From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Hear hear. I will bet there are few takers. It is so much easier for believers
in a God to just act offended and say, Hey, that's not what I believe...I
don't
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Then again, all I dreamed about last night was going on a grand Middle
Earth-like adventure with companions who seemed to be Minions from the
Despicable Me movies, only dressed as Hobbits. It
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
Dawkins is not undecided. He says he is 6.9 out of 7 that god does not exist.
An agnostic is undecided at 50/50 percent.
Well, that's not fair IMO, I would definitely give the agnostic a bigger cut.
How are the chances, that you
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Caveat 1: this is just about a dream. Caveat 2: any persons mentioned in the
following story, are just their dream versions, and not their real
counterparts. Caveat 3: this story is just the result of random neuron
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Could you guys just do me a favor? Go all back to where you came from, instead
of invading this forum with your insults. Can't you use your own god damned
forum for fighting this out? It was actually peaceful here
Well, when Dawkins handed me the certificate, it actually had a drawing at it's
back, and, inadvertedly I just turned it around, so I didn't recognize it when
I awoke, but it was an image from YOUR dream. Here it is:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Just remember that Richard Dawkins agenda is to sell you his books and become
a millionaire by proclaiming atheism, when in fact he's actually an agnostic.
I think this quibbling over terms is a way of shifting the argument onto
Synchronicity, dude! Now the Big Question to be resolved is whether minions,
elves, hobbits, wizards, and orcs are atheists or believers.
Based on Despicable Me 1 2 and previews of the upcoming Minions movie, I
would have to suspect that minions are believers -- at least they believe
totally
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote :
Dawkins is not undecided. He says he is 6.9 out of 7 that god does not exist.
An agnostic is undecided at 50/50 percent.
Well, that's not fair IMO, I would definitely give the agnostic a bigger
Now the Big Question to be resolved is whether minions, elves, hobbits,
wizards, and orcs are atheists or believers.
I think that's a real difficult one, I am not sure, if I am as yet ready to
face these questions. The question is also, if they have individual free will,
to make decissions
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Funnily enough, the Buddhist POV of the self as a construct that varies from
day to day is an accepted and demonstrable part of modern psychology. That the
mind can have set opinions based on measurable data doesn't
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Just remember that Richard Dawkins agenda is to sell you his books and become
a millionaire by proclaiming atheism, when in fact he's actually an agnostic.
Now that was a great meditation
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
Now that was a great meditation
Yeah, Robert is a real trip.
I don't know if you were ever around FFL back when I lived in Sauve, France.
Robert Crumb, author of the original strip used to create this animation was my
landlord, next-door
Interesting, I didn't even think, that he could be make it up, because why
would he do so? His great hero, Heidegger, was a beliefer of god, and so was
Kant, they are both well reputed philosophers, much more reputed them he
himself, so why would he have to disguise his religiousness under the
Yes, I saw this, I was around then. Great graphics and story telling.
See:
Rumour: Nokia may release dual OS smartphone, Nokia C1
http://www.techweez.com/2015/01/04/nokia-c1-smartphone/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+techweez+%28Techweez%29
I didn't mean to offend. I don't know anything about the guy, and don't care
to, because his type of crazy and mine just don't get down and party together.
:-)
I'm just saying that if someone tells me they can get down on their knees and
pray fervently to someone and then an hour later treat
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
I didn't mean to offend.
You didn't.
I don't know anything about the guy, and don't care to, because his type of
crazy and mine just don't get down and party together. :-)
I'm just saying that if someone tells me they can
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Could you guys just do me a favor? Go all back to where you came from, instead
of invading this forum with your insults. Can't you use your own god damned
forum for fighting this
10 reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks The peak is moderated -
somewhat arbitrary, while FFL knows no censorship.
FFL allows you to hide your email address, so that you can stay really
anonymous. Not possible in the peak.
FFL exists much longer and has more members. Although only a
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
10 reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
- The peak is moderated - somewhat arbitrary, while FFL knows no censorship.
