[FairfieldLife] Re: Sthapatya Veda is just a Placebo Effect
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Placebo. Nice way to look at it. I always thought of it as the carrot and the stick. M always needed a way to keep people interested in the movement and gaining enlightenment. At first it was the 5-8 year plan, then rounding courses, then age of enlightenment courses, then Sidhis, then ayurveda, jyotish,yagyas and then he says * if I had this knowledge(SV) we would be through.* He always found a way to keep the TBs thinking *it* was just around the corner. The Gita clearly says *only after many life times of this practice does one come to Me*. Of course ,that was explained away as *Life times* just meant, each time you transcended. Why wouldn't Krishna have put it that way in the first place? One story in one of the Upanishads tells of a Devotee of a great Guru who asked *how many more life times will it take for me to become enlightened?* The master said as many births as there are on that tree, pointing to an enormous banyan tree with tens of thousands of leaves. The devotee felt enormous relief knowing his births could be counted. The last thing Marshy wanted people to change that, apparently, was holding back the glorious day of personal enlightenment, was exposure to electromagnetic fields. A purusha friend of mine at Vlodrop was even carrying around an electric field meter everywhere he went to see what damage it was doing to himself and everyone else. Mobile and wireless phones, wi-fi, and that nasty AC current is all that's keeping us back now. Basically you need to live in a cave. I honestly don't know which is sadder -- Maharishi coming up with reason after reason after reason for why people weren't enlightened yet (rather than just saying, I was wrong...the techniques I made up don't work), or people continuing to believe the reasons. I have to believe that the biggest part of the problem is not Maharishi per se but the whole paradigm of spiritual practice he learned and then passed along -- selling futures. Everything was always about how glorious things would be, at some unspecified point in the future (*always* in the future) when you would finally be enlightened, or everyone would finally be enlightened. I know thousands of people -- not only in the TM move- ment but in others -- whose whole adult lifetimes have revolved around living for a future goal that they have never once seen the existence of conclusively demonstrated. They were only told *about* it, by someone they trusted, and that trust was enough to keep them practicing tech- niques that in many cases they did not enjoy, or pursuing lifestyle choices (like celibacy) that they did not enjoy, or shelling out thousands and thousands (if not millions, in the case of the Rajas) of dollars to the person who kept promising them this golden future that never seemed to arrive. Religions and spiritual practices promise glorious futures because they don't have glorious presents to offer. The techniques they sell may help to reduce stress and enable one to feel a little better on a day-to-day basis, but the carrot is still way out there at the end of a long stick that keeps getting longer and longer and longer with every passing day. And yet people keep chasing it. I personally don't see any difference between a lifelong pursuit of the promise of enlightenment and the Judeo- Christian pursuit of a rosy afterlife in Heaven. Heaven in heaven, Heaven on earth -- same sales pitch. Just give us your money and keep doing what we told you to do and everything will be fine. Meanwhile they've spent so many years focused on an imagined future that they can no longer enjoy the present moment. I'm thankful that I bailed before things got *really* crazy in the TMO. When I bailed the future being sold was personal enlightenment, with barely a hint of global enlightenment. But soon after came the really crazy shit -- ayurveda, Chopra, S-V, million dollar courses, immortality courses, Vedaland, being herded into domes like the Eloi in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, fear of South-facing entrances, fear of seeing other teachers, fear of negativity, fear, fear, fear. And all of them distractions to keep people from think- ing about whether *any* of the things promised to them had ever appeared. Looking back on it all, I really don't hold any anger towards anyone or try to affix blame on anyone or any group for all this, just sadness. It was what it was, that's all. The whole show was just the result of the spiritual paradigm in place at the basis of everything -- Trust in what we have told you about the rosy future in store for you. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, unless he demands money and tells you that the world will end unless you provide it. Then give, give, give, give, for he is to be
[FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday
SRV obviously had some of the sexiest Strats(?) on this planet! Sorry to say, but the drum solo was one of the lamest I've ever seen and heard... :-/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Thanks for the Vaughan Richard, this was excellent.  From: Richard J. Williams richard@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday  It was an interesting article that WillyWiener pointed out, though. I agree with very few of David Fricke's rankings, but his choice of guitarists is admirable. ... Bhairitu: For every star there are a 1000 or more equally or more competent as musicians. Most of the famous artists, if they don't let their ego get in the way, acknowledge this... Yeah, I've seen a lot of great guitarists, but I remember the first time I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was in Nashville, and he â still pretty unknown â was opening for BB King. It was like a force of nature on the stage, which is a cliche but that's the only way I could describe it. He was opening for B.B. King, who was still very much on his game, but the Beeb waited a solid hour to come out, and when he did it still felt like the echoes from Stevie Ray's set were reverberating around the hall. Posted by Glenn Reynolds: http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/159430/ 'Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather' http://youtu.be/uOF8QmRBVng
[FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now
Thanks, Em. Your preference for pathetic whiny men is duly noted. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Just wanted to say Alex, that I loved your brave little story of changing the jeep tire...my jeep thanks you in advance.  I find the few glimpses one get into others' on the ground, operational aspects of their lives inspirational.  From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now  I am NOT appealing for the rule to be enforced. My Point Is, I think you are a little prick who enjoys abusing what little power he has, when it suits him. After your pathetic whine about your flat tire the other day, I quite frankly don't think you are capable of enforcing anything, including your digestion. Idiot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: I think Rick's original intent with the anonymity rule was to make FFL a place to have open discussions without fear. And, there are people here who do post completely anonymously, in the spirit of that intent. I respect that. But, taking on an anonymous identity in order to troll is bullshit, especially when the person can't even be bothered to keep the anonymous identity anonymous. As I've demonstrated in the past, I do enforce the anonymity rule for people who use it legitimately. I've also been openly critical of people claiming anonymity and appealing for the rule to be enforced when they're really not actually anonymous. I've been consistent in that stance, and I'm not going to change it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: No, no, no Alex. My advice is to keep your head where it belongs. This has long been a forum where anonymity has been respected. I don't mind my various identities coming to light. Makes it all the more interesting, don't you think? Quite a good game for us all. Though I would caution you, as a forum moderator to be careful about letting your own prejudices determine how you treat others here. Its kind of an ugly thing to witness, wouldn't you agree? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I've had private communication with YOU more often than I have Curtis since August. The reason, of course, is that in a moment of silent mind stupidity, shortly after you showed up here with your latest attempt to hide who you were behind yet another new screen name, you managed to click the wrong setting or something and send me a *private email* to my Yahoo email address, signed by and purporting to come from doctordumbass, but clearly having been sent from your jim_flanegin email address, and bearing that address in the headers. He posts as Jim Flanegan on The Golden Buddhic Gas Pump of Pure Knowledge and probably uses the same web browser for all his online activities. My advice is to use different web browsers for different Yahoo IDs. And, with large and/or multiple monitors, keeping the browsers parked in different locations on the desktop further helps to keep the different IDs separate.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
[FairfieldLife] Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico.
[banner] December 14, 2012 Dear All: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico. From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let's raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate http://www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donati...@seedsofheaven.org mailto:donati...@seedsofheaven.org with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20for\ m%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20fo\ rm%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
Steve, perfect creativity for the weekend. Well I was more of a give me an alcoholic milkshake a la Kahlua and cream drinker but ok, beer. For Buck might I recommend a homemade, organic beer? Prompts to help you complete list: Marek, surfer, public defender, originator of Wunnerful Wednesday Mike Dixon our outspoken Republican Carde our Finnish brew Salya and Lawson, our Brit brews Bhairitu our California brew and last but not least, you, a smooth, vintage beer perhaps? (-: Rick, what about Rick?! From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 11:56 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve Oh shit, I forgot Richard. Maybe that cause I usually skip his posts. But how about, the Go Figure beer, or the Affectionate Troll beer. I'm just not dialed in here. Or maybe, The Beer that Made the Austin Brahmastan Famous (you know, Schlitz, The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous) Oh, Jesus, and Buck. How about, Too Far Gone beer, or Do As I Say, Say, Say beer. That might be in close proximity. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann – A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex – crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share – very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy – a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy – At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim –Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull – Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis – An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss – The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea – A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan – Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry – A strong masculine beer. So strong in fact that one often gags on it. Men have a little better time with it, but most woman just cannot handle those stout overtones and usually just spit it out. He is said to be trying to come up with concoction with just a tad more sweetness, but the beer drinking community seems skeptical on this point. Robin – A complicated brew. The final note never seems to end. Plus, he says it is beer, but much of the time
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
hey Buck, I just said the extended Forgiveness Prayer from John Newton. Will say the shorter version during the day as I think of it. Will go to Dome morning and evening. Will deal with my own issues. Hoping all this will help. Even if only a little. Share From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Steve, perfect creativity for the weekend. Well I was more of a give me an alcoholic milkshake a la Kahlua and cream drinker but ok, beer. For Buck might I recommend a homemade, organic beer? Prompts to help you complete list: Marek, surfer, public defender, originator of Wunnerful Wednesday Mike Dixon our outspoken Republican Carde our Finnish brew Salya and Lawson, our Brit brews Bhairitu our California brew and last but not least, you, a smooth, vintage beer perhaps?  (-: Buck, the horseman's small pleasure of sober and measured drinking black coffee from a tin cup made from coffee-grounds boiled in a pot cowboy style over an open fire, sipped in the early morning before meditation. Good Morning. Rick, what about Rick?! From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 11:56 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve  Oh shit, I forgot Richard. Maybe that cause I usually skip his posts. But how about, the Go Figure beer, or the Affectionate Troll beer. I'm just not dialed in here. Or maybe, The Beer that Made the Austin Brahmastan Famous (you know, Schlitz, The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous) Oh, Jesus, and Buck. How about, Too Far Gone beer, or Do As I Say, Say, Say beer. That might be in close proximity. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann â A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex â crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share â very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy â a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy â At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim âLoves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull â Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis â An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss â The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea â A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan â Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry â A strong masculine beer. So
[FairfieldLife] Re: Voter Frustration Over Politicians
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try expanding your mind a little more and visualize what the US would be like if folks worked less and lead a simpler life. First off we already have the advantage of cheap technology which trumps the problems you mention with the middle east. We have toilet paper. We have medical knowledge and with technology we can give people a lot more medical care without having to use expensive doctors so much. We have police, we have fire department we have paramedics. They even might enjoy a 10 hour work week too. Stretch your imagination more. We only have 40 hour work weeks because the industrial age tycoons wanted wage slaves. And at that it took unions to reduce the hours though hogs wanted and keep them from using children too. Contrary to popular belief, work is NOT the purpose of life. We need a leaner cleaner world not the clutter materialistic one which only benefits the few rich who scam the populace by selling them needless things. Celebrate December 22nd the way it was meant to be celebrated with global change. Throw the rich bums out! you're right, work isn't the purpose of life. However, there are a lot of developments we have that we take for granted that will never be sustained in 10 hours a week. For example, we would never become educated with 10 hours worth of work per week, nor would our schools even be able to be built or teachers get our papers graded, or cafeterias be stocked and food prepped cooked. Space shuttles wouldn't launch, brain surgeons in the E-room wouldn't be available as often as needed, bridges wouldn't get built, cars wouldn't get manufactured, air conditioners wouldn't get repaired in a timely manner, and the list goes on and on and on. Now if you pulled the number 10 out of a hat without any serious thoughtno argument then. I do think work weeks could be reduced a little bit. However, I remember before Steve Jobs passed away he was talking about how tirelessly he and his crew worked to develop a lot of his productsI guarantee you he was well over 40 hours per week in his progress. Even MMY had a lot of people working overnight tirelessly while translating the Bhagavad Gita. Hard work is not exactly a foreign concept even to people who tend towards liberal thinking. Regarding the technology that you say is now easily available and cheapyeah, it's cheap, but it still has to be manufactured and shipped from factory to outlet stores by people. Truck drivers have to drive about 10 hours just in a day for us to get what we expect and demand as consumers. My opinion about 40 hour work weeks is if that's too much, I don't know what anyone else can expect. I guarantee you every generation previous to the industrial revolution spent over 40 hours a week managing their lives. Only difference is their effort was not necessarily working for someone. More likely chopping wood, keeping the house in order, hunting, foraging, etc... Another good example is the simple purchase of a car. When you buy a car, it's not just a transaction between you and the salesman. First, someone has to locate where the raw materials are for the car (some form of a research and survey team). Then a company has to go mine those materials (miners, contractors). Then those materials have to be shipped to a warehouse (truck drivers, pilots, more contractors). Then those materials have to be formed into car parts (manufacturing plants). Then those parts have to be delivered to a place that forms the cars (more truck drivers and pilots). Then those parts are finally formed into a car (GM, FORD, Chevy auto factories). Then the vehicles have to be transported to a dealership (more truck drivers). Then there's the dealership - Owner, salesman, janitors, mechanics, receptionist, secretaries, auto parts clerk, managers. So for you and I to drive the cars we drive, hundreds of people have to be employedand when there are so many people buying cars, 10 hours a week just isn't going to cut it. The same goes with everything we buy. Extracting materials from the earth, transportation, logistical planning, manufacturing, sales and marketing, these are all required. Not just for complex machinery, but even a small toy you buy at the dollar store for one buck, and other things that are basic necessities such as the food stocked in our grocery stores and produce sections. A farmer will never produce the amount of food we need in 10, 20, or even 30 hours a week. Maybe as we evolve more we'll have robots to do all this, and the we can drastically cut our hours. Don't get me wrong in all this though. Although I make a rather decent living, I could make it off of $20k a year if I had to, and I wouldn't be struggling (just more selective on where I live). But given this day in age with retirement and the fact kids are
