[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island
If you're *completely* in the present, how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want it in a dish or on a cone, how would you know what those options represent? We don't have the future, because it isn't here yet; the present is gone in less than a second; so, all we really have is the past. The past is the new now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
Thanks for the reply. Much more intelligent than Willy's inane maybe so, but. Back then everyone thought Saddam Hussein had WMD's and indeed he had Chems but that was all. This time the other Hussein shows his skills as a community organizer but unfortunately the tough guys don't live in his neighborhood. They fear Barry like they fear one of their innumerable concubines ... meaning not at all.
[FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow
[FairfieldLife] Can Meditation Change the World?
[FairfieldLife] Bolivia Gives Legal Rights To The Earth
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
Emily, before my time, some famous teachers have visited FF: Byron Katie, Gangaji, Francis Lucille. But David Deida and his then wife Sofia were in a slightly different category, being teachers with a focus on intimate relationships. David had been some kind of physics genius before he set off on a spiritual path. I think Adida was one of his main teachers and he and Ken Wilbur are buddies, just to put him in a maybe better known context. Anyway, some of us in FF very much benefited from the work David and Sofia did with us which was over 15 years ago now. They are no longer married. Sofia teaches yoga and David continues giving workshops, but not so often as they once did. His books are pretty powerful. He's one teacher who commented on the incredible silence in FF. Emily wrote: Not to worry Sharejust laughed, thinking of David Deida as the person in the know you paraphrased for such an amazing statement. I'll go back to my den now. I'm full of nonsense too. Share wrote: Well Emily, if everybody in Funny Farm Lounge was serious all the time, how boring that would be!
[FairfieldLife] RE: Alaric and Cynthia Arenander do the EEG thang, with some kool news...
[FairfieldLife] The Meissner Effect and The Unified Field
[FairfieldLife] RE: The Meissner Effect and The Unified Field
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Meissner Effect and The Unified Field
Buck sez: One moon rising in the darkness of the night is enough to bring the light everywhere.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Which Internet Company has NOT given the US Gov its records?
The only real solution irreducible encryption.
RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
[FairfieldLife] RE: Bad Habits, revisited
[FairfieldLife] Re: Why did the prairie chicken cross the road?
I really like the foot movement of the males during their courtship. They've made me swoon and conquered my affections.
Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
Well, Doc, you asked me who David Deida is so I thought a video of him teaching was a really good way to answer that. Anyway, his ex wife Sofia Diaz is at 42 seconds, in the audience, a dark haired woman bt a bald guy and a blond woman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHhbuQMkHb0 From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:00 AM Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise I'll take your word for it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Doc and Emily, here's a really good, full of humor, 5 minute intro to David Deida about the difference bt therapy, yoga and spiritual practice. And he even mentions boundaries! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHhbuQMkHb0 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 6:09 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Share, sounds to me like you are saying the Brits were puritanical about sex, so they imposed their cultural taboos on India, and therefore, continued to be puritanical about sex. I would think they continued to be puritanical, because they had been for a long time. In other words, no mystery there. I doubt India had a greater influence, more than any other colony in the British Empire, on the Brits continuing their cultural ways, including their puritanical attitudes. Who is David Deedah, anyway? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Ann, the Brits karma according to Deida, was to continue being puritanical about sexuality with all the misery that such an attitude causes. Ann wrote: Yes? What karma did they incur exactly? Tell us more specifically what things occurred to the Brits karmically that were the result of their repression of all that was natural and healthy in the Indian culture. I am truly interested despite my doubts that anyone can clearly state a cause and effect between events other than if you jump off a diving board you are bound to hit the ground sooner or later. PS Earlier I replied twice from Message View but neither reply showed up anywhere! From: Share Long sharelong60@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Thank you, Seraphita for supplying the specific context of the dance. Adds a layer of poignancy to the scene. One of my favorite tantric teachers, David Deida spoke about the karma the puritanical Brits incurred by their repression of all that was natural and healthy in the Indian culture. We have a traditionally trained Kathak performer in Fairfield, Wendy Stegall. She also leads a troupe of Bollywood dancers who perform at various events. I LOVE the colorful, graceful costumes! From: s3raphita@... s3raphita@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:42 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise It's traditional Kathak dancing. Saswati Sen is the dancer. She was trained in that Indian classical dance form, which is still performed in India today. The director wanted an authentic scene that would have matched the historical period in Lucknow - and wow did she deliver the goods. By the way, the worried glances of the emissary in that clip are because he had just learned that the (puritanical) British were about to annex the principality and bring that colourful, long-established culture to a close. Criminal. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Exquisite. I couldn't take my eyes off her hands. Those movements are all choreographed, traditional, right? There's no improvisation? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The film The Chess Players, directed by Satyajit Ray, includes a dance sequence - an authentic Kathak dance (Hindi: àÃäÃàÃäÃÃ¥àÃäÃ) one of the eight forms of Indian classical dance. One of my favourite dance scenes. I hope you enjoy. http://tinyurl.com/maypvuy     Â
[FairfieldLife] These are Barry
Activists: Syrian rebels take Christian village By Jamal Halaby, Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Rebels including al-Qaida-linked fighters gained control of a Christian village northeast of the capital Damascus, Syrian activists said Sunday. Government media provided a dramatically different account of the battle suggesting regime forces were winning. It was impossible to independently verify the reports from Maaloula, a scenic mountain community known for being one of the few places in the world where residents still speak the ancient Middle Eastern language of Aramaic. The village is on a UNESCO list of tentative world heritage sites. The rebel advance into the area this week was spearheaded by the Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, exacerbating fears among Syrians and religious minorities about the role played by Islamic extremists within the rebel ranks. It was not immediately clear why the army couldn't sufficiently reinforce its troops to prevent the rebel advance in the area only 43 kilometers (26 miles) from Damascus. Some activists say that Assad's forces are stretched thin, fighting in other areas in the north and south of the country. Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Nusra Front backed by another group, the Qalamon Liberation Front, moved into the village after heavy clashes with the army late Saturday. The army pulled back to the outskirts of the village and both (rebel groups) are in total control of Maaloula now, he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He said pro-government fighters remain inside the village, in hiding. Initially, troops loyal to President Bashar Assad moved into Maaloula early Saturday, he said, but they left when rebels started pouring into the village. Now, Abdurrahman said, the army is surrounding the village and controlling its entrances and exits. A Maaloula resident said the rebels, many of them sporting beards and shouting Allahu Akbar, or God is great, attacked Christian homes and churches shortly after moving into the village overnight. They shot and killed people. I heard gunshots and then I saw three bodies lying in the middle of a street in the old quarters of the village, said the resident, reached by telephone from neighboring Jordan. So many people fled the village for safety. Now, Maaloula is a ghost town. Where is President Obama to see what befallen on us? asked the man. Another resident who fled the village of 3,000 inhabitants earlier in the day said in a telephone interview that Assad's forces deployed on the outskirts of the village, while gunmen inside refused to allow anybody in. He said the gunmen declined to allow fleeing people to take five dead bodies out of the village with them. He said one of the churches, called Demyanos, had been torched and that gunmen stormed into two other churches and robbed them. Most of the gunmen are foreigners, he said, adding that he heard different dialects, mainly of Tunisians, Libyans, Moroccans and Chechens. Another resident, a Christian man, said he saw militants forcing some Christian residents to convert to Islam. I saw the militants grabbing five villagers Wednesday and threatening them (saying): `Either you convert to Islam, or you will be beheaded,' he said. The two other residents said they heard about the conversions, but did not see them. All three spoke on condition of anonymity out of fears of retaliation. A Christian woman who spoke to the AP on Thursday also said there were reports that militants threatened villagers with death if they did not convert. Syria's state SANA news agency said the army reported progress in its offensive against the rebels in Maaloula. The army inflicted heavy losses in the ranks of the terrorists, it said, using a government term to describe the rebels. Military operations are continuing in the vicinity of Maaloula and its entrances, SANA said. State-run TV reported that all churches in Maaloula were now safe and the army was chasing gunmen in the western hills. Associated Press writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, and Lori Hinnant in Paris contributed to this report.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
Share, I'm glad that David is famous and has explored and marketed the path for men and women to spiritual sex. Whatever works and I'm glad that some of us and you, personally, benefited. I have nothing against him; I don't know him. I guess spiritual sex won't keep a marriage intact, necessarily. I'm sure that his comment on the incredible silence in FF helped validate for you that it *is*, in fact incredible and silent there in Fairfield. What struck me as funny was the manner in which you touted out his name to provide credibility for your statement on the karma of the Brits. I wonder what the karma is of the US conquerors who tried to destroy the Native American culture? Maybe Gangaji knows. Now, given my poor display of manners towards my favorite mean girl Bob the other night (although I really was only teasing him), and given the way he turned it around and got right to the heart of the matter as always, I have decided to take the advice I was giving you and work on connecting *my* mind and heart and therefore have relegated myself to the den for a little quiet meditation of undetermined length. Here I go, walking off the stage:) From: sharelong60 sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Emily, before my time, some famous teachers have visited FF: Byron Katie, Gangaji, Francis Lucille. But David Deida and his then wife Sofia were in a slightly different category, being teachers with a focus on intimate relationships. David had been some kind of physics genius before he set off on a spiritual path. I think Adida was one of his main teachers and he and Ken Wilbur are buddies, just to put him in a maybe better known context. Anyway, some of us in FF very much benefited from the work David and Sofia did with us which was over 15 years ago now. They are no longer married. Sofia teaches yoga and David continues giving workshops, but not so often as they once did. His books are pretty powerful. He's one teacher who commented on the incredible silence in FF. Emily wrote: Not to worry Sharejust laughed, thinking of David Deida as the person in the know you paraphrased for such an amazing statement. I'll go back to my den now. I'm full of nonsense too. Share wrote: Well Emily, if everybody in Funny Farm Lounge was serious all the time, how boring that would be!
[FairfieldLife] The World's End
No, this is not one of bhairitu's conspiracy theories or one of Nabby's raps about the Space Brothers; it's a movie review. Then again, it's getting harder to tell the difference these days, so it is what it is. For example, this movie (made by the same demented team of Edgar Wright (writer) and Simon Pegg (star) who made Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, starts as far from conspiracy theories and aliens as can be. It's one of those British buddy pictures, in which Gary King (Pegg) has a turning-40 epiphany and realizes that his life won't really be complete until he re-enacts the grail quest of his youth, and actually succeeds at it this time. The quest in question had to do with he and his four mates making the rounds of 12 pubs in their home town of Newton Haven in one night -- pubs with names like The Old Familiar, The Two-Headed Dog, The Famous Cock, and The Trusty Servant -- drinking and carousing in each one, and ending up at The World's End. Gary and his mates tried this in their youth, but only made it to nine pubs. Now Gary has decided that life won't really be fulfilled unless they do it again, and complete the quest this time. He somehow (through wheedling, begging, and lying) convinces his four now middle-aged and above all assimilated and domesticated into the mediocrity of middle age mates to accompany him on Grail Quest, version 2. So far, this is Just Another British Movie About Mates Who Drink Too Much. Then again, Shaun Of The Dead was that kinda movie until the zombies showed up outside the pub. The World's End follows in that noble tradition, with Gary and his mates slowly coming to realize that Newton Haven has changed in ways that they don't quite understand at first. When they do, they begin to realize that the fate of the entire world rests upon their shoulders and that if they don't make it successfully to The World's End, it really *is* the world's end. This realization takes place in pub 4. There are 6 more to go, and much beer and much alien blood (it's blue, so even Buck might be able to see this) are yet to be spilled before they get to The World's End, and save the world from...uh...ending. I thought it was a very funny and well-done movie, and I'm far from alone in this; it's been getting consistently great reviews. There are many homages and tributes to classic horror movies of the past, and some fight scenes that are choreographed so well they'd do justice to a Jackie Chan movie. The sight of overweight Andy (Nick Frost) kicking butt is nothing short of awesome. Compared to The Avengers, this group of five middle-aged but never-grown-up Brits may be a man short, but they kick some righteous alien ass anyway between pints, sometimes downing pints *while* kicking alien ass. In terms of the more cosmic themes of the movie, it's about the nature of quests, and how they're important even if they don't make any sense. Also, both the home town buddies story and the aliens among us story are metaphors for the angst of our times, with its ubiquitous fears of assimilation and domestication. But if all of this sounds too silly for you, you can probably skip the movie, because you've already been assimilated and domesticated. Just sayin'...
RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
Maybe so, but ... Yep, yer so concise ... Prairie Dog. Snip, snip ... boo who.. Apparently you don't realize that you've been gelded for a long time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: emptybill: Thanks for the reply. Does it bother anyone else that the mime is talking? You nerd! You snipped the post sent John Jr. Much more intelligent than Willy's inane maybe so, but. And, you snipped my post as well. What an newbie! Back then everyone thought Saddam Hussein had WMD's and indeed he had Chems but that was all. This time the other Hussein shows his skills as a community organizer but unfortunately the tough guys don't live in his neighborhood. They fear Barry like they fear one of their innumerable concubines ... meaning not at all. From what I've read, not a single Dem member of Congress after viewing the intel has voiced doubt about the evidence of chemical use by the Assad regime. The Petraeus statement follows endorsements of Obama's measure this week by Hillary Clinton, his first secretary of State; and Robert M. Gates, his first secretary of defense and a holdover from President George W. Bush. 'Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria' Politico: http://tinyurl.com/krxwcq3
[FairfieldLife] Re: Survival
Survival is the struggle to remain living. Survival Cache: http://survivalcache.com/ http://survivalcache.com/ http://survivalcache.com/ http://survivalcache.com/ s3raphita : This individualistic, survivalist stuff is fun (kinda like scouting for grown-ups) but pretty unconvincing. Most of what I've read is just common sense that could be applied to any disaster. Apparently you've made no plans to survive, that is, other than have a few pills to take in case of a nuclear disaster, but what about other kinds of disasters - any plans for that? If the shit ever does hit the fan then our best chances of pulling through will be if we group together and work as a community to solve any shelter/food/medical emergencies. Ask anyone around here what it was like to live through hurricain Katrina or Sandy and you could see what people could have done BEFORE they found themselves and their family inside the Astro Dome or without shelter. Indeed, people would opt for the hive even if that meant accepting something like fascism if that was the only possibility separating them from lawlessness. If you had watched the show BEFORE you posted your comments you would know that the family is the first line of defense and security in any disaster. Go figure. I always think the tough guys who think they can make it on their own would fold come their first toothache or sprained ankle! You are not even making any sense - all good survivalist probably have medications for a toothache or a sprained ankle in their pants pocket. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: last night I dreamt of judy stein . . .
Alex: Yeah, it's all crap. The only egregious offenders on this thread are the idiots who can't stay on topic. Which topic - obsessing on Judy in your dreams or Richard quoting netiquette?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi
--- salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --snip-- While I do not have time to enter the fray here at the moment, I did notice this thread about 'Mind and Cosmos' which I have *not* read but which seemingly brings up once again the 'hard problem of consciousness'. Well, sorta. The focus isn't so much on what consciousness is in an experiential sense, but rather on how it got there. (Nagel covered the experiential I do not think hard problem will go away philosophically or experimentally. Not if science continues to be stuck in a reductionist mode of understanding it. Once scientists start listening to the philosophers, however, there may be some progress. I suspect some here (not necessarily you, Xeno, given that you're named for a philosopher) don't have a very good idea of what philosophy is or how it can contribute to science and to everyday life generally. I think they may have an image of elderly men sitting around daydreaming and occasionally uttering abstract thoughts that have no relevance except to their daydreams. Actually, philosophy is a *discipline*, a very stringent one, that involves, among other things, learning how to think constructively. Epistemology is an important concern of philosophy; so are logic, aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics (a lot of the stuff we talk about here all the time, not always that constructively). Wikipedia's short definition: Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy Philosophy is very important in the study of consciousness because consciousness can be studied empirically only around the edges, as it were. You can't study (what Robin would call) first-person ontology *in situ*--at least not anybody *else's* first-person ontology. (snip) I came across some web pages discussing Nagel's book: I actually gave Seraphita the URL for an annotated list by Feser of this whole series of posts: http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2013/06/mind-and-cosmos-roundup.html (Actually there's a total of ten posts, so four are missing from your list.) Feser is generally supportive of Nagel's thesis, although he has a few minor nits to pick. A similarly minded philosopher, Bill Vallicella, also has a series of posts on Mind and Cosmos: http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/nagel-thomas/ http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2013/03/ferguson-on-nagel.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/10/nagel-and-his-critics-part-i.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/10/nagel-and-his-critics-part-ii.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/11/nagel-and-his-critics-part-iii.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/11/nagel-and-his-critics-part-iv.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/12/nagel-and-his-critics-part-v.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/12/nagel-and-his-critics-part-vi.html http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/02/pummeled_with_p068931.html This one (just above) is by an intelligent design advocate, on a blog sponsored by the Discovery Institute. No surprise that this writer would approve of Nagel. http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/35163-mind-and-cosmos-why-the-materialist-neo-darwinian-conception-of-nature-is-almost-certainly-false/ --- Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Thanks for mentioning Feser made 10 posts and the link. I only found 6 on a cursory search as I only had a few spare minutes this morning and had to dash off doing whatever it is I do (taking a morning nap on a park bench?). Xeno, it's not clear what Nagel exactly means by materialist. In fact, many religionists and intelligent design advocates, think that evolution is 100% percent random. That is incorrect and not the case. After a carefull study of evolution, you will notice that evolution is partially deterministic and partially random. There seems to be a deterministic pattern, and yet within that deterministic pattern a lot of randomness plays out. The anology given is that of a football game, where there is a broad set of rules and yet every player can express his creativity in his own unique way. Researchers state that 50,000 basic organic molecules, each can combine with each other in thousands of different ways. So there are thousands of different ways to create life. Thus the chances of life forming is quite probable. A lot of Scientists now also say that the emergence of life might be a natural consequence of the laws of physics, and the laws of chemistry.
