Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
Define spiritual accomplishments. I'll wait... Seriously, try. What can you come up with that falls outside the general area of I *claim* to have had the following completely subjective experiences.? For me, there is no such criterion. Creating a tradition means nothing, and number of

[FairfieldLife] Raft sobbit?

2014-03-09 Thread cardemaister
Soft rabbit - raft sobbit?? In Finnish: pehmea yanis (soft rabbit) - yahmea penis* (stiff penis). I'd like to know what are these kind of jokes called in English? * More accurately: pehmeä jänis - jähmeä penis

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
Emily, methunks that there is no disconnect between enlightenment, which you asked about, and life, which was the context of my answer and includes BOTH kinds of smile (-: On Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:10 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:   Methinks you may have

[FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
What are the other two rakshasas, besides NATO? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : I think Maharishi distinguished between the personal and impersonal angle when commenting on world affairs. When labeling NATO as one the 3 last Rakshahas to not yet having

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
A few years ago, my wife and I were sitting in our backyard gazebo. A robin was pecking at the grass, eating bugs. Faster than either of us could track it, there was an explosion of feathers and the next thing we saw was a big Red Tail making for the fence, with the robin in his clutches. We

[FairfieldLife] Tantra means loosely – “Sacred teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread martin.quickman
Many people wrongly think 'Tantra' is about sex, be it 'Sacred Sex' or profane. Here's a post that describes the highest philosophies that underpin this concept, not in a pruient or erotic fashion, but in terms of “The practice of having companions for meditation called ” the union of voidness

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Buddhists seem to have a BIG PR problem. Everyone is familiar with all of the celebrities who practice and endorse TM. But Buddhism has the little DL dude, and Uma Thurman's dad, and the DL does nothing except smile, and no one has ever heard of Uma Thurman's dad.:-) It is not a religion that

[FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Tantra strikes me as another stupid attempt to put the cart before the horse. People who get sucked into these practices, somehow think that by being artificially aware of some aspect of fucking, they will advance themselves spiritually. The practice of first gaining deep silence, and then

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Buddhists seem to have a BIG PR problem. Maybe they don't spend as much on advertising as the TMO? Maybe they (shock horror) don't think it's as important. Everyone is familiar with all of the celebrities who

[FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread nablusoss1008
He didn't say. But Mr. Benjamin Crème has said that the material forces that was driven underground as an effect of WWII has resurfaced in Israel and in a undisclosed place in Eastern Europe.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we can see what you are on about but then I saw the words Benjamin Creme and realised I probably wasn't missing much. But do it anyway Nabby, it helps with the flow... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Raft sobbit?

2014-03-09 Thread j_alexander_stanley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-color_humor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-color_humor ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote : Soft rabbit - raft sobbit?? In Finnish: pehmea yanis (soft rabbit) - yahmea penis* (stiff penis). I'd like to know what are these kind

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
If you don't mind, I'll let you two debate the merits or demerits of Buddhism, and just practice a little humility myself. If it wasn't clear from my initial reply to s3raphita, I am the furthest thing from a formal Buddhist on the planet. I don't even completely believe that the writings

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Both of you appear to be missing zee point... Y would you ex-trapolate that from our ex-change? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Raft sobbit?

2014-03-09 Thread cardemaister
Thanks, but I meant specifically this (just found it on Wikipedia): A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play in which corresponding consonants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant, vowels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel, or

[FairfieldLife] Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM   ... Furthermore, the notion of any spiritual tradition either

[FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
I hear you and Sal arguing strenuously for the limitations of Buddhism. Fair enough. All the western Buddhists can carry around their little humble secret, and quietly fondle it - hoping for a free Tibet. Just not my bag of rocks, I guess. I'd rather laugh at you guys.:-) ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Zee? Eet eez obvious! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Both of you appear to be missing zee point... Y would you ex-trapolate that from our ex-change? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
Salyavin, it was something about NATO being one of three rakshasas. On Sunday, March 9, 2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we can see what you are on about but then I saw the words Benjamin Creme

[FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Ah, OK - Would've liked to hear it from the Big M. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : He didn't say. But Mr. Benjamin Crème has said that the material forces that was driven underground as an effect of WWII has resurfaced in Israel and in a undisclosed

[FairfieldLife] RE: Raft sobbit?

