[FairfieldLife] File - FFL Acronyms

2014-07-01 Thread FairfieldLife
BC - Brahman Consciousness BN - Bliss Ninny or Bliss Nazi CC - Cosmic Consciousness GC - God Consciousness MMY - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi OTP - Off the Program - a phrase used in the TM movement meaning to do something (such as see another spiritual teacher) considered in violation of Maharishi's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after paying TM teachers, advertising, etc., the MF netted about $800,000 for 2012. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
I completely disagree about TM not saving the world... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201212/can-meditation-change-the-world http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201212/can-meditation-change-the-world Meditation is path to peace, Mozambique

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after paying TM teachers, advertising, etc., the MF netted about $800,000 for 2012.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : I completely disagree about TM not saving the world... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201212/can-meditation-change-the-world

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated TMers fall far short of the 75 million that would be required to have the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on a semi-permanent basis, so obviously, money isn't as big a deal as you seem to think. As long as they can make expenses and keep

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com   In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on a semi-permanent basis, so obviously, money isn't as big a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated TMers fall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Leaving THAT aside, I guess you could say that somehow, somewhere, you can pull some interpretation of 1% of the world's population, or the square-root of 1% of the world's population, that is being fulfilled in some alternate

[FairfieldLife] TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread salyavin808
Looks like the press releases are getting through. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2648556/Forget-practice-makes-perfect-meditation-key-success-study-claims.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If you thought TM was worth a crap you would do it regularly. I have no fondness for nor affinity for people and organizations that are fraudulent and who function as abusers and thieves. Marshy and his big shot TM leaders have proven themselves to be all of the above. As to the technique,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Amen Turq! From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just because TM works a little slower than MMY thought it would, doesn't mean it's not having a substantial impact. Is that a joke? I can't tell with you. Maybe you rely on the Global Good News site for your information, maybe you like drawing targets round the occasional arrows. The world

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Get real - look again at Fairfield - when the pundits had their little riot, there were 300 pundits doing TMSP every day plus another 200 regular sidhas/governors doing TMSP in the Domes PLUS the uncounted other sidhas/governors who do TMSP in other locations in Fairfield for various reasons.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Some people become masters of something with relatively little effort, while others can spend their entire lives attempting to master something and still not do it. The point is that what the masters of any field seem to have in common is the kind of brain wave pattern found in enlightened

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
I'm sorry, did it sound like I was defending any aspect of the Maharishi Effect? And even within the theory of the ME, it's a Big Numbers game, regardless of what believers like to tell each other. Statistical variation of small population centers like Fairfield are going to swamp any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
that's bullshit - if such an effect is real it would have to be greatest at its center - the effects are non-existent because the Marshy Effect is made up bullshit. The storms that ripped across eastern Iowa yesterday is another example of how non-existent the Marshy Effect is.

[FairfieldLife] Crop Circles 2014 - Ackling Dyke, Nr Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

2014-07-01 Thread nablusoss1008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdnNtwWIQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdnNtwWIQs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As usual Michael you seem unable to process anything between all good,or all bad. What you fail to understand is that people are own their own spiritual path. And just because they've gone in a different direction than where they started doesn't mean they discard or denigrate that initial

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
well its good to see you are not a complete Marshy sycophant because the Movement says that the only real spiritual path is TM - if one is not doing TM and TMSP REGULARLY one is not on a real spiritual path, according to them. So there may be some hope for you yet, not much but some, maybe.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Some people become masters of something with relatively little effort, while others can spend their entire lives attempting to master something and still not do it. The point is that what the masters of any field seem to have in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Calvary

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 4:07 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It is somehow appropriate that one of the best films I have seen since Martin McDonagh's In Bruges is by his brother, John Michael McDonagh. John showed promise with his film The Guard, but with this film he takes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 8:41 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: what you consider blind spots - i.e. thinking the truth about Marshy and company, is actually a realist point of view. Anyone taking a realist point of view would come to the conclusion that you and Ed are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after paying TM teachers,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:24 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : I completely disagree about TM not saving the world... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201212/can-meditation-change-the-world Meditation is path to peace, Mozambique

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: LEnglish5@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com In fact, I think that the US TM organization has proven that it doesn't care that much about money. $800,000 is chicken feed, and they've dropped teh price on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis Share

