[FairfieldLife] Re: Buck Just Turned 60

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
Happy birthday, Doug. This explains much...you're just a young whippersnapper. :-) Presumably your alter ego "Buck" is much older, and that's why he can refer to others here as "young'uns." :-) My advice -- both to young Doug and old Buck -- is to remember this sage advice when trying to navigate

[FairfieldLife] Hebrew bible: hierarchy of distinctive marks!

2014-02-06 Thread cardemaister
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/c/hr/intro.htm#b21b3 http://www.mechon-mamre.org/c/hr/intro.htm#b21b3 The Hierarchy Of Distinctive Marks As described above, the cantillation marks belong to different classes describing their dividing power. These classes carry the titles of rulers: a qeysar (Caesar

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Raam

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
There is no reason that anyone should be surprised about this. The WHOLE THING -- meaning "Maharishi's teaching" and the promise of enlightenment -- has been a con since Day One. The only reason it "works" is that people who bought into it early are so ashamed to admit that they were conned that th

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Raam

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
It wouldn't surprise me, they were pretty good at manipulating the facts to suit the moment. I remember a Reuters article which was taken up by the BBC on how the raam should be avoided by investors as it is a totally unsupported currency and only accepted in exchange for lentils at TM centre

[FairfieldLife] The Raam

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
I seem to recall that when Marshy and Company first rolled out the raam and they were trying to get people to buy it, some minister of the global whatever claimed that they had a bunch of gold to back it up, and when they were questioned on that they admitted that was not so, but then claimed In

[FairfieldLife] RE: For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread ultrarishi
Suggestions come from all fronts. This is the first year we watched the Golden Globes. We're glad we did because it gave us a heads up on 2 series we would have not known about otherwise. The NZ crime drama Top of the Lake was excellent with an award winning performance by Elizabeth Moss. Th

[FairfieldLife] RE: "Bop till you drop" - oldish HareKrishna's having fun

2014-02-06 Thread ultrarishi
This is kind of a funny coincidence. The Deva Premal music video I posted earlier is dedicated to the late Shyamdas.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCf4_NxtY7M The dedication is at 6:50.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buck Just Turned 60

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
dear Buck, and Brahman too... Hope you have your happiest healthiest year ever! Share in the town flying hall (-: On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:23 PM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Buck is 60. As of a few minutes ago (8:58pn CST). Around the campfire they just sang for me: "Happy

[FairfieldLife] Buck Just Turned 60

2014-02-06 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Buck is 60. As of a few minutes ago (8:58pn CST). Around the campfire they just sang for me: "Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear (, Dear) Buck in the Dome; Happy CC, Happy GC, Happy UC to You. Through You Heaven on Earth, Through You Heaven o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
I do seem to recall Charlie being ambivalent about the Sidhis at teacher meeting. On 02/06/2014 04:20 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: Thanks for sharing that - I never saw Charlie but I had a friend from Kentucky who was at MIU for about 8 years - he saw Charlie every time he could - he just love

Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
Thanks for sharing that - I never saw Charlie but I had a friend from Kentucky who was at MIU for about 8 years - he saw Charlie every time he could - he just loved those meetings. He is the one I mentioned who was present when Charlie had a little confrontation with Robin Carlsen. He also has s

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 07-Feb-14 00:15:05 UTC

2014-02-06 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 02/01/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 02/08/14 00:00:00 585 messages as of (UTC) 02/06/14 23:21:25 60 Michael Jackson 54 Bhairitu 50 awoelflebater 41 Share Long 40 nablusoss1008 33 dhamiltony2k5 33 authfriend 32 Turq

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Mike Dixon
Yes, I earned every penny, including my benefits. The point was *what did the rich do for me*.  They gave me an *opportunity* which I took advantage of. Republicans want government hands off healthcare as much as possible. Wait till you get single payer, LOL, I guess you must like going to the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread wgm4u
I personally doubt it; nor do I believe ANYONE in the tmorg has reached Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Doesn't mean TM doesn't work just that it takes a long time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz75P1pziM4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz75P1pziM4 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Every

[FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread cardemaister
FWIW, I believe that MMY was once asked what happened if a crook became enlightened and he responded they would become an enlightened crook. My tantra guru samskaras don't necessarily all burn away with enlightenment. That's the deeper meaning of "chopping wood and carrying water." Hmmm.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
This is often the case with online discussion and why I read them using an email client like Thunderbird. A click of the button will arrange the flow of a topic to see that it has wandered off into a badminton match and not even worth reading. Do yourself a favor and set up an email client on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
I particularly recall Charlie being upset by the movement raising the price of TM to $400 (or it might have been even the hike to $128). He said since we were in a recession this was a bad business move. And indeed it resulted in fewer initiations. I missed the heyday where those who became

