[FairfieldLife] RE: TM -- like falling in love!?

[nablusoss1008]

Nice find Buck. thanks for posting this !

[FairfieldLife] Who's the Eggman in I'm the Walrus ?

[nablusoss1008]

 The fellow who released one of the best albums in 2013 that's who.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8EFJuUngI&list=ALGLx1orRGw4W9_x3d49cFdP3r0WmTQ_I9
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey8EFJuUngI&list=ALGLx1orRGw4W9_x3d49cFdP3r0WmTQ_I9

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?

[dhamiltony2k5]

Actually the video I found most interesting was the one linked to at the bottom 
of that page, where Maharishi was talking about yoga and transcendence. That 
was recorded [2007] in the year before he passed away [2008]. Seeing that again 
dispels all the angst some people spread about his mental state as an elderly 
person then. What was he then, 94? He was remarkably on message right up to the 
end. I admire that about him as a teacher preaching spiritual revolution in a 
material age of ignorance. Same message he came out of India with way back 
when. http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/maharishi-on-yoga/ 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/maharishi-on-yoga/ 
 Jai Maharishi,
 
 -Buck   
 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 Obviously written by someone before they went batty from unstressing.
 
 On Sat, 12/28/13, cardemaister@... mailto:cardemaister@... mailto:cardemaister@...> wrote:
 
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 8:08 PM
 

 
 http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/ 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/
 
 
 Q: When did you learn the TM technique?
 
 Ian: I learned TM in college in 1994. It was a high-pressure
 environment, and TM helped me focus, discover what I really
 loved to study, and dramatically improved my health.
 
 Jenny: I learned TM in 2007. I had wanted to meditate ever
 since I started yoga. I felt like something was missing in
 my practice. I tried so many different types of meditation,
 but I always felt restless, always looking at my watch, very
 antsy. It was very frustrating to me that I wasn’t able to
 meditate.
 
 When I met Ian, he told me that the TM technique was easy,
 but I didn’t believe him. Then one day I met a TM teacher,
 and I felt so calm just being in her presence that I sensed
 TM could also bring that experience for me.
 
 The moment I learned TM it was like falling in love. I felt
 like I had been a seeker before, and suddenly I was a
 knower. I was so grateful for that experience of
 transcending, after looking so long for a deeper experience
 of consciousness.
 - See more at:
 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/#sthash.zkNVJh5s.dpuf
 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/#sthash.zkNVJh5s.dpuf
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[emptybill]

(bada bing!) Be pleased that this is your reward for being a loyal menshevik.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

[emptybill]

It is all preparation for the Euro-Muslim apocalypse. 
Look down and smell the sulfur -- you kafir!

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[authfriend]

That's certainly what he wants you to think. It's not always borne out by his 
behavior, though. He's actually extremely uptight but takes great pains to 
conceal it.
 

 With regard to my making a funny, he'd be pissed because he likes to portray 
me as humorless.
 

 Re "He might be pissed off to find that I'd made a crack someone had found 
funny":

 

 He doesn't strike me as an uptight character who easily takes offence.
 

 On a related theme. "Bad-taste humour" is an intriguing "genre". I've had lots 
of belly laughs from bad-taste jokes but it does raise a philosophical puzzler. 
Take this rather lame example:
 

The NME didn't publish the interview with Stevie Wonder.
NME: "Stevie, what's it like being blind?"
 Stevie: "Well. it could have been worse. I could've been black."
 

 Now those who are offended by such cracks always say that the joke in question 
is offensive and in bad taste. But that is an idiotic complaint as it is 
obviously precisely what makes it a "bad-taste" jest. Although much of such 
humour is too disturbing (or malicious) for me to enjoy, I would defend the 
genre as being a liberating experience because it's a chance to escape the 
suffocating conformity we normally have to consent to. We are guilty, 
inadequate and contradictory creatures and we need to break loose from our 
"mind-forg'd manacles" if we're to stay sane.
 

 I don't mind most bad-taste humor as long as it's, well, funny. Set and 
setting and tone can make a big difference too. And I agree, it can be 
liberating.
 

 

[FairfieldLife] Meditators & Connected-ness

[dhamiltony2k5]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/DU9rwfXE8Ag 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DU9rwfXE8Ag

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Bhairitu]

You mean just like capitalism?  (bada bing!)

On 12/28/2013 05:58 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:


Oh yeah ... the Bolshevik revolution.

And everyone free and equal.


Thanks for the comedy sidelights.

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?

[Michael Jackson]

Obviously written by someone before they went batty from unstressing.

On Sat, 12/28/13, cardemais...@yahoo.com  wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM  -- like falling in love!?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 8:08 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/
 
 
 Q: When did you learn the TM technique?
 
 Ian: I learned TM in college in 1994. It was a high-pressure
 environment, and TM helped me focus, discover what I really
 loved to study, and dramatically improved my health.
 
 Jenny: I learned TM in 2007. I had wanted to meditate ever
 since I started yoga. I felt like something was missing in
 my practice. I tried so many different types of meditation,
 but I always felt restless, always looking at my watch, very
 antsy. It was very frustrating to me that I wasn’t able to
 meditate.
 
 When I met Ian, he told me that the TM technique was easy,
 but I didn’t believe him. Then one day I met a TM teacher,
 and I felt so calm just being in her presence that I sensed
 TM could also bring that experience for me.
 
 The moment I learned TM it was like falling in love. I felt
 like I had been a seeker before, and suddenly I was a
 knower. I was so grateful for that experience of
 transcending, after looking so long for a deeper experience
 of consciousness.
 - See more at:
 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/#sthash.zkNVJh5s.dpuf
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

[emptybill]

Wake up and smell the sulfur.
 

 The link will enable you to download a .pdf of an important presentation
 by someone who mastered these jhana-s/dyana-s.  

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

[dhamiltony2k5]

Om, have either of you earned a real PhD from a real university or are you just 
pretty well read in spiritual things?  Just wondering.  Das after your name can 
work pretty good too.  Das is a different credential than just being a Phd.  
 -Buck Das on the lone prairie  

[FairfieldLife] RE: All About Zen

[s3raphita]

There is simply nothing better than 60-s blah blah

 

 Yes. Alan Watts, D. T. Suzuki and Krishnamurti turned the world upside down. 
(At least my inner world.) And lets not forget MMY's Science of Being and Art 
of Living. Though not in the same league it was an original and optimistic work.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

[s3raphita]

I've always respected and liked Camille Paglia. She talks so fast that you 
really get value for money when she makes an appearance! What's more she always 
*argues* her case rather than relying on anecdotal stories or knee-jerk PC 
responses. Even when I don't agree with her (which is a lot of the time) I can 
see the precise point where we part company. If I was talking to her 
face-to-face I know we'd have an intelligent conversation.  
 Also, she has no time for those 1970s "anti-sex" feminists - the latest 
incarnation of the Puritan mindset. She loves classic literature and beauty in 
art. And she is genuinely concerned about the destination western culture is 
sleeping walking towards.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 7:24 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> The name is Ajahn Brahmavamso or Ajahn Brahm for short, not
>
> A.J. Bahm.
>
Wrong Bahm. Archie J. Bahm was the Chair of the Department of Philosophy 
at the University of New Mexico. His student, Richard A. Brougham, Ph.D. 
was my professor at the community college where I took the Introduction 
to Philosophy, World Religions, and World Civilizations I and II 
courses. Archie J. Bahm is the author of the following books:

Philosophy: An Introduction
Polarity, Dialectic, and Organicity
Metaphysics: An Introduction
What Is Philosophy?
What Makes Acts Right?
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The World's Living Religions
The Heart of Confucius
Philosophy of the Buddha
Tao Teh King by Lao Tzu

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[s3raphita]

Re "He might be pissed off to find that I'd made a crack someone had found 
funny":

 

 He doesn't strike me as an uptight character who easily takes offence.
 

 On a related theme. "Bad-taste humour" is an intriguing "genre". I've had lots 
of belly laughs from bad-taste jokes but it does raise a philosophical puzzler. 
Take this rather lame example:
 

The NME didn't publish the interview with Stevie Wonder.
NME: "Stevie, what's it like being blind?"
 Stevie: "Well. it could have been worse. I could've been black."
 

 Now those who are offended by such cracks always say that the joke in question 
is offensive and in bad taste. But that is an idiotic complaint as it is 
obviously precisely what makes it a "bad-taste" jest. Although much of such 
humour is too disturbing (or malicious) for me to enjoy, I would defend the 
genre as being a liberating experience because it's a chance to escape the 
suffocating conformity we normally have to consent to. We are guilty, 
inadequate and contradictory creatures and we need to break loose from our 
"mind-forg'd manacles" if we're to stay sane. 
 

 

[FairfieldLife] Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

[emptybill]

The cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and 
women risks undermining Western civilization itself.
 

 

 
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240022857012920 
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240022857012920

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: All About Zen

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 7:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Don't you have anything better than these old '60-s blah blah?
There is simply nothing better than 60-s blah blah.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[emptybill]

Oh yeah ... the Bolshevik revolution.
 And everyone free and equal. 

 

 Thanks for the comedy sidelights.
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 7:00 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
In any case, Yahoo Groups aren't really "chat rooms," they're Web or 
Internet forums:
"The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form 
of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous 
conferencing. The term can thus mean any technology ranging from 
real-time online chat and virtual interaction with strangers over 
instant messaging and online forums to fully immersive graphical social 
environments."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 6:44 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:

I learned long ago that "interesting" is in the eye of the beholder.
Apparently you don't find anything interesting that is posted here, 
except Barry pushing some buttons; the post count; and posting some 
macros. I thought fer sure you'd make a reply to my comments on Wagner. 
Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: All About Shankara

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 6:50 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:


Not good, not bad.

You need to read James Swartz's "How to Attain Enlightenment", which 
is a good presentation of the basis and ramifications of Shankara's 
teachings. Swami Dayananada


While the publisher probably insisted upon the title, he must have 
found it quite amusing to imply that something extraordinary, such as 
"enlightenment", needed to be added to our fundamental nature.


http://batgap.com/james-swartz/

Thanks - this means a lot coming from you, Bill. Mine is just a 
preliminary analysis - I hope I passed the audition.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 6:44 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:

I'm truly sorry you are so undiscerning.
There's not much to discern about the same macro posted twelve times, 
except who and why it was created. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Share Long]

Steve, actually I did not originate that advice. I read it first in a post of 
noozguru's and then I passed it along where I thought it applicable. I can't 
remember to whom noozguru was writing it.

PS I really enjoyed your most recent post to Bob. Very much your style, 
balanced and thoughtful and worded in a straightforward manner.





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 5:37 PM, "steve.sun...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Barry,
 
I feel I must mention this before the close of the year.
 
Best Advice of the Year on FFL, bar none, was from Share to Judy, "Judy, it's 
just a chat room"
 
Can you imagine how transformative that would be if Judy could take that to 
heart?

[FairfieldLife] The Wallah Sutras

[Richard Williams]

The Wallah Sutras 1-5 on Be and Cause

*1.1 "xper, trace-guns, cert, cuz this, that, ordo, no streamy dos, no bod
gross, feel hole, jus b, go, retread not." *

(Experience for yourself without any trace of the three gunas and you can
be certain because you can be That and do without identifying with the
gross body, and let thoughts stream without control; just feel the body as
a whole, just Be, then go on to activity but don't come back and be
rebirthed).

*1.2. "Yogamud, via nama, bija mant, phoneme 'n quasi, non-id, y no lip
reps, ala bhak de clos-eye, ne concentrate nor beardown, is trad 'n rely
wid reg pulsin watchin' fer per lib 'n cohere to wit hole worl be 20x2, be
ina no doubt/use ayerved un day so." *

(Do yoga and mudras repeating the phoneme seed name mantra without
identification witout your lips moving and chanting just like bhakti but
don't concentrate or beardown and stress out and do not get reincarnated).