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Funnily enough, Fleetwood, lemon cake with vanilla frosting and organic, mango ice cream (-: On Monday, June 30, 2014 4:54 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Happy Birthday, Share, and Curtis! What flavor cake?? I used to get a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Sat 28-Jun-14 00:15:04 UTC

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, I think it's great that you keep in touch with all your kids, grandkids and great grandkids via the latest technology and social media. I think of John and Abigail Adams when he was in France for all those years, both of them writing letters that took months to get to the spouse.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Japanese Town Special

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, it sounds like a very full day. In more ways than one (-: On Sunday, June 29, 2014 6:07 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   I found a new restaurant at the Japanese Center area today.  It used to be run by Denny's.  Now, it's become a Korean

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very interesting research, Richard, thanks for posting. And I do think all this online, interactive communication is still uncharted territory. Need to hook a few of us up to an fMRI machine (-: On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:46 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:33 AM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable effect, millions of uncoordinated TMers fall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:42 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 4:01 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Well, leaving aside the Super-Radience effect, which calls for at least 8-10,000 doing the TM-Sidhis in one spot twice a day, every day, before you can have even definitely measurable

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis Share

2014-07-01 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sounds perfect!! I had a black truffle cheeseburger yesterday that was amazing - ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Funnily enough, Fleetwood, lemon cake with vanilla frosting and organic, mango ice cream (-: On Monday, June 30, 2014 4:54 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 9:25 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Very interesting research, Richard, thanks for posting. And I do think all this online, interactive communication is still uncharted territory. Need to hook a few of us up to an fMRI machine (-: The secret study by

[FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread email4you mikemail4...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and Mindfulness The Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and ... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpMXsbemKrk

Re: [FairfieldLife] Crop Circles 2014 - Ackling Dyke, Nr Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. On 7/1/2014 6:14 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdnNtwWIQs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, I'm repeating myself here, but I do think that often us oldsters simply want to share with others what we have found to be good in our lives. An interactive, online group seems perfect for that. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:12 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for posting this. Regarding Dr. Rosenthal's comment about TM and heart disease at the beginning, I am convinced that if my SO had continued meditating--he quit in summer 2006--he would not have had a fatal heart attack 3 years later at the age of 46. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:37 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
If the hatred he displays towards people who practice other forms of meditation weren't *enough*, he's a greedy, money-grubbing fuck to boot. On 7/1/2014 5:06 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Amen Turq! Don't you just hate it when other people are happier and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis Share

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Nadi astrology actually is NOT that much different from other techniques. They just ad some supplemental features or shadings. I think some of this stuff develops as crutches for bad astrologers of which there are quite a few. Basically all astrology does is crudely recognize certain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The national stupid love the Supremes today

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 06/30/2014 09:17 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 6/30/2014 2:29 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 07/01/2014 01:09 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Gross income from TM instruction in the USA for the Maharishi Foundation was far, FAR less than $50,000,000. About 1/10 that, and after

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Massive heart attack or congestive heart failure? On 07/01/2014 08:46 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Thanks for posting this. Regarding Dr. Rosenthal's comment about TM and heart disease at the beginning, I am convinced that if my SO had continued meditating--he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis Share

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, I've noticed that when they say 30% chance of rain, it almost never rains! On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:59 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Nadi astrology actually is NOT that much different from other techniques.  They

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The national stupid love the Supremes today

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : On 06/30/2014 09:17 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote : On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The coroner said he dropped dead in an instant, didn't feel a thing. Neither he nor his family had a history of heart disease. As many do, he died of a heart attack on Monday morning as he prepared to go to work. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:01 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 5:09 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Just because TM works a little slower than MMY thought it would, doesn't mean it's not having a substantial impact. Is that a joke? I can't tell with you. Maybe you rely on the Global Good News site for your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 5:17 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Get real - look again at Fairfield - when the pundits had their little riot, there were 300 pundits doing TMSP every day plus another 200 regular sidhas/governors doing TMSP in the Domes PLUS the uncounted other

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep - If solely pointing out flaws in others made us satisfied, politicians and dictators would be the happiest people on the planet - The only guy I can think of, who ever made it work, is Don Rickles, and there's only one of him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A billionaire who gets it