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
Doc, in all the years he came to FF, I never once saw David Deida hit on one of his students. AND I never heard any rumors either which is saying a lot in a rumor rich place like FF. He describes himself as a monogamist by choice and because of the integrity I've seen him express, I believe him. Doc wrote:I remember, Share. I asked the question, rhetorically, so I could spell his last name, as 'Dee-Dah' -- Not really trying to be mean, just shallow. :-) I'm always suspicious of some guy who says he's all about sexual healing, hands-on preferred, not currently in a relationship, and looks like a cross between Steven Spielberg and Chris Elliot. Very selective about his clients, no doubt.
[FairfieldLife] Re: last night I dreamt of judy stein . . .
But Alex, if it is a dream, how on topic to dreams stay? :)
[FairfieldLife] RE: Survival
[FairfieldLife] RE: Survival
Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
Emily, sometimes I'm aware of the incredible silence of FF and sometimes I'm not. That's fine with me but it was nice to hear David Deida comment on it because I have a lot of respect for him. BTW, it wasn't my statement about karma so no credibility was needed. It was Deida's. PS I'm replying like this because my 2 Message View replies never showed up anywhere! Emily wrote: Share, I'm glad that David is famous and has explored and marketed the path for men and women to spiritual sex. Whatever works and I'm glad that some of us and you, personally, benefited. I have nothing against him; I don't know him. I guess spiritual sex won't keep a marriage intact, necessarily. I'm sure that his comment on the incredible silence in FF helped validate for you that it *is*, in fact incredible and silent there in Fairfield. What struck me as funny was the manner in which you touted out his name to provide credibility for your statement on the karma of the Brits. I wonder what the karma is of the US conquerors who tried to destroy the Native American culture? big snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
emptybill: Maybe so, but ... Yep, yer so concise ... Prairie Dog. Snip, snip ... boo who.. Apparently you don't realize that you've been gelded for a long time. Sorry I hurt your feelings, but you are not supposed to snip replies, lose the context, and then post 'Thanks for the reply. LoL! Also, you're not supposed to be copying and pasting whole articles lifted from other web sites. Learn to make a url instead. Go figure. Thanks for the reply. Does it bother anyone else that the mime is talking? You nerd! You snipped the post sent John Jr. Much more intelligent than Willy's inane maybe so, but. And, you snipped my post as well. What an newbie! Back then everyone thought Saddam Hussein had WMD's and indeed he had Chems but that was all. This time the other Hussein shows his skills as a community organizer but unfortunately the tough guys don't live in his neighborhood. They fear Barry like they fear one of their innumerable concubines ... meaning not at all. From what I've read, not a single Dem member of Congress after viewing the intel has voiced doubt about the evidence of chemical use by the Assad regime. The Petraeus statement follows endorsements of Obama's measure this week by Hillary Clinton, his first secretary of State; and Robert M. Gates, his first secretary of defense and a holdover from President George W. Bush. 'Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria' Politico: http://tinyurl.com/krxwcq3
[FairfieldLife] RE: Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow
[FairfieldLife] Re: Survival
s3raphita: By the way: if you're that paranoid make sure you stock potassium iodide tablets. Uh, yeah, that's covered in the book I mentioned. 'How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times' by James Wesley Rawles Plume, 2009
[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Prudence â an interview with Prudence Farrow
s3raphita : Nice photo. There's Maureen, Cynthia, Heather, and Patti. So, where is Prudence in the photo? It looks like somebody copied a photo of the Beatles and their wives for the Prudence interview. Go figure. http://www.alkpurusha.net/category/knowledge-news/ http://www.alkpurusha.net/category/knowledge-news/ http://www.alkpurusha.net/category/knowledge-news/
Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
And no need for you Emily to move into projection! Anyway, yes, total brain integration, worthy goal, etc. From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 11:26 AM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Share, no need to move into self-rightousness. Your mind is lying to you. You have not achieved brain integration. Accountability. Connection. Humility. Work on it. I'm leaving now, but I'll be back. Emily. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Emily, sometimes I'm aware of the incredible silence of FF and sometimes I'm not. That's fine with me but it was nice to hear David Deida comment on it because I have a lot of respect for him. BTW, it wasn't my statement about karma so no credibility was needed. It was Deida's. PS I'm replying like this because my 2 Message View replies never showed up anywhere! Emily wrote: Share, I'm glad that David is famous and has explored and marketed the path for men and women to spiritual sex. Whatever works and I'm glad that some of us and you, personally, benefited. I have nothing against him; I don't know him. I guess spiritual sex won't keep a marriage intact, necessarily. I'm sure that his comment on the incredible silence in FF helped validate for you that it *is*, in fact incredible and silent there in Fairfield. What struck me as funny was the manner in which you touted out his name to provide credibility for your statement on the karma of the Brits. I wonder what the karma is of the US conquerors who tried to destroy the Native American culture? big snip
[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi
[FairfieldLife] Re: Syriasly
Bhairitu: Huh? Apparently not a single Dem member of Congress who has seen the evidence has voiced doubt about the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. If you're among the majority of war-weary Americans who oppose any sort of military intervention in Syria, thank libertarian Republican lawmakers Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan. 'The Rise Of The Antiwar Libertarians' Daily Beast: http://tinyurl.com/kdbamzq http://tinyurl.com/kdbamzq Great Alan Grayson op-ed in the New York Times: Over the last week the administration has run a full-court press on Capitol Hill, lobbying members from both parties in both houses to vote in support of its plan to attack Syria. And yet we members are supposed to accept, without question, that the proponents of a strike on Syria have accurately depicted the underlying evidence, even though the proponents refuse to show any of it to us or to the American public. In fact, even gaining access to just the classified summary involves a series of unreasonably high hurdles. We have to descend into the bowels of the Capitol Visitors Center, to a room four levels underground. Per the instructions of the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, note-taking is not allowed. Once we leave, we are not permitted to discuss the classified summary with the public, the media, our constituents or even other members. Nor are we allowed to do anything to verify the validity of the information that has been provided. Huh? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/opinion/on-syria-vote-trust-but-verify\ .html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/opinion/on-syria-vote-trust-but-verif\ y.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] The World's End