Re: [FairfieldLife] Forget the Christian hatred of the Corrupt World
Wonderful quote, emptybill and here's what came to mind: could askesis and mathesis be combined in the mental practice of what is called self inquiry? is it significant in this context that the Greeks and Romans worshipped many gods whereas the Judeo Christians worshipped one? thank you From: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 9:21 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Forget the Christian hatred of the Corrupt World It was a perversion of Western culture.FOUCAULT / Askesis is not Christian asceticism. ...this new kind of parrhesiastic game – where the problem is to confront the truth about yourself – requires what the Greeks called askesis. Although our word asceticism derives from the Greek word askesis (since the meaning of the word changes as it becomes associated with various Christian practices), for the Greeks the word does not mean ascetic, but has a very broad sense denoting any kind of practical training or exercise. For example, it was a commonplace to say that any kind of art or technique had to be learned by mathesis and askesis – by theoretical knowledge and practical training. And, for instance, when Musonius Rufus says that the art of living, techne tou biou, is like the other arts, i.e., an art which one could not learn only through theoretical teachings, he is repeating a traditional doctrine. This techne tou biou, this art of living, demands practice and training: askesis. But the Greek conception of askesis differs from Christian ascetic practices in at least two ways: (1) Christian asceticism has its ultimate aim or target the renunciation of the self, whereas the moral askesis of the Greco-Roman philosophies has as its goal the establishment of a specific relationship to oneself – a relationship of self possession and self-sovereignty; (2) Christian asceticism takes as its principle theme detachment from the world, whereas the ascetic practices of the Greco-Roman philosophies are generally concerned with endowing the individual with the preparation and the moral equipment that will permit him to fully confront the world in an ethical and rational manner. Foucault In 1983 at Berkeley University
[FairfieldLife] Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry A strong masculine beer. So strong in fact that one often gags on it. Men have a little better time with it, but most woman just cannot handle those stout overtones and usually just spit it out. He is said to be trying to come up with concoction with just a tad more sweetness, but the beer drinking community seems skeptical on this point. Robin A complicated brew. The final note never seems to end. Plus, he says it is beer, but much of the time it tastes like malt liquor. The label doesn't help much in that regard. The rumor is that he plans to get some brewing tips from monks to help him come up with something which can positively be
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Steve, perfect creativity for the weekend. Well I was more of a give me an alcoholic milkshake a la Kahlua and cream drinker but ok, beer. For Buck might I recommend a homemade, organic beer? Prompts to help you complete list: Marek, surfer, public defender, originator of Wunnerful Wednesday Mike Dixon our outspoken Republican Carde our Finnish brew Salya and Lawson, our Brit brews Bhairitu our California brew and last but not least, you, a smooth, vintage beer perhaps?  (-: Buck, the horseman's small pleasure of sober and measured drinking black coffee from a tin cup made from coffee-grounds boiled in a pot cowboy style over an open fire, sipped in the early morning before meditation. Good Morning. Buck, I will happily join you in sobriety, but even tapas needs to have limits. IMO, needlessly destroying perfectly good coffee beans goes beyond all possible bounds of decency.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lumppu or Omppu: whose sound is better??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6BHV-akk7Afeature=player_embedded Lumppu (trash, slut) = Finnish nickname for Nokia Lumia (920) Omppu (nickname for apple, omena) = iPhone 5 I must say I like iPhone 5 better in that respect... :/ Oh shucks! iPhone 5 beat Lumia 920 even in picture quality?? (HD, Full Screen): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA46H1njweQ
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
America's gun worship has always amazed and disconcerted me. I think it is a kind of collective insanity. Why on earth would a woman COLLECT GUNS? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Steve.  You've been movin' forward on the humor front of late - some good posts.  Thanks for the effort on this - very sweet.  I've spent some of this evening reading on the Connecticut tragedy.  I simply cannot get over that the mother was a gun collector and knew she had a mentally ill son.  Not that that would have made a difference - but it certainly made it easier than it had to be. Somehow that did make it a little easier. But like you say, the finality of it.  All those kids, all those families, his family, Christmas, no way to fix it, no way to make it better, ever.  RIP.  From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 9:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve  Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day)  There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann â A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex â crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share â very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy â a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout.  The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within.  Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy â At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim âLoves the King of Beers, Budweiser.  I think he just likes the idea of King (-:  Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull â Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage?  The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis â An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss â The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea â A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan â Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry â A strong masculine beer. So strong in fact that one often gags on it. Men have a little better time with it, but most woman just cannot handle those stout overtones and usually just spit it out. He is said to be trying to come up with concoction with just a tad more sweetness, but the beer drinking community seems skeptical on this point. Robin â A complicated brew. The final note never seems to end. Plus, he says it is beer, but much of the time it tastes like
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
FWIW, from Wiki: List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. On average in 2009, 93 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day. I think those people are exactly as dead as those being shot. But the former seen to be primarily just numbers in statistics. Go figure... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: America's gun worship has always amazed and disconcerted me. I think it is a kind of collective insanity. Why on earth would a woman COLLECT GUNS?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. World peace then. That'll be nice.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
Yes, people die from all sorts of causes. And your point is . . . ? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: FWIW, from Wiki: List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the United States by year. On average in 2009, 93 people were killed on the roadways of the U.S. each day. I think those people are exactly as dead as those being shot. But the former seen to be primarily just numbers in statistics. Go figure... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: America's gun worship has always amazed and disconcerted me. I think it is a kind of collective insanity. Why on earth would a woman COLLECT GUNS?
[FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: SRV obviously had some of the sexiest Strats(?) on this planet! Sorry to say, but the drum solo was one of the lamest I've ever seen and heard... :-/ Drums? What drums? It was all about Stevie there. Shit, Holy God in Heaven, that guy just plays it - all gristle and bone and what is best about not being in the celestial regions but right down here on the Earth, both feet planted firmly and just givin' 'er. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Thanks for the Vaughan Richard, this was excellent.  From: Richard J. Williams richard@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday  It was an interesting article that WillyWiener pointed out, though. I agree with very few of David Fricke's rankings, but his choice of guitarists is admirable. ... Bhairitu: For every star there are a 1000 or more equally or more competent as musicians. Most of the famous artists, if they don't let their ego get in the way, acknowledge this... Yeah, I've seen a lot of great guitarists, but I remember the first time I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was in Nashville, and he â still pretty unknown â was opening for BB King. It was like a force of nature on the stage, which is a cliche but that's the only way I could describe it. He was opening for B.B. King, who was still very much on his game, but the Beeb waited a solid hour to come out, and when he did it still felt like the echoes from Stevie Ray's set were reverberating around the hall. Posted by Glenn Reynolds: http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/159430/ 'Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3inTQps20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3inTQps20
[FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: hey Buck, I just said the extended Forgiveness Prayer from John Newton. Will say the shorter version during the day as I think of it. Will go to Dome morning and evening. Will deal with my own issues. Hoping all this will help. Even if only a little. Share * [height: 166px;] http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KJkP7OjMxQ0SYA8AKJzbk\ F;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.sea\ rch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dthree%2Bgold%2Bstars%26_adv_prop%3\ Dimage%26va%3Dthree%2Bgold%2Bstars%26fr%3Dmoz35%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D4\ 9w=610h=458imgurl=www.psdgraphics.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2\ F11%2Fgold-star.jpgrurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnnytwoshoes.com%2Fforum%2Ft\ opic%2F4225size=58.9+KBname=JohnnyTwoShoes+%E2%80%94+Call+for+topic+st\ arring%2C+your+voice%3Fp=three+gold+starsoid=b6cf5c6b62e9ebb7c3f16e8e9\ 42c4448fr2=fr=moz35tt=JohnnyTwoShoes%2B%25E2%2580%2594%2BCall%2Bfor%2\ Btopic%2Bstarring%252C%2Byour%2Bvoice%253Fb=31ni=96no=49ts=tab=orga\ nicsigr=11ebnc5hosigb=13u4jdu3ssigi=11sotfrko.crumb=S.s05XcdW67 From: Buck dhamiltony2k5@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted  Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sthapatya Veda is just a Placebo Effect
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Placebo. Nice way to look at it. I always thought of it as the carrot and the stick. M always needed a way to keep people interested in the movement and gaining enlightenment. At first it was the 5-8 year plan, then rounding courses, then age of enlightenment courses, then Sidhis, then ayurveda, jyotish,yagyas and then he says * if I had this knowledge(SV) we would be through.* He always found a way to keep the TBs thinking *it* was just around the corner. The Gita clearly says *only after many life times of this practice does one come to Me*. Of course ,that was explained away as *Life times* just meant, each time you transcended. Why wouldn't Krishna have put it that way in the first place? One story in one of the Upanishads tells of a Devotee of a great Guru who asked *how many more life times will it take for me to become enlightened?* The master said as many births as there are on that tree, pointing to an enormous banyan tree with tens of thousands of leaves. The devotee felt enormous relief knowing his births could be counted. The last thing Marshy wanted people to change that, apparently, was holding back the glorious day of personal enlightenment, was exposure to electromagnetic fields. A purusha friend of mine at Vlodrop was even carrying around an electric field meter everywhere he went to see what damage it was doing to himself and everyone else. Here is a clue in the paragraph above: there is no such thing as 'personal' enlightenment. The intellectual, mental disposition of movement philosophy keeps you looking at the path, not at the goal. Remember the story of the rope and the snake. The path is the snake but it is not made clear that the the path is actually nonsense, and so one remains trapped in delusion, just with different parameters than before one became 'spiritual'. The desire, or need to create and maintain a large organisation to promote enlightenment seems to bear with it a critical mass above which, the survival of the organisation becomes more important than the result it is supposed to achieve. And then the descriptions and hints about what 'enlightenment' might be like are taken as truths rather than as pointers to truth, and doctrine is born, and we have a new religion, which as even M said, represents the decay of pure knowledge. Does anyone ever ask themselves 'What is pure knowledge, really?' Suppose you were stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck on a beach that faces only south; none of the movement trappings (or some other movements stuff) ever to be available to you again other than perhaps the meditation you were taught. And you still wanted to get enlightened, how would you proceed? No one is going to come and save your ass in this situation. No special buildings, no special food, no ceremonies, no medicines, no trinkets, no new techniques. What would you do? Mobile and wireless phones, wi-fi, and that nasty AC current is all that's keeping us back now. Basically you need to live in a cave. I honestly don't know which is sadder -- Maharishi coming up with reason after reason after reason for why people weren't enlightened yet (rather than just saying, I was wrong...the techniques I made up don't work), or people continuing to believe the reasons. I have to believe that the biggest part of the problem is not Maharishi per se but the whole paradigm of spiritual practice he learned and then passed along -- selling futures. Everything was always about how glorious things would be, at some unspecified point in the future (*always* in the future) when you would finally be enlightened, or everyone would finally be enlightened. I know thousands of people -- not only in the TM move- ment but in others -- whose whole adult lifetimes have revolved around living for a future goal that they have never once seen the existence of conclusively demonstrated. They were only told *about* it, by someone they trusted, and that trust was enough to keep them practicing tech- niques that in many cases they did not enjoy, or pursuing lifestyle choices (like celibacy) that they did not enjoy, or shelling out thousands and thousands (if not millions, in the case of the Rajas) of dollars to the person who kept promising them this golden future that never seemed to arrive. Religions and spiritual practices promise glorious futures because they don't have glorious presents to offer. The techniques they sell may help to reduce stress and enable one to feel a little better on a day-to-day basis, but the carrot is still way out there at the end of a long stick that keeps getting longer and
