[FairfieldLife] A new instrument to add to your show, Curtis
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[FairfieldLife] Zohar, was YhWh is Shiva?
On 12/5/2014 10:57 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: The Hebrews found that the other religions of the past lacked the depth to describe the true nature of the human consciousness in relationship with the unified field--which the Hebrews understood to be Yahweh. According to what I've read, the Zohar (Hebrew - splendor or radiance) is the foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. The Kabbalah (Hebrew - receiving) is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between an eternal/mysterious Creator and the mortal/finite universe (His creation). Kabbalah seeks to define the nature of the universe and the human being, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. It also presents methods to aid understanding of these concepts and to thereby attain spiritual realization. Kabbalah originally developed entirely within the realm of Jewish thought and constantly uses classical Jewish sources to explain and demonstrate its esoteric teachings. These teachings are thus held by Kabbalists to define the inner meaning of both the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and traditional rabbinic literature, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances.
[FairfieldLife] Edg, was Rick the Vicious Negativity
Edg wrote: Richard J. Williams is an evil-supporting, war-mongering apologist for killing children for oil -- ample proof of his having approximately the I.Q. of a rehydrated wad of prehistoric coprolite. You just don't seem to get it, Edg. You're the guy that got brainwashed into selling nonsense gibberish for a living. You're guy that was put in a trance-induction state for 29 years. You will probably never get over your cognitive dissonance. As for me. I appreciate the Maharishi for teaching me an easy to learn relaxation technique - it was ideal for me at the time. But, I'm not a big supporter of the TMO in the U.S. or anywhere else. But, just for the record I DO NOT support Maharishi's simple-minded maxims about the reason to go to war or not, for the nation's self-defense. I fully support President Obama's decision to use drones to eliminate and destroy the terrorists ISIS in Iraq and Syria. You are the guy that threw the Maharishi and the President under the bus in order to support your liberal ideology. You are the guy Barry was talking about when he posted that you that would have believed almost anything in order to support the Maharishi and his TMO up to and including buttfucking babies. To be clear, you were the guy that lived in a TM Center for five years; you sold the snake-oil for decades. You ARE the TMO and the True Believer.
[FairfieldLife] Having a restful Don't Panic! day
The rest of my family is off doing important things elsewhere, so I'm taking advantage of the solitude to re-watch a few things. The first is the 2005 version of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (which I am informed in the IMDB's Trivia section is the 9th version of the story). I remember not being knocked out by the movie when it first came out, but in the time since at least a couple of its stars have gone on to bigger things. (Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent has morphed into Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit , and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian has become a big hit on American TV in New Girl.) So I figured I'd give it another shot. I'm still not knocked out by it. Reading Douglas Adams made me literally LOL and this doesn't. Can't quite figure out why. Posting this because I know there are a number of Douglas Adams fans here, and I wonder what you thought of this movie. Did it work for you? If so, why/why not? Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie Trailer | | | | | | | | | | | Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie Trailer | | | | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |
[FairfieldLife] Q'ubes, Q'res, Q'rans, and the Queen of Sheba
Prefatory: It would be in vain to deny that emotion has not influenced this cogent post, since the recent tragedy that has befallen us. So, I dedicate it to all seekers, aspirants, and thinkers, yet, bear me witness, it is intended only to divert a few reflective readers, who have good sense, and good humor enough to laugh not only at their follies, but at their own feeble existence. /Disclaimer: //*STOP!* //What you read here may be disturbing; if you have any spiritual sensibilities please go no further./ Yet, I know how disagreeable it is to make use of the thinking process, so it is with much concern that I attempt here to report on a subject which is quite shocking, even to the ways of this Good Fellow, and which describes some rather difficult terms. It is obvious that our minds perceive reality as a divine Polarity, a division of nature into good and evil. In Truth, there is only One, that is, /Unity Consciousness/, where duality ceases to hold sway. Some readers here will already be familiar with my obsession with smooth things, i.e. cargo cults, tantric cults involving sexual thaumaturgy, deviate cults, and cults with supposed access to the Axis Mundi or Materia Mater. That is, the abject physical objects which man deems worthy of highest veneration, e.g. up-rights, ridge-poles, cave holes, trees, stones, fire fetishes, and various and sundry man made structures of wood or brick in which is housed, within the holy, the grotesque likeness of the demi-urge, who raped man's ability to reason, when the demi-urge, by force of arms, expelled Eve from the Garden, off Eden Street, that is, east of the Indus, because Eve had read from the Book of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and had rejected it, in favor of the Staff of Hermes, or Life. The psychological reasons for man's obsession with these profane objects, and the propensity to wage war in the cause of their preservation and worship, will not be examined here, for obvious reasons. I wish only to describe the very basic attributes of these idols used in holy ritual; the reader may be left to his or her own interpretations as to the relevance of such objects and their use, and their religious implications for war and peace. The Body of the Report: Part I: Arabia, Omphali and the Black Stone of Sheba. /By Allah, I know you are but a stone, but I saw the prophet kiss you. -/Omar Ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam 1. The sacred center of the universe of Arabia is termed 'Omphali' by Arabs, from the prakrit mantra 'Om' and 'phal', meaning the 'Omphalos' of the Great Goddess, that is, Omphalo, the female 'generative' organ, i.e. the vulva of Mother Nature, the direct counterpart to the phalas of the Great Sky God, i.e. Omphalus, that is, the Phalus, linga, the upright generative organ of man, thus the Axis Mundi and Mother Goddess as the sacred ridge pole set into a splayed base of the physical universe, divine, worthy of worship, a black stone from heaven, a sign of connection to the Most High, that is, Hecate, the inventor of human sex and procreation. 2. One of the best known deviate cults concerns the fetish of the black stone at Mecca, revered by Musclemen, in which a cube i.e. a Ka'ba, which means the same, stands inside the Great Mosque. Reportedly to be about fifty feet high and covered with a black cloth, the actual sacred rock is set into the EASTERN corner of the structure, which stands in the center of a great courtyard. There the devout circumnabulate, in a counter-clockwise direction, mumbling the nick-names of their Goddess, and fingering beads, wearing one seamless cloth with no underwear, and with a rag wrapped around their heads, thus the individual symbolizing the cock-head of God. 3. Apparently, the actual fetish is inside the cube structure, and only about two feet of the actual object is visible, that part being of highly polished black meteorite material, set in an elaborate silver mounting, all, as said before, under the shawl of a black cloth, it too elaborately decorated. Thus sits the Great Vulva of the Arabic Goddess, now referred to as the 'hand' of Allah, upon which it is incumbent on EVERY Muscleman, at least once in this life, to go to Mecca and to kneel and kiss reverently, the very tip of the black stone. Women of course are not allowed inside ANY mosque, let alone with the city limits of Mecca during the Haj. 4. The sacred object, the vulva of stone, is central, no pun intended, to the understanding of the ironic fact that the misogynic Muscleman religion originated as the worship of the Goddess in the form of base, perverse temple prostitution. This proclivity of man, but not of woman, that is, the worship of the female vulva as the primordial material witness of generative power and creation, the symbols of which were placed in niches, or in domed buildings, in which the object was sheltered for worship. Sometimes in
[FairfieldLife] Steve, was Vicious Negativity
On 12/5/2014 10:44 PM, steve.sundur wrote: Nice post Curtis. And nice selections. /Very nice - we should stop all this talk about the spiritual life. Uh oh! Music is the voice of the Spirit; what now? Let's talk about the Blues - oh I forgot: the blues is all about the spiritual. Maybe I was thinking the love songs about broken hearts was all about the mundane. Go figure./ /What's left to talk about - the weather - it sucks./ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : Why are you acting this way Richard? You and I have no natural beef. Yes I was into the movement and now I am not. Your philosophical perspective seems to shift according to how you are tying to troll people. What do you stand for? I don't really know. In the real world you and I would never talk about our views of spirituality. Because neither of us give a shit about what the other person thinks about that. We would spend our time talking about music that we love. I think that is what you and I should talk about here too. I found one of these in an old funky import store run by a Moroccan guy and played it at my first gig last night singing an RL Burnside song. Gnawa musician (Gumbri improv) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurn2q-WZkY image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurn2q-WZkY Gnawa musician (Gumbri improv) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurn2q-WZkY This is a musician I met on my travels in Essaouira, Morocco. Later in the week, we were able to jam together. For more info, check out my blog: frequenciesa... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurn2q-WZkY Preview by Yahoo Here is the song I sang while playing bass lines on the three string bass lute. R.L. Burnside - Just like A Bird Without A Feather 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9khJIvtbms image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9khJIvtbms R.L. Burnside - Just like A Bird Without A Feather 1968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9khJIvtbms R.L. Burnside - Just like A Bird Without A Feather 1968 View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9khJIvtbms Preview by Yahoo .
Re: [FairfieldLife] Having a restful Don't Panic! day
On 12/6/2014 5:45 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: */The rest of my family is off doing important things elsewhere, so I'm taking advantage of the solitude to re-watch a few things. /* / Thanks for your thoughts, Barry - maybe I should re-watch a few old movies, but I'm so busy these days I'm not sure where or how I can find the time. There is so much to do - and so little time left to be doing it in. Go figure. * */ */The first is the 2005 version of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (which I am informed in the IMDB's Trivia section is the 9th version of the story). /* */ /* */I remember not being knocked out by the movie when it first came out, but in the time since at least a couple of its stars have gone on to bigger things. (Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent has morphed into /**/*/Bilbo Baggins in /*The Hobbit , and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian has become a big hit on American TV in New Girl.) So I figured I'd give it another shot. /* */ /* */I'm still not knocked out by it. Reading Douglas Adams made me literally LOL and this doesn't. Can't quite figure out why. Posting this because I know there are a number of Douglas Adams fans here, and I wonder what you thought of this movie. Did it work for you? If so, why/why not? /* */ /* */Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I/* image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I Preview by Yahoo http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/
[FairfieldLife] A Gigantic Hoax?
It's beginning to look like the news posted by MJ has some cracks in it (no pun intended). Although I used to read Rolling Stone and I was around when Jann Wenner founded the mag, I've always thought it was just a groupie rag. And Jan's editorial policy and his rejection of legalizing cannabis caused me to cancel my subscription, it looks like it's over for RS. There no credibility in it now. Rolling Stone apologizes for 'discrepancies' in UVA rape story: http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stone-uva-rape-story-retraction-180722194.html /Journalists who contemplate such matters are now wondering whether the incredible Rolling Stone story about the gang rape of a University of Virginia student is just that: not credible./ Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax? http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/01/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax 'Rolling Stone whiffs in reporting on alleged rape' http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/12/02/rolling-stone-whiffs-in-reporting-on-alleged-rape/
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
/A world already unsettled by Russian-inspired insurrection in Ukraine to the onslaught of Islamic State in the Middle East is about be roiled further as crude prices plunge. Global energy markets have been upended by an unprecedented North American oil boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting shale rocks to release oil and gas./ *Oil Shock Streaks Across Globe From Moscow to Tehran to Caracas. Ready for $40?* http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-30/oil-at-40-possible-as-market-transforms-caracas-to-iran.html /*Petronic* 4030 Vance Jackson Rd Spicewood Dr. San Antonio, Texas $1.99 http://www.sanantoniogasprices.com//
[FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to rave about it again. *Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals. We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it. I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber. The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn films. As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out. Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment. The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed, Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
thanks, turq, I've been a fan of Sorkin since West Wing and am just about to
run out of Castle reruns so am looking for some good TV.