It opened a couple weeks ago at theaters around here. I didn't go see it and being distributed by Focus Features it might make it to video soon. The trailer did look fun though. Have you seen Cockney's vs Zombies which is also a British comedy? I am getting tired of trying to watch a movie on Netflix, getting about 10 minutes into it just to have it stop and rebuffer then play 30 seconds then stop and rebuffer. That's one thing that probably doesn't happen in Fairfield because they do have better broadband than much of the US. So to avoid that I went through the list on VUDU which is far better organized than Amazon's streaming service and decided to watch this comedy as it would fair better than some of the Fangoria horror films which should be priced at about $2 but all films are priced about the same unless before theatrical or in theaters. No rebuffering on VUDU (nor Amazon for that matter). This is another film you can probably take or leave but it had it's moments and professionally produced compared to many of the z-movies I usually wait for either on Netflix streaming or for a $1.20 or 79 cents at Redbox. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1362058/ On 09/08/2013 07:56 AM, turquoiseb wrote: No, this is not one of bhairitu's conspiracy theories or one of Nabby's raps about the Space Brothers; it's a movie review. Then again, it's getting harder to tell the difference these days, so it is what it is. For example, this movie (made by the same demented team of Edgar Wright (writer) and Simon Pegg (star) who made Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, starts as far from conspiracy theories and aliens as can be. It's one of those British buddy pictures, in which Gary King (Pegg) has a turning-40 epiphany and realizes that his life won't really be complete until he re-enacts the grail quest of his youth, and actually succeeds at it this time. The quest in question had to do with he and his four mates making the rounds of 12 pubs in their home town of Newton Haven in one night -- pubs with names like The Old Familiar, The Two-Headed Dog, The Famous Cock, and The Trusty Servant -- drinking and carousing in each one, and ending up at The World's End. Gary and his mates tried this in their youth, but only made it to nine pubs. Now Gary has decided that life won't really be fulfilled unless they do it again, and complete the quest this time. He somehow (through wheedling, begging, and lying) convinces his four now middle-aged and above all assimilated and domesticated into the mediocrity of middle age mates to accompany him on Grail Quest, version 2. So far, this is Just Another British Movie About Mates Who Drink Too Much. Then again, Shaun Of The Dead was that kinda movie until the zombies showed up outside the pub. The World's End follows in that noble tradition, with Gary and his mates slowly coming to realize that Newton Haven has changed in ways that they don't quite understand at first. When they do, they begin to realize that the fate of the entire world rests upon their shoulders and that if they don't make it successfully to The World's End, it really *is* the world's end. This realization takes place in pub 4. There are 6 more to go, and much beer and much alien blood (it's blue, so even Buck might be able to see this) are yet to be spilled before they get to The World's End, and save the world from...uh...ending. I thought it was a very funny and well-done movie, and I'm far from alone in this; it's been getting consistently great reviews. There are many homages and tributes to classic horror movies of the past, and some fight scenes that are choreographed so well they'd do justice to a Jackie Chan movie. The sight of overweight Andy (Nick Frost) kicking butt is nothing short of awesome. Compared to The Avengers, this group of five middle-aged but never-grown-up Brits may be a man short, but they kick some righteous alien ass anyway between pints, sometimes downing pints *while* kicking alien ass. In terms of the more cosmic themes of the movie, it's about the nature of quests, and how they're important even if they don't make any sense. Also, both the home town buddies story and the aliens among us story are metaphors for the angst of our times, with its ubiquitous fears of assimilation and domestication. But if all of this sounds too silly for you, you can probably skip the movie, because you've already been assimilated and domesticated. Just sayin'...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Survival
Around here this stuff is taken seriously as we have big earthquakes. On a recent episode of 'Doomsday Castle' they built a solar water system. Very good information. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/doomsday-castle/ http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/doomsday-castle/ http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/doomsday-castle/galleries\ /modern-vs-medieval/at/castle3-1671873/ Bhairitu: I believe that was the film I watched on Netflix a couple year's back. There's a US series by National Geographic called Doomsday Preppers which is going into it's third season. I watched the first two and they had a special episode of preppers in other parts of the world before I canceled the tier the Nat Geo is on. There were a lot of good survival ideas in the series. Some of the people were a bit wacky and others very grounded. The really good episodes were with ex special forces people who know how to survive about under any condition. Around here this stuff is taken seriously as we have big earthquakes.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
Also, you're not supposed to be copying and pasting whole articles ... Learn to make a url instead. Maybe so, but ... go figure taken from - Shruti-s of the Gelded Class without attribution. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: emptybill: Maybe so, but ... Yep, yer so concise ... Prairie Dog. Snip, snip ... boo who.. Apparently you don't realize that you've been gelded for a long time. Sorry I hurt your feelings, but you are not supposed to snip replies, lose the context, and then post 'Thanks for the reply. LoL! Also, you're not supposed to be copying and pasting whole articles lifted from other web sites. Learn to make a url instead. Go figure. Thanks for the reply. Does it bother anyone else that the mime is talking? You nerd! You snipped the post sent John Jr. Much more intelligent than Willy's inane maybe so, but. And, you snipped my post as well. What an newbie! Back then everyone thought Saddam Hussein had WMD's and indeed he had Chems but that was all. This time the other Hussein shows his skills as a community organizer but unfortunately the tough guys don't live in his neighborhood. They fear Barry like they fear one of their innumerable concubines ... meaning not at all. From what I've read, not a single Dem member of Congress after viewing the intel has voiced doubt about the evidence of chemical use by the Assad regime. The Petraeus statement follows endorsements of Obama's measure this week by Hillary Clinton, his first secretary of State; and Robert M. Gates, his first secretary of defense and a holdover from President George W. Bush. 'Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria' Politico: http://tinyurl.com/krxwcq3
