Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don't read any of 7th ray's posts any more, so I don't know what he might have said, but I sure recognize the vibe you're discussing. Something happened at some point and he became really nasty. I've written him off. > On 9/13/2014 10:32 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Daveyoung - a couple of things that may help

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 11:00 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: I'm still feeling you and want to do something useful. > Here are a few other things he could do: * Put the Advaita book down and get an education * Get a job and stop playing around with computers * Get out and vote at least for your local ele

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 12:04 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: TM was SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME THAT INTEGRITY! Exactly - the whole thing was based on a fat lie. > WAKE UP - TM WILL GIVE YOU EXACTLY NOTHING. The fat lie is that you thought TM was something. All you were doing wa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 12:32 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I guess I do come off as "blaming" more than I should. Cuz, hey, Willy's right that if I had had any integrity, I would never have allowed myself to be, what?, abused? by the TMO. But, hey, again,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 12:25 PM, waybac...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Someone asked, so. What Seventhray wrote in post #396854 is "Edge why don't you kill yourself? Seriously why not?" That is what I was referring to. > "Stop eating. Die." Subject:The War Monger is attacking us again

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
TM was SUPPOSED TO GIVE ME THAT INTEGRITY! Exactly - the whole thing was based on a fat lie. > On 9/13/2014 12:36 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote: > Mikey, Nice summary. But let's allow Daveyoung to say his peace before we summarize it in one sentence. You get to do that all the time. There's mo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/12/2014 8:28 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You suggestion shows you are a real fine example of what kind of person TM turns out. That is pretty low. > "Did you ask him about his practice of targeting his female students as sex partners?" Subject: John He

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 12:59 PM, waybac...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You nailed it here, Edg. Good summary. Those who had a definite life plan, or a strong desire to have a specific career, or who really wanted to make it or be successful moneywise would never have stayed in the TMO. The peopl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 1:25 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: you are like Willy tex either incapable of reading comprehension or just a complete idiot. I have never said anything about you or I having any kind of movement status or credibility equal to Edge. > YOU WILL NEVE

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 1:38 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: and sorry back to you Wayback. your shaming play isn't going to work you show a little outrage about MJ's lampooning of the FF community outreach for suicide prevention and maybe we'll talk. and I seem to have missed your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 2:09 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: you are truly a fucking idiot - > /Ad hominem/ is the second to last resort of someone who is losing a debate and is unable to respond with legitimacy. The last resort, most difficult for the ego, is to consider

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 2:11 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Unfortunately you have none nor any sense of decency or common sense either - no wonder since you did TM for so long > Non sequitur. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 2:24 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, you got into the "game" much earlier than I and stuck with it much longer than I did. I didn't do TTC until 1975 and taught a few courses after I returned in 1976 and then about a year later it was announced t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Someone asked, so. What Seventhray wrote in post #396854 is "Edge why don't you kill yourself? Seriously why not?" That is what I was referring to. Sorry 7th ray, having a son with his own issues that I am sure you are doing your best

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : you are truly a fucking idiot - I was making a facetious (look that word up if you don't know what it means) reference to Sal's seemingly teflon coating that kept folks from reviling him. It was not in any way a refererence to "status" but your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 5:22 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Fasting to death, to me, is the most purifying and high tapas -- the sattvic way of mindfully dying. I was suggesting a way out for Willya way he could expiate all his sins before he reached the Pearly Gates. Am I not beneficent unto the minions?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Duveyoung's Rant

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
You can be anything you want to be on an internet discussion group. Timbuk3 - Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades http://youtu.be/8qrriKcwvlY

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Duveyoung's Rant

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 10:31 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: And my story is true for about 95% of all the folks that once invested in the technique — it just didn't pan out. > If you want to say that selling mantras for money was better than panhandling for money or getting welfare. According to Curtis, he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Daveyoung - a couple of things that may help

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 5:27 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Even during my writing about Willy etcI'm having the most savory > narcissistic wickedness and outright CACKLING with my cleverness. > You probably get a big toothless grin on your face when you hit Send. Sometimes you ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Price of Literature

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 1:44 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > Why Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Price of Literature > http://youtu.be/Y7FzXn7AZ38

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why This American Jew Deserves The Nobel Prize of Literature

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 2:00 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > Why This American Jew Deserves The Nobel Prize of Literature http://youtu.be/cJpB_AEZf6U

