Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]
oh dear Aunt Share - fear not, 'cause my mind ain't addled no more. Not after this post of yours Aunt Share - it's led to much illumination. What I hear Aunt is that in-authenticity and psychological rape are a thing of the past - so 2012. This is wonderful Auntie - certainly you have been quite authentic with me in the recent past and it's good to know that I don't have to cringe anymore and will not have to hear any squealing, shrieking or moaning of yours in response to Xeno's or Curtis's posts. Surely you have realized they are not as authentic as your dear nephew. You realize you are just a robotic POV to His Holiness Curtis and a text on a screen to Guru Xeno. You know the minute you are audacious enough to cross your limits - you will be humiliated, either His Holiness's - toxic energy directed towards strangers on internet curse or Guru Xeno processing any posts over 200 words through a text compactor. Your erstwhile icons have limits of engagement, your nephew none. This cavorting in the bushes, possibly with Steve or LG sounds totally good to me - they are nice guys, honest and open at least. And thank you for that consigning that phrase psychological rape to the dustbin - you don't know how many times I wondered when you would lob that at me - but I have been lucky Auntie, because even the 3-4 neurotic birches I have had the misfortune of trying to be loving, playful and/or vulnerable around Amma never even remotely came close to you. So this is all good news. No - a new day has dawned in the long, bitter, embattled history of the Long Ladislaw feud, I promise Auntie - I will strive for new material from today on. Thank you, this feels really good. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: ** dear Laughing One Jelly Bean please do not be hurt that Ravi has totally forgotten the plot line of your Garden of Eden saga in which Xeno was NOT the one with whom I was cavorting in the bushes. Obviously the San Diego sun and southern CA ambiance has addled his brain, which he, meaning Ravi of course, doesn't even like us to talk about! His brain I mean. Neuroscience and all that bullocks. Anyway, more evidence of this addling is his being stuck in the past with talk of psychological rape and inauthenticity. Dear LOJB, isn't that just so so LAST year?! And all the effing this and effing that. One is sorely tempted to urge Nephew to get some new material for gosh sakes! It's a new year. Even in Western astrology. Even in the Chinese system. It's a new season. It's almost a new month. Get with the new program, Newphew! Sorry couldn't resist that lame pun smiley faces all around. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2013 11:20 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only] Everyone on this forum is just text on a screen to me. Thank you Guru Xeno - this is what I like about you. You are at least honest - and admit you are a cold-hearted, emotionless, distant, dead man basically, of dead beliefs, of inane platitudes - having sexual orgies in your mind with words, even your hard-ons while you are having sex with words might be just a word in your mind called hard-on. It really reflects in your writing - everytime I read you it's astonishing, it's as if you are a zombie. And then equally hilarious is when I see someone like Share react to you - it's as if she actually had sex with you and you made her come. I'm always tempted to ask you and Share to take your orgies offline. Hail to Guru Zombie Xeno !!! On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: Ok, that was silly. I went to your link and typed in some text. I made it longer and played with the percentage to keep or edit. All it did was randomly leave in or take out stuff. I don't get why you need a program to do this. Many of us do it naturally by the way we read, which is often sloppy or, because of pre-conceived notions about things, we fail to take in half of what anyone is actually saying. All of us are text compactors already and I don't think it benefits us all that much. I don't require a computer to do it FOR me! This kind of software is designed to produce 'executive summaries', and well designed programs do not use random selection. However the sample of Robin's was huge, and the compression was to about 5% which is really far too much. Normally you get reasonable results with 25% to 50% compression. Some manual editing might be needed. The software works better if the original document has a well defined structure. 'HOW IT WORKS' 'After text is placed on the page, the web app calculates the frequency of each word in the passage. Then, a score is calculated for each sentence based on
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had the freedom it brought them. I was never in the gotta make millions camp, that just not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying digging into some serious, hang-ten high tech again more. It gives me an opportunity to excel, and *that* gives me an opportunity to progress in my spiritual path. For me, and for many who feel similarly, there is no difference between our Day Jobs and the rest of our lives, or our spiritual lives. It's all a continuum, 24/7, every moment of which gives us the opportunity to progress. Call me crazy, but I think that's a more sensible approach than that followed by people who believe they're only progressing towards their spiritual goals when they're meditating or on courses. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: turq on Lenz: When we went on courses we stayed in five-star hotels and dined at five-star restaurants. me to turq: what is significance of 5 star establishments in this context? Why put word courses in quotes? 1. We never *had* courses in the sense in which you think of them from TM and the TMO. We never went to some location to learn some specific teaching, avail- able only there. When we went on the road, it was always a combination of fun, teaching, and journeying to places of power. And fun very much *was* a part of every such journey, and viewed as just as important as any teachings. For example, we used to travel to power places in the Southwest (Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, etc.), to Paris, Amsterdam, and London (for teaching and fun), and to other places like Hawaii or Bali. 2. There are
Re: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
Wow I had no clue Barry God - I need to look for a job ASAP, 'cause yeah I bristled as I whistled reading your original post - thanks for this detailed explanation - you know 'cause I had no clue, I was like I had to compartmentalize. You saved my butt Barry - you really did. I am forever indebted to you man. Did you ever try your luck as a Guru? Love - XOXO. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: ** Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had the freedom it brought them. I was never in the gotta make millions camp, that just not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying digging into some serious, hang-ten high tech again more. It gives me an opportunity to excel, and *that* gives me an opportunity to progress in my spiritual path. For me, and for many who feel similarly, there is no difference between our Day Jobs and the rest of our lives, or our spiritual lives. It's all a continuum, 24/7, every moment of which gives us the opportunity to progress. Call me crazy, but I think that's a more sensible approach than that followed by people who believe they're only progressing towards their spiritual goals when they're meditating or on courses. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: turq on Lenz: When we went on courses we stayed in five-star hotels and dined at five-star restaurants. me to turq: what is significance of 5 star establishments in this context? Why put word courses in quotes? 1. We never *had* courses in the sense in which you think of them from TM and the TMO. We never went to some location
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many* different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived as being at cross purposes to how they perceive the group by some people here. One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk from experience about several different spiritual paths, and discuss the differences between them. So can others here, who have branched out from On The Program TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so often I'll throw something out to point out *how* different my time spent with Rama or later with Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. One would think that TMers could discuss such things without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not been the case here. When someone presents a different way of walking the spiritual walk, some seem to feel the need to fall back on the Yeah, but TM is better response, and find a way to put the other practice or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very* different from anything taught by the TMO) or views on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have towards a teacher, etc. What ever happened to curiosity about the larger world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off The Program by the TMO at some point? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had the freedom it brought them. I was never in the gotta make millions camp, that just not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying
[FairfieldLife] Holi with Swami - Many Years Ago
Holi celebrations are always colourful and one particular Holi celebration stands out in my mind. I had been lucky with my line number on that particular afternoon. It had been number one and as I was at the front of the line, I'd been seated at the very front and near to where the festivities were to take place. http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/holi-celebrations-and-the-rose-darshan-experiences/
[FairfieldLife] Humanitys historic choice
Humanity's historic choice by the Master , through Benjamin Creme, 8 February 2013 The time for men to make their historic choice has arrived. Soon, men will come to realize that they must make a momentous decision, one which will determine the future for every man, woman and child, indeed the future for every living creature on Earth: a choice between continuous and ever expanding creativity on planet Earth, or a devastating ending of all life, human and sub-human, on our planetary home. Man, unfortunately, has discovered the secret of the awful power which lies hidden in the nucleus of the atom and has harnessed it for war. While humanity is so separated by competition, greed and lust for power, the danger of extinction, by accident or design, is ever present. Men must therefore find a safer way to live. So potent today is the individuality of men and nations, so divided have they become in their struggle for life, that they have lost their way and must quickly find it to survive. Thus the Great Ones, your Elder Brothers, have sought to show the only way to peace. Only sharing and justice, We say, will bring the peace which, in their hearts, all men desire. Simple indeed is Our recommendation but, so far, difficult for humanity to grasp. Men have divine free will and are the masters of their fate. Take, We advise, the path of sharing and justice which are the garments of Brotherhood, without which a man is not fully a man. [This article from Share International magazine, March 2013 , is by a senior member of the Hierarchy of Masters of Wisdom. His name, well-known in esoteric circles, is not yet being revealed. Benjamin Creme, a principal spokesman about the emergence of Maitreya, is in constant telepathic contact with this Master who dictated his article to him.] (Read more articles by the Master) http://www.share-international.org/master/master.htm http://www.share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2013/2013-03.htm http://www.share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2013/2013-03.htm\
[FairfieldLife] Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