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in
advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to
rave about it again.
*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less
talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never
really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals.
We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it.
I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this
show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and
that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber.
The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since
Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn
films.
As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for
this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal
leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television
anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in
their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every
week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will
appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment.
The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing
excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed,
Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition
to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real
pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think
he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your
mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's
gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA
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[FairfieldLife] Modern Slavery
/The new estimate is based on a statistical analysis by the Home Office chief scientific adviser, Professor Bernard Silverman, which aims for the first time to calculate the dark figure of victim numbers who are not reported to the law enforcement agencies./ Theresa May says tens of thousands held as modern slaves in Britain The Telegraph: http://tinyurl.com/lsjbs5m
[FairfieldLife] Living the American Dream
All Americans are living the American Dream - it's not just an economic, class, or status idea. The American dream is stated in the U.S. Declaration of Independence: all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The people have the right of revolution but individuals do not. Everyone, rich or poor, is already living the dream! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream /All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think expedient./ *The Constitution of Texas[37] also contains similar wording in Article 1, Sect 2: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Texas
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and suspend all posting at all to FFL? Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Othershttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694Re: An Old Index to FFL https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL? Start anew with posting on January 1st. Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting not enough re Fairfield IA few good vibes, I agree with Buck. Col Wm D, Leed IV, best in all till it may be cleaned up Rick all. Of late on FairfieldLife it feels like that sweep of IS across Syria has spread and happened over FFL as an open forum. It is now time for meditation on FFL, -Buck Dear Rick, I feel really sorry for you that you are left with just this cesspool of negativity from the recent separation in the FFL membership. This is not what we had hoped for with the forum as we started FarifieldLife these many years ago at Yahoo-groups. It is not too late to re-think this forum as a place for healthy discussions to occur. I hope for a better future here, -Buck in the Dome fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Rick, I am sorry, but a forum where anyone is allowed to suggest sexual violence AGAINST children, is not someplace I want to be. I am truly sorry things have degenerated to this point. I am local to the Yahoo corporation, and am considering a detailed notice to the Yahoo administrators, including screen names, of this current activity. Barry makes one
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
Wow, Barry. What a great way to start my day by looking at the Newsroom clip. I now have some winter TV evenings ahead that look to be interesting. Thanks.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Dear Rick, Instilling anadministrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a meansof disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkindtone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clearthe FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck,the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Bhairitu, please bear in mind that I am old and partially-retired in the Netherlands and thus SO not a soft touch financially :-), but consider this an offer to pitch in to crowd-funding your rendering (in the animation program of your choice) of Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Your recent assessment of Willytex was masterful. I suggest that this might offer another opportunity for creativity.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
Richard, horrifying to think that we can have a strong economy. But only by
ruining the environment. We're dealing with the Bakken oil pipeline from ND
here in Jeff Co. Here's what the NY Times has to say about
Bakken:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/23/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-downside.html
From: 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
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To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
A world already unsettled by Russian-inspired insurrection in Ukraine to
the onslaught of Islamic State in the Middle East is about be roiled further as
crude prices plunge. Global energy markets have been upended by an
unprecedented North American oil boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing, the
process of blasting shale rocks to release oil and gas.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I have enjoyed the first few Web Therapy episodes. Genuinely laugh out loud.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I don't really know you, of course, but based on what I have come to know
about you on Fairfield Life, wayback, I think you would SO love this series.
May it help to warm your Winter evenings.
It's got intellect and politically correct down pat, but the thing that makes
it stand out for me is that it does that and still has heart.
From: waybac...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
Wow, Barry. What a great way to start my day by looking at the Newsroom
clip. I now have some winter TV evenings ahead that look to be interesting.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I am a big, BIG fan of Lisa Kudrow. But somehow this and her more recent The
Comback failed to grab me. I may have to go back and see what I missed. Thanks
for the prompt.
From: waybac...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I have enjoyed the first few Web Therapy episodes. Genuinely laugh out
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
Give it a shot from the beginning, Share. I honestly think you'll love it. But
even if you don't, please report back your impressions. I'd be curious.
IMNSHO, a LOT of Americans missed this series. It seems to have blown past
them, obscured in a haze of bad reviews and petty jealousies. I offer my thanks
to the executives at HBO who kept it on the air when the ratings didn't
necessarily support that decision. That was SO the right thing to do. Deep bow.
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
thanks, turq, I've been a fan of Sorkin since West Wing and am just about
to run out of Castle reruns so am looking for some good TV.
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in
advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to
rave about it again.
*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less
talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never
really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals.
We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it.
I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this
show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and
that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber.
The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since
Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn
films.
As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for
this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal
leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television
anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in
their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every
week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will
appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment.
The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing
excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed,
Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition
to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real
pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think
he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your
mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's
gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote : Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and suspend all posting at all to FFL? Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Othershttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694Re: An Old Index to FFL https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL? Start anew with posting on January 1st. Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting not enough re Fairfield IA few good vibes, I agree with Buck. Col Wm D, Leed IV, best in all till it may be cleaned up Rick all. Of late on FairfieldLife it feels like that sweep of IS across Syria has spread and happened over FFL as an open forum. It is now time for meditation on FFL, -Buck Dear Rick, I feel really sorry for you that you are left with just this cesspool of negativity from the recent separation in the FFL membership. This is not what we had hoped for with the forum as we started FarifieldLife these many years ago at Yahoo-groups. It is not too late to re-think this forum as a place for healthy discussions to occur. I hope for a better future here, -Buck in the Dome fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Rick, I am sorry, but a forum where anyone is allowed to suggest sexual violence AGAINST children, is not someplace I want to be. I am truly sorry things have degenerated to this point. I am local to the Yahoo corporation, and am considering a detailed notice to the Yahoo administrators,
[FairfieldLife] Coffee or TM?
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
You know how powerful silence is right Buck? So I think your best move is to go into a deep silence of non posting here and the power of that silence is just sure to pull us all in with you. You obviously have a need to become a leader, so this is your moment to lead us all into silence. Go deep. Go long. Don't despair if it takes a while for the power of your silence to work on us. Just keep your intense silence for days, then weeks, and months with fixity on your goal of getting other people to stop communicating what they want to each other on a public forum set up for that purpose. I can't imagine how my life would be without your benevolent control asserting itself over my life Buck. So please do us ALL a favor and show us the way into the silence you seek so earnestly. We all will soon follow you there I am just sure about that. Don't waste a second, start right now! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote : Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and suspend all posting at all to FFL? Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Othershttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694Re: An Old Index to FFL https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL? Start anew with posting on January 1st. Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting not enough re Fairfield IA few good vibes, I agree with Buck. Col Wm D, Leed IV, best in all till it may be cleaned up Rick all. Of late
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
On 12/06/2014 05:00 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. */Bhairitu, please bear in mind that I am old and partially-retired in the Netherlands and thus SO not a soft touch financially :-), but consider this an offer to pitch in to crowd-funding your rendering (in the animation program of your choice) of /Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups/. /* */Your recent assessment of Willytex was masterful. I suggest that this might offer another opportunity for creativity. /* */ /* */ /* */ /* *//* Hehe, for some reason when I think of Buck animated it might be more Yosemite Sam. Then I had the idea after watching the next to last episode of Sons of Anarchy of creating a (much more difficult) animation of FFL as two waring motorcycle gangs.
[FairfieldLife] The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa
*The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa* In tribal societies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ceremonial masks serve many purposes. Their unique shapes and designs have special significance to each culture. Masks are used to connect the people with the spirit world, including the animal spirits as well as the spirits of dead ancestors. African masks have had a great influence on Western and European art, most notably in such styles as cubism, fauvism and expressionism, according to Denise Murrell writing in African Influences in Modern Art. The art of the mask plays a large part in the performance art by African shamans in which there is a ritual reeinactment of in which possession of the spiritual world is juxtaposed birth and death play a large part Possession by spirits, although documented in a great many shamanism contexts, does not seem to have been a primary and essential element. Rather, it suggests a phenomenon of degeneration; for the supreme goal of the shaman is to abandon his body and rise to heaven or descend into hell, not to let himself be possessed by his assisting spirits, by demons or the souls of the dead; the shaman's ideal is to master these spirits, not to let himself be occupied by them (Eliade 320). When wearing a ritual mask, the celebrant is not merely impersonating a deity; he becomes the deity in the eyes of his tribe. Wearing the mask transforms the wearer into another being, and causes him to speak and walk differently, and otherwise take on the qualities of the spirit being invoked. There are many reasons to masquerade: parades, dances, religious rituals, wars, planting and harvest, funerals, weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, speaking with animal spirits, and the rites of secret societies. Masks are almost always worn by men only, since they are imbued with power that is considered dangerous at times. Ritual masks are made by special artists who have trained for years, learning carving techniques from their elders. In addition to his woodworking abilities, the artist must also be able to communicate the spiritual intentions of his tribe when the mask would be used; his work is valued for its spiritual symbolism, not for craftsmanship alone. Cathy Newman in her articel for The National Geographic, Tangible Spirits for The National Geographic, think the mask maker is not trying to create a realistic image of an animal or person. Instead, he is trying to express the essence of abstract concepts such as nobility, beauty, courage, fertility, strength, alertness, humility, and peace of mind, according to the Artyfactory web site. How is such a mask created? The most popular material for making masks is wood, although other materials are used, as well: metal, fabric, ivory, cardboard, shells, beads, bones, animal skin, straw, feathers, and paint are some of them. Generally, wood is chosen because it is plentiful in the forests, and because trees are thought to have living souls that can provide naturally comfortable homes for the spirits who will reside in the masks. It is customary for the mask maker to offer a sacrifice to the tree before cutting it down. After cutting, the tree spirit is given a day or so to move out as the author of Rebirth Collection African to a new tree before the artist gathers his needed supply of wood. Not only does the tree have a spirit, but also the artist's adze, the tool used to carve the mask. If an adze has been passed down from previous generations, it may also inherit the skills of its former owner. The style of a mask depends on both the needs and beliefs of the community and the style (and ability) of the individual artist. Composition, texture, color, pattern, symmetry, balance, shape and embellishment all play a role in conveying the meaning of a mask. In his book The Masks of God, Campbell makes this astute observation: /The artist eye has a mythical slant upon life; therefore, the mythological realm - the world of the gods and demons, the carnival of their masks and the curious game of 'as if' in which the festival of the lived myth abrogates all the laws of time, letting the dead swim back to life, and the 'once upon a time' become the very present - we must approach and first regard the artists eye/ (Campbell 21). Examples from a few tribes will serve to illustrate the complexity and variety of masks. For example, the mask of Guro is of origin, from the Ivory Coast. This mask represents the spirit of Gu, the wife of a supernatural being. Depictions of Gu are serene and elegant. She has almond shaped eyes, a small mouth, and a finely sculpted nose. Masks with elaborate hair or headdresses represent wealthy women who do not carry objects on their heads. These masks honor protective spirits. Figures 2 and 3, below, are examples of Puno masks, which come from central and western Gabon. The soul of an ancestor is indicated by the white face, which represents