*1.3 **"jus b reg 2 x y med, ne alt sans 3 guns, seps abs, n' eyes-wide
shut; nodoze, no bear down, u njoy."  *

(Just be regular and meditate twice a day for 20 minutes without the three
gunas with eyes shut don't doze off and don't bear down just enjoy.)

*1.4 "No ob perce; no field, perce sub; no prak, n no form; ne  Person,
one; witness: con no thing, n and of self; trans n id."*

"No object has been perceived; not the field; but the perceiving subject;
not prakriti, in any form, but the Person, alone, a witness: consciousness
of nothing in and of itself; transcendental and ideation."

*1.5 "2 birds, tree, sat, 1, 8, nother lookon" *

(Two birds sat in a tree; one ate the fruit; another looked on.)

*The Wallah Commentary: A Preliminary Causal Analysis*.

Because.

What we know, with certainty; is Be, cause.

Existence, the world, is a result of physical causation, expelled by three
forces called gunas; the world of matter, things, that is, prakriti, is a
logical process and its mechanics can be known, measured, and catergorized
just like numbers. Humanity is governed by action-reaction,, that is,
karma, based on the theory of reciprocity, which acts just like physics,
which has been demonstrated with certainty that the natural law of the
attraction of physical bodies; is causation which rules, with certainty.

Individuals, the monad, is likewise governed by causative principles. Man,
the jiva, is a bundle of perceptions, emotions, and feelings; skandas,
which have no own being, that is, they are not things in themselves, but
the results of the interplay of the gunas or forces of nature; just like
other things, only in degree and in kind. The idea of individual identity
derives from man's effort to manufacture continuity out of discontinuity,
which is demonstrated with certainty that we do not even know external
reality; how little we must know about our own inner mental thoughts; the
only certainty is that, just like we exist because thought exists;
causation rules, with certainty.

Nature includes the inherent order of things; there is a natural order of
harmony, a system, that is, rta, a structure for relationships, dharma or
maat; a rationality, just like a categorical imperative; to understand
irrationality. Order or dharma is the way things are; a natural law, which
supports the law of action-reaction;  certain that all things spring from a
cause; was certain that all things change; and was certain that the self is
not the body, not the mind, and certainly not the emotions; causation
rules, with certainty.

*Wallah Explanatory Note:*

BECAUSE:  1: of being; relating to cause and effect; anything producing a
result; Indo-European; Persian Mitani; Celtic-English colloquial phrase,
used to explain everything in a nutshell; 2. From Avon, BENOT, as in to Be
or not to Be; 3. BEAN, Old Brahmi (Indus Valley Script) term for bean
counter or accountant; 3. BACUZ, from Sanskrit Devangiri (after
Panini), the Absolute in Vedantaa; from the the root Bra, to Be, as in
Brah-man, that is, 'Be Mind Think of the Be'; + CAUSE, from the Spanish
CAUSEWAY; a raised path or road above a wetland; 2. from High German, KAUS;
any thing of interest; a Causal Agency.

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

[emptybill]

The name is Ajahn Brahmavamso or Ajahn Brahm for short, not 

 A.J. Bahm. Get your fact straight "professor". 

 

 Read this to see how close it is to MMY's practice. 

 http://ebookbrowsee.net/ajahn-brahm-the-jhanas-pdf-d216535250 
http://ebookbrowsee.net/ajahn-brahm-the-jhanas-pdf-d216535250

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[authfriend]

Barry claims that he never reads my posts, so I doubt if he's even seen it. 
(Well, maybe he'll read it quoted in your post.)
 

 He could hardly be offended, given that his own humor is pretty much the 
ultimate in what you describe as English-style. (He might be pissed off to find 
that I'd made a crack someone had found funny, though.)
 

 << I said "a Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient is goat penis. Let me know if that 
boosts your sex life." 
 Judy responded "That is Barry's sex life. ;-)"
 

 Richard took exception to Judy's crack but it made me smile. Now Helen Mirren 
recently said "English humour is harsher, more scathing, more cruel and more 
surreal too" so perhaps that's why I liked it. 
 I guess the crucial question is did *Barry* smirk when he read Judy's post or 
was he mortally offended? I'm guessing he took it in his stride. >>

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[emptybill]

These wall icons are traditional Orthodox murals for older churches and 
monasteries. Most Orthodox churches in America don't have the luxury of a wide 
population so they don't have many artists trained in following the Orthodox 
canons of iconography.
 

 Russia and Greece dominate in this area.

[FairfieldLife] RE: All About Zen

[emptybill]

Don't you have anything better than these old '60-s blah blah?

 
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kAPCaagc3QsC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=alfonso+verdu&ots=Dwdjq2ldx5&sig=qR41Va-LeAUYTIID9U-Y-D3eopc#v=onepage&q=alfonso%20verdu&f=false
 
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kAPCaagc3QsC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=alfonso+verdu&ots=Dwdjq2ldx5&sig=qR41Va-LeAUYTIID9U-Y-D3eopc#v=onepage&q=alfonso%20verdu&f=false
 
Just read the table or contents to get the sense of it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[authfriend]

And this one's a belly-laugh.
 

 In any case, Yahoo Groups aren't really "chat rooms," they're Web or Internet 
forums:
 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum

 

 Whatever you want to call FFL, I find it appalling that some people seem to 
feel there's no need to uphold high standards of of honesty and accuracy and 
sincerity here. And it's doubly shocking for a TMer to promote this notion.
 
 << Barry,
  
 I feel I must mention this before the close of the year.
  
 Best Advice of the Year on FFL, bar none, was from Share to Judy, "Judy, it's 
just a chat room"
  
 Can you imagine how transformative that would be if Judy could take that to 
heart? >>

[FairfieldLife] RE: All About Shankara

[emptybill]

Not good, not bad.

You need to read James Swartz's "How to Attain Enlightenment", which is a good 
presentation of the basis and ramifications of Shankara's teachings. Swami 
Dayananada 

While the publisher probably insisted upon the title, he must have found it 
quite amusing to imply that something extraordinary, such as "enlightenment", 
needed to be added to our fundamental nature. 


 
 http://batgap.com/james-swartz/ http://batgap.com/james-swartz/
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 According to Shankara, scriptural knowledge of the Vedas (vidya) concerning 
the nature of the Being vis a vis the conditioned state, can bring one to a 
state of liberation (moksha) that is, freedom from suffering. However, in this 
day and age hardly anyone can read and understand the Sanskrit scriptures and 
there are only a few teachers for the millions of individuals. 
 

 That being so, the only way that people can reach enlightenment in this age of 
ignorance is to sit down and relax, trust in your own karma and  pursue the 
path of karma yoga, doing good deeds in this life through actions without 
attachment to the fruits of those actions. 
 

 Or, one can accept the religious life serving the Lord (Ishvara). 
 

 Or, one can adopt the attitude of the skeptic, doubting everything. 
 

 Or become a nihilist, believing that nothing can be known; not an option.
 

 There is very little that we can actually know through our intellect or the 
senses. Most of our knowledge comes through hearing, seeing, or observing, and 
feeling and we accept these as a valid means of knowledge. Sense perception and 
verbal testimony we observe that the material world exhibits change and growth 
through change. 
 

 Based on these observations we note a certain order in creation and we *infer* 
that there must be an intelligent agent. After all, it is a fact that something 
does not come out of nothing; only a creation based on intelligence would 
exhibit an orderly pattern of growth and dissolution repeated over time.
 

 According to Vasubandhu, the famous Vajrayana logician and the founder of the 
"Consciousness Only" (Yogacara) school in India, we can never "know" the 
transcendental state through the intellect (buddhi). This essentially agrees 
with Immanuel Kant  who wrote a "Critique on Pure Reason" in the nineteenth 
century. 
 

 For Vasubandhu, consciousness itself is the Ultimate Reality; but 
consciousness itself is not composed of things-in-themselves or discreet 
elements such as individual soul monads (jivas), or physical matter that is 
created once in time and then born about and replicated by an outside force or 
power. There is a reason things happen the way they do; events are caused based 
on the law of action-reaction. There are no chance events. 
 

 But, there is a more fundamental question that we must ask ourselves before we 
can inquire about a valid means of knowledge and the nature of Reality. The 
question is: are we free or bound? If free, there is no need for scriptures or 
spiritual teachers. But, if we *are* bound, by what *means* are we to free 
ourselves? 
 

 The emphasis in our life should be on the *means* to gain freedom and not the 
why of our bondage. In a famous simile, the Buddha noted that when an 
individual is impaled by an arrow, we don't usually inquire as to the nature of 
the object; the angle of the arrow's penetration; its speed upon entry; or from 
whence direction it came; or the name, family, and occupation of the shooter; 
or if the arrow was constructed of wood, bamboo, or reed: we just call a 
physician and have the offending object removed.
 

 According to Shakya the Muni, this life is marked by suffering, (samsara). 
Kapila and Patanjali agree with this. Based on this mark, the historical Buddha 
formulated an Eighttfold Path leading to liberation from the round of becoming. 
In ancient India this was called yoga, that is, immortality and  freedom, and 
was developed as a way to free oneself from suffering, not by the grace of a 
creator God or through the machinations of a demiurge, but by the sheer efforts 
of the individual based on his or her own willpower. 
 

 The idea that man can liberate himself through his own initiative (yoga) is 
the great contribution of the sages of Mother India.Yoga philosophy does not 
agree with the idea of fate or predestination, rather it is based on volition, 
action (karma), and the principle that if one person can achieve freedom, then 
so can another:  a man is the measure of men. 
 

 We do not *know* that there is a state of liberation, based on our own 
individual reason, logic, or on our intellect (buddhi). But, we can observe and 
conclude such by noticing the actions, or not, of others and by following their 
instructions. In the final analysis, only when *you yourself* have observed and 
acted, and found such to be true, will you ever truly know whether you as an 
individual transcends the various sheaths (kosha

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[authfriend]

<< What may escape you is that the content of your posts are mostly the same.  
So, in that manner the quantity doesn't matter.  Whether you take a look at 
number one, or number 20 or number 150 of your posts, it is the same content. >>

 

 I'm truly sorry you are so undiscerning.
 

 << And unfortunately, not particularly interesting, except in some instances. 
>>

 

 I learned long ago that "interesting" is in the eye of the beholder.
  
 << I find Richard to be pretty entertaining and informative.  Now, I know what 
that does to you,
 

 You know that it makes me snicker? Really?
 

 

 

 

 

  but it may be something you need to live with. 
  
  

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Yaqui Vastu

[Richard Williams]

We looked at this place last Saturday up by Rising Star on the way to Dad's
place. It's an almost perfect example of a Yaqui Vastu house and it has an
entrance facing east. The construction utilizes native sandstone and cedar
posts.

There is a pier and beam floor inside made out of oak planks that is a
tongue and groove construction. According to the owner, the mortor is an
aggregate made from a mixture of sand, a binder of lime, and ground water.
The only stressed materials are the tin roof and the glass windows and a
few nails. Sweet!

We wanted to buy this place on the spot but Rita pointed out that we'd have
to drive 245 miles just to get to the nearest Whole Foods Market and so we
would be stuck buying supplies at Petty's Grocery Store down the street. Go
figure.