- FFL allows you to hide your email address, so that you can stay really
anonymous. Not possible in the peak.
I don't want to start any unsubstantiated rumors or anything like that, but
I've just talked to someone who applied to join the_peak.
12. Your peak badge will be revoked if you're found to be visiting the forums
of other saints.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: jamesalan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
I don't want to start any unsubstantiated rumors or anything like that, but
I've just talked to someone who applied to join the_peak.
12. Your peak badge will be revoked if you're found to be visiting the forums
of
wrt #6
Spurn Definition
dictionary.search.yahoo.comv. verb
- To reject with disdain or contempt.
- To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
- To reject something contemptuously.
n. noun
- A contemptuous rejection.
- A kick.
Or perhaps that was a satire lost on me (-:
From:
Old Man Uses iPad in Kitchen (Funny!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHofgmnFL1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHofgmnFL1k
Old Man Uses iPad in Kitchen (Funny!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHofgmnFL1k http://bestfunnyjokes4u.com/ For
more great humor visit:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
wrt #6
Spurn Definition
https://dictionary.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEVjAjVqlUtcUAbfQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?p=spurn.sep=
dictionary.search.yahoo.com
v. verb
To reject with disdain
Former English major here...
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] 10 reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@...
Oh, maybe you meant spurs rather than spurns...
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] 10 reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
C: Fair enough. Let's tighten it up a bit. Although polls have reflected
American's recent shift away from denying a small group civil rights, your
point
I was thinking spawns might have been the targeted meaning.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Oh, maybe you meant spurs rather than spurns...
From: aryavazhi no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 9:07 AM
That's funny share.
I'd say the three main topics on FFL these days, and maybe in this order, are:
1) Talk about the superiority of FFL to the_peak, with endless references to
the moderator of the_peak
2) Endless discussion (by one member of FFL) about all the tv shows and movies
he
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :
Just remember that Richard Dawkins agenda is to sell you his books and become
a
Huh? I meant it sincerely, that maybe he mistyped.Anyway, these days I'm on 2
very active FB pages which are exactly the kind of groups I've been wishing
for. They're way more about sharing emotions than either FFL or the peak. But I
feel tenderly about you all so I lurk a lot and comment
I see the article raises the question about how they are going to get
this past Microsoft. And I do think they are a bit goofy in thinking
this is some solution because it *will* confuse customers. The only
folks who might like this are developers trying to develop for both
platforms.
I read the other day that natural gas prices are down 30%. Leads me to
wonder if our PGE, notoriously criminal energy firm, will charge less
for natural gas? We've just had an unusually cold week and I shiver to
see my PGE bill even though I kept the house at 62 degrees most of the
time and
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
C2: I am not sure what subset you are referring to here. There aren't any gay
marriages taking place in mosques either. Hindu temples? Nope.
S2: My comment, Curtis was in reference to the notion that the majority of
The moderator of the Peak comes over here for drive bys when he wants to get
his nasty on. After provoking the group and getting his reaction buzz he slinks
off after making outrageous accusations about the Barry's personal life meant
to harm him in the real world. Some of us object to that
On 01/04/2015 06:25 AM, aryavazhi wrote:
10 reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
FFL is mirrored in the mail-archive.com. This makes sure also deleted
posts are still available. Also easier to read on mobile devices.
YahooGroups FFL reads fine in Chrome on Android. Not as
10 MORE reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
- FFL has better parties. We serve booze at them and there are sometimes
suspicious smells coming from the back alley. Meanwhile, at parties over at
The_Peaked, they're afraid they'll OD on lemon squares and herbal teas and do
10 MORE reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks
- FFL has better parties. We serve booze at them and there are sometimes
suspicious smells coming from the back alley. Meanwhile, at parties over at
The_Peaked, they're afraid they'll OD on lemon squares and herbal teas and do
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
C2: I am not sure what subset you are referring to here. There aren't any gay
marriages taking place in mosques either. Hindu temples? Nope.