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
Richard, sometimes there's even a deluge of posts when I'm gone for a couple of hours! No wonder some people have given up and dropped out. I end up trashing so many posts I'd like to reply to. But I'm trying to have an offline life here. Go figure (-: On Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:48 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Like "chop suey" many of the Cantonese restaurants had westernized variations for the "white devils." One of my favorites as kid was almond fried chicken. The Cantonese restaurants usually made with deep fried chicken topped with gravy. But other restaurants it's just stir fried chicken with

Re: [FairfieldLife] A date with the Food Babe

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
Yay, Food Babe! Plus she looks like she eats a very healthy diet. On Thursday, February 6, 2014 1:32 PM, Bhairitu wrote:   Within 24 hours of  appearing on Alex Jones "Infowars" radio show Subway announced they are removing the ingredient.  The Food Babe is one effective activist.  She i

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
So what do you think about Netflix's recommendations of shows for you? On 02/06/2014 11:42 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, let's take a look at what you /actually/ said: "I looked at some articles on this a couple weeks ago. However their suggestions are about as relevant as what Goog

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
turq, here, why don't you triple down on the silly? Fame is indicated in jyotish charts by some very volatile planets! No need to go figure. On Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:12 PM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com" wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: See, Share and Ann, o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report

2014-02-06 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, It's a Cantonese dish, I believe.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy's Marketing

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
I took the sidhis in summer 1977 and was in the third such citizen group. We all had to do prep courses depending on how long we had been meditating. I had to take 8 weeks of prep, which my MIU staff credit covered, because I had only been meditating for 2 years. As I said, we were the third c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
Please tell more about both these things: (Charlie's stories I mean) I also muse at the stories even heard personally from Charlie Lutes about MMY's used of stambhan (actually not very hard to do). The real mistake was the profiteering of TM which Charlie expressed concerns about at our teach

Re: [FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
FWIW, I believe that MMY was once asked what happened if a crook became enlightened and he responded they would become an enlightened crook. My tantra guru samskaras don't necessarily all burn away with enlightenment. That's the deeper meaning of "chopping wood and carrying water." When I w

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Because of Netflix's limited licensing agreements and how they work it's a rather limited selection. But at that there is always something to see that makes the subscription worth it. Hulu has been getting rights to some of the foreign shows ahead of Netflix probably because of involvement by

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
Well, let's take a look at what you actually said: "I looked at some articles on this a couple weeks ago. However their suggestions are about as relevant as what Google or Amazon recommends..." Which, you know, makes it appear that "this" refers to the relevance of Netflix's suggestions.

Re: [FairfieldLife] A date with the Food Babe

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
I never heard of her before you posted this stuff - I love her and she's right up the road there in Charlotte!! On Thu, 2/6/14, Bhairitu wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A date with the Food Babe To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy's Marketing

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
The two-month rounding course you mention, as I recall, gave the sutras after a significant period of just rounding, so the first part of it was, in effect, a prep course. Lots of people couldn't take two months off, though, so they broke the rounding part up into shorter courses you could take

Re: [FairfieldLife] A date with the Food Babe

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Within 24 hours of appearing on Alex Jones "Infowars" radio show Subway announced they are removing the ingredient. The Food Babe is one effective activist. She is on his show right now and thanking the listeners who signed the petition and put the spot light on this rubber like ingredient b

[FairfieldLife] RE: Beatles to blame for Katy Perry's Satanic Grammy Performance?

2014-02-06 Thread s3raphita
Well, of course, the religious wacko is correct: it was 50 years ago that Sgt. Pepper taught the world to twerk. The Beatles are to blame for (or at least they were a prominent factor in) the sixties' cultural earthquake. I recall my music (classical) teacher saying to me that he thought roc

Re: [FairfieldLife] David Simon on Capitalism

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Also the create of "Treme" one of my favorite all time shows because it dealt very realistically about the lives of musicians. The final season is now available on Blu-Ray and on the rental places like Google Play, VUDU and Amazon. On 02/06/2014 10:43 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: Creator of th

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy's Marketing

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
No, they weren't - at least I am pretty sure they weren't. At first I believe anyone with the cash could go through a two month rounding course and get all the sutras that M was then teaching since the invisibility and understanding the language of animals sutras had been removed from even the g

[FairfieldLife] RE: Marshy's Marketing

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
FWIW, Michael, I believe prep courses of various durations were required from the beginning for ordinary meditators to take the TM-Sidhis. Over time the requirements grew less and less stringent. << Due to intense and ongoing unstressing on the part of MANY participants of the new program, Ma

[FairfieldLife] Marshy Enlightened?