[image: Inline image 1]


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> What you have to do is select a site that has most of the needed elements
> already at hand.
>
> That way, you don't have to dig into the earth very much - you just pick
> the ideal stones and carry them to the site. Ideally it should be no more
> than 10,000 feet to transport the stones. There should be a minimum of
> shaping the stones, they should be selected based on the positioning of the
> stones. Remember, it's all about positioning and placement. The tricky part
> is to try not to disturb nature any more than you have to. According to
> Yaqui Vastu, you should employ the minimum exertion in order to obtain a
> maximum benefit.
>
> Now, for the cedar posts: you should select a site that has an abundance
> of cedar trees. Keep in mind that only certain branches of the tree will be
> used, so as to minimize stress during the pruning process. The really
> tricky part of the Yaqui Vastu is the cement or the plaster used to hold
> things together. More on this later.
>
> As for sustainability, here is an example of a Yaqui Vastu structure from
> circa 1760:
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> San Jose Mission, San Antonio, Texas
>
> Note on edifice architecture:
>
> In the traditional Indian view, a building, if it is properly conceived,
> satisfies both a physical and metaphysical indigence. It has a twofold
> function: it provides 'commodity, firmness, and delight' so as to serve
> man's psychosomatic, emotional and aesthetic needs, and also
> supra-empirical principles.
>
> In this view an adequately designed building will embody meaning. It will
> express the manner in which the phenomenal world relates to the Real and
> how the One 'fragments' into multiplicity; it will carry intimations of the
> non-duality (adwaita) of the sensible and the supra-sensible domains.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Share Long wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Richard, I love that Yaqui Vastu principle of building with non stressed
>> materials. But I have to wonder how sustainable that is. I mean, are there
>> enough stones lying around? I wonder if straw bales would be acceptable.
>> And before, you had mentioned cedar. But wouldn't cedar have to be
>> transported? I admit the principle is wonderful but it seems extreme
>> measures would be needed to realize it. What do you think?
>>
>>
>>
>>   On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:29 PM, Richard Williams <
>> pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  The Sanskrit word 'vastu' means a dwelling or house with a
>> corresponding plot of land. The word pertains to construction. Vastu is
>> based in five elements: earth, air, fire, water, and space, all
>> interrelated. Yaqui Vastu involves the awareness of how the ways of
>> construction, orientation, and placement affect our environment and thus
>> our own daily activities and relations.
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Wall detail, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo:
>> http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjose.htm
>>
>> Following up on the Yaqui Vastu principle of 'non-stressing', we should
>> make a note on the nature of the materials vis a vis the stress factor. It
>> should be obvious that the ideal material for a Yaqui Vastu dwelling would
>> be natural stone. Not stressed stone made by quarry or dressing, but found
>> stones that lay on top of the land. These stones would ideally be found
>> locally (within 10,000 feet of the building site) so as to avoid the stress
>> of transportation whether by truck or rail.
>>
>> Yaqui Vastu can be defined as "The skillful use of the best available
>> materials and knowledge in order to create the most suitable conditions for
>> living and working."
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:25 PM,  wrote:
>>
>>
>>   Richard,
>>
>> If those houses are not facing east or north, they may not be good for
>> the residents according to MMY's principles of vastu.  It's also a good
>> idea to have an atrium in the middle of the house.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>>
>> By 6,000 B.C.E. the art of geomacy resulted in the megalith and mound
>> culture of Europe and South India. By 4,000 B.C.E. we see communities
>> emerge, of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

[Richard Williams]

We went by this wind farm up by Abilene last Saturday - it's one of the
largest wind farms on the planet.

[image: Inline image 1]


On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> Last Saturday we to see this place up by Dad's place. This is one of his
> oil wells up in North Texas where he has a place with six lots on the water
> at Lake Possum Kingdom near Graham. I use only Texaco oil in all my cars -
> most of it comes from either Spindletop, the Permian Basin, or from the
> Eagle Ford Shale.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> We saw this place today, out by George Strait's ranch. The house in the
>> photo belongs to a wealthy land owner in Pleasanton. The owner of the
>> houses daughter's spouse's daughter is married to George Michael. If you
>> look real close you might see George in the window looking out at me across
>> the field, probably taking a snapshot of me peering over the fence. Go
>> figure.
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> "Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the
>> Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists list."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Richard J. Williams <
>> pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  We saw this house on a trip yesterday to see Dad up in North Texas.
>>> I've been passing this place since 1962 and watched it go down over the
>>> years - it was already in pretty bad shape the first time I saw it. We are
>>> speculating that it probably took 75 years or more for it to reach this
>>> state. I missed taking the best shot last year when I passed by - there was
>>> a mule standing in the fog next to it, but I was in a hurry so I didn't
>>> stop.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/22/2013 8:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Is that in Sonoma?
>>>
>>> On 12/22/2013 06:48 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> We looked at this place today, but it will need a little fixing up:
>>>
>>>  [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Richard Williams 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 We live in the country, out by Hot Wells. SAKS Fifth Avenue isn't in a
 strip mall, it's located at one of the largest inside malls in the U.S.
 Today the mall was packed with shoppers:

  [image: Inline image 1]


  On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:33 PM,  wrote:

>
>
> I think you need to get out into the country more. These strip mall
> chain stores are bad for the soul. I liked seeing those ramshackle houses
> you were posting, they have so much more character. Michael's would have
> all those garlands and wreaths and hobby-making stuff you need at this 
> time
> of year though.
>


>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

[Richard Williams]

Last Saturday we to see this place up by Dad's place. This is one of his
oil wells up in North Texas where he has a place with six lots on the water
at Lake Possum Kingdom near Graham. I use only Texaco oil in all my cars -
most of it comes from either Spindletop, the Permian Basin, or from the
Eagle Ford Shale.

[image: Inline image 1]


On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> We saw this place today, out by George Strait's ranch. The house in the
> photo belongs to a wealthy land owner in Pleasanton. The owner of the
> houses daughter's spouse's daughter is married to George Michael. If you
> look real close you might see George in the window looking out at me across
> the field, probably taking a snapshot of me peering over the fence. Go
> figure.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> "Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the
> Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists list."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Richard J. Williams  > wrote:
>
>>  We saw this house on a trip yesterday to see Dad up in North Texas.
>> I've been passing this place since 1962 and watched it go down over the
>> years - it was already in pretty bad shape the first time I saw it. We are
>> speculating that it probably took 75 years or more for it to reach this
>> state. I missed taking the best shot last year when I passed by - there was
>> a mule standing in the fog next to it, but I was in a hurry so I didn't
>> stop.
>>
>>
>> On 12/22/2013 8:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>  Is that in Sonoma?
>>
>> On 12/22/2013 06:48 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>>
>>
>> We looked at this place today, but it will need a little fixing up:
>>
>>  [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Richard Williams 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We live in the country, out by Hot Wells. SAKS Fifth Avenue isn't in a
>>> strip mall, it's located at one of the largest inside malls in the U.S.
>>> Today the mall was packed with shoppers:
>>>
>>>  [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:33 PM,  wrote:
>>>


 I think you need to get out into the country more. These strip mall
 chain stores are bad for the soul. I liked seeing those ramshackle houses
 you were posting, they have so much more character. Michael's would have
 all those garlands and wreaths and hobby-making stuff you need at this time
 of year though.

>>>
>>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>
>

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[s3raphita]

I said "a Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient is goat penis. Let me know if that 
boosts your sex life." 
 Judy responded "That is Barry's sex life. ;-)"
 

 Richard took exception to Judy's crack but it made me smile. Now Helen Mirren 
recently said "English humour is harsher, more scathing, more cruel and more 
surreal too" so perhaps that's why I liked it. 
 I guess the crucial question is did *Barry* smirk when he read Judy's post or 
was he mortally offended? I'm guessing he took it in his stride.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Great Rock Hits of the Past

[Richard Williams]

[image: Inline image 1]

Huey Lewis and the News  - from the Sports Album
http://youtu.be/gMa2coAIiuo

I Want A New Drug - from the Sports Album
http://youtu.be/N6uEMOeDZsA

Hip To Be Square - From the album Fore!
http://youtu.be/LB5YkmjalDg

Workin' for a livin' - Live 1992
http://youtu.be/9N2CANatVYQ

In 1993 I saw this band at a free concert in Zilker Park in Austin. Sweet!
"Huey Lewis and the News is an American pop rock band based in San
Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and
early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the
Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts. Their
greatest success was in the 1980s with the number-one album, Sports,
coupled with a series of highly successful MTV videos."

Read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Lewis_and_the_News


On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> Gene Vincent
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Be-Bop-A-Lula - Video
> http://youtu.be/AH4qCNjpY_k
>
> "Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as
> Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and
> roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps,
> "Be-Bop-A-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly.
> He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly
> Hall of Fame."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Vincent
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> Eddie Cochran
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Summertime Blues - Town Hall Party - 1959
>> http://youtu.be/Ti38LFY7x1Y
>>
>> C'mon Everybody 45 RPM vinyl recording
>> http://youtu.be/7-71rZxFiRQ
>>
>> [image: Inline image 2]
>>
>> Edward Raymond 'Eddie' Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an
>> American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody"
>> and "Summertime Blues". He experimented with multitrack recording and
>> overdubbing even on his earliest singles, and was also able to play piano,
>> bass and drums.[1] His image as a sharply dressed, rugged but good-looking
>> young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 50s
>> rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status."
>>
>> Read more:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Richard Williams 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Blondie
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>> Heart Of Glass - Video
>>> http://youtu.be/WGU_4-5RaxU
>>>
>>> Call Me - Video
>>> http://youtu.be/aH3Q_CZy968
>>>
>>> One Way Or Another - Video
>>> http://youtu.be/KXewIR7Y7cc
>>>
>>> Rapture - Video
>>> http://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g
>>>
>>> "Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Deborah Harry and
>>> guitarist Chris Stein.[3] The band was a pioneer in the early American new
>>> wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s. The band achieved several hit
>>> singles including "Call Me", "Rapture" and "Heart of Glass". Parallel Lines
>>> is ranked No. 140 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest albums of all
>>> time."
>>>
>>> Read more:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(band)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Richard Williams 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Devo

 [image: Inline image 1]

 Whip It (Video Live Fridays)
 http://youtu.be/bQidM91CkXE

 "Devo is an American New Wave band formed in 1972 consisting of members
 from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two
 sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald
 and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit
 in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult following
 throughout its existence. Their style over time has shifted between punk,
 art rock, post-punk, and New Wave. Their music and stage show mingle kitsch
 science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor, and mordantly satirical
 social commentary."

 Read more:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo


 On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> "Takin' Care Of Business"  - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (45rpm)
> http://youtu.be/mmwic9kFx2c
>
> Turn up the stereo radio real loud - straight ahead rock and roll,
> pure, rough, and tough! Guitar Magazine, "Takin' Care of Business" rated 
> at
> number 10 in top 100 most covered songs of all time.
>
> "Bachman–Turner Overdrive is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg,
> Manitoba, that had a series of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, 
> selling
> over 7 million albums in that decade alone."
>
> Read more:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman_Turner_Overdrive
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Richard Williams <
> pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: For all romantics out there

[Richard Williams]

[image: Inline image 1]

There are lots of worse things than getting stuck on a deserted island with
a beautiful woman like this!