Q. (1) Did the Syrian authorities use chemical weapons in Homs recently? (2) Have chemical weapons been used against the opposition forces in other parts of Syria? A. (1) No. (2) No. Q. What is your opinion of carbon emissions trading? A. It is dishonest and does not help the fabric of the planet. Q. Is nuclear pollution the worst aspect of environmental destruction? A. Yes. Q. (1) Just as there will be an emergency plan in the short term to feed the starving and the malnourished, do the Masters have a blueprint about what needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency with regard to the terrible degradation we have caused to our planet? (2) What will be the first emergency tasks to save our planet? A. (1) Yes. (2) Clearly, a lessening of the `carbon footprint' of everyone on the planet. Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England, in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Q. Given that Benjamin Creme wrote on page 19 of his book The Gathering of the Forces of Light: UFOs and Their Spiritual Mission that the Day of Declaration would take place within three years of Maitreya's first television interview, and that we are now past the three years. Obviously something has changed that is fine, things do as we know. Would Benjamin be kind enough to inform us of where things now stand. Are the books being printed now still stating this three-year timescale? I believe it is necessary to clarify this situation, because people are going to ask us about it as we spread the message about Maitreya. A. Yes, things do change. Throughout my years of work I have been asked with various degrees of manipulation, how soon Maitreya would appear in so many weeks, months, years, in my lifetime (given my mature age) etc. It has always been quite difficult to satisfy this quite natural question, which everyone wants to know. The fact is nobody knows. I don't, my Master says He does not, even Maitreya does not exactly. Nevertheless, every time, pushed to the point by questions for some date, I ask the Master, He always says in about three years, and at the time He says it, it sounds logical. It sounds vague, not a hard set date. Remember, that to the Masters, there is no such thing as time. If you read the actual answer in the book you will see that it is less cut and dried than you suggest: Maitreya is emerging very soon. The Day of Declaration could be anytime from a year to two or three years after His first television interview. The Masters and Maitreya Himself seem to think that the time will be relatively very short indeed. But whatever the timing, these four spacecraft [Maitreya's `stars'] will remain in the heavens, seen by an increasing number of people. Hopefully the media of the world will become more and more open to reporting on these `stars'. Q. In a recent interview with Benjamin Creme (seen on YouTube), Mr Creme stated that Maitreya is in a physical body He created for Himself, but He can change His appearance at will, and can look quite hideous and grotesque. The question in mind is, why would a being of light and love wish to look hideous or grotesque? A. If you knew the variety of appearances that Maitreya has adopted over the years you would be amazed at the flexibility which He displays. He can look like a young and beautiful woman, a gnarled old man, a toothless jibbering clown, in a huge variety of clothes, sensible or hysterical. He is still a being of light and love but adopts a persona exactly fitted to the occasion and to the hopes or prejudices of those who are blessed by His presence. Q. What do you think of the 7th day Sabbath and why people keep Sunday? A. Sunday, or the Sabbath, is meant to be a day of rest and if people have worked hard they need a rest. I believe that all people need more time for leisure, to find themselves and give of their best, that is from a creative point of view. One of the mistakes of our modern `civilization' is that so many people today spend most of their working life in conditions of mechanical drudgery. Leisure is an essential part of life. Q. I watched a documentary about Babu (Ambilike Mwasapila), a 76 year-old protestant priest in the small village of Samunge, near Loliondo, in northern Tanzania, who has given `miracle water' to over 5,000 people since 2011. In 1991 he had a dream in which he believes God spoke to him and showed him a woman with AIDS, and told him which medicine could be given to her to heal her from this disease. When Babu woke up, he wondered how a tree could heal AIDS when even doctors can't heal it? The roots of a Karanga plumtree called Enga Muriaga, is used to produce the special drink: the roots are cooked in hot water over night and next day the people are given a cup to drink. Babu says it is only a healing water when you swallow the drink straightaway and don't carry it home. People
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: What ever happened to curiosity about the larger world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off The Program by the TMO at some point? Many here did other forms of meditations before they started TM so your point isn't valid. To mix practises or jump from one tradition to another is counterproductive to spritual growth as so evident in your own life dominated by agression, particularily towards women.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
turq, thanks for reply yesterday. I am fascinated by what Lenz said about 5 star places. Whereas usually a person becomes successful and wealthy and then patronizes such places, it sounds like he was saying to patronize such places in order to accustom oneself to being successful and wealthy. This is an example of the kind of reversed thinking that I enjoy hearing about. I admit that my curiosity is not only or even mainly about Lenz though there are other spiritual groups like Taoist and tantric that I enjoy learning about. In asking those questions my main curiosity is, just like it is for everyone here, about you as yourself and you as a window to understanding myself and others here on FFL. Though there are a couple of people who evoke a knee jerk reaction in me, you are not one of them. There are others for whom I have a ONE knee jerk reaction. There are a couple for whom I have a TWO knees jerk reaction ha ha. I usually hold off replying to those people until the charge has subsided. Usually but not always (-: I really liked what you said about the continuum of life and spirituality and all that jazz. And I will add this. A few years ago I was involved in Core Energetics and consequently read the Pathworks material. In one article the channel explained that not everyone is here on Earth to have a career as their main focus. Some are here to correct a major flaw or heal a major wound or focus on one relationship or something other than career as the world traditionally refers to it. Perhaps Lenz was the perfect teacher for those on the traditionally defined career path. And other teachers are perfect for others on different dharma paths. Why do you think he did himself in? Were you still involved when that happened? From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:43 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq) Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many* different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived as being at cross purposes to how they perceive the group by some people here. One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk from experience about several different spiritual paths, and discuss the differences between them. So can others here, who have branched out from On The Program TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so often I'll throw something out to point out *how* different my time spent with Rama or later with Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. One would think that TMers could discuss such things without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not been the case here. When someone presents a different way of walking the spiritual walk, some seem to feel the need to fall back on the Yeah, but TM is better response, and find a way to put the other practice or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very* different from anything taught by the TMO) or views on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have towards a teacher, etc. What ever happened to curiosity about the larger world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off The Program by the TMO at some point? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions,
Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]
Plus Ravi, look how I've saved you! Your buddy Emily is now into neuroscience too and though you've been so opposed to that in the recent past of 2013, I have now given you the impetus to leap beyond that er, is it ok if I call it a limit? I do realize you have FEW limits of engagement, but dear Nephew, are you quite sure you have none? Anyway with all love and gratitude for helping me get beyond my many limits. Usually by making me laugh out loud. I would miss you sorely if you left FFL. Jeez I hope salyavin and turq and all the others who don't like putting to So and So in the Subject line are appreciating my restraint in this matter. It's a pain in the tukas IMHO! From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only] oh dear Aunt Share - fear not, 'cause my mind ain't addled no more. Not after this post of yours Aunt Share - it's led to much illumination. What I hear Aunt is that in-authenticity and psychological rape are a thing of the past - so 2012. This is wonderful Auntie - certainly you have been quite authentic with me in the recent past and it's good to know that I don't have to cringe anymore and will not have to hear any squealing, shrieking or moaning of yours in response to Xeno's or Curtis's posts. Surely you have realized they are not as authentic as your dear nephew. You realize you are just a robotic POV to His Holiness Curtis and a text on a screen to Guru Xeno. You know the minute you are audacious enough to cross your limits - you will be humiliated, either His Holiness's - toxic energy directed towards strangers on internet curse or Guru Xeno processing any posts over 200 words through a text compactor. Your erstwhile icons have limits of engagement, your nephew none. This cavorting in the bushes, possibly with Steve or LG sounds totally good to me - they are nice guys, honest and open at least. And thank you for that consigning that phrase psychological rape to the dustbin - you don't know how many times I wondered when you would lob that at me - but I have been lucky Auntie, because even the 3-4 neurotic birches I have had the misfortune of trying to be loving, playful and/or vulnerable around Amma never even remotely came close to you. So this is all good news. No - a new day has dawned in the long, bitter, embattled history of the Long Ladislaw feud, I promise Auntie - I will strive for new material from today on. Thank you, this feels really good. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: dear Laughing One Jelly Bean please do not be hurt that Ravi has totally forgotten the plot line of your Garden of Eden saga in which Xeno was NOT the one with whom I was cavorting in the bushes. Obviously the San Diego sun and southern CA ambiance has addled his brain, which he, meaning Ravi of course, doesn't even like us to talk about! His brain I mean. Neuroscience and all that bullocks. Anyway, more evidence of this addling is his being stuck in the past with talk of psychological rape and inauthenticity. Dear LOJB, isn't that just so so LAST year?! And all the effing this and effing that. One is sorely tempted to urge Nephew to get some new material for gosh sakes! It's a new year. Even in Western astrology. Even in the Chinese system. It's a new season. It's almost a new month. Get with the new program, Newphew! Sorry couldn't resist that lame pun smiley faces all around. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only] Everyone on this forum is just text on a screen to me. Thank you Guru Xeno - this is what I like about you. You are at least honest - and admit you are a cold-hearted, emotionless, distant, dead man basically, of dead beliefs, of inane platitudes - having sexual orgies in your mind with words, even your hard-ons while you are having sex with words might be just a word in your mind called hard-on. It really reflects in your writing - everytime I read you it's astonishing, it's as if you are a zombie. And then equally hilarious is when I see someone like Share react to you - it's as if she actually had sex with you and you made her come. I'm always tempted to ask you and Share to take your orgies offline. Hail to Guru Zombie Xeno !!! On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: Ok, that was silly. I went to your link and typed in some text. I made it longer and played with the percentage to keep or edit. All it did was randomly leave in or take out stuff. I don't get