S2: My comment,
Just a couple points as I go through it:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
The moderator of the Peak comes over here for drive bys when he wants to get
his nasty on. After provoking the group and getting his reaction buzz he slinks
off after making
From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Dawkins is not undecided. He says he is 6.9 out of 7 that god does not
exist. An agnostic is undecided at 50/50 percent.
I don't understand how anyone can even be *interested* in defining where they
stand on an issue
Admittedly it's just a dream, but has it not occurred to you that your
subconscious creating a dream-world in which you aren't allowed to think of
yourself as an atheist without the *approval* of some council of supposed
experts is just *another view of God*. You just dreamed the Church Of God
An animation of my former next-door-neighbor's treatise on meditation. Enjoy.
Mm.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10206020869784040
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Admittedly it's just a dream, but has it not occurred to you that your
subconscious creating a dream-world in which you aren't allowed to think of
yourself as an atheist without the *approval* of some council of supposed
experts
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
C3: My point exactly. Religious institutions oppose change for gay rights,
something you thought was a cheap shot at religion.
S3: Jeez, Curtis, what am I missing. You stated that the majority of believers
in God oppose
#22 (?). The Peak has This is a window at Walmart. We stopped here today but
didn't go in posts, and FFL doesn't (anymore)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
10 MORE reasons why FFL is better, and the_peak sucks FFL has better parties.
We serve booze at them and
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Just a couple points as I go through it:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
The moderator of the Peak comes over here for drive bys when he wants to get
his nasty on. After provoking the group
I know quite a number of Buddhists. Almost all that I know smoke (and I'm not
talking about Marbo or Fidel's Habanos).
Previously, I considered this primarily a result of techniques that focused
primarily upon the surface level of experience, both sensory and mental. Of
course some of
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Just a couple points as I go through it:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
The moderator of the Peak comes over here for drive bys when he wants to get
his nasty on. After provoking the group
Thank God (or god) or (no god) or (no God)! I don't know what Willy's
agenda ever was than to be annoying. He treats online groups as his
personal Twitter. Maybe Twitter thought he was too much of a Twit and
booted him off.
On 01/04/2015 10:57 AM, jamesalan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote :
C3: My point exactly. Religious institutions oppose change for gay rights,
something you thought was a cheap shot at religion.
S3: Jeez, Curtis, what am I
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
Thank God (or god) or (no god) or (no God)! I don't know what Willy's agenda
ever was than to be annoying. He treats online groups as his personal Twitter.
Maybe Twitter thought he was too much of a Twit and booted him off.
Hey Curtis,
Thank you also for the extended rap.
Maybe I was pushing myself a little and misinterpreted something you said, or
got lazy.
I don't mean to imply that you would advocate violence to advance your means.
Of course not. Sorry about that.
And yes, easy for me to be
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
I know quite a number of Buddhists. Almost all that I know smoke (and I'm not
talking about Marbo or Fidel's Habanos).
Previously, I considered this primarily a result of techniques that focused
primarily upon the surface
On 01/04/2015 12:35 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
Thank God (or god) or (no god) or (no God)! I don't know what
Willy's agenda ever was than to be annoying. He treats online groups
as his personal Twitter. Maybe Twitter thought he was
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
On 01/04/2015 12:35 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote :
Thank God (or god) or (no god) or (no God)! I don't know
My tantra guru smoked. It probably kept him from having a heart
attack. A couple years after he quit smoking he had one. Eventually
one killed him. You might want to look up tobacco as a herb used in
ayurveda. It is kapha reducing and hence why people who smoke then quit
often begin to
Sandhi Trainer v1.0 http://spokensanskrit.de/sandhi_php/sandhi_trainer.php
Sandhi Trainer v1.0 http://spokensanskrit.de/sandhi_php/sandhi_trainer.php For
the input of Sanskrit terms, please use Devanagari or the following Latin
script transliteration:
View on spokensanskrit.de
It will interesting to see if he can hold back on his posts to that other forum
that we're all obsessed about over here. My guess is that he won't be able to
do so.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote :
On 01/04/2015 12:35 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
I just picked up the phrase from memory and by context, but obviously didn't
remember correctly, and was to lazy to check with dictionary. I think both
would work, but probably spawns is better. I think it was inspired by a comment
of you Share. So thank you both.