Huey Lewis & The News - Happy To Be Stuck With You
http://youtu.be/-8b0IKQxx2k


On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
> http://youtu.be/_cS5aCozhcA
>
> The first time I heard Elvis was in 1953 in Abilene, Texas when I was
> about four years old. My mother took me to the Paramount theater and let me
> sit up front with her - she was about eighteen at the time. Later, when I
> was fifteen I started buying his records including this one I bought in
> 1960. Me and my first girlfriend used to listen to these Elvis songs all
> the time after school. At one time, I owned about a dozen Elvis albums on
> vinyl, since all sold. Now, I have a 2-CD set - The Essential Elvis
> Presley, RCA B000KX0HVY.
>
> This song, one of my favorites, is a very romantic song - a real
> tear-jerker!
>
> Read more:
>
> Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
> by Peter Guralnick
> Little, Brown and Company, 1995
>
> Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
> by Peter Guralnick
> Little, Brown and Company, 1999
>
> Music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, and
> first published in 1927.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight
>
> "Are you lonesome tonight,
> do you miss me tonight?
> Are you sorry we drifted apart?
> Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
> When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
> Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
> Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
> Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
> Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
>
> I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
> You know someone said that the world's a stage
> And each must play a part.
> Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
> Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
> You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
> Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
> And why I'll never know.
>
> Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
> And I had no cause to doubt you.
> But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
> Than go on living without you.
> Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
> With emptiness all around
> And if you won't come back to me
> Then make them bring the curtain down.
>
> Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
> Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?"
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:15 AM, TurquoiseB  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams wrote:
>> >
>> > Very romantic dancing song!
>>
>> Speaking of romantic songs, here's one that has a cool story behind it.
>> Back when I used to live in L.A., there was a bar out in North Malibu that
>> I used to go to often to listen to a band called Billy and the Beaters.
>> They were without question the most FUN band in L.A. to see and dance to, a
>> modern version of the old Ray Charles band, with a horn section and great
>> players. And Billy himself was just the best -- great guy, great voice,
>> great songwriter, and fun.
>>
>> Anyway, he and his band were known around L.A., but their only album was
>> long out of print and they were just gettin' by on club dates, and then a
>> TV producer caught their act, loved it, and decided that one of Billy's
>> songs would be perfect as the soundtrack behind key romantic moments
>> between Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan on the TV show "Family Ties."
>>
>> The song, and the album it was on, had been out of print for several
>> years. But after the broadcast of the show fans were clamoring for it so
>> much that Rhino Records acquired the rights and released a "Best of Billy
>> and the Beaters" album, and the song itself ("At This Moment") shot to #1
>> on the national charts and stayed there for 15 weeks.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4odHVfF5E
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[steve.sundur]

Barry,
  
 I feel I must mention this before the close of the year.
  
 Best Advice of the Year on FFL, bar none, was from Share to Judy, "Judy, it's 
just a chat room"
  
 Can you imagine how transformative that would be if Judy could take that to 
heart?

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[steve.sundur]

Thanks Bob, I feel fortunate to be able spend time with family in a special 
place doing fun activities.
  
 First, I do enjoy Richard's writing style.  Now, I know that has nothing to do 
with content, but style points do count for me.
  
 Second, it has been my observation that some edge has been taken off his 
comments*, and  because of this, it has made him more readable.
  
 Third, I find Judy to have an overbearing style, lacking tact and the 
inability, (purposely or unaware) ignoring nuance.  And so, when Richard 
attacks her on these fronts, I find it humorous.
  
 As for his content, I enjoy some of the pictures and situations he describes.  
I also find some of his links interesting, but I typically don't have the time 
to click on them.
  
 That's the best I can do.
  
 I hope your daughter is doing well.  I am immensely enjoying skiing with mine. 
 
  
 * Certainly Richards comments to Judy have edge.  Please see item three.
  
  

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Buddha

[Richard Williams]

Woven cadences as a subtle map for the inner journey.

[image: Inline image 1]

There is no path, no steps on a path, and 'concentration' is not a way to
transcend, according to the Maharishi and Sri Buddha. Transcending is a
middle way between relative and absolute, called subtle by the wise, a
state of non-cognition, obtained through effortless experience of the
non-ideational nature of mantric devices. TMers do not extremely avoid
thoughts during meditation, nor do they cling to them, neither do they
concentrate on their mantra. Thus the TMers avoid extremes; but they do not
extremely avoid extremes.

Says Maharishi: "When consciousness of outside objects begins to be lost,
one should not begin to mourn its loss."

The 'Four Truths' as expressed by Sri Buddha, called Gotama, are not four
principles, but merely one principle, with four statements asserted about
it. According to A. J. Bahm, the principle is "Desire for what will not be
attained ends in frustration; therefore to avoid frustration, avoid
desiring what will not be attained." The four statements: (1) Unhappiness
consists in frustration (dissatisfaction, anxiety). (2) It originates in
desiring what will not be attained. (3) It ceases when one ceases to desire
what will not be attained. (4) The method is to seek the middle way between
wanting things to be more than they are or less than they are with respect
to any way that they are.

Says Bahm: "If this be Gotama's doctrine, surely we are all followers of
Gotama, assenting to the truth of his principle, even if, unhappily, we
fail to practise it to perfection." Unfortunately for doctrinal simplicity,
the 'Four Truths' have received other formulations, even in the Pitakas
themselves. Consider the now-common formula: 'All is suffering, because all
is impermanent. The cause of suffering is desire. The way to remove
suffering is to remove desire. The way to remove desire is to follow the
Eight-Fold Path.'

Although it is clear, notes Bahm, that Gotama intended his principle to be
a universal solution to a universal problem ('All is suffering' meaning
that people normally always desire more than they will attain, at least in
some degree), the explanation, 'because all is impermanent', appears to be
the work of other minds. The importance of the role which this doctrine has
played in Buddhist history does not permit it to be lightly cast aside. Yet
certain persisting inconsistencies continue to call for more suitable
explanation.

Asks Bahm: "If all is impermanent, is impermanence impermanent, is the
doctrine of impermanence impermanent, is dhamma (Gotama's doctrine)
impermanent? If attachment to the permanent is extreme, should one seek
permanent non-attachment? If self is impermanent, what is it that reaps
karmic rewards, that is reborn, that continues through the eight steps,
through the jhanas, or in nirvana?"

Such inconsistencies disappear when the doctrine of impermanence is treated
as an example of 'greed for views', and subordinated to Gotama's principle
of the Middle Way: desire neither more permanence nor impermanence than you
are going to get. Gotama's view is not that all is suffering because all is
impermanent. Rather it is that all is suffering (i.e., all are frustrated
because they desire more than will be attained), and this holds true
regardless of whether all is permanent, all is impermanent, or both, or
neither. Although the doctrine of impermanence, together with the no-soul
doctrine, is profusely expressed in the Pitakas, especially in the third or
Abhidhamma Pitaka, and accepted as orthodox by Theravadins, it not only is
inconsistent with Gotama's central principle of the Middle Way, but is
explicitly denied in other quotations from Gotama, according to Bahm.

His answer to the question 'Is all impermanent?' is the same as to the
question 'Is the world eternal (permanent)?' cited above. To it he would
give no definite answer because doing so would be not only seeking, but
claiming to have achieved, more certainty than could be attained. Hence the
commonly-accepted statement of the first of the 'Four Truths' was rejected
by Gotama, not in the sense that he claims that all, or anything, is
permanent, but in the sense that he refused to assert either that anything
is or is not impermanent.

Did Gotama deny the existence of the metaphysical? No. 'These things do
exist and there are those who can see them; and consequently he would be
wrong in saying they were non-existent merely because he could not see
them.' (Further Dialogues of the Buddha, Vol. II, p. 115. Tr. Lord
Chalmers, Oxford University Press, London, 1927.) Did he deny that
metaphysical problems could ever be solved? No. To deny the possibility of
solution would itself involve drawing inferences about the metaphysical and
desiring more certainty regarding the truth of such denial than can
reasonably be attained.

Did he himself discuss such metaphysical problems? Yes, for when such
problems were presented to him by peop

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[steve.sundur]

Judy,
  
 What may escape you is that the content of your posts are mostly the same.  
So, in that manner the quantity doesn't matter.  Whether you take a look at 
number one, or number 20 or number 150 of your posts, it is the same content.  
And unfortunately, not particularly interesting, except in some instances.
  
 I find Richard to be pretty entertaining and informative.  Now, I know what 
that does to you, but it may be something you need to live with. 
  
  

[FairfieldLife] All About Zen

[Richard Williams]

[image: Inline image 2]
Bodhidharma


It's all about wall gazing, mental activity cessation, and rounding. Like a
Bodhidarma (Jap. Daruma) of old MMY brought TM-Sidhis to the West, as did
the Daruma who took Dhyan pu-kuan to China. One brown-eyed, the other blue,
both bearded, sitting quietly facing a wall. Legend has it that the
Bodhidharma was invited to China by the Emperor Wu who inquired:

"Given all that I have done for Buddhism in China, what merit have I
earned?" Bodhidharma answered, "None whatsoever." The emperor was stunned
but pressed on, "What is the most important principle of Buddhism?" This
second question Bodhidharma reportedly answered by saying, "Vast emptiness.
Nothing holy."

According to this legend, Bodhidharma then crossed the Yangtze River and
went to the Shao-lin Temple on Mt. Sung, where the Bodhidharma sat in deep
meditation, facing a wall, for nine years, thereby inventing what is called
pu-kuan, or "wall gazing" thus becoming the founder of the Zen sect of
Buddhism, and the first patriarch of the Dhyana school in China. In
addition, the Bodhidharma, apparently in his spare time, invented Kung Fu,
in order to provide adequate physical exercise via rounding.

According to the 'Records of the Transmission of the Lamp', a student once
asked Bodhidharma, "Master, I have not found peace of mind." Bodhidharma
replied, "Bring me your mind and I will pacify it for you." The student was
silent. "There," said Bodhidharma, "I have pacified it for you." This story
illustrates the concept of the mind as a perceiver, a witness, something
that cannot be itself subject to analysis.

The mind cannot examine itself, and since the mind cannot become an object
of its own perception, its existence can only be understood intuitively
through the practice of introspection.

Says Bodhidharma:

"A special transmission outside the sutras; no reliance upon words and
letters; direct pointing to the very mind of man; seeing into one's own
nature."

Works cited:

'Records of the Transmission of the Lamp'
Translated by D.T. Suzuki
'Essays in Zen Buddhism'
Grove Press, 1961

Other titles of interest:

'The Zen Experience'
by Thomas Hoover

'A History of Zen Buddhism'
by Heinrich Dumoulin

[FairfieldLife] Re: All About Shankara

[Richard Williams]

According to Shankara, scriptural knowledge of the Vedas (vidya) concerning
the nature of the Being vis a vis the conditioned state, can bring one to a
state of liberation (moksha) that is, freedom from suffering. However, in
this day and age hardly anyone can read and understand the Sanskrit
scriptures and there are only a few teachers for the millions of
individuals.

That being so, the only way that people can reach enlightenment in this age
of ignorance is to sit down and relax, trust in your own karma and  pursue
the path of karma yoga, doing good deeds in this life through actions
without attachment to the fruits of those actions.

Or, one can accept the religious life serving the Lord (Ishvara).

Or, one can adopt the attitude of the skeptic, doubting everything.

Or become a nihilist, believing that nothing can be known; not an option.

There is very little that we can actually know through our intellect or the
senses. Most of our knowledge comes through hearing, seeing, or observing,
and feeling and we accept these as a valid means of knowledge. Sense
perception and verbal testimony we observe that the material world exhibits
change and growth through change.

Based on these observations we note a certain order in creation and we
*infer* that there must be an intelligent agent. After all, it is a fact
that something does not come out of nothing; only a creation based on
intelligence would exhibit an orderly pattern of growth and dissolution
repeated over time.

According to Vasubandhu, the famous Vajrayana logician and the founder of
the "Consciousness Only" (Yogacara) school in India, we can never "know"
the transcendental state through the intellect (buddhi). This essentially
agrees with Immanuel Kant  who wrote a "Critique on Pure Reason" in the
nineteenth century.

For Vasubandhu, consciousness itself is the Ultimate Reality; but
consciousness itself is not composed of things-in-themselves or discreet
elements such as individual soul monads (jivas), or physical matter that is
created once in time and then born about and replicated by an outside force
or power. There is a reason things happen the way they do; events are
caused based on the law of action-reaction. There are no chance events.

But, there is a more fundamental question that we must ask ourselves before
we can inquire about a valid means of knowledge and the nature of Reality.
The question is: are we free or bound? If free, there is no need for
scriptures or spiritual teachers. But, if we *are* bound, by what *means*
are we to free ourselves?

The emphasis in our life should be on the *means* to gain freedom and not
the why of our bondage. In a famous simile, the Buddha noted that when an
individual is impaled by an arrow, we don't usually inquire as to the
nature of the object; the angle of the arrow's penetration; its speed upon
entry; or from whence direction it came; or the name, family, and
occupation of the shooter; or if the arrow was constructed of wood, bamboo,
or reed: we just call a physician and have the offending object removed.

