[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: God Barry, this post of yours just epitomizes you. A steamroller which only drives over small, delicate, beautiful things. A classic. Seeing this flash by in Message View, I had to open the post because I couldn't for the life of me figure out from Message View which recent post of mine had so incensed Ann to cause her to write this. Imagine my non-surprise to find that I'd never even been a part of the thread to which she is replying. It's gettin' pretty bad when the haters can't even tell who it is they're hating any more. --- authfriend authfriend@... wrote: Gee, that's almost as appalling a mistake as you claiming Emily was trying to stir up a fight between Sal and Curtis (see below). Perhaps if you weren't a steamroller which drives over small, delicate, beautiful things, Ann wouldn't have mistaken Richard's post for one of yours. It's not exactly as if you haven't been seriously hating on Ann for some considerable time now. Not to mention Emily herself (see below) and raunchy and me. Did you ever stop to think that if you weren't consistently and constantly hateful to others, there would be no reason for them to hate you? Plus which, you're hardly innocent of ever having gotten mixed up about who you were talking to. We've all done it at one time or another. Will we ever see an apology for this? Will we ever see any apologies from you for the huge proportion of your posts hating on (and usually lying about) other people? Yeah, right. And this, of course, is more gratuitous hatefulness from you, as well as being stupidly wrong. Ann is one of the fairest people on this forum. Of course she'll apologize once she realizes what she's done. From Barry's hateful post about Emily (and me), addressed to Curtis: - A mature person, sent an email that she didn't take kindly to, would have replied to the sender *in email*, telling her to buzz off, and never said a word about it to anyone else. But Emily, pussywhipped by Judy and wishing to get on her good side, sent copies of the email to you and to Judy. My take is that in so doing she was trying to get you to criticize one of Judy's announced enemies, start a fight between you and Sal, and thus get strokes from Judy for having done it. She succeeded only in the latter, having made an ass of herself in trying to start the fight. This behavior is so juvenile and pathetic that I don't understand how anyone could be fascinated enough by it to continue obsessing about it. - Barry and Curtis, BTW, need to get their stories straight. Curtis accused Emily of trying to start a fight between *me* and Sal (although Sal isn't here), not between Curtis himself and Sal. Sal supports Curtis. Her email to Emily attacked Emily for appreciating Robin's parody version of Curtis's criticisms of Robin. The idiotic notion that Curtis would turn on Sal for having supported him in her email to Emily is one more sign of Barry's deteriorating mental processes--and far more telling than a simple mixup about who wrote what post. Hey, haven't you crossed 50 posts? Keep note of it old girl.
[FairfieldLife] Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
In the wake of Marek's noble suggestion, which has now been turned against him in an attempt to imply that he was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it, I thought someone should weigh in on the lessons learned from it. Even though I knew in advance the outcome of his noble experiment, I applauded it and tried my best to comply with it. I spent a whole day -- several, actually -- making posts that in my opinion were about ideas and potentially fun things to discuss, rather than about other FFL posters, and trying to get others to dump on them. So did a few others here, seemingly welcoming the opportunity, and the change of pace. A few did not, and in fact did exactly the opposite. They took the experiment as an opportunity to not only continue but to escalate their petty, vindictive vendettas, and to attempt to not only draw others into them, but turn them against the person who had suggested an alternative to the behavior they've tried so hard to establish on this forum as normal. The question of WHY springs to mind. I reiterate my theory -- THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. These people are *incapable* of writing anything that is actually uplifting, or spiritual, or even interesting. They couldn't write something creative if their lives depended on it, *knew that*, and thus had to try to sabotage any experiment that would point this sad fact out to others. You could almost *feel* them out there, psychically, getting more uptight and more angry and more frustrated with every post that was *not* falling into the patterns they'd tried to establish here as the norm. Every time someone posted something creative, rather than be uplifted by it they felt diminished, *because they couldn't do the same thing*. The only thing they *could* do is bitch and moan like petty pre-teenagers, cling to grudges that any sane person would have abandoned minutes after the non-events that occasioned them happened, and tried their best to reactivate them, and force them to the top of the hot topic stack, so that others would obsess on the same petty things they obsess on. The more a few people appreciated those who *did* try for creativity, or at the very least a one-day cease- fire, the more they got uptight and tried to restart the conflicts. The more others focused on happier things, the more these sad fucks tried to get them to refocus on nasty, vengeful things. If these people were three-year-olds, they'd be in the time out corner 24/7. And they *know* that. The thing is, they seem to *like* it there in the time out corner, because they get attention from the people who put them there. At this point acting out is the ONLY way they can get attention -- they can rarely get it the ways they have in the past, by goading others into replying angrily to them or by posting slander about others hoping they'll defend themselves. People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every creative or informative or even funny post made by one of their hate-objects into an exercise in demon- ization. We've seen it before, and we'll see it again. If you're tired of it, stop giving them what they want, which is your attention, and your participation in the petty vendettas they live for. Give them silence.
[FairfieldLife] Well, suurya-namaskaara
(In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english
[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: (In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english I'm not as into language as you are, Card, let alone Indian languages, but now that you mention this word, I've always been of the opinion that you can trace the beginning of the end for any language or culture or religion to the point at which they feel the need to have a word for heretic, or even the concept thereof. It's a slippery slope to oblivion from there on out...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: (In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english I'm not as into language as you are, Card, let alone Indian languages, but now that you mention this word, I've always been of the opinion that you can trace the beginning of the end for any language or culture or religion to the point at which they feel the need to have a word for heretic, or even the concept thereof. It's a slippery slope to oblivion from there on out... To follow up, I suggest that you can trace the moment that the TM organization started to self- destruct and become irrelevant to the world to the first use of the phrase Off The Program.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Debate
Before 1930, banking was an exciting industry featuring a number of larger-than-life figures, who built giant financial empires (some of which later turned out to have been based on fraud). This highflying finance sector presided over a rapid increase in debt: Household debt as a percentage of G.D.P. almost doubled between World War I and 1929. During this first era of high finance, bankers were, on average, paid much more than their counterparts in other industries. But finance lost its glamour when the banking system collapsed during the Great Depression. The banking industry that emerged from that collapse was tightly regulated, far less colorful than it had been before the Depression, and far less lucrative for those who ran it. Banking became boring, partly because bankers were so conservative about lending: Household debt, which had fallen sharply as a percentage of G.D.P. during the Depression and World War II, stayed far below pre-1930s levels. Strange to say, this era of boring banking was also an era of spectacular economic progress for most Americans. America emerged from the Great Depression with a tightly regulated banking system. The regulations worked: the nation was spared major financial crises for almost four decades after World War II. But as the bitter memories of the Depression faded, bankers began to chafe at the restrictions they faced. And politicians, increasingly under the influence of free-market ideology, showed a growing willingness to give bankers what they wanted. The first big wave of deregulation took place under Ronald Reagan -- and quickly led to disaster, in the form of the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s. Taxpayers ended up paying more than 2 percent of G.D.P., the equivalent of around $300 billion today, to clean up the mess. h**p://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/opinion/14krugman.html?n=T op%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumn ists%2fPaul%20Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/opinion/14krugman.html?n=Top%2fOpinio\ n%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fPaul%20Krugman ** ** h**p://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/opinion/10krugman.html?_r= 1n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fC olumnists%2fPaul%20Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/opinion/10krugman.html?_r=1n=Top%2fO\ pinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fPaul%20Krug\ man --- seekliberation seekliberation@... wrote: I believe you're right. Every economics expert i've viewed either on TV, youtube, or some other web page, they all say that 16 Trillion is not recoverable. From one site, I can't remember which one, we actually passed the 'unrecoverable' point around 8-10 trillion. Now we're just adding to our misery. If this system does collapse, i'd hate to be in the big cities. The midwest would be pretty safe though, they usually come together and make things work. The rest of the country could get ugly real fast. seekliberation Honestly they can talk until the cows come home but the damage has been done by the bankers to the economy. It can't be fixed. It has to collapse but the only fair way is it to take out the bankers too. Maybe vigilante groups will form to see that happens.
[FairfieldLife] Madonna sings aSTAn.ga-yoga-mantra
(without the last words: shvetaM praNamaami patañjalim) http://www.astanga.fi/mantrat/astangamantra.html Scroll down...
[FairfieldLife] Question for Marek
Some may see this question as off topic for a supposedly spiritual forum, but I don't, for reasons I've explained earlier. I became fascinated by research that I did on dementia and Alzheimer's and the activities that have clinically been proven to reduce one's risk of them. My question is: Do you know any old surfers with Alzheimer's? My suspicion is that there are very few. I suspect this because of the research centering on how effective ballroom dancing was in lowering the risk of Alzheimer's (74% reduction). The researchers theorized that the reason for this was that the activities of ballroom dancing -- the constant give-and-take, lead-and-follow, react-to-what's-happening-here-and-now nature of social dance cultivated the formation of new neural pathways in their brain. The rule of thumb for Alzheimer's seems to be Use it or lose it. To stave off the effects of brain cell death -- wiping out one's connections to and thus access to memories and other knowledge stored in our brain cells -- one has to keep continually forging new neural connections. Dance does that because it encourages the last-minute, fast-paced kinds of decisions that force such new connections to be made. Rather than kick back and rely on past experience and past knowledge and essentially coast on cruise control, the elderly dancers kept putting themselves into positions where they *had* to think fast, react in the moment, and make decisions in the moment, and then get instantaneous feedback on those decisions. I can't imagine many activities doing that more than surfing. Its very essence is about being in the moment and reacting instantly to new stimuli. That's why I am thinking that statistically, there are very few old surfers with Alzheimer's. If they kept surfing, that is. I'm thinking of the dysfunctional but lovable family of surfers from John From Cinncinnati. I think they'll keep surfing until they drop dead on their boards. Can't you just see Bruce Greenwood's Mitch Yost out there on his board at 80? Can't you envision Rebecca de Mornay's Cissy Yost out there on a board beside him, still looking hot at 80 in a bikini? I don't see either of them as having developed Alzheimer's.
[FairfieldLife] Internet Writing As Ballroom Dance
One of the things I'm still most thankful to Frederick Lenz - Rama for is for turning me on to writing as spiritual practice. Not just writing as a part of spiritual practice, writing AS spiritual practice. As a former English professor, he was more than aware of how much language shapes our thought -- far more than vice-versa -- and of the benefits of sitting down and writing about something. Before you had to write it out, that something was just a mush of unconnected ideas and concepts, looking metaphorically in your brain a lot like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But in the process of dragging those ideas and concepts out of the different parts of the brain where the stimuli that had provoked them had stored them, *connections* are made between the different pieces of knowledge, and they coalesce, becoming something more resembling a nice lasagna. :-) Anyway, I developed the habit of writing while studying with Rama, and have kept it up. Sometimes I do this alone, without feedback, as if I were surfing. I just go and sit somewhere, without any subject to write about, and then write anyway, just to see what happens. An example of this kind of writing from a few years ago is here: http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm35.html http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm35.html That story was as close to literary surfing as it gets. What you see is what you get -- when I sat down to write it I had no idea what I was going to write about. So I just tried to move my self out of the way and see what came out. This is what did, without a single correction or rewrite. It's really fun to write this way. I sometimes do it still, and post the results here. Many probably find them as boring as they found the story above, but that's OK. I wrote them for me. But there is another form of writing that I've come to love, and that I think a few others here have developed a fondness for, too. And that's writing interactively on forums like Fairfield Life. At its best, I think of such writing as being similar to ballroom dance. Someone throws out an idea, taking the lead. Someone else responds, following that lead but...as in tango...not *just* following it, but taking it further. It's a give and take. That's what my favorite discussions on Fairfield Life are like. Like a dance, with people playing with ideas for fun, trying to be graceful with them. *Not* playing to win. Internet argument with the intention of winning strikes me more as a low-rent form of martial arts or combat. OK, I guess, if you're feeling like a little randori that day, but kinda wearing over time. Every so often even the most dedicated martial artist has to take a break from the sparring and go out dancing. I think Curtis gets all this. He has spoken many times of how valuable the practice of trying to encapsulate his experiences and thoughts into words has been for him. And he really gets the dance thing; when he finds a good partner here there are few things as graceful as the dance that follows. Marek gets this, too, and so do a few others. Call me a hopeful romantic, but I'm hoping that more people get it. Internet writing as a form of dance is really FUN, and stretches the mind. Internet writing as continual battle seems to shrink it. That's been my experience, anyway. YMMV.
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ravi and Judy
Huh! How can anyone be in a painfully blissful state? Even Robin with all his oxymoronish contradictions dosen't come close to this. He says that the whole thing was a lie and a snare, yet the Unity was real. In fact I remember him telling me last year that he was Just passing himself as 'enlightened'. Old Judy girl bats for him for one simple reason. She has to Prove that 'Unity consciousness' exists and thereby MMY was right and so on and so forth. It's bad news for the TM mov't if Robbie boy was just in delusion. It hurts Judy's cause and makes the entire TM mov't look loony. --- Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: Awesome dear Share. I have nothing to say about anything else now - I'm in a totally nervous, above normal vulnerable, painfully blissful, intoxicated state today. So I need to make sure I continue to focus at work. Love, Ravi On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: ** Hi Ravi, yes you are a cool and totally cool blast (-: But Ravi, about Marek: maybe he has his moronic moments as we all do. Maybe he has his inauthentic moments as we all do. But I don't think he could do the job he does and be moronic by nature. Nor do I think he could surf if he was inauthentic. Nature's the best reality check. As for me, I realize I have my non grown up moments. But I also do my spiritual practice, going to the Dome twice a day every day. I do this no matter the weather, no matter my mood. That's grown up in my book. I face my fears including fear of dying. That's grown up in my book. I admit I make mistakes. Also grown up in my book. I forgive others their mistakes. Also grown up in my book. etc. etc. Share
[FairfieldLife] OMG: siddhiM kadopalapsye?
From Adi-shaMkara's yoga-taaraavalii (tArAvalI): siddhiM tathaavidhamanovilayaaM samaadhau shrIshailashrRn.gakuhareSu kadopalapsye (?kadaa+upalapsye?) | Just for fun, trying desperately translate that, at least thereabouts: When (kadaa) shall I reach (? - upalapsye) that kind of (tathaavidha-) mind-dissolving(? - mano-vilayaam) siddhi (siddhim) in samaadhi (samaadhau), in radiant (shrii) mountain peak (shaila- shRin.ga) cavities (kuhareSu)? ROFLOL!?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Internet Writing As Ballroom Dance
Doc sez, nice story. Lenz was a cunt, though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: One of the things I'm still most thankful to Frederick Lenz - Rama for is for turning me on to writing as spiritual practice. Not just writing as a part of spiritual practice, writing AS spiritual practice. As a former English professor, he was more than aware of how much language shapes our thought -- far more than vice-versa -- and of the benefits of sitting down and writing about something. Before you had to write it out, that something was just a mush of unconnected ideas and concepts, looking metaphorically in your brain a lot like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But in the process of dragging those ideas and concepts out of the different parts of the brain where the stimuli that had provoked them had stored them, *connections* are made between the different pieces of knowledge, and they coalesce, becoming something more resembling a nice lasagna. :-) Anyway, I developed the habit of writing while studying with Rama, and have kept it up. Sometimes I do this alone, without feedback, as if I were surfing. I just go and sit somewhere, without any subject to write about, and then write anyway, just to see what happens. An example of this kind of writing from a few years ago is here: http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm35.html http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm35.html That story was as close to literary surfing as it gets. What you see is what you get -- when I sat down to write it I had no idea what I was going to write about. So I just tried to move my self out of the way and see what came out. This is what did, without a single correction or rewrite. It's really fun to write this way. I sometimes do it still, and post the results here. Many probably find them as boring as they found the story above, but that's OK. I wrote them for me. But there is another form of writing that I've come to love, and that I think a few others here have developed a fondness for, too. And that's writing interactively on forums like Fairfield Life. At its best, I think of such writing as being similar to ballroom dance. Someone throws out an idea, taking the lead. Someone else responds, following that lead but...as in tango...not *just* following it, but taking it further. It's a give and take. That's what my favorite discussions on Fairfield Life are like. Like a dance, with people playing with ideas for fun, trying to be graceful with them. *Not* playing to win. Internet argument with the intention of winning strikes me more as a low-rent form of martial arts or combat. OK, I guess, if you're feeling like a little randori that day, but kinda wearing over time. Every so often even the most dedicated martial artist has to take a break from the sparring and go out dancing. I think Curtis gets all this. He has spoken many times of how valuable the practice of trying to encapsulate his experiences and thoughts into words has been for him. And he really gets the dance thing; when he finds a good partner here there are few things as graceful as the dance that follows. Marek gets this, too, and so do a few others. Call me a hopeful romantic, but I'm hoping that more people get it. Internet writing as a form of dance is really FUN, and stretches the mind. Internet writing as continual battle seems to shrink it. That's been my experience, anyway. YMMV.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
BW, IMO you're doing the same thing. You're ascribing the word heretic to people who use the word heretic. As for the concept, I'd guess that it's actually generated by brain activity in the most primitive part of the brain. So in that sense automatic. For this reason, I don't think we're responsible for thoughts that arise automatically. I do believe we're responsible for thoughts we dwell on. And for our actions. Following from this, I'd be interested to know who first used the phrase off the program. And dwelled on it. I'd bet money it wasn't Maharishi. Ok, I'm in John Newton's practitioners workshop all day today so won't be back online til this evening. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: (In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english I'm not as into language as you are, Card, let alone Indian languages, but now that you mention this word, I've always been of the opinion that you can trace the beginning of the end for any language or culture or religion to the point at which they feel the need to have a word for heretic, or even the concept thereof. It's a slippery slope to oblivion from there on out... To follow up, I suggest that you can trace the moment that the TM organization started to self- destruct and become irrelevant to the world to the first use of the phrase Off The Program.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock jedi_spock@... wrote: Hey, haven't you crossed 50 posts? Keep note of it old girl. Hey, didn't you notice that the new posting week has started? Keep note of it old boy.