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
Everyone says Marshy never claimed to be enlightened, yet - "Maharishi said that the walls of this celebrated building--set in a perfect Vastu garden with fountains and flowers and the flags of all the countries--in no way enclose his unbounded cosmic awareness, allowing him to focus and inf

[FairfieldLife] A Proud MIU Graduate

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/a_close_encounter_with_jeff_peckman/ A former student of the Maharishi University of Management in Iowa, Peckman is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation. He is a promoter of Metatron Technology, a device that “reduces stress from electropollutio

[FairfieldLife] David Simon on Capitalism

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
Creator of the tv show the Wire talks to Bill Moyers http://billmoyers.com/episode/david-simon-on-america-as-a-horror-show/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
I have no problem believing there is a vast intelligence behind all creation - I just don't believe in one that gives special love and attention to people who do vedic stuff including TM - for a guy who was supposedly enlightened, which by his own definition meant that he had support of all the

[FairfieldLife] Marshy's Marketing

2014-02-06 Thread Michael Jackson
Selling the soporific of TM and all its adjunct programs. Let's see: 1950's Marshy begins to sell TM, tells people they can live 200% of life and even get enlightened. 1967 - after announcing he is retiring back to India, he meets the Beatles and every reporter in the world shoves a camera

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
ROTFL! Got any more funnies? You earned that pension, dummy. The rich didn't give it to you. The Republican run health insurance companies wanted Obamacare so they could put their hands in your pockets. I paid for that alternative care coverage and Bernie Sanders is pushing to make such cov

[FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: See, Share and Ann, our mistake was to think that we were entitled to express any of our own thoughts or experiences on a topic that Barry had written his own posts about. It infringes on his territory, and we can't have that, can we? ;-) G

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
You seemed to have missed that I said this information is a couple weeks old. You are also forgetting that I'm a programmer and was well aware of heuristic procedures being used to determine tastes. In fact I am on home theater forums where this is discussed quite a bit including your aforeme

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Plus, Judy and turq, I bet Ann has known a bit of fame when she was riding competitively. And I've known a bit of fame both within the TMO with high visibility jobs, and even in high school where I was both a basketball co-captain and Student G

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: LOL, good choice of pictures. I like the one of me particularly. Hee, hee, good one. See, a sense of humour must require a God and your ability to explain all about the nebula requires an a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Now Playing

2014-02-06 Thread Pundit Sir
Now playing: Get ready for a tribal beat stomp dance down at the Techno Club with DJ Pseudo Buddha. Work it! [image: Inline image 1] How Ya Doin? Factory Mix - Beat Your Meat (Move Your Body 2) 1994 http://youtu.be/edSWATUnxwc On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Pundit Sir wrote: > One Dove > > [

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: I'll add something else to that. I'm into astronomy and can spend all night staring at distant galaxies through my telescope and wondering whether there is life out there. Nature is awesome and I have a deep sense of wonder about it's myster

[FairfieldLife] Beatles to blame for Katy Perry's Satanic Grammy Performance?

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Well according to this right wing wacko. Don't show these people any zombie movies or they'll think they promote satanism too. :-D http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/06/religious-broadcaster-beatles-to-blame-for-katy-perrys-satanic-pagan-twerking-orgy/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
The restaurant I went to yesterday doesn't have any black bean sauce dishes on the menu. What regional cuisine is that from? Most Chinese restaurants where I grew up in the northwest were Cantonese. Later Szechuan restaurants began opening as well as Mongolian. Thai seems to vary quite a bi

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Mike Dixon
LOL! The *rich* gave me jobs with a nice pension and Republicans keep your hands out of my pockets so I don't have to pay for your *alternative* healthcare. On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:19 AM, Bhairitu wrote:   And hence there is no way out other than for the US to collapse.  The ques

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: LOL, good choice of pictures. I like the one of me particularly. Hee, hee, good one. See, a sense of humour must require a God and your ability to explain all about the nebula requires an amazing activity of synapsis and chemicals and energy

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
The relevance of Netflix's suggestions is NOT NOT NOT what this article is about, Bhairitu. If you actually have a look at it, I'm pretty sure you'll be intrigued. Thanks. I looked at some articles on this a couple weeks ago. However their suggestions are about as relevant as what Google o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sochi Olympics Cancelled...