According to Shakya the Muni, this life is marked by suffering, (samsara).
Kapila and Patanjali agree with this. Based on this mark, the historical
Buddha formulated an Eighttfold Path leading to liberation from the round
of becoming. In ancient India this was called yoga, that is, immortality
and  freedom, and was developed as a way to free oneself from suffering,
not by the grace of a creator God or through the machinations of a
demiurge, but by the sheer efforts of the individual based on his or her
own willpower.

The idea that man can liberate himself through his own initiative (yoga) is
the great contribution of the sages of Mother India.Yoga philosophy does
not agree with the idea of fate or predestination, rather it is based on
volition, action (karma), and the principle that if one person can achieve
freedom, then so can another:  a man is the measure of men.

We do not *know* that there is a state of liberation, based on our own
individual reason, logic, or on our intellect (buddhi). But, we can observe
and conclude such by noticing the actions, or not, of others and by
following their instructions. In the final analysis, only when *you
yourself* have observed and acted, and found such to be true, will you ever
truly know whether you as an individual transcends the various sheaths
(koshas) or not.


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Richard J. Williams
wrote:

> According to what I've read, to Adi Shankara, God, the Supreme Cosmic
> Spirit or Brahman (pronounced as brahman; nominative singular Brahma,
> pronounced as brahma, is the One, the whole and the only reality. The
> transcendental or the Pa-rama-rthika level in which Brahman is the only
> reality and nothing else.
>
> "Adi Shankara claims that the world is not absolutely false. It appears
> false only when compared to Brahman."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta
>

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[s3raphita]

Re the Wiki quote about under-age virgins being a source of longevity, I said: 
"If you believed the following you'd be well advised to keep it as part of the 
secret oral traditions!".
 I was just being cute. I'm sure there is a lot in left-hand tantra and 
traditional Taoist teaching that is strictly under-the-counter these days as 
western mores are now so dominant no one wants to attract unwelcome publicity.  
 

 Re Share's "Which coital positions are most beneficial for which particular 
ailments. Really a blessing to have such knowledge as one ages.": 
 Having sex because it's prescribed for you! Where's the passion? There's a 
British chain of shops selling toys for very young children called The Early 
Learning Centre. The name always annoys me when I pass one of their stores. 
Can't kids and adults just play?
 

 Re Bhairitu "Muktananda's prediction was that humans would shrink to the size 
of a rat and have sex all the time.": 
 Sounds like a projection of the little man's unconscious hang-ups. 

 Re "Perhaps you want to see "swinger parties" in the streets?"; reminds me of 
The Beatles "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" McCartney wrote the song after 
seeing two monkeys mating in the street while on retreat in Rishikesh with MMY. 
John Lennon was pissed because he realised everyone would assume that he (John) 
had written it and not Paul. That's just what I did assume when I listened to 
it on the White Album. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmcconvY02Y 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmcconvY02Y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Bhairitu]

Look up the French Revolution and the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Anarchy is the ideal form of democracy.  Everyone is at the same level.  
But after a while people want to offload running things on someone else 
so hierarchies begin to appear.


On 12/28/2013 02:07 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:


On 12/28/2013 3:24 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
> Upheaval this coming year in the US is very likely because all they
> did in 2008 was slap a band aid on the economic problem. The wound
> now has festered and little or nothing can be done to fix it. People
> are going to be screwed and more forced into poverty while that tiny,
> tiny percentage of rich punks make out like bandits (I think we should
> do something about that).
There's probably never in the history of the world that there has been a
revolution based on poverty. Most revolutions are the result of
political or religious ideology, not economics. It's pretty difficult to
be revolutionary when you are broke and hungry because you can't even
afford ammunition to fight with.

And, a revolution based on economics would hardly be an improvement
anyway - any group that gets power is not going to want to share that
power with the people. There's always going to be an underdog and a
ruler, unless you're thinking there is going to be a heaven on earth.
The American ideal is the closest the world has ever come to an
egalitarian society based on freedom of the individual to indulge in a
free market enterprise. You're not going to get that from communism,
socialism, or a combination of these as long as there is an authetarian
regime in power.

And, certainly you're not going to get a free society as long as there
is inequality based on forced governance. The only recourse you have for
change is through a democratic process. And anarchy would not solve any
of our social problems in a modern world - it would just bring chaos.

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

[Share Long]

Richard, thank you, I like this perspective very much and only hope I can 
remember it the next time I see a windmill.





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:38 PM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:
 
  
On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, Share Long wrote:
> Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are big in Iowa 
> because it is a very windy state and there's lots of open land for 
> placing them. it would be cool if someone could figure out how to make 
> them more scenic (-:
What you have to do Share, is a turning about in the seat of your 
consciousness. Every time you see that big wind mill turning in the sky, 
just think of it as a degree towards total U.S. energy independence. We 
are 70% there already, and with clean coal technology, the Bakken and 
Eagle Ford shale, and some nuclear energy, we won't have to send our 
boys and girls over to the Middle East anymore. So, every time that 
blade turns, think of it a an American life saved. When you do that, a 
wind farm looks like a very beautiful sight!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 3:24 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
> Upheaval this coming year in the US is very likely because all they 
> did in 2008 was slap a band aid on the economic problem.  The wound 
> now has festered and little or nothing can be done to fix it.  People 
> are going to be screwed and more forced into poverty while that tiny, 
> tiny percentage of rich punks make out like bandits (I think we should 
> do something about that).
There's probably never in the history of the world that there has been a 
revolution based on poverty. Most revolutions are the result of 
political or religious ideology, not economics. It's pretty difficult to 
be revolutionary when you are broke and hungry because you can't even 
afford ammunition to fight with.

And, a revolution based on economics would hardly be an improvement 
anyway - any group that gets power is not going to want to share that 
power with the people. There's always going to be an underdog and a 
ruler, unless you're thinking there is going to be a heaven on earth. 
The American ideal is the closest the world has ever come to an 
egalitarian society based on freedom of the individual to indulge in a 
free market enterprise. You're not going to get that from communism, 
socialism, or a combination of these as long as there is an authetarian 
regime in power.

And, certainly you're not going to get a free society as long as there 
is inequality based on forced governance. The only recourse you have for 
change is through a democratic process. And anarchy would not solve any 
of our social problems in a modern world - it would just bring chaos.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[Share Long]

emptybill, the people who created those gorgeous frescoes. Where are they now? 
The people who created such an amazing structure. Are they really gone forever? 





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 2:03 PM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Better than a painting is this:

http://www.700mountains.org/2012/08/the-divine-meteora-of-greece/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Bhairitu]

Upheaval this coming year in the US is very likely because all they did 
in 2008 was slap a band aid on the economic problem.  The wound now has 
festered and little or nothing can be done to fix it.  People are going 
to be screwed and more forced into poverty while that tiny, tiny 
percentage of rich punks make out like bandits (I think we should do 
something about that).


There are books of some of the Palm horoscopes.  What I noted was there 
is no ascendant so it is pretty much planetary significations.  However 
one that pretty much had my planetary configuration did a fair job in 
describing how my life.  Sorry but free will probably really doesn't 
exist and our lives are just patterns played out.  Divination can give 
you a hint about how it will go.


On 12/28/2013 11:05 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1tvy25/palm_leaf_library_that_tells_the_future_predicts/ 

[FairfieldLife] Ten People, Groups, and Countries Thrown Under Obama's Bus in 2013

[emptybill]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/27/Ten-People-Groups-and-Countries-Thrown-Under-Obamas-Bus-in-2013
 
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/27/Ten-People-Groups-and-Countries-Thrown-Under-Obamas-Bus-in-2013

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/28/2013 12:52 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
 
 Bob, don't give up on me--I want to watch some of the videos you've posted for 
me before responding to our latest round, but I haven't had time to do that 
yet. I'm hoping I can manage it this evening. I think this may be considered 
pandering on news forums. Without a short description of the content of the 
link, you might want to think twice about clicking on it. It's considered to be 
bad form to just post a link without making a single comment on what the link 
is about. But, you already knew this.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odd8Zdhuj9o 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odd8Zdhuj9o
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Revelation and Conversion

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/28/2013 12:29 PM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8dGtyhSHk 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8dGtyhSHk This is supposed to be a family 
oriented forum, Bob. If you want to get immediately banned, I wouldn't post any 
links to pornography. Rick and Alex have a zero tolerance for posting porn or 
links to porn of any kind. So, be warned.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Posting Limits

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/28/2013 12:22 PM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
   Richard Macro (#39)  
 How's the book coming?
 You've been reading it, Bob, or maybe not. Go figure.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv5B71KmkA 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv5B71KmkA
 
 
 
 
 You are supposed to read the messages here BEFORE you post your comment, Bob.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXKT5RhJf8 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXKT5RhJf8
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] When Barry Met Richard

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/28/2013 12:18 PM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKwpkUNNrA 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKwpkUNNrA 
 I already told you, Bob, I'm not gay.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9cTQ1ZRdbw 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9cTQ1ZRdbw
 

[FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?

[cardemaister]

http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/ 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/


Q: When did you learn the TM technique?

Ian: I learned TM in college in 1994. It was a high-pressure environment, and 
TM helped me focus, discover what I really loved to study, and dramatically 
improved my health.

Jenny: I learned TM in 2007. I had wanted to meditate ever since I started 
yoga. I felt like something was missing in my practice. I tried so many 
different types of meditation, but I always felt restless, always looking at my 
watch, very antsy. It was very frustrating to me that I wasn’t able to meditate.

When I met Ian, he told me that the TM technique was easy, but I didn’t believe 
him. Then one day I met a TM teacher, and I felt so calm just being in her 
presence that I sensed TM could also bring that experience for me.

The moment I learned TM it was like falling in love. I felt like I had been a 
seeker before, and suddenly I was a knower. I was so grateful for that 
experience of transcending, after looking so long for a deeper experience of 
consciousness.
- See more at: 
http://www.tm.org/blog/yoga/power-of-yoga-and-transcendence/#sthash.zkNVJh5s.dpuf

[FairfieldLife] HSN!

[cardemaister]

https://www.facebook.com/HaarpStatusNetwork

Re: [FairfieldLife] Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 1:05 PM, Duveyoung wrote:

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1tvy25/palm_leaf_library_that_tells_the_future_predicts/
Thanks for the link, Ed, but I don't participate or read anything on 
Reddit anymore - it's too rough over there for me and I don't get any 
pleasure out of watching people smear each other anymore. I get enough 
of that here on FFL. Maybe if you would post some comments of your own I 
might make an exception, but I doubt it.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[emptybill]

Better than a painting is this:
 

 
 http://www.700mountains.org/2012/08/the-divine-meteora-of-greece/ 
http://www.700mountains.org/2012/08/the-divine-meteora-of-greece/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 12:52 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*Bob, don't give up on me--I want to watch some of the videos you've 
posted for me before responding to our latest round, but I haven't had 
time to do that yet. I'm hoping I can manage it this evening.*
I think this may be considered pandering on news forums. Without a short 
description of the content of the link, you might want to think twice 
about clicking on it. It's considered to be bad form to just post a link 
without making a single comment on what the link is about. But, you 
already knew this.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Revelation and Conversion

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 12:29 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8dGtyhSHk

This is supposed to be a family oriented forum, Bob. If you want to get 
immediately banned, I wouldn't post any links to pornography. Rick and 
Alex have a zero tolerance for posting porn or links to porn of any 
kind. So, be warned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Posting Limits

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 12:22 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:

/Richard Macro (#39)/


//

/How's the book coming?/


You've been reading it, Bob, or maybe not. Go figure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv5B71KmkA



You are supposed to read the messages here BEFORE you post your comment, 
Bob.