[FairfieldLife] Tempest
There was a time, back in those deep, dark days before 1962, when life did not revolve around the release of a new Bob Dylan album. It did for me, many years after first discovering his first album. The rumors of the release of a new Dylan album would spread across my California desert campus faster than a California desert flashfire, and there we'd all be, waiting at the door of the record store, waiting for it to open so we could buy a copy. Then we'd rush back home, clutching it to our bosom like it was the Ark of the Covenant (but touchable, y'know...not like that Ark of the Covenant in the first Indiana Jones movie), fire up the bong, and listen to it from start to finish. Some folks' lives still revolve to some extent around the release of a new Bob Dylan album, 50 years on. I know one such person, and so in tribute to him I'm going to sit down and listen to the new Dylan album, start to finish, just like I used to do back in college. Without the bong, that is. Just hot chocolate. 50 years on, and all that. :-) Here goes... 1. Duquesne Whistle SO not what I was expecting. Delightfully so. In the end, it's a love song. Except when it's not possibly about reincarnation. 2. Soon After Midnight Another love song, and a sweet one. I wish Johnny Cash had lived long enough to cover this one. Maybe Willie Nelson will cover it. 3. Narrow Way Starts very Highway 61 Revisited, which is a compliment. It stays at that level all the way through, with overtones of his earlier political albums. My favorite so far. 4. Long and Wasted Years The first verse made me spit my hot chocolate out all over my computer screen from laughter. This is a really funny scenario. But then it morphs into a more serious one, the realization that love is over. This strikes me as another of his classic love songs for Sara. And a good one, too. 5. Pay in Blood Now I understand why people have been referring to this album as Dylan's most political in years. Maybe decades. He pulls out all the stops on this one, capturing a mindset that characterizes much of America. People are going to say it's about Obama, and it may be. I get more of a feeling that it's about pretty much all politicians, in all times, and the rage they sometimes inspire. 6. Scarlet Town I can see why this is one of my friend's favorites; it's now one of mine, too. Very Mark Knopfler feel to this one, which is again a compliment. Hm. I wrote that in real time, listening to the song, before the guitar solo kicked in and I recognized Mark playing it. This will be the first song I come back to for a re-listen, after going through the rest of the album. 7. Early Roman Kings My first thought is that this could have been an outtake to the Bringing It All Back Home sessions. In New Mexico I got to see Bo Diddley play many times. This is like what Bo would play if he had been asked to perform at the White House. 8. Tin Angel This is astounding. It will be too much for some people, who will not be able to see the story through to its end. Their loss. This is a veritable Child Ballad of a story, a Shakespearean play. I'd give anything to hear the original Fairport Convention play it. 9. Tempest OK, I'm gonna say it. I liked the movie better. :-) 10. Roll On John For the first few bars, I thought I was listening to the Grateful Dead. That's another compliment. My friend must love this one. So must John.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. Because I often enjoy what he writes. I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? I don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. But certainly not when they're to me. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. But can't promise that I will finish reading it. As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday. Some agreed. Some didn't. And some didn't like the idea of reserving *any* day for this special use. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too. I think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. I don't believe anyone said Marek was suggesting less variety, do you, Share? I guess you must have misunderstood. The point is that the *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less variety day to day, because if there were a special day every week designated for creative posts or neat finds, folks would tend to save them up so they would have something to contribute on that day. As a consequence, such posts would no longer be sprinkled as freely throughout the week as they are now. Judy, you need to re-read Marek's original suggestion because you have *completely* misunderstood his intentions. The *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less negativity through arguing, correcting, etc. etc. for at least one day each week so that some people might actually want to visit and read some of the posts on that particular day. Leave it to you to twist it into something else. Feel free to contribute something on Wednesdays if you wish, or sprinkle it throughout the week. You have my permission. And if you insist on misrepresenting Marek's noble suggestion, I just might have to come ot NJ and spank you! One of the things that's so nice about this kind of forum is the spontaneity. I understand that some folks find this threatening (it's why we have a posting limit, by the way). They'd rather have everything all laid out and planned so they know what to expect. Once you start designating special days for this and days for that, however, you really end up with a different type of forum altogether. Nothing wrong with it, but it's not what many folks here are interested in. Say, Share, when are you going to acknowledge all the mistakes you made in our exchange a few weeks ago? I mean, you just pointed out my terrible blooper about who first mentioned the Hatfields and McCoys, you or Ann, and demanded that I acknowledge it--which I did immediately. I think it's about time you acknowledge yours, don't you?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
Considerable research done in the past decade indicates that the tendency to identify with a group was essential for survival for thousand of years as hunter-gatherers and then in agricultural communities. Research shows that even infants have this pre-disposition, they develop liking for a doll that likes the same food they like and dislike the doll which likes food they dislike. As you say it's literaly in the brain and genes. However, please note that humans are the only speci on the planet that can co-operate across tribes. When two groups of chimps meet, it's war to death. Same when two heard of elephant meet or two colonies of ants meet. They just can't cooperate with each other. In that sense, the fact that we do co-operate across tribes, race, religions, is a quantum leap in evolution. --- Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: BW, IMO you're doing the same thing. You're ascribing the word heretic to people who use the word heretic. As for the concept, I'd guess that it's actually generated by brain activity in the most primitive part of the brain. So in that sense automatic. For this reason, I don't think we're responsible for thoughts that arise automatically. I do believe we're responsible for thoughts we dwell on. And for our actions. Following from this, I'd be interested to know who first used the phrase off the program. And dwelled on it. I'd bet money it wasn't Maharishi. Ok, I'm in John Newton's practitioners workshop all day today so won't be back online til this evening. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara card cardemaister@ wrote: (In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english --- turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I'm not as into language as you are, Card, let alone Indian languages, but now that you mention this word, I've always been of the opinion that you can trace the beginning of the end for any language or culture or religion to the point at which they feel the need to have a word for heretic, or even the concept thereof. It's a slippery slope to oblivion from there on out... To follow up, I suggest that you can trace the moment that the TM organization started to self- destruct and become irrelevant to the world to the first use of the phrase Off The Program.
[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Food Stamps for Illegal Immigrants from Mexico: Their Sacred Right
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[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Liberals Slam Obama Over Social Security; Jobs Report Trick; Rich Lowry
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[FairfieldLife] Quasi una fantasia...
Two quite different Moonlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PqnruPitzc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8j8O9uzx4
[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock jedi_spock@... wrote: Considerable research done in the past decade indicates that When two groups of chimps meet, it's war to death. Same when two heard of elephant meet or two colonies of ants meet. They just can't cooperate with each other. In that sense, the fact that we do co-operate across tribes, race, religions, That's good news, especially if the next PUSA shall be a Mormon... :o
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. Because I often enjoy what he writes. I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? I don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. But certainly not when they're to me. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.    If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. But can't promise that I will finish reading it.    As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way.  So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG:  just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: Well, I guess NJ is OFF my itinerary gauging from the response I got. I was feeling very, very naughty yesterday (must have been all those positive posts from Thursday) and LMAO after I wrote that last line, and continued laughing as I fixed dinner. I'm hoping you have a black latex Cat Woman suit (like the one someone posted a couple of weeks ago as a tribute to Judy) but the buttocks exposed to make the spanking go easier. See you next week for Show Tell Wednesday? I'm bringing my Mexican jumping bean. What are you bringing? Share, turn away, turn away, it's hideous! From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday. Some agreed. Some didn't. And some didn't like the idea of reserving *any* day for this special use. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too. I think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. I don't believe anyone said Marek was suggesting less variety, do you, Share? I guess you must have misunderstood. The point is that the *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less variety day to day, because if there were a special day every week designated for creative posts or neat finds, folks would tend to save them up so they would have something to contribute on that day. As a consequence, such posts would no longer be sprinkled as freely throughout the week as they are now. Judy, you need to re-read Marek's original suggestion because you have *completely* misunderstood his intentions. The *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less negativity through arguing, correcting, etc. etc. for at least one day each week so that some people might actually want to visit and read some of the posts on that particular day. Leave it to you to twist it into something else. Feel free to contribute something on Wednesdays if you wish, or sprinkle it throughout the week. You have my permission. And if you insist on misrepresenting Marek's noble suggestion, I just might have to come ot NJ and spank you! One of the things that's so nice about this kind of forum is the spontaneity. I understand that some folks find this threatening (it's why we have a posting limit, by the way). They'd rather have everything all laid out and planned so they know what to expect. Once you start designating special days for this and days for that, however, you really end up with a different type of forum altogether. Nothing wrong with it, but it's not
[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Marek
Hey, Turq, good morning from this still dark little corner of the world. I can answer your question, No, I don't, but my data set is very limited. My suspicion, however, about the salutary effects of surfing matches your own. Here's another answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqSD3NBggksns=em *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Some may see this question as off topic for a supposedly spiritual forum, but I don't, for reasons I've explained earlier. I became fascinated by research that I did on dementia and Alzheimer's and the activities that have clinically been proven to reduce one's risk of them. My question is: Do you know any old surfers with Alzheimer's? My suspicion is that there are very few. I suspect this because of the research centering on how effective ballroom dancing was in lowering the risk of Alzheimer's (74% reduction). The researchers theorized that the reason for this was that the activities of ballroom dancing -- the constant give-and-take, lead-and-follow, react-to-what's-happening-here-and-now nature of social dance cultivated the formation of new neural pathways in their brain. The rule of thumb for Alzheimer's seems to be Use it or lose it. To stave off the effects of brain cell death -- wiping out one's connections to and thus access to memories and other knowledge stored in our brain cells -- one has to keep continually forging new neural connections. Dance does that because it encourages the last-minute, fast-paced kinds of decisions that force such new connections to be made. Rather than kick back and rely on past experience and past knowledge and essentially coast on cruise control, the elderly dancers kept putting themselves into positions where they *had* to think fast, react in the moment, and make decisions in the moment, and then get instantaneous feedback on those decisions. I can't imagine many activities doing that more than surfing. Its very essence is about being in the moment and reacting instantly to new stimuli. That's why I am thinking that statistically, there are very few old surfers with Alzheimer's. If they kept surfing, that is. I'm thinking of the dysfunctional but lovable family of surfers from John From Cinncinnati. I think they'll keep surfing until they drop dead on their boards. Can't you just see Bruce Greenwood's Mitch Yost out there on his board at 80? Can't you envision Rebecca de Mornay's Cissy Yost out there on a board beside him, still looking hot at 80 in a bikini? I don't see either of them as having developed Alzheimer's.