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
When I was younger, I would sometimes buy a sack of piggies. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister@... wrote : Thanks, but I meant specifically this (just found it on Wikipedia): A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play

[FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Duveyoung
They had to rip Guru Dev out of the jungle. He knew silence was the most profound help to give to the planet. Ramana Maharshi seems to have been a genuine example of the means form around sattva. All of that organization formed around him and Arunachala even when he discouraged it. On the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
I think all the active yogic flyers, Purusha and Mother Divine should find places surrounding the corporate headquarters of Monsanto and do program all around 'em - whatcha think? On Sun, 3/9/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
Now what exactly does that mean, interfering with consciousness and the veda??? Everything, according to the spiritual people IS consciousness, including the creation of GMO crops and their very existence IS consciousness - it may not be the best manifestation of consciousness but they are

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 3:44 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?   They had to rip Guru Dev out of the jungle.  He knew silence was the most profound help to give to the planet. 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
I'd rather laugh at you guys.:-) Ah, the blessing of the humble enlightened sage. But as you missed the point: I'm not arguing for anything, I don't consider myself a Buddhist because I don't care about getting enlightened. Buddhist = one who seeks enlightenment What I was getting at

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth   I think all the active yogic flyers, Purusha and Mother Divine should find places surrounding the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread emilymaenot
From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want when I'm enlightened? No. But once you know self, you won’t want anything else. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Emily, methunks that there is no disconnect between enlightenment, which you

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?    ...I remember reading that Buddhists consider advertising the most immoral trade because it awakens desires

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
My experience has been more like, 'be careful what you wish for' - due to thoughts being entertained at a more powerful place, desires happen - all of them. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
It doesn't mean anything in any real, demonstrable sense. It was one of those movement things where someone who is supposedly a top scientist in a field promises us the latest info behind closed doors (wink, wink) when he only tells the public the stuff they would understand. So I was

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Captive bred male Peregrine

2014-03-09 Thread Mike Dixon
Sorry, I have a couple photos on my computer but being technology challenged,I'm not sure how to send them in e-mail. I'll get some different ones later and send them. On Saturday, March 8, 2014 7:38 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   Sadly, no! Hope this comes

[FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
You are obviously tripping, and I am still laughing.:-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : I'd rather laugh at you guys.:-) Ah, the blessing of the humble enlightened sage. But as you missed the point: I'm not arguing for anything, I don't consider

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Yes, practicing the 'Molotov Cocktail' sutra... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I think all the active yogic flyers, Purusha and Mother Divine should find places surrounding the corporate headquarters of Monsanto and do program all around 'em - whatcha think?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR? ... I remember reading that Buddhists

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Duveyoung
I do not agree with your definition of enlightenment. God has nothing to do with it. The topic title's question assumes that enlightenment is real -- the use of the word if pertains. I was going along with the if. But, still, do we have common ground? Maybe. To me the enlightenment

[FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : I'd rather laugh at you guys.:-) Ah, the blessing of the humble enlightened sage. But as you missed the point: I'm not arguing for anything, I don't consider myself a Buddhist because I don't care about getting

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote : From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want when I'm enlightened? No. But once you know self, you won’t want anything else. I'm glad you could make heads or tails from what Share wrote below because I

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?   I do not agree with your definition of enlightenment. God has nothing to do with it. The topic title's

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR? ... I remember reading that Buddhists

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread Mike Dixon
In the wild, both sexes hunt and the male will hunt for the female during courtship, nesting and raising the chicks. Levi has never had to hunt to feed himself and it's something I have to teach him. He's getting there. Right now,he has started to molt(grow adult plumage) and you have to fatten

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR? I do not agree with your definition

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Duveyoung
Aaand, that's why it's hard to reply to you, Turk. Your anger and resentment towards me when I am only trying to get things clearer about how folks define their words is, well, sick. Sucks to be you, eh? Edg

[FairfieldLife] a REALLY important meditator meeting today 1:30pm

2014-03-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dr. Bevan Morris, President of Maharishi University of Management is meeting with the meditating community today. Today, on Maharishi University of Management campus. Dalby Hall, 1:30 pm Bring a valid Dome badge to get in. Be there or be square, -Buck