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Lament of the of the Winter Olympics Attendee: "Chechnya to the left of me, Georgia to the right, here I am, stuck in the Sochi with you!" On 02/06/2014 06:22 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Share On

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
And hence there is no way out other than for the US to collapse. The question is will the those who pull the strings in Washington want to give the country a massive suicide pill if they are going down? Remember most of them are psychopaths. On 02/05/2014 11:53 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Thanks. I looked at some articles on this a couple weeks ago. However their suggestions are about as relevant as what Google or Amazon recommends because of the way I use Netflix. For instance I only watched "Atlas Shrugged II" for reference and gave it only 1 star (you can't give no stars)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Bhairitu
Let me guess, you've never been self-employed and had to pay for your own health insurance? I have, and the health insurance companies love to rob you blind. That's what is it wrong with the ACA and what was wrong before the ACA. Back in the 1970s and 80s I had affordable health insurance bu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
Oh, heck, on that level I've had "fame" too, playing leads in college musical productions and in summer stock. The attention was fun, but nothing overwhelming or disturbing. I don't think it really counts in this discussion. << Plus, Judy and turq, I bet Ann has known a bit of fame when she w

[FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
See, Share and Ann, our mistake was to think that we were entitled to express any of our own thoughts or experiences on a topic that Barry had written his own posts about. It infringes on his territory, and we can't have that, can we? ;-) << My personal definition of "fame" involves tens to h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/6/2014 9:43 AM, Share Long wrote: > Richard, here's my important post (-: > The problem with FFL is that the messages come at you so fast that you hardly have time to think for yourself, to sort it all out, much less try to figure out the deep meaning of some of the messages posted here. A

[FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Plus, Judy and turq, I bet Ann has known a bit of fame when she was riding competitively. And I've known a bit of fame both within the TMO with high visibility jobs, and even in high school where I was both a basketball co-captain and Stu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
Plus, Judy and turq, I bet Ann has known a bit of fame when she was riding competitively. And I've known a bit of fame both within the TMO with high visibility jobs, and even in high school where I was both a basketball co-captain and Student Govt officer. Obviously nothing like Marilyn Monroe,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
I'll add something else to that. I'm into astronomy and can spend all night staring at distant galaxies through my telescope and wondering whether there is life out there. Nature is awesome and I have a deep sense of wonder about it's mysteries and functions. The more you know about life, the

[FairfieldLife] MMY's Gandharva Ved

2014-02-06 Thread Pundit Sir
[image: Inline image 2] Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Vol 16 No 5 Audio CD Sunset Melody (Raga Marwa) - Vol 9 No 5 http://youtu.be/HDcUvUfMs-M According to MMY, "Every level of creation is a frequency. One frequency melts into the other, and this is how the process of evolution takes place. The ni

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
LOL, good choice of pictures. I like the one of me particularly. But really, there's nothing here that had a designer. The nebula is beautiful but it's just a cloud of gas lit from inside by the stars within. It's actually visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Orion. Quite amazing

[FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
Well, I've spent a goodly amount of time around a number of famous people, and both these sets of comments seem relevant and insightful to me. (Three of these people had been famous for many years before I ever met them. They had accommodated themselves to their fame early on and hadn't let it i

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
Comments below ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: On 2/6/2014 7:13 AM, salyavin808 wrote: The idea that there is a vast intelligence behind nature is ridiculous. > You are going to have to put a lot of effort into refuting the philosophers like Kant and Shankara. There is ev

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/5/2014 12:59 PM, Share Long wrote: > I'm really out of all the TMO loops. > For the record though, these days I don't get to the Radiance dome all that much since I'm way down here about a mile from George Straight's ranch. And I don't visit that Hindu temple anymore out by Friday Mountain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Congress Must Raise the Debt Limit

2014-02-06 Thread Mike Dixon
Anartaxius is just making too much damned sense for FFL! As for Jr., nobody cares about that shut down. It was so far removed from the lives of most ordinary people that they barely knew it happened. What people will remember is losing their insurance and having to go buy a more expensive replac

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/5/2014 10:10 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *As Richard himself admitted in post #368186, nothing he says is to be taken seriously.* No, seriously. You seem to be the only informant on this forum that can keep up with the fast-paced online chat room conversations on FFL! If anyone wants

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
Richard, here's my important post (-: On Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:41 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:   On 2/5/2014 1:37 PM, Share Long wrote: > I'm with Maharishi on this one: Everything is important and nothing is > serious. > Nobody should be taken seriously who posts to this forum,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/5/2014 1:37 PM, Share Long wrote: > I'm with Maharishi on this one: Everything is important and nothing is > serious. > Nobody should be taken seriously who posts to this forum, but everything they post is important, and what they don't post is also important. So, let's get serious: does a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements.

