[FairfieldLife] Robert Thurman: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 12/02/2015

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Very entertaining one.

 






  

 


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Robert A.F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist 
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Life's too short?

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 The world’s first anti-aging drug will be tested on humans next year in trials 
which could see diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s consigned to distant 
memory.

 Scientists now believe that it is possible to actually stop people growing old 
as quickly and help them live in good health well into their 110s and 120s.

 
 
 Although it might seem like science fiction, researchers have already proven 
that the diabetes drug metformin extends the life of animals, and the Food and 
Drug Administration in the US has now given the go ahead for a trial to see if 
the same effects can be replicated in humans.
 

 "Most people spend a life they don't know what to do with, wishing they had 
another one that lasted forever"  said erm, someone... 
 The trouble with these extended lives is they don't have a way to increase 
energy or reverse muscle wastage, without that what's the point if you're just 
going to spend longer in an old folks home? Sounds awful to me.

 Another problem is cost, who pays the extra pensions? They are bankrupting us 
as it is - unless Osborne is planning to raise the pension age to 85. Wouldn't 
put it past him...
 But all the extra people having to work later will coincide with the next wave 
of job automation that AI will bring, the white-collar workforce is going to 
get shafted like the blue-collars did.
 And there's too many people anyway. let's face it. I say we spend our research 
money on quality of life and not quantity, and maybe educate people to accept 
the inevitable...
 

 World's first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120 
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 World's first anti-ageing drug could see humans live... 
http://tinyurl.com/n9tqz7l Scientists believe the common diabetes drug 
metformin could hold the secret of long life and want to start a groundbreaking 
human trial in 2016


 
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[FairfieldLife] IS New Strategy is Suicidal

[jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

It's also a sign that Al Bagdadi is getting desperate in holding its caliphate 
together in Syria.  The US generals know this and that's why they're sending 
American special forces to take out the IS leadership.
 

 The downside to this US strategy is that the Iraqi militia men might start 
shooting at the Americans, which would complicate the dangerous political 
alliances in Syria and Iraq.  Have the American generals accounted for this 
scenario in their contingency planning?
 

 Islamic State's New Strategy Is Suicidal 
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-02/islamic-state-s-new-strategy-is-suicidal?cmpid=yhoo.headline

 
 
 
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-02/islamic-state-s-new-strategy-is-suicidal?cmpid=yhoo.headline
 
 
 Islamic State's New Strategy Is Suicidal 
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-02/islamic-state-s-new-strategy-is-suicidal?cmpid=yhoo.headline
 A flawed business model won't support a jihadi caliphate.
 
 
 
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[FairfieldLife] Transcendental Meditation and lifestyle modification increase telomerase, new study finds

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

I’ve been interested in lengthening telomeres to protect chromosomes from 
deteriorating and reverse aging.

This new study published in PLOS ONE 
 
found that the Transcendental Meditation technique and lifestyle changes both 
appear to stimulate genes that produce telomerase, an enzyme which adds 
telomeres and is associated with reduced blood pressure, reduced cardiovascular 
disease, and reduced mortality.

Enjoy!
 

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/muom-tma120215.php 


PUBLIC RELEASE: 2-DEC-2015
Transcendental Meditation and lifestyle modification increase telomerase, new 
study finds
Increased telomerase associated with decreased hypertension, cardiovascular 
disease, and cellular aging

MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT

A new study published in PLOS ONE 
 
found that the Transcendental Meditation technique and lifestyle changes both 
appear to stimulate genes that produce telomerase, an enzyme that's associated 
with reduced blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality.

Specifically, these approaches were found to activate two genes that code for 
telomerase, which adds molecules to the ends of chromosomes, or telomeres, 
protecting them from deteriorating.

May explain mechanism for known health benefits

"The finding that telomerase gene expression is increased, and that this is 
associated with a reduction in blood pressure in a high-risk population, 
suggests that this may be a mechanism by which stress reduction improves 
cardiovascular health," said Robert Schneider, MD, FACC, coauthor of the study.

Earlier research on the Transcendental Meditation technique found lower rates 
of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, and death, as well as slowing of 
biological aging. The new study examined what was happening at the level of 
DNA, showing that the Transcendental Meditation technique increases telomerase 
gene expression and suggesting that this may contribute to the cardiovascular 
and aging benefits.

Both groups show improvement after 16 weeks

For this pilot trial, the subjects included 48 men and women with high blood 
pressure who were recruited and studied at Howard University Medical Center. 
Half were assigned to a group that learned the Transcendental Meditation 
technique and received a basic health education course. The other half were 
assigned to a group that focused on achieving significant lifestyle 
modifications such as weight reduction, reducing salt intake, engaging in 
regular physical activity, and moderating alcohol. They also participated in 
support groups and group exercises.