Re: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow
Age and proximity to Marshy is no signpost of common sense or clarity of perception - Jerry Jarvis told my friend Bill over the phone a few weeks ago that all the allegations by Mark Landau, Billy Clayton and the other skin boys were all ridiculous. He said he spent more time around M than any of those guys and he never saw a hint of any wrongdoing of any kind. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 5:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow This entry was posted in Knowledge news on September 8, 2013by Andrew Lawson Kerr. Prudence Farrow achieved international fame through the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’, where they sing of her dedicated focus on meditation during her teacher training course in Rishikesh with Maharishi, which John Lennon and George Harrison also participated in. Here is a recent interview with Prudence where she talks of her time then and since. Interview: Priya: Which brings me to the subject of song, “Dear Prudence” which was written for you by John Lennon. It’s such a beautiful, expansive song… Prudence: It actually captured the feeling of that course (that we took with Mahesh Yogi). Priya: That’s interesting. Great songs seem to capture things in layers – distilling so many things in any given moment… Do you want to elaborate on what you mean when you say it captured the course? Prudence: It captured that period that we were there. Especially the feeling of India… and of that meditation course… none of the other songs that they ever wrote have that…to me… And when I hear it I just feel that time in India, that course. And that course was very powerful for me. It was a monumental experience. At that time Maharishi did not realize, this is what he said, is that he did not realize that we, the young people from the West, carried so much stress. And I was kind of a prototype of many that were to follow. I was just leading the way of many, many others that would come after me. You know, after that course, he didn’t have people meditate solidly. But on that course, he had people do it just as long as you could do it, and you’d just be meditating all the time. But meditation is also a practice of purification and while its packing in and integrating that silence of your experience. So for me, it was horrendous and amazing at the same time. It was a huge game-changer… To go into the solitary guidance of such a great man. I totally trusted him beyond anybody I’d ever met. So I could safely give myself over to the process of just complete silence and deep, deep, deep meditation. So it was extraordinary of course. Priya: I believe that in your own words you’ve called your dedication to meditation “fanatical”…that you were in your room non-stop meditating while others took time off, the Beatles rehearsed. I think you mention that even your sister Mia went out to hunt tigers while you stayed in your room. What for? Prudence: After that experience of my father, there could be nothing that could match that. So I became ferociously hungry for more. Priya: Did you find what you were looking for? Prudence: I did. I did. You know, originally I wasn’t allowed to go. Because of my age and all that…So I went to Lourdes for a miracle. You know, so that I could go to Rishikesh…Cos I figured I just have to go! There’s nothing else for me. I don’t want anything else. Priya: Did you just say you went to Lourdes to get a miracle? Prudence: Yes, because they wouldn’t accept me on the course. And I tried in California. I tried in New York and then I tried in England and it just wasn’t going to happen. I had to be twenty years old and I had to finish college. And that, to me, wasn’t going to happen. So I really felt, at the point where I was, where I just couldn’t live…I didn’t want to live without this. And I knew that this was what I wanted. So I figured, I’ll get a miracle. I’ll figure this out. I’m going to go. Priya: Right. I hear you. (laughing) Prudence: So then I went to Lourdes and I did. I got a miracle. And it was amazing! And when I came back from Lourdes, on the pillow of my bed, was a drawing. Some fan of my mother’s was there from Brazil and she was a dentist and her name was Lourdes. And she heard from my mother that I was coming home and so without telling my mother anything she just drew this welcome home drawing, stuck it on my pillow, and it was signed Lourdes, but it was all in blue. It was like the grotto where I had been! When I saw it on the pillow when I walked in the door, I just knew I was going to India. It was like this is it! It’s in the can. I’m going to India! I had no idea how it would work out, but I knew I was going to India and exactly one year later, Maharishi came to Boston where I
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Survival
There will be no surviving a global disaster. All of the 'nice' people will be slaughtered or deprived of the living essentials and all of the 'survival' types will be instrumental in ensuring they remain alive as long as possible (along with their families). The worst characteristics of the human being will predominate and no one will be safe from plundering or maiming or death. Those who might come through all of that will be either the really ruthless ones or those who just had a whole lot of dumb luck or fell down a well-stocked hole at some point.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Syriasly
On 09/08/2013 10:04 AM, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: Bhairitu: Huh? Apparently not a single Dem member of Congress who has seen the evidence has voiced doubt about the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. How could they do that if they weren't supposed talk to the public about or even among themselves? Besides the rebels could make it look like the military used the chemical weapons. What about the other atrocities going on in the world like Rwanda, Myanmar, etc? We don't seem so anxious to intervene there. If you're among the majority of war-weary Americans who oppose any sort of military intervention in Syria, thank libertarian Republican lawmakers Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan. 'The Rise Of The Antiwar Libertarians' Daily Beast: http://tinyurl.com/kdbamzq And Bernie Sanders and Alan Grayson. They're not Libertarians FYI. Great Alan Grayson op-ed in the New York Times: Over the last week the administration has run a full-court press on Capitol Hill, lobbying members from both parties in both houses to vote in support of its plan to attack Syria. And yet we members are supposed to accept, without question, that the proponents of a strike on Syria have accurately depicted the underlying evidence, even though the proponents refuse to show any of it to us or to the American public. In fact, even gaining access to just the classified summary involves a series of unreasonably high hurdles. We have to descend into the bowels of the Capitol Visitors Center, to a room four levels underground. Per the instructions of the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, note-taking is not allowed. Once we leave, we are not permitted to discuss the classified summary with the public, the media, our constituents or even other members. Nor are we allowed to do anything to verify the validity of the information that has been provided. Huh? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/opinion/on-syria-vote-trust-but-verify.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Survival