I got that. Many Sadhus do this, almost all Shaivas. I asked them, if they
didn't think that this was opposed to meditation, but was told that this is 'a
helper of meditations'. One of my very few exposures to weed was when the pipe
was going around, at a Sadhus place, and I inhaled in order to
#23 No TM nostalgia on FFL, like what Maharishi said on what Rishikesh course
about Vyasa or Vasistha.
#24 No more updates about the latest crop circles and messages from aliens.
#25 No more messages about the next or latest appearances of the 'Masters'
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
Dope is another word for it. Re-read my reply, I quit it instantly. One
Then you were proly smoking a chara.
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
Charas is the name given to a hashish form of cannabis
Salyavin,
Dr. David Bentley Hart would agree with you that the new atheist movement
started because of the 9/11 incident. And, Dawkins may or may not have started
this movement. Nonetheless, it is apparent that he struck a nerve in many
people around the world. And, undoubtedly, he's made
Why didn't you just say ganja then. You were being abstruse.
On 01/04/2015 01:09 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
As far as summing up the atheist and believers discussion people are having, as
referring to as a man in the sky, that is an unfair characterization and
reduction. When discussing religion, if religious doctrine
Smoke is the current euphemism. But you didn't proffer an answer or explanation
to the question.
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From: emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Smoke is the current euphemism. But you didn't proffer an answer or
explanation to the question.
My bet is that those who enjoy smoking dope do so because they enjoy changing
their state of attention, and whatever
the ancient Shen Nong said that Marijuana is among the highest herbs for
constant consumption and leads to making the body light and to the perception
of spirit light, but this modern author says most people are harmed by their
marijuana consumption because they don't know how to balance its
The only reason I ever got from being in India is that it was a part of
some paths sadhana. I didn't ask what they thought they got out of it.
Maybe it just calms them more and provides deeper experiences. But
those who are a bit kapha wouldn't need that.
On 01/04/2015 04:15 PM,
Once again let's go back to the original question -
I know TM teachers who smoke. Considering their long-time experience doing
TM/Sidhi or Kriya/Sahaj techniques (or both), why do they feel the need to do
some smoke?
Answers I have heard:
1. my meditation experience went flat.
2.
KanaVape is a new cannabis e-cig (vape device) that's just come out. It does
not have any THC so doesn't make you high but is supposed to relax you.
Let me know if any of you try it and find it beneficial!
http://kanavape.com/ http://kanavape.com/
While some Shaivas do it because they totally buy the mythology of Shiva liking
bhang, not all Shaivas smoke charas or drink bhang. No doubt those sadhu that
do it have their own declarations about their bhang Litemint.
However, the question is about TM teachers now doing smoke and the reason
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Hear hear. I will bet there are few takers. It is so much easier for believers
in a God to just act offended and say, Hey, that's not what I believe...I
don't believe in the invisible man in the sky.
But really, if anyone
You actually know of any TM teachers doing smoke? The only reason I
can think is that they live in a state like Washington or Colorado and
treat it like some would an alcoholic drink not because of it being some
sacrament.
On 01/04/2015 06:08 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ldlawson@... wrote :
I was just reading a posting on BrainPickings.org discussing an essay by
Tolstoy, Why do Men Stupify a Themselves, which suggests that use of drugs,
etc., is to stifle the voice of the conscience in order not to be aware of the
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Lawson sez:
I was just reading a posting on BrainPickings.org discussing an essay by
Tolstoy, Why do Men Stupefy Themselves, which suggests that use of drugs,
etc., is to stifle the voice of the conscience in order not to be aware of the
discord between one's way of life and the demands of
so lets have those mythical smoking Governors come on here if they exist and
say if they are really or if it about their osteoarthritis pain or what have
you.
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