[FairfieldLife] What a joke
Given the number of TM practitioners I have known over the years who had all sorts of health problems this page is obviously a big ass joke. 6. Reimbursed by health insurance companies? | | | | | | | | | | | 6. Reimbursed by health insurance companies?Health insurers could make major savings by supporting people who want to stay healthy and heal themselves For over 40 years, hundreds of studies | | | | View on tm-ireland.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |
[FairfieldLife] Bad Luck
/Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded --- here and there, now and then --- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as bad luck./ - Robert Heinlein
[FairfieldLife] Skaktipat
The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya Suggested Reading: *Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography* by Swami Muktananda, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Paul Muller-Ortega SYDA Foundation, 1994 *Secret of the Siddhas* by Swami Muktananda SYDA Foundation, 1994 *The Doctrine of Vibration* An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski State University of New York Press, 1987 *Meditation Revolution* A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage by S.P. Sabharathnam and Douglas Brooks Agama Press, 1997
Re: [FairfieldLife] What a joke
On 12/6/2014 11:12 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: Do you ever do anything except bitch and complain and talk about others? Just curious. There are only a few informants left on this forum - so, who exactly are you posting this to, the lurking reporters? Are you suggesting that health problems are the result of practicing a simple relaxation technique? Following your logic, there must be billions of people all over the planet that have bad health because they held yoga pose for a few minutes or did some deep breathing. Can you cite any any double-blind scientific health studies that would indicate this? Maybe I should be directing this question the FFL resident science-writer. Barry? Given the number of TM practitioners I have known over the years who had all sorts of health problems this page is obviously a big ass joke. 6. Reimbursed by health insurance companies? http://tm-ireland.org/reimbursed-by-health-insurance/ image http://tm-ireland.org/reimbursed-by-health-insurance/ 6. Reimbursed by health insurance companies? http://tm-ireland.org/reimbursed-by-health-insurance/ Health insurers could make major savings by supporting people who want to stay healthy and heal themselves For over 40 years, hundreds of studies View on tm-ireland.org http://tm-ireland.org/reimbursed-by-health-insurance/ Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
The Newsroom has a problem in that it came along as the American public is beginning to sour on politics period. Bush was a nightmare and Obama didn't do much at all the remove that bad taste. Plus people are beginning to sour on television news. Maybe Sorkin should have done a science fiction show instead. Maybe a newsroom set in a dystopic future where TV occasionally works. The other real problem is that it is on HBO which more many Americans costs $100 or more a month to watch. Sure your cable company may say it's $10 to $15 or free (yeah right) to keep you from leaving. But there is a premium channel tax in that you can't just call up your cable or satellite provider and say you want HBO only. No you have to have basic cable which is the local channel with a few extras tossed in. But that isn't enough either you also need a extended tier which includes cable networks like AMC, FX, etc. But even much of that is to pay for the rights to carry something I never watched: the sports channels. So people are cutting the cable which is creating another shift in the way people watch. Neilsen is just beginning to collect ratings on streaming viewers but they will probably find that much of the audience is beginning to favor movies over series. And if they do watch a series tend to binge watch them. For instance I watched the third season of Lilyhammer in one week though not as a one evening marathon like some might do. Then folks are also finding some of the foreign series such as the recently added Swedish crime drama Dicte on Netflix. And if they can tolerate subtitles find shows are better on the other side of the pond. Like a friend said the people on the foreign series look real not like a bunch of fashion models as they do on American TV. And I might add fashion models living in a Sears showroom. Of course things change next month as HBO is supposedly making it's HBO Go available to anyone at $15 a month. No cable or satellite provider needed just good broadband service. I'm sure Showtime will follow. And CBS has it's new app but who cares about bad American TV. It will be interesting to see how HBO Go goes. Will I be able to sign up for three months to watch the remake of the UK series Utopia and catch up on everything else (as you can with the current Go app)? Bet you can only get what they will be providing live at the time. That's the mindset of HBO which being one of the first HDTV services in the US, to decide how to show their movie catalog cropped scope movies because they took an informal survey of office staff who said they would like the shows to fill their screen. :/ That's enough ramble for this morning. Maybe I should go back to my old practice of waiting until after my morning walk and espresso to reply to FFL. :-D On 12/06/2014 04:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: */I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to rave about it again. /* */ /* */*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals. We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it. /* */ /* */I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber. The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn films. /* */ /* */As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out. /* */ /* */Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment. /* */ /* */The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed, Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think
[FairfieldLife] Curtis, was Until the Vicious Negativity is removed
On 12/6/2014 10:15 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: You know how powerful silence is right Buck? So I think your best move is to go into a deep silence of non posting here and the power of that silence is just sure to pull us all in with you. Maybe you should call in the thought-police to put a stop to Buck's speaking out, like Barry did. Maybe the cops could put Buck in a choke-hold and make him shut up. That technique seemed to work ell on Michael Brown. /Mr. Hamilton - Put you hands up! / *Protesters of Chokehold Death Rally Around Nation* http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protesters-chokehold-death-rally-nation-27409181 You obviously have a need to become a leader, so this is your moment to lead us all into silence. Go deep. Go long. Don't despair if it takes a while for the power of your silence to work on us. Just keep your intense silence for days, then weeks, and months with fixity on your goal of getting other people to stop communicating what they want to each other on a public forum set up for that purpose. I can't imagine how my life would be without your benevolent control asserting itself over my life Buck. So please do us ALL a favor and show us the way into the silence you seek so earnestly. We all will soon follow you there I am just sure about that. Don't waste a second, start right now! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote : Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and /_suspend_/ all posting at all to FFL?Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Others https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280*Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694*Re: An Old Index to FFL* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68*Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL?Start anew with posting on January 1^st . Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting
[FairfieldLife] Re: WTF
It was his idea, not mine. He is calling for silence and I am saying start us off, lead by example. Linking this to tragic news events is seriously trollish and shitty Richard. What is your deal? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 12/6/2014 10:15 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: You know how powerful silence is right Buck? So I think your best move is to go into a deep silence of non posting here and the power of that silence is just sure to pull us all in with you. Maybe you should call in the thought-police to put a stop to Buck's speaking out, like Barry did. Maybe the cops could put Buck in a choke-hold and make him shut up. That technique seemed to work ell on Michael Brown. Mr. Hamilton - Put you hands up! Protesters of Chokehold Death Rally Around Nation http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protesters-chokehold-death-rally-nation-27409181 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protesters-chokehold-death-rally-nation-27409181 You obviously have a need to become a leader, so this is your moment to lead us all into silence. Go deep. Go long. Don't despair if it takes a while for the power of your silence to work on us. Just keep your intense silence for days, then weeks, and months with fixity on your goal of getting other people to stop communicating what they want to each other on a public forum set up for that purpose. I can't imagine how my life would be without your benevolent control asserting itself over my life Buck. So please do us ALL a favor and show us the way into the silence you seek so earnestly. We all will soon follow you there I am just sure about that. Don't waste a second, start right now! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote : Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and suspend all posting at all to FFL? Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Others https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694Re: An Old Index to FFL https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the
[FairfieldLife] The Americanizing of Europe
Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them
practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard
environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much
power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think.
This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA.
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 1:14 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade
deal.
I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about
obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders
listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart.
My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign
companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise
business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and
employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode
well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think.
I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most
had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which
surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having
control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern
is making money out of us.
This puzzles me though:
Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national
cuisine.Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading
Europe and what else it brings with it:
http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Or Bubble n Squeak .
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade
deal.
I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about
obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders
listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart.
My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign
companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise
business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and
employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode
well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think.
I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most
had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which
surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having
control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern
is making money out of us.
This puzzles me though:
Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national
cuisine.Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading
Europe and what else it brings with it:
http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I find The Newsroom’s acting, writing, issues to be compelling and probing – generally excellent. Beyond being a nuanced exploration of modern media, to me it challenges the viewer to face basic life questions: how do we know what is true, how and when is information sufficiently validated to warrant action, who and what can you trust, the maya of appearances, etc. I heard Aaron is sitting on a draft titled, “Maggie Jordon, Live from Heaven” in which Maggie reports live from a George Hammond type forum – after Hallie breaks an exclusive on her new media blog getting 250,000 hits in the first 24-hours -- which prompts the new owner tech billionaire Pruitt to pronounce in Zen tones that the network will not be out-scooped by a start-up matrix of blogs. Mackenzie and Charlie go totally ballistic in their horror of mainstream news network covering such an obscure and esoteric event – complicated by Will McAvoy having visions in his prison cell with disturbing parallels to the “Hammond” material – though Will is unwilling and unable to reveal his source. Sloan meanwhile puts together a killer side piece on the 3000 year return of investment of the Covenant (Initially she was throwing her $2000 designer heels against the newsroom wall when pitched the assignment, but got more into it when a large hedge fund manager and several CEOs at Fortune 100 firms showed interest in interviews for the piece.) Jim and Maggie’s new ethics professor boyfriend verbally duke it out over a dozen or so episode-related journalistic, moral and ethical issues – as a transparent front for their battle to prove to Maggie who is the smartest guy in the room. While Maggie gushes at the thinly veiled attention, she knows deep down that she is smarter and a nicer person than either.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WTF