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS [to Judy]
An excellent point Taxius. In fact I, emptybill and iranitea did point out many months back when Robin claimed that individuality was completely gone. That is possible only when one drops the body in samadhi. The analogy of body as the 'light bulb' and electricity as 'consciousness', (I think Ramana gave it) you look down from your 'higher self' at your 'lower self' (individuality) which like everybody's individualty is also a part of your consciousness. That 'residue' of individuality enables you to function in this plane till you die. --- anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: snip Suspicion is that lurking feeling something is not quite right, one cannot always put one's finger on it. In your conversations with Robin, have you ever had a back and forth about the nature of Reality? I ask this because it is in this situation that what I 'suspect' becomes evident. Normally you do not discuss ideas, you edit or correct statements in relation to those ideas that others make, but normally do not seem to enter the fray with a direct discussion of what you think about the 'truth' of conceptions about reality, in which case you would not butt heads with Robin. snip I am always experimenting. But there seems to be a difference in my approach and what Robin seems to advocate. My experience is the sense of individuality gets dismembered with spiritual practice. This does not mean it ever completely goes away, but it becomes more transparent, as if it were a convenient fiction, a useful construction for dealing with other human bodies and objects, but the experience is everything is an aspect of an inclusive whole, and everything seamlessly fits together. It is an incredible delicious simplicity. snip I am always experimenting. But there seems to be a difference in my approach and what Robin seems to advocate. My experience is the sense of individuality gets dismembered with spiritual practice. This does not mean it ever completely goes away, but it becomes more transparent, as if it were a convenient fiction, a useful construction for dealing with other human bodies and objects, but the experience is everything is an aspect of an inclusive whole, and everything seamlessly fits together. It is an incredible delicious simplicity.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! --- Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: Barry - oh come on can't you at least avoid your bullying on Fridays. This is the second time today the blame landed on Barry's doorstep, in the exact same thread. Somebody chided Barry fo steamrolling and now someone else is accusing him of bullying. Maybe yahoo switches names and drive people crazy?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
Comments interspersed (or dare I say, sprinkled throughout because I like unexpected surprises...wait a minute, I just did) below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: In the wake of Marek's noble suggestion, which has now been turned against him in an attempt to imply that he was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it, I thought someone should weigh in on the lessons learned from it. Even though I knew in advance the outcome of his noble experiment, I applauded it and tried my best to comply with it. I spent a whole day -- several, actually -- making posts that in my opinion were about ideas and potentially fun things to discuss, rather than about other FFL posters, and trying to get others to dump on them. So did a few others here, seemingly welcoming the opportunity, and the change of pace. A few did not, and in fact did exactly the opposite. They took the experiment as an opportunity to not only continue but to escalate their petty, vindictive vendettas, and to attempt to not only draw others into them, but turn them against the person who had suggested an alternative to the behavior they've tried so hard to establish on this forum as normal. The question of WHY springs to mind. I reiterate my theory -- THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. These people are *incapable* of writing anything that is actually uplifting, or spiritual, or even interesting. They couldn't write something creative if their lives depended on it, *knew that*, and thus had to try to sabotage any experiment that would point this sad fact out to others. You could almost *feel* them out there, psychically, getting more uptight and more angry and more frustrated with every post that was *not* falling into the patterns they'd tried to establish here as the norm. Every time someone posted something creative, rather than be uplifted by it they felt diminished, *because they couldn't do the same thing*. The only thing they *could* do is bitch and moan like petty pre-teenagers, ...but highly intelligent, well-spoken pre-teenagers with excellent memories, and more time on their hands than they know what to do with...wait a minutes, that last part is true for all pre-teenagers, isn't it? cling to grudges that any sane person would have abandoned minutes after the non-events that occasioned them happened, and tried their best to reactivate them, and force them to the top of the hot topic stack, so that others would obsess on the same petty things they obsess on. The more a few people appreciated those who *did* try for creativity, or at the very least a one-day cease- fire, the more they got uptight and tried to restart the conflicts. The more others focused on happier things, the more these sad fucks tried to get them to refocus on nasty, vengeful things. The more skin that I get in the game, the more I'm beginning to see that this is true, although very sad. I think it was RWC (or was it JS...oh boy, I'm gonna get called on that one for not doing my homework) who suggested that you have to be on the receiving end of CDB's malicious writing in order to see what he was trying to do to RWC (of course CDB, I don't believe that your writing is malicious in nature but is rather level-headed, excellent in fact...oh boy, I'm gonna get called on that one as well for not understanding what I read...where is Mr. Dictionary when you need him?) Back to my point: the more skin I get in the game of FFL...it is just a game, isn't it?...the more I see this is true, as you have so clearly seen TB...hey, wait a minute BW, are you a true believer?...and which I witnessed how oh so very subtly Marek's suggestion was joked about then twisted isn't something bad. Turn away, turn away, it's now hideous!!! If these people were three-year-olds, they'd be in the time out corner 24/7. And they *know* that. The thing is, they seem to *like* it there in the time out corner, because they get attention from the people who put them there. At this point acting out is the ONLY way they can get attention -- they can rarely get it the ways they have in the past, by goading others into replying angrily to them or by posting slander about others hoping they'll defend themselves. People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every creative or informative or even funny post made by one of their hate-objects into an exercise
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best name for FFL special day
I vote for Wavy Wednesday. Because it brings Marek to mind. It's whimsical. And it reminds me of when Raunchy as if peeked up from the trenches and waved at me in my trenches across the battlefield. I admit I also really like woolly but no obvious tie in. I like anything alliterative. But probably not wordless or witless or wimpy or wilted (-: Once also works. But not wrinkly. Isn't language fun?! Wonderful and wise are too tame. OTOH, Once Wild Wednesday is just ok IMO. One World and Win Win are a little too New Agey if you know what I mean. One problem with Wavy is I don't think guys are so much into waving. Whatever! ha ha If Thursday is the Chosen Day, then I vote for Toothless Thursday. Except then I'd be worrying about name and form, etc. From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 3:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor Tap Yer Tooth on the Microphone Thursdays! or Since Guru is retro for the next few months.. Retro Thursday! The day can expel all TM Rumors or at least shine light on silly little oddities of various kinds and ex-pats can start our day with the morning of Greenwich, the jeweled Surya over morning breakfast tea prepared with hot boiling water, and a hookah pipe. Retro-Guruvar hippie antedote for the disillusioned mantrabees? All subjects open to rumor or not! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: but but but...I thought we were supposed to be having Auspicious Day?! Or Thinking Thursday? Or something like that? Wonder if at least a name for that day could be agreed upon How about Show and Tell? In 3rd grade a kid brought a Mexican Jumping Bean to school. It twitched and jiggled in his hand. After presenting it for Show and Tell he got bored and swallowed it. It was more fascinating to watch the distressed look on his face as the bean slowly flopped its way down his gullet. You just never know what's going to tickle your fancy. I like surprises everyday. From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  I simply thought it would be amusing to revisit some of the more ridiculous rumors that circulated through the TM Movement over the years - sorry you find it so offensive - you could take the option of ignoring it. From: richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 10:21 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  obbajeeba: I am shocked, stunned, petrified. I see no post by Nabby defending anything on this thread! OMFG! How cool! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL! What was WYMS?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG
aaak! rushing to workshop, more later, thinking latex... From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. Because I often enjoy what he writes. I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? I don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. But certainly not when they're to me. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.    If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. But can't promise that I will finish reading it.    As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way.  So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG:  just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: Well, I guess NJ is OFF my itinerary gauging from the response I got. I was feeling very, very naughty yesterday (must have been all those positive posts from Thursday) and LMAO after I wrote that last line, and continued laughing as I fixed dinner. I'm hoping you have a black latex Cat Woman suit (like the one someone posted a couple of weeks ago as a tribute to Judy) but the buttocks exposed to make the spanking go easier. See you next week for Show Tell Wednesday? I'm bringing my Mexican jumping bean. What are you bringing? Share, turn away, turn away, it's hideous! From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday. Some agreed. Some didn't. And some didn't like the idea of reserving *any* day for this special use. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too. I think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. I don't believe anyone said Marek was suggesting less variety, do you, Share? I guess you must have misunderstood. The point is that the *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less variety day to day, because if there were a special day every week designated for creative posts or neat finds, folks would tend to save them up so they would have something to contribute on that day. As a consequence, such posts would no longer be sprinkled as freely throughout the week as they are now. Judy, you need to re-read Marek's original suggestion because you have *completely* misunderstood his intentions. The *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less negativity through arguing, correcting, etc. etc. for at least one day each week so that some people might actually want to visit and read some of the posts on that particular day. Leave it to you to twist it into something else. Feel free to contribute something on Wednesdays if you wish, or sprinkle it throughout the week. You have my permission. And if you insist on misrepresenting Marek's noble suggestion, I just might have to come ot NJ and spank you! One of the things that's so nice about this kind of forum is the spontaneity. I understand that some folks find this threatening (it's why we
[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, suurya-namaskaara
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: (In Southern Indian heretic Sanskrit: namaskaram) http://www.omyoga.fi/in-english I'm not as into language as you are, Card, let alone Indian languages, but now that you mention this word, I've always been of the opinion that you can trace the beginning of the end for any language or culture or religion to the point at which they feel the need to have a word for heretic, or even the concept thereof. It's a slippery slope to oblivion from there on out... To follow up, I suggest that you can trace the moment that the TM organization started to self- destruct and become irrelevant to the world to the first use of the phrase Off The Program. Very good point. It is a divisional phrase. Never thought about that till now. It is like telling Shiva it does not exist and should be ignored?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
--- turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every creative or informative or even funny post made by one of their hate-objects into an exercise in demon- ization. We've seen it before, and we'll see it again. If you're tired of it, stop giving them what they want, which is your attention, and your participation in the petty vendettas they live for. Give them silence. --- laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: Excellent suggestion...now follow through with it!!! See you next week for Show Tell Wednesday? And leave your boxing gloves at home... Heh heh, that is one thing he never does. Follow through? Not many people practice what they preach?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG
Share, I dare you not to think about this the next time you're in the Ladies' Dome: an endless sea of women dressed in latex suits...not black, but white...with only three openings: the crown chakra, the third eye, and of course the nose/mouth for breathing/pranayama (unless, of course, you no longer need to breath and are living off prana...hey, a light bulb just went off in my head). And speaking of rumors, I hear it's all the rage with the MD side of the movement...not so much with the men other than just objective observers...because nonporous latex doesn't allow any of the positive vibes generated during program to escape, but the perspiration generated during YF is still a major problem (maybe a good sidha business opportunity...men, ladie's sweat, bingo). Any truth to the rumor that an ML shop will soon be opening on the square, or has it already opened? I'm so behind...pun intended. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: aaak! rushing to workshop, more later, thinking latex... From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written.àBecause I often enjoy what he writes.àI often don't open your posts at all.àWhy should I?àI don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them.àEven when they're to other people.àBut certainly not when they're to me.àEven here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner.àAnd just so it's clear:àterrible blooper is your phrase not mine.àAnd I never demanded anything from you.àIn your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.ààààIf there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it.àBut can't promise that I will finish reading it. àààAs for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin.àFROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken.àAnd that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN.àYou trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony.àLater when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me.àIn what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. àSo it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive.àSo why would I continue to do so?àAnswering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for.àSo that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG: àjust in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-:àWell, I guess NJ is OFF my itinerary gauging from the response I got. I was feeling very, very naughty yesterday (must have been all those positive posts from Thursday) and LMAO after I wrote that last line, and continued laughing as I fixed dinner. I'm hoping you have a black latex Cat Woman suit (like the one someone posted a couple of weeks ago as a tribute to Judy) but the buttocks exposed to make the spanking go easier. See you next week for Show Tell Wednesday? I'm bringing my Mexican jumping bean. What are you bringing? Share, turn away, turn away, it's hideous! From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor à--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday.àSome agreed.àSome didn't. And some didn't like the idea of reserving *any* day for this special use. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too.àI think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. I don't believe anyone said Marek was suggesting less variety, do you, Share? I guess you must have misunderstood. The point is that the
[FairfieldLife] Album review: Election Special
Ry Cooder is one of the most interesting musicians in America. Has been, pretty much from the start of his career playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, through his solo work and the Buena Vista Social Club, and now to protest song. He has said about this album that it's designed to send a message to the deacons in the High Church of the Next Dollar. May they listen. 1. Mutt Romney Blues A first-person blues sung from the point of view of Mitt's dog, stuck on the roof of that car. Ry is a musical historian as well as a musician. He is fully aware that this is a slave song, meant to be sung in the fields to keep the despair away. One gets the feeling he knows that Mitt would put us up that roof, too, without giving it a second thought. 2. Brother Is Gone Like Robert Johnson, the brothers made their deal with Satan back at the crossroads. But we're the ones who have to pay the interest. 3. The Wall Street Part of Town Like Dylan, Ry often hides his wryest and most scathing commentary beneath the most boppy, uptempo songs. 4. Guantanamo In this one you can hear all of the licks that Keith Richards ripped off from Ry all those years ago. They sound better coming from the guy who invented them. 5. Cold Cold Feeling A slow blues, sung by the POTUS as he walks through the halls of the White House late at night. A moment of compassion for the black man with the worst job in America. Smokin' slide guitar solo...classic Ry. 6. Going to Tampa I can do no better justice to this song than Ry's own comments on it, so I'll just provide them: As a mother, will Sarah Palin lead the Republican convention in a prayer for Treyvon? Will 'Stand Your Ground' stand? Don't forget your bed sheet and keep your money in your shoes. 7. Kool-Aid The blues song Zimmerman will sing in prison, having imbibed of Florida gun and Stand Your Ground laws instead of less intoxicating beverages. 8. The 90 and the 9 Pure Woody Guthrie. And as appropriate in our era as his songs were for the Depression era he lived in. 9. Take Your Hands Off It Another nod to Woody, comparing his This Land Is My Land with the 1%'s This Land Is My Land.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
mjackson: Well, I guess I won't be posting here any day of the week now that Richard has told me I don't make sense and I am not an advanced yogi... Well, you could stick around and get ridiculed by the advanced yogis that post here. Apparently you've never dialoged with Vaj, Curtis, emptybill, or the tantric yogi, Bhairitu! You just wait till Turq or Judy or Robin start remarking about what a dunce you've been all these years, attemting to rise up in the ranks of the TMO. I dunno whut ta do now! You'd fit in better on TM-Free blog dialoging with Sudarsha, Mike, or Gina. LoL! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Album review: Election Special
Nice --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Ry Cooder is one of the most interesting musicians in America. Has been, pretty much from the start of his career playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, through his solo work and the Buena Vista Social Club, and now to protest song. He has said about this album that it's designed to send a message to the deacons in the High Church of the Next Dollar. May they listen. 1. Mutt Romney Blues A first-person blues sung from the point of view of Mitt's dog, stuck on the roof of that car. Ry is a musical historian as well as a musician. He is fully aware that this is a slave song, meant to be sung in the fields to keep the despair away. One gets the feeling he knows that Mitt would put us up that roof, too, without giving it a second thought. 2. Brother Is Gone Like Robert Johnson, the brothers made their deal with Satan back at the crossroads. But we're the ones who have to pay the interest. 3. The Wall Street Part of Town Like Dylan, Ry often hides his wryest and most scathing commentary beneath the most boppy, uptempo songs. 4. Guantanamo In this one you can hear all of the licks that Keith Richards ripped off from Ry all those years ago. They sound better coming from the guy who invented them. 5. Cold Cold Feeling A slow blues, sung by the POTUS as he walks through the halls of the White House late at night. A moment of compassion for the black man with the worst job in America. Smokin' slide guitar solo...classic Ry. 6. Going to Tampa I can do no better justice to this song than Ry's own comments on it, so I'll just provide them: As a mother, will Sarah Palin lead the Republican convention in a prayer for Treyvon? Will 'Stand Your Ground' stand? Don't forget your bed sheet and keep your money in your shoes. 7. Kool-Aid The blues song Zimmerman will sing in prison, having imbibed of Florida gun and Stand Your Ground laws instead of less intoxicating beverages. 8. The 90 and the 9 Pure Woody Guthrie. And as appropriate in our era as his songs were for the Depression era he lived in. 9. Take Your Hands Off It Another nod to Woody, comparing his This Land Is My Land with the 1%'s This Land Is My Land.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
Prefaced by a weary sigh - As usual, you got it totally wrong - I have never attempted nor have I ever implied or said that I attempted to rise in the ranks of the Movement. I think you cannot think clearly - perhaps its a lack of fresh air - if I were a different sort of fellow, I would suggest you pull your head out of your vastu shaped behind and allow yourself to breathe some fresh air - the increased oxygen might do your thinking processes some good. But then again maybe not. But I am not the sort of fellow who would suggest such a thing. From: Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 11:04 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor mjackson: Well, I guess I won't be posting here any day of the week now that Richard has told me I don't make sense and I am not an advanced yogi... Well, you could stick around and get ridiculed by the advanced yogis that post here. Apparently you've never dialoged with Vaj, Curtis, emptybill, or the tantric yogi, Bhairitu! You just wait till Turq or Judy or Robin start remarking about what a dunce you've been all these years, attemting to rise up in the ranks of the TMO. I dunno whut ta do now! You'd fit in better on TM-Free blog dialoging with Sudarsha, Mike, or Gina. LoL! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: In the wake of Marek's noble suggestion, which has now been turned against him in an attempt to imply that he was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it Nobody was suggesting or implying or hinting anything of the kind. That's 100 percent a figment of Barry's sick imagination. Barry is all upset because I called attention yesterday to his incredibly stupid mistake about the situation with Sal's email to Emily. He has to strike back, even if he has to make something up out of whole cloth to do so. I kind of doubt Marek is interested in being turned into some kind of martyr. I also doubt, however, that he'll speak up and correct Barry. , I thought someone should weigh in on the lessons learned from it. Even though I knew in advance the outcome of his noble experiment, I applauded it and tried my best to comply with it. I spent a whole day -- several, actually -- making posts that in my opinion were about ideas and potentially fun things to discuss, rather than about other FFL posters, and trying to get others to dump on them. So did a few others here, seemingly welcoming the opportunity, and the change of pace. A few did not, and in fact did exactly the opposite. They took the experiment as an opportunity to not only continue but to escalate their petty, vindictive vendettas, and to attempt to not only draw others into them, but turn them against the person who had suggested an alternative to the behavior they've tried so hard to establish on this forum as normal. The question of WHY springs to mind. I reiterate my theory -- THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. These people are *incapable* of writing anything that is actually uplifting, or spiritual, or even interesting. They couldn't write something creative if their lives depended on it, *knew that*, and thus had to try to sabotage any experiment that would point this sad fact out to others. You could almost *feel* them out there, psychically, getting more uptight and more angry and more frustrated with every post that was *not* falling into the patterns they'd tried to establish here as the norm. Every time someone posted something creative, rather than be uplifted by it they felt diminished, *because they couldn't do the same thing*. The only thing they *could* do is bitch and moan like petty pre-teenagers, cling to grudges that any sane person would have abandoned minutes after the non-events that occasioned them happened, and tried their best to reactivate them, and force them to the top of the hot topic stack, so that others would obsess on the same petty things they obsess on. The more a few people appreciated those who *did* try for creativity, or at the very least a one-day cease- fire, the more they got uptight and tried to restart the conflicts. The more others focused on happier things, the more these sad fucks tried to get them to refocus on nasty, vengeful things. If these people were three-year-olds, they'd be in the time out corner 24/7. And they *know* that. The thing is, they seem to *like* it there in the time out corner, because they get attention from the people who put them there. At this point acting out is the ONLY way they can get attention -- they can rarely get it the ways they have in the past, by goading others into replying angrily to them or by posting slander about others hoping they'll defend themselves. People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every creative or informative or even funny post made by one of their hate-objects into an exercise in demon- ization. We've seen it before, and we'll see it again. If you're tired of it, stop giving them what they want, which is your attention, and your participation in the petty vendettas they live for. Give them silence.