Re: [FairfieldLife] A knock on the door of The Masters

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/13/2014 2:07 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > A knock on the door of The Masters http://youtu.be/HYnE6Fpkw98

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My anger is my proof

2014-09-13 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
But being a TM trained imbecile, maybe you do have that who's the best kind of status obsession that has for so long tainted the Movement and made it so easy to equate the Movement with a Nazi mentality. > > On 9/13/2014 8:02 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote: > Mike, I see that you have not recan

Re: [FairfieldLife] Egypt Agrees to fight ISIS

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/20/2014 1:49 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Egypt's president may have paved the way to find an Islamic solution to the violence that ISIS represents. But he won't send troops there since he thinks the Iraqi army is sufficient to protect its own country. The American gene

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wonder how that one turned out?

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I am not sure why the renter of the chairs needed to be told the reason for them not being returned, vs bought. As for a compensation, why would the renting company want or expect full price? Does your car insurance work that way? You seem to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photo: ShShRSh!

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Wait, is that a Kardashian or one of the Jenners? I can never keep them straight. > All those Hindus look alike, right? > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : > No, just narcissists who commoditize their own specialness

Re: [FairfieldLife] ! Celebrating a 14th year of FairfieldLife, FFL !

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/21/2014 5:44 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Writers have come and gone, a lot has happened in 13 years, and some things have not changed. > What happened? I tried to get in touch with you back in 2002 and I got no response. Go figure. Subject: A Total Knowledge Ba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Interesting -- and compassionate -- article about narcissism

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
> ...we get all dressed up in our tutus and there's > Willy the War Monger pepper-spraying anyone who's > even tapping a toe to the music. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/297781 > /According to what I've read, a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disord

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to Use a Siddhi to Subdue an Intruder

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/20/2014 1:29 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Although he knows kung fu, Keanu Reeves merely talked to an intruder in his house to subdue her as he called 911 for help. He may not know it, but he definitely has a siddhi to influence people in very trying circumstances. > /

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 2:37 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: But MMY was pushing the envelope by saying, "if you can fly during the dreaming state, why not fly during the waking state as well?" > "In the dream state, doors are doors and tables are tables; in dreams you can run and jump and

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 2:37 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > It's very simple. The technique is to attain samadhi while in the > waking state of consciousness. As such, one can also retain the > samadhi state during the dreaming state of consciousness. It is > during the dreaming state tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why MMY's Bhagavad Gita will never be a classic.

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/The practice of TM isn't based on religious law or faith in a cosmic order, so the term "Sanatan Dharma" has no meaning to most TMers. According to Rig Veda 4-138, "Hindu" is non-native and of Iranian origin./ > On 9/22/2014 4:03 PM, netineti108 wrote: > Instead of condemning this statement,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 4:13 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ... there is a difference between a regular dream and a dream while in samadhi. IMO, the dreams while in samadhi are more graphic and blissful. But there may be other effects that one can imagine. IMO, the dreams while in samadhi

[FairfieldLife] Been There Done That [1 Attachment]

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
We went to this place to get some fuel today for our car. /Murphy U.S.A./

[FairfieldLife] Shina Soba Shoyu [1 Attachment]

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
There is just nothing quite like a bowl of hot, steaming noodle soup in the early morning or late at night, or just about any time. Here is our family recipe for delicious home made ramen noodle soup: Ingredients: * Whole wheat noodles * Water Instructions: 1. In a pot, bring water to a bo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why MMY's Bhagavad Gita will never be a classic.

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 6:02 PM, netineti108 wrote: This is not a piece of history to be believed. > Not for nothing do they now call Persia, Iran. > Aryans did not compose Veda. > The term Arya is used 36 times in 34 hymns in the Rigveda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Why I hope to die at 75"

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 8:23 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Funny thing about the "I've lived too long" saying. My sister picked it up from my aunt and uses it whenever she something weird or crazy in the news. That was also the reason my late aunt said it. My sister is 82.