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
I think the most you'll see (or proposed) are universal background checks for gun purchases in any venue, and a ban on certain assault weapons. Don't see the possibility of anything more than that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: I know a family dealing with a violent son with mental health issues - their story is so difficult.  There aren't enough resources, a lot of the resources aren't any good, and medications have side effects.  And I don't care what anyone says, but I am all for gun control in big way.  From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Steve. àYou've been movin' forward on the humor front of late - some good posts. àThanks for the effort on this - very sweet. àI've spent some of this evening reading on the Connecticut tragedy. àI simply cannot get over that the mother was a gun collector and knew she had a mentally ill son. àNot that that would have made a difference - but it certainly made it easier than it had to be. Somehow that did make it a little easier. But like you say, the finality of it.  Ã All those kids, all those families, his family, Christmas, no way to fix it, no way to make it better, ever. àRIP. àFrom: seventhray27 steve.sundur@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 9:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve àThanks Share.àI wouldn'tàhave expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something Iàcame up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean toàoffend anyone,à(on what's turned out to be a sad day) àThere's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style.àI came up with some side by side comparisons.àAnd as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann â⬠A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex â⬠crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share â⬠very smooth, but always with a strong finish.à(a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy â⬠a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. àThe labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. àSaid to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy â⬠At some point the fermentation process got messed up.àIt may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks.àA result is a quite bitter concoction.àOn the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim ââ¬Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. àI think he just likes the idea of King (-: àRecently started brewing in a second venue.àThe beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said.àWord is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull â⬠Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? àThe jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis â⬠An extraordinary brewer.àIt seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics.àHe is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product.àAnd yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss â⬠The beer he brews is quite bitter.àOccasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea â⬠A good honest brew.àDark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan â⬠Has what we used to refer toàas 3/2 beer.àMild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew.àOn the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special
[FairfieldLife] Re: MAHARISHIââ¬â¢S TEACHINGS ON SEX
Uh, thanks. :) Good story telling makes copy and paste useful! I feel warm and cuddly now. Good day to enjoy on the Dhanu Surya rise! Going to go find a monk to hit with a tablet. lol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: OH oh oh my oja oh my ooojjaaa obba ===jeeba remind me on that little cartoon [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qwMYxlUoWb0/UE9Hu1d7fyI/CGE/wf8kHS4Qk\ 7o/s1600/ATT1.jpg] A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The head monk, says, We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1_OC_FzysyE/UE9HwQbsFvI/CGM/ScnXQcyHu\ eg/s1600/ATT2.jpg] He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing: We missed the R ! We missed the R ! We missed the R ! [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lnp6QUgZzLg/UE9Hy7jHw8I/CGc/3hxL33hYl\ jA/s1600/ATT4.jpg] His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, What's wrong, father? With A choking voice, the old abbot replies, The word was... [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H4uAjLo7Ow0/UE9H0da-QCI/CGk/OIMOJLwIf\ tI/s1600/ATT5.jpg] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H4uAjLo7Ow0/UE9H0da-QCI/CGk/OIMOJLwIf\ tI/s1600/ATT5.jpg CELEB R ATE But wasn't that your fault my oh my obbajeeba What have you done in your previous life as a scribe , as a monk? Should be a lesson to be more careful next time , will you BTW welcome to the Faith for Fake enLife back again A recently uncovered fragment of ancient papyrus makes the explosive suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were man and wife, researchers say. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205235/Jesus-married-Proof-God-\ spoke-wife-Mary-Magdalene-ancient-papyrus.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205235/Jesus-married-Proof-God\ -spoke-wife-Mary-Magdalene-ancient-papyrus.html Hallelujah, Jesus was celibate! Vatican insists ancient fragment on Christ's wife a fake Read more: http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/jesus-gospel-wife-celibate-228/ http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/jesus-gospel-wife-celibate-228/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@ wrote: Haha, not referring to you, just wondered if you had thoughts to as why so many people follow someone as a Saint or Master if they are believed to be celibate. To this way of thinking, why does belief in celibacy in full adult age bring more wisdom? Maybe a misinterpretation to ancient scriptures? snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Rick, what about Rick?! Oh that's easy, Sacred Cow Brew, or Mr. Accommodation Brew, or Yes, Maharishi DID Have Sex With That Woman Brew From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 11:56 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earnest Confusion to Steve  Oh shit, I forgot Richard. Maybe that cause I usually skip his posts. But how about, the Go Figure beer, or the Affectionate Troll beer. I'm just not dialed in here. Or maybe, The Beer that Made the Austin Brahmastan Famous (you know, Schlitz, The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous) Oh, Jesus, and Buck. How about, Too Far Gone beer, or Do As I Say, Say, Say beer. That might be in close proximity. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann â A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex â crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share â very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy â a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy â At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim âLoves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull â Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis â An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss â The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea â A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan â Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry â A strong masculine beer. So strong in fact that one often gags on it. Men have a little better time with it, but most woman just cannot handle those stout overtones and usually just spit it out. He is said to be trying to come up with concoction with just a tad more sweetness, but the beer drinking community seems skeptical on this point. Robin â A complicated brew. The final note never seems to end. Plus, he says it is beer, but much of the time it tastes like malt liquor. The label doesn't help much in that regard. The rumor is that he plans to get some brewing tips from monks to help him come up with something which can positively be identified as to what type
[FairfieldLife] On 21 December thousands of young Yogic Flyers will gather of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec
Maharishi’s Global Family Chat Summary Maharishi’s Global Family Chat Summary December 14, 2012 On 21 December, in one week, thousands of young Yogic Flyers from local schools will come together at the holy gathering of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec and other tribes to be held at Monte Alban in southern Mexico Raja Luis began with an overview of Maharishi’s offer to every nation of the gift of invincibility, which means every aspect of life harmonious. The practical programme for this is establishing groups of Yogic Flyers, such as those in India and the US. In the same way in every country we want to have invincibility, as a platform for all our knowledge. The first school in Latin America started 2007—one school was enough to create invincibility for one nation. Then gradually more countries came along—Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador—very small numbers of Yogic Flyers compared to the whole population, but enough that one can feel the new trend in the destiny of the whole nation. This year we were able to establish groups enough for Latin America, especially in military schools. In the meantime other groups grew up, such as in Colombia where Fr Mejia’s groups are very stable. It now happens that in Peru 800-900 children will also become Yogic Flyers in the same week as the group in Mexico. The situation in the indigenous schools of southern Mexico is unique because of the very surprising quality of freshness and innocence of consciousness of the students. Of the 80 schools where the project has started, 54 have already received the TM-Sidhi programme. These indigenous people belong to 14 different language groups. They love their traditions, and also want education. They see the gift of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi programme as a fulfilment of their traditional role and Dharma. The project has been organized by Nature Next week on the 20th of December is the end of the academic year, plus the Winter festival is the next day on the 21st, plus the calendar of the indigenous people of the area ends, and a new time starts. This new time coincides with the start of a new type of education, which is characterised by a new role for education, and a new quality for society. The project has basically been arranged by the parents, and they see it, together with the children, as the fulfilment of their personal and community Dharma. Raja Luis and his Teachers are happy to be able to honour the desire of the children and elders to celebrate in their holy place of Monte Alban on the 21st December. The whole thing is unfolding in a very innocent way from the mothers and communities of the indigenous people; the authorities of education system are the channel that is organizing the gathering of the school children. Photo of Monte Alban, the sacred place of Zapotec and Mayan where the celebration of 21st will be held. This is the first time that this location has been made available for group practise of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying. These people are all members of Solar traditions, all the way to Ecuador and Peru. The awakening of their culture through transcending and Yogic Flying, connecting with the deep culture in accord with Natural law, is happening in exactly those countries connected with this culture. Their view is that ego-based culture is now going, and consciousness-based culture is starting. The experience of the Teachers and students is very different than in other schools. How many Yogic Flying students can come together on the 21st depends on fundraising, and the speed that the money can be made available in Mexico, because the buses to fetch the children have to be booked and travel one or two days to fetch them in the rural areas. Everyone is invited to contribute as comfortable. The quickest way will be to send your contribution directly to the project in Mexico. Please also send an email to josel...@maharishi.net to inform the organisers that you have sent that amount so they can plan how many buses to order. Each child costs US $10 to $20 for the bus trip—please see below for donation details. We want to help as many as possible to enjoy this momentous occasion, and that will be our joy—the actual number is not so significant. We have taught 9,000 Yogic Flyers in the last weeks in 54 schools, and there are total 257 schools which will bring at least 20,000 Yogic Flyers all practicing in school at the same time next year. Everyone is invited to fly at 12 noon, midday Holland time, with us on Friday the 21st. Dr Swan expressed great appreciation from all around the world for Raja Luis and all his devoted Teachers. He asked him to please welcome all the students as new Yogic Flyers to Maharishi’s worldwide family, which is performing it’s blissful duty for World Peace every day. For donors outside the US, the banking information is: Beneficiary: FUNDACION CULTURAL MAHARISHI MEXICO AC SWIFT BIMEM
Re: [FairfieldLife] Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
dear laughingPerson, I've already done the gender bender rabbit hole in regards to merudanda who I labeled he. But Robin twice referred to that person as she. I even found, from the mystery person themself, conflicting posts: one to Obba wherein he called himself Purusha; another wherein she said she's a woman. I finally figured that they are existing at that finest level where Shiva IS Shakti, where Purusha IS Prakriti etc. And I remain grateful to meruD for the tender feelings inspired in me regardless of their gender. PS You? I always knew you're a guy. And then someone, maybe Richard, joked about how you are young enough to be my grandson. So age can be yet another perplexing parameter online. From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference? Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull – Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann – A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex – crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share – very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy – a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy – At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim –Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull – Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis – An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss – The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea – A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan – Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
Okay, I guess I make too many snap judgements. But thanks for the clarification. Did you say you were from the N.C. area? A good (old) friend of mine appears quite active in the TMO down there. I haven't spoken with him for over 20 years, but I see he and his wife are carrying the torch there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste. Barry A strong masculine beer. So strong in fact that one often gags on it. Men have a little better time with it, but most woman just cannot handle those stout overtones and usually just spit it out. He is said to be trying to come up
[FairfieldLife] Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from my research: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap. Sweet dreams...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
Tom Jeannie? Yep, that's where I'm from. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: Okay, I guess I make too many snap judgements. But thanks for the clarification. Did you say you were from the N.C. area? A good (old) friend of mine appears quite active in the TMO down there. I haven't spoken with him for over 20 years, but I see he and his wife are carrying the torch there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this brew. In fact his brew requires special plastic packaging as the concoction keeps leaking from the bottle. And the beer itself? Rather unique, but once you get used to the pungent aroma from the leaking yeast, it is not that bad. The brew definitely has its adherents, but it is an acquired taste.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: dear laughingPerson, I've already done the gender bender rabbit hole in regards to merudanda who I labeled he. But Robin twice referred to that person as she. I even found, from the mystery person themself, conflicting posts: one to Obba wherein he called himself Purusha; another wherein she said she's a woman. I finally figured that they are existing at that finest level where Shiva IS Shakti, where Purusha IS Prakriti etc. And I remain grateful to meruD for the tender feelings inspired in me regardless of their gender. PS You? I always knew you're a guy. And then someone, maybe Richard, joked about how you are young enough to be my grandson. So age can be yet another perplexing parameter online.   True about the age thing on a forum. I hope that the way I express myself makes me appear younger than I really am, not in an immature way but in a spontaneous, innocent kind of way. Getting back to the gender thingy, I guess not everyone remembered (or even read) my offer to go to NJ and give Judy a good spanking in lieu of traveling to FF. Hey wait a minute, you don't necessarily have to be a man to do that now, do you? From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?  Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull â Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico.