[FairfieldLife] Tea Party Stupid
Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/05/republican-science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. Because I often enjoy what he writes. I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? I don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. But certainly not when they're to me. That's fine with me, Share. Just so you know, that isn't going to stop me from commenting on your posts. If you don't read mine and don't respond, that gives me the last word. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, Oh, that's very funny, Share. Unintentionally, I'm sure. I responded to exactly two points, one from each of the two paragraphs in your post. I find it a little strange, I must say, that you find it so threatening when folks respond to individual points. That's kind of standard operating procedure on forums like this one. using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. LOL. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. I don't believe I attributed it to you, do you, Share? And I never demanded anything from you. Yes, you demanded (as I said) that I acknowledge that terrible blooper about the Hatfields and McCoys. And I did. You've never acknowledged any of the mistakes I've pointed out in your posts. In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.    No, I didn't miss Marek's point, Share. I pointed out what I consider a negative consequence of his idea. That had nothing to do with you; I had already made the same point previously and just wanted to expand on it. If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. But can't promise that I will finish reading it.    OK, I'll repost all the posts I've made that you haven't responded to. As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. No, no, no, I wasn't talking about your misunderstanding of what he wrote about your post about the flash mob. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. What I trounced on was your misrepresentations of what had been going on. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. I never misrepresented you, Share. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? You've *never* acknowledged the mistakes I've pointed out to you, Share. Not once. Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. Your question has nothing to do with reality, Share. PS to laughingG:  just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 6:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday. Some agreed. Some didn't. And some didn't like the idea of reserving *any* day for this special use. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too. I think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. I don't believe anyone said Marek was suggesting less variety, do you, Share? I guess you must have misunderstood. The point is that the *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less variety day to day, because if there were a special day every week designated for creative posts or neat finds, folks would tend to save them up so they would have something to contribute on that day. As a consequence, such posts would no longer be sprinkled as freely throughout the week as they are now. Judy, you need to re-read Marek's original suggestion because you have *completely* misunderstood his intentions. The *result* of Marek's suggestion would be less negativity through arguing, correcting, etc. etc. for at least one day each week so that some people might actually want to visit and read
Re: [FairfieldLife] Tea Party Stupid
On 10/06/2012 08:39 AM, raunchydog wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/05/republican-science-is-all-lies/ I think the demons from hell have arrived and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
People would do anything for money and power. He is obviously playing to the gallery. Do you think he would say this if the majority of the electorate didn't believe this? --- raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.o*g/2012/10/05/republican- science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. So you read what gully boy writes? guffaw To each her own, I guess. Because I often enjoy what he writes. guffaw again Get real woman! How can you enjoy anything anyone writes, much less gully boy, if you aren't able to *understand* what they write? I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? Duh, maybe because *everything* I write is the absolute truth and deserves to be read by *everyone*, including you? (If you know what's good for you, Share, you'll read what I write, or I'll be very, very offended and will pursue you endlessly on the WWW.) I don't get, and probably partially my lack, Not *probably* but *definitely*, and not *partially* but *totally*, dear, dear Share. that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. Your loss, not mine, dear, dear Share. But certainly not when they're to me. Didn't you read what I just wrote? (wait a minute, I haven't posted it yet). Let me rephrase it so you'll understand better: *Your loss, not mine*. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be *wrong*. And since your interpretive reading skills are pretty weak...no, let me rephrase that...since your interpretive reading skills are *nonexistant*, let me rephrase that: Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be wrong, *dead* wrong (uh oh, did I just make a death threat?). In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. Wrong again, dear Share. Go back and reread his post (you *can* read, right?). The idea was neither *interesting* nor *positive*. Again, get real woman! If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. guffaw You're joking, right? Dear, dear Share, please hold your breath until I write to Share in the subject line of *any* of my posts. Come down out of the clouds! But can't promise that I will finish reading it. Again, your choice, but you would be wrong *again*. Just how many *wrongs* can you rack up in one post, huh, Share? As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. How dare you...I'll say it again: How dare you! Only I, and a few others of my choosing, are allowed to dredge up past arguments and expect everyone to be fascinated by all the interesting details. I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them, but if you want to see what *really* went down when I demolised Share in the above, please read the list of posts that follows. No, on second thought, find them yourselves. As I said, I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. Share, what you are *aiming* to do is *wrong* because I said so. So there! PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: You little tart you! How dare you try to deprive me of a good spanking by trying to lure my man away from me! I forbid you to have any further contact with my gully boy, either electronically or physically. Furthermore, you are to give no credence whatsoever to anything he writes because he just doesn't have enough *skin* in the game...and probably never will. snip snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. So you read what gully boy writes? guffaw To each her own, I guess. Because I often enjoy what he writes. guffaw again Get real woman! How can you enjoy anything anyone writes, much less gully boy, if you aren't able to *understand* what they write? I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? Duh, maybe because *everything* I write is the absolute truth and deserves to be read by *everyone*, including you? (If you know what's good for you, Share, you'll read what I write, or I'll be very, very offended and will pursue you endlessly on the WWW.) I don't get, and probably partially my lack, Not *probably* but *definitely*, and not *partially* but *totally*, dear, dear Share. that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. Your loss, not mine, dear, dear Share. But certainly not when they're to me. Didn't you read what I just wrote? (wait a minute, I haven't posted it yet). Let me rephrase it so you'll understand better: *Your loss, not mine*. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be *wrong*. And since your interpretive reading skills are pretty weak...no, let me rephrase that...since your interpretive reading skills are *nonexistant* you're free to think what you want but you would be wrong, *dead* wrong (uh oh, did I just make a death threat?). In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. Wrong again, dear Share. Go back and reread his post (you *can* read, right?). The idea was neither *interesting* nor *positive*. Again, get real woman! If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. guffaw You're joking, right? Dear, dear Share, please hold your breath until I write to Share in the subject line of *any* of my posts. Come down out of the clouds! But can't promise that I will finish reading it. Again, your choice, but you would be wrong *again*. Just how many *wrongs* can you rack up in one post, huh, Share? As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. How dare you...I'll say it again: How dare you! Only I, and a few others of my choosing, are allowed to dredge up past arguments and expect everyone to be fascinated by all the interesting details. I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them, but if you want to see what *really* went down when I demolised Share in the above, please read the list of posts that follows. No, on second thought, find them yourselves. As I said, I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. Share, what you are *aiming* to do is *wrong* because I said so. So there! PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: Why you little tart you! How dare you try to deprive me of a good ass spanking by trying to lure my gully boy away from me! I forbid you to have any further contact with my gully boy, either electronically or physically. Furthermore, you are to give no credence whatsoever to anything he writes because he just doesn't have enough *skin* in the game...and probably never will. snip snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: People would do anything for money and power. He is obviously playing to the gallery. Do you think he would say this if the majority of the electorate didn't believe this? Smart Kotch Brother money buys Congressional seats for useful Tea Party idiots. Broun isn't playing to a gallery, he *believes* his own bullshit. The day the majority of Americans believe ignoramuses like Broun is the day corporate media will have won the propaganda war on an educated electorate. http://youtu.be/DvlbZWZWzOM --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.o*g/2012/10/05/republican- science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Last Resort mini review
Last Resort is an ABC TV series about a US Navel sub whose commander played by Andre Braugher questions orders to fire a nuclear Trident missile at Pakistan and is relieved of his command by the XO played by Scott Speedman. This is quite a series right out of today's headlines and deals with things like false flag attacks, etc. The series opens as a team of Navy Seals returning from a mission is picked up by the sub. But why are the Seals there and what was their mission? The sub winds up taking port at a remote island (played by Hawaii) and they hang out at the village bar whose owner is played by Dichen Lachman (Dollhouse). This series could be another blah one but the showrunner is Shawn Ryan known for the FX series The Shield so there is never a dull moment. Plays Weds nights on ABC but I caught the first two episodes OnDemand and these days they don't let you fast forward anymore. I found that muting the sound during commercials helps. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2172103/ You can catch it for free on Hulu or ABC's own site.
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS [to Judy]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: That 'residue' of individuality enables you to function in this plane till you die. Is that the same residue of individuality that compels you to email me pornography? I may be way out in left field, but it seems to me that one should be able to function perfectly well in this plane without doing that.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
--- Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: People would do anything for money and power. He is obviously playing to the gallery. Do you think he would say this if the majority of the electorate didn't believe this? --- raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: Smart Kotch Brother money buys Congressional seats for useful Tea Party idiots. Broun isn't playing to a gallery, he *believes* his own bullshit. The day the majority of Americans believe ignoramuses like Broun is the day corporate media will have won the propaganda war on an educated electorate. http://youtu.be/DvlbZWZWzOM The link isn't opening. Have they taken down the page? --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.o*g/2012/10/05/republican- science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Live Stream - The Seeds of Doubt Conference
On now: http://www.seedsofdoubtconference.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
--- Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: --- laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: Why you little tart you! How dare you try to deprive me of a good ass spanking by trying to lure my gully boy away from me! I forbid you to have any further contact with my gully boy, either electronically or physically. Furthermore, you are to give no credence whatsoever to anything he writes because he just doesn't have enough *skin* in the game...and probably never will. snip snip So, is this gully girl, probably gully boy's wife?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: --- Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: People would do anything for money and power. He is obviously playing to the gallery. Do you think he would say this if the majority of the electorate didn't believe this? --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Smart Kotch Brother money buys Congressional seats for useful Tea Party idiots. Broun isn't playing to a gallery, he *believes* his own bullshit. The day the majority of Americans believe ignoramuses like Broun is the day corporate media will have won the propaganda war on an educated electorate. http://youtu.be/DvlbZWZWzOM The link isn't opening. Have they taken down the page? Try this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvlbZWZWz0Mfeature=youtu.be --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.o*g/2012/10/05/republican- science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS [to Judy]
--- Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: That 'residue' of individuality enables you to function in this plane till you die. --- j_alexander_stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: Is that the same residue of individuality that compels you to email me pornography? I may be way out in left field, but it seems to me that one should be able to function perfectly well in this plane without doing that. I was planning to delete all those files. But was also keen to pass the junk to others so that it can survive in another incarnation.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
Geez Barry - I had to stop after your first paragraph...noone said that. There was nothing wrong with Marek's suggestion or anything wrong with the comments. I don't know where you come up with this stuff. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection In the wake of Marek's noble suggestion, which has now been turned against him in an attempt to imply that he was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it, I thought someone should weigh in on the lessons learned from it. Even though I knew in advance the outcome of his noble experiment, I applauded it and tried my best to comply with it. I spent a whole day -- several, actually -- making posts that in my opinion were about ideas and potentially fun things to discuss, rather than about other FFL posters, and trying to get others to dump on them. So did a few others here, seemingly welcoming the opportunity, and the change of pace. A few did not, and in fact did exactly the opposite. They took the experiment as an opportunity to not only continue but to escalate their petty, vindictive vendettas, and to attempt to not only draw others into them, but turn them against the person who had suggested an alternative to the behavior they've tried so hard to establish on this forum as normal. The question of WHY springs to mind. I reiterate my theory -- THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. These people are *incapable* of writing anything that is actually uplifting, or spiritual, or even interesting. They couldn't write something creative if their lives depended on it, *knew that*, and thus had to try to sabotage any experiment that would point this sad fact out to others. You could almost *feel* them out there, psychically, getting more uptight and more angry and more frustrated with every post that was *not* falling into the patterns they'd tried to establish here as the norm. Every time someone posted something creative, rather than be uplifted by it they felt diminished, *because they couldn't do the same thing*. The only thing they *could* do is bitch and moan like petty pre-teenagers, cling to grudges that any sane person would have abandoned minutes after the non-events that occasioned them happened, and tried their best to reactivate them, and force them to the top of the hot topic stack, so that others would obsess on the same petty things they obsess on. The more a few people appreciated those who *did* try for creativity, or at the very least a one-day cease- fire, the more they got uptight and tried to restart the conflicts. The more others focused on happier things, the more these sad fucks tried to get them to refocus on nasty, vengeful things. If these people were three-year-olds, they'd be in the time out corner 24/7. And they *know* that. The thing is, they seem to *like* it there in the time out corner, because they get attention from the people who put them there. At this point acting out is the ONLY way they can get attention -- they can rarely get it the ways they have in the past, by goading others into replying angrily to them or by posting slander about others hoping they'll defend themselves. People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every creative or informative or even funny post made by one of their hate-objects into an exercise in demon- ization. We've seen it before, and we'll see it again. If you're tired of it, stop giving them what they want, which is your attention, and your participation in the petty vendettas they live for. Give them silence.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
Tea Party Stupid Bhairitu: I think the demons from hell have arrived You sound really scared, for a tantric yogi. Looks like Eastwood was right: debate an empty chair; empty promises; failed to win the war; failed to improve the economy; failed to to not raise taxes; failed at hope change. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. So, Hitler formed the Third Reich party and then murdered millions, but U.S. Repugs are your enemy. ;-) This sad behavior precipitated a search by Obama that brought him in contact with several father surrogates, notably Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright, that it would be hard to brand as anywhere near satisfactory. (Davis was a pornographer and about Wright the less said the better.) No Mitt Romneys there... 'The Real Debate: The Good Father vs. The Abandoned Son' http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Geez Barry - I had to stop after your first paragraph...noone said that. There was nothing wrong with Marek's suggestion or anything wrong with the comments. I don't know where you come up with this stuff. Just to be absolutely clear, I *did* say I thought Marek's suggestion would have the result that folks would tend to save up their creative posts and fun links so they would have something to contribute on that one day of the week, rather than such posts being sprinkled serendipitously throughout the week as they always have been. I prefer the latter, so I'm not in favor of Marek's idea for that reason. Nobody ever said that was Marek's *intention*; obviously it was not. And most certainly nobody ever suggested or implied that Marek was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it. That was Barry's malicious misdirection, as was the utter crap in the rest of his post. He gave it a very apt title. What Barry repeatedly demonstrates is that he has no confidence in his ability to make his case, whatever it might be, without deliberately distorting reality. Reality *is not Barry's friend*. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another FFL week, another week of malicious misdirection  In the wake of Marek's noble suggestion, which has now been turned against him in an attempt to imply that he was trying to limit or censor real discussion on FFL rather than encourage it, I thought someone should weigh in on the lessons learned from it. Even though I knew in advance the outcome of his noble experiment, I applauded it and tried my best to comply with it. I spent a whole day -- several, actually -- making posts that in my opinion were about ideas and potentially fun things to discuss, rather than about other FFL posters, and trying to get others to dump on them. So did a few others here, seemingly welcoming the opportunity, and the change of pace. A few did not, and in fact did exactly the opposite. They took the experiment as an opportunity to not only continue but to escalate their petty, vindictive vendettas, and to attempt to not only draw others into them, but turn them against the person who had suggested an alternative to the behavior they've tried so hard to establish on this forum as normal. The question of WHY springs to mind. I reiterate my theory -- THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. These people are *incapable* of writing anything that is actually uplifting, or spiritual, or even interesting. They couldn't write something creative if their lives depended on it, *knew that*, and thus had to try to sabotage any experiment that would point this sad fact out to others. You could almost *feel* them out there, psychically, getting more uptight and more angry and more frustrated with every post that was *not* falling into the patterns they'd tried to establish here as the norm. Every time someone posted something creative, rather than be uplifted by it they felt diminished, *because they couldn't do the same thing*. The only thing they *could* do is bitch and moan like petty pre-teenagers, cling to grudges that any sane person would have abandoned minutes after the non-events that occasioned them happened, and tried their best to reactivate them, and force them to the top of the hot topic stack, so that others would obsess on the same petty things they obsess on. The more a few people appreciated those who *did* try for creativity, or at the very least a one-day cease- fire, the more they got uptight and tried to restart the conflicts. The more others focused on happier things, the more these sad fucks tried to get them to refocus on nasty, vengeful things. If these people were three-year-olds, they'd be in the time out corner 24/7. And they *know* that. The thing is, they seem to *like* it there in the time out corner, because they get attention from the people who put them there. At this point acting out is the ONLY way they can get attention -- they can rarely get it the ways they have in the past, by goading others into replying angrily to them or by posting slander about others hoping they'll defend themselves. People are wisely starting to treat them the way they treat Willytex, as if he weren't even there. While I applaud Marek's suggestion, and the intent of his noble experiment, if I had to propose a solution to the Invasion Of The Forum-Snatchers, it would be to do just that -- ignore these sad people as much as possible. You *know* what they'll do as a result. You've seen them do it for months now, and in some cases years or decades. They'll go bat shit crazy and redouble their efforts to turn every discussion into an argument, every