On 12/6/2014 11:53 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: It was his idea, not mine. He is calling for silence and I am saying start us off, lead by example. I don't want anyone to be silent - this is a discussion group. Why are you guys so concerned with what anyone posts to this group, anyway? You guys are starting to sound like obsessed thought-police. Go figure. Linking this to tragic news events is seriously trollish and shitty Richard. What is your deal? I'll tell what's seriously trollish, Curtis - Barry calling in the cops to have us investigated for playing a word game, button-pushing contest that turned out to be a hoax. That's the point. What happened to your sense of humor - can't you even recognize satire anymore? And, I'll tell you another thing - I must have posted over 5,000 on-topic messages to this group without getting any responses from you or Barry, including at least 20 message about music meant for you specifically - and you failed to respond to a single one. So far, you're a real big disappointment in my book, not withstanding your talent as a singer. There's just no pleasing you guys - you wear your JELLOSE on you shirt sleeve. The only thing I can figure out is you're not only JELLOS but just plain prejudiced against Texans. Prove me wrong. So, I figured I'd come down to your discussion level and just post some loose talk for awhile. Is that alright with you, Curtis? Just for five or ten minutes? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 12/6/2014 10:15 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: You know how powerful silence is right Buck? So I think your best move is to go into a deep silence of non posting here and the power of that silence is just sure to pull us all in with you. Maybe you should call in the thought-police to put a stop to Buck's speaking out, like Barry did. Maybe the cops could put Buck in a choke-hold and make him shut up. That technique seemed to work ell on Michael Brown. /Mr. Hamilton - Put you hands up! / *Protesters of Chokehold Death Rally Around Nation* http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protesters-chokehold-death-rally-nation-27409181 You obviously have a need to become a leader, so this is your moment to lead us all into silence. Go deep. Go long. Don't despair if it takes a while for the power of your silence to work on us. Just keep your intense silence for days, then weeks, and months with fixity on your goal of getting other people to stop communicating what they want to each other on a public forum set up for that purpose. I can't imagine how my life would be without your benevolent control asserting itself over my life Buck. So please do us ALL a favor and show us the way into the silence you seek so earnestly. We all will soon follow you there I am just sure about that. Don't waste a second, start right now! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote : Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and /_suspend_/ all posting at all to FFL?Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/6/2014 11:55 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: Oh my Gawd! What is the world coming to? The elite 1% over in Europe don't want to eat an American tomato. It's the end of the world for sure! What are we going to do now - stop exporting oil and gasoline to Europe so they have to pay $8 a gallon for Russian fuel just to keep warm. Woe is me! So, Barry where is the science? Can you cite a single double-blind scientific study that indicates any serious side-effect of eating GMO bowl of brown rice. Just one. Thanks. http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
This sentence stood out for me: / //Many European critics also are taking aim at other aspects of the deal — with the most strident opponents insisting it could usher in an era of American-style capitalism to Europe that puts corporations and consumerism above all else./ America has really become a fascist country where corporations rule the government and the people have less and less say. On 12/06/2014 10:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/6/2014 12:14 PM, salyavin808 wrote: I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. So, what happened to the science? /There is broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops poses no greater risk to human health than conventional food./ Works cited: The American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2012. American Medical Association. 2012. World Health Organization. 2012. United States Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2004. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. European Union. 2010.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
On 12/06/2014 09:12 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 12/06/2014 05:00 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. */Bhairitu, please bear in mind that I am old and partially-retired in the Netherlands and thus SO not a soft touch financially :-), but consider this an offer to pitch in to crowd-funding your rendering (in the animation program of your choice) of /Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups/. /* */Your recent assessment of Willytex was masterful. I suggest that this might offer another opportunity for creativity. /* */ /* */ /* */ /* *//* Hehe, for some reason when I think of Buck animated it might be more Yosemite Sam. Whaddya think: http://youtu.be/THWCH2Nwsss
[FairfieldLife] We don't need no stinkun silence
The gap between thoughts is already silent. Without it we couldn't even produce two thoughts in succession. Our unconscious awareness of this already undermines our fascination with all these frenetic, agitated postings on FFL. Let the morality trackers stalk another group. The bar scene her at the FFL saloon is full of repeating indulgences but it is much preferred to the lap-dog declarations of the oh-so-enlightened over at The Peak. We don't need the artifice of TMO thought-police to suppress expression on the forum.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. On 12/6/2014 12:47 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. /So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. ///You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? ///Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement/ *From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 1:14 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : This sentence stood out for me: Many European critics also are taking aim at other aspects of the deal — with the most strident opponents insisting it could usher in an era of American-style capitalism to Europe that puts corporations and consumerism above all else. America has really become a fascist country where corporations rule the government and the people have less and less say. For some reason our beloved leaders think that's a great idea. And we get it smuggled in without any debate by them distracting us with a bit of flag waving at the royal family while they sell the country from under our feet. Most of it is already owned by nameless foreign companies that will no doubt be stripped and sold at a profit to other nameless companies and stripped again. Someone must be getting rich is all I can think of! On 12/06/2014 10:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/06/2014 01:10 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. On 12/6/2014 12:47 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. /So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. ///You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? ///Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement/ Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You aren't making any sense. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. On 12/6/2014 1:49 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Or Bubble n Squeak . Can you believe this, Mike: a guy that loves eating Fish and Chips is concerned about food quality. Go figure. /The average wining margin in the last ten Intelligence Squared U.S. debates was around 18 percentage points. The final vote also contrasts with what national polls say about how American feel about GM foods./ *In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The For Side Wins* Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/head-head-gmo-debate-win-gm-foods
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/6/2014 2:51 PM, Bhairitu wrote: This sentence stood out for me: / //Many European critics also are taking aim at other aspects of the deal — with the most strident opponents insisting it could usher in an era of American-style capitalism to Europe that puts corporations and consumerism above all else./ Oh my Gawd - American-style capitalism where somebody might earn some money so they can pay their bills and get fuel this winter. What is this world coming to? It's just fucking outrageous! America has really become a fascist country where corporations rule the government and the people have less and less say. God damn America! ISIS has a billion dollars in cash and it's all George W. Bush's fault. On 12/06/2014 10:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
Re: [FairfieldLife] We don't need no stinkun silence
On 12/6/2014 3:09 PM, emptybill wrote: The gap between thoughts is already silent. Without it we couldn't even produce two thoughts in succession. Our unconscious awareness of this already undermines our fascination with all these frenetic, agitated postings on FFL. Let the morality trackers stalk another group. The bar scene her at the FFL saloon is full of repeating indulgences but it is much preferred to the lap-dog declarations of the oh-so-enlightened over at The Peak. We don't need the artifice of TMO thought-police to suppress expression on the forum. Somebody should call the cops on these babies and tear them a new one! That will teach them to keep their big pie holes shut around here. We want some silence around here so we can get some wanking done. Woke me me up from a wet dream - goddamn those cunts!
[FairfieldLife] It's All About Buck and Willytex, was Rick
TurquoiseB wrote: /Please bear in mind that I am old and partially-retired in the Netherlands and thus SO not a soft touch financially.../ Bhairitu wrote: /Hehe, for some reason when I think of Buck animated it might be more Yosemite Sam./ *Translation: * Gawd! Don't you just hate that Buck and that Willytex! One lives up in Iowa and manages a big farm making big bucks and the other lives down in Texas and doesn't have to work at all because he saved enough money to last him the rest of his life. Who the hell do they think they are? It's just outrageous - they should give us some of that money so we could spend all day making animated cartoons and watching pirated re-rune of movies. It's enough to make a guy want to wanker by himself all day. I just hate those bastards! Somebody should call the cops on them and put a choke-hold on them - living in Middle America like that and living the American dream! Goddamn fucking #$*5$#*%$$$!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. /So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. ///You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? ///Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement/ On 12/6/2014 3:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You aren't making any sense. Go figure. Opponents like Alex Jones and Ross Perot rely on anecdotes to make their case, and when they use statistics, they are very selective. In the battle of sound bites and bumper stickers, NAFTA has become the short cut for venting anger about the alleged misdeeds of globalization. Go figure. According to what I've read, most economists regard NAFTA as a tremendous success, contributing to better jobs and higher income in the three partner countries, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. / //Trade among the North American partners is up more than threefold since the pact entered into force in 1994, and now totals about $900 billion annually. Canada and Mexico account for almost 30 percent of U.S. two-way merchandise trade. A rough calculation suggests that NAFTA has added about $60 billion annually to U.S. national income, about $200 per American./
[FairfieldLife] Two Stages of Samadhi
Samadhi has two stages: Samprajana samadhi - enstasis where there is still object-consciousness. Nirvikalpasamadhi - where there is no longer any object-consciousness. The purpose of yoga is to isolate bodily fluctuations and pass into samprajana samadhi, hence to total isolation of mental fluctuations aand then to pass into nirvakalpasamadhi where the Self is not hidden by external conditions of the body or the mind (citta). Asamprajnatasamadhi became known in later Vedanta circles as nirvikalpasamadhi. /The point to be noted about yoga is that its whole soteriology is based upon the suppression of mental fluctuations so as to pass firstly into samprajnatasamadhi and from there, through the complete suppression of all mental fluctuations, into asamprajnatasamadhi, in which state the Self remains solely in and as itself without being hidden by external, conditioning factors imposed by the mind (citta). - //Michael Comans/ *'The question of the importance of Samadhi in modern and classical Advaita Vedanta' * http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/comans.htm /Yoga citta vritti nirodha./ - Patanjali Y.S. I.1.2 /Yoga is the cessation of the mental turnings of the mind./ - Translation by Swami Venkatesananda Samadhi: 1. Sanskrit (Saúmaúdhi) n. Jap., sanmai or zanmai 2. Nirvana, Parinirvana 3. from the root word 'Sam', to establish, make firm. 4. A conscious experience that lies beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. 5. A meditative mental equipoise.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Skaktipat
According to tantric legend in a nut shell, /Shiva/ was married to /Shakti,/ the daughter of Daksha, but Daksha did not like Shiva for some reason, and Daksha did not invite Shiva or Shakti to a perticular sacrifice. Because of this, Shiva got really angry because Shakti threw herself on a fire because she was upset. Shakti was then transformed into the goddess /Tripura Sundari/, also called /Shodashi/. Shiva was grief-stricken at the loss of his wife Shakti so he put her body on his shoulders and vowed to keep it there. But, Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places which came to be known a the 18 /Shakti-peethas/. The /Kamakhya Temple/ is a Shakti temple situated on top of the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam on the northern banks of the river Brahmaputra (the son of Brahma), India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess as the Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tripura Sundari and Tara. It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and Tantric worshipers. According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the body part of Devi that fell here was the yoni. Go figure. Works cited: *The Tantric Tradition* by Swami Agehananda Bharati Samueal Weiser, Red Wheel Edition, 1975 *The Light at the Center' * by Swami Agehananda Bharati Ross Erikson, April 1976 The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya Suggested Reading: *Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography* by Swami Muktananda, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Paul Muller-Ortega SYDA Foundation, 1994 *Secret of the Siddhas* by Swami Muktananda SYDA Foundation, 1994 *The Doctrine of Vibration* An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski State University of New York Press, 1987 *Meditation Revolution* A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage by S.P. Sabharathnam and Douglas Brooks Agama Press, 1997
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Skaktipat
So can you, Richard, give shaktipat? On 12/06/2014 03:07 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: According to tantric legend in a nut shell, /Shiva/ was married to /Shakti,/ the daughter of Daksha, but Daksha did not like Shiva for some reason, and Daksha did not invite Shiva or Shakti to a perticular sacrifice. Because of this, Shiva got really angry because Shakti threw herself on a fire because she was upset. Shakti was then transformed into the goddess /Tripura Sundari/, also called /Shodashi/. Shiva was grief-stricken at the loss of his wife Shakti so he put her body on his shoulders and vowed to keep it there. But, Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places which came to be known a the 18 /Shakti-peethas/. The /Kamakhya Temple/ is a Shakti temple situated on top of the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam on the northern banks of the river Brahmaputra (the son of Brahma), India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess as the Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tripura Sundari and Tara. It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and Tantric worshipers. According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the body part of Devi that fell here was the yoni. Go figure. Works cited: *The Tantric Tradition* by Swami Agehananda Bharati Samueal Weiser, Red Wheel Edition, 1975 *The Light at the Center' * by Swami Agehananda Bharati Ross Erikson, April 1976 The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya Suggested Reading: *Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography* by Swami Muktananda, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Paul Muller-Ortega SYDA Foundation, 1994 *Secret of the Siddhas* by Swami Muktananda SYDA Foundation, 1994 *The Doctrine of Vibration* An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski State University of New York Press, 1987 *Meditation Revolution* A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage by S.P. Sabharathnam and Douglas Brooks Agama Press, 1997
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/06/2014 02:33 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. /So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. ///You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? ///Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement/ On 12/6/2014 3:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You aren't making any sense. Go figure. Opponents like Alex Jones and Ross Perot rely on anecdotes to make their case, and when they use statistics, they are very selective. In the battle of sound bites and bumper stickers, NAFTA has become the short cut for venting anger about the alleged misdeeds of globalization. Go figure. According to what I've read, most economists regard NAFTA as a tremendous success, contributing to better jobs and higher income in the three partner countries, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Those economists wouldn't happen to hold court on FOX News, would they? You so often seem to support the status quo. What have they done for you?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
One of the effects of NAFTA was that United Parcel Service sued the government
of Canada, specifically the Canada Post, stating unfair business practices.