Re: [FairfieldLife] When Barry Met Richard

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 12:18 PM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKwpkUNNrA


I already told you, Bob, I'm not gay.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 11:42 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
*You know, empty, in some cases when someone tells a malicious lie 
about you and you refute it, it's not about your need to be seen in a 
certain way but rather about exposing the malice of the liar. And the 
liars who try to suggest the former (e.g., Barry) are the ones who 
don't want to be seen a certain way*
A parody can be untrue if you interpret it that way, and sometimes irony 
can be seen as a lie. It's all in the mind of the beholder. You might 
disagree with someone's opinion, and that's your right, but it is wrong 
of you to think of somebody's opinion as malicious, even if you think it 
was directed at you. It's probably not at all healthy for you to remain 
in this state - you're not going to resolve a dispute by posting to a 
chat room - many times you are just going to make thinks worse. That's 
what I think.

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, Share Long wrote:
> Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are big in Iowa 
> because it is a very windy state and there's lots of open land for 
> placing them. it would be cool if someone could figure out how to make 
> them more scenic (-:
What you have to do Share, is a turning about in the seat of your 
consciousness. Every time you see that big wind mill turning in the sky, 
just think of it as a degree towards total U.S. energy independence. We 
are 70% there already, and with clean coal technology, the Bakken and 
Eagle Ford shale, and some nuclear energy, we won't have to send our 
boys and girls over to the Middle East anymore. So, every time that 
blade turns, think of it a an American life saved. When you do that, a 
wind farm looks like a very beautiful sight!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


<< Re the herbs: in this day of the internet I'd imagine you could 
locate the secret recipe used by your herbalist to the stars. A Google 
came up with the following Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient: goat penis. 
Let me know if that boosts your sex life. >>



That /is/ Barry's sex life. ;-)

In the old days, this remark might have sounded impressive. But, at some 
point you have to consider your target audience, Judy.


The consensus around here now seems to be in the TMers favor. Times 
change, and now that we have hardly any anti-Tmers to contend with - it 
may be that you've served your purpose on this discussion group. You did 
a fine job in the old days, but these days you're just not adding much 
to the conversation.


We've almost run out of things to talk about and the things we do talk 
about you don't seem to be at all interested in. Robin, Curtis, and Vaj 
are all long gone, so it's not as if there was much for you to do around 
here anymore - just a little cleanup is all it's going to take to sort 
out MJ and Ann.


Maybe it's time for you to take break from posting, then in a year or 
two, return here when you've got something interesting to post or a 
cogent comment to make - at present you seem to have neither. How long 
do think you can go on posting one-line macros that consist of mean and 
snarky remarks about the TMers here? It's almost like you've become an 
anti-TMer yourself in your old age. Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Best News Bloopers in 2013

[jr_esq]

Share,
 

 That's probably what people think about most of the time.  :)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[authfriend]

<<  Which is, as it has always been, converting light energy to chemical energy 
via photosynthesis so that palm trees can take advantage of it. >>

 

 Probably not after they're no longer on the tree...
 

 >> Any other uses for them are a human invention, and not worth the palm 
 >> leaves they are printed on. :-) >>
 

 Sure would have been nice to have had that prediction about 9/11, though.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 10:36 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
*/It's almost as if the people focusing on other people and their 
long-standing grudges against them so much that they don't have any 
lives of their own. Almost. /*

*/
/*
* I don't respect any of you as thinking, feeling or courageous human 
beings. It's that simple.

*
Look, Ann, we got rid of your cult leader a long time ago and we don't 
need you to take up the slack for Judy - it's old news about Barry. All 
we're concerned about now is what any of us are doing to make this group 
a better place to discuss the mechanics of consciousness. I'll be saying 
the same thing to Judy: thanks for all your help - but we're grown up 
now and don't need any baby sitters anymore to tell us what to do. Your 
whole reason for being here is finished - all you're doing now is being 
a pest and trying to block the free flow of information.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 Bob, don't give up on me--I want to watch some of the videos you've posted for 
me before responding to our latest round, but I haven't had time to do that 
yet. I'm hoping I can manage it this evening.
 

 
 Thanks Judy, I'm looking forward to your response. 
 

 In the meantime, I'm enjoying your other posts very much. ;-)

 

 You'll notice I shamelessly appropriated your Uriah Heep observation, IMO - 
the most astute observation of the year (possibly the decade). Smile. 

 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[TurquoiseB]

Which is, as it has always been, converting light energy to chemical
energy via photosynthesis so that palm trees can take advantage of it.
Any other uses for them are a human invention, and not worth the palm
leaves they are printed on. :-)

[FairfieldLife] MGF Chat 24 December 2013 – A message from Raja Luis on Christmas Eve

[Dick Mays]

Forwarded from: Maharishi's Global Family Chat 
Subject: [Update] MGF Chat 24 December 2013 – A message from Raja Luis on 
Christmas Eve
Date: December 28, 2013 11:15:46 AM CST
To: "Richard Mays" 

 

Maharishi’s Global Family Chat
24 December 2013
Video archives |Summary online

A message from Raja Luis on Christmas Eve 
‘a time of warmth in the hearts of so many around world’ 
Raja Luis gave a thrilling roundup of news from a number of countries in Latin 
America.

Mexico reaches a new stage in the creation of invincibility and world peace. 
A New York Times article reflects the enormous changes taking place in Ciudade 
Juarez, Mexico, which used to be the murder capital. Now there are so many 
positive tendencies, but the government and police still don’t know what is 
going on, what is causing the change.

CLICK to read the article.



Raja Luis said, We see this as a gift from Maharishi – even under the most 
difficult conditions, a small part of the population functioning from the 
unified field of consciousness, and all that was not possible starts to happen. 
There is a new breath in every part of the city and the population. This 
influence comes with the expansion of projects in Mexico. Oaxaca has reached a 
new stage with everyone around the world helping us. We are now almost in a 
position to have 24,000 Yogic Flyers in a stable situation, which will have a 
very great influence around the world.

The feeling of this year is that many places where there were toxic influences 
have changed completely and become nectar. It is the same with Father Mejia, 
who takes young people from the most difficult situations in life, and they not 
only become happy themselves, but they also become centres of positive 
transformation for their cities and country. It is a real experience of 
fullness of life for everyone.

Caribbean
In Curacao, which Dr Morris visited recently, the University of Latin America 
and the Caribbean has been launched. Drs Alarik and Cynthia Arenander gave a 
course for many people, and in this year of cardiovascular health and the 
American Heart Association’s official statement on the effectiveness of 
Transcendental Meditation, the Minister of Health of Curacao has inaugurated a 
programme for prevention of disease that includes Transcendental Meditation.



Monte Alban 
One year ago we were celebrating with the 9,000 Yogic Flyers, wondering what 
would happen, and what has happened is that 9,000 became 24,000!



Andean countries
Raja Luis expressed deep gratitude to all the army leaders giving a chance for 
invincibility, which is also the message of Christmas. Invincibility is new 
knowledge for the army, learning transcending and Yogic Flying, and becoming a 
profession to protect society through invincibility.

This year saw the increase of Maharishi’s programmes in schools, the army, 
navy, and air force, especially the education units of mainly the Andean 
countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia.




Meditating groups in Ecuador

Brazil
Next year Brazil will be the centre of world attention for the World Cup and 
other events. Raja Luis expressed deepest congratulations to Joan Roura, Sara 
Ponde and others who have developed a number of programmes including the very 
large number of public schools where Transcendental Meditation teachers have 
the right to remuneration and funding. On top of that comes the precious news 
of Joan Roura working with Raja Michael and establishing a research programme 
for 3,500 school students in Rio, which will be enough Yogic Flyers for the 
population of Brazil. There was a need for funding, which was presented to 
President Dilma of Brazil, who in turn presented it to the appropriate 
Minister, and it was approved.

In the army and military police 5,000, then 7,000, and then 11,000 officers are 
to be trained. 
The Sao Paolo Invincibility Centre is one of those teaching most per month, and 
the Meditators and Sidhas have come out to support all the work necessary for 
the next year to be successful as Brazil is the centre of attention, and take 
Brazil to new level of invincibility and leadership in the world.


Conference Call with Raja Luis in Brazil’s Invincibility Centers


TM-Sidhi Group Graduation Ceremony in Sao Paulo

Peru, Puno
Collegio Prescott was the first school to start our programme many years ago, 
and now it wants to be a Maharishi School. It is in Puno, at almost 4,000m 
altitude, near Lake Titicaca. Peru has grown a lot this year as the Yogic 
Flying programme is consolidating more and more. Peru is now second in economic 
development in Latin America, most of those who were in poverty have come out, 
and unemployment has reduced. How precious this programme is – such wonderful 
things it can do. Congratulations to those creating this effect, teaching 
Maharishi’s programmes.

National Director Javier Ortiz Cabrejos with the group in Puno, Peru

Argentina
There was some difficulty getting govern

[FairfieldLife] Palm leaves are still out there doing their job.

[Duveyoung]

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1tvy25/palm_leaf_library_that_tells_the_future_predicts/
 
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1tvy25/palm_leaf_library_that_tells_the_future_predicts/

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[authfriend]

Bob, don't give up on me--I want to watch some of the videos you've posted for 
me before responding to our latest round, but I haven't had time to do that 
yet. I'm hoping I can manage it this evening.
 

 In the meantime, I'm enjoying your other posts very much. ;-)

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 Is there really much difference between 150 posts a week and 250?  I'm not 
sure that there is.  But if you want to keep score, I would bet that more of 
Richard's posts deal with original content than what we are seeing from you.  
Just say'n.
 

 Steve,
 

 Thank you for the link to your travel images, I enjoy reading about your trips 
with your family. As I've mentioned in the past, I also enjoy your humour and 
wish you'd post more.
 

 
 Could you expand a little on your statement about Richard, I'd like to know 
more about what you've learned from his "original content".

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Revelation and Conversion

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/27/2013 11:32 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
 Have you consulted council about legal jeopardy you could face for copyright 
infringement with your vanity publishing project; FYI:
 
 "Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by 
copyright law to the author of a creative work. In the United States copyright 
law, fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material 
without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use 
include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, 
research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship."
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8dGtyhSHk 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8dGtyhSHk
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Posting Limits

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/27/2013 11:44 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
 Richard Macro (#39)
  
 How's the book coming?
 You've been reading it, Bob, or maybe not. Go figure.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv5B71KmkA 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv5B71KmkA
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] When Barry Met Richard

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 On 12/26/2013 11:52 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote:
 
 they both believe their PCs' are desirable substitutes for companions with 
heartbeats "What do ya wanna to do? Wanna be hackers? Cold crackers? Slackers? 
Wastin' time with all the chat-room yakkers; nine to five chillin' at Hewlet 
Packard. Wanna run with my crew, huh? Through cyber space and crunch numbers 
like I do. They call me the king of the spreadsheets; got 'em all printed out 
on my bedsheets. 
 
 My new computer's got the clocks; it rocks. But it was obsolete before I 
opened the box. You say you've had your desktop for over a week? Throw that 
junk away, man, it's an antique. Your laptop is a month old? Well, that's 
great, if you can use a nice, heavy, paper-weight. My digital media is write 
protected, every volumn inspected, no viruses detected. I beta-tested every 
operatin' system, gave ops to some, on others I dised 'em. 
 
 While your computers crashin', mine's multi-taskin'. Got a flat screen 
monitor, forty inches wide; I believe your's says etch-a-sketch on the side. In 
a 32-bit world, you're a two bit user; you've got your own newsgroup - all 
total losers. You're motherboard melts, when you try to send a fax; where'd you 
get that CPU? In a box of Cracker Jacks?
 
 What do ya wanna to do? Wanna be hackers? Cold crackers? Slackers? Wastin' 
time with all the chat-room yakkers; nine to five chillin' at Hewlet Packard. 
What?"
 