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]
dear Laughing Checker, someone told me that once a student mentioned to the teacher that some people thought his teaching was brain washing. He replied, and here I'm paraphrasing: some brains needs washing. So dear Laughing Checker, since cavorting is a celestial experience for me, I don't think it is MY brain that needs washing with regards to that. Et tu Brute? As for your ordinary lay meditators, are they related to Emily's laywomen by any chance?! From: laughinggull108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:52 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: dear Laughing One Jelly Bean please do not be hurt that Ravi has totally forgotten the plot line of your Garden of Eden saga in which Xeno was NOT the one with whom I was cavorting in the bushes. Now hold on there just a daggone minute Missy Dirty Mind! 'Cavorting' in the bushes? Where do you come up with these ideas? Let's look at it again, this time with a pure mind: It had been a really long, long time since you had been checked (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), and seeker Steve, being the 'exceptional' checker that he is (of course, I wouldn't know from personal experience) was more than willing to oblige. The bushes along the river provided the privacy needed, and the springy patches of moss provided comfortable seats. However, the first attempt was interrupted (commonly referred to as checkus interruptus*) when seeker Xeno stumbled upon yours truly selling water by the river. As a result, seeker Steve was very anxious to get back at it because, being the 'exceptional' checker that he is, knows that coming out of a checking session too quickly and without completion can lead to a condition commonly referred to as Krishna butterballs* for the checker and lackus fulfillmentitus* for the checkee. (It's also worth noting that he tries never to end a checking prematurely.) However, nature was supportive in the end and both of you were able to have a nice, long uninterrupted checking in which seeker Steve, I guess one could say, checked your brains out. (And he chose to stay and meditate with you rather than quietly leave the bushes.) It is easy? You experienced how easy it is? Now this is how we will meditate morning and evening... *these are sacred terms learned only on a qualified TTC, and are not available for use by ordinary lay meditators. Raviji, like jelly beans, also comes in many flavors, including cinnamon. Obviously the San Diego sun and southern CA ambiance has addled his brain, which he, meaning Ravi of course, doesn't even like us to talk about! His brain I mean. Neuroscience and all that bullocks. Anyway, more evidence of this addling is his being stuck in the past with talk of psychological rape and inauthenticity. Dear LOJB, isn't that just so so LAST year?! And all the effing this and effing that. One is sorely tempted to urge Nephew to get some new material for gosh sakes! It's a new year. Even in Western astrology. Even in the Chinese system. It's a new season. It's almost a new month. Get with the new program, Newphew! Sorry couldn't resist that lame pun smiley faces all around. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]  Everyone on this forum is just text on a screen to me. Thank you Guru Xeno - this is what I like about you. You are at least honest - and admit you are a cold-hearted, emotionless, distant, dead man basically, of dead beliefs, of inane platitudes - having sexual orgies in your mind with words, even your hard-ons while you are having sex with words might be just a word in your mind called hard-on. It really reflects in your writing - everytime I read you it's astonishing, it's as if you are a zombie. And then equally hilarious is when I see someone like Share react to you - it's as if she actually had sex with you and you made her come. I'm always tempted to ask you and Share to take your orgies offline. Hail to Guru Zombie Xeno !!! On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote:  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: Ok, that was silly. I went to your link and typed in some text. I made it longer and played with the percentage to keep or edit. All it did was randomly leave in or take out stuff. I don't get why you need a program to do this. Many of us do it naturally by the way we read, which is often sloppy or, because of pre-conceived notions about things, we fail to take in half of what anyone is actually saying. All of us are text
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Perhaps Lenz was the perfect teacher for those on the traditionally defined career path. And other teachers are perfect for others on different dharma paths. Share, here's how Rama and guru of the Turq ended his career; he committed suicide by throwing himself in the ocean wearing a dog-collar around his neck. That's quite a testimonial from a perfect teacher, wouldn't you say ?
[FairfieldLife] Book review: Maitreyas mission is our mission
Book review Maitreya's mission is our mission [Share International photo for March 2013 Maitreya's Mission, Volume One, by Benjamin Creme] Review of Maitreya's Mission, Volume One, by Benjamin Creme by Carmen Font Thomas Edison (1847-1931), who gave us the light-bulb, once said that opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Too often we tend to believe that the greatest breakthroughs in human life are in most cases the result of `genius' and `chance'. Even though these two factors play a role in every achievement, hard work is always a prerequisite. Working consistently, with a focused and sincere intention, provides the necessary energy to invite an `opportunity'. By responding to a window of opportunity, we participate in the creation or the unveiling of an achievement. The bigger the achievement, the more effort it demands. What we interpret as `hard work' often requires the performance of arduous tasks, the sacrifice of the lesser for the higher, a degree of physical or emotional discomfort and the avoidance of our line of least resistance. Constructive hard work is never the result of coercion or lack of purpose. Creative work is undertaken with faith in the result, even when we cannot see the prize amidst the fog. Thus hard work becomes a mission. Maitreya reminds us in His Message Number 31 that nothing happens by itself. Man must act and implement his will. Whereas in His messages Maitreya refers to His work and His call for humanity to participate in it, it was not until the publication of Maitreya's Mission, Volume One (MMI) that the rationale and the details of His mission were laid out in full panoramic view. The first edition of the book was published in 1986, with two subsequent editions in 1990 and 1993, and it included a compilation of questions and answers published in the magazine Share International up to then. These questions and answers are organized in topics in order to highlight each thematic area of Maitreya's work. This proves to be an invaluable source of inspiration for the reader, who gains a deeper insight into Maitreya's endeavours. It is also a large window that reveals changes in the world and their causes. So much so, that the book saw two sequels, Maitreya's Mission Volumes Two and Three (MMII and MMIII), which illuminate the continuing work-in-progress and humanity's preparedness with regard to the Emergence of Maitreya and the Masters of Wisdom. [Share International photo for March 2013 Benjamin Creme speaking at a conference] Benjamin Creme In full co-operation Maitreya's mission has never been and will not be a solitary one. In every chapter of MMI we are gently reminded and made vividly aware of the fact that the process of His Emergence and the changes in our modes of living call for our full co-operation. A case in point is Benjamin Creme's reference to Maitreya's contact with media representatives in January 1986 who agreed to make an announcement that a man claiming to be the Christ was indeed living in the Asian community of London. Under pressure from high religious and government officials, however, this statement was withheld (p.9, 3rd ed). Given this rejection, by karmic law Maitreya became engaged in a much longer process of emergence which did not involve the media at all. By creating miracles of all kinds, by appearing to large sections of humanity in various guises, a knowledge of His presence was slowly built up and spread around the world. Thus, without infringing humanity's freewill, Maitreya kept the reality of His presence before all those who could believe in it. Even today in His appearances on television in the USA, Mexico and Brazil He always appears `incognito' so that the viewers can agree or not agree with His ideas, without simply accepting His words to be those of the `Christ' or `World Teacher'. The late 1980s and early 1990s were momentous times for humanity. Whereas the main political and economic developments of those years are given special focus in MMII (for example, the end of Apartheid in South Africa, the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the stock-market crash beginning in Japan) MMI is concerned with the esoteric essentials of Maitreya's Emergence and His teachings for the New Age. In the introduction to the book, Benjamin Creme tells us about a new mode of communication by Maitreya: through one of His close associates, Maitreya gave teachings and forecasts of world events, which one by one are coming to pass (p. 10), thus providing a constant influx of information of a political, social and spiritual nature. Before we can fully understand the dynamics of world change in the outer physical plane, we need a better grasp of elementary esoteric rules. In this sense MMI is the perfect sequel to Benjamin Creme's first book, The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom and an invitation to further reading the successive volumes of Maitreya's Mission. The foundations
[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have been something. [Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.] Can't we ask... Q[Supplementary 1]: Did he murder the princes in the Tower? A: Q[Supplementary 2]: Just who was Shakespeare anyway? A:
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Why do you think he [Rama - Fred Lenz] did himself in? He *claimed* to some who were close to him that he was dying of some undiagnosed and undiagnosable illness, and that he just didn't want to waste away in some ghastly hospital. I, however, got ahold of the coroner's autopsy report, and there was no trace of serious disease. My theory of The Big Why is very simple, and meshes well with what people who were close to him said: drugs. He'd gotten himself addicted to Valium, first prescribed after an injury, but he liked the effects of it so much that it had begun to affect both his behavior and his judgment. On the Valium label it says in big, bold letters, If you have been taking this drug for some time, do NOT try to stop suddenly. If you do, you risk side effects including depression, psychotic symptoms, and suicide. So what did Mr. I-can-handle-it do? He tried to quit taking Valium cold turkey. Three days later he was dead, a suicide. Were you still involved when that happened? No, I had left a couple of years earlier, when the focus of what it was like to study with him shifted away from meditation and things that most (including me) considered spiritual, and began to focus on mainly business and career success. Besides, it had stopped being fun, so I split. Never regretted it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have been something. [Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.] It was Phillippa Langley http://www.emmines.co.uk/blog/2013/02/a-queen-in-a-carpark/ OMG, a comment there... Was it a *hunch* that led Phillipa to Richard III's body?