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread emilymaenot
Well, it is amusing to watch Share's mind...I wonder if she was following mine. The word methinks is one used by Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote of paradox and, if you will, wondrous paradox. And on this topic of paradox, from the book Shakespeare and the Paradox we find the following:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
If you were being honest about trying to find some common ground, you could back up and try to talk about the concept of enlightenment without *ever* bringing the concept of God into it. I can do that. Why can't you? Don't you get it? I believe that there is such a thing as enlightenment, as it

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread emilymaenot
Ah ha, Ann. Very nice. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:00 PM Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
Methinks the lady doth protest too much. The one in Seattle that is! The thing is Emily, I replied to emptybill as I was moved to reply and in a way that made sense to me. One has to start there I think and see what happens next. On Sunday, March 9, 2014 12:12 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
Mike, thanks for the fascinating info. It sounds like a wonderful way to be outdoors and connect with both wild and tame critters (-: On Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:47 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote:   In the wild, both sexes hunt and the male will hunt for the female during

[FairfieldLife] FRUNKIN

2014-03-09 Thread anartaxius
There are many topics that are well worn and confusing because of the historical associations that build up upon them like tartar on teeth, obscuring the original idea beyond recovery. So I thought I would re-purpose enlightenment in new language to reduce confusion. Here is the whole trip in a

[FairfieldLife] Is Vedanta only a theory to be confirmed through experience? (More Ted Schwartz)

2014-03-09 Thread emptybill
This is a notion prevalent among seekers who have encountered a diluted form of Vedanta and/or have not yet cultivated the qualifications necessary to enable them to properly assimilate the teachings that even though self-inquiry is a means of knowledge, the knowledge it produces is only

[FairfieldLife] RE: FRUNKIN

2014-03-09 Thread Duveyoung
Go home, Taxman, you're frunk.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread nablusoss1008
Purusha was fully operative in January 1982. Stationed in Germany and Holland it took us 7 years to bring down the Berlin wall. Montsanto ? It's already doomed.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread authfriend
Do you not want readers to know what post you're responding to? That's the only reason I can think of why you wouldn't click Show message history. One mouse click, that's all it takes, yet you refuse to extend us that very simple courtesy. Purusha was fully operative in January 1982.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
That's interesting in that I sort of thought Fagan had bowed out of the movement but I reckon not - or maybe I was thinking of Larry Domash On Sun, 3/9/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to

Re: [FairfieldLife] FRUNKIN

2014-03-09 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 7:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] FRUNKIN   There are many topics that are well worn and confusing because of the historical associations that build up upon them like tartar on

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
that would be nice and as I have stated here before I think GMO's are one of the few things we agree on. Just in a common sense way, it makes NO sense to allow one company or government to own patents on (eventually) all food crops in the world. Who controls the food supply controls the world.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Bhairitu
GMOs are a rather dated concept dreamed up before computers were ubiquitous. With the advent of computers and the Internet we can grow plenty of crops without them being genetically modified though the GMO crops are modified for one thing: profit. We now know how to grow natural crops even

Re: [FairfieldLife] a REALLY important meditator meeting today 1:30pm

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
I wish I was gonna be there - I'd ask him a question or two, but I imagine the mic would be turned off like they did that Indian guy in the David Wants to Fly film. On Sun, 3/9/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread Bhairitu
TM is tantra. But Indians think tantra is about black magic and westerners think it is about sex. Both are ignorant ideas. Tantra is about mantras, yantras and tantric rituals. So many articles unless the writer was an initiate are just ignorance. Tantra is pretty much the way to go for a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Bhairitu
Pop gurus need PR. They're all about marketing. ;-) On 03/09/2014 06:48 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: *From:* TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, March 9, 2014 2:10 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Jackson
Dunno why that happens - I am still using the old version of yahoo mail called the Basic version cause I can't stand the newer yahoo format - but from now on I will eliminate those gaps if I am not feeling to lazy - its almost as irritating as those who don't include the post they are replying

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread emilymaenot
But Share, something did happen next. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Methinks the lady doth protest too much. The one in Seattle that is! The thing is Emily, I replied to emptybill as I was moved to reply and in a way that made sense to me. One has to start

[FairfieldLife] RE: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-09 Thread authfriend
They're now saying there were four passengers who may have been using stolen passports. Security experts have said passengers using stolen passports aren't unusual, but it's very rare for there to be more than one such passenger per flight. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
noozguru, I am answering you via Neo yahoo email. If I were to use Basic yahoo email, there would be big spaces. Hope this helps. On Sunday, March 9, 2014 2:14 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   GMOs are a rather dated concept dreamed up before computers were ubiquitous.   With