After 16 weeks, both groups showed significant increases in telomerase gene 
expression and reductions in blood pressure. There was no significant 
difference between the changes in the two groups. The results also showed that 
the lifestyle modification group made a larger number of changes in their 
lifestyle behaviors.

"These findings are very encouraging for prevention," said Dr. Schneider, 
director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention at MUM. "They 
show that both the Transcendental Meditation technique and active lifestyle 
modification can contribute to heart health."

Coauthor Otelio Randall, MD at Howard University College of Medicine concluded, 
"This pilot study in African Americans suggests stress reduction and lifestyle 
modifications may reduce blood pressure with an increase in telomerase."

Encouraging findings for heart health

"The result is valuable new information, relevant both to cardiovascular 
disease and to the molecular mechanisms involved in Transcendental Meditation," 
said John Fagan, professor of molecular biology at Maharishi University of 
Management and senior author on the study.

###

This research was part of a larger clinical trial funded by the National 
Institutes of Health--National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and by the Howard 
University College of Medicine General Clinical Research Center.

Collaborating on the study were the Howard University College of Medicine, the 
Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of 
Management Research Institute, and the Department of Physiology and Health at 
Maharishi University of Management.

Duraimani S, Schneider RH, Randall OS, Nidich SI, Xu S, Ketete M, et al. (2015) 
Effects of Lifestyle Modification on Telomerase Gene Expression in Hypertensive 
Patients: A Pilot Trial of Stress Reduction 

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[FairfieldLife] Did Climate Change Cause the Growth of Isis?

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Some people say NO.  But the connection can be made.  What do you think?
 

 Yahoo Politics 
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 The link between environmental degradation and social collapse is a 
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Fat shaming

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This could catch on. How about: 

 “Our organisation hates and resents smokers. We disapprove of your wasting 
health-service money to treat your selfish greed. We are sick of breathing in 
your noxious fumes as we pass you in the street.
 

 “And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that though you think you look 
so sophisticated with a cigarette dangling from your mouth to us you look just 
like a desperate junkie searching his scrotum for that last usable vein.
 

 "I hope you die of cancer sooner rather than later you sad apology for a human 
being."
 

 

 

 


 

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 You're right about that, Back. Mind you, I don't object to all overweight 
women. It depends on how tall they are, how they carry themselves, and whether 
they are well proportioned. 

You have to be careful on dating websites, though, if you are looking for women 
in Iowa. If they describe their weight as "average," the unwary might assume 
that weight won't be an issue, but the lady could easily be about 180 
pounds—and in checking the "average" box she would not in fact be lying. 
 

 This might help...
 http://www.bookofmatches.com/freedating/area/iowa-iowa-10.htm 
http://www.bookofmatches.com/freedating/area/iowa-iowa-10.htm
 

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 If he lived in Iowa he would run out of cards pretty quickly. 
 

 LOL, it's those corn-fed, hog-sated residents that account for this...
 

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 UK police are investigating after a young man was spotted giving cards to 
fellow rail passengers informing them they are fat, and should lose weight for 
their own good. Printed in business card format, the message from ‘overweight 
Haters Ltd’ informs the holder: “It’s really not glandular, it’s your gluttony…

 

 “Our organisation hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous 
amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves. We 
disapprove of your wasting health-service money to treat your selfish greed.
 

 “And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that by eating less you will 
be better off, slimmer, happy and find a partner who is not a perverted 
chubby-lover, or even find a partner at all”. 
 

 The authors of the card also objected to one particularly popular farm-yard 
animal being used as an insult. They wrote: “You are not a pig. You are a fat, 
ugly human”. 
 

 He's a cheeky bugger - but it did make me smile . . .
 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fat shaming

[steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

today I read that cases of diabetes are declining
 

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 In the US, the number of smokers is steadily going down. I think it's about 
17.5 percent now, or something like that. It is not cool to smoke in the US. 
Obesity, however, is on the rise, so a bit of fat-shaming might not be such a 
bad idea. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 This could catch on. How about: 

 “Our organisation hates and resents smokers. We disapprove of your wasting 
health-service money to treat your selfish greed. We are sick of breathing in 
your noxious fumes as we pass you in the street.
 

 “And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that though you think you look 
so sophisticated with a cigarette dangling from your mouth to us you look just 
like a desperate junkie searching his scrotum for that last usable vein.
 

 "I hope you die of cancer sooner rather than later you sad apology for a human 
being."
 