These flyers happen to be the descendants of the ancient Mayans. There must be a connection to the ancient Mayan prophecy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: [banner] December 14, 2012 Dear All: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico. From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let's raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate http://www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donations@... mailto:donations@... with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20for\ m%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20fo\ rm%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now
Ah ha ha ha ha.good one. So nice to have you posting more regularly here and outing yourself as someone other than that scary moderator guy who has the power to exclude people for one week only. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:17 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now Thanks, Em. Your preference for pathetic whiny men is duly noted. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Just wanted to say Alex, that I loved your brave little story of changing the jeep tire...my jeep thanks you in advance.  I find the few glimpses one get into others' on the ground, operational aspects of their lives inspirational.  From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now  I am NOT appealing for the rule to be enforced. My Point Is, I think you are a little prick who enjoys abusing what little power he has, when it suits him. After your pathetic whine about your flat tire the other day, I quite frankly don't think you are capable of enforcing anything, including your digestion. Idiot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: I think Rick's original intent with the anonymity rule was to make FFL a place to have open discussions without fear. And, there are people here who do post completely anonymously, in the spirit of that intent. I respect that. But, taking on an anonymous identity in order to troll is bullshit, especially when the person can't even be bothered to keep the anonymous identity anonymous. As I've demonstrated in the past, I do enforce the anonymity rule for people who use it legitimately. I've also been openly critical of people claiming anonymity and appealing for the rule to be enforced when they're really not actually anonymous. I've been consistent in that stance, and I'm not going to change it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: No, no, no Alex. My advice is to keep your head where it belongs. This has long been a forum where anonymity has been respected. I don't mind my various identities coming to light. Makes it all the more interesting, don't you think? Quite a good game for us all. Though I would caution you, as a forum moderator to be careful about letting your own prejudices determine how you treat others here. Its kind of an ugly thing to witness, wouldn't you agree? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I've had private communication with YOU more often than I have Curtis since August. The reason, of course, is that in a moment of silent mind stupidity, shortly after you showed up here with your latest attempt to hide who you were behind yet another new screen name, you managed to click the wrong setting or something and send me a *private email* to my Yahoo email address, signed by and purporting to come from doctordumbass, but clearly having been sent from your jim_flanegin email address, and bearing that address in the headers. He posts as Jim Flanegan on The Golden Buddhic Gas Pump of Pure Knowledge and probably uses the same web browser for all his online activities. My advice is to use different web browsers for different Yahoo IDs. And, with large and/or multiple monitors, keeping the browsers parked in different locations on the desktop further helps to keep the different IDs separate.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
That was reeellly entertaining. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from my research: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap. Sweet dreams...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday
Me toodidn't hear the drums in this one..background noiseselective listening going on. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:39 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: SRV obviously had some of the sexiest Strats(?) on this planet! Sorry to say, but the drum solo was one of the lamest I've ever seen and heard... :-/ Drums? What drums? It was all about Stevie there. Shit, Holy God in Heaven, that guy just plays it - all gristle and bone and what is best about not being in the celestial regions but right down here on the Earth, both feet planted firmly and just givin' 'er. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Thanks for the Vaughan Richard, this was excellent.  From: Richard J. Williams richard@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Spiritual Question For Wednesday  It was an interesting article that WillyWiener pointed out, though. I agree with very few of David Fricke's rankings, but his choice of guitarists is admirable. ... Bhairitu: For every star there are a 1000 or more equally or more competent as musicians. Most of the famous artists, if they don't let their ego get in the way, acknowledge this... Yeah, I've seen a lot of great guitarists, but I remember the first time I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan. It was in Nashville, and he †still pretty unknown †was opening for BB King. It was like a force of nature on the stage, which is a cliche but that's the only way I could describe it. He was opening for B.B. King, who was still very much on his game, but the Beeb waited a solid hour to come out, and when he did it still felt like the echoes from Stevie Ray's set were reverberating around the hall. Posted by Glenn Reynolds: http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/159430/ 'Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3inTQps20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3inTQps20
[FairfieldLife] Obama - meaningful action, Bloomberg - immediat action
In the wake of this school shooting tragedy we see our natural human cognitive errors being played out with a dash of security theater ala post 9-11. I go in and out of different schools a lot. There is a badge system for people checking in to the main office. Signs around proclaim that EVERY visitor MUST report to the main office. UH huh. I do it because I am there for a good reason. But short of a prison style lockdown environment, security is mostly theater to make parents feel their kids are safe. The same parents who hold the door for me when they they have been buzzed in, in front of me, so that the office only knows that one person has entered. It takes a smile and a thank you and if you are holding something while approaching the door so much the better to involve their helpfulness reflex. I often walk in unquestioned holding a rifle case which is my $8 Walmart solution to the perfect mic stand case that they charge $100 for if it is being sold to musicians at the music store. No one has ever given it a second look. There is no security, only security theater. And the reason it works is because this kind of horrible thing is really, really, really, really rare. We aren't gunna become Japan and round up all the guns, allowing police to enter our homes for a yearly interview for every citizen, law abiding or not. We aren't gunna be able to spot when one of our species goes awol from our social contract ahead of time, every time, especially the suicide type. Would tougher laws have scared HIM? The gun control laws WORKED, these guns were all legally purchased by a person without a felony. We can't study the type of guns they were to understand better how to limit a special type of bad bad gun. Reagan and Brady were hit by a .22 that would be best used for squirrel hunting. So now we are gunna have to watch as our government performs its we've got this under control now Kabuki dance. Then the political football will continue as it has already started, you aren't being whatever enough or you are being too something else. My party would blah blah blah, better. But they wouldn't because they can't. This was a random act of a wacko who was determined to carry this out and we are never gunna tighten our fences enough to keep this kind of wolf from killing our sheep. They will never have this under control and we are foolish for believing that they can. It is a cognitive gap we all have to believe that looking backwards to piece together causes from an event helps us look forward into the dazzling and mind boggling number of kids, who exhibited every trait this kid did, but who will never become a monster. We can't predict this. We don't have the resources even if we did, to apply it. Already the neighbor of his mother has been saying that the mother was very strict...eyebrows raised...(is this what created this monster?) Serial and mass murderer moms always get harassed. I refer you to the amazing book We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, for an amazingly detailed fictional look at how a mother of this kind of creature might feel. We want the complexities of life to be comprehensible by our nature, but we believe that we always can at the cost of realism. The government's goal is to make us FEEL safe, but our actual safety is the intersection of randomness, luck and the formula, flee if you can, hide if you can, and last of all fight when faced with this situation. The teachers in this school did an amazing job under these conditions to do the right things for their students. I loved how one teacher who had hid her kids didn't even open the door when the police came and slid their badge under the door. She knew she had no ability to evaluate police credentials. If you are a real official you will have a key she said. I admire the fierceness of her resolve to act rationally. The officers did have a key and she delivered her kids safely, having done everything she could to protect them. Let's not be fooled that anyone is gunna take meaningful action, but lets keep an eye on the push for immediate action. Because our species has a lousy track record discerning the difference between things actually improving, and the instruction not to worry our pretty little heads.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Laughingfully! Are you feathers all ruffled up? You are really getting good at this search stuffmay I call on you next time I need to find something? This is so damn sweet. Isn't it cute? Don't you just love Judy? Do you know how many times the word styupid has been used? Ha. I do. From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from my research: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
I think the witch from New Jersey is referring to YOU not me in the comment But you're *really* stupid. Otherwise the comment doesn't make any sense. She is addressing you throughout. She tells you that you are stupid, adds that Feste is stupid too, but then comes back to you and says that you are really stupid, that is, even more stupid than Feste. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from my research: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap. Sweet dreams...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
My intuition tells me that Share was a High Priestess in one of her past lives.the fall from grace has been hard to handle. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: hey Buck, I just said the extended Forgiveness Prayer from John Newton. Will say the shorter version during the day as I think of it. Will go to Dome morning and evening. Will deal with my own issues. Hoping all this will help. Even if only a little. Share From: Buck dhamiltony2k5@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted  Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
And I consider that a ***rel*** compliment coming from the master (in other areas) himself. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: That was reeellly entertaining. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from my research: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap. Sweet dreams...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now
Yeah! Git'cher man card! Get some tatts - drink whiskey! LOL Someone over on the Buddhic Gas Pump of Divine Delight, was even suggesting breaking CAR WINDOWS WITH BRICKS AND SNORTING COKE! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: Thanks, Em. Your preference for pathetic whiny men is duly noted. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Just wanted to say Alex, that I loved your brave little story of changing the jeep tire...my jeep thanks you in advance.  I find the few glimpses one get into others' on the ground, operational aspects of their lives inspirational.  From: doctordumbass@ doctordumbass@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:13 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now  I am NOT appealing for the rule to be enforced. My Point Is, I think you are a little prick who enjoys abusing what little power he has, when it suits him. After your pathetic whine about your flat tire the other day, I quite frankly don't think you are capable of enforcing anything, including your digestion. Idiot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: I think Rick's original intent with the anonymity rule was to make FFL a place to have open discussions without fear. And, there are people here who do post completely anonymously, in the spirit of that intent. I respect that. But, taking on an anonymous identity in order to troll is bullshit, especially when the person can't even be bothered to keep the anonymous identity anonymous. As I've demonstrated in the past, I do enforce the anonymity rule for people who use it legitimately. I've also been openly critical of people claiming anonymity and appealing for the rule to be enforced when they're really not actually anonymous. I've been consistent in that stance, and I'm not going to change it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: No, no, no Alex. My advice is to keep your head where it belongs. This has long been a forum where anonymity has been respected. I don't mind my various identities coming to light. Makes it all the more interesting, don't you think? Quite a good game for us all. Though I would caution you, as a forum moderator to be careful about letting your own prejudices determine how you treat others here. Its kind of an ugly thing to witness, wouldn't you agree? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I've had private communication with YOU more often than I have Curtis since August. The reason, of course, is that in a moment of silent mind stupidity, shortly after you showed up here with your latest attempt to hide who you were behind yet another new screen name, you managed to click the wrong setting or something and send me a *private email* to my Yahoo email address, signed by and purporting to come from doctordumbass, but clearly having been sent from your jim_flanegin email address, and bearing that address in the headers. He posts as Jim Flanegan on The Golden Buddhic Gas Pump of Pure Knowledge and probably uses the same web browser for all his online activities. My advice is to use different web browsers for different Yahoo IDs. And, with large and/or multiple monitors, keeping the browsers parked in different locations on the desktop further helps to keep the different IDs separate.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present to you the following from
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Laughingfully! Are you feathers all ruffled up? Not at all, Emily. I was attempting to fly higher with my creativity and was truly laughing the whole time, but in a good way. Although it was humor at the expense of Judy, I somehow think that perhaps she will understand and will feel where I was coming from. If not, I'm sure I'll hear from *her*. You are really getting good at this search stuffmay I call on you next time I need to find something? Better for you to learn to do it yourself. You know that whole give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime thingy. Just click on Advanced to the right of the Search box at the top and fill in the specifics. This is so damn sweet. Isn't it cute? Don't you just love Judy? Do you know how many times the word styupid has been used? Ha. I do. You lost me here Emily. But that's OK. Thanks for reading and responding. http://youtu.be/IS3HSguQNM8 From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the
Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama - meaningful action, Bloomberg - immediat action
Our school district put out an automated call last night to all the families assuring them of the security in place at the school in our district. Right. I guess I grieve and question why, in addition to taking one's own life, one feels that they have to take out so many others', and in this case so many children, who hadn't even lived their life yet. I think I have higher standards for mothers', in that she should have known the risk of keeping guns in the house with her high risk child and it's a weird thing for me to think about. It isn't a question of why WOMEN collect guns, Feste. Once in awhile I watch that show on Discovery on Alaska homesteaders - they are very cognizant of what their guns are for, why they use them, how to use them, and the internal conflict around taking an animal life. Not really relevant to this situation, but it comes to mind. From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:46 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Obama - meaningful action, Bloomberg - immediat action In the wake of this school shooting tragedy we see our natural human cognitive errors being played out with a dash of security theater ala post 9-11. I go in and out of different schools a lot. There is a badge system for people checking in to the main office. Signs around proclaim that EVERY visitor MUST report to the main office. UH huh. I do it because I am there for a good reason. But short of a prison style lockdown environment, security is mostly theater to make parents feel their kids are safe. The same parents who hold the door for me when they they have been buzzed in, in front of me, so that the office only knows that one person has entered. It takes a smile and a thank you and if you are holding something while approaching the door so much the better to involve their helpfulness reflex. I often walk in unquestioned holding a rifle case which is my $8 Walmart solution to the perfect mic stand case that they charge $100 for if it is being sold to musicians at the music store. No one has ever given it a second look. There is no security, only security theater. And the reason it works is because this kind of horrible thing is really, really, really, really rare. We aren't gunna become Japan and round up all the guns, allowing police to enter our homes for a yearly interview for every citizen, law abiding or not. We aren't gunna be able to spot when one of our species goes awol from our social contract ahead of time, every time, especially the suicide type. Would tougher laws have scared HIM? The gun control laws WORKED, these guns were all legally purchased by a person without a felony. We can't study the type of guns they were to understand better how to limit a special type of bad bad gun. Reagan and Brady were hit by a .22 that would be best used for squirrel hunting. So now we are gunna have to watch as our government performs its we've got this under control now Kabuki dance. Then the political football will continue as it has already started, you aren't being whatever enough or you are being too something else. My party would blah blah blah, better. But they wouldn't because they can't. This was a random act of a wacko who was determined to carry this out and we are never gunna tighten our fences enough to keep this kind of wolf from killing our sheep. They will never have this under control and we are foolish for believing that they can. It is a cognitive gap we all have to believe that looking backwards to piece together causes from an event helps us look forward into the dazzling and mind boggling number of kids, who exhibited every trait this kid did, but who will never become a monster. We can't predict this. We don't have the resources even if we did, to apply it. Already the neighbor of his mother has been saying that the mother was very strict...eyebrows raised...(is this what created this monster?) Serial and mass murderer moms always get harassed. I refer you to the amazing book We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, for an amazingly detailed fictional look at how a mother of this kind of creature might feel. We want the complexities of life to be comprehensible by our nature, but we believe that we always can at the cost of realism. The government's goal is to make us FEEL safe, but our actual safety is the intersection of randomness, luck and the formula, flee if you can, hide if you can, and last of all fight when faced with this situation. The teachers in this school did an amazing job under these conditions to do the right things for their students. I loved how one teacher who had hid her kids didn't even open the door when the police came and slid their badge under the door. She knew she had no ability to evaluate police credentials. If you are a real official you will have
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
You're right feste. I was going by what was on the same line separated by a blank space, and seemed to have misread. Anyway, no harm intended and I stand corrected. You got the harsh glance and I got the slap on the wrist. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I think the witch from New Jersey is referring to YOU not me in the comment But you're *really* stupid. Otherwise the comment doesn't make any sense. She is addressing you throughout. She tells you that you are stupid, adds that Feste is stupid too, but then comes back to you and says that you are really stupid, that is, even more stupid than Feste. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several repetitions of reeellly with both a large number of extra es *and* ls, henceforth referred to as the perfect storm in literary circles, and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard muttering, Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity! and Dear God, help me Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!. Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact as I present
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is he a she or vice versa? Does it make a difference?
