pundit, well when you start paying my property taxes, I'll let you guide my life a bit. Maybe even a FF like life coach, which according to the last US census, was the stated profession of 80% of all ru women in FF. Otherwise, I'll assume you were talking about our feminazis and not me.