 'Its All About the Pentiums'
 by Weird Al Yankovich
 From the CD 'Running With Scissors'
 http://youtu.be/qpMvS1Q1sos http://youtu.be/qpMvS1Q1sos
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKwpkUNNrA 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKwpkUNNrA
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Revelation and Conversion

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 Richard, you are just a really nice guy! Anyway, I hope you're noticing that 
Bob is often putting little comments along with his links now as you requested. 
I admit I'm still not opening those links because I still don't get his sense 
of humor. But I'm sure it's good. Bob's your uncle!
 

 *Bob's your uncle* is a phrase my British SO of 15 years taught me. It means 
something like: and there you have it or that's that! In Iowa City there's a 
local pizza chain called Bob's Your Uncle. Cute!
 

 Like if your were teaching someone how to create a macro, at the very end 
instead of saying *and there you have it* you'd say: Bob's your uncle!
 

 I hope I got that right (-:

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkoQig6vSY 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkoQig6vSY

 
 
 On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:48 AM, Richard J. Williams  
wrote:
 
   
 It looks like Judy really took me seriously. LoL!
 
 Seriously, folks, I should have just kept my pile hole shut about Robin since 
he's no longer here, but I couldn't resist. My apologies to Robin who is not 
here to defend himself. But, Ann and Judy aren't doing a very good job of 
taking up for Robin. So, in his defense, I'd like to say that it was 
interesting reading all his posted messages. Compared to the usual Judy 
"macros" and one-liners  posted here y Ann, Robin seemed to have something he 
wanted to communicate to us. Some people do feel better when they have someone 
to talk to. So, Robin if you're reading this, it's nothing personal. Thanks for 
taking the time to post here. Seriously.
 
 On 12/27/2013 9:29 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
 
 As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken 
seriously. 
 
 
 << Ann seems to be quite gullible when it comes to coming under the spell of 
manipulators like Robin and Judy. Apparently she takes Robin very seriously - 
maybe Ann is still under some kind of trance-induction state. Most people get 
over such mind manipulation in a few months - for others it takes years. Ann 
seems to have come to this forum because Robin was posting here, but he's gone 
now, so it looks like Ann's new mind control leader is Judy. From what I've 
read here, it looks like Ann and Judy both came under Robin's spell - he 
manipulated them like a master. Go figure. >>
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Revelation and Conversion

[bobpriced]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 Richard, you are just a really nice guy! Anyway, I hope you're noticing that 
Bob is often putting little comments along with his links now as you requested. 
I admit I'm still not opening those links because I still don't get his sense 
of humor. But I'm sure it's good. Bob's your uncle!
 

 *Bob's your uncle* is a phrase my British SO of 15 years taught me. It means 
something like: and there you have it or that's that! In Iowa City there's a 
local pizza chain called Bob's Your Uncle. Cute!
 

 Like if your were teaching someone how to create a macro, at the very end 
instead of saying *and there you have it* you'd say: Bob's your uncle!
 

 I hope I got that right (-:

 
 
 On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:48 AM, Richard J. Williams  
wrote:
 
   
 It looks like Judy really took me seriously. LoL!
 
 Seriously, folks, I should have just kept my pile hole shut about Robin since 
he's no longer here, but I couldn't resist. My apologies to Robin who is not 
here to defend himself. But, Ann and Judy aren't doing a very good job of 
taking up for Robin. So, in his defense, I'd like to say that it was 
interesting reading all his posted messages. Compared to the usual Judy 
"macros" and one-liners  posted here y Ann, Robin seemed to have something he 
wanted to communicate to us. Some people do feel better when they have someone 
to talk to. So, Robin if you're reading this, it's nothing personal. Thanks for 
taking the time to post here. Seriously.
 
 On 12/27/2013 9:29 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
 
 As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken 
seriously. 
 
 
 << Ann seems to be quite gullible when it comes to coming under the spell of 
manipulators like Robin and Judy. Apparently she takes Robin very seriously - 
maybe Ann is still under some kind of trance-induction state. Most people get 
over such mind manipulation in a few months - for others it takes years. Ann 
seems to have come to this forum because Robin was posting here, but he's gone 
now, so it looks like Ann's new mind control leader is Judy. From what I've 
read here, it looks like Ann and Judy both came under Robin's spell - he 
manipulated them like a master. Go figure. >>
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Part 1- Vedic Sound and Brain Wave Coherence

[emptybill]

I find the inevitable sing-song TM mode of speaking to be difficult to 

 listen to for very long. It sounds so TM-robotic in presentation that I 
cringe. Apparently I've been out of the kool-aid loop too long.  

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[Share Long]

Emptybill, I sent the photo as a thanks for what you had posted about not 
posting (-:
Ok, here's another foetoe: http://i.imgur.com/hH79fKX.jpg




On Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:38 AM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Wasn't sent by me but it is a nice picture. 

Probably this staged photo was part of a $ deal 
with the money going to the monastery. However
since they seem to be Tibetan monks they proly
kept the $ for themselves. Why else risk falling?

[FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[authfriend]

You know, empty, in some cases when someone tells a malicious lie about you and 
you refute it, it's not about your need to be seen in a certain way but rather 
about exposing the malice of the liar. And the liars who try to suggest the 
former (e.g., Barry) are the ones who don't want to be seen a certain way
 

 

 

 In general I don't reply to the psucho-nuts.
 I basically don't care what they say to me or say about me.
 That is because they lack "standing". 

 I am not alone is consigning them to the class of people who are willfully 
engaged at being "outraged". 

 

 My advise is to realize that your need to be "seen" in a proper way is a 
weakness. People's attitudes change over time - sometimes 180 degrees. Abandon 
that need and you can communicate as you wish without concern for anyone else. 
 

 If you want to clarify something then do so but rest in the understanding that 
the hateful, malevolent thoughts they express are a form of violence you don't 
need to be involved in dealing with to protect yourself. 

 

 Sorry for the clunky syntax. Gotta run.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[emptybill]

Wasn't sent by me but it is a nice picture. 

Probably this staged photo was part of a $ deal 
with the money going to the monastery. However
since they seem to be Tibetan monks they proly
kept the $ for themselves. Why else risk falling?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

[Share Long]

If this was to me, emptybill, thank you.
beautiful photo of monks on a waterfall!
http://i.imgur.com/xqhqDY2.jpg





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:19 AM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
In general I don't reply to the psucho-nuts.
I basically don't care what they say to me or say about me.
That is because they lack "standing". 

I am not alone is consigning them to the class of people who are willfully 
engaged at being "outraged". 


My advise is to realize that your need to be "seen" in a proper way is a 
weakness. People's attitudes change over time - sometimes 180 degrees. Abandon 
that need and you can communicate as you wish without concern for anyone else. 

If you want to clarify something then do so but rest in the understanding that 
the hateful, malevolent thoughts they express are a form of violence you don't 
need to be involved in dealing with to protect yourself. 


Sorry for the clunky syntax. Gotta run.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New World

[Share Long]

The Tao of Sexology by Dr. Stephen Chang is a source of good info about all 
this. Among other topics he discusses which parts of the vagina and penis have 
meridian points associated with the different organ systems. Also which coital 
positions are most beneficial for which particular ailments. Really a blessing 
to have such knowledge as one ages. Not that anyone on FFL needs any of this 
info (-: 





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:03 AM, TurquoiseB  
wrote:
 
  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> Which "Chinese sex-yoga" tradition would that be? 
>  From Wiki: 
>  "Many Taoist practitioners link the loss of ejaculatory fluids to the loss 
> of vital life force: where excessive fluid loss results in premature aging, 
> disease, and general fatigue. While some Taoists contend that one should 
> never ejaculate, others provide a specific formula to determine the maximum 
> amount of regular ejaculations in order to maintain health. The general idea 
> is to limit the loss of fluids as much as possible to the level of your 
> desired practice. As these sexual practices were passed down over the 
> centuries, some practitioners have given less importance to the limiting of 
> ejaculation. Nevertheless, the "retention of the semen" is one of the 
> foundational tenets of Taoist sexual practice." 
> 
>  "Treasuring the jing involved sending it up into the brain. In order to send 
> the jing into the brain, the male had to refrain from ejaculation during sex. 
> According to some Taoists, if this was done, the jing would travel up the 
> spine and nourish the brain instead of leaving the body." 

This would be the opposite of anything I ever heard from any of the real tonic 
herbalists I met. I suspect that in this case Wikipedia has achieved the 
lowest-common-denominator, frog-in-a-blender reportage it's famous for. :-)

What do "Christians" believe about celibacy? The answer would depend on whether 
you asked Protestants or Catholics, yes? That's just two sects of a supposed 
religion. Taoism has thousands of sects. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New World

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> Which "Chinese sex-yoga" tradition would that be?
>  From Wiki:
>  "Many Taoist practitioners link the loss of ejaculatory fluids to the
loss of vital life force: where excessive fluid loss results in
premature aging, disease, and general fatigue. While some Taoists
contend that one should never ejaculate, others provide a specific
formula to determine the maximum amount of regular ejaculations in order
to maintain health. The general idea is to limit the loss of fluids as
much as possible to the level of your desired practice. As these sexual
practices were passed down over the centuries, some practitioners have
given less importance to the limiting of ejaculation. Nevertheless, the
"retention of the semen" is one of the foundational tenets of Taoist
sexual practice."
>
>  "Treasuring the jing involved sending it up into the brain. In order
to send the jing into the brain, the male had to refrain from
ejaculation during sex. According to some Taoists, if this was done, the
jing would travel up the spine and nourish the brain instead of leaving
the body."

This would be the opposite of anything I ever heard from any of the real
tonic herbalists I met. I suspect that in this case Wikipedia has
achieved the lowest-common-denominator, frog-in-a-blender reportage it's
famous for. :-)

What do "Christians" believe about celibacy? The answer would depend on
whether you asked Protestants or Catholics, yes? That's just two sects
of a supposed religion. Taoism has thousands of sects.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New World

[Bhairitu]

On 12/28/2013 05:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
>
> Seraph, some wise and ancient cultures also recognized that sex 
could be used to improve health and even to become enlightened. I 
guess karma determines whether one is born into a sex is bad culture 
or a sex is good culture!


*/For both s3raphita and Share, I know of at least one wise and 
ancient culture that believes that not only is sex healthy for you, 
the desire for it is a sure indicator of ill health.


I'm speaking about the study of the Chinese tonic herbs. Do not 
confuse tonic herbs with the larger study of herbology. There are over 
10,000 beneficial herbs known in the Chinese canon, but most of them 
are used to correct something specifically. For example, if you have 
high blood pressure, drink a certain herb tea. Your blood pressure 
will go down, but if you *keep* drinking the tea after it returns to 
normal, it will *keep* going down.


The tonic herbs have a different nature. Thousands of years of 
observation (and "seeing," if you believe in such things) have 
identified a few herbs that seem to be all about balance. Drink a 
tonic herb tea and your blood pressure will return to normal if you 
have high blood pressure, and the same thing will happen if you have 
low blood pressure. The tonic herbs are taken to bring one's body, 
mind, and spirit into greater harmony. The "curing" of what ails ya is 
just the side effect. That's the theory, anyway. I have some faith in 
it, having experienced the effects that a regimen of tonic herbs did 
for me once, back when I had greater access to them.


Anyway, the noted Chinese tonic herbalists in history are known for 
their longevity. Life spans of 100+ are more common than rare. And 
these guys and gals are sexual right to the very end. Some of the male 
herbal masters father children in their 90s or 100s.