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yes! OMG! It's what I've been trying to tell you all. -Buck in the Dome Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings The joy that from Thy presence springs; --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote: Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland. . . THE BALM OF GILEAD, by John Willison, 1742. A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers. Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound up. Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God. Such a day would heal divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring down Heaven to earth. This would redress our grievances, remove our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock. It would make true religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and iniquity as ashamed to hide its face. Then sabbaths and communions would be days of heaven. Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight. Oh, then, pray for such a time Om Yes, let us work for such times for all!
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yes! OMG! It's what I've been trying to tell you all. -Buck in the Dome Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings The joy that from Thy presence springs; --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote: Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland. . . THE BALM OF GILEAD, by John Willison, 1742. A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers. Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound up. Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God. Such a day would heal divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring down Heaven to earth. This would redress our grievances, remove our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock. It would make true religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and iniquity as ashamed to hide its face. Then sabbaths and communions would be days of heaven. Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight. Oh, then, pray for such a time Om Yes, let us work for such times for all! And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful to how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony aimed at the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth?
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
At the risk of being critical here (sigh, you make me do this Barry): --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. You don't have to. We know why. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Barry, come on, we ALL know this. You can't, for one moment, think this is NEWS. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Not possible. No one thinks this. Your case would be more likely to state that long-term TMers don't think ANYONE else's spiritual path is like TM because TM is the best. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. Please, this is not news or new for that matter. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). You are making this up. TM was always about integrating into life and whatever goals you pursue there, whether it be building and nurturing one's career, family life or art. Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. Oy, Barry, come ON. When are you going to start either telling us things that we don't already know or that are actually accurate? As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. And these people couldn't have done this without Rama in their lives? These are former losers who found their skills, drive and success because they followed Lenz from hotel to hotel and power spot to power spot? At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. What were these people doing before they got sucked into the cult with Rama? How did they have time to become such successful business people and still stay integral parts of the travelling band of five star gourmands? You can't build and run a company and be meditating in Sedona or gallivanting hither and thither at the same time as structuring a multi million dollar enterprise. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had the freedom it brought them. Money can buy you time (to do what you want) but it doesn't buy you 'freedom. I was never in the gotta make millions camp, that just not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks if I choose to work in my chosen field. And you wouldn't have done any of this if you hadn't met Lenz, is that what you are saying? What would you have been doing? I thoroughly enjoyed taking some time off and doing part-time
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many* different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived as being at cross purposes to how they perceive the group by some people here. One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk from experience about several different spiritual paths, and discuss the differences between them. So can others here, who have branched out from On The Program TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so often I'll throw something out to point out *how* different my time spent with Rama or later with Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. One would think that TMers could discuss such things without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not been the case here. When someone presents a different way of walking the spiritual walk, some seem to feel the need to fall back on the Yeah, but TM is better response, and find a way to put the other practice or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very* different from anything taught by the TMO) or views on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have towards a teacher, etc. What ever happened to curiosity about the larger world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off The Program by the TMO at some point? Every single person here has experience and knowledge of a number of spiritual teachings and other spiritual paths. What ARE you talking about? Have you mixed this forum up with others that you are on. For clarification, you are on FFL right now, not Facebook. (By the way, I saw your FB page the other day. Some cute pics of the dogs etc.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone,
[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have been something. These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes you believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or would spend his time with predictions ? [Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.] It was Phillippa Langley http://www.emmines.co.uk/blog/2013/02/a-queen-in-a-carpark/ OMG, a comment there... Was it a *hunch* that led Phillipa to Richard III's body?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Engineering
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Dr. John Hagelin explains the nature of Dark Energy in terms of scientific cosmology. Actually this was the wrong link. Here is the right one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DeI3ohVbY#t=365
[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have been something. These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes you believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or would spend his time with predictions ? You posted the bloody thing Nabby, you can hardly expect people *not* to wonder whether this guy is actually an enlightened know it all or whether he just reads the papers like you and me. This how you put extraordinary claims to the test, sort the wheat from the chaff etc. we're getting twitchy for some revelations instead of this Daily Mail headline stuff, especially as we can't ask the great saviour directly as he seems to have forgotten his watch *again*. Dead tardy these gurus
[FairfieldLife] New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 03/27/2013 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=08a353b3a9e=16e07f16fe Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated … Continue reading http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=00c9671631e=16e07f16fe → The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=ba7beb65d7e=16e07f16fe appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=f8868162e3e=16e07f16fe . http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/images/mime-type/mp3.png 166_rick_archer_alex_tsakiris.mp3 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=0edc04150ce=16e07f16fe 36.8 MB comments http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=4c45e2088ee=16e07f16fe | read more http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=091847b634e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c458416c8ce=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=50bccb15a4e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c7293ab149e=16e07f16fe http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/frond.gif Elsewhere * http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2bc56342b2e=16e07f16fe Visit My Blog * http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe Share This with a friend * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2703b940b5e=16e07f16fe Follow me on Twitter * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=370f7eb500e=16e07f16fe RSS feed http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/shim.gif view email in a browser http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe | Regular announcement of new interviews posted at http://batgap.com. Buddha at the Gas Pump 1108 South B Street Fairfield, Iowa 52556 Add us to your address book http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=b0e5d0d53a Copyright (C) 2013 Buddha at the Gas Pump All rights reserved. http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=monkey_rewardsaid=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5afl=1 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe
Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
[FairfieldLife] Now, teacher alleges Girish Chandra Varma raped her for 15 years / Victim, Girish Chandra Varma with sexual harassment threatens to commit suicide
Now, teacher alleges Girish Chandra Varma raped her for 15 years Rageshri Ganguly http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Rageshri-Ganguly.cms , TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 09.21 PM IST BHOPAL: In a surprising turn of events, a teacher of Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) Ratanpur, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/sexual-harassment against chairman of the group Girish Chandra Varma http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Girish-Chandra-Varma , went to the Mahila Thana http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/thana-electric-supply-co-ltd/stocks/com panyid-12537.cms with her husband on Sunday to file an FIR http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/FIR of repeated rape in the same case. Though the police did not register an FIR, the police station received her written complaint. The victim alleged that the police were under pressure from Varma and she would move court with a private complaint. In the fresh complaint, the teacher alleged that Varma not only repeatedly raped her for 15 years from 1998, but also wanted her to bring students and teachers of MVM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/MVM to him with bad intention. Also, she had alleged that Varma had threatened her and her husband with dire consequences, including death threats, if they did not comply with his wishes. After coming out of thana, she alleged, the attitude of the investing officer of sexual harassment case changed after she received a call on her mobile phone and she said that the investigation of the previous complaint is still on and hence any action would be taken only after into the case of sexual harassment. IO Seema Patel, on the other hand, remained tight-lipped. _ Victim, Girish Chandra Varma with sexual harassment threatens to commit suicide MUMBAI: The woman complainant who had charged Girish Chandra Varma of Maharshi Group http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Maharshi-Group with sexual harassment and rape has threatened to commit suicide if police failed to register an FIR. The woman had on Sunday approached the police alleging that Varma, chairman of Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) group, had raped her for 15 years. The couple also demanded that Varma should resign from the post of chairman on moral grounds. The complainant and wife of Rajesh Sharma told media at a press conference here on Monday that the only way left for her and her family was to commit suicide. Unless the police register an FIR under sections of rape against Varma I would commit suicide in front of the chief minister's residence within a week, the complainant said. We would have to take the Geetika Sharma way ( suicide )to convince the world that we are truthful, Sharma told the media. The couple also revealed the circumstances under which the victim was raped repeatedly by Girish Chandra Varma, including the last time on January 1, 2013 in his Audi http://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/Audi car. The couple questioned that when the new rape law is in place, why the FIR was not being registered. In the name of investigation, police are just dilly dallying since March 11. When I have detailed out the circumstances of rape as asked by the police and have named Varma as the accused why an FIR is not being registered in this case?, the complainant alleged. It is also highly objectionable that police are accepting Varma's statement provided to them in a CD rather than interrogating him face-to-face, she said. The victim in her complaint has stated that Varma possessed some objectionable pictures and videos of her taken during the rape, which he had threatened to make public unless she complied with his demands. Since our families knew each other much before my marriage, I tried to sort out the matter at the women's panel. But since that has proved futile, the police should file an FIR in this matter, she said. The complaint also alleged that Varma had used her husband's e-mail account since October 2011 for sending mails and money transactions which later made out as proof http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Proof-(musician) against her. Also, my husband was made to sign on many blank papers while he was his personal secretary, which is now being used against him, she said. She reiterated that Mahila Thana http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/thana-electric-supply-co-ltd/stocks/com panyid-12537.cms investigating officer (IO) Seema Patel initially heard her complaint on Sunday but then after a phone call received by her, refused to even hear her complaint and also slammed the state women's commission (SWC). 'Defamation does not hold good' A police officer told TOI, on condition of anonymity that the defamation case levelled by the complainant does not hold much water as the law says that till an FIR has been registered, no rule says that the name should be kept a secret. Also, the husband of the woman, Rajesh Sharma, had openly disclosed her name on
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this book?