Went to MIU with Tom. We had fun, but I probably did not have much fun as Tom. You can take that one to the bank! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: Tom Jeannie? Yep, that's where I'm from. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Okay, I guess I make too many snap judgements. But thanks for the clarification. Did you say you were from the N.C. area? A good (old) friend of mine appears quite active in the TMO down there. I haven't spoken with him for over 20 years, but I see he and his wife are carrying the torch there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: Some good thoughts in your list Steve...how many nights did you say that you couldn't sleep? BTW, my beer should be corrected as follows: Laughinggull Is it really beer *he* is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. LOL...I guess my feminine side is coming through here at FFL. Now it makes sense, Steve, when you highlighted a line from one of my posts, and wrote something like: What the woman said. Kinda elevates your comment some time ago: Someone could fall in love with you based on this comment alone or somesuch. Now I'm curious as what others with whom I've interacted on this forum thought I was (perhaps I should rephrase that, eh?). An interesting discussion might be *how* we respond (or not) to others on an online forum because of gender, and how that might *change* if someone isn't the gender we think he/she is. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Thanks Share. I wouldn't have expected to post so much these past few months, but just worked out that way I guess. Here's something I came up with the other night when I couldn't sleep. Don't mean to offend anyone, (on what's turned out to be a sad day) There's been a lot of talk about craft beers here, and the other night, having trouble sleeping I thought about what qualities of a craft bear could be compared to a posting style. I came up with some side by side comparisons. And as many posts contain insults, the descriptions should also be viewed as applying to insult styles as well. Ann A relatively smooth concoction, but goes from sweet to bitter and back again many times in a single pint, usually ending on a mildly bitter note. Alex crisp and light, with emphasis on crisp. Share very smooth, but always with a strong finish. (a personal favorite of mine) Raunchy a true artisan, brewing a complex, original beer, with a bitter, yet sweet characteristic throughout. The labels are her bottles reflect well the flavor within. Said to be coming out with a new brew called SOTTPS Judy At some point the fermentation process got messed up. It may be that power got cut to the cooling tanks. A result is a quite bitter concoction. On the other hand, the ingredient list on the bottle is impeccable, including the bottling date, and origin and date of the harvest of the hops. The beer, in spite of its flaws, retains a strong following. Jim Loves the King of Beers, Budweiser. I think he just likes the idea of King (-: Recently started brewing in a second venue. The beer in the previous venue was getting a little stale beer it is said. Word is that they weren't really drinking much beer, but rather spending a lot of time talking about the attributes of different beers. Laughinggull Is it really beer she is brewing, or just a fizzy, sparkling beverage? The jury is out on that, but it always tickles the insides. Curtis An extraordinary brewer. It seems his concoctions draw outsize attention from beer critics. He is regularly accused of blasphemy in regards to the higher origins of the product. And yet his critics have a difficult time making their accusations stick, as he seems to have thought through the origins, development, and final disposition of the product better than most people would expect. Nablusoss The beer he brews is quite bitter. Occasionally some sweetness may creep in, even if by mistake, but it greatly enhances the drinkability when that happens. Irantea A good honest brew. Dark and rich in the true Bavarian Tradition. Susan Has what we used to refer to as 3/2 beer. Mild, and not much buzz but an alcohol beverage nonetheless. Xeno - A decent, but basically non alcoholic brew. On the other hand, the highly technical brewing process as outlined on the bottle has generated a respectable following. Ravi - Wy too much fermentation going on with this
[FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: hey Buck, I just said the extended Forgiveness Prayer from John Newton. Will say the shorter version during the day as I think of it. Will go to Dome morning and evening. Will deal with my own issues. Hoping all this will help. Even if only a little. Share Dear Share, I am certain it will help a lot. However, the quickest way to lose your Dome badge these days is to be caught by the national course office promoting other spiritual practices and teachers around here. I fear for your eligibility status to be in the Dome with your promoting of Master John Douglas and John Newton as spiritual teachers here. I'd encourage you to pray in silence for your own safety and also people like Turq who one day may come back and apply to be in the Dome group meditation again. We can only pray and of course as Maharishi once said that pray is best and only heard in the silence of the transcendence. Safety first, Share. Look out for your own self here above everyone else. That is the best we can do for everyone. MUM is the Word which is very close to Om when you think three Ohms together before you think three Om Shanti's together vefore the Loka Somasta Sukino Bhavhatu part of the prayer.. Safety first! With Kindly Regards, -Buck in the Dome From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted  Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
And so you did (hear from Judy). Love the video, Beautifulgull. I do, on occasion, use the advanced searchbut I'm generally lazy in this regard. From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Laughingfully! Are you feathers all ruffled up? Not at all, Emily. I was attempting to fly higher with my creativity and was truly laughing the whole time, but in a good way. Although it was humor at the expense of Judy, I somehow think that perhaps she will understand and will feel where I was coming from. If not, I'm sure I'll hear from *her*. You are really getting good at this search stuffmay I call on you next time I need to find something? Better for you to learn to do it yourself. You know that whole give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime thingy. Just click on Advanced to the right of the Search box at the top and fill in the specifics. This is so damn sweet. Isn't it cute? Don't you just love Judy? Do you know how many times the word styupid has been used? Ha. I do. You lost me here Emily. But that's OK. Thanks for reading and responding. http://youtu.be/IS3HSguQNM8 From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. Yes, as feste pointed out also. And as I pointed out to feste, I was going by what was on each line separated by a blank space. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Uh oh...looks like I won't be able to finish that nap after all. No ma'am, I wasn't sleeping, just resting my head. Yes ma'am, I was paying attention. Would you please repeat the question? Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss
[FairfieldLife] Re: Second objective accomplished...for now
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Yeah! Git'cher man card! Get some tatts - drink whiskey! LOL Someone over on the Buddhic Gas Pump of Divine Delight, was even suggesting breaking CAR WINDOWS WITH BRICKS AND SNORTING COKE! If I could go back in time, I would not get the one little tatt I did get. I used to drink half a bottle of Jack Daniels every night, seven days a week; Dec 29 will mark 17 years of no longer doing that. Back in 1980, I snorted coke one time, didn't feel anything from it, and never did it again. That leaves only breaking car windows with bricks, but I will reserve that sublime pleasure for the occasion that there's a child or pet locked in a closed car on a hot day. Now, where the hell did I put my Louboutin stilettos...
[FairfieldLife] Re: On 21 December thousands of young Yogic Flyers will gather of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin vedamerlin@... wrote:  Maharishiâs Global Family Chat Summary  Maharishiâs Global Family Chat Summary December 14, 2012 On 21 December, in one week, thousands of young Yogic Flyers from local schools will come together at the holy gathering of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec and other tribes to be held at Monte Alban in southern Mexico Raja Luis began with an overview of Maharishiâs offer to every nation of the gift of invincibility, which means every aspect of life harmonious. The practical programme for this is establishing groups of Yogic Flyers, such as those in India and the US. In the same way in every country we want to have invincibility, as a platform for all our knowledge. The first school in Latin America started 2007âone school was enough to create invincibility for one nation. Then gradually more countries came alongâColombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuadorâvery small numbers of Yogic Flyers compared to the whole population, but enough that one can feel the new trend in the destiny of the whole nation. This year we were able to establish groups enough for Latin America, especially in military schools. In the meantime other groups grew up, such as in Colombia where Fr Mejiaâs groups are very stable. It now happens that in Peru 800-900 children will also become Yogic Flyers in the same week as the group in Mexico. The situation in the indigenous schools of southern Mexico is unique because of the very surprising quality of freshness and innocence of consciousness of the students. Of the 80 schools where the project has started, 54 have already received the TM-Sidhi programme. These indigenous people belong to 14 different language groups. They love their traditions, and also want education. They see the gift of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi programme as a fulfilment of their traditional role and Dharma. The project has been organized by Nature Next week on the 20th of December is the end of the academic year, plus the Winter festival is the next day on the 21st, plus the calendar of the indigenous people of the area ends, and a new time starts. This new time coincides with the start of a new type of education, which is characterised by a new role for education, and a new quality for society. The project has basically been arranged by the parents, and they see it, together with the children, as the fulfilment of their personal and community Dharma. Raja Luis and his Teachers are happy to be able to honour the desire of the children and elders to celebrate in their holy place of Monte Alban on the 21st December. The whole thing is unfolding in a very innocent way from the mothers and communities of the indigenous people; the authorities of education system are the channel that is organizing the gathering of the school children. Photo of Monte Alban, the sacred place of Zapotec and Mayan where the celebration of 21st will be held. This is the first time that this location has been made available for group practise of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying. These people are all members of Solar traditions, all the way to Ecuador and Peru. The awakening of their culture through transcending and Yogic Flying, connecting with the deep culture in accord with Natural law, is happening in exactly those countries connected with this culture. Their view is that ego-based culture is now going, and consciousness-based culture is starting. The experience of the Teachers and students is very different than in other schools. How many Yogic Flying students can come together on the 21st depends on fundraising, and the speed that the money can be made available in Mexico, because the buses to fetch the children have to be booked and travel one or two days to fetch them in the rural areas. Everyone is invited to contribute as comfortable. The quickest way will be to send your contribution directly to the project in Mexico. Please also send an email to Joseluis@... to inform the organisers that you have sent that amount so they can plan how many buses to order. Each child costs US $10 to $20 for the bus tripâplease see below for donation details. We want to help as many as possible to enjoy this momentous occasion, and that will be our joyâthe actual number is not so significant. We have taught 9,000 Yogic Flyers in the last weeks in 54 schools, and there are total 257 schools which will bring at least 20,000 Yogic Flyers all practicing in school at the same time next year. Everyone is invited to fly at 12 noon, midday Holland time, with us on Friday the 21st. Dr Swan expressed great appreciation from all around the world for Raja Luis and all his devoted Teachers. He asked him to please welcome all the students as new Yogic Flyers to Maharishiâs worldwide family, which is performing itâs blissful duty for World Peace every day. For donors outside the US, the banking information is: Beneficiary: FUNDACION
[FairfieldLife] Re: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: These flyers happen to be the descendants of the ancient Mayans. There must be a connection to the ancient Mayan prophecy. There is no important Mayan prophecy, it's just a rumour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B51IMrFnDKk That 8000 school-children now are doing the Sidhis in South-America is the result of the blessing of the Masters of Wisdom, the good karma and hard work by Raja Luis and the Governors there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: [banner] December 14, 2012 Dear All: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico. From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let's raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate http://www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donations@ mailto:donations@ with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20for\ m%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20fo\ rm%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Re: Historic Celebration of 8000 Yogic Flyers of the indigenous people of Mexico.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: These flyers happen to be the descendants of the ancient Mayans. There must be a connection to the ancient Mayan prophecy. I have absolutely no idea if you are joking and that reflects badly on one of us.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the consequences: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape route when Miss Stein begins adding extra ls (this doesn't happen often as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling of reeellly, and/or using several repetitions of reely, again with varying number of es (happens frequently): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. Everyone, *on your knees*. Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far as to use asterisks
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to have attempted using stoopider or stoopidest, again with varying number of os, as in: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. I humbly bow to the master. By the time she starts attaching really, again misspelled as reely with varying number of es, to her stoopid, it becomes suddenly and
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Don't mind me, lg. I just got carried away in my desire to make some kind of impression on this Saturday. I think you an exciting, interesting, questioning, compelling person--all that I said in that previous post I now disavow. It was untrue. Every word of it. I don't know what came over me--perhaps some ontological insecurity in the face of your persistent flashes of brilliance and love. I just love your self-confidence--and I am envious of it. How did you achieve this? TM? I find I have hated myself too much in my life to ever acquire that level of self-confidence you exhibit on FFL. I think the death experience should be a breeze for you. Think about me from time to time, will you do that, lg? Perhaps praying for me would help. I am a loser. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention
[FairfieldLife] Re: 12-21-2012
The period from 12.16-23 Mars is under the close aspect of Ketu. This typically is connected with fires, accidents, explosions and military conflict. On Dec 21st malefics particularly are all very strong as so is Jupiter. ** 12.13.2012 Today, our thoughts and gratitude are with those meditators who came out, just as we must always honour our heroes. Our meditators represented the highest ideals of citizenship, sacrifice and service. This commitment is characteristic of the extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism that our meditators show every day in the Domes of spiritual Fairfield. We are grateful. We are a special group with an uncommon bond that exists only in special karmas of Dharma. I am proud to have served with each meditator here. You deserve long and happy lives in peace. -Buck in the Dome Divine Mother said, My energy is coming completely into the planet now. I am healing the planet with my Light. There is a very powerful infusion of my Divine Love energy on this day. The day 12.12.12 is the opening of many streams of Light to embrace Mother Earth coming from the deepest levels of my Infinite Heart. Bringing more energy of Divine Love onto the planet will cause more transformation, more heart opening, more purification. This is the significance of this day. The best way to receive it is to be in communion with me. Do your spiritual practices -- meditation, prayers, chanting, etc., and receive me. The power is inside you to transform yourself and your planet. Embrace it. Everyone certainly agrees and feels that the 12.12.2012 meditation was certainly extremely powerful in effect and it is a very and most transformative day that we have come through. We are grateful. -Buck We are grateful in the new day. Good Morning! ** 12.12.2012 in the Morning. Prepare yourselves. Sit up. All things are ready if our minds are ready. You know your places, go in and Be there. The Unified Field will Be with you this day and forever after. -Buck in the Dome But even for the gold of the Whole World none of you meditators here would desert us! We depend on your help, then; and on victory as sure on 12.12.2012. -Buck Upon the eve of 12.12.2012: But anyone who stays to meditate will have something to boast about for the rest of their life and in the future will remember with pride the spiritual battle on this day. That every common meditator who meditates today with the group will become one-another's brother or sister, and all the meditators who have stayed at home will regret that they were not in the group meditation to gain honor upon this famous day of battle. -Buck in the Dome Om, we lucky few. Om that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in Leiden That do no work to-day! Nay, for tomorrow we are enough to do the lot. We would not meditate in the company of them who spurn our fellowship to meditate with us. 12.11.2012 For the few meditators the greater share of honour. Avert the danger now before it comes even tomorrow, Come Be all that you can Be with us along in the group meditation. Come today and tomorrow and join us. Come to meditation, -Buck in the Dome On 12/12/12, a very intense grouping of planets takes place all in Scorpio, with the Sun and Moon conjunct forming a new Moon (dark, waning, 15th tithi). The Sun, Moon , Mercury, Venus and Rahu will all be conjunct in Scorpio. This planetary combination brings up powerful intensity and can indicate explosive situations. 12.10.2012 Less than only two Days now to prepare our Selves finally for what is coming. It is coming. Maintain your good discipline of coherent meditation up to the end and let no able meditator break from our ranks now. We meditate together at 7:30am and 5pm. There will be no skulking and no standing this one out; but for a better world we do this now: Come sit here and take this flower... For Heaven's sake even in this world Om Shanti! !Om Jerusalem! Om Zion! Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu... ! Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. For whether pure or impure or whether purity or impurity is permeating everywhere who soever opens themselves to this expanded vision of inner awareness gains inner and outer purity. Sit up and Be with