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. So you read what gully boy writes? guffaw To each her own, I guess. Because I often enjoy what he writes. guffaw again Get real woman! How can you enjoy anything anyone writes, much less gully boy, if you aren't able to *understand* what they write? I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? Duh, maybe because *everything* I write is the absolute truth and deserves to be read by *everyone*, including you? (If you know what's good for you, Share, you'll read what I write, or I'll be very, very offended and will pursue you endlessly on the WWW.) I don't get, and probably partially my lack, Not *probably* but *definitely*, and not *partially* but *totally*, dear, dear Share. that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. Your loss, not mine, dear, dear Share. But certainly not when they're to me. Didn't you read what I just wrote? (wait a minute, I haven't posted it yet). Let me rephrase it so you'll understand better: *Your loss, not mine*. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be *wrong*. And since your interpretive reading skills are pretty weak...no, let me rephrase that...since your interpretive reading skills are *nonexistant* you're free to think what you want but you would be wrong, *dead* wrong (uh oh, did I just make a death threat?). In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. Wrong again, dear Share. Go back and reread his post (you *can* read, right?). The idea was neither *interesting* nor *positive*. Again, get real woman! If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. guffaw You're joking, right? Dear, dear Share, please hold your breath until I write to Share in the subject line of *any* of my posts. Come down out of the clouds! But can't promise that I will finish reading it. Again, your choice, but you would be wrong *again*. Just how many *wrongs* can you rack up in one post, huh, Share? As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. How dare you...I'll say it again: How dare you! Only I, and a few others of my choosing, are allowed to dredge up past arguments and expect everyone to be fascinated by all the interesting details. I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them, but if you want to see what *really* went down when I demolised Share in the above, please read the list of posts that follows. No, on second thought, find them yourselves. As I said, I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. Share, what you are *aiming* to do is *wrong* because I said so. So there! PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: Why you little tart you! How dare you try to deprive me of a good ass spanking by trying to lure my gully boy away from me! I forbid you to have any further contact with my gully boy, either electronically or physically. Furthermore, you are to give no credence whatsoever to anything he writes because he just doesn't have enough *skin* in the game...and probably never will. snip snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
jr_esq: Romney has admitted he's wrong about his '47 percent' statement. It looks like you haven't thought this through. So is it true that 47 percent of Americans don't pay income tax? Essentially, yes, according to the the Tax Policy Center... 'Fact-checking Romney's 47 percent comment' CBS News, September 18, 2012, 11:46 AM http://tinyurl.com/8qsvbbz You'll have to catch his errors so that he can own up to it. Now all we have to do is catch your errors. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
I'll take whatever praise I can get. Ever since my headlights of awareness, for just an instant, swept across that first post of yours, I've wanted nothing more than to align my awareness with yours so that, through me, you could respond to the posts of others. Some little bit here and there, that's all. Thanks for being such a good sport about my humor at your expense. My opinion of you just went up a few notches. Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. So you read what gully boy writes? guffaw To each her own, I guess. Because I often enjoy what he writes. guffaw again Get real woman! How can you enjoy anything anyone writes, much less gully boy, if you aren't able to *understand* what they write? I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? Duh, maybe because *everything* I write is the absolute truth and deserves to be read by *everyone*, including you? (If you know what's good for you, Share, you'll read what I write, or I'll be very, very offended and will pursue you endlessly on the WWW.) I don't get, and probably partially my lack, Not *probably* but *definitely*, and not *partially* but *totally*, dear, dear Share. that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. Your loss, not mine, dear, dear Share. But certainly not when they're to me. Didn't you read what I just wrote? (wait a minute, I haven't posted it yet). Let me rephrase it so you'll understand better: *Your loss, not mine*. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be *wrong*. And since your interpretive reading skills are pretty weak...no, let me rephrase that...since your interpretive reading skills are *nonexistant* you're free to think what you want but you would be wrong, *dead* wrong (uh oh, did I just make a death threat?). In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. Wrong again, dear Share. Go back and reread his post (you *can* read, right?). The idea was neither *interesting* nor *positive*. Again, get real woman! If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. guffaw You're joking, right? Dear, dear Share, please hold your breath until I write to Share in the subject line of *any* of my posts. Come down out of the clouds! But can't promise that I will finish reading it. Again, your choice, but you would be wrong *again*. Just how many *wrongs* can you rack up in one post, huh, Share? As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. How dare you...I'll say it again: How dare you! Only I, and a few others of my choosing, are allowed to dredge up past arguments and expect everyone to be fascinated by all the interesting details. I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them, but if you want to see what *really* went down when I demolised Share in the above, please read the list of posts that follows. No, on second thought, find them yourselves. As I said, I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. Share, what you are *aiming* to do is *wrong* because I said so. So there! PS to laughingG: just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
mjackson74: I have never attempted nor have I ever implied or said that I attempted to rise in the ranks of the Movement... So, you've got next to nothing to report to us about the TMO or the comings-and-goings of MMY. Some insider informant you turned out to be. LoL! We already got a dozen TM Teachers on the list and a Minister and a Governor, and one guy's brother is repordedly a TMO Raja. One guy was a regional co-ordinator for a dozen years; another guy was a president of a whole TMO district; one guy was inside the TMO for over thirty years; and we used to even have a TMO attorney posting on Usenet. This newsgroup has at least four informants on the INSIDE of both domes at Fairfield - at this very moment. So, there's probably not much you can add to what's already been posted on FFL and alt.m.t. as far as rumors. You'll probably find more out about mantras and sex over at TM-Free Blog. LoL! Well, I guess I won't be posting here any day of the week now that Richard has told me I don't make sense and I am not an advanced yogi... Well, you could stick around and get ridiculed by the advanced yogis that post here. Apparently you've never dialoged with Vaj, Curtis, emptybill, or the tantric yogi, Bhairitu! You just wait till Turq or Judy or Robin start remarking about what a dunce you've been all these years, attemting to rise up in the ranks of the TMO. I dunno whut ta do now! You'd fit in better on TM-Free blog dialoging with Sudarsha, Mike, or Gina. LoL! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ravi and Judy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: Huh! How can anyone be in a painfully blissful state? Even Robin with all his oxymoronish contradictions dosen't come close to this. He says that the whole thing was a lie and a snare, yet the Unity was real. In fact I remember him telling me last year that he was Just passing himself as 'enlightened'. Your memory is playing you false, I'm afraid. Robin never said that to you. Old Judy girl bats for him for one simple reason. She has to Prove that 'Unity consciousness' exists and thereby MMY was right and so on and so forth. It's bad news for the TM mov't if Robbie boy was just in delusion. It hurts Judy's cause and makes the entire TM mov't look loony. Er, no, you've got that very wrong too. I have nothing to prove one way or the other regarding Unity Consciousness or what Robin has told us of his experience of it (i.e., that Unity Consciousness itself is a delusion). --- Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ wrote: Awesome dear Share. I have nothing to say about anything else now - I'm in a totally nervous, above normal vulnerable, painfully blissful, intoxicated state today. So I need to make sure I continue to focus at work. Love, Ravi On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: ** Hi Ravi, yes you are a cool and totally cool blast (-: But Ravi, about Marek: maybe he has his moronic moments as we all do. Maybe he has his inauthentic moments as we all do. But I don't think he could do the job he does and be moronic by nature. Nor do I think he could surf if he was inauthentic. Nature's the best reality check. As for me, I realize I have my non grown up moments. But I also do my spiritual practice, going to the Dome twice a day every day. I do this no matter the weather, no matter my mood. That's grown up in my book. I face my fears including fear of dying. That's grown up in my book. I admit I make mistakes. Also grown up in my book. I forgive others their mistakes. Also grown up in my book. etc. etc. Share
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG
LaughingG if I giggle my head off during yogic flying this evening, it's all on your head. Or your heart maybe. Or maybe your...Whatever! Anyway, what the heck is an ML shop? Oh my gosh, what's hideous? Your Mexican jumping bean? Your dinner that you laughed at? Quick, tell me. Please rescue this Damsel from all hideousness at once. What shall I bring to Wed or Thur ST? What shall I bring? Sorry, no light bulb coming on just yet. Maybe by end of workshop... BTW, thank you for being so upfront about your behind ness (-: Glad that LYAO hasn't put a dent in that, so to speak. From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG Share, I dare you not to think about this the next time you're in the Ladies' Dome: an endless sea of women dressed in latex suits...not black, but white...with only three openings: the crown chakra, the third eye, and of course the nose/mouth for breathing/pranayama (unless, of course, you no longer need to breath and are living off prana...hey, a light bulb just went off in my head). And speaking of rumors, I hear it's all the rage with the MD side of the movement...not so much with the men other than just objective observers...because nonporous latex doesn't allow any of the positive vibes generated during program to escape, but the perspiration generated during YF is still a major problem (maybe a good sidha business opportunity...men, ladie's sweat, bingo). Any truth to the rumor that an ML shop will soon be opening on the square, or has it already opened? I'm so behind...pun intended. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: aaak! rushing to workshop, more later, thinking latex... From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. Because I often enjoy what he writes. I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? I don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. But certainly not when they're to me. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.    If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. But can't promise that I will finish reading it.    As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way.  So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive. So why would I continue to do so? Answering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for. So that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG:  just in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-: Well, I guess NJ is OFF my itinerary gauging from the response I got. I was feeling very, very naughty yesterday (must have been all those positive posts from Thursday) and LMAO after I wrote that last line, and continued laughing as I fixed dinner. I'm hoping you have a black latex Cat Woman suit (like the one someone posted a couple of weeks ago as a tribute to Judy) but the buttocks exposed to make the spanking go easier. See you next week for Show Tell Wednesday? I'm bringing my Mexican jumping bean. What are you bringing? Share, turn away, turn away, it's hideous!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG
Come on Share, think woman! What name is adopted by everything revived by our movement. We have just revived latex, organic of course. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: LaughingG if I giggle my head off during yogic flying this evening, it's all on your head. Or your heart maybe. Or maybe your...Whatever! Anyway, what the heck is an ML shop?  Oh my gosh, what's hideous? Your Mexican jumping bean? Your dinner that you laughed at? Quick, tell me. Please rescue this Damsel from all hideousness at once. What shall I bring to Wed or Thur ST? What shall I bring? Sorry, no light bulb coming on just yet. Maybe by end of workshop...   BTW, thank you for being so upfront about your behind ness (-: Glad that LYAO hasn't put a dent in that, so to speak. From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG  Share, I dare you not to think about this the next time you're in the Ladies' Dome: an endless sea of women dressed in latex suits...not black, but white...with only three openings: the crown chakra, the third eye, and of course the nose/mouth for breathing/pranayama (unless, of course, you no longer need to breath and are living off prana...hey, a light bulb just went off in my head). And speaking of rumors, I hear it's all the rage with the MD side of the movement...not so much with the men other than just objective observers...because nonporous latex doesn't allow any of the positive vibes generated during program to escape, but the perspiration generated during YF is still a major problem (maybe a good sidha business opportunity...men, ladie's sweat, bingo). Any truth to the rumor that an ML shop will soon be opening on the square, or has it already opened? I'm so behind...pun intended. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: aaak!àrushing to workshop, more later, thinking latex... From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG à--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written.ÃâàBecause I often enjoy what he writes.ÃâàI often don't open your posts at all.ÃâàWhy should I?ÃâàI don't get, and probably partially my lack, that much enjoyment or wisdom from them.ÃâàEven when they're to other people.ÃâàBut certainly not when they're to me.ÃâàEven here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner.ÃâàAnd just so it's clear:Ãâàterrible blooper is your phrase not mine.ÃâàAnd I never demanded anything from you.ÃâàIn your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea.ÃâàÃâàÃâàÃâàIf there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it.ÃâàBut can't promise that I will finish reading it. ÃâàÃâàÃâàAs for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin.ÃâàFROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken.ÃâàAnd that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN.ÃâàYou trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony.ÃâàLater when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me.ÃâàIn what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. ÃâàSo it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only been unproductive with you, it's also been counter productive.ÃâàSo why would I continue to do so?ÃâàAnswering this question as wisely as possible is what it's really time for.ÃâàSo that's what I'm aiming to do. PS to laughingG: Ãâàjust in case I've been bad in the reply above, maybe you better include FF in your itinerary (-:ÃâàWell, I guess NJ is OFF my itinerary gauging from the response I got. I was feeling very, very naughty yesterday (must have been all those
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to laughingG
All's forgiven LaughingG. Heck I just spent the whole morning learning the forgiveness prayers. Just in time! Anyway, have fun in NJ. love, LT From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 1:07 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG I'll take whatever praise I can get. Ever since my headlights of awareness, for just an instant, swept across that first post of yours, I've wanted nothing more than to align my awareness with yours so that, through me, you could respond to the posts of others. Some little bit here and there, that's all. Thanks for being such a good sport about my humor at your expense. My opinion of you just went up a few notches. Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Judy, as often happens, I saw what you had written ONLY because I opened the post from laughinggull and tracked down til I found what he had written. So you read what gully boy writes? guffaw To each her own, I guess. Because I often enjoy what he writes. guffaw again Get real woman! How can you enjoy anything anyone writes, much less gully boy, if you aren't able to *understand* what they write? I often don't open your posts at all. Why should I? Duh, maybe because *everything* I write is the absolute truth and deserves to be read by *everyone*, including you? (If you know what's good for you, Share, you'll read what I write, or I'll be very, very offended and will pursue you endlessly on the WWW.) I don't get, and probably partially my lack, Not *probably* but *definitely*, and not *partially* but *totally*, dear, dear Share. that much enjoyment or wisdom from them. Even when they're to other people. Your loss, not mine, dear, dear Share. But certainly not when they're to me. Didn't you read what I just wrote? (wait a minute, I haven't posted it yet). Let me rephrase it so you'll understand better: *Your loss, not mine*. Even here, look how you pick pick pick at every little point, going sentence by sentence, using rhetorical questions in a confrontational manner. And just so it's clear: terrible blooper is your phrase not mine. And I never demanded anything from you. Share, you're free to think what you want but you would be *wrong*. And since your interpretive reading skills are pretty weak...no, let me rephrase that...since your interpretive reading skills are *nonexistant* you're free to think what you want but you would be wrong, *dead* wrong (uh oh, did I just make a death threat?). In your need to be negative towards me, you actually missed Marek's point and this caused your negativity to spill over onto his interesting and positive idea. Wrong again, dear Share. Go back and reread his post (you *can* read, right?). The idea was neither *interesting* nor *positive*. Again, get real woman! If there's something of yours that you really want me to read, if you put to Share in the Subject line, then I will attempt to read it. guffaw You're joking, right? Dear, dear Share, please hold your breath until I write to Share in the subject line of *any* of my posts. Come down out of the clouds! But can't promise that I will finish reading it. Again, your choice, but you would be wrong *again*. Just how many *wrongs* can you rack up in one post, huh, Share? As for acknowledging my mistakes, this current discord between us began with the Russian flash mob upset with Robin. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT, I acknowledged that I could be mistaken. And that I was willing to work things out WITH ROBIN. You trounced on that mercilessly in your usual nitpicky style which destroys IMO any possibility for reestablishing harmony. Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. How dare you...I'll say it again: How dare you! Only I, and a few others of my choosing, are allowed to dredge up past arguments and expect everyone to be fascinated by all the interesting details. I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them, but if you want to see what *really* went down when I demolised Share in the above, please read the list of posts that follows. No, on second thought, find them yourselves. As I said, I'm not going to do anyone's homework for them. So it seems to me that acknowledging my alleged mistakes has not only