Yes, Ann is correct. I looked it up - means a non-professional - which is the spirit in which I used it. From: Ann awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:19 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this book? I think Emily, being a strong and independent sort of WOMAN, could easily have written layman which is what we all usually default to. But she chose, quite consciously, to use woman in there, just as I would have. It isn't divisive or prickly it is simply giving the feminine its just recognition. It is a measure of her thoughtfulness. At least, that is what I think. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: I will look up the word laywoman - ha. Â That's funny. Â Yep, like Turq I too wondered when I read across that particular word and weighed it. Emily was seeming rather hard on her own sex when it could have just as easily been about 'people'. Seemed like it was too prickly and needlessly divisive in a usage, sort of like a construction of a 'Men Only' meeting in the Fairfield community the other evening. -Buck From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:04 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this book? Â --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: I just finished this book. It is quite accessible to a laywoman such as myself and is quite fascinating from many perspectives. Â I have not read the book, and in fact have no interest whatsoever in reading or hearing about people's NDE experiences; I'll find out what, if anything, happens after death soon enough, when I have a DE. The only reason I'm writing is to comment on your use of the word laywoman. I understand the usage, but am just pointing out that you might reconsider the term because the last time I heard it, it was being used by an Amsterdam prostitute to describe what she did for a living. :-) Should anyone be so humor-impaired as to no longer be able to recognize one, this was a joke. As for NDE's, IMO more people should be concerned with having NLE's than NDE's. That is, they're so worried/concerned/planning for what happens after death that they miss Life entirely.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is. There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Smiley face. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department. Wishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is. There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Smiley face. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
[FairfieldLife] Before Java
No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL because there is a TM connection. I was thinking about the problems I have with software development on a certain device and thinking how dated that device is though still being sold and how much better Android devices are. Android being a Java based device (implemented on top of embedded Linux) I recalled the precursors to Java that didn't win. One was Taligent and I attended one meeting with that group and another was Kaleida where I also attended a meeting with it's development team. Both of these were back in the early 1990s. Kaleida though may ring a bell here because that's where the TM connection comes in. The CEO was Nat Goldhaber an early TM teacher (even the tech rags of the day mentioned this). I didn't meet with Nat, instead with some of his developers. Nat left Kaleida the next year. Anyway here's the Wikipedia on Kaleida which was supposed to be the solution for multi-media: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleida_Labs And Nat Goldhaber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Goldhaber and his blog: http://wayofbeing.org/
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
Can you share it? Or, is it too personal. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department. Wishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is. There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Smiley face. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
I'm pretty sure the Taoist practice is a martini variation where Chinese shaojiu is substituted for the gin. It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back of your head and walk on your hands. I mix those two up sometimes which is a real ice breaker at parties. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Can you share it?  Or, is it too personal.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department. Wishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Try Gsus7b5. Sounds just like FFL. :-D On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
Close, Curtis. But in the practice I've done for a year, neither pretzel legs nor thinking is involved (-: Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower dantien. Perhaps Mr. Google can be of further assistance? Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google! Second only to making love with a loving, beloved partner. As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the female remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent. Neh? From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis I'm pretty sure the Taoist practice is a martini variation where Chinese shaojiu is substituted for the gin. It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back of your head and walk on your hands. I mix those two up sometimes which is a real ice breaker at parties. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Can you share it?  Or, is it too personal.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department. Wishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
I could only find G 7b5, very dissonant. This definitely not the world of simple chords I live in! Since we are guitar geeking, check out this Malian guitar and ngoni. I've been working with some of this style lately. http://lofty.tv/?p=2202 Great travel story and examples. http://brooklynmusiclessons.com/category/tags/mali Playing Ngoni and then showing how to play it on guitar. I love Malian music. I keep forgetting to tell you that I hear your song about cell phones in my head when I am out and about and see people walking around on the phone like in your video. It was really brilliant. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try Gsus7b5. Sounds just like FFL. :-D On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Before Java
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL because there is a TM connection. I was thinking about the problems I have with software development on a certain device and thinking how dated that device is though still being sold and how much better Android devices are. Android being a Java based device (implemented on top of embedded Linux) I recalled the precursors to Java that didn't win. snip You might be interested in the product I'm working on. Imagine this: an Integrated Development Environ- ment for building mobile apps of *all* types (Android, iOS, Blackberry, Win8, Palm, you name it) that is Eclipse-based, and which you can run on any platform (Windows, Unix/Linux. Macs) and build your basic app once, then just compile and deploy for each of the target environments, adding platform-specific enhancements in Java, Objective-C, and using WYSIWYG dev tools such as JQuery, Sencha, and Dojo. There's even a built-in app center from which you can deply and sell your apps.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Close, Curtis. But in the practice I've done for a year, neither pretzel legs nor thinking is involved (-: Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower dantien. Perhaps Mr. Google can be of further assistance? Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google! Second only to making love with a loving, beloved partner. As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the female remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent. Neh? I think I saw an ad for this Taoist technique in the window of a shop in the Chinatown near Butte aux Cailles: From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  I'm pretty sure the Taoist practice is a martini variation where Chinese shaojiu is substituted for the gin. It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back of your head and walk on your hands. I mix those two up sometimes which is a real ice breaker at parties. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Can you share it? àOr, is it too personal. àFrom: Share Long sharelong60@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis àEmily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department.àWishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis àDear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is. àThere are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. àPersonal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. àSmiley face. àFrom: Share Long sharelong60@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis àDavid Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path.àPerhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration.àMore than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance.àBut probably in outcome?àYikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis
Nope, wrong again. ENERGY circulation, culminating in lower DANTIEN. Which is higher than you know what. Sigh... Emily, what have we wrought?! Oh well, happy spring (-: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Close, Curtis. But in the practice I've done for a year, neither pretzel legs nor thinking is involved (-: Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower dantien. Perhaps Mr. Google can be of further assistance? Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google! Second only to making love with a loving, beloved partner. As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the female remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent. Neh? I think I saw an ad for this Taoist technique in the window of a shop in the Chinatown near Butte aux Cailles: From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  I'm pretty sure the Taoist practice is a martini variation where Chinese shaojiu is substituted for the gin. It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back of your head and walk on your hands. I mix those two up sometimes which is a real ice breaker at parties. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Can you share it?  Or, is it too personal.  From: Share Long sharelong60@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that department. Wishing you the same (-: From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  From: Share Long sharelong60@ To: FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
[FairfieldLife] Sex [was Re: Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis]
Agreed Em :-) Only one way to figure out the benefits of sex, and it isn't by listening to someone else talk about it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below? And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or degeneration. More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance. But probably in outcome? Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-: From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife, Jerrry Jarvis  Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome. Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man. To Regenerate the (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe . Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Move the B up to a C. Minor seconds are the MOST dissonant interval. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed Talk a Lot. One could put all different kinds of subject replacing those words. In fact the words started out as something different. On 03/27/2013 10:30 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I could only find G 7b5, very dissonant. This definitely not the world of simple chords I live in! Since we are guitar geeking, check out this Malian guitar and ngoni. I've been working with some of this style lately. http://lofty.tv/?p=2202 Great travel story and examples. http://brooklynmusiclessons.com/category/tags/mali Playing Ngoni and then showing how to play it on guitar. I love Malian music. I keep forgetting to tell you that I hear your song about cell phones in my head when I am out and about and see people walking around on the phone like in your video. It was really brilliant. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try Gsus7b5. Sounds just like FFL. :-D On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Before Java
On 03/27/2013 10:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL because there is a TM connection. I was thinking about the problems I have with software development on a certain device and thinking how dated that device is though still being sold and how much better Android devices are. Android being a Java based device (implemented on top of embedded Linux) I recalled the precursors to Java that didn't win. snip You might be interested in the product I'm working on. Imagine this: an Integrated Development Environ- ment for building mobile apps of *all* types (Android, iOS, Blackberry, Win8, Palm, you name it) that is Eclipse-based, and which you can run on any platform (Windows, Unix/Linux. Macs) and build your basic app once, then just compile and deploy for each of the target environments, adding platform-specific enhancements in Java, Objective-C, and using WYSIWYG dev tools such as JQuery, Sencha, and Dojo. There's even a built-in app center from which you can deply and sell your apps. I've probably already seen it or at least had it pitched to me (I think at least one is based in Europe). I get emails on these all the time and installed two of the cross development platforms but they required learning a whole new set of classes and I'm either too lazy for that or don't want to invest the time in something that might be passe in a few years. Bedroom software developers need to be wise in budgeting resources since many of the apps don't generate that much money to be a full time gig unless you're the one who had the wild idea that 10,000 people had but only 3 actually developed it and you got the ring when the app merry-go-round came around. It's all luck (or karma). Actually I'm a jazz musician who likes to write software. That would make about 90% of the industry cringe except for that 10% consisting of visionary entrepreneurs who want someone creative and not just an engineer. And when it's like an artform then they might wind up prying my cold dead hands off the keyboard because artists never retire. BTW, this month marks my 30th anniversary of programming computers. I bought a VIC-20 when they were $88 at K-Mart and two weeks later was writing code in assembler (BASIC was WAY too limited). Often people inquiring about my services weren't even born yet when I got that computer. And of course they know everything and I know nothing. :-D
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Dear Curtis, Playful it was not. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical chord). I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I wonder. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the humorless, especially if they have a history of holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Dear Curtis, Playful it was not. Like I said not my audience. To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was nothing but playful. This conversation is not playful. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical chord). I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was referring to, as a courtesy to you. I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I wonder. I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who share my tastes. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all that. I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't enjoy my humor. Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in concepts like what sort of audience. Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you don't listen to blues music. The feedback isn't going to change my preferences. I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my tastes will too. This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt. This is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to be offended. Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea of what floats your boat in humor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
[FairfieldLife] The settlement was too small
It should have been in the millions... http://news.yahoo.com/man-wins-8k-disney-small-world-breakdown-002844103.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
G - C - Db - F ?? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try Gsus7b5. Sounds just like FFL. :-D On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Bingo! You win the musical quiz of the day! ;-) On 03/27/2013 12:55 PM, card wrote: G - C - Db - F ?? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Try Gsus7b5. Sounds just like FFL. :-D On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
[FairfieldLife] Voodoo Chile
click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=NfOHjeI-Bns v=NfOHjeI-Bns jimi would love this! give her a fuzz tone and a wah pedal and i think she could tour.