2014-07-01 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I have to agree with Steve - People in the US have it incredibly easy compared to the poor countries in the world. Even the homeless here don't starve. However, I also heard on the news last night, that at a UC school (for those out of state: University of California - the highest tier of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 5:38 AM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Some people become masters of something with relatively little effort, while others can spend their entire lives attempting to master something and still not do it. We were friends with a guy that was called a child prodigy. He

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
This is a call for help, if nothing else. Where is Dr. Pete when we need him? On 6/30/2014 12:30 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Why? He never wished me a happy birthday. All he wished was for him to be in on the secrets and be special in our eyes while not telling us about the shit coming down

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
So, you're against the first amendment. I would bet you're also against the second amendment. Any others? BTW, Hobby Lobby only opposed providing two(maybe four) *birth control* drugs and that was because they induced abortion. Their position was that if the government insisted that women have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 7:50 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'm not defending the TMO or Jerry, Michael. I'm just pointing out that the vocal accuser has his own skeletons. Sorry if you don't like that. And I guess, FWIW, that Edg suffers from some of same blind spots as you.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that thousands of child refugees were swarming over the Mexican-American border? What if you found out that the children were trying to join their parents in the U.S.? And, what would you think about deporting thousands of refugee children

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A billionaire who gets it

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Homeless do starve in the US. And indeed corporate run food establishments throw away food at the end of the and fire workers who give this food to the homeless. We had a case of that at Starbucks recently right here in Martinez. Twenty years ago I would suspect folks in Greece would

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Probably a massive. Was he a vegetarian? On 07/01/2014 09:13 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: The coroner said he dropped dead in an instant, didn't feel a thing. Neither he nor his family had a history of heart disease. As many do, he died of a heart attack on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Fabulous, love that sound.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM but he, God rest his soul, could be stubborn. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1:20 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM but he, God rest his soul, could be stubborn. Unless you have the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/1/2014 5:09 AM, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Just because TM works a little slower than MMY thought it would, doesn't mean it's not having a substantial impact. Is that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 07/01/2014 11:34 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM

[FairfieldLife] Hello From Canada

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] I should say Happy Canada Day

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Yes, the effect will be biggest in Fairfield... But you are using statistical analysis of the behavior of large groups of people to detect that effect, and if a single pickpocket enters the town, the number of pockets picked on a given day will likely shoot up through the roof (I assume no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
United States Constitution First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
With regards to your significant other and heart attacks... It's a numbers game. Robert Scheider's research showed that for people who meditated regularly about once per day for 5 years, the incidence of mortaility dropped nearly 50% in people who had already had one heart attack. If they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Russell: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 06/30/2014

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
While these are preliminary studies, to say that TM isn't a good system is to ignore the results found in the War refugees in Uganda. In the first study, 90% of the TMers became non-symptomatic on the PTSD Scale-Civilian (PCL-C) after only 30 days practice, and remained that way at 135

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Hobby Lobby also invests heavily in the companies that MAKE those products. But they never petitioned the Supreme Court to allow them to change their investment strategy. Hobby Lobby is run by a bunch of hypocrites. They don't really care about these things. They just wanted to bring a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A billionaire who gets it

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 11:49 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I have to agree with Steve - People in the US have it incredibly easy compared to the poor countries in the world. Even the homeless here don't starve. However, I also heard on the news last night, that at a UC

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
It really shouldn't be that surprising. Enlightenment via TM is supposed to be due to being lower-stress. People that are world-class in some activity shine at least partly because they can handle stress better than the people who try just as hard but can't break into that world-class

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A billionaire who gets it

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
If you're a full-time college student working less than 25 hours/week, you pay $360, and that's before grants and scholarships from teh TM center, and any additional aid from the DLF. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 7/1/2014 11:49 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
And, going out on a limb here, just a tad, EVERY POSSIBLE cause for a heart attack besides acute poisoning, is exacerbated by long-term stress. TM helps manage long-term stress, and it is pretty much a given that his chances of survival would have gone up at least a little had he been doing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
And exercise can play a role in both kinds. Certainly TM would provide some relaxation just as simple breathing techniques do. My tantra teacher was practicing very advanced meditations but not watching his diet though he didn't have the problem albeit when he was smoking. Why? Because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
This problem would have been moot if Single Payer would have been passed. My Congressman co-sponsored the bill for that. But oh, that's comooonist! It would have taken health care out of the equation and companies could be as religiousy as they want because their employees would be getting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM in the Mail