In other words, the Canadians run their post much more efficiently as a parcel
service than UPS does, so UPS tried to force them to stop doing parcel
deliveries so UPS would get more business.
Ultimately Canada Post won the decision, but any law that allows a private
company to attempt to do some crap like that is absurd. And Willy Tex in beyond
an idiot. I'm glad his posts go automatically to my trash can.
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/06/2014 01:10 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them
practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard
environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much
power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think.
On 12/6/2014 12:47 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA.
So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why
you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the
U.S. and Mexico.
Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs
are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. You're not even
making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send?
Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three
nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign
NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and
promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot
warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians
hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free
trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You
aren't making any sense. Go figure.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Just one example: Within the last 30 years, the 2,000-mile border between theUnited States and Mexico has become what the American Medical Associationcalls, a virtual cesspool and breeding ground for infectious disease(Public Citizen, 2000).� Thecauses of this unfortunate observation are the more than 3,000 manufacturingplants that cover the Mexican border known as the �maquiladoras.�� The maquiladoras are the mostlyAmerican-owned factories along the Mexican border that assemble products forexport to U.S. markets (Nation�s Health, 1998). TheMexican maquiladora program, implemented in 1965, created a free tradeagreement for foreign companies to bring materials into the country formanufacturing.� The goal of the programwas to provide Mexico�s northern cities with a better job market while alsoproviding foreign manufacturers with cheap labor.� The maquiladoras do provide Mexican border cities with a greatnumber of jobs, but at the expense of low wages, terrible working conditions,low job security, and high exposure to toxic chemicals (EHC, 1998). TheNorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented by the Mexican,U.S., and Canadian governments in 1993.�NAFTA proponents promised that the agreement would help to alleviatemany of the current border problems caused by the existing free-tradezone.� NAFTA would also help to improveworking conditions, better enforce environmental laws, and decrease the highmaquiladora concentration along the border (Public Citizen, 2000).� Unfortunately,NAFTA did not have the effect that its proponents had talked of.� In 1995, two years after NAFTA wasimplemented, the maquiladora work force increased by 20%.� The agreement also did little to helpdisperse the plants further from the border areas.� In 1995, 85% of all maquiladora workers were employed in one ofthe six Mexican Border States (Public Citizen, 2000).� Another downfall of NAFTA was the disposal of toxic waste fromthe foreign-owned factories.� Under theoriginal maquiladora program, foreign manufactures were required to return allwaste to the country of origin, however NAFTA allows all goods imported to themaquiladoras to remain in Mexico, including the waste products (EHC, 2000). From this source:Environmental Justice Case Study: Maquiladoras | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental Justice Case Study: MaquiladorasEnvironmental Justice Case Study: Maquiladora Workers and Border Issues By: Elyse Bolterstein��� Table ... | | | | View on www.umich.edu | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe On 12/06/2014 02:33 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement On 12/6/2014 3:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You aren't making any sense. Go figure. Opponents like Alex Jones and Ross Perot rely on anecdotes to make their case, and when they use statistics, they are very selective. In the battle of sound bites and bumper stickers, NAFTA has become the short cut for venting anger about the alleged misdeeds of globalization. Go figure. According to what I've read, most economists regard NAFTA as a tremendous success, contributing to better jobs and higher income in the three partner countries, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Those economists wouldn't happen to hold court on FOX News, would they? You so often seem to support the status quo. What have they done for you? #yiv3246631068 #yiv3246631068 --
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : Or Bubble n Squeak . I love bubble and squeak (fried leftover vegetables - the main ingredients being potato and cabbage) but it has to be over-fried and so slightly burnt to be really appreciated. The warning: contains GMO ingredients wouldn't put me off eating something. There is no *essential* difference between a genetically modified plant and one that has been altered over a long time thanks to selective breeding and splicing methods - methods that have been used by our venerable ancestors for millennia. We're just saving time - and saving lives if disease-resistant crops like rice (even crops that can be harvested twice in a year instead of just the once) could be adopted in the Third World. Most of those who object to GMO foods are emoting rather than thinking - always a bad way of evaluating progress. A list of ingredients that included mechanically recovered meat always has me returning the item to the shelf - it conjures up images of gristle and unmentionable parts of animals being put into a mincer to be added to the minimum amount of recognizable cuts of meat the makers think they can get away with. From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe Thanks for that Bhairitu, it's another reason to hate this stupid TTIP trade deal. I hadn't considered the effect on food but it's something people care about obviously so it might galvanise more into action. Not that our beloved leaders listen to us, they are clearly convinced they have our best interests at heart. My biggest worry about it has been the proposed effects on law. Foreign companies will be able to sue governments for not letting them practise business however they want, they will be able to disregard environmental and employment law for instance. Giving corporations this much power doesn't bode well, we are heading into a dangerous future I think. I am heartened that a large majority oppose it though, I wasn't aware that most had even heard of it as the government are keeping very quiet about it, which surprises me considering the amount of opposition there is to the EU having control over UK law and here we are giving it away to people whose main concern is making money out of us. This puzzles me though: Even in Britain — a nation hardly known for the glories of its national cuisine. Are they suggesting there's something wrong with boiled ham and cabbage? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Good article in the Washington Post about US frankenfoods invading Europe and what else it brings with it: http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV http://wapo.st/1BiKlzV
[FairfieldLife] Re: Skaktipat
Re Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places: An intriguing parallel with the Egyptian myth of Osiris whose body was cut into 14 pieces and scattered throughout the land. Isis gathered up all the parts of the body, less the phallus (which was eaten by a catfish!) and bandaged them together for a proper burial. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : According to tantric legend in a nut shell, Shiva was married to Shakti, the daughter of Daksha, but Daksha did not like Shiva for some reason, and Daksha did not invite Shiva or Shakti to a perticular sacrifice. Because of this, Shiva got really angry because Shakti threw herself on a fire because she was upset. Shakti was then transformed into the goddess Tripura Sundari, also called Shodashi. Shiva was grief-stricken at the loss of his wife Shakti so he put her body on his shoulders and vowed to keep it there. But, Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places which came to be known a the 18 Shakti-peethas. The Kamakhya Temple is a Shakti temple situated on top of the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam on the northern banks of the river Brahmaputra (the son of Brahma), India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess as the Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tripura Sundari and Tara. It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and Tantric worshipers. According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the body part of Devi that fell here was the yoni. Go figure. Works cited: The Tantric Tradition by Swami Agehananda Bharati Samueal Weiser, Red Wheel Edition, 1975 The Light at the Center' by Swami Agehananda Bharati Ross Erikson, April 1976 The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya Suggested Reading: Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography by Swami Muktananda, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Paul Muller-Ortega SYDA Foundation, 1994 Secret of the Siddhas by Swami Muktananda SYDA Foundation, 1994 The Doctrine of Vibration An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski State University of New York Press, 1987 Meditation Revolution A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage by S.P. Sabharathnam and Douglas Brooks Agama Press, 1997
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
On 12/6/2014 7:04 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, horrifying to think that we can have a strong economy. But only by ruining the environment. Addressing the important issues! It's the cost of doing business and living. The idea is for the U.S. to become energy independent so we don't have to depend on Middle East oil. If the U.S. can become energy independent we won't be at the mercy of OPEC. We won't be forced to send more troops to fight in Iraq and Syria - it's a small price to pay if we can save the life of one single American soldier. You may not remember the oil crises of 1973 when OPEC put an oil embargo on Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States resulting in massive lines at the pumps. The whole world runs on oil, Share - you and I and everyone on the planet depend on oil. Without oil you would starve along with billions of other people. That's the reality of living in a modern world. Someday, we will be able to replace oil with renewable fuels - but at present we have to face the reality and survive in order to do the right thing in the distant future. The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), consisting of the Arab members of the OPEC, plus Egypt, Syria and Tunisia) proclaimed an oil embargo. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen from $3 per barrel to nearly $12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis We're dealing with the Bakken oil pipeline from ND here in Jeff Co. Here's what the NY Times has to say about Bakken: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/23/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-downside.html *From:* 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy /A world already unsettled by Russian-inspired insurrection in Ukraine to the onslaught of Islamic State in the Middle East is about be roiled further as crude prices plunge. Global energy markets have been upended by an unprecedented North American oil boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting shale rocks to release oil and gas./ *Oil Shock Streaks Across Globe From Moscow to Tehran to Caracas. Ready for $40?* http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-30/oil-at-40-possible-as-market-transforms-caracas-to-iran.html /*Petronic* 4030 Vance Jackson Rd Spicewood Dr. San Antonio, Texas $1.99 http://www.sanantoniogasprices.com//
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
On 12/6/2014 6:27 AM, Share Long wrote: thanks, turq, I've been a fan of Sorkin since West Wing and am just about to run out of Castle reruns so am looking for some good TV. /You got a TV set and cable? Go figure./ *From:* TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom */I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to rave about it again. /* */ /* */*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals. We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it. /* */ /* */I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber. The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn films. /* */ /* */As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out. /* */ /* */Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment. /* */ /* */The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed, Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them. /* */ /* */https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA/**/ /* *//* */ /*
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fascinating, Richard, thanks for posting. Of course what caught my attention was the fact that women were not allowed to wear masks. BTW, I enjoyed several of your knowledge posts today. From: 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 11:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa In tribal societies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ceremonial masks serve many purposes. Their unique shapes and designs have special significance to each culture. Masks are used to connect the people with the spirit world, including the animal spirits as well as the spirits of dead ancestors. African masks have had a great influence on Western and European art, most notably in such styles as cubism, fauvism and expressionism, according to Denise Murrell writing in African Influences in Modern Art. The art of the mask plays a large part in the performance art by African shamans in which there is a ritual reeinactment of in which possession of the spiritual world is juxtaposed birth and death play a large part Possession by spirits, although documented in a great many shamanism contexts, does not seem to have been a primary and essential element. Rather, it suggests a phenomenon of degeneration; for the supreme goal of the shaman is to abandon his body and rise to heaven or descend into hell, not to let himself be possessed by his assisting spirits, by demons or the souls of the dead; the shaman's ideal is to master these spirits, not to let himself be occupied by them (Eliade 320). When wearing a ritual mask, the celebrant is not merely impersonating a deity; he becomes the deity in the eyes of his tribe. Wearing the mask transforms the wearer into another being, and causes him to speak and walk differently, and otherwise take on the qualities of the spirit being invoked. There are many reasons to masquerade: parades, dances, religious rituals, wars, planting and harvest, funerals, weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, speaking with animal spirits, and the rites of secret societies. Masks are almost always worn by men only, since they are imbued with power that is considered dangerous at times. Ritual masks are made by special artists who have trained for years, learning carving techniques from their elders. In addition to his woodworking abilities, the artist must also be able to communicate the spiritual intentions of his tribe when the mask would be used; his work is valued for its spiritual symbolism, not for craftsmanship alone. Cathy Newman in her articel for The National Geographic, Tangible Spirits for The National Geographic, think the mask maker is not trying to create a realistic image of an animal or person. Instead, he is trying to express the essence of abstract concepts such as nobility, beauty, courage, fertility, strength, alertness, humility, and peace of mind, according to the Artyfactory web site. How is such a mask created? The most popular material for making masks is wood, although other materials are used, as well: metal, fabric, ivory, cardboard, shells, beads, bones, animal skin, straw, feathers, and paint are some of them. Generally, wood is chosen because it is plentiful in the forests, and because trees are thought to have living souls that can provide naturally comfortable homes for the spirits who will reside in the masks. It is customary for the mask maker to offer a sacrifice to the tree before cutting it down. After cutting, the tree spirit is given a day or so to “move out” as the author of Rebirth Collection African to a new tree before the artist gathers his needed supply of wood. Not only does the tree have a spirit, but also the artist’s adze, the tool used to carve the mask. If an adze has been passed down from previous generations, it may also inherit the skills of its former owner. The style of a mask depends on both the needs and beliefs of the community and the style (and ability) of the individual artist. Composition, texture, color, pattern, symmetry, balance, shape and embellishment all play a role in conveying the meaning of a mask. In his book The Masks of God, Campbell makes this astute observation: The artist eye has a mythical slant upon life; therefore, the mythological realm - the world of the gods and demons, the carnival of their masks and the curious game of 'as if' in which the festival of the lived myth abrogates all the laws of time, letting the dead swim back to life, and the 'once upon a time' become the very present - we must approach and first regard the artists eye (Campbell 21). Examples from a few tribes will serve to illustrate the complexity and variety of masks. For example, the mask of Guro is of origin, from the Ivory Coast. This mask represents the
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
On 12/06/2014 05:40 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : Or Bubble n Squeak . I love bubble and squeak (fried leftover vegetables - the main ingredients being potato and cabbage) but it has to be over-fried and so slightly burnt to be really appreciated. The warning: contains GMO ingredients wouldn't put me off eating something. There is no *essential* difference between a genetically modified plant and one that has been altered over a long time thanks to selective breeding and splicing methods - methods that have been used by our venerable ancestors for millennia. We're just saving time - and saving lives if disease-resistant crops like rice (even crops that can be harvested twice in a year instead of just the once) could be adopted in the Third World. Most of those who object to GMO foods are emoting rather than thinking - always a bad way of evaluating progress. GMO is not just modifying or hybridizing a crop. That's been going on for ages. But doing things like making them contain glyphosates to make them pest resistant. Would you like a little RoundUp on that potato? A list of ingredients that included mechanically recovered meat always has me returning the item to the shelf - it conjures up images of gristle and unmentionable parts of animals being put into a mincer to be added to the minimum amount of recognizable cuts of meat the makers think they can get away with. I call that pre-chewed meat. However in some ways nothing new much like British Bangers or other sausages but carried to an extreme nowadays. Chicken tenders are no longer breast tenderloin but pre-chewed scraps.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
Richard, I have a TV set but no cable. I have a public library 2 blocks away
with a great collection of movies and TV series to borrow for free. That's how
I discovered West Wing. But I like it so much I got my own set, the whole 7
season series. I read somewhere that the Josh Lymon character was based on Rahm
Emmanuel who was Obama's first Chief of Staff and is now Mayor of Chicago. My
favorite episode is one called The Supremes, about putting new judges on the
Supreme Court. Great stuff! Also learned a lot about how our govt works.