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: [snip] I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. As Larry the Cable Guy would say: I don't care what anybody thinks, now *that* was funny. You are incorrigible CDB...and I'm glad you are. [snip}
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your sorry ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that when the photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? LOL - What a douche. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the humorless, especially if they have a history of holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Born Gay?
Charlie Lutz had an interesting explanation. He said as souls evolve, they alternate taking births as male and female. The soul takes birth as a male three times then takes birth as a female three times and then back to male and so on. The first birth in a series in one sex, the soul will exhibit characteristics from the previous sex. In other words as a soul takes his first birth in a series as a male he will be somewhat effeminate and lack the full expression of testosterone. The second birth as a male, he will have the full expression of testosterone, not exhibiting any femininity and the third birth as a male, he becomes the *man's* man, exuding testosterone and all that is expressed by it. Then the soul takes birth as a female and what do you get? The Bull Dyke! The next birth, a feminine woman and the next, the petite, dainty, feminine woman. Then back to male, carrying over traits from the previous births. In other words, the first birth in a new sex is an awkward transition that everybody goes through in their evolution. As cultures evolved, they didn't place much value on these transitioning souls. The males were worthless as warriors and nobody needed interior decorators. Dykes didn't care to be mothers and nurture their young, or anybody else's. As religions evolved, they discouraged the karma during these transitions, a good reason for monks and nuns. From: Ann awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Born Gay? --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, wgm4u no_reply@... wrote: Or, is it due to decisions made in a previous life? (Reincarnation). for a guy who is homophobic you are pretty interested in the subject.
[FairfieldLife] Just plain dumb [was Re: G-sus?]
Translation, from His Holiness, Cu*t, for short: Ann, you are simply not funny, not part of the kool kats klub. KOOL people get it - Hip to the Trip. Not you. And C, Going After Easter? Really?? Seriously? Have you and Bubba taken down Santa Claus already?? Manhandled the Tooth Fairy to the ground? Ensured that everyone knows that Lucky Charms are mostly sugar, and there is no actual barber pole at the North Pole? WTF? I've mentioned it before to yer brain challenged bud, but you need to hear it too: You make dumb people look like fucking geniuses with this rehashed, retreaded, low-grade crap. At least find some new jokes. Try a little harder. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Dear Curtis, Playful it was not. Like I said not my audience. To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was nothing but playful. This conversation is not playful. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical chord). I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was referring to, as a courtesy to you. I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I wonder. I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who share my tastes. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all that. I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't enjoy my humor. Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in concepts like what sort of audience. Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you don't listen to blues music. The feedback isn't going to change my preferences. I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my tastes will too. This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt. This is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to be offended. Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea of what floats your boat in humor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Clever title. Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out Dad's career path for him. But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks. Do we have to do it in the days of crucifixion? Can't we even make it till they invent the guillotine? Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would be a bitch to change them now. Perhaps if you attended some of the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered. This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche. WHAT was that you said? I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush. Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations. Dumbass What? I said real class dad. Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent. Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch Casablanca tomorrow and I'll bring the Duds) your smart, worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi
I don't see any issues at all in the text you just quoted back to me. I copy and paste using Safari, which often embeds invisible characters during either/both stages of the process, so perhaps this is the issue. Sorry. I'll try to run it through a plain-text ASCII filter next time. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 03/26/2013 02:11 PM, sparaig wrote: http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708 Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the âholy-warâ dance of the Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gitaâs two polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on womenâs rights violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more about their own culture, their relationship and themselves. When their hosts uncover the womenâs secret love-life, they turn against them and the research team's existence is threatened. Will the Indian holy-war become a personal one between locals and outsiders, men against women, polygamists against lesbians, Indians against Americans? The answer lies in the Himalayan nights... The professor discusses Maharishi and the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath with fellow Indians at one point. Anoop Chondola is a an anthropologist and linguist specializing in Indian studies. He learned to meditate from the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath who was the direct successor of Gurudev. His family has close ties to the organization of scholars and religious leaders who chose Gurudev to be the Shankaracharya, so he has an interesting perspective on things. L Lawson, what character set are you using on the Mac? You and I suspect other Mac users display what are often extended characters on other machines that what they probably saw on their screen. Example: âholy-warâ I think that Vag once said it was an incorrect character set that was causing the problem.
[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)
The rest of this is the usual drivel, but for your own safety, please don't use this nugget of yours in Santa Cruz, or the rest of the Bay Area, ever: I'm enjoying digging into some serious, ***hang-ten*** high tech again... (emphasis cringingly mine) It just creeps me out, and reminds me of wrinkly knees and Depends. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*. Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things, and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the same, but with completely different things. In this particular example, what I was on about was the importance of career, and the place it holds in one's spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many, especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions, seem to divide their lives into separate compartments. There's their spiritual life -- the meditating, going on courses, bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that, which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think is almost antithetical to the spiritual life, in that it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach. In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's Day Job, meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi- tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career presented a marvelous opportunity to practice being spiritual in the world, meaning to 1) do a good job at it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus accomplishing measurable things in the material world. As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off. They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know formed their own companies and became millionaires; most of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes hated 1%, even in this economy. NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel, to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had the freedom it brought them. I was never in the gotta make millions camp, that just not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying digging into some serious, hang-ten high tech again more. It gives me an opportunity to excel, and *that* gives me an opportunity to progress in my spiritual path. For me, and for many who feel similarly, there is no difference between our Day Jobs and the rest of our lives, or our spiritual lives. It's all a continuum, 24/7, every moment of which gives us the opportunity to progress. Call me crazy, but I think that's a more sensible approach than that followed by people who believe they're only progressing towards their spiritual goals when they're meditating or on courses. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: turq on Lenz: When we went on courses we stayed in five-star hotels and dined at five-star restaurants. me to turq: what is significance of 5 star establishments in this context? Why put word courses in quotes? 1. We never *had* courses in the sense in which you think of them from TM and the TMO. We never went to some location to learn some specific
[FairfieldLife] Re: Voodoo Chile Whenever wherever whatever......