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: jr_esq: Romney has admitted he's wrong about his '47 percent' statement. It looks like you haven't thought this through. So is it true that 47 percent of Americans don't pay income tax? Essentially, yes, according to the the Tax Policy Center... 'Fact-checking Romney's 47 percent comment' CBS News, September 18, 2012, 11:46 AM http://tinyurl.com/8qsvbbz You'll have to catch his errors so that he can own up to it. Now all we have to do is catch your errors. LoL! Richard, Romney had to admit that he was wrong in his statement to save face and maintain some credibility as a potential president of the USA. It is unfortunate that Obama did not hammer Romney of his error during the debate. IMO, Obama did not make a good presentation of his candidacy during the debate. But we will see how he can recover from this setback in the other debates. If not, it could convince the undecided voters to vote for the GOP candidate.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
laughinggull108: Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. You realize these gals are old enough to be your mother, right? Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
Willy, that's what makes it interesting, no? (You guys are making me use up all my posts in one day but it's well worth it.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: laughinggull108: Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. You realize these gals are old enough to be your mother, right? Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
On 10/06/2012 10:36 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Tea Party Stupid Bhairitu: I think the demons from hell have arrived You sound really scared, for a tantric yogi. Looks like Eastwood was right: debate an empty chair; empty promises; failed to win the war; failed to improve the economy; failed to to not raise taxes; failed at hope change. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. So, Hitler formed the Third Reich party and then murdered millions, but U.S. Repugs are your enemy. ;-) This sad behavior precipitated a search by Obama that brought him in contact with several father surrogates, notably Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright, that it would be hard to brand as anywhere near satisfactory. (Davis was a pornographer and about Wright the less said the better.) No Mitt Romneys there... 'The Real Debate: The Good Father vs. The Abandoned Son' http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ So you must believe that the Republicants and the Reich Wing are angels from heaven? How much money have they pissed down on you so far? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5CYqZbgK6Q
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
WillyTex, that's what makes it interesting, no? (You guys are making me use up all my posts in one days but it's well worth it.) Or I could be old enough to be their Daddy (wink, wink) if you know what I mean. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: laughinggull108: Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. You realize these gals are old enough to be your mother, right? Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG
laughinggull108: Or I could be old enough to be their Daddy (wink, wink) if you know what I mean. Either way, just make sure you enjoy. LoL! Now, how about that spanking? I can be in NJ in a few hours. Sorry Share. You realize these gals are old enough to be your mother, right? Not too bad for a first attempt, gully boy, but you'll do better with practice.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
On 10/06/2012 10:36 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu: I think the demons from hell have arrived You sound really scared, for a tantric yogi. Looks like Eastwood was right: debate an empty chair; empty promises; failed to win the war; failed to improve the economy; failed to to not raise taxes; failed at hope change. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. So, Hitler formed the Third Reich party and then murdered millions, but U.S. Repugs are your enemy. ;-) This sad behavior precipitated a search by Obama that brought him in contact with several father surrogates, notably Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright, that it would be hard to brand as anywhere near satisfactory. (Davis was a pornographer and about Wright the less said the better.) No Mitt Romneys there... 'The Real Debate: The Good Father vs. The Abandoned Son' http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ --- Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So you must believe that the Republicants and the Reich Wing are angels from heaven? How much money have they pissed down on you so far? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5CYqZbgK6Q Don't you think it's bizzare that established political parties are left to the mercy of corporate funds for survival, which always comes with strings attached? This is the the real reason the communists and Islamists hate and distrust the western world. This hatred has very little to do with the economic system or even cultural system. Don't you think it's better to give subsidies to established political parties with considerable vote base, rather than private companies and corporate banks? Don't you think it's incredible that the modern day politicians feel more insecure that monarchs of the past? Don't you think reforms for political finance and campaign finance should have been done more that 50 years ago? Nothing in the universe is static. All things change, mutate and evolve. Why should political systems alone remain static and dogmatic? Don't you think one of the challenges for this present generation is to evolve a better political system? Don't you think untainted funding from the state will attract better and more ethical politicians into the system?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he was wrong.. The IRS's Web page backs up Mr. Romney's figure as true. It is true that 46 percent of American households did not pay federal income taxes last year, according to the Tax Policy Center. The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/93vhmyz
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he was wrong.. The IRS's Web page backs up Mr. Romney's figure as true. It is true that 46 percent of American households did not pay federal income taxes last year, according to the Tax Policy Center. The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/93vhmyz Why beat a dead horse? Romney already admitted he was wrong. Case closed.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
On 10/06/2012 12:13 PM, Jason wrote: On 10/06/2012 10:36 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu: I think the demons from hell have arrived You sound really scared, for a tantric yogi. Looks like Eastwood was right: debate an empty chair; empty promises; failed to win the war; failed to improve the economy; failed to to not raise taxes; failed at hope change. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. So, Hitler formed the Third Reich party and then murdered millions, but U.S. Repugs are your enemy. ;-) This sad behavior precipitated a search by Obama that brought him in contact with several father surrogates, notably Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright, that it would be hard to brand as anywhere near satisfactory. (Davis was a pornographer and about Wright the less said the better.) No Mitt Romneys there... 'The Real Debate: The Good Father vs. The Abandoned Son' http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ --- Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So you must believe that the Republicants and the Reich Wing are angels from heaven? How much money have they pissed down on you so far? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5CYqZbgK6Q Don't you think it's bizzare that established political parties are left to the mercy of corporate funds for survival, which always comes with strings attached? This is the the real reason the communists and Islamists hate and distrust the western world. This hatred has very little to do with the economic system or even cultural system. Don't you think it's better to give subsidies to established political parties with considerable vote base, rather than private companies and corporate banks? Don't you think it's incredible that the modern day politicians feel more insecure that monarchs of the past? Don't you think reforms for political finance and campaign finance should have been done more that 50 years ago? Nothing in the universe is static. All things change, mutate and evolve. Why should political systems alone remain static and dogmatic? Don't you think one of the challenges for this present generation is to evolve a better political system? Don't you think untainted funding from the state will attract better and more ethical politicians into the system? You are correct change needs to occur. I'm well known here for my disdain of capitalism, my disdain for military industrial corporate welfare and my disdain for corporate medicine. I can envision a simpler more lean, more clean society without wage slavery and without the narcissistic egos of multi-billionaires thinking they are God and deemed to rule the world. For this to be achieved will require a global revolution and no, hopping on foam won't achieve it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: ATT: Share (was Best TM Rumor to Judy and PS to laughingG)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: snip Later when I apologized to everyone, including you, you responded by misrepresenting me. In what I deem a sneaky and dirty fighting way. I never misrepresented you, Share. Share, when I read this again, I realized how revealing what you say is. You are so allergic to reality, especially concerning yourself, that *being told the truth* seems to you to be sneaky and dirty fighting and misrepresentational--no matter how faithful it is to the reality. Forums that keep archives of what has been posted are different than what happens in daily life. There's a record of one's interactions, of what one has said to others. One can often get away with slanting and distorting the facts thereof in daily life because there is no such record, and folks' memories are not always perfect. On a forum that keeps archives, *you cannot edit what you've said after the fact*. You can delete a post you wish you had never made, but if someone has already responded to it and quoted it, that isn't going to help. Editing the reality of what you've said on a forum like this to make it conform to what you would like to have said is much more difficult when there is a searchable record of the posts.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
Glad you are so impressed with titles and TM prestige From: richardatrwilliamsdotus rich...@rwilliams.us To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor mjackson74: I have never attempted nor have I ever implied or said that I attempted to rise in the ranks of the Movement... So, you've got next to nothing to report to us about the TMO or the comings-and-goings of MMY. Some insider informant you turned out to be. LoL! We already got a dozen TM Teachers on the list and a Minister and a Governor, and one guy's brother is repordedly a TMO Raja. One guy was a regional co-ordinator for a dozen years; another guy was a president of a whole TMO district; one guy was inside the TMO for over thirty years; and we used to even have a TMO attorney posting on Usenet. This newsgroup has at least four informants on the INSIDE of both domes at Fairfield - at this very moment. So, there's probably not much you can add to what's already been posted on FFL and alt.m.t. as far as rumors. You'll probably find more out about mantras and sex over at TM-Free Blog. LoL! Well, I guess I won't be posting here any day of the week now that Richard has told me I don't make sense and I am not an advanced yogi... Well, you could stick around and get ridiculed by the advanced yogis that post here. Apparently you've never dialoged with Vaj, Curtis, emptybill, or the tantric yogi, Bhairitu! You just wait till Turq or Judy or Robin start remarking about what a dunce you've been all these years, attemting to rise up in the ranks of the TMO. I dunno whut ta do now! You'd fit in better on TM-Free blog dialoging with Sudarsha, Mike, or Gina. LoL! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
John, did you see the whole tape of Romney making the 47% comment? Probably not.Most media outlets only played a small snippet. FNC played much more, to put it in context. He was commenting that he would probably be wasting his time trying to attract them(the 47%) with a tax cut since they don't pay federal income tax already and are probably already receiving a government hand out, food stamps, extended unemployment benefits etc.It made him sound as if he doesn't care about those people and *that* is what he apologized for. If you are such a Romney hater, you would have studied his tax records that he released and would have found that he gives about 30% of his income to charity. He also has a reputation of giving his time , money, counseling and ministering, to people in his congregation in times of need. As Obama said, if you don't have a record to run on,then you attack your opponent(personally).Example in case, Romney gives people cancer, hasn't paid taxes in 10 years, the lies go on, including Romney is a liar, but we're on to that one. They tried that on Bush. Romney has a wonderful record of success, Obama has a horrible record as a failure. Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged. From: John jr_...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... wrote: jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he was wrong.. The IRS's Web page backs up Mr. Romney's figure as true. It is true that 46 percent of American households did not pay federal income taxes last year, according to the Tax Policy Center. The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/93vhmyz Why beat a dead horse? Romney already admitted he was wrong. Case closed.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
Mike, Many of the pundits on TV have already determined that Obama did not do well to present his case to the American people during the debate. IMO, everyone, including Chris Matthes, was mystified at Obama's performance. Al Gore mentioned that it may have been due to the altitude of Denver. We will eventually find out for sure after the debates are done. Nonetheless, most of the voters have already decided who they will vote for based on the core platforms of the candidates. These debates will only sway those voters who are still undecided. If Obama could sway into his camp half of the undecided voters, he could win. Based on an analysis by a TV commentator, many of these voters are women and are more likely to vote for Obama. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: John, did you see the whole tape of Romney making the 47% comment? Probably not.Most media outlets only played a small snippet. FNC played much more, to put it in context.  He was commenting that he would probably be wasting his time trying to attract them(the 47%) with a tax cut since they don't pay federal income tax already and are probably already receiving a government hand out, food stamps, extended unemployment benefits etc.It made him sound as if he doesn't care about those people and *that* is what he apologized for. If you are such a Romney hater, you would have studied his tax records that he released and would have found that he gives about 30% of his income to charity. He also has a reputation of giving his time , money, counseling and ministering, to people in his congregation in times of need. As Obama said, if you don't have a record to run on,then you attack your opponent(personally).Example in case, Romney gives people cancer, hasn't paid taxes in 10 years, the lies go on, including Romney is a liar, but we're on to that one. They tried that on Bush. Romney has a wonderful record of success, Obama has a horrible record as a failure. Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged.  From: John jr_esq@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar  --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@ wrote: jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he was wrong.. The IRS's Web page backs up Mr. Romney's figure as true. It is true that 46 percent of American households did not pay federal income taxes last year, according to the Tax Policy Center. The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/93vhmyz Why beat a dead horse? Romney already admitted he was wrong. Case closed.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Tea Party Stupid Bhairitu: I think the demons from hell have arrived You sound really scared, for a tantric yogi. Looks like Eastwood was right: debate an empty chair; empty promises; failed to win the war; failed to improve the economy; failed to to not raise taxes; failed at hope change. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ and they've taken the form of Republicans and the Reich Wing. So, Hitler formed the Third Reich party and then murdered millions, but U.S. Repugs are your enemy. ;-) This sad behavior precipitated a search by Obama that brought him in contact with several father surrogates, notably Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright, that it would be hard to brand as anywhere near satisfactory. (Davis was a pornographer and about Wright the less said the better.) No Mitt Romneys there... 'The Real Debate: The Good Father vs. The Abandoned Son' http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/10/06/the-real-debate/ [http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/images/Debate-Chair.jpg] [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tRZ2HJsQoME/UHCZ4CfAw4I/Bjs/\ m8i9xKk6SW0/s477/547982_47625726039_1382609469_n.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged.  A lot of people are so shocked that Obama did so poorly in the debate. It's not so much the 'talking points', but more so with his body language. He looked like a lost, confused, scared and embarrassed young boy. I actually felt bad for him. I know it wasn't a good movie, but if you remember the movie Rocky 3 where Rocky gets his ass beat, that's how I saw Obama. The reason Rocky loses his fight is because he realizes his manager has carried him through all of his fights, ensuring he never faces any real tough opponents. But then Rocky had to fight someone who is a real fighter, and he got destroyed. Obama is very similar if you look at his whole life. He was given a lot of ideology from other mentors and learned the art of public speaking. But contrary to most people's opinion, he was never trained to debate.only to speak publicly with confidence, but with nobody arguing back or challenging him. None of the jobs he ever had actually required him to 'produce' anything. His time in the senate was only 2 years, of which he was only 'functioning' about 7 months of that time. And then he got the Democratic nomination. His debate with John McCain was a gimme. Didn't take much to win that one, especially when everyone looked at McCain as a replica of GWB. So Obama, in many ways, is the political equivalent of a Boxing Paper Champ. And despite the fact I don't like this guy, I feel bad for him. I don't really think it's his fault. He had a lot of ideology fed to him. He left college with the mindset that many college grads have. He left with the mindset that all the problems in America are so easy to solve with the absolutely perfect ideas that are learned in college. All he had to do is get into power, implement those absolutely perfect ideas, and Presto! Problems solved. But this has been a reality check for him. A reality check is something that his life never really consisted of. Immediately upon obtaining office he went from one late night show to another, and another. He thinks he's some sort of celebrity. Even during his campaign he's on 'The View'. Overall, his behaviour, upbringing, and way of politics indicate, IMO, that he's not grounded and is living under the presumption that he's floating rather than sinking. This isn't in any way a statement that Romney is a better candidate. Just an observation that Obama is not this all-knowing, supremely confident leader everyone thought he was. He's really nothing more than a good public speaker, not a debator. What's more alarming is that only now are people starting to realize that. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged.  From: John jr_esq@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar  --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@ wrote: jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he was wrong.. The IRS's Web page backs up Mr. Romney's figure as true. It is true that 46 percent of American households did not pay federal income taxes last year, according to the Tax Policy Center. The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/93vhmyz Why beat a dead horse? Romney already admitted he was wrong. Case closed.
[FairfieldLife] Keny here, Kenya there, Kenya everywhere!
Kenyan Mannerheim: http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1689942 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerheim
[FairfieldLife] Re: Keny here, Kenya there, Kenya everywhere!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister cardemaister@... wrote: Kenyan Mannerheim: http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1689942 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannerheim Please, keep in mind, that the budget of that movie was less than 30 grand, I believe...