From: 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
On 12/6/2014 6:27 AM, Share Long wrote:
thanks, turq, I've been a fan of Sorkin since West Wing and am just about
to run out of Castle reruns so am looking for some good TV.
You got a TV set and cable? Go figure.
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you
in advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here
to rave about it again.
*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less
talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never
really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals.
We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it.
I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this
show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and
that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber.
The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since
Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn
films.
As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up
for this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal
leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television
anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor
in their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every
week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will
appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment.
The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and
writing excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't
noticed, Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in
addition to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real
pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think
he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your
mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's
gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA
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[FairfieldLife] Re: YhWh is Shiva?
Kabbalah originally developed entirely within the realm of Jewish thought: Sorry but that is total bollocks. Kabbalistic teaching is heavily influenced by Greek Neoplatonic - and Gnostic - teaching (both philosophical and magical). The Jews' contribution is twofold: firstly they added Hebrew prophecy and poetry into the mix (which makes their writings seem less dry for those who find philosophy hard work but have been brought up in a Christian culture) and secondly the Jews preserved a lot of the speculation of the Late Antique Greek spirit when it was regarded with suspicion by the Church in its war against heresy and schismatics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 12/5/2014 10:57 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: The Hebrews found that the other religions of the past lacked the depth to describe the true nature of the human consciousness in relationship with the unified field--which the Hebrews understood to be Yahweh. According to what I've read, the Zohar (Hebrew - splendor or radiance) is the foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. The Kabbalah (Hebrew - receiving) is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between an eternal/mysterious Creator and the mortal/finite universe (His creation). Kabbalah seeks to define the nature of the universe and the human being, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. It also presents methods to aid understanding of these concepts and to thereby attain spiritual realization. Kabbalah originally developed entirely within the realm of Jewish thought and constantly uses classical Jewish sources to explain and demonstrate its esoteric teachings. These teachings are thus held by Kabbalists to define the inner meaning of both the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and traditional rabbinic literature, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
OMG, Richard, 1973 seems like another lifetime! For one thing, I was married
LOL, not a TMer yet, living in College Park, MD and working full time for a
construction related small business. Still smoking about a pack a day! I
vaguely remember long lines at gas stations. Wow, memory lane is a funny old
place (-:
From: 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
On 12/6/2014 7:04 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, horrifying to think that we can have a strong economy. But only
by ruining the environment.
Addressing the important issues!
It's the cost of doing business and living. The idea is for the U.S. to become
energy independent so we don't have to depend on Middle East oil. If the U.S.
can become energy independent we won't be at the mercy of OPEC. We won't be
forced to send more troops to fight in Iraq and Syria - it's a small price to
pay if we can save the life of one single American soldier.
You may not remember the oil crises of 1973 when OPEC put an oil embargo on
Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States
resulting in massive lines at the pumps.
The whole world runs on oil, Share - you and I and everyone on the planet
depend on oil. Without oil you would starve along with billions of other
people. That's the reality of living in a modern world. Someday, we will be
able to replace oil with renewable fuels - but at present we have to face the
reality and survive in order to do the right thing in the distant future.
The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), consisting of the
Arab members of the OPEC, plus Egypt, Syria and Tunisia) proclaimed an oil
embargo. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen
from $3 per barrel to nearly $12.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
We're dealing with the Bakken oil pipeline from ND here in Jeff Co. Here's
what the NY Times has to say about Bakken:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/23/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-downside.html
From: 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
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To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
A world already unsettled by Russian-inspired insurrection in
Ukraine to the onslaught of Islamic State in the Middle East is about be roiled
further as crude prices plunge. Global energy markets have been upended by an
unprecedented North American oil boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing, the
process of blasting shale rocks to release oil and gas.
Oil Shock Streaks Across Globe From Moscow to Tehran to Caracas. Ready for $40?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-30/oil-at-40-possible-as-market-transforms-caracas-to-iran.html
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Skaktipat
On 12/6/2014 6:23 PM, Bhairitu wrote: So can you, Richard, give shaktipat? Of course, but I don't usually give out that teaching for the simple reason that students can become dependent on it and thus fail to develop their own shakti. According to the other Barry, it's really no big deal - it's based on attention meditation. You develop kundalini every time you practice TM. /There are two principal types of kundalini. Kundalini is the essential energy of existence. Kundalini is prana as it passes through a human being; we call it kundalini then. Prana is the element of energy; energy is a manifestation of a certain principle which in Indian cosmology they call shakti, or spiritual power. Don't worry about the words too much./ - Rama You can read more about kundalini rising here: http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm03.html On 12/06/2014 03:07 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: According to tantric legend in a nut shell, /Shiva/ was married to /Shakti,/ the daughter of Daksha, but Daksha did not like Shiva for some reason, and Daksha did not invite Shiva or Shakti to a perticular sacrifice. Because of this, Shiva got really angry because Shakti threw herself on a fire because she was upset. Shakti was then transformed into the goddess /Tripura Sundari/, also called /Shodashi/. Shiva was grief-stricken at the loss of his wife Shakti so he put her body on his shoulders and vowed to keep it there. But, Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places which came to be known a the 18 /Shakti-peethas/. The /Kamakhya Temple/ is a Shakti temple situated on top of the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam on the northern banks of the river Brahmaputra (the son of Brahma), India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess as the Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tripura Sundari and Tara. It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and Tantric worshipers. According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the body part of Devi that fell here was the yoni. Go figure. Works cited: *The Tantric Tradition* by Swami Agehananda Bharati Samueal Weiser, Red Wheel Edition, 1975 *The Light at the Center' * by Swami Agehananda Bharati Ross Erikson, April 1976 The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya Suggested Reading: *Play of Consciousness: A Spiritual Autobiography* by Swami Muktananda, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda and Paul Muller-Ortega SYDA Foundation, 1994 *Secret of the Siddhas* by Swami Muktananda SYDA Foundation, 1994 *The Doctrine of Vibration* An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski State University of New York Press, 1987 *Meditation Revolution* A History and Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage by S.P. Sabharathnam and Douglas Brooks Agama Press, 1997
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : On 12/06/2014 05:40 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... mailto:mdixon.6569@... wrote : Or Bubble n Squeak . I love bubble and squeak (fried leftover vegetables - the main ingredients being potato and cabbage) but it has to be over-fried and so slightly burnt to be really appreciated. The warning: contains GMO ingredients wouldn't put me off eating something. There is no *essential* difference between a genetically modified plant and one that has been altered over a long time thanks to selective breeding and splicing methods - methods that have been used by our venerable ancestors for millennia. We're just saving time - and saving lives if disease-resistant crops like rice (even crops that can be harvested twice in a year instead of just the once) could be adopted in the Third World. Most of those who object to GMO foods are emoting rather than thinking - always a bad way of evaluating progress. GMO is not just modifying or hybridizing a crop. That's been going on for ages. But doing things like making them contain glyphosates to make them pest resistant. Would you like a little RoundUp on that potato? I'll pass on that. The GM technology can of course be used in harmful ways. But also in beneficial ways! A list of ingredients that included mechanically recovered meat always has me returning the item to the shelf - it conjures up images of gristle and unmentionable parts of animals being put into a mincer to be added to the minimum amount of recognizable cuts of meat the makers think they can get away with. I call that pre-chewed meat. However in some ways nothing new much like British Bangers or other sausages but carried to an extreme nowadays. Chicken tenders are no longer breast tenderloin but pre-chewed scraps. British bangers are banned from being imported into Germany - the manufacturers tend to go overboard on the mechanically recovered methodology and Krauts don't like eating the sweepings from the abattoir floor. At the moment my favourite sausages are German bockwurst from the cut-price (German) store Lidl. They are both ridiculously cheap and very tasty - perfect with mash and beans or fried onions*. And don't get me started on British bacon. Heating it up always produces this disgusting white gunge. I buy American bacon if I can find it. *Aren't onions one of the foods that MMY didn't approve of?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Americanizing of Europe
Michael Jackson wrote: This has already been going on in the US courtesy of NAFTA. /So, you're opposed to free trade? For the life of me I can't understand why you'd be opposed to the free trade of tobacco and/or cannabis in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Talk about cognitive dissonance - MMY thought GMO's were bad; you think GMOs are bad, but you also think MMY is bad and he was a liar. ///You're not even making any sense. Do you ever think these things through before you press Send? ///Following diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1986 among the three nations, the leaders met in San Antonio, Texas, on December 17, 1992, to sign NAFTA. U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas, each responsible for spearheading and promoting the agreement, ceremonially signed it.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement/ On 12/6/2014 3:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Your peers including Alex Jones hate NAFTA. Don't you remember H Ross Perot warning us about it in the Presidential Debates? He was right! Libertarians hate NAFTA. They also hate these new trade agreements. They aren't about free trade either. It's all about big corporate trade. Get a grip, Willie. You aren't making any sense. Go figure. Opponents like Alex Jones and Ross Perot rely on anecdotes to make their case, and when they use statistics, they are very selective. In the battle of sound bites and bumper stickers, NAFTA has become the short cut for venting anger about the alleged misdeeds of globalization. Go figure. According to what I've read, most economists regard NAFTA as a tremendous success, contributing to better jobs and higher income in the three partner countries, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. On 12/6/2014 7:09 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Those economists wouldn't happen to hold court on FOX News, would they? No, I don't watch Fox News on TV, I read it on online. http://newswise.com/articles/view/541349/ http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/hufbauer-schott0808.pdf You so often seem to support the status quo. What have they done for you? There have been huge gains for the majority of U.S consumers through lower prices and increased variety. /NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement./ - President Bill Clinton