When you are being examined by a tonic herb master, it's not all 
physical. Yes, they take pulse readings, as I understand some 
Ayurvedic physicians do. But they also take note of subtle body 
language (How do you walk? Are your shoulders slumped or not?), and 
they ask you questions about your mental state. What kinds of things 
does your mind tend to focus on? (Frequent thoughts of death are a big 
indicator of serious Yang deficiency and the possibility of actual 
death) And they ask about sex. Not only "Are you gettin' any?," but 
the more important from their point of view, "Are you even *thinking* 
about gettin' any?" If the answer to the latter question is "No," from 
the point of view of Chinese tonic herbalism, the person saying it is 
in ill health.


Anyway, back when I was taking such herbs regularly, I was able to do 
so because my best friend worked as an apprentice to one of the most 
famous Western practitioners of tonic herbalism. People from Asia 
would fly over to L.A. to consult with him, that's how famous he was. 
And his clientele contained a fair sample of the truly famous, as 
well. The Stones won't go on tour without a supply of his teas for 
everyone associated with the tour. Everyone, including the roadies. 
It's because they've found that the herbs tend to keep people well, 
and avoid absences due to colds or flue that could jeopardize the 
tour. The glitterati of L.A. used to flock to his home/shop to get 
special teas to improve their health, appearance, and...back to the 
subject of this thread...to enhance their sexual experience.


The herbalist in question sold aphrodiasics that are as close as I've 
ever encountered in this lifetime to "the real thing." I watched one 
Hollywood starlet have an orgasm while sitting at the tea bar after 
drinking her tea. Right out of "When Harry Met Sally," except that it 
was L.A. and no one noticed. :-) Men also came calling, naturally, 
seeking teas to improve both their potency and their sexual experience 
or their perceived virility onscreen or onstage.


I will not reveal any of their names other than the one who has 
granted permission to use it. Billy Idol has been a customer for 
years, because he feels that the teas enhance his...uh...stage 
presence. My friend was brewing up a batch of Billy's special tea one 
day, and wound up with "extra." He offered the last remaining cup in 
the pot to me. Being an ex-hippie and thus up for anything, I drank 
it. And thus I got to learn a great deal about that phrase "up for 
anything." I had to walk around with a woodie for two days. It was 
like being back in high school, but without a notebook to hold in 
front of you to disguise things.  :-)

/*



/*So your  favorite brew was "Horny Goat"? :-D

Ayurvedic practitioners take into account many of the same things.  Try 
a little Ashwaganda if you're not feeling "frisky" enough.


In fact some practitioners believe that Yin and Yang correlate to Kapha 
and Pitta while Vata is more of an emotional state.  Chinese medicine 
can be a bit less confusing than ayurveda and 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[s3raphita]

Which "Chinese sex-yoga" tradition would that be? 
 From Wiki:
 "Many Taoist practitioners link the loss of ejaculatory fluids to the loss of 
vital life force: where excessive fluid loss results in premature aging, 
disease, and general fatigue. While some Taoists contend that one should never 
ejaculate, others provide a specific formula to determine the maximum amount of 
regular ejaculations in order to maintain health. The general idea is to limit 
the loss of fluids as much as possible to the level of your desired practice. 
As these sexual practices were passed down over the centuries, some 
practitioners have given less importance to the limiting of ejaculation. 
Nevertheless, the "retention of the semen" is one of the foundational tenets of 
Taoist sexual practice."

 "Treasuring the jing involved sending it up into the brain. In order to send 
the jing into the brain, the male had to refrain from ejaculation during sex. 
According to some Taoists, if this was done, the jing would travel up the spine 
and nourish the brain instead of leaving the body." 
 

 There's also this passage. If you believed the following you'd be well advised 
to keep it as part of the secret oral traditions!
 "Some Ming Dynasty Taoists believed that one way for men to achieve longevity 
. . . is by having intercourse with young virgins. Taoist sexual books 
recommended sex with pre-menstruating virgins. Zhao Liangpi concludes that the 
ideal is a virgin just under 14 years of age and women older than 18 should be 
avoided."

Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its own

[Share Long]

Thanks for the useful info, Richard. Wind turbines are big in Iowa because it 
is a very windy state and there's lots of open land for placing them. it would 
be cool if someone could figure out how to make them more scenic (-:





On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:00 PM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:
 
  
The vast majority of research shows that wind turbines kill relatively few 
birds, at least compared with other man-made structures. Collisions with wind 
turbines account for about one-tenth of a percent of all unnatural bird deaths 
in the United States per year. And, of all bird deaths, 30 percent are due to 
natural causes, like baby birds falling from nests. 

Each year hundreds of millions of birds are killed by feral cats;
  power lines; windows; pesticides; automobiles; communication
  towers; while less than 10,000 - 40,000 birds are killed by wind
  turbines. According to what I've read, the scientific evidence
  shows that there is a negligible impacts on bird populations which
  "pales in comparison to the hundreds of millions that die from
  flying into buildings."

Read more:

'Do Wind Turbines Need a Rethink?'
Smithsonian:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/

On 12/27/2013 5:03 PM, Mike Dixon wrote:

  
>And they are killing hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, some 
>endangered, threatened or highly protected, like Eagles, Bald and Golden. Most 
>of these wind farms are located in major migratory flyways.
>
>
>
>From: Richard J. Williams 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 2:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] It's time for wind power to stand or fall on its 
>own
>
>  
>On 12/27/2013 2:03 PM, wgm4u wrote:
>
>The federal government should step aside and let the industry find its own 
>niche in the market.
Most wind farms in the U.S. are private industry. According to what I've read, 
wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed 
nameplate capacity of 12,212 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces 
the most wind power of any U.S. state. The expanding wind power market will 
help Texas meet its 2015 renewable energy goal of 5,000 new megawatts of power 
from renewable sources. It's a beautiful sight to see all those wind mills out 
by Dad's place near Abilene. "Large wind farms consist of hundreds of 
individual wind turbines which are connected to the electric power transmission 
network. For new constructions, onshore wind is an inexpensive source of 
electricity, competitive with or in many places cheaper than fossil fuel 
plants. Wind power, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, 
widely distributed, clean, produces no greenhouse gas emissions during 
operation and uses little
 land."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[Bhairitu]

On 12/27/2013 06:58 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:


 Re"The problem with having sex for fun is that people will wind up 
doing it all the time.":


That's a problem?!? Isn't a much bigger problem the amount of sexual 
discontent and frustration in the world? Those 9-11 whack-jobs who 
suicided out using the World Trade Center hated women!




Perhaps you want to see "swinger parties" in the streets?  There are TM 
"swinger" groups but don't ask be to hook you up with them. :-D



Re "Muktananda may have been right about the future of the human race.":

Well "Mucky" enjoyed having sex for fun with under-age girls. Is that 
his prediction for the future of humanity?




His prediction was that humans would shrink to the size of a rat and 
have sex all the time.  It's in one of his books.




The next step of this research will be to correct for genetic defects. 
Coming generations will consist of nothing but beautiful, intelligent, 
fulfilled people - as Huxley anticipated, only with hair that cascades 
back in slowmo like in the shampoo ads. Don't you feel  a twinge of envy?




No.  You should read Huxley's "Brave New World Revisited" or at least 
his opening of it.  The last time life was in balance (economically) was 
in the 1970s.  Then Raygun came along.

Re: [FairfieldLife] What Men Want to Do

[Share Long]

Another interesting article, Richard. It would be interesting though to know 
the average age of the respondents. I don't think my Dad would agree! he'll be 
86 at the end of February.





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 6:57 AM, Richard Williams  
wrote:
 
  
"For a long time, women have fought -- and are still fighting -- to overcome 
gender roles and expectations. However, it's important to remember that rigid 
ideas about what men and women "should" or "shouldn't" do isn't just bad for 
women."


Read more:

'11 'Girly' Things Men Wish They Could Do Without Judgment'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/reddit/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[awoelflebater]

 

---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}},  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote:
 >
> On 12/27/2013 10:41 PM, steve.sundur@... wrote:
> > Is there really much difference between 150 posts a week and 250? I'm 
> > not sure that there is. But if you want to keep score, I would bet 
> > that more of Richard's posts deal with original content than what we 
> > are seeing from you. Just say'n.
> 
> It only takes me about two or three minutes to read all the daily 
> messages posted to FFL. I get mine in email using Thunderbird, so they 
> come in sequentially for easy reading when I check my other mail. If 
> you're like Barry and read in Message View, it takes only about ten 
> seconds. There's hardly anything, anywhere to read about what TMers 
> are doing these days and the comings and goings of TMers.

 Exactly. There is no "here and now" there. 

It's almost as if the people focusing on other people and their long-standing 
grudges against them so much that they don't have any lives of their own. 
Almost. 
 

 Dear Barry. You have and you hold grudges. You have one against me and one 
against Judy and I am pretty sure you have a few others. I can only see this as 
being ego-based. I don't care what you think of me and I don't care what Ricky 
or Sharon think of me because, so far, I don't respect any of you as thinking, 
feeling or courageous human beings. It's that simple. But there is not a post 
that goes by that I don't look for these characteristics that might make me 
feel differently. I have nothing to lose to start liking and respecting any of 
you, in fact, I probably have something to gain.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

[authfriend]

<< Re the herbs: in this day of the internet I'd imagine you could locate the 
secret recipe used by your herbalist to the stars. A Google came up with the 
following Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient: goat penis. Let me know if that 
boosts your sex life. >>

 

 That is Barry's sex life. ;-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Share Long]

Lawdy, Richard, such language! (-:





On Saturday, December 28, 2013 10:28 AM, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:
 
  
On 12/28/2013 9:15 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SPIRITUAL HELP! For Gawd's sake - please help 
me!
>>
>What flavor of Jello might that be?
Rainbow colored.


And I told you before, Regardo, there is no Gawd.
THE HELL YOU SAY!!!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 9:15 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:


WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SPIRITUAL HELP! For Gawd's sake
- please help me!

What flavor of Jello might that be?



Rainbow colored.


And I told you before, Regardo, there is no Gawd.


THE HELL YOU SAY!!!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New World

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> The Chinese "sex-yoga" thing also includes advice about avoiding
orgasm (for both men and women, I understand). The idea being that the
enlivening effect felt through the day more than compensates for the
loss of a seconds long firework display.

Which "Chinese sex-yoga" tradition would that be? Sounds like myth to
me, based on an over-familiarity with more Indian, more repressed
traditions. Suffice it so say that such an idea would never have
occurred to the tonic herb masters. One cup of tea, and they'd have more
than "replenished" anything "lost."  :-)

>  They could be on to something but it sounds unnatural to me. Orgasm =
guilty pleasure.

In my opinion, the whole celibacy thing was invented by those with
serious Yang deficiencies (not to mention psychological deficiences),
and thus ill in both body and mind.

>  Re the herbs: in this day of the internet I'd imagine you could
locate the secret recipe used by your herbalist to the stars. A Google
came up with the following Chinese aphrodisiac ingredient: goat penis.
Let me know if that boosts your sex life.0

*Not* one of the ingredients in the tea I sampled. Such things are
looked down upon by real tonic herb masters as much as they seem to be
by you. There *are*, however, herbal ingredients that actually cause the
effects wrongly attributed to such fads.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

[Richard J. Williams]

On 12/28/2013 8:41 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
I think you and Richard and Steve and maybe even Barry should go start 
your own forum. That way you could just appreciate each other to death 
without annoying the rest of us with your trivia.
This is OUR forum, Ms Stein. You are the informant that's being 
annoying.  It would be a lot easier on everyone, if you would leave and 
go back to Google Groups - you already know how to log in over there, 
and so it would be easier on most of the folks over here, instead of 
having to learn a new system for posting. Who invited you here in the 
first place? This is a forum for TMers, not for ankle-biting posers. YOU 
are what we came over here to get AWAY from. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Best News Bloopers in 2013

[Share Long]

Thanks, John, these are very fun. Well, except for the sort of violent ones. 
And why are there so many bloopers that involve references to sex?! Go figure!





On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:19 PM, "jr_...@yahoo.com"  
wrote:
 
  
This is so hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OihpIHUYYU