[FairfieldLife] The Candyman Can, yes we can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRf1Ad_Txsg
[FairfieldLife] A Short Video
I'll take a gamble that by next Wednesday (or, maybe it's Thursday) I'll find something else to contribute, but here's a little 4-minute sprinkle on top of FFL's otherwise chronic spontaneity: http://vimeo.com/50587549
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ravi and Judy
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Jason jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Huh! How can anyone be in a painfully blissful state? Jason baby - yes I am in a perpetual painfully blissful, depressive manic state. I have visited psychiatrists and they are surprised that I don't even cycle and am in these two opposing polarities at the same time, they say I'm off all DSM charts and shoo me away. I'm sick and tired of this bullshit Jason, my intellect needs answers. I can't keep going to a different psychiatrist every week, Gurus are no help either since they call me grandiose and delusional when I claim myself as Shiva or Krishna and refer me back to these psychiatrists. Please help me Jason baby. Even Robin with all his oxymoronish contradictions dosen't come close to this. He says that the whole thing was a lie and a snare, yet the Unity was real. In fact I remember him telling me last year that he was Just passing himself as 'enlightened'. Old Judy girl bats for him for one simple reason. She has to Prove that 'Unity consciousness' exists and thereby MMY was right and so on and so forth. It's bad news for the TM mov't if Robbie boy was just in delusion. It hurts Judy's cause and makes the entire TM mov't look loony. --- Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: Awesome dear Share. I have nothing to say about anything else now - I'm in a totally nervous, above normal vulnerable, painfully blissful, intoxicated state today. So I need to make sure I continue to focus at work. Love, Ravi On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: ** Hi Ravi, yes you are a cool and totally cool blast (-: But Ravi, about Marek: maybe he has his moronic moments as we all do. Maybe he has his inauthentic moments as we all do. But I don't think he could do the job he does and be moronic by nature. Nor do I think he could surf if he was inauthentic. Nature's the best reality check. As for me, I realize I have my non grown up moments. But I also do my spiritual practice, going to the Dome twice a day every day. I do this no matter the weather, no matter my mood. That's grown up in my book. I face my fears including fear of dying. That's grown up in my book. I admit I make mistakes. Also grown up in my book. I forgive others their mistakes. Also grown up in my book. etc. etc. Share
[FairfieldLife] Get ready to move to Jessie J Price Tag
Video: http://youtu.be/qMxX-QOV9tI Live: http://youtu.be/_0tQCgzZFBs Should become the movement's theme song...oh well...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tea Party Stupid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: --- Jason jedi_spock@ wrote: People would do anything for money and power. He is obviously playing to the gallery. Do you think he would say this if the majority of the electorate didn't believe this? --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Smart Kotch Brother money buys Congressional seats for useful Tea Party idiots. Broun isn't playing to a gallery, he *believes* his own bullshit. The day the majority of Americans believe ignoramuses like Broun is the day corporate media will have won the propaganda war on an educated electorate. http://youtu.be/DvlbZWZWzOM The link isn't opening. Have they taken down the page? Jason, I typed the incorrect link on my iPad. I'm at my desktop now, this should work: http://youtu.be/DvlbZWZWz0M --- raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Science Technology Committee, is Tea Party Stupid: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell, Broun said. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. http://www.addictinginfo.o*g/2012/10/05/republican- science-is-all-lies/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged.  A lot of people are so shocked that Obama did so poorly in the debate. It's not so much the 'talking points', but more so with his body language. He looked like a lost, confused, scared and embarrassed young boy. I actually felt bad for him. What's more shocking is that Republicans are just fine with Romney telling 27 lies in 38 minutes. Do you realize how racially offensive it is to refer to a black man as boy? I expected as much from Mike Dixon, but not you. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/321897 I'm not that happy with Obama's term in office either but I sure as hell don't want that lying SOB Romney anywhere near the White House. I know it wasn't a good movie, but if you remember the movie Rocky 3 where Rocky gets his ass beat, that's how I saw Obama. The reason Rocky loses his fight is because he realizes his manager has carried him through all of his fights, ensuring he never faces any real tough opponents. But then Rocky had to fight someone who is a real fighter, and he got destroyed. Obama is very similar if you look at his whole life. He was given a lot of ideology from other mentors and learned the art of public speaking. But contrary to most people's opinion, he was never trained to debate.only to speak publicly with confidence, but with nobody arguing back or challenging him. None of the jobs he ever had actually required him to 'produce' anything. His time in the senate was only 2 years, of which he was only 'functioning' about 7 months of that time. And then he got the Democratic nomination. His debate with John McCain was a gimme. Didn't take much to win that one, especially when everyone looked at McCain as a replica of GWB. So Obama, in many ways, is the political equivalent of a Boxing Paper Champ. And despite the fact I don't like this guy, I feel bad for him. I don't really think it's his fault. He had a lot of ideology fed to him. He left college with the mindset that many college grads have. He left with the mindset that all the problems in America are so easy to solve with the absolutely perfect ideas that are learned in college. All he had to do is get into power, implement those absolutely perfect ideas, and Presto! Problems solved. But this has been a reality check for him. A reality check is something that his life never really consisted of. Immediately upon obtaining office he went from one late night show to another, and another. He thinks he's some sort of celebrity. Even during his campaign he's on 'The View'. Overall, his behaviour, upbringing, and way of politics indicate, IMO, that he's not grounded and is living under the presumption that he's floating rather than sinking. This isn't in any way a statement that Romney is a better candidate. Just an observation that Obama is not this all-knowing, supremely confident leader everyone thought he was. He's really nothing more than a good public speaker, not a debator. What's more alarming is that only now are people starting to realize that. FYI I never beatified Obama as many on this forum did during the primary and for that I got a load of misogynous bullshit dumped on me. Even though some of these idiots thought I was a racist for not supporting Obama, I never once referred to Obama as a boy or used a racial slur against him. For me it's always been about policy and candidates capable of creating peace and prosperity for everyone...and that ain't Romney. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged.  From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar  --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@ wrote: jr_esq: Romney had to admit that he
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! Barry - oh come on can't you at least avoid your bullying on Fridays. Ravi, I don't know how you misread Richard's as Barry's post but I was reading off my iphone. You know how tiny that writing is? I read Richard as being Barry. Funny though, because it all fit, the tone of it and everything as being Barry's. It also gave me an opportunity to apologize which I have mentioned before I need practice in. So all in all, it was fine because you know what? I still feel Barry can be a steamroller, crushing all those delicate little flowers and small snails. Squish, crunch. Emily Reyn: Dear Curtis: I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things over with you on this auspicious Thursday. Feel free to parse the sparse details of it at your leisure. MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow. I promise not to write more than three Memorandums. I promise not to exit on an exotic vacation to anywhere but here. I have taken the luxury of stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals of coolness and smoothness in my post. I will work hard to prevent what was a series of unfortunate events (to also steal the title from Lemony Snicket) from turning into an epic fail. MEMORANDUM ONE To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL From: Emilina, HR Department RE: HISTORY BEHIND: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history (in summary and paraphrased): 1) Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her butting in on an exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors. Emily had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had followed up with a post that included a video of Clash of the Titans and a few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their exchange off-line. 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email marked *Private* where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was. 2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting she post the email to FFL. 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, two people she remembered knew Sal, and asking for review. Within an hour or two, Emily realized in horror (I, Emilina go in for drama, you must forgive me), that she had made a terrible error in judgment. She had, in fact, *also* crossed into personal domains. 4) Emily determined, after additional review, that she was going to have to address the email more definitively with Sal, not personally, but on FFL, where it should have been posted in the first place, given that the topic was directly related to her posts on FFL. Emily was not comfortable sending back a personal email to Sal setting a definitive boundary. She didn't want to risk the possibility that Sal might start up an exchange with her, given the malevolence of her first private email. However, Emily, having a semblance of ethical standards, decided to respect the private intent of the email, no matter how aggrieved she was. So, she posted what she thought was a clear message to FFL the next day, explaining what happened and basically asking Sal not to ever email her again. 5) Emily missed the obvious (thick-headed hun that she is sometimes) that she had sent
[FairfieldLife] Re: Album review: Election Special
Doc sez, Ry Cooder! I forgot all about him - sounds like he is keepin' it real. Thanks for the review, B. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Ry Cooder is one of the most interesting musicians in America. Has been, pretty much from the start of his career playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, through his solo work and the Buena Vista Social Club, and now to protest song. He has said about this album that it's designed to send a message to the deacons in the High Church of the Next Dollar. May they listen. 1. Mutt Romney Blues A first-person blues sung from the point of view of Mitt's dog, stuck on the roof of that car. Ry is a musical historian as well as a musician. He is fully aware that this is a slave song, meant to be sung in the fields to keep the despair away. One gets the feeling he knows that Mitt would put us up that roof, too, without giving it a second thought. 2. Brother Is Gone Like Robert Johnson, the brothers made their deal with Satan back at the crossroads. But we're the ones who have to pay the interest. 3. The Wall Street Part of Town Like Dylan, Ry often hides his wryest and most scathing commentary beneath the most boppy, uptempo songs. 4. Guantanamo In this one you can hear all of the licks that Keith Richards ripped off from Ry all those years ago. They sound better coming from the guy who invented them. 5. Cold Cold Feeling A slow blues, sung by the POTUS as he walks through the halls of the White House late at night. A moment of compassion for the black man with the worst job in America. Smokin' slide guitar solo...classic Ry. 6. Going to Tampa I can do no better justice to this song than Ry's own comments on it, so I'll just provide them: As a mother, will Sarah Palin lead the Republican convention in a prayer for Treyvon? Will 'Stand Your Ground' stand? Don't forget your bed sheet and keep your money in your shoes. 7. Kool-Aid The blues song Zimmerman will sing in prison, having imbibed of Florida gun and Stand Your Ground laws instead of less intoxicating beverages. 8. The 90 and the 9 Pure Woody Guthrie. And as appropriate in our era as his songs were for the Depression era he lived in. 9. Take Your Hands Off It Another nod to Woody, comparing his This Land Is My Land with the 1%'s This Land Is My Land.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
This is an interesting analysis of what Romney was doing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-ritz/romneys-creationist-debat_b_1941995.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged. Â A lot of people are so shocked that Obama did so poorly in the debate. It's not so much the 'talking points', but more so with his body language. He looked like a lost, confused, scared and embarrassed young boy. I actually felt bad for him. What's more shocking is that Republicans are just fine with Romney telling 27 lies in 38 minutes. Do you realize how racially offensive it is to refer to a black man as boy? I expected as much from Mike Dixon, but not you. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/321897 I'm not that happy with Obama's term in office either but I sure as hell don't want that lying SOB Romney anywhere near the White House. I know it wasn't a good movie, but if you remember the movie Rocky 3 where Rocky gets his ass beat, that's how I saw Obama. The reason Rocky loses his fight is because he realizes his manager has carried him through all of his fights, ensuring he never faces any real tough opponents. But then Rocky had to fight someone who is a real fighter, and he got destroyed. Obama is very similar if you look at his whole life. He was given a lot of ideology from other mentors and learned the art of public speaking. But contrary to most people's opinion, he was never trained to debate.only to speak publicly with confidence, but with nobody arguing back or challenging him. None of the jobs he ever had actually required him to 'produce' anything. His time in the senate was only 2 years, of which he was only 'functioning' about 7 months of that time. And then he got the Democratic nomination. His debate with John McCain was a gimme. Didn't take much to win that one, especially when everyone looked at McCain as a replica of GWB. So Obama, in many ways, is the political equivalent of a Boxing Paper Champ. And despite the fact I don't like this guy, I feel bad for him. I don't really think it's his fault. He had a lot of ideology fed to him. He left college with the mindset that many college grads have. He left with the mindset that all the problems in America are so easy to solve with the absolutely perfect ideas that are learned in college. All he had to do is get into power, implement those absolutely perfect ideas, and Presto! Problems solved. But this has been a reality check for him. A reality check is something that his life never really consisted of. Immediately upon obtaining office he went from one late night show to another, and another. He thinks he's some sort of celebrity. Even during his campaign he's on 'The View'. Overall, his behaviour, upbringing, and way of politics indicate, IMO, that he's not grounded and is living under the presumption that he's floating rather than sinking. This isn't in any way a statement that Romney is a better candidate. Just an observation that Obama is not this all-knowing, supremely confident leader everyone thought he was. He's really nothing more than a good public speaker, not a debator. What's more alarming is that only now are people starting to realize that. FYI I never beatified Obama as many on this forum did during the primary and for that I got a load of misogynous bullshit dumped on me. Even though some of these idiots thought I was a racist for not supporting Obama, I never once referred to Obama as a boy or used a racial slur against him. For me it's always been about policy and candidates capable of creating peace and prosperity for everyone...and that ain't Romney. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged. Â From: John
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ wrote: On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! Barry - oh come on can't you at least avoid your bullying on Fridays. Ravi, I don't know how you misread Richard's as Barry's post but I was reading off my iphone. You know how tiny that writing is? I read Richard as being Barry. Funny though, because it all fit, the tone of it and everything as being Barry's. It also gave me an opportunity to apologize which I have mentioned before I need practice in. So all in all, it was fine because you know what? I still feel Barry can be a steamroller, crushing all those delicate little flowers and small snails. Squish, crunch. Hmmm...sail. Barry, smash. http://youtu.be/2uaPZdhxnek Emily Reyn: Dear Curtis: I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things over with you on this auspicious Thursday. Feel free to parse the sparse details of it at your leisure. MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow. I promise not to write more than three Memorandums. I promise not to exit on an exotic vacation to anywhere but here. I have taken the luxury of stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals of coolness and smoothness in my post. I will work hard to prevent what was a series of unfortunate events (to also steal the title from Lemony Snicket) from turning into an epic fail. MEMORANDUM ONE To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL From: Emilina, HR Department RE: HISTORY BEHIND: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history (in summary and paraphrased): 1) Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her butting in on an exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors. Emily had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had followed up with a post that included a video of Clash of the Titans and a few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their exchange off-line. 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email marked *Private* where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was. 2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting she post the email to FFL. 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, two people she remembered knew Sal, and asking for review. Within an hour or two, Emily realized in horror (I, Emilina go in for drama, you must forgive me), that she had made a terrible error in judgment. She had, in fact, *also* crossed into personal domains. 4) Emily determined, after additional review, that she was going to have to address the email more definitively with Sal, not personally, but on FFL, where it should have been posted in the first place, given that the topic was directly related to her posts on FFL. Emily was not comfortable sending back a personal email to Sal setting a definitive boundary. She didn't want to risk the possibility that Sal might start up an exchange with her, given the malevolence of her first private email. However, Emily, having a semblance of ethical standards, decided to respect the private intent of the email, no matter how aggrieved she was. So, she posted what she thought was
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
Doctor Dumbass opines, Romney wants us to buy into his version of America, where he will invade you if you don't, and maximize the profits of the mega-rich at your expense, broadly speaking. When did the idea that the profits of the super-rich are sacrosanct, held to a ~15% tax, come into being? Is that the biggest line of BS, or what? That is Romney world, though. What ants we must seem to him, such an emperor of industry - lol. The good doctor has nothing personal against him, but Romney/Ryan running this country? Bad idea. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: This is an interesting analysis of what Romney was doing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-ritz/romneys-creationist-debat_b_1941995.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Obama couldn't even look Romney in the eyes at the debate. He came off as the failure he is and had to stand before 60 -70 million people tuning in, without a teleprompter feeding him what he needed to say. Obama couldn't bring up the 47% comment because Romney was right there to counter him with the whole truth. That 47% thing is only effective in a 30 second TV spot where it can't be challenged. Â A lot of people are so shocked that Obama did so poorly in the debate. It's not so much the 'talking points', but more so with his body language. He looked like a lost, confused, scared and embarrassed young boy. I actually felt bad for him. What's more shocking is that Republicans are just fine with Romney telling 27 lies in 38 minutes. Do you realize how racially offensive it is to refer to a black man as boy? I expected as much from Mike Dixon, but not you. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/321897 I'm not that happy with Obama's term in office either but I sure as hell don't want that lying SOB Romney anywhere near the White House. I know it wasn't a good movie, but if you remember the movie Rocky 3 where Rocky gets his ass beat, that's how I saw Obama. The reason Rocky loses his fight is because he realizes his manager has carried him through all of his fights, ensuring he never faces any real tough opponents. But then Rocky had to fight someone who is a real fighter, and he got destroyed. Obama is very similar if you look at his whole life. He was given a lot of ideology from other mentors and learned the art of public speaking. But contrary to most people's opinion, he was never trained to debate.only to speak publicly with confidence, but with nobody arguing back or challenging him. None of the jobs he ever had actually required him to 'produce' anything. His time in the senate was only 2 years, of which he was only 'functioning' about 7 months of that time. And then he got the Democratic nomination. His debate with John McCain was a gimme. Didn't take much to win that one, especially when everyone looked at McCain as a replica of GWB. So Obama, in many ways, is the political equivalent of a Boxing Paper Champ. And despite the fact I don't like this guy, I feel bad for him. I don't really think it's his fault. He had a lot of ideology fed to him. He left college with the mindset that many college grads have. He left with the mindset that all the problems in America are so easy to solve with the absolutely perfect ideas that are learned in college. All he had to do is get into power, implement those absolutely perfect ideas, and Presto! Problems solved. But this has been a reality check for him. A reality check is something that his life never really consisted of. Immediately upon obtaining office he went from one late night show to another, and another. He thinks he's some sort of celebrity. Even during his campaign he's on 'The View'. Overall, his behaviour, upbringing, and way of politics indicate, IMO, that he's not grounded and is living under the presumption that he's floating rather than sinking. This isn't in any way a statement that Romney is a better candidate. Just an observation that Obama is not this all-knowing, supremely confident leader everyone thought he was. He's really nothing more than a good public speaker, not a debator. What's more alarming is that only now are people starting to realize that. FYI I never beatified Obama as many on this forum did during the primary and for that I got a load of misogynous bullshit dumped on me. Even though some of these idiots thought I was a racist for not supporting Obama, I never once referred to Obama as a boy or used a racial slur against him. For me it's
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