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
Rick, it would be very good to extend such a suspended silence upon FFL even unto the first day of Spring. [March 20th 2015] Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and suspend all posting at all to FFL? Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Othershttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694Re: An Old Index to FFL https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL? Start anew with posting on January 1st. Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting not enough re Fairfield IA few good vibes, I agree with Buck. Col Wm D, Leed IV, best in all till it may be cleaned up Rick all. Of late on FairfieldLife it feels like that sweep of IS across Syria has spread and happened over FFL as an open forum. It is now time for meditation on FFL, -Buck Dear Rick, I feel really sorry for you that you are left with just this cesspool of negativity from the recent separation in the FFL membership. This is not what we had hoped for with the forum as we started FarifieldLife these many years ago at Yahoo-groups. It is not too late to re-think this forum as a place for healthy discussions to occur. I hope for a better future here, -Buck in the Dome fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Rick, I am sorry, but a forum where anyone is allowed to suggest sexual violence AGAINST children, is not someplace I want to be. I am truly sorry things have degenerated to this point. I am local to the Yahoo corporation, and am
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
Yosemite Buck strikes again! http://youtu.be/4eo0OY8GOuc On 12/06/2014 06:51 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Rick, it would be very good to extend such a suspended silence upon FFL even unto the first day of Spring. [March 20^th 2015] Dear Rick, Instilling an administrative no-fly zone of silence over FairfieldLife as a means of disengagement would be important moral leadership in changing the manifest wreckage of unkind tone that this battlefield of FFL has become. It is time to clear the FFL field spiritually. I would support you in this, -Buck, the Patriarch of Peace on FairfieldLife at Yahoo-groups. Yep silence FFL, suspend it, unto Easter Sunday [April 5, 2015] symbolic to the resurrection of something anew and a new hope in the community that was FFL. Dear Rick, How about we take, at the least, the rest of the month of December and /_suspend_/ all posting at all to FFL?Start then with a kinder more gentle FFL anew with posting on January 1st. Take some time off to re-group. -Buck Rick, we know and understand that you are busy however; have you been reading any of the posts to FFL? Rick, Just scroll down through the subject lines if you don't have time to read the posts, they are appalling. -Buck Rick, the neganauts here are playing you now to see how far they can take it. Dear Rick, As an old Friend You see I really don't feel that you should yield FairfieldLife over to the methodical negativity that has overrun and overtaken our FairfieldLife [FFL] community on Yahoo-groups. Sincerely, -Buck Rick, FairfieldLife [FFL] has been way too important to communal Fairfield life in the past to just let it go to the aggressive dogs of unkind negativity as some mean and now narrowed successor group caliphate of hateful neganauts. The larger communal use of FFL that FFL could facilitate in communication: Rick, for instance this FFL post is an incredibly important post within the things going on right now in the Fairfield meditating community: 404986Re: FW: A Cultural Survey, Maharishi on Not Speaking Ill of Others https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/404986 Rick, Could reading the old FFL posts be kept open to scholarship whilst the posting function for everyone could be suspended? Like, being able to look at at these whilst posting is suspended? .. 406280*Hammond's Channel of Maharishi and the DC TM Meeting* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/406280 Or, 402694*Re: An Old Index to FFL* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/402694 68*Notes of the Hammond TM Lecture* https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/the_peak/conversations/messages/68 Yes a general shutdown of posting to FFL but, One of the most urgent uses of FFL for scholarly purposes is research into mining of the archive of FFL. The amazing archive here tells a back-story of a community. Is there a way (?) to keep the search function of the archive and also the files section open whilst shutting off posting to FFL for a while in the FFL groups settings? WLeed3@... wrote : GOOD IDEA RICK BUCK Dear, Dear Rick; How about taking the month of December to suspend posting at all to FFL?Start anew with posting on January 1^st . Let thy people re-pattern their lives silent as a period of time to reflect elsewhere. Time for a re-groove, a retreading of the tires of the forum that is FairfieldLife. It should be better for everyone and for what FFL would be. With the Best of Regards, The FFL Patriarch Of Positivity -Buck in the Dome WLeed3@... writes : I will leave the form to much nasty hateful thought forms via here via: verbiage back biting not enough re Fairfield IA few good vibes, I agree with Buck. Col Wm D, Leed IV, best in all till it may be cleaned up Rick all. Of late on FairfieldLife it feels like that sweep of IS across Syria has spread and happened over FFL as an open forum. It is now time for meditation on FFL, -Buck Dear Rick, I feel really sorry for you that you are left with just this cesspool of negativity from the recent separation in the FFL membership. This is not what we had hoped for with the forum as we started FarifieldLife these many years ago at Yahoo-groups. It is not too late to re-think this forum as a place for healthy discussions to occur. I hope for a better future here, -Buck in the Dome fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Rick, I am sorry, but a forum where anyone is allowed to suggest sexual violence AGAINST children, is not someplace I want to be. I am truly sorry things have degenerated to this point. I am local to the Yahoo corporation, and am considering a detailed notice to the Yahoo administrators, including screen names, of this current activity. Barry makes one excuse after another, about using this foul, sexually
[FairfieldLife] hey swine here is the pearls
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
I think until I was about 10 years old, (1966) gas was $0.29/gal. Didn't seem to ever change. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : OMG, Richard, 1973 seems like another lifetime! For one thing, I was married LOL, not a TMer yet, living in College Park, MD and working full time for a construction related small business. Still smoking about a pack a day! I vaguely remember long lines at gas stations. Wow, memory lane is a funny old place (-:
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
And I think cigarettes were a lot less expensive than they are now. Maybe 25
cents a pack?
From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
I think until I was about 10 years old, (1966) gas was $0.29/gal.
Didn't seem to ever change.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
OMG, Richard, 1973 seems like another lifetime! For one thing, I was married
LOL, not a TMer yet, living in College Park, MD and working full time for a
construction related small business. Still smoking about a pack a day! I
vaguely remember long lines at gas stations. Wow, memory lane is a funny old
place (-:
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[FairfieldLife] When Robots Go Wild!
Seems the BBC has been having some problems lately with it's robot cameras, eh Salyavin? http://gu.com/p/44vmh/sbl Hilarious.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Skaktipat [1 Attachment]
On 12/6/2014 7:49 PM, s3raphita wrote: Re Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places: An intriguing parallel with the Egyptian myth of Osiris whose body was cut into 14 pieces and scattered throughout the land. Isis gathered up all the parts of the body, less the phallus (which was eaten by a catfish!) and bandaged them together for a proper burial. According to Sir James Frazer, the myth of Osiris was part of the death and rising gods myth, featured all across the Near East and is connected to the personification of vegetation and the yearly death an re-growth of plants. My theory is that the death and dying and rebirth of the tree spirit of ancient Indonesia, which became associated with the Mother Earth myth and was transported from Indonesian to South Asia and hence to ancient Egypt. Thousands of stone statues have been found in the area of the Indus Valley and at Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and Lothal, dating from 2500 to 1500 B.C.E. According to what I've read, the concept of Shakti, as both divine energy and as the goddess is of great importance within Tantric philosophy and practice, which places much reverence on the feminine principle of creation. In India the Sri Yantra, symbol of the Shakti energy, is central to all forms of Tantric Shaktism. See my essays on the /Sri Vidya/ and on /Eden in the East,/ concerning the dying and rising tree spirit. http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg337561.html http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg295131.html /Shri Yantra/ http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shakti ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : According to tantric legend in a nut shell, /Shiva/ was married to /Shakti,/ the daughter of Daksha, but Daksha did not like Shiva for some reason, and Daksha did not invite Shiva or Shakti to a perticular sacrifice. Because of this, Shiva got really angry because Shakti threw herself on a fire because she was upset. Shakti was then transformed into the goddess /Tripura Sundari/, also called /Shodashi/. Shiva was grief-stricken at the loss of his wife Shakti so he put her body on his shoulders and vowed to keep it there. But, Vishnu sent his discus and cut Shakti's body into pieces, the various body parts numbering 51, fell at various places which came to be known a the 18 /Shakti-peethas/. The /Kamakhya Temple/ is a Shakti temple situated on top of the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam on the northern banks of the river Brahmaputra (the son of Brahma), India. It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to different forms of the mother goddess as the Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhuvaneshvari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Tripura Sundari and Tara. It is an important pilgrimage destination for general Hindu and Tantric worshipers. According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the body part of Devi that fell here was the yoni. Go figure. Works cited: *The Tantric Tradition* by Swami Agehananda Bharati Samueal Weiser, Red Wheel Edition, 1975 *The Light at the Center' * by Swami Agehananda Bharati Ross Erikson, April 1976 The term Shaktipat is the transference of psychic energy to another person either by means of an initiation, a sacred word or phrase, a mantra, a touch or even a thought or a mere glance. The question is, how or why did the Shankara Saraswati tradition adopt the shakti doctrine? According to this tradition, Shankara journeyed to Kamarup - the present Guwahati-in Assam and held a controversy with Abhinava Gupta, the Shakta commentator. Kamarupa is the site of an ancient tantric cult of the Shakti Kamakhya which is located in Assam. It is one of the main Shakti-pithas in the tanric Shakti cult. Shankara supposedly won an important debate with Abhinava. Shankara then went to the Himalayas and built a Mutt at Joshi and a Mandir at Badri and then he then proceeded to Kedarnath higher up in the Himalayas where he became one with the Shakti Devi in 820 A.D. in his thirty-second year. The Sharda Temple, which by tradition was visited by Shankara in his travels, is located in Kishanganga Valley just across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The meaning of this tradition story is that Shankara reached the peak of spirituality when he converted to Shaki worship. We can get an idea of his greatness from the fact that a person of just thirty had adopted the worship of Sri Vidya, which is similar to Kahmir Shivaism. As it is not possible to visit this shakti peetha, one can visit the famous Saraswathi temple in Basara in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh. Basara is 200 km from Hyderabad. You can read more about the Shakti Pithas here: http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/index.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Gas Buddy
I guess though, the dynamics are quite different in each case for what's accounted for the rising cost. With oil, I think the oil producing nations decided to restrict supply which drove up the price, at least initially, and with cigarettes, most of the price increase came in the last few years from taxes and to cover payouts from lawsuits. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : And I think cigarettes were a lot less expensive than they are now. Maybe 25 cents a pack?