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/5/2014 7:36 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > And you would see more Adventists in one day in Loma Linda than most > people would see in a whole year elsewhere. > Almost all the older people we know are on some kind of spiritual path of some kind these days. It's rare to meet up face-to-face with someo

[FairfieldLife] Re: A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
I find both of these sets of comments somewhat silly, because both are voiced by people who seem to have had little to no exposure to fame in their lives. So their raps, as well-intended as they might be, to me seem to have as little relevance as the observations of supposedly enlightened people ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/6/2014 7:13 AM, salyavin808 wrote: *The idea that there is a vast intelligence behind nature is ridiculous.* > You are going to have to put a lot of effort into refuting the philosophers like Kant and Shankara. There is every reason to believe, based on logic that the physical universe ca

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: "“Help comes only from the Unified Field,” - Do you have any idea how creepy this sounds? I hope there aren't any genuine scholars reading this, they'd be edging towards the door by now... When you say unified field you mean god. Why not jus

Re: [FairfieldLife] A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: turq, for quite a while I've been befuddled by the whole fame thing. And if fame were seemingly central to my success, I bet I'd be tempted by mother's little helpers also! For example, if I were an entertainer with any talent and saw the Kard

[FairfieldLife] Sochi Olympics Cancelled...

2014-02-06 Thread awoelflebater
Share On https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A//www.examiner.com/article/winter-olympics-cancelled Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A//www.examiner.com/article/winter-olympics-cancelled Share On Twitter https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A/

[FairfieldLife] RE: For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread authfriend
Oddly enough, the article I linked to doesn't deal at all with the appropriateness of Netflix's suggestions as far as viewers are concerned. It's a completely different--and mind-blowing--slant on how Netflix operates. Lately, I've had better suggestions from members here on Fairfield Life, li

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Bhairitu

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ultrarishi wrote: > > Lately, I've had better suggestions from members here on Fairfield Life, like Bhairtu, than from the Netflix algorithm. > > Not knowing me may be just as important as knowing me in defining and refining my tastes. Nobody really knows me

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Country Chuckles

2014-02-06 Thread Pundit Sir
"If you drink, don't park; accidents cause people." - Will Rogers On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Share Long wrote: > > > Hey Richard, I just found out that Will Rogers was Native American or what > the Canadians call First Nations. What a wonderful thinker he was. Thanks > so much for posting

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Unified Field Tolstoy

2014-02-06 Thread salyavin808
"“Help comes only from the Unified Field,” - Do you have any idea how creepy this sounds? I hope there aren't any genuine scholars reading this, they'd be edging towards the door by now... When you say unified field you mean god. Why not just admit it? The idea that there is a vast intellige

Re: [FairfieldLife] A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread Share Long
turq, for quite a while I've been befuddled by the whole fame thing. And if fame were seemingly central to my success, I bet I'd be tempted by mother's little helpers also! For example, if I were an entertainer with any talent and saw the Kardashians becoming famous, I'd be tearing my hear out

[FairfieldLife] RE: "Bop till you drop" - oldish HareKrishna's having fun

2014-02-06 Thread steve.sundur
Everyone looks like they are having a great time. Nice to see! Kinda funny. I've had a two day craving for Chinese Food. I usually get #21, Governor's Shrimp, extra hot. The first couple years I ordered that, they never came through with the "extra" part, and I never said anything. The las

[FairfieldLife] "Bop till you drop" - oldish HareKrishna's having fun

2014-02-06 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBppnD_txns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBppnD_txns

[FairfieldLife] A case study in "maintaining" while on drugs

2014-02-06 Thread TurquoiseB
[ Caveat emptor. This is just a rap about creativity and its sometimes association with drug use. In it I am neither advocating drugs nor condemning them...just rapping about them over coffee this morning. So try to keep your in-a-twist panties safely up your butt cracks and your ankle-biting dent