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. On 7/1/2014 1:05 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: */Fabulous, love that sound./*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A billionaire who gets it

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 07/01/2014 01:31 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 7/1/2014 11:49 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I have to agree with Steve - People in the US have it incredibly easy compared to the poor countries in the world. Even the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, when I stopped smoking, having smoked a pack a day for about 8 years, I gained 30 pounds. Later learned that nicotine is a stimulent. AND, that if a person quits, keeps diet and exercise the same, they will still gain weight. Never thought of it as kapha pacifying! I do think that TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
On certain measures, such as cortisol levels, that is almost certainly the case. As always, the issues is between TM and other forms of meditation, not be tween TM and sleep. Sleep is vital to your health. So is TM. The difference is that if you need sleep, you spontaneously fall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: 'Today's decision is a victory for religious freedom and another defeat for an administration that has repeatedly crossed constitutional lines in pursuit of big government', said House Speaker John Boehner. Religious freedom

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 2:58 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: With regards to your significant other and heart attacks... It's a numbers game. Robert Scheider's research showed that for people who meditated regularly about once per day for 5 years, the incidence of mortaility dropped nearly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lawson, really? TM is vital to your health? Given the numbers of healthy people who never do TM, and the high number of people with all sorts of health problems who have done TM for years that is obviously not true. From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 3:24 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: They just wanted to bring a legal challenge to some aspect of Obamacare. Now this is funny - a guy is surprised that closely held corporations count as persons for purposes of RFRA. And, Hillary is deeply disturbed that the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Thought for the day: if privacy issues don't apply for this ruling when taking a pill, then how can they apply when having an abortion? This potentially overturns Roe v Wade, as far as insurance coverage for abortion goes. Anyone can object to any form of birth control coverage on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
I just heard some attorney's talking about the ruling ending the protective veil between the corporation and it's owners. Now that will be interesting. On 07/01/2014 03:55 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Thought for the day: if privacy issues don't apply for this ruling when

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Isn't the VA single payer? You want something like that? With an insurance company,  you can always say F.U., I'm going somewhere else if you think the service is bad. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:06 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:  

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 02-Jul-14 00:15:04 UTC

2014-07-01 Thread FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 06/28/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 07/05/14 00:00:00 311 messages as of (UTC) 07/01/14 23:49:05 73 'Richard J. Williams' punditster 45 Bhairitu noozguru 22 Mike Dixon mdixon.6569 20 awoelflebater 20 LEnglish5 19

Re: [FairfieldLife] Japanese Town Special

2014-07-01 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Share, If you plan to visit SF during the summer time, you can wear flowers in your hair but make sure to bring your sweater and jacket because it gets cold and foggy over here at that time. The weather gets better in September. Peace and Blessings ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] What We Did

2014-07-01 Thread Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Saturday June 28, 2014, we went to see Los #3 Dinners play at The Olmos Pharmacy in San Antonio, Texas *Inside the Olmos Pharmacy, Saturday June 28, 2014, San Antonio, Texas* http://youtu.be/0VN25WLOSCc http://www.olmosbharmacy.com/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I never saw such a bunch of people with phobias, allergies, syndromes and complaints as the people I knew at MIU. For a brief period I was at MIU, though I generally stayed away from the supposed cures for these things unless I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
It's very typical to pick up diseases at any educational institution. Ask any parent. Once away from that environment unless you are working in a big corporation where the problem occurs too you will be less exposed to bugs. On 07/01/2014 07:20 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As meditation(s) original intent was an aid to enlightenment, and physiological changes that result from various form of meditation can be a by-product, the idea that meditation should be promoted as a health nostrum really seems to me to betray its original purpose. While you might feel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Most people learn TM to address stress issues or other health issues. It's kinda a given that TMers would show certain tendencies. The way you resolve this is not via anecdote, but via studies using control groups. Better controlled studies are better, of course. L ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis' Birthday

2014-07-01 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Jeez Michael, I never bought into the TMO claiming that TM was the only real spiritual path, and neither did you. The only thing you heard, and which was claimed, was that TM being an effortless procedure, was therefore the most natural, and therefore the most effective. Now, I am not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hobby Lobby

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : You're making things up. I said it would be like Medicare and that would include the Advantage option. How much are you getting ripped off for that? Move to Canada. My husband and I pay $119 a month for medical coverage which

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