Back over 10 years ago I bought an earthquake emergency pack at a local hardware store. As it expired I tried the energy bars and found they were highly sweetened. Instead of giving me energy those would have laid me on my back. I took to buying stuff to keep around that I would actually eat and would eat before expiration just replacing them. I tried an eFoods sample pack and found though it tasted good two of the items were soy protein and I seem to have a little allergy to that. I am thinking of keeping some MREs on hand but so many of the sample packs included beef meals which I don't eat. They are missing out selling to the semi-veg group who might be interested in chicken and seafood MREs. I mainly though know how to make stuff and keep some canned meats on hand. On 09/08/2013 10:09 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Re There's a US series by National Geographic called Doomsday Preppers: I caught a bit of that. It intrigued me the different approaches taken. Some people had containers hidden away stocked with tinned food and all the usual stuff whereas others took the view that in a real breakdown of law and order you'd never be able to keep other desperate individuals away from your stash so the better approach was to learn how to live off the land and have a tent and backpack ready. There's an old money-saving adage to never buy stuff until you actually need it so it's astonishing to see how much wealth people have sunk into stores and equipment they'll likely never use.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Survival
Well noozguru, at this point, because of Fukushimo, I won't eat any fish, which I love, unless I'm 100% sure it came from the east coast. But turkey is a good meat, high in potassium. And organic bison. Hmmm, could be a canning business in the making...How about the seeds, like quinoa? Very high in amino acids. Maybe it would be a good time to go raw food-wise? Almonds are very healthy. Avocados. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Survival Back over 10 years ago I bought an earthquake emergency pack at a local hardware store. As it expired I tried the energy bars and found they were highly sweetened. Instead of giving me energy those would have laid me on my back. I took to buying stuff to keep around that I would actually eat and would eat before expiration just replacing them. I tried an eFoods sample pack and found though it tasted good two of the items were soy protein and I seem to have a little allergy to that. I am thinking of keeping some MREs on hand but so many of the sample packs included beef meals which I don't eat. They are missing out selling to the semi-veg group who might be interested in chicken and seafood MREs. I mainly though know how to make stuff and keep some canned meats on hand. On 09/08/2013 10:09 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Re There's a US series by National Geographic called Doomsday Preppers: I caught a bit of that. It intrigued me the different approaches taken. Some people had containers hidden away stocked with tinned food and all the usual stuff whereas others took the view that in a real breakdown of law and order you'd never be able to keep other desperate individuals away from your stash so the better approach was to learn how to live off the land and have a tent and backpack ready. There's an old money-saving adage to never buy stuff until you actually need it so it's astonishing to see how much wealth people have sunk into stores and equipment they'll likely never use.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: September is National Yoga Month
authorfriend: Richard, do you look at your own posts on the Web site? If you do, you'll see that there's no apparent distinction between what you're replying to and your replies. It all looks like just one post. That's what I'm sayin'!
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Testing. Please do not tally my tests. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@... wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 09/07/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 09/14/13 00:00:00 160 messages as of (UTC) 09/09/13 00:14:35 17 s3raphita 17 Share Long 15 richardatrwilliamsdotus 13 doctordumbass 9 turquoiseb 9 emptybill 8 j_alexander_stanley 8 dhamiltony2k5 7 Bhairitu 6 obbajeeba 5 iranitea 4 sharelong60 4 jr_esq 4 awoelflebater 4 authfriend 4 Ann Woelfle Bater 3 nablusoss1008 3 feste37 3 emilymae.reyn 3 cardemaister 3 Emily Reyn 2 compost1uk 1 wayback71 1 richard 1 martin.quickman 1 WLeed3 1 Steve Sundur 1 Paulo Barbosa 1 Mike Dixon 1 Michael Jackson 1 Jason Posters: 31 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
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So frustrating. I am used to going to my inbox and seeing all the posts in order and reading them when I have time. If I get so moved and have the desire to type these keys, I go to the FFL Yahoo Group Message board and yank the chains I see fit to yank. Today, I got about 9 posts in my inbox, not including mine earlier, that most likely will arrive tomorrow. Why is there such delay, Yahoo? Annoyed with blissful coconut oil anointed in my eyes (Accidentally smeared too much on my face. I was making Gulab Jamun for today's Happy Ganepathi Namha Day, using coconut oil to fry in.) which is just as annoying these delays. I wish to stoke Share's hair and Ravi's mane. Come on, Yahoo. Get with it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Testing. Please do not tally my tests. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@ wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 09/07/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 09/14/13 00:00:00 160 messages as of (UTC) 09/09/13 00:14:35 17 s3raphita 17 Share Long 15 richardatrwilliamsdotus 13 doctordumbass 9 turquoiseb 9 emptybill 8 j_alexander_stanley 8 dhamiltony2k5 7 Bhairitu 6 obbajeeba 5 iranitea 4 sharelong60 4 jr_esq 4 awoelflebater 4 authfriend 4 Ann Woelfle Bater 3 nablusoss1008 3 feste37 3 emilymae.reyn 3 cardemaister 3 Emily Reyn 2 compost1uk 1 wayback71 1 richard 1 martin.quickman 1 WLeed3 1 Steve Sundur 1 Paulo Barbosa 1 Mike Dixon 1 Michael Jackson 1 Jason Posters: 31 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
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[FairfieldLife] Offsite archive is toast?