On Oct 6, 2012, at 6:09 PM, awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! Barry - oh come on can't you at least avoid your bullying on Fridays. Ravi, I don't know how you misread Richard's as Barry's post but I was reading off my iphone. You know how tiny that writing is? I read Richard as being Barry. Funny though, because it all fit, the tone of it and everything as being Barry's. It also gave me an opportunity to apologize which I have mentioned before I need practice in. So all in all, it was fine because you know what? I still feel Barry can be a steamroller, crushing all those delicate little flowers and small snails. Squish, crunch. Well dear Ann it was clear you made a mistake, but after seeing Barry's response to you I just playfully piled on as if it was Barry as well :-) Emily Reyn: Dear Curtis: I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things over with you on this auspicious Thursday. Feel free to parse the sparse details of it at your leisure. MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow. I promise not to write more than three Memorandums. I promise not to exit on an exotic vacation to anywhere but here. I have taken the luxury of stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals of coolness and smoothness in my post. I will work hard to prevent what was a series of unfortunate events (to also steal the title from Lemony Snicket) from turning into an epic fail. MEMORANDUM ONE To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL From: Emilina, HR Department RE: HISTORY BEHIND: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history (in summary and paraphrased): 1) Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her butting in on an exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors. Emily had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had followed up with a post that included a video of Clash of the Titans and a few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their exchange off-line. 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email marked *Private* where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was. 2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting she post the email to FFL. 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, two people she remembered knew Sal, and asking for review. Within an hour or two, Emily realized in horror (I, Emilina go in for drama, you must forgive me), that she had made a terrible error in judgment. She had, in fact, *also* crossed into personal domains. 4) Emily determined, after additional review, that she was going to have to address the email more definitively with Sal, not personally, but on FFL, where it should have been posted in the first place, given that the topic was directly related to her posts on FFL. Emily was not comfortable sending back a personal email to Sal setting a definitive boundary. She didn't want to risk the possibility that Sal might start up an exchange with her, given the malevolence of her first private email. However, Emily, having a semblance of ethical standards, decided to respect the private intent of the email,
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
No need to apologize dear laughinggull, it's clear you are not one of the smartest gulls around here and I'm always sensitive to people's abilities and/or lack there of. XOXO ~ Ravi. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:04 PM, laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: OMG...that completely flew over my head so I guess I AM irony-challenged! Ravi, I love her too, and can only hope that she's learned to sometimes laugh at herself...nothing malicious or hurtful intended. Oh, the stories I could tell! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: I am actually making fun of Marek my poor irony challenged laughingoutloud108 - so please continue - I totally love this Claire character and I'm enjoying all this :-) On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:52 PM, laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: ** You're partly right Ravi. I guess I was making fun of her much like others here have made fun of your dear Share. If I may be so bold to ask, where is your admonishment to them? And what does sharing stories of people we knew back in the good ol' days of the movement have to do with Marek? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ wrote: You have to be ashamed of yourself laughingmyassoff108 and MJ - are you so clueless to Marek's projections, fantasies and desires? Blatantly, brazenly, arrogantly disregarding his quest for global peace, positivity and balance. Please I beg you - stop stinking up this place !!! Stop making fun of others, stop pointing other's shortcomings !!! On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:38 PM, laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@ wrote: I am laughing and laughing - yep you nailed it - it was Claire Baxter. Claire was liaison for the three Governors Paul Potter, Greg Palma and Wally Gibbons - they didn't want to fool with the peon meditators so they had her do it for us - part of her duty was to have a knowledge program for us - she would lead us in group meditation, wait about 2 or 3 minutes, just enough time to start settling down, then she would get up and leave the room, slamming the French doors behind her, I remember French doors at the Chapel Hill TM Center where I used to live. One set opened to the dining room with a heavy set of blue drapes covering them to shield the noise, and one set opened to the front entrance hall. and I mean slamming them. She was oblivious to her actions so we staffers learned to wait till she exited before really meditating. Of all the people I have known thru TM she had more rumor stuff. She was adamant that one should not meditate with pets in the room because it drains your energy tho that was a pretty popular rumor in those days and one which given the number of times I have meditated with a cat in my lap, I can say is absolutely not true. In fact I always felt I got the best end of the deal with cat meditation - I always had better experiences with a cat than without when doing TM. One of the strangest things I saw from that time was Claire had a sister Persis was her name I think Yes, beautiful Persis, who was younger and more down-to-earth than was Claire. I wonder where she is today. and for a while she was seeing this guy whose name I can't remember, but he was on a lot of those programs and after the courses moved to Blowing Rock and Boone NC, he was around a lot - he claimed that since M had said refined sugar for refined consciousness he started eating white sugar before every afternoon program. He said he ate between 1/4 to 1/2 cup or more right before doing his program. I didn't believe him, so he started doing it in front of me and I mean he sat at the table and ate half a cup of sugar, then went and did program. I thought he was crazy. Dunno how long he did that, but it was wild. I wonder if he's dropped the body because of diabetes! I would gladly relive those days all over again! In fact, maybe I will if I don't make it this lifetime! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@ wrote: I was thinking today of what a rumor mill the Movement has always been, so I am asking anyone who cares to, to contribute their best TM rumor (the one about mantras coming from the Buddhists doesn't count) My best rumor came from the Sidhi Prep courses days. I was working
Re: [FairfieldLife] Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
Dear Emilina - Curtis is an avatar of honesty, truth and integrity on this list. Don't we have enough trollish malice, hatred directed at him by Robin. Judy and the lunatic raving yogi? Enough of this flooding of search engines, damaging of online reputations and careers. Yes - Jesus is being crucified again, how sad. On Oct 4, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Curtis: I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things over with you on this auspicious Thursday. Feel free to parse the sparse details of it at your leisure. MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow. I promise not to write more than three Memorandums. I promise not to exit on an exotic vacation to anywhere but here. I have taken the luxury of stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals of coolness and smoothness in my post. I will work hard to prevent what was a series of unfortunate events (to also steal the title from Lemony Snicket) from turning into an epic fail. MEMORANDUM ONE To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL From: Emilina, HR Department RE: HISTORY BEHIND: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history (in summary and paraphrased): 1) Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her butting in on an exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors. Emily had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had followed up with a post that included a video of Clash of the Titans and a few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their exchange off-line. 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email marked *Private* where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was. 2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting she post the email to FFL. 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, two people she remembered knew Sal, and asking for review. Within an hour or two, Emily realized in horror (I, Emilina go in for drama, you must forgive me), that she had made a terrible error in judgment. She had, in fact, *also* crossed into personal domains. 4) Emily determined, after additional review, that she was going to have to address the email more definitively with Sal, not personally, but on FFL, where it should have been posted in the first place, given that the topic was directly related to her posts on FFL. Emily was not comfortable sending back a personal email to Sal setting a definitive boundary. She didn't want to risk the possibility that Sal might start up an exchange with her, given the malevolence of her first private email. However, Emily, having a semblance of ethical standards, decided to respect the private intent of the email, no matter how aggrieved she was. So, she posted what she thought was a clear message to FFL the next day, explaining what happened and basically asking Sal not to ever email her again. 5) Emily missed the obvious (thick-headed hun that she is sometimes) that she had sent Sal's email to two lead actors that have a history of lengthy debates. Now, by this time, Emily realized she was in a bit of a pickle. Although she had moved the topic of Sal's unkindly email to FFL where it should have been in the first place, she had requested that it remain private. Now this resulted in only three people being able discuss it and its relevance to the larger situation of how fucked up Emily was or wasn't for writing that (highly acclaimed by a few) heavily plagiarized offending first post: Emily, Curtis, and Judy. (Sal was nowhere to be found). Emily was preparing to leave on vacation to celebrate her upcoming 50th birthday and that left just Judy and Curtis in the scene. She
[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Thanks, Ann. Hey, did you ever do SET seminar with Ali Najafi? He's coming to town and I've heard hundreds got involved in his work back in the day. I was away from FF when all that happened. No, I am afraid that other than TM and Mr Carlsen I didn't delve into other spiritual teachers or practices. Those two were enough for me! Actually, I turned towards the Earth for knowledge. Things such as the dirt, puddles, the feel of the air after a thunderstorm, the smell of dog paws, the way the muzzle of a horse feels. These are the things I take in and gravitate towards. I am such a heathen. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 8:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ann  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: No no, you let me know!àLet me know if in your opinion I have less flaws, make less mistakes here on FFL after working with John.àWhat are friends for after all? I can tell you are very excited about his workshop. That alone could produce wonderful results; you are open and trusting that this man can help you in your life. Of course it comes down to helping yourself but others can surely motivate that along. I may not be subtle enough to be able to perceive any changes after four days so don't rely on me. But if you come out wanting to gobble down some burgers, go on a cattle drive or suddenly live in Los Angeles and open a bar we'll both know something happened during that course. But only you can say if any of those things would be for better or worse. Good luck! From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 4:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ravi à--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: dear Ravi, it means so much to me that you love me in spite of my mistakes and flaws.ÃâàMaybe there will be less of those after I've worked with healer John Newton for the next 4 days.ÃâàFingers crossed!Ãâàlove, Share I like your optimism. If only life could be that easy. Let me know if it is a success because I might have to sign up. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: today PS to Ann Emily Ravi ÃâàOn Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ wrote: On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: ÃâàTO RAVI: Dear Ravi, as far as I can tell, you have never been the target of Robin's fixing mode.ÃâàSo I don't think you really know what it feels like to have him attribute thoughts and feelings to you that you never even had.ÃâàAnd to have him do that over and over.ÃâàPerhaps then you too would be forceful with him.ÃâàI don't agree with you that I was brutal. ÃâàOh Dear Share - No one has any power over me, my feelings or thoughts - even such a notion is totally alien to me. Here's where we have to part - Robin is one of the most honest, truthful, sincere persons I have ever come across my life, he's one of the very few to earn my respect and I totally disagree and your choice of the words psychological rape is just brutal and violent, doesn't represent the reality of who the person Robin is. But this will not stop me from loving you. Love, Ravi. Yet I want to make sure you know I'm not denying your feelings, I wouldn't dare deny it and I'm sorry to hear you feel so.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Rather curious, Richard J. Williams quoting Curtis and Barry gets blamed. We are getting slack here. This is probably providence punishing Barry for rescuing that cat that fell in the canal. Recently I have had trouble with mice, field mice. Caught two yesterday, and released them some distance away. Since I did not kill them, the laws of karma will probably visit some disaster upon me as a result, for no good deed goes unpunished. That is because for every good, there must be an equal and opposite bad, to balance out. Oh Xeno, you are a card. Actually, even though I have excellent eyesight my excuse for mistaking Richard's post for Barry was twofold. I was in a hurry yesterday to catch a ferry to San Juan Island where my husband and I were going to meet up with some old family friends on their sail boat and cruise around the American Islands there. But the morning required me to do many chores first, one of them was to clear a bunch of winter horse blankets through customs for my retail tack store. But the shipping guy was behind and I had to wait for him to get my paperwork in order as my blankets were held in bond. So while I was impatiently standing there thinking about the ferry I had to catch in two hours I took out my iphone and started looking at FFL (is there a cure for this obsession?) Anyway, I glanced at that post of Richard's and because the writing on the screen is miniscule I thought it said Barry's name. Hence the mixup. Long story for such a stupid event. But it worked out great. Barry was miffed but I was able to apologize and it was kind of funny for me. My advice, even if you have great close up eyesight like I do, don't try and read FFL on an iphone. This could prove to be life altering in any other circumstance. Lucky for me it only made me laugh. Hopefully Barry had recovered from my unjustifiable gaff.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Get a cat.  Mine has been on a killing spree recently, 2 large mice, one baby mouse, and a baby bird, which he deposits in  my backyard.  Oh oh, he's after another mouse now.  Should I rescue it?  The cat is having so much fun.  He must have found the nest.  I should put a bell on his neck.  Please do. So much killing and not really for the sake of appeasing hunger. But this coming from a dog person. From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 10:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out  Rather curious, Richard J. Williams quoting Curtis and Barry gets blamed. We are getting slack here. This is probably providence punishing Barry for rescuing that cat that fell in the canal. Recently I have had trouble with mice, field mice. Caught two yesterday, and released them some distance away. Since I did not kill them, the laws of karma will probably visit some disaster upon me as a result, for no good deed goes unpunished. That is because for every good, there must be an equal and opposite bad, to balance out.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Whoops, that would be tea, not coffee, right?  Details, details.  Correcto mundo, chai tea latte. And it wasn't the tea it was the small font. From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out Oh, she made a mistake.  Perhaps she hadn't had her morning coffee yet.  How many mistakes have you made?  How about you start with the apologiesone to me, for example, for characterizing me as pussywhipped, juvenile and pathetic.  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out  God Barry, this post of yours just epitomizes you. A steamroller which only drives over small, delicate, beautiful things. A classic. Seeing this flash by in Message View, I had to open the post because I couldn't for the life of me figure out from Message View which recent post of mine had so incensed Ann to cause her to write this. Imagine my non-surprise to find that I'd never even been a part of the thread to which she is replying. It's gettin' pretty bad when the haters can't even tell who it is they're hating any more. Will we ever see an apology for this? Yeah, right. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. But, did you enjoy? It's Friday here and you're not even making any sense, yesterday - Curtis has already left the room. LoL! God Barry, this post of yours just epitomizes you. A steamroller which only drives over small, delicate, beautiful things. Emily Reyn: Dear Curtis:  I submit this first memorandum in an effort to smooth things over with you on this auspicious Thursday.  Feel free to parse the sparse details of it at your leisure.  MEMORANDUM TWO - GORY DETAILS will follow.  I promise not to write more than three Memorandums.  I promise not to exit on an exotic vacation to anywhere but here.  I have taken the luxury of stealing your name Emilina for this story (such a cute name; sounds like Thumbelina doesn't it?), but have switched up your original context just a bit, in the interest of creative expression and to serve up the larger goals of coolness and smoothness in my post.  I will work hard to prevent what was a series of unfortunate events (to also steal the title from Lemony Snicket) from turning into an epic fail.   MEMORANDUM ONE To: Curtis, gentle reader on FFL From:  Emilina, HR Department RE:  HISTORY BEHIND:  Alright, I will say it: Emily did a major number on my ass. Acting as the HR department here at FFL Central Cinema (FFL for short), it has come to I, Emilina's attention that there was a situation a couple of weeks back that warrants closure. Said situation has the following history (in summary and paraphrased): 1)  Emily, a well-nigh saintly actress-in-training, (no relation to me, Emilina) received a distressing email regarding her butting in on an exchange between Curtis and Robin, two of our most famous lead actors.  Emily had written a post to Curtis which played off of an ironic post by Robin, that was intended as humor (embedded with a few tiny teasing tweaks). She had followed up with a post that included a video of Clash of the Titans and a few more teasing remarks to both Robin and Curtis as they moved their exchange off-line. 2) Subsequent to this, Emily received a personal email  marked *Private* where the author, unknown to Emily accept in name only took her to task for egging on Robin, potentially putting Curtis's employment at risk, and amongst a few other put-downs, implied that she was taking some kind of sick pleasure in it all, deferring to an unstated word for what that was.  2) Emily, who values her privacy and who currently acts under a false (but at least pronounceable) name reacted emotionally to this rude and inappropriate email and replied to Sal, negating several of her allegations and suggesting she post the email to FFL. 3) Emily, in a continued state of emotional turmoil, forwarded, (with no real forethought whatsoever, feeling the sober reality of having been verbally assaulted outside the context of FFL), the unseemly email to Judy and Curtis, two people she remembered knew Sal, and
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Well I SUGGESTED moving to Wednesday. Some agreed. Some didn't. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week. I like the FFL variety too. I think Marek was suggesting something other than less variety. The Snoopy pajamas will decide this. Trust me, they never fail. Try it sometime but only wear them on a Friday. From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  Good luck with the we here on FFL.  Plus, I thought you had moved the day to Wednesday...even more auspicious, no?  Or was it Friday?  I'm with Judy in that I like to see a variety of posts interspersed across the days of every week.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  but but but...I thought we were supposed to be having Auspicious Day?! Or Thinking Thursday? Or something like that? Wonder if at least a name for that day could be agreed upon From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  I simply thought it would be amusing to revisit some of the more ridiculous rumors that circulated through the TM Movement over the years - sorry you find it so offensive - you could take the option of ignoring it. From: richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 10:21 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Best TM Rumor  obbajeeba: I am shocked, stunned, petrified. I see no post by Nabby defending anything on this thread! OMFG! How cool! Almost all of these rumors have been proved to be lies told by people like Vaj - lot's of us here who still support TM don't even read these old rumors anymore. You can check the archives on FFL and alt.m.t. if you're really interested in learning the truth. If we want to read fibs we could go over to TM-Free Blog. All you trolls are doing here is making a good discussion group look like idiots post here. MMY has nothing to do with TM practice. You guys really suck as spiritual teachers, and I don't see anyone defending you. LoL! What was WYMS?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is a Liar
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: A lot of people are so shocked that Obama did so poorly in the debate. It's not so much the 'talking points', but more so with his body language. He looked like a lost, confused, scared and embarrassed young boy. I actually felt bad for him. RD: snip Do you realize how racially offensive it is to refer to a black man as boy? I expected as much from Mike Dixon, but not you. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/321897 I'm not that happy with Obama's term in office either but I sure as hell don't want that lying SOB Romney anywhere near the White House. snip FYI I never beatified Obama as many on this forum did during the primary and for that I got a load of misogynous bullshit dumped on me. Even though some of these idiots thought I was a racist for not supporting Obama, I never once referred to Obama as a boy or used a racial slur against him. For me it's always been about policy and candidates capable of creating peace and prosperity for everyone...and that ain't Romney. Whoa! You're reading the use of boy in this context as racist? Really, I've seen you get off on these kinds of extreme projections before, and I think they bear little semblence to reality. I wonder how many others would read that statement as racist? And before you try to politicize it, I am (for the most part) an Obama supporter. This taking stuff out of context is really sad.