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. Hey everybody, give it up for Robin C! You know Robin, studies have been done that show that those people typically categorized as blue collar have sex more often than those who have achieved a higher level of education. I suspect they also laugh more, and do not take things as seriously. I do worry that the element of fun seems to be missing in your life. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help out in this regard. Sincerely, Steve
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. Hey everybody, give it up for Robin C! You know Robin, studies have been done that show that those people typically categorized as blue collar have sex more often than those who have achieved a higher level of education. I suspect they also laugh more, and do not take things as seriously. I do worry that the element of fun seems to be missing in your life. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help out in this regard. Sincerely, Steve I am going to take you at your word, Steve. I feel you are, in your own way, showing me some real love here. It is true: If I have one regret in my life, it is the element of fun seems to be missing in [my] life--however, the ironic thing is that by confessing that, I tried to GIVE THE OPPOSITE IMPRESSION. But your post here does go where there is this mysterious and inappropriate seriousness--Perhaps you have some solution? It is one thing to sympathize, Steve--but in your last sentence you actually suggest you might have a remedy? Or am I reading too much into what you have said? If there is some way that I can get in on the fun that you have (maybe that is a little too much to hope for--but even just to experience a fraction of what you enjoy; at least that would be an improvement), perhaps you can begin to lead me in that direction. I feel you have penetrated to a secret which I have attempted to keep to myself, but with this post, Steve, this one post, I feel you have begun to break me open, and I would ask you to follow through here with the next level of my initiation into The Way to Have Better Sex and More Fun. I am dead serious about this, Steve. You have shown yourself remarkably immune from having life bring you to a point of internal crisis. This, I believe, is a kind of unconscious metaphysical virtue--I need to unlearn what has turned me into a Soren without the humour. This is a start, Steve--and only you and I know it is said sans irony. Love, Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Whoa, deja vu dude. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Getting a bit formulaic eh? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency --unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: Whoa, deja vu dude. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Getting a bit formulaic eh? Oh, hmmm, try reading the whole post. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency --unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head in confusion thinking Did Miss Stein just ask me something?), she mispells stupid as stoopid. The number of os used varies from as few as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she wishes to garner from you: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: snip If there is some way that I can get in on the fun that you have (maybe that is a little too much to hope for--but even just to experience a fraction of what you enjoy; at least that would be an improvement), perhaps you can begin to lead me in that direction. I feel you have penetrated to a secret which I have attempted to keep to myself, but with this post, Steve, this one post, I feel you have begun to break me open, and I would ask you to follow through here with the next level of my initiation into The Way to Have Better Sex and More Fun. I am dead serious about this, Steve. I do not do volunteer work, but that might be something you would want to consider, as it seems to bring some fulfillment to people. Or you may decide to go ice skating one evening. I can't really make a recommendation on sex. That would be a rather personal issue. You have shown yourself remarkably immune from having life bring you to a point of internal crisis. On the contrary, I feel I have an internal crisis many times a day. In fact, at night, I sometimes marvel that I have been able to get through another day. If this sounds like I am down, I am not. It is just my reality, and I accept it. And that is why I like the term, living in the moment. I don't care what it may mean for other people, for me it means taking care of the business at hand. I don't know if things will ease up once I get past this period in life. I work to keep those daily pressures from affecting my psychology and physiology. Todays funny story. Last night my son came home from college for Christmas Break. The first thing he said was, I am really psyched for next semester I think I know what that means. This, I believe, is a kind of unconscious metaphysical virtue--I need to unlearn what has turned me into a Soren without the humour. This is a start, Steve--and only you and I know it is said sans irony. Love, Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: 12-21-2012
There is more work to do. Brave meditators, you have done all we asked you to do, and more than could be reasonably expected; but your global country is at stake, your partners, families, your homes and all that you hold dear. You have worn yourselves out with fatigues and hardships of creating world peace, but we know not how to spare you. If you will consent to stay in the Domes only one month longer, you will render that service to the cause of liberty and to your global country which you probably never can do under any other circumstances. -Buck in the Dome The period from 12.16-23 Mars is under the close aspect of Ketu. This typically is connected with fires, accidents, explosions and military conflict. On Dec 21st malefics particularly are all very strong as so is Jupiter. ** 12.13.2012 Today, our thoughts and gratitude are with those meditators who came out, just as we must always honour our heroes. Our meditators represented the highest ideals of citizenship, sacrifice and service. This commitment is characteristic of the extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism that our meditators show every day in the Domes of spiritual Fairfield. We are grateful. We are a special group with an uncommon bond that exists only in special karmas of Dharma. I am proud to have served with each meditator here. You deserve long and happy lives in peace. -Buck in the Dome Divine Mother said, My energy is coming completely into the planet now. I am healing the planet with my Light. There is a very powerful infusion of my Divine Love energy on this day. The day 12.12.12 is the opening of many streams of Light to embrace Mother Earth coming from the deepest levels of my Infinite Heart. Bringing more energy of Divine Love onto the planet will cause more transformation, more heart opening, more purification. This is the significance of this day. The best way to receive it is to be in communion with me. Do your spiritual practices -- meditation, prayers, chanting, etc., and receive me. The power is inside you to transform yourself and your planet. Embrace it. Everyone certainly agrees and feels that the 12.12.2012 meditation was certainly extremely powerful in effect and it is a very and most transformative day that we have come through. We are grateful. -Buck We are grateful in the new day. Good Morning! ** 12.12.2012 in the Morning. Prepare yourselves. Sit up. All things are ready if our minds are ready. You know your places, go in and Be there. The Unified Field will Be with you this day and forever after. -Buck in the Dome But even for the gold of the Whole World none of you meditators here would desert us! We depend on your help, then; and on victory as sure on 12.12.2012. -Buck Upon the eve of 12.12.2012: But anyone who stays to meditate will have something to boast about for the rest of their life and in the future will remember with pride the spiritual battle on this day. That every common meditator who meditates today with the group will become one-another's brother or sister, and all the meditators who have stayed at home will regret that they were not in the group meditation to gain honor upon this famous day of battle. -Buck in the Dome Om, we lucky few. Om that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in Leiden That do no work to-day! Nay, for tomorrow we are enough to do the lot. We would not meditate in the company of them who spurn our fellowship to meditate with us. 12.11.2012 For the few meditators the greater share of honour. Avert the danger now before it comes even tomorrow, Come Be all that you can Be with us along in the group meditation. Come today and tomorrow and join us. Come to meditation, -Buck in the Dome On 12/12/12, a very intense grouping of planets takes place all in Scorpio, with the Sun and Moon conjunct forming a new Moon (dark, waning, 15th tithi). The Sun, Moon , Mercury, Venus and Rahu will all be conjunct in Scorpio. This planetary combination brings up powerful intensity and can indicate explosive situations. 12.10.2012 Less than only two Days now to prepare our Selves finally for what is coming. It is coming. Maintain your good discipline of coherent meditation up to the end and
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Whoa, deja vu dude. Getting a bit formulaic eh? Bingo. It's the olde Confrontation number again. And this idiot claims he's changed.
[FairfieldLife] 8000 Mayan Yogic Flyers lifting off December 21, 2012
From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca – the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let’s raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently – give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donati...@seedsofheaven.org with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20form%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev Raja Graham
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
In the air of newness of that element, In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, That which is always beginning because it is part Of that which is always beginning, again and again. -Wallace Stevens No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that only *I* can experience and know. I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about cannot learn, must be born this way: http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Don't mind her, Curtis: I did get what you meant. It was a just rebuke--as gently administered as it was. But one gash is enough--I have lost enough blood in all our battles, Curtis--one last wound: somehow this seems fitting to me. I will watch the incipient orthodoxy--Imagine that! Me becoming a caricature of myself. You would spot that, wouldn't you. Much love to you, my friend. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Whoa, deja vu dude. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Getting a bit formulaic eh? Oh, hmmm, try reading the whole post. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency --unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! (By you in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I mean those readers who are not themselves STPID.) Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and will *always be* the one true master. When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: snip If there is some way that I can get in on the fun that you have (maybe that is a little too much to hope for--but even just to experience a fraction of what you enjoy; at least that would be an improvement), perhaps you can begin to lead me in that direction. I feel you have penetrated to a secret which I have attempted to keep to myself, but with this post, Steve, this one post, I feel you have begun to break me open, and I would ask you to follow through here with the next level of my initiation into The Way to Have Better Sex and More Fun. I am dead serious about this, Steve. I do not do volunteer work, but that might be something you would want to consider, as it seems to bring some fulfillment to people. Or you may decide to go ice skating one evening. I can't really make a recommendation on sex. That would be a rather personal issue. You have shown yourself remarkably immune from having life bring you to a point of internal crisis. On the contrary, I feel I have an internal crisis many times a day. In fact, at night, I sometimes marvel that I have been able to get through another day. If this sounds like I am down, I am not. It is just my reality, and I accept it. And that is why I like the term, living in the moment. I don't care what it may mean for other people, for me it means taking care of the business at hand. I don't know if things will ease up once I get past this period in life. I work to keep those daily pressures from affecting my psychology and physiology. Todays funny story. Last night my son came home from college for Christmas Break. The first thing he said was, I am really psyched for next semester I think I know what that means. This, I believe, is a kind of unconscious metaphysical virtue--I need to unlearn what has turned me into a Soren without the humour. This is a start, Steve--and only you and I know it is said sans irony. Love, Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Yet I am the necessary angel of earth, Since, in my sight, you see the earth again, Cleared of its stiff and stubborn, man-locked set, And, in my hearing, you hear its tragic drone --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: In the air of newness of that element, In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, That which is always beginning because it is part Of that which is always beginning, again and again. -Wallace Stevens No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that only *I* can experience and know. I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about cannot learn, must be born this way: http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added the adverb really (less favorable), again spelled correctly (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less favorable). Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the you in you're above referred to feste rather than you. It did not. This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the use of the advanced search function on FFL. Below are some of my findings: Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read the examples you cited. In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the adjective STOPID lightly. That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! snip
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Voter Frustration Over Politicians
On 12/15/2012 05:04 AM, seekliberation wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try expanding your mind a little more and visualize what the US would be like if folks worked less and lead a simpler life. First off we already have the advantage of cheap technology which trumps the problems you mention with the middle east. We have toilet paper. We have medical knowledge and with technology we can give people a lot more medical care without having to use expensive doctors so much. We have police, we have fire department we have paramedics. They even might enjoy a 10 hour work week too. Stretch your imagination more. We only have 40 hour work weeks because the industrial age tycoons wanted wage slaves. And at that it took unions to reduce the hours though hogs wanted and keep them from using children too. Contrary to popular belief, work is NOT the purpose of life. We need a leaner cleaner world not the clutter materialistic one which only benefits the few rich who scam the populace by selling them needless things. Celebrate December 22nd the way it was meant to be celebrated with global change. Throw the rich bums out! you're right, work isn't the purpose of life. However, there are a lot of developments we have that we take for granted that will never be sustained in 10 hours a week. For example, we would never become educated with 10 hours worth of work per week, nor would our schools even be able to be built or teachers get our papers graded, or cafeterias be stocked and food prepped cooked. Space shuttles wouldn't launch, brain surgeons in the E-room wouldn't be available as often as needed, bridges wouldn't get built, cars wouldn't get manufactured, air conditioners wouldn't get repaired in a timely manner, and the list goes on and on and on. Now if you pulled the number 10 out of a hat without any serious thoughtno argument then. I do think work weeks could be reduced a little bit. However, I remember before Steve Jobs passed away he was talking about how tirelessly he and his crew worked to develop a lot of his productsI guarantee you he was well over 40 hours per week in his progress. Even MMY had a lot of people working overnight tirelessly while translating the Bhagavad Gita. Hard work is not exactly a foreign concept even to people who tend towards liberal thinking. Regarding the technology that you say is now easily available and cheapyeah, it's cheap, but it still has to be manufactured and shipped from factory to outlet stores by people. Truck drivers have to drive about 10 hours just in a day for us to get what we expect and demand as consumers. My opinion about 40 hour work weeks is if that's too much, I don't know what anyone else can expect. I guarantee you every generation previous to the industrial revolution spent over 40 hours a week managing their lives. Only difference is their effort was not necessarily working for someone. More likely chopping wood, keeping the house in order, hunting, foraging, etc... Another good example is the simple purchase of a car. When you buy a car, it's not just a transaction between you and the salesman. First, someone has to locate where the raw materials are for the car (some form of a research and survey team). Then a company has to go mine those materials (miners, contractors). Then those materials have to be shipped to a warehouse (truck drivers, pilots, more contractors). Then those materials have to be formed into car parts (manufacturing plants). Then those parts have to be delivered to a place that forms the cars (more truck drivers and pilots). Then those parts are finally formed into a car (GM, FORD, Chevy auto factories). Then the vehicles have to be transported to a dealership (more truck drivers). Then there's the dealership - Owner, salesman, janitors, mechanics, receptionist, secretaries, auto parts clerk, managers. So for you and I to drive the cars we drive, hundreds of people have to be employedand when there are so many people buying cars, 10 hours a week just isn't going to cut it. The same goes with everything we buy. Extracting materials from the earth, transportation, logistical planning, manufacturing, sales and marketing, these are all required. Not just for complex machinery, but even a small toy you buy at the dollar store for one buck, and other things that are basic necessities such as the food stocked in our grocery stores and produce sections. A farmer will never produce the amount of food we need in 10, 20, or even 30 hours a week. Maybe as we evolve more we'll have robots to do all this, and the we can drastically cut our hours. Don't get me wrong in all this though. Although I make a rather decent living, I could make it off of $20k a year if I had to, and I wouldn't be struggling (just more selective on where I