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I liked him when I knew him in Atlanta - but that doesn't keep me from seeing he still suffers from a case of Marshy worship - he still has an old passport of Marshy's that he keeps almost like Mark L kept his sandals. From: waybac...@yahoo.com waybac...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 9:47 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an i nterview with Prudence Farrow Hmmm. You know, Jerry was around Maharishi all the time for years and years. He might be accurate. And it appears he has never wavered in his devotion thru hard times and probably some upset with organizational issues - a true devotee!! It sure is interesting how things play out over time, perceptions differ, good hearted and smart people arrive at different conclusions. What an amazing man Jerry is. He inspired such love and confidence in people. He was compassionate and down to earth and smart. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Age and proximity to Marshy is no signpost of common sense or clarity of perception - Jerry Jarvis told my friend Bill over the phone a few weeks ago that all the allegations by Mark Landau, Billy Clayton and the other skin boys were all ridiculous. He said he spent more time around M than any of those guys and he never saw a hint of any wrongdoing of any kind. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 5:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow Dear Prudence – an interview with Prudence Farrow This entry was posted in Knowledge news on September 8, 2013by Andrew Lawson Kerr. Prudence Farrow achieved international fame through the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’, where they sing of her dedicated focus on meditation during her teacher training course in Rishikesh with Maharishi, which John Lennon and George Harrison also participated in. Here is a recent interview with Prudence where she talks of her time then and since. Interview: Priya: Which brings me to the subject of song, “Dear Prudence” which was written for you by John Lennon. It’s such a beautiful, expansive song… Prudence: It actually captured the feeling of that course (that we took with Mahesh Yogi). Priya: That’s interesting. Great songs seem to capture things in layers – distilling so many things in any given moment… Do you want to elaborate on what you mean when you say it captured the course? Prudence: It captured that period that we were there. Especially the feeling of India… and of that meditation course… none of the other songs that they ever wrote have that…to me… And when I hear it I just feel that time in India, that course. And that course was very powerful for me. It was a monumental experience. At that time Maharishi did not realize, this is what he said, is that he did not realize that we, the young people from the West, carried so much stress. And I was kind of a prototype of many that were to follow. I was just leading the way of many, many others that would come after me. You know, after that course, he didn’t have people meditate solidly. But on that course, he had people do it just as long as you could do it, and you’d just be meditating all the time. But meditation is also a practice of purification and while its packing in and integrating that silence of your experience. So for me, it was horrendous and amazing at the same time. It was a huge game-changer… To go into the solitary guidance of such a great man. I totally trusted him beyond anybody I’d ever met. So I could safely give myself over to the process of just complete silence and deep, deep, deep meditation. So it was extraordinary of course. Priya: I believe that in your own words you’ve called your dedication to meditation “fanatical”…that you were in your room non-stop meditating while others took time off, the Beatles rehearsed. I think you mention that even your sister Mia went out to hunt tigers while you stayed in your room. What for? Prudence: After that experience of my father, there could be nothing that could match that. So I became ferociously hungry for more. Priya: Did you find what you were looking for? Prudence: I did. I did. You know, originally I wasn’t allowed to go. Because of my age and all that…So I went to Lourdes for a miracle. You know, so that I could go to Rishikesh…Cos I figured I just have to go! There’s nothing else for me. I don’t want anything else. Priya: Did you just say you went to Lourdes to get a miracle? Prudence: Yes, because they wouldn’t accept me on the course. And I tried in California. I tried in New York and then I tried in England and it just wasn’t going to happen. I had to be twenty years old and I had to finish college. And that, to me, wasn’t going
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Seraphita, some people sit in chairs. Most of us sit against backjacks on foam. I don't see many sitting in lotus. And I don't see anyone looking down on anyone else! I definitely prefer doing TMSP in a group rather than alone. Subjectively TMSP feels deeper when I practice in a group. And I do believe that I contribute more to the coherence when I practice TMSP with others. As regards your other post, giggling does happen, especially when there are new sidhas in the group. That's always fun (-: From: s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Describing Communal (Meditating) Fairfield Re To get in the Dome, you have to have taken the TM-Sidhi Program: Bastards! Spiritual groups really love their hierarchies. They think I'd lower the tone of the joint. Does everyone in the Dome assume the lotus posture? Are there any who (like me) sit in chairs or would they be looked down on by the others? And do those who congregate in the Dome (you?) notice a change in the subjective experience of a meditation session? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: To get in the dome, you have to have taken the TM-Sidhi Program, and I'm pretty sure they check the records to see that a person actually has gotten the Sidhis before issuing a dome badge. If you're just some lowly schmuck who was only initiated into TM, then NO DOME FOR YOU!!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Mon 09-Sep-13 00:15:09 UTC
The NSA has a reduced staff on weekends so they don't get to your posts as fast. ;-) On 09/08/2013 06:08 PM, obbajeeba wrote: So frustrating. I am used to going to my inbox and seeing all the posts in order and reading them when I have time. If I get so moved and have the desire to type these keys, I go to the FFL Yahoo Group Message board and yank the chains I see fit to yank. Today, I got about 9 posts in my inbox, not including mine earlier, that most likely will arrive tomorrow. Why is there such delay, Yahoo? Annoyed with blissful coconut oil anointed in my eyes (Accidentally smeared too much on my face. I was making Gulab Jamun for today's Happy Ganepathi Namha Day, using coconut oil to fry in.) which is just as annoying these delays. I wish to stoke Share's hair and Ravi's mane. Come on, Yahoo. Get with it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: Testing. Please do not tally my tests. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@ wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 09/07/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 09/14/13 00:00:00 160 messages as of (UTC) 09/09/13 00:14:35 17 s3raphita 17 Share Long 15 richardatrwilliamsdotus 13 doctordumbass 9 turquoiseb 9 emptybill 8 j_alexander_stanley 8 dhamiltony2k5 7 Bhairitu 6 obbajeeba 5 iranitea 4 sharelong60 4 jr_esq 4 awoelflebater 4 authfriend 4 Ann Woelfle Bater 3 nablusoss1008 3 feste37 3 emilymae.reyn 3 cardemaister 3 Emily Reyn 2 compost1uk 1 wayback71 1 richard 1 martin.quickman 1 WLeed3 1 Steve Sundur 1 Paulo Barbosa 1 Mike Dixon 1 Michael Jackson 1 Jason Posters: 31 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an i nterview with Prudence Farrow
I fail to see how keeping a passport of MMY's or his sandals is any weirder than someone keeping the same items belonging to any other celebrity, famous writer, musician, politician etc, etc, etc that someone had the good fortune to have in their possession. One person's treasure is another person's trash, as they say (or something like that.)