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Share Long
noozguru, now I'm replying from Basic yahoo email. On Sun, 3/9/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, March 9, 2014, 2:14 PM

[FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
7 years! Wow, instant results. Almost too much time to draw a target round the arrow - but not quite. I guess anything good that happens after a purusha group is set up can be claimed as a hit. Anything badnot claimed of course. I love the use of the word stationed, it's like you

[FairfieldLife] God - the concept

2014-03-09 Thread emptybill
Our Western notions about “God” emerge through the theological lens of Semitic Monotheism - Judism, Christianity, and Islam. That’s why we so casually pitch forth the term “God” rather than “the gods” – as our Greek and Roman ancestors once did. The Semite god is fundamentally a tyrant in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
I can't find the email I got about Fagan's latest tour, but here is a PDF of his position: http://www.permaculturenews.org/files/GMO_Myths_and_Truths.pdf http://www.permaculturenews.org/files/GMO_Myths_and_Truths.pdf Michael Antoniou is another TMer. Claire Robinson I don't know

[FairfieldLife] Quote of the day....

2014-03-09 Thread salyavin808
'What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. - Carl Sagan

[FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread anartaxius
As Bhairitu mentioned ' With the advent of computers and the Internet we can grow plenty of crops without them being genetically modified though the GMO crops are modified for one thing: profit.' The companies are now moving into technology, using sensors etc., on tractors and farm equipment to

Re: [FairfieldLife] FRUNKIN

2014-03-09 Thread anartaxius
I think photo #2 is leaning in the right direction. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: anartaxius@... anartaxius@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 7:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] FRUNKIN There are many topics that

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread steve.sundur
Apropos of nothing. The Monsanto campus is sprawling and quite beautiful actually, comprising 100's of well manicured acres in St. Louis County. At one point the CEO of Monsanto was initiated, and the home of one of the founding TM families here directly abutted their campus. I had

[FairfieldLife] RE: Religion that doesn't take itself deadly seriously

2014-03-09 Thread steve.sundur
Strange to me how someone could be so impervious to a simple, common sense suggestion. He has it stuck in his mind that it is a simple matter to go back and follow the discussion. His postings must be totally drive by and reactive. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] a REALLY important meditator meeting today 1:30pm

2014-03-09 Thread steve.sundur
Hey MJ, I happened to read something you had on the TM Free Blog. You've really got it in for the TMO don't you? I mean your agenda goes far beyond just commenting in these chat rooms. You actively work to undo any inroads TM makes in schools, business, or the general culture. I think I

[FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread emptybill
The point of maithuna practice (sexual-union yoga) is to assist in the ascend of the prana-shaktis up the spine, whether that is understood to be a collection of prana-s gathered into the spinal axis or of the ascent of the mula-prana known as kundalini-shakti at the base of the spine. The

[FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “S ac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread steve.sundur
Class, today we are going to learn a bunch of big words and the proper way to show love to someone ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote : The point of maithuna practice (sexual-union yoga) is to assist in the ascend of the prana-shaktis up the spine, whether that is

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 3:01 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: I've seen at least one person levitate fer real and turn invisible and stuff like that and then turn around and act like a total dick. Maybe we don't care if you're a dick or not, or where you have been - we just want you to tell us the secret of the

[FairfieldLife] The Returned American Style

2014-03-09 Thread Bhairitu
ABC's retitled it Resurrection and it debuts tonight. Here's the trailer which hardly holds a candle to the French version. Do have to give ABC some points for not blocking the original French version from the US (available on Netflix). http://youtu.be/RGtNrz8dhV4

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 6:23 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: What are the other two rakshasas, besides NATO? It would probably be a good idea to look up what the work rakshasas means in Sanskrit. Maybe some people don't realize is this was the word used by the Caucasian Aryan invaders of India to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread emptybill
Rakshasas raksasas (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root raksh to protect] The preservers; in modern popular superstition in India, commonly associated with evil spirits and demons. Esoterically they are the gibborim (giants) of the Bible, the fourth root-race or Atlanteans: when Brahma created

[FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread emptybill
Class, today we are going to learn a bunch of big words and the proper way to show love to someone Oh so right! Let's call our new flavor Prairie Doc lightn-mint. Is them words big enuff?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/8/2014 9:46 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Does practising being a Buddhist leave you emotionally needy and insecure? If so what's the point? You need to realize that this is a pattern: what students learn from their teachers sometimes they become. So far as we can tell from his

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 6:58 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Buddhism has the little DL dude, and Uma Thurman's dad, and the DL does nothing except smile, and no one has ever heard of Uma Thurman's dad Buddhism has the Buddha AND the DL dude, and there a millions of Buddhists that have heard of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote: I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we can see what you are on about There are only about six or seven us having an online conversation these days - I can remember what each one you has posted the day before. I don't need

Re: [FairfieldLife] Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 8:48 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Instead, I suspect that if they felt they had anything to say or leave behind as fingers pointing at the moon, they'd do it in the form of art. They'd become writers, or poets, or singer-songwriters, or visual artists, or TV/film directors, and they'd

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Puns Can Be Fun

2014-03-09 Thread Pundit Sir
Class trip to a Coca-Cola factory. I hope there's no pop quiz. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: On 3/8/2014 9:23 AM, Share Long wrote: if they had reservations, wouldn't that make them hesitate? Christopher Columbus discovered the New World

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 9:22 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: hoping for a free Tibet. Just not my bag of rocks, I guess. I'd rather laugh at you guys.:-) Apparently you've got a brain problem situation on your hands. Tibet was the world's only, and probably last, civilization to be totally based

Re: [FairfieldLife] GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/8/2014 8:46 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth GMOs: Addressing the important issues!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 10:17 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: He wrote eloquently of the cognitive dissonance it created in him -- trying to *create* desire (that is, after all, the goal of all advertising) -- while believing that desires were one of the biggest pitfalls for most people along the path to

[FairfieldLife] The Sex Life of Birds, was Where People Live

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 11:44 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: In the wild, both sexes hunt and the male will hunt for the female during courtship This is good information to know. Thanks.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 10-Mar-14 00:15:05 UTC

2014-03-09 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 03/08/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 03/15/14 00:00:00 182 messages as of (UTC) 03/09/14 23:59:10 19 doctordumbass 19 Richard J. Williams 18 Share Long 12 TurquoiseBee 10 salyavin808 10 dhamiltony2k5 9

Re: [FairfieldLife] a REALLY important meditator meeting today 1:30pm

2014-03-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Well, he is kind of a tragic figure but it was a nice meeting. Wish you could have been there. I think you would have felt better about all the things that upset you. And there was really nothing said that could not have included regular meditators in the meeting. The specialness of the 'badge

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 11:49 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't really give a shit. This very impressive! Good work, Barry.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 12:00 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Your anger and resentment towards me when I am only trying to get things clearer about how folks define their words is, well, sick. You should read what the TB said to me in one of our first dialogs back in the day on Usenet, not to mention what Judy

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 12:34 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: while believing that desires were one of the biggest pitfalls for most people along the path to enlightenment. */ /* *Does that include the desire to become desireless? * Base desire works very subtly, not merely because desires are emotively

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: GMOs threaten to end all life on Earth

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 2:14 PM, Bhairitu wrote: what are you using to post on FFL? At least on email there are often a lot of blank lines between the header of the post you are replying to the body of that message. I don't see this with any other posts here except yours. You are getting way too

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/9/2014 2:18 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Tantra is pretty much the way to go for a householder because it has centuries of householders practicing it. Wanna be a holy man? Then be born the next lifetime in India. A lot of stupid westerners want to be a holy man but that doesn't integrate

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Tantra means loosely – “Sac red teachings” – (thankas)

2014-03-09 Thread Bhairitu
Total Texas bullshit! On 03/09/2014 06:16 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 3/9/2014 2:18 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Tantra is pretty much the way to go for a householder because it has centuries of householders practicing it. Wanna be a holy man? Then be born the next lifetime in India. A lot of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Would an enlightened being need PR?

2014-03-09 Thread doctordumbass
Moving there soon, are you? If not, why not? Yep, that's what I thought. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/9/2014 9:22 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote: hoping for a free Tibet. Just not my bag of rocks, I guess. I'd rather laugh at you

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