hey...and you forget this Sgt Gas Mask announcement [:D] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8LJ-iGCjVc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8LJ-iGCjVc And if you try curtisblue's martini variation of Chinese shaojiu you may see her double http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFAup16-Bk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFAup16-Bk And if there's a thing that you need For you and your blood I would bleed And if ever you yearn for the love in me Whenever wherever whatever, baby Whenever wherever whatever. [:x] And he said Fly on, fly on Because I'm a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo chile Hey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrcv-Xala4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrcv-Xala4 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=NfOHjeI-Bns v=NfOHjeI-Bns jimi would love this! give her a fuzz tone and a wah pedal and i think she could tour.and She is trying she's trying She is trying she's trying She is trying she's trying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD-vDoqV16U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD-vDoqV16U When you come over to Korea?I'll pick you up Love forever and a day, baby
[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013
Hey All, Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular segment, telling his story and experiences. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 03/27/2013 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=08a353b3a9e=16e07f16fe Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated ⦠Continue reading http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=00c9671631e=16e07f16fe â' The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=ba7beb65d7e=16e07f16fe appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=f8868162e3e=16e07f16fe . http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/images/mime-type/mp3.png 166_rick_archer_alex_tsakiris.mp3 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=0edc04150ce=16e07f16fe 36.8 MB comments http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=4c45e2088ee=16e07f16fe | read more http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=091847b634e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c458416c8ce=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=50bccb15a4e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c7293ab149e=16e07f16fe http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/frond.gif Elsewhere * http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2bc56342b2e=16e07f16fe Visit My Blog * http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe Share This with a friend * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2703b940b5e=16e07f16fe Follow me on Twitter * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=370f7eb500e=16e07f16fe RSS feed http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/shim.gif view email in a browser http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe | Regular announcement of new interviews posted at http://batgap.com. Buddha at the Gas Pump 1108 South B Street Fairfield, Iowa 52556 Add us to your address book http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=b0e5d0d53a Copyright (C) 2013 Buddha at the Gas Pump All rights reserved. http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=monkey_rewardsaid=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5afl=1 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe
[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of King Richard III? A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course the Tudor dynasty. Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have been something. These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes you believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or would spend his time with predictions ? You posted the bloody bloody ? thing Nabby, you can hardly expect people *not* to wonder whether this guy is actually an enlightened What makes you think Creme is enlightened ? He certainly never hinted such a thing. know it all or whether he just reads the papers like you and me. This how you put extraordinary claims to the test, sort the wheat from the chaff etc. we're getting twitchy for some revelations instead of this Daily Mail headline stuff, especially as we can't ask the great saviour Who ? But it you want to post a serious question to Mr. Creme, which I doubt you would be able to, you can always send the editors a letter. directly as he seems to have forgotten his watch *again*. Dead tardy these gurus You are probably the only one on this planet who considers Creme to be a guru.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013
hey meMe Wow what afloaty premature immaculations of a delusional system of laughter as carbonated holiness by our beloved Batgap-ji-Aananda ?? ah oops want to say love it -Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: Hey All, Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular segment, telling his story and experiences. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 03/27/2013 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=08a353b3a9e=16e07f16fe Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated ⦠Continue reading http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=00c9671631e=16e07f16fe â' The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=ba7beb65d7e=16e07f16fe appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=f8868162e3e=16e07f16fe . http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/images/mime-type/mp3.png 166_rick_archer_alex_tsakiris.mp3 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=0edc04150ce=16e07f16fe 36.8 MB comments http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=4c45e2088ee=16e07f16fe | read more http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf9\ 1d5id=091847b634e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=c458416c8ce=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=50bccb15a4e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=c7293ab149e=16e07f16fe http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/frond.gif\ Elsewhere * http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91\ d5id=2bc56342b2e=16e07f16fe Visit My Blog * http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id\ =6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe Share This with a friend * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf9\ 1d5id=2703b940b5e=16e07f16fe Follow me on Twitter * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf9\ 1d5id=370f7eb500e=16e07f16fe RSS feed http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/shim.gif view email in a browser http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc\ 4c27e=16e07f16fe | Regular announcement of new interviews posted at http://batgap.com. Buddha at the Gas Pump 1108 South B Street Fairfield, Iowa 52556 Add us to your address book http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=\ b0e5d0d53a Copyright (C) 2013 Buddha at the Gas Pump All rights reserved. http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter\ utm_medium=emailutm_campaign=monkey_rewardsaid=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf9\ 1d5afl=1 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2ed\ f91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi
From the source of the message here's what it was doing: =E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D. It's not just with your post but a few others but only when using email. Yahoo seems to catch this and format properly on the web site. But in Thunderbird even reading the email in HTML it still displayed the special characters and rather hilariously the Euro symbol. Anyway doing a search on weird characters in Mac emails there's quite a few articles and one blog suggested instead of setting Character set to Auto set it to Western ISO. On 03/27/2013 03:28 PM, sparaig wrote: I don't see any issues at all in the text you just quoted back to me. I copy and paste using Safari, which often embeds invisible characters during either/both stages of the process, so perhaps this is the issue. Sorry. I'll try to run it through a plain-text ASCII filter next time. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 03/26/2013 02:11 PM, sparaig wrote: http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708 Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the “holy-war� dance of the Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gita’s two polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on women’s rights violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more about their own culture, their relationship and themselves. When their hosts uncover the women’s secret love-life, they turn against them and the research team's existence is threatened. Will the Indian holy-war become a personal one between locals and outsiders, men against women, polygamists against lesbians, Indians against Americans? The answer lies in the Himalayan nights... The professor discusses Maharishi and the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath with fellow Indians at one point. Anoop Chondola is a an anthropologist and linguist specializing in Indian studies. He learned to meditate from the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath who was the direct successor of Gurudev. His family has close ties to the organization of scholars and religious leaders who chose Gurudev to be the Shankaracharya, so he has an interesting perspective on things. L Lawson, what character set are you using on the Mac? You and I suspect other Mac users display what are often extended characters on other machines that what they probably saw on their screen. Example: “holy-war� I think that Vag once said it was an incorrect character set that was causing the problem. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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[FairfieldLife] The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
Yogananda claims that his dead Guru Sri Yukteswar appeared to him in a Resurrected, physically manifested body in 1936.: http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap43.php ...[excerpts from Autobiography of a Yogi, Chapter 43]: Y explains: As prophets are sent on earth to help men work out their physical karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet as a savior. [Hiranyaloka]. The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; all of them had acquired, in their last earth-incarnation, the meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death. No one can enter Hiranyaloka unless he has passed on earth beyond the state of sabikalpa samadhi into the higher state of nirbikalpa samadhi. . [Footnote, page 458 states]: In sabilkalpa samadhi the devotee has attained realization of his oneness with Spirit but cannot maintain his cosmic consciousness except in the immobile trance state. By continuous meditation he reaches the superior state of nirbakalpa samadhi, in which he may move freely in the world without any loss of God-perception. In nirbikalpa samadhi the yogi dissolves the last vestiges of his material of earthly karma. Nevertheless, he may still have certain astral and causal karma to work out, and therefore takes astral and then causal reembodiments on high-vibrational spheres.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar
vid on My Guru - Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCK7d0RyO4 . [page 475 - Yogananda quotes Sri Yukteswar as saying]: My child his voice rang out, vibrating into my very soul-firmament, whenever you enter the door of nirbikalpa samadhi and call on me, I shall come to you in flesh and blood, even as today. With this celestial promise Sri Yukteswar vanished from my sight. A cloud-voice repeated in musical thunder: Tell all! Whosoever knows by nirbikalpa realization that your earth is a dream of God can come to the finer dream-created planet of Hiranyaloka, and there find me resurrected in a body exactly like my earthly one. Yogananda, tell all! . On page 473, Yogananda says Angelic Guru, I said, your body looks exactly as it did when last I wept over it in the Puri ashram.. [Sri Yukteswar replies]: Oh, yes, my new body is a perfect copy of the old one. I materialize or dematerialize this form any time at will, much more frequently than I did while on earth. By quick dematerialization, I now travel instantly by lighy express from planet to planet or, indeed, from astral to causal or to physical cosmos. My divine guru smiled. Though you move about so fast these days, I had no difficulty in finding you at Bombay. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: Yogananda claims that his dead Guru Sri Yukteswar appeared to him in a Resurrected, physically manifested body in 1936.: http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap43.php ...[excerpts from Autobiography of a Yogi, Chapter 43]: Y explains: As prophets are sent on earth to help men work out their physical karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet as a savior. [Hiranyaloka]. The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; all of them had acquired, in their last earth-incarnation, the meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death. No one can enter Hiranyaloka unless he has passed on earth beyond the state of sabikalpa samadhi into the higher state of nirbikalpa samadhi. . [Footnote, page 458 states]: In sabilkalpa samadhi the devotee has attained realization of his oneness with Spirit but cannot maintain his cosmic consciousness except in the immobile trance state. By continuous meditation he reaches the superior state of nirbakalpa samadhi, in which he may move freely in the world without any loss of God-perception. In nirbikalpa samadhi the yogi dissolves the last vestiges of his material of earthly karma. Nevertheless, he may still have certain astral and causal karma to work out, and therefore takes astral and then causal reembodiments on high-vibrational spheres.