[FairfieldLife] Fwd: On 21 December thousands of young Yogic Flyers will gather of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec
From: Maharishi's Global Family Chat m...@maharishi.net Maharishi’s Global Family Chat Summary December 14, 2012 Click here to see the video programme (posted by date) On 21 December, in one week, thousands of young Yogic Flyers from local schools will come together at the holy gathering of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec and other tribes to be held at Monte Alban in southern Mexico Raja Luis began with an overview of Maharishi’s offer to every nation of the gift of invincibility, which means every aspect of life harmonious. The practical programme for this is establishing groups of Yogic Flyers, such as those in India and the US. In the same way in every country we want to have invincibility, as a platform for all our knowledge. The first school in Latin America started 2007—one school was enough to create invincibility for one nation. Then gradually more countries came along—Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador—very small numbers of Yogic Flyers compared to the whole population, but enough that one can feel the new trend in the destiny of the whole nation. This year we were able to establish groups enough for Latin America, especially in military schools. In the meantime other groups grew up, such as in Colombia where Fr Mejia’s groups are very stable. It now happens that in Peru 800-900 children will also become Yogic Flyers in the same week as the group in Mexico. The situation in the indigenous schools of southern Mexico is unique because of the very surprising quality of freshness and innocence of consciousness of the students. Of the 80 schools where the project has started, 54 have already received the TM-Sidhi programme. These indigenous people belong to 14 different language groups. They love their traditions, and also want education. They see the gift of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi programme as a fulfilment of their traditional role and Dharma. The project has been organized by Nature Next week on the 20th of December is the end of the academic year, plus the Winter festival is the next day on the 21st, plus the calendar of the indigenous people of the area ends, and a new time starts. This new time coincides with the start of a new type of education, which is characterised by a new role for education, and a new quality for society. The project has basically been arranged by the parents, and they see it, together with the children, as the fulfilment of their personal and community Dharma. Raja Luis and his Teachers are happy to be able to honour the desire of the children and elders to celebrate in their holy place of Monte Alban on the 21st December. The whole thing is unfolding in a very innocent way from the mothers and communities of the indigenous people; the authorities of education system are the channel that is organizing the gathering of the school children. Photo of Monte Alban, the sacred place of Zapotec and Mayan where the celebration of 21st will be held. This is the first time that this location has been made available for group practise of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying. These people are all members of Solar traditions, all the way to Ecuador and Peru. The awakening of their culture through transcending and Yogic Flying, connecting with the deep culture in accord with Natural law, is happening in exactly those countries connected with this culture. Their view is that ego-based culture is now going, and consciousness-based culture is starting. The experience of the Teachers and students is very different than in other schools. How many Yogic Flying students can come together on the 21st depends on fundraising, and the speed that the money can be made available in Mexico, because the buses to fetch the children have to be booked and travel one or two days to fetch them in the rural areas. Everyone is invited to contribute as comfortable. The quickest way will be to send your contribution directly to the project in Mexico. Please also send an email to josel...@maharishi.net to inform the organisers that you have sent that amount so they can plan how many buses to order. Each child costs US $10 to $20 for the bus trip—please see below for donation details. We want to help as many as possible to enjoy this momentous occasion, and that will be our joy—the actual number is not so significant. We have taught 9,000 Yogic Flyers in the last weeks in 54 schools, and there are total 257 schools which will bring at least 20,000 Yogic Flyers all practicing in school at the same time next year. Everyone is invited to fly at 12 noon, midday Holland time, with us on Friday the 21st. Dr Swan expressed great appreciation from all around the world for Raja Luis and all his devoted Teachers. He asked him to please welcome all the students as new Yogic Flyers to Maharishi’s worldwide family, which is performing it’s blissful duty for World Peace every day. For donors outside the US, the banking
[FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Whoa, deja vu dude. Getting a bit formulaic eh? Bingo. It's the olde Confrontation number again. And this idiot claims he's changed. You missed the irony, Barry. I was deliberately formulaic *so as to take the sting out of it*. Therefore, it was non-confrontational--because rendered insipid by my dogmatism. Curtis has essentially said: You *have* changed, Robin; your fits of crotchetiness, they have become part of history now--and you no longer have the vitality of your convictions. I took Curtis's post as a kind of blessing.
Re: [FairfieldLife] An Emptied Bottle
Looks like Guinness on tap all gussied up in a haughty glass. I want some. From: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] An Emptied Bottle Unwilling to accede to the frothy equivalences of others, I hereby rate myself as a brew so the trooth will be known. I ain't no near-beer like Bud or Coors. Serfs arise! I'm a Russian Imperial Stout. A 500 ml bottle best tasted when poured into a snifter. Pours a nice midnight black with an ample brown head. The aroma is burnt wood, vanilla, chocolate. The taste is bitter chocolate, coffee, bourbon, vanilla, oak, tobacco, toffee, and roasted malt, all coming at various points. This is a very complex beer that keeps changing as it warms. The alcohol is very evident, as it should be and really makes this beer. The beer is heavy, with lively carbonation, but it diminishes as the beer warms. This is why there is life after death.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJY2HvW3Bw --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: In the air of newness of that element, In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, That which is always beginning because it is part Of that which is always beginning, again and again. -Wallace Stevens No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that only *I* can experience and know. I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about cannot learn, must be born this way: http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. snip Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she only called me stupid (less favorable) but spelled it
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: On 21 December thousands of young Yogic Flyers will gather of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec
This is fabulous. Indeed we welcome our new meditating Mayan brothers and sisters to the spiritual revolution of this new millennium. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@... wrote: From: Maharishi's Global Family Chat mgfc@... Maharishi's Global Family Chat Summary December 14, 2012 Click here to see the video programme (posted by date) On 21 December, in one week, thousands of young Yogic Flyers from local schools will come together at the holy gathering of the Mayan, Mixtec, Zapotec and other tribes to be held at Monte Alban in southern Mexico Raja Luis began with an overview of Maharishi's offer to every nation of the gift of invincibility, which means every aspect of life harmonious. The practical programme for this is establishing groups of Yogic Flyers, such as those in India and the US. In the same way in every country we want to have invincibility, as a platform for all our knowledge. The first school in Latin America started 2007one school was enough to create invincibility for one nation. Then gradually more countries came alongColombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuadorvery small numbers of Yogic Flyers compared to the whole population, but enough that one can feel the new trend in the destiny of the whole nation. This year we were able to establish groups enough for Latin America, especially in military schools. In the meantime other groups grew up, such as in Colombia where Fr Mejia's groups are very stable. It now happens that in Peru 800-900 children will also become Yogic Flyers in the same week as the group in Mexico. The situation in the indigenous schools of southern Mexico is unique because of the very surprising quality of freshness and innocence of consciousness of the students. Of the 80 schools where the project has started, 54 have already received the TM-Sidhi programme. These indigenous people belong to 14 different language groups. They love their traditions, and also want education. They see the gift of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi programme as a fulfilment of their traditional role and Dharma. The project has been organized by Nature Next week on the 20th of December is the end of the academic year, plus the Winter festival is the next day on the 21st, plus the calendar of the indigenous people of the area ends, and a new time starts. This new time coincides with the start of a new type of education, which is characterised by a new role for education, and a new quality for society. The project has basically been arranged by the parents, and they see it, together with the children, as the fulfilment of their personal and community Dharma. Raja Luis and his Teachers are happy to be able to honour the desire of the children and elders to celebrate in their holy place of Monte Alban on the 21st December. The whole thing is unfolding in a very innocent way from the mothers and communities of the indigenous people; the authorities of education system are the channel that is organizing the gathering of the school children. Photo of Monte Alban, the sacred place of Zapotec and Mayan where the celebration of 21st will be held. This is the first time that this location has been made available for group practise of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying. These people are all members of Solar traditions, all the way to Ecuador and Peru. The awakening of their culture through transcending and Yogic Flying, connecting with the deep culture in accord with Natural law, is happening in exactly those countries connected with this culture. Their view is that ego-based culture is now going, and consciousness-based culture is starting. The experience of the Teachers and students is very different than in other schools. How many Yogic Flying students can come together on the 21st depends on fundraising, and the speed that the money can be made available in Mexico, because the buses to fetch the children have to be booked and travel one or two days to fetch them in the rural areas. Everyone is invited to contribute as comfortable. The quickest way will be to send your contribution directly to the project in Mexico. Please also send an email to Joseluis@... to inform the organisers that you have sent that amount so they can plan how many buses to order. Each child costs US $10 to $20 for the bus tripplease see below for donation details. We want to help as many as possible to enjoy this momentous occasion, and that will be our joythe actual number is not so significant. We have taught 9,000 Yogic Flyers in the last weeks in 54 schools, and there are total 257 schools which will bring at least 20,000 Yogic Flyers all practicing in school at the same time next year. Everyone is invited to fly at 12 noon, midday Holland time, with us on Friday the 21st. Dr Swan expressed great appreciation
Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 8000 Mayan Yogic Flyers lifting off December 21, 2012
Reinforcements finally! This is the age of Enlightenment and the end of Kali when the Mayan have come in to our lines and are leading the Vedic charge. All glory to Raja Luis! - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@... wrote: From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let's raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donations@... with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20form%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev Raja Graham
[FairfieldLife] Re: 8000 Mayan Yogic Flyers lifting off December 21, 2012
Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It's not a cry you can hear at night It's not somebody who has seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah (Buck in the Dome) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Reinforcements finally! This is the age of Enlightenment and the end of Kali when the Mayan have come in to our lines and are leading the Vedic charge. All glory to Raja Luis! - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@ wrote: From next week, 8000 Yogic Flyers will lift off at the same time every day in the indigenous village schools of Southern Mexico. To celebrate this historic achievement, a grand Celebration will be held on 21 December on Mt. Alban in Oaxaca the celebrated ancient capital city of the Zapotec Mayans. The celebration will include a public demonstration of Yogic Flying by the students of Oaxaca the size of the group will depend on support from the Movement. The whole of Oaxacan society and the political leadership of the state now accept the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program as essential to education. This is a great, glorious historic celebration of the rise of Natural Law and the change in the trends of time in Latin America and in the whole world. From the side of our Movement we want to support Raja Luis and the teachers in this monumental project and show our thanks to the Oaxacan people for their support and appreciation of Maharishi's world-transforming knowledge. We should create a very large group of Yogic Flyers for the celebration. It will cost $20 to bring each Yogic Flyer to Mount Alban. So for each $1000 we give there will be 50 Yogic Flyers for the world to see. Already we have commitments for $5000 - a group of 250. Let's raise $5000 more and show the power of 500 creating coherence? Please support this opportunity urgently give $20, $100 or more. Any amount will help. To donate by Credit Card please go to www.seedsofheaven.org/donate and click the button in the right column for Oaxaca 8000 Celebration Dec 2012 To send a bank wire transfer: Seeds of Heaven Account: 2399904503 Wells Fargo Bank, USA Swiftcode: wfbius6s ABA: 121000248 and email donations@ with the details. To donate by check, please use the form at: http://seedsofheaven.org/images/stories/Downloads/check%20donation%20form%20-%20to%20print%201.pdf Jai Guru Dev Raja Graham
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
P.S. Yes, I know the lyrics aren't quite love is in the air on this most auspicious of holidays, but the way he sings Hallelujah makes up for it all. From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid Hallelujah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTiXoMCppw From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:10 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJY2HvW3Bw --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: In the air of newness of that element, In an air of freshness, clearness, greenness, blueness, That which is always beginning because it is part Of that which is always beginning, again and again. -Wallace Stevens No malady of the quotidian here Robin, nor is my soul finding me a bore. Besides, if either was true, it would be up to me to recognize that on my own, wouldn't it? As Stevens refers to in the above with a hopeful outlook, it's a new beginning each and every time. And the adjustments that come that only *I* can experience and know. I posted this clip from The Joy Luck Club earlier, I think as my first contribution to Wunnerful Wednesday. If you'll watch it to the end, perhaps you'll understand my perspective more fully, especially the part about cannot learn, must be born this way: http://youtu.be/gjpgeCKL2hg May your holidays be joyous Robin! What are your plans? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote:
Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted
Buck, big hug and please don't worry. I haven't been to a John Douglas event in over a year. And I'm happy to share John Newton prayers. If someone sees that as promoting, I'll say one for them too (-: And if I lose my Dome badge, I'll say the prayer to St. Anthony to find it again (-: As for Turq being in the Dome meditating again, ah Buck, you either are the most guileless tin cup coffee drinker I've ever known. Or you might just have one of the best senses of humor on FFL. Heck, maybe both! Keep up the good work. In the Dome and out. Last but not least, yay Mayans! From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:21 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: hey Buck, I just said the extended Forgiveness Prayer from John Newton. Will say the shorter version during the day as I think of it. Will go to Dome morning and evening. Will deal with my own issues. Hoping all this will help. Even if only a little. Share Dear Share, I am certain it will help a lot. However, the quickest way to lose your Dome badge these days is to be caught by the national course office promoting other spiritual practices and teachers around here. I fear for your eligibility status to be in the Dome with your promoting of Master John Douglas and John Newton as spiritual teachers here. I'd encourage you to pray in silence for your own safety and also people like Turq who one day may come back and apply to be in the Dome group meditation again. We can only pray and of course as Maharishi once said that pray is best and only heard in the silence of the transcendence. Safety first, Share. Look out for your own self here above everyone else. That is the best we can do for everyone. MUM is the Word which is very close to Om when you think three Ohms together before you think three Om Shanti's together vefore the Loka Somasta Sukino Bhavhatu part of the prayer.. Safety first! With Kindly Regards, -Buck in the Dome From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heal the Broken Hearted  Eckardt Tolle, the Obama's should reach out to him now in the aftermath of this shooting. The grief at this is huge world-wide.I may get in trouble for saying this, but Tolle would be a really good person to bring in to this situation now to help people deal with the pain of this. He is an excellent teacher in this sort of spiritual thing and he certainly has the stage experience now to speak to large community. I'd urge President Obama to bring Oprah and Eckardt to the White House to speak of this and then work with the David Lynch Foundation to implement a plan for larger spiritual instruction that has a scientific basis in relief. This should be a giant step forward in spirituality around this. Act fast. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.[1] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:35 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Just 16 miles or so from where I live in the neighbouring state of Connecticut a massive shooting in an elementary school. This link is live, so may not be available later on. http://www.livestream.com/foxct I predict this will be happening more and more. It's not about guns being legal, it's about people losing it when they've lost everything. Now if they would do us a favor and shoot the fascists instead of innocent people. Shows how confused these shooters are. Redirecting the trajectory of bullets does not sound like a useful recommendation in this situation. You could feel the collective grief grow this afternoon as everyone heard the news. Obama expressed a communal feeling in the emotional body of most anyone nearing this very well. Care for and bind up the wounded left behind... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20735204
Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
Well, you're right there. I recorded Haven last night and when I went to watch it was a Eureka episode. I went to the Syfy.com site and checked the Haven forum and Syfy said they had replaced the episode which they will show at a later date because it had fictitious scenes of high school violence. On 12/15/2012 01:30 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: Don't mind me, lg. I just got carried away in my desire to make some kind of impression on this Saturday. I think you an exciting, interesting, questioning, compelling person--all that I said in that previous post I now disavow. It was untrue. Every word of it. I don't know what came over me--perhaps some ontological insecurity in the face of your persistent flashes of brilliance and love. I just love your self-confidence--and I am envious of it. How did you achieve this? TM? I find I have hated myself too much in my life to ever acquire that level of self-confidence you exhibit on FFL. I think the death experience should be a breeze for you. Think about me from time to time, will you do that, lg? Perhaps praying for me would help. I am a loser. You are also asking me questions and I hear you, I answer that I cannot answer, you must find out for yourself. Sit a while dear son, Here are biscuits to eat and here is milk to drink, But as soon as you sleep and renew yourself in sweet clothes, I kiss you with a good-by kiss and open the gate for your egress hence. Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. Long have you timidly waded holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, rise again, nod to me, shout, and laughingly dash with your hair. -Walt Whitman --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. snip
Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: An Emptied Bottle
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: Unwilling to accede to the frothy equivalences of others, I hereby rate myself as a brew so the trooth will be known. I ain't no near-beer like Bud or Coors. Serfs arise! I'm a Russian Imperial Stout. [225] [225] A 500 ml bottle best tasted when poured into a snifter. Pours a nice midnight black with an ample brown head. The aroma is burnt wood, vanilla, chocolate. The taste is bitter chocolate, coffee, bourbon, vanilla, oak, tobacco, toffee, and roasted malt, all coming at various points. This is a very complex beer that keeps changing as it warms. The alcohol is very evident, as it should be and really makes this beer. The beer is heavy, with lively carbonation, but it diminishes as the beer warms. That stout has a great head on it, love the colour, love the creaminess of it. And of course the name 'stout' is divine. Good pick, nice description. Makes me want to drink one, right now. This is why there is life after death.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: Don't mind me, lg. I just got carried away in my desire to make some kind of impression on this Saturday. I think you an exciting, interesting, questioning, compelling person--all that I said in that previous post I now disavow. It was untrue. Every word of it. I don't know what came over me--perhaps some ontological insecurity in the face of your persistent flashes of brilliance and love. I just love your self-confidence--and I am envious of it. How did you achieve this? TM? I find I have hated myself too much in my life to ever acquire that level of self-confidence you exhibit on FFL. I think the death experience should be a breeze for you. Think about me from time to time, will you do that, lg? Perhaps praying for me would help. I am a loser. You are also asking me questions and I hear you, I answer that I cannot answer, you must find out for yourself. Sit a while dear son, Here are biscuits to eat and here is milk to drink, But as soon as you sleep and renew yourself in sweet clothes, I kiss you with a good-by kiss and open the gate for your egress hence. Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. Long have you timidly waded holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, rise again, nod to me, shout, and laughingly dash with your hair. -Walt Whitman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2YjyakdsVs --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: There is a perfection to what you are oblivious to in all your posts, lg. Your problem is this: You have lost the capacity to sense what you just might be anaesthetized to in your apprehension of what is going on. It's starts with your conception and experience of yourself: your self is way too known to yourself to have been created by something other than yourself. You have a metaphysical complacency--unconscious as this is--which always deprives you of any kind of real terror or beauty in the form of a self-discovery. Look at the reflexive way you are processing this very post of mine: there you have exactly what I am trying to tell you: You subvert any chance of being in the unknown, and therefore your responses are always tediously predictable to your soul--which is finding you a bore. The malady of the quotidian laughinggull. I knew you would enjoy this. And remember: the first order of response is to defend yourself, find a rejoinder, mount some counterattack. Never to let something get into you which will or might alter your experience of yourself and reality. Don't mind me, laughinggull: I compensate for my congenital mediocrity by trying to be much more interesting and provocative than I have a right to be. My life is just very dull. Forgive me. snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: America Obsesses and Goes Home
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? Perhaps one of my favorite posts of yours Emily. It certainly made me smile inside. But then, you know I am partial to dirt. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home  Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozguru@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home  Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
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I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group. This is not a very descriptive explanation. Yes, I feel deeply for those families that lost children...it's literally painful for me. Is feeling deeply considered stress? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: America Obsesses and Goes Home
Maharishi refuted in one question. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group.  This is not a very descriptive explanation.  Yes, I feel deeply for those families that lost children...it's literally painful for me.  Is feeling deeply considered stress? From: Bhairitu noozguru@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home  If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozguru@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
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Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ahah ha ha ha ha ha. Steve, I don't know what is up for you, but you are really making me laugh these days. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:18 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
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Ops, I forgot Ravi isn't a TM'er either. But, he's a yogi, so I figure he kinda knows the answer. From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group. This is not a very descriptive explanation. Yes, I feel deeply for those families that lost children...it's literally painful for me. Is feeling deeply considered stress? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
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Yeah Steve makes me smile too. He is such a lovable idiot - such hilarity, charm, beauty in his utterly cluelessness. And he doesn't take any offense no matter how many times I call him an idiot - what's not to like about him?!! On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ahah ha ha ha ha ha. Steve, I don't know what is up for you, but you are really making me laugh these days. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... -- *From:* seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:18 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
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Ravi is so special, he is so lovable, he has no answers - he just totally languishes in pain and revels in bliss - what a guy !!! On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Ops, I forgot Ravi isn't a TM'er either. But, he's a yogi, so I figure he kinda knows the answer. -- *From:* Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:16 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group. This is not a very descriptive explanation. Yes, I feel deeply for those families that lost children...it's literally painful for me. Is feeling deeply considered stress? -- *From:* Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:01 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin I was just feeling how Ted's reaction to Sylvia was too extreme--based upon what I have already learned from you this afternoon, Steve. You will agree right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2YjyakdsVs I have one problem with all that you say here, Steve: Life dishes up perceptions which require you to transcend sentimental abstractions and arbitrary perspectives--Then life makes its demand upon you (and your first person ontology): I have thought myself true to this demand. Has life told you that my reading of its imperative to me was wrong? Sometimes life takes no prisoners. Ever felt that? But I agree, Ted should just have said: That was really nice, Sylvia. I hope we can be happy ever after. She may have taken Ted the wrong way. I think your counsel goes deeper than Ted's description of the love they made that afternoon. Also, Leonard's Hallelujah and Suzanne: I see how they transgress your ideal of equanimity and being nice. For me, Steve: I always go for intelligence before bromides. So, I get where Ted was coming from. But also why Sylvia became extremely unhappy. I am just fighting my therapist here--probably good for me. Please contextualize the Hughes poem inside your philosophy.
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On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.comwrote: Yeah Steve makes me smile too. He is such a lovable idiot - such hilarity, charm, beauty in his utterly cluelessness. And he doesn't take any offense no matter how many times I call him an idiot - what's not to like about him?!! And a real idiot should never take offense at being called an idiot because that would be antithetical to the idea of a true idiot. I suspect the existence has created close to a perfect idiot in Steve. I'm so glad he is here on FFL !!! I love you Steve baby - mw. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.comwrote: ** Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ahah ha ha ha ha ha. Steve, I don't know what is up for you, but you are really making me laugh these days. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... -- *From:* seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:18 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
If you ever figure out why Emily is laughing, Steve, you'll be where Ted wrote about sex with Sylvia. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ahah ha ha ha ha ha. Steve, I don't know what is up for you, but you are really making me laugh these days.  A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:18 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love.  Make a daily journal.  We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal.  Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention.  And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did.  For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with?  Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere.  These might be some areas to consider.  I really don't know.  I am just throwing them out for suggestions.  We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
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dear Steve, if I had to be a man, I'd want to be just like you (-: Now I'm wondering how you would answer Emily's question: is feeling deeply stress. My understanding from Maharishi's teaching is that stress actually prevents one from feeling deeply. And that as consciousness becomes established, one actually can feel more deeply because one is rooted in that consciousness. But I'm forgetting some crucial distinction. What do you remember? Thank you From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 4:18 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love. Make a daily journal. We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal. Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention. And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did. For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with? Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere. These might be some areas to consider. I really don't know. I am just throwing them out for suggestions. We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home
If you dwell on it then the feeling may stress you. People who have been practicing sadhana for a while (doesn't have to be TM) will witness the event with no emotional attachment. Certainly we can feel for the families and parents but we won't be obsessed with it nor will we be stressed by it. On 12/15/2012 02:16 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group. This is not a very descriptive explanation. Yes, I feel deeply for those families that lost children...it's literally painful for me. Is feeling deeply considered stress? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home If you had learned TM you would know what that means. It was an expression that Maharishi used how one experiences stress as they progress towards enlightenment. For the unenlightened it is a line in cement not dirt. IOW, you will be more effected by stress. Once meditating and progressing towards enlightenment stress becomes more a line on water. In moksha it becomes a line in air. For some of us many events even before TM were line on water. For me: Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination On 12/15/2012 01:45 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: How do you define line on water and line on air and is there a line on dirt? From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Hey, what do you expect? We live in a touchy-feely society. If our talking heads don't express an abundance of regret/remorse-fullness, they are thought to be crude and insensitive. They all have to out-perform their counter parts.Drama sells. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] America Obsesses and Goes Home Aren't you glad you learned meditation? The rest of the country gets all emotionally hung up on the shooting yesterday while for us it is line on water. So we are treated to the bleating of talking heads and everyones opinion. Liberals call for more gun laws and conservative point out it was a mental health issue. I just think it is a sign of the times. America doesn't work anymore in more ways than one so expect more of this and worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid
There might have been something more lethal than Sylvia's oven. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: dear Steve, if I had to be a man, I'd want to be just like you (-: Now I'm wondering how you would answer Emily's question: is feeling deeply stress. My understanding from Maharishi's teaching is that stress actually prevents one from feeling deeply. And that as consciousness becomes established, one actually can feel more deeply because one is rooted in that consciousness. But I'm forgetting some crucial distinction. What do you remember? Thank you    From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 4:18 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Which is worse,,,really stupid or reeely stooopid  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: You always read me perfectly, Steve, and I am loving it. And you have been more merciful than most here--I don't like people criticizing me--but you, you say something nice when you do this (put me in a better place). And believe me, Steve: this makes all the difference. I am trying to 'get' your philosophy; I think you are trying to teach it to me indirectly--through anecdotes like the ones in this post. I think this an efficacious way to get your wisdom to go right into me, Steve. I will let you know (through my deeds) the progress I am making. Don't ever give up on me. I need your help--AND your love.  Make a daily journal.  We'll call it Robin's Daily Journal.  Make a list of the things you hope to accomplish in a given day, and maybe some personality traits to which you want to pay a little closer attention.  And then at the end of the day, you can write about how you feel you did.  For example, Was I too aggressive applying my First Person Ontology test to those I interacted with?  Or, Was my irony appropriate, or insincere.  These might be some areas to consider.  I really don't know.  I am just throwing them out for suggestions.  We're here for you Robin. We can get through this. We are good now, I think, Steve. Robin
[FairfieldLife] Re: America Obsesses and Goes Home
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: I was wondering if you'd let loose with and describe a TM concept for me, the non-TM'er of the group. This is not a very descriptive explanation. Line on cement: impression lasts almost indefinitely Line on water: impression is less well defined and fades quickly Line on air: impression exists abstractly and only in the tiny instant it is made