 

 

 


 

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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 You're right about that, Back. Mind you, I don't object to all overweight 
women. It depends on how tall they are, how they carry themselves, and whether 
they are well proportioned. 

You have to be careful on dating websites, though, if you are looking for women 
in Iowa. If they describe their weight as "average," the unwary might assume 
that weight won't be an issue, but the lady could easily be about 180 
pounds—and in checking the "average" box she would not in fact be lying. 
 

 This might help...
 http://www.bookofmatches.com/freedating/area/iowa-iowa-10.htm 
http://www.bookofmatches.com/freedating/area/iowa-iowa-10.htm
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 If he lived in Iowa he would run out of cards pretty quickly. 
 

 LOL, it's those corn-fed, hog-sated residents that account for this...
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 UK police are investigating after a young man was spotted giving cards to 
fellow rail passengers informing them they are fat, and should lose weight for 
their own good. Printed in business card format, the message from ‘overweight 
Haters Ltd’ informs the holder: “It’s really not glandular, it’s your gluttony…

 

 “Our organisation hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous 
amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves. We 
disapprove of your wasting health-service money to treat your selfish greed.
 

 “And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that by eating less you will 
be better off, slimmer, happy and find a partner who is not a perverted 
chubby-lover, or even find a partner at all”. 
 

 The authors of the card also objected to one particularly popular farm-yard 
animal being used as an insult. They wrote: “You are not a pig. You are a fat, 
ugly human”. 
 

 He's a cheeky bugger - but it did make me smile . . .
 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Racing Extinction

[emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Well done and beautifully filmed documentary on Discovery tonight.  Totally 
worth the watch.
 

 Racing Extinction http://racingextinction.com 
 
 
 http://racingextinction.com 
 
 Racing Extinction http://racingextinction.com Discovery premieres Academy 
Award-Winner Louie Psihoyos’s Racing Extinction in more than 220 countries and 
territories around the world. Airs Dec...
 
 
 
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[FairfieldLife] Guns and Mass Shootings Article

[emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

11 essential facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/18/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states/

 
 
 
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 The critical context you need to know about guns and mass shootings in the 
United States
 
 
 
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[FairfieldLife] Re: FF meditator memoriam

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 Meditators, they may, send energy to the light bodies of people where ever 
they may be.   Though it’s an amazing grace to live the Transcendent in life 
here awakening to itself.  In Nature evidently the after life will take care of 
itself and we older style non-ideologic Quakers don’t spend much time worrying 
over conceptions. Conceptions become a sophists game.  By experience though we 
become more interested while here on earth in the incarnational implication in 
a light body while you have it, the chance of experiencing ‘heaven on earth’ 
while on earth.  The afterlife is what it is.  No sense wallowing in fearing 
over what comes. Seize the Day! From that standpoint Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with 
the Transcendental Meditation movement came through the world a lot like George 
Fox did in the satsanga of the Quaker Movement propelled by the same experience 
of cultivated mysticism. ,, and incidentally the great value in cultivating 
spiritual experience of coming to meditating in groups.

 

 

I take note that meditators seem to hold a range of feeling about afterlife a 
lot like Quakers may. 

 In looking, there is a blog that is a nice overview summation that is a good 
comparative.  Take a look at this
 

 

 This Life or the Afterlife http://goo.gl/Q9rryY 
 
 This Life or the Afterlife http://goo.gl/Q9rryY A good friend of mine posted a 
blog a couple of days ago in which he floated the idea that to achieve an 
afterlife you have to nurture and exercise your poten…
 
 
 
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-JaiGuruYou
 

 

 

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 Thanks, do Quakers pray for the dead?
  Generally, Evangelical's don't since their Bible-based belief is that people 
are judged immediately after physical death and go either to Heaven or Hell. 
Catholics OTOH, allow and encourage (especially when paying for Masses)  
prayers for the dead since according to Tradition, Souls may also ascend to 
Purgatory and they may be stuck there indefinitely (until their span of 
suffering expires and/or they are assisted by the prayers of the living to gain 
entrance into Heaven).
 . St. Teresa of Avila claimed to bear witness to where Souls went after death, 
and proclaimed that few such Souls gain immediate entrance into Heaven.  St. 
Padre Pio also made the same statement.
 ...
 So, when you hear about somebody dying, take note of what people are saying 
about the afterlife. Example: Evangelicals will say something like "our prayers 
are with the family of the deceased".  While Catholics like the Pope will say 
"our prayers are for the deceased and his/her family".  According to 
Evangelical beliefs, prayers for the dead are pointless since they're already 
judged and sent to Heaven or Hell.