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your sorry ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that when the photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? LOL - What a douche. Maybe he always wanted to be a proctologist but being the layman he is had to practice on the unsuspecting. Or maybe his finger is the biggest thing he's got. Whatever the case, I'll make sure to keep my distance and never turn my back on him. You have a pretty good memory Doc, but my advice is to let these sordid images go. I hope Barry remembered to wash his hands before his next meal after that little impromptu examination. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the humorless, especially if they have a history of holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013
Great description of awakening that Rick gives in the first few minutes. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: Hey All, Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular segment, telling his story and experiences. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 03/27/2013 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=08a353b3a9e=16e07f16fe Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated ⦠Continue reading http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=00c9671631e=16e07f16fe â' The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=ba7beb65d7e=16e07f16fe appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=f8868162e3e=16e07f16fe . http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/images/mime-type/mp3.png 166_rick_archer_alex_tsakiris.mp3 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=0edc04150ce=16e07f16fe 36.8 MB comments http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=4c45e2088ee=16e07f16fe | read more http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=091847b634e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c458416c8ce=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=50bccb15a4e=16e07f16fe http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=c7293ab149e=16e07f16fe http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/frond.gif Elsewhere * http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2bc56342b2e=16e07f16fe Visit My Blog * http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe Share This with a friend * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=2703b940b5e=16e07f16fe Follow me on Twitter * http://batgap.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=370f7eb500e=16e07f16fe RSS feed http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/shim.gif view email in a browser http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe | Regular announcement of new interviews posted at http://batgap.com. Buddha at the Gas Pump 1108 South B Street Fairfield, Iowa 52556 Add us to your address book http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=b0e5d0d53a Copyright (C) 2013 Buddha at the Gas Pump All rights reserved. http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=monkey_rewardsaid=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5afl=1 http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=6104fc4c27e=16e07f16fe
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tim Hildebrandt Memorial Service
Subject: Tim Hildebrandt Memorial Service Memorial service 1pm Thursday at Behner Funeral Home and Crematory
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yes! OMG! It's what I've been trying to tell you all. -Buck in the Dome Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings The joy that from Thy presence springs; --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote: Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland. . . THE BALM OF GILEAD, by John Willison, 1742. A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers. Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound up. Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God. Such a day would heal divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring down Heaven to earth. This would redress our grievances, remove our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock. It would make true religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and iniquity as ashamed to hide its face. Then sabbaths and communions would be days of heaven. Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight. Oh, then, pray for such a time Om Yes, let us work for such times for all! And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful to how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony aimed at the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth? Yes certainly there are! Yes it is so that there is virtuous and sinful to spiritual life. -Buck in the Dome
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
I wasn't sure there was anything to say to this and maybe there isn't. But I'll start a response here and see where it goes - with me and with you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Dear Curtis, Playful it was not. Like I said not my audience. To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was nothing but playful. This conversation is not playful. Nope, not yet it isn't. It could become so, who knows? But in giving you some feedback about how I felt about what you thought was extremely funny and playful I was not feeling or looking to be so. I was simply letting you know that I didn't find the little segment funny. I didn't attack you or call into question your manliness or human beingness or intelligence or comment on your looks or your art. I just responded to your post. And without a doubt there are people who enjoy this kind of humor and find it nothing but playful. There are also those who find fart jokes, ethnic humor and bigotry funny. Everything can be funny to someone. The fact that I didn't laugh or smile while reading it says more about me than you, so you can relax. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical chord). I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was referring to, as a courtesy to you. Courteous Curtis. Thank you, but the music wasn't part of the content of the joke, or, if it was could you show me where because obviously other than the title referring to a chord, I didn't see any references to music. But then I didn't get your pianist joke either. I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I wonder. I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who share my tastes. I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be very funny people. I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a feather flocking together' theory. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all that. I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. Where? I heard it wasn't a body but a man ascending. But then, maybe I read the wrong Wikipedia version. I'll do a little more investigating. I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't enjoy my humor. Why not? I know you are secure in your confidence that you are a funny man. I didn't realize you didn't want feedback on what you throw out here, in fact, I understood differently. Maybe it is just that you don't like to get feedback when it is not positive or reinforcing, I don't know. But in the future, if I can, I will applaud you for the things I like and stay respectfully silent after reading the things I don't. Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in concepts like what sort of audience. Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you don't listen to blues music. The feedback isn't going to change my preferences. I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my tastes will too. Undoubtedly you did and they have. What made you think I was trying to change your mind on how you felt about what you wrote? That maybe I wanted a confession or three Hail Mary's? You do take these things to heart, and it did bother you but that was not my intention. Carry on, I know you like an audience. That is what we do here, we all want some sort of audience but not everybody wants feedback that doesn't reinforce what they put out there. This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt. This is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to be offended. Curtis, it is not about anybody getting hurt. It is not about being uptight or conservative. I simply found your Easter message had exactly the same tone as your Christmas message and I didn't find that wonderful either. Comedy is an amazing outlet for all sorts of things however, I will say that. Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea of what floats your boat in humor. Nah, Barry might stick his finger up my ass and push that stick up a little further if I were to reveal anything that intimate. --- In
[FairfieldLife] Guilty of Reductionism
Are we primarily matter, or are we primarily consciousness? Is the body a machine that creates conscious experience, or is conscious experience the result of the interaction of a field of consciousness with brain functioning? University professors teach: Participants will learn how the brain creates consciousness,, Talk about 'in the head'. !OmMyUnifiedField!, -Buck in the Dome
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yes! OMG! It's what I've been trying to tell you all. -Buck in the Dome Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings The joy that from Thy presence springs; --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote: Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland. . . THE BALM OF GILEAD, by John Willison, 1742. A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers. Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound up. Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God. Such a day would heal divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring down Heaven to earth. This would redress our grievances, remove our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock. It would make true religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and iniquity as ashamed to hide its face. Then sabbaths and communions would be days of heaven. Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight. Oh, then, pray for such a time Om Yes, let us work for such times for all! And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful to how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony aimed at the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth? Yes certainly there are! Yes it is so that there is virtuous and sinful to spiritual life. -Buck in the Dome Yes indeed like, as our virtuous Alex Stanley thus shows us here; We quote Mr. Stanley: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley wrote: I probably would have enjoyed it, and I hope it was recorded.. But, with my life so completely focused on Vedic purity, I was in bed by 9pm and unable to attend. Needless to say, and going to bed early greatly improves my quality of life.
[FairfieldLife] Dome report
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-stephen-king-under-the-dome-moves-south-for-tv-20130306,0,1565730.story
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Me: I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who share my tastes. Ann I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be very funny people. I was speaking about specific lurker people who happen to be very funny. We enjoy each others humor like this. I enjoy their humor, that is why I characterized them as funny. I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a feather flocking together' theory.--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: I wasn't sure there was anything to say to this and maybe there isn't. But I'll start a response here and see where it goes - with me and with you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Dear Curtis, Playful it was not. Like I said not my audience. To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was nothing but playful. This conversation is not playful. Nope, not yet it isn't. It could become so, who knows? But in giving you some feedback about how I felt about what you thought was extremely funny and playful I was not feeling or looking to be so. I was simply letting you know that I didn't find the little segment funny. I didn't attack you or call into question your manliness or human beingness or intelligence or comment on your looks or your art. I just responded to your post. And without a doubt there are people who enjoy this kind of humor and find it nothing but playful. There are also those who find fart jokes, ethnic humor and bigotry funny. Everything can be funny to someone. The fact that I didn't laugh or smile while reading it says more about me than you, so you can relax. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical chord). I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was referring to, as a courtesy to you. Courteous Curtis. Thank you, but the music wasn't part of the content of the joke, or, if it was could you show me where because obviously other than the title referring to a chord, I didn't see any references to music. But then I didn't get your pianist joke either. I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I wonder. I have my fans. Some of them lurkers. What kind? Very funny people who share my tastes. I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be very funny people. I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a feather flocking together' theory. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all that. I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body. Where? I heard it wasn't a body but a man ascending. But then, maybe I read the wrong Wikipedia version. I'll do a little more investigating. I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't enjoy my humor. Why not? I know you are secure in your confidence that you are a funny man. I didn't realize you didn't want feedback on what you throw out here, in fact, I understood differently. Maybe it is just that you don't like to get feedback when it is not positive or reinforcing, I don't know. But in the future, if I can, I will applaud you for the things I like and stay respectfully silent after reading the things I don't. Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in concepts like what sort of audience. Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you don't listen to blues music. The feedback isn't going to change my preferences. I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my tastes will too. Undoubtedly you did and they have. What made you think I was trying to change your mind on how you felt about what you wrote? That maybe I wanted a confession or three Hail Mary's? You do take these things to heart, and it did bother you but that was not my intention. Carry on, I know you like an audience. That is what we do here, we all want some sort of audience but not everybody wants feedback that doesn't reinforce what they put out there. This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt. This is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go
[FairfieldLife] There was Time Before the Big Bang But With No Space
A German physicist said so. Is she right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACS1_5jyvHE
[FairfieldLife] Re: Guilty of Reductionism
Buck, MMY stated that everything in the universe is based in consciousness. Dr. John Hagelin explains the physics of this statement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcWntw9juM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Are we primarily matter, or are we primarily consciousness? Is the body a machine that creates conscious experience, or is conscious experience the result of the interaction of a field of consciousness with brain functioning? University professors teach: Participants will learn how the brain creates consciousness,, Talk about 'in the head'. !OmMyUnifiedField!, -Buck in the Dome
[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?
Funny thing about memory - it can be accessed much more easily *w/o* holding onto it. Then if needed, a little focus, and off the shelves it pops. When I worked and visited nursing homes the residents most apt to lose their minds, were those who favored certain memories to the exclusion of others. More practical to have it all available, but not held, or run as a tape, rather accessed only if needed. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your sorry ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that when the photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? LOL - What a douche. Maybe he always wanted to be a proctologist but being the layman he is had to practice on the unsuspecting. Or maybe his finger is the biggest thing he's got. Whatever the case, I'll make sure to keep my distance and never turn my back on him. You have a pretty good memory Doc, but my advice is to let these sordid images go. I hope Barry remembered to wash his hands before his next meal after that little impromptu examination. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke. First rule of comedy: Know your audience. Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience. Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the humorless, especially if they have a history of holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