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa [1 Attachment]
On 12/6/2014 8:06 PM, Share Long wrote: Fascinating, Richard, thanks for posting. Of course what caught my attention was the fact that women were not allowed to wear masks. BTW, I enjoyed several of your knowledge posts today. Thanks. Most of the credit for this essay goes to Rita, the real brains in the family. Rita graduated /summa cum laude/ from the University of the Incarnate Word - she can read and write Greek. Go figure. We visited the /San Antonio Museum of Art/ today to do some of this research for this report. A longer version of this essay was commissioned by one of our students on the /Live Expert/ site where we are tutoring students via distance learning. /The San Antonio Museum of Art on the San Antonio River/ *From:* 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 11:16 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa *The Art of the Mask in Sub-Saharan Africa* In tribal societies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ceremonial masks serve many purposes. Their unique shapes and designs have special significance to each culture. Masks are used to connect the people with the spirit world, including the animal spirits as well as the spirits of dead ancestors. African masks have had a great influence on Western and European art, most notably in such styles as cubism, fauvism and expressionism, according to Denise Murrell writing in African Influences in Modern Art. The art of the mask plays a large part in the performance art by African shamans in which there is a ritual reeinactment of in which possession of the spiritual world is juxtaposed birth and death play a large part Possession by spirits, although documented in a great many shamanism contexts, does not seem to have been a primary and essential element. Rather, it suggests a phenomenon of degeneration; for the supreme goal of the shaman is to abandon his body and rise to heaven or descend into hell, not to let himself be possessed by his assisting spirits, by demons or the souls of the dead; the shaman's ideal is to master these spirits, not to let himself be occupied by them (Eliade 320). When wearing a ritual mask, the celebrant is not merely impersonating a deity; he becomes the deity in the eyes of his tribe. Wearing the mask transforms the wearer into another being, and causes him to speak and walk differently, and otherwise take on the qualities of the spirit being invoked. There are many reasons to masquerade: parades, dances, religious rituals, wars, planting and harvest, funerals, weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies, speaking with animal spirits, and the rites of secret societies. Masks are almost always worn by men only, since they are imbued with power that is considered dangerous at times. Ritual masks are made by special artists who have trained for years, learning carving techniques from their elders. In addition to his woodworking abilities, the artist must also be able to communicate the spiritual intentions of his tribe when the mask would be used; his work is valued for its spiritual symbolism, not for craftsmanship alone. Cathy Newman in her articel for The National Geographic, Tangible Spirits for The National Geographic, think the mask maker is not trying to create a realistic image of an animal or person. Instead, he is trying to express the essence of abstract concepts such as nobility, beauty, courage, fertility, strength, alertness, humility, and peace of mind, according to the Artyfactory web site. How is such a mask created? The most popular material for making masks is wood, although other materials are used, as well: metal, fabric, ivory, cardboard, shells, beads, bones, animal skin, straw, feathers, and paint are some of them. Generally, wood is chosen because it is plentiful in the forests, and because trees are thought to have living souls that can provide naturally comfortable homes for the spirits who will reside in the masks. It is customary for the mask maker to offer a sacrifice to the tree before cutting it down. After cutting, the tree spirit is given a day or so to “move out” as the author of Rebirth Collection African to a new tree before the artist gathers his needed supply of wood. Not only does the tree have a spirit, but also the artist’s adze, the tool used to carve the mask. If an adze has been passed down from previous generations, it may also inherit the skills of its former owner. The style of a mask depends on both the needs and beliefs of the community and the style (and ability) of the individual artist. Composition, texture, color, pattern, symmetry, balance, shape and embellishment all play a role in conveying the meaning of a mask. In his book The Masks of God, Campbell makes this
Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom
On 12/6/2014 8:21 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard, I have a TV set but no cable. I have a public library 2 blocks away with a great collection of movies and TV series to borrow for free. That's how I discovered West Wing. But I like it so much I got my own set, the whole 7 season series. I read somewhere that the Josh Lymon character was based on Rahm Emmanuel who was Obama's first Chief of Staff and is now Mayor of Chicago. My favorite episode is one called The Supremes, about putting new judges on the Supreme Court. Great stuff! Also learned a lot about how our govt works. Nice, just be careful what you watch - it can be addicting. Currently we are watching all the episodes of /The Big Bang Theory/. LoL! /Stay away from most popular entertainment. Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap./ - Epictetus *From:* 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 8:06 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom On 12/6/2014 6:27 AM, Share Long wrote: thanks, turq, I've been a fan of Sorkin since West Wing and am just about to run out of Castle reruns so am looking for some good TV. /You got a TV set and cable? Go figure./ *From:* TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com mailto:turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *To:* FairfieldLife fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Saturday, December 6, 2014 6:22 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Another Don't Panic! day review: The Newsroom */I've taken some shit here in the past for liking this show. I warn you in advance you that this has not diminished my affection for it, so I'm here to rave about it again. /* */ /* */*Other than* considering criticism of this show the petty sniping of less talented writers than Aaron Sorkin (uh...pretty much everybody), I've never really understood why people dump on it as much as they do. At least liberals. We all know why conservatives and neo-crypto-fascists dump on it. /* */ /* */I am a real fan of what Sorkin has done in the three and a half seasons this show has been on the air. I think the writing has been just fuckin' SUPERB, and that the direction and performances by actors have been of the same caliber. The American airwaves haven't seen this much fast, snappy dialogue since Moonlighting, and before that in the cinema, since the classic Tracy-Hepburn films. /* */ /* */As an unapologetic fan, I just wanted to post a short, drive-by thumbs up for this series, in case anyone feels inspired to check it out. /* */ /* */Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston just ROCK as the principal leads, and there is simply no finer cast of supporting players on television anywhere on the planet. I don't think there is a weak or uninteresting actor in their midst, and there is at least one veritable superstar. I tune in every week just on the off chance that the character portrayed by Jane Fonda will appear. Whenever she does, it's almost automatically an Emmy moment. /* */ /* */The writing is equally hang ten for me, both in terms of politics and writing excellence. The Newsroom is a veritable tour de force. If you hadn't noticed, Aaron Sorkin has been the principal writer of every single episode, in addition to his duties as showrunner. The latest episodes echo the very real pseudo-reality that journalists work within in these post-Snowdon days. I think he's doing incredible work, both as a writer and as a social activist. Your mileage may vary. This was the opening scene to the series. Many think it's gone downhill since then. I'm not one of them. /* */ /* */https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA/**/ /* *//* */ /*
Re: [FairfieldLife] hey swine here is the pearls
Often symbols can be a superior form of communication other than mere words. Before the invention of writing In India symbols were employed for teaching the nature of the ultimate reality. For example, the bindu is a symbol in/Sri Vidya/ and is sometimes mistaken to mean a symbol for the 'point of return' - for the shakti. However, the bindu is actually the point of origin in Sri Vidya based on the /Sri Yantra/, the ancient wheel symbol. Read more: SBS and the Shri Yantra: http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg328204.html On 12/6/2014 9:12 PM, sri...@ymail.com wrote: Abstact-KAMAKHYA TOLD AMRITA http://gurujiamrita.tripod.com/KAMAKHYA_TOLD_AMRITA.htm image http://gurujiamrita.tripod.com/KAMAKHYA_TOLD_AMRITA.htm Abstact-KAMAKHYA TOLD AMRITA http://gurujiamrita.tripod.com/KAMAKHYA_TOLD_AMRITA.htm Amrita Home Contact Devi's Ratham Future Vision SIGNUP for Email UPDATES Amrita's writings Amritopanishad Some impressions on ... View on gurujiamrita.tripod.com http://gurujiamrita.tripod.com/KAMAKHYA_TOLD_AMRITA.htm Preview by Yahoo https://mbasic.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=692205680845749id=437829876283332set=a.581740751892243.1073741825.437829876283332refid=13
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
Buck, a common definition of the word insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting it to come out differently. This phrase has been
attributed to various people such as Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein.
However, whoever wrote it, it does seem to apply to your clinical case as your
desire to alter the character of Fairfield Life has failed 100% of the time. A
clear demonstration of the total lack of support of natural law. You could
devote your time to a more worthy cause, anything that might have a slim chance
of success, such as saving frogs from extinction.
By the way, most of us here are experiencing a lot of silence, so we do not
need to stifle Fairfield Life in order to get some. Go over to The Peaked and
you should experience some silence over there as you would likely have to hold
your tongue. Here it is freedom of ideas, freedom of expression to a very large
degree, freedom to be sceptical and questioning, freedom to test ideas and see
if they hold up under scrutiny. You want to be like Joseph Stalin. He underwent
training as a priest for half a decade, so he was well prepared to enforce lack
of dissent when he came to power in Russia. Saddam Hussein idolized Joseph
Stalin too. Do you really want to be like these guys?.
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 a redress of grievances.
Those are basically the rules under which Fairfield Life conducts is business.
Why then 'tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but
thinking makes it so. —Shakespeare
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:51 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed -
Goodbye
Rick, it would be very good to extendsuch a suspended silence upon FFL
even unto the first day of Spring...
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye
When Buck becometh town cop, the town becometh Ferguson. ~ Shakespeare
From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is
removed - Goodbye
Buck, a common definition of the word insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting it to come out differently. This phrase has
been attributed to various people such as Benjamin Franklin and Albert
Einstein. However, whoever wrote it, it does seem to apply to your clinical
case as your desire to alter the character of Fairfield Life has failed 100% of
the time. A clear demonstration of the total lack of support of natural law.
You could devote your time to a more worthy cause, anything that might have a
slim chance of success, such as saving frogs from extinction.
By the way, most of us here are experiencing a lot of silence, so we do not
need to stifle Fairfield Life in order to get some. Go over to The Peaked and
you should experience some silence over there as you would likely have to hold
your tongue. Here it is freedom of ideas, freedom of expression to a very large
degree, freedom to be sceptical and questioning, freedom to test ideas and see
if they hold up under scrutiny. You want to be like Joseph Stalin. He underwent
training as a priest for half a decade, so he was well prepared to enforce lack
of dissent when he came to power in Russia. Saddam Hussein idolized Joseph
Stalin too. Do you really want to be like these guys?.
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 a redress of grievances.
Those are basically the rules under which Fairfield Life conducts is business.
Why then 'tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but
thinking makes it so. —Shakespeare
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:51 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed -
Goodbye
Rick, it would be very good to extendsuch a suspended silence upon FFL
even unto the first day of Spring...
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[FairfieldLife] Re: When Robots Go Wild!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Seems the BBC has been having some problems lately with it's robot cameras, eh Salyavin? Robots? I thought they were drunk! Perhaps Stephen Hawking's warning about AI destroying us is a tad premature. http://gu.com/p/44vmh/sbl http://gu.com/p/44vmh/sbl Hilarious.