[FairfieldLife] Nothing To See Here, Move Along

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Venezuela Seeks to Quell Fears of Disease Outbreak: Government Seeks Doctor’s Arrest for Saying Deaths Could Point to Mosquito-borne Disease. Arresting people for saying something scary — that’ll quell panic and rumors. For sure. http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/195436/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Why I hope to die at 75"

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 4:33 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: yugas don't exist - > /"The value of 24,000 years is within 7% of the modern astronomical calculation of one full precession of the equinox of 25,772 years. This phenomenon is observed as the stars moving retrogr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Why I hope to die at 75"

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:49 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Neither Sal nor I dismiss things because they are "vedic" or because > they are Indian, we dismiss things because they are obviously flawed > or nonsensical. > Neither of you have posted a dismissal of Barry's n

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Steve, I like what you're saying here which is that we don't yet know all the laws governing gravity. And I think this is a very scientific attitude. I bet we don't know all the laws about anything yet! Including how human bodies obtain energy fr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Going batty

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. > On 9/23/2014 7:46 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] included below] My trail camera's frame rate, for video, is too slow, to catch the bat as a single image, so he leaves a trail of af

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 8:19 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Steve obviously suffers from too much time listening to Marshy and the > TM Big Wigs - he got indoctrinated into "Believe it because we say > it." and he just can't let go of such a precious mind set. > Non sequ

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:10 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are reiterating that other guys argument. "It violates the laws of biology, or metabolism, so it must be false. There are no unexplained events, and so, on that basis, I declare it impossible" I believe that is called "a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* salyavin808 --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, "leading from behind" Just a bittoo timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly threatened as well. Gosh, you really a

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, "leading from behind" Just a bit too timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly threatened as well. > On 9/24/2014 12:54 AM, salyavin808

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:54 PM, netineti108 wrote: The missing element in FFlife seems to be...Developing Devotion... > Most of the informants posting to FFL are TMers, so they are probably not all that interested in devotion to a higher power, or devotion to a guru or a teacher. If you have been foll

Re: [FairfieldLife] Quote of the day.

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote: “We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, a

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 7:21 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hey, if you say so. Can't prove otherwise. (-: > /Sam Harris says that the belief in free-will makes no sense. Go figure./ > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Rig

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Right, wr to the latest debate about the man not eating for 70 years. If it is a fraud, as it appears it is, by the lack of transparency of those who put it out there, then great. Salyavin was right. No problem. It is more the attitude you de

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It's always sad when someone you once considered fairly intelligent and halfway balanced demonstrates to you how badly you were wrong. The problem with Steve-o is that he seems to really *believe* that anything a person believes should be "off limits" to criticism and derision. He's more like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, "leading from behind" Just a bittoo timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly threatened as well. Gosh, you really are an asshole, no wo

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 3:17 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: C'mon Sal! This old guy id a fucking superman! For Nabby, Steve, Danny-boy, Free Cheesy (nee Doc Dummy) and Share to believe in him gives them some credence in their hearts that one day, if they practice TM Siddh

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 3:24 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'll see if nurse Rachet can bring you some more peanuts. > You are not even making any sense. > You seem to have plenty of baloney at this time. > Non sequitur. > Maybe Share can donate some Wonder Bread. > An inf

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 5:08 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: go back to Phoenix > Non sequitur. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Calims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 5:56 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: OK here is a question for you starry eyed True Believers in the miracles that Mother India gives the world, > Non sequitur/. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence./ > that

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten [1 Attachment]

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* salyavin808 Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. > On 9/23/2014 10:12 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Sal, I think that the way that thinking about these kinda things works is, "If I can glom onto some vague anecdote and convince m

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 10:09 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Sorry you wild wild things, I don't think there will be any surprises from gravity and metabolism, I think we've got those pretty sussed - at least as far as floating and not eating for 70 years is concerned L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 11:40 AM, netineti108 wrote: It is incorrect to think that devotion cannot be developed until this made up state of CC is "stabilized". > /Devotional service must be spontaneous and natural no matter what state of consciousness you are experiencing, otherwise it's just mood-mak

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* "Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the classic study When Prophesy Fails by Festinger et al., observed that when a group's e

[FairfieldLife] Back By Popular Demand

2014-09-24 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/8qrriKcwvlY

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nine Days of Mother Divine

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 1:09 PM, netineti108 wrote: Yes, I did cut and paste this information for the upcoming Holy days of Mother Divine. I thought to provide some information regarding its meaning. > /Next time just copy and paste the link so we can go there and read it for ourselves. Also, don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Adi Shankara

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 12:50 PM, netineti108 wrote: What did Adi Shankara say was the fastest method to Liberation in this Kali Yuga? > /According to the Shankaracharya tradition, the Sri Vidya, because it consists of indestructible "seed" syllables (bijaksara) rather than words, transcends such mundane

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:29 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Dan, I love rocks too. And trees and critters, the sun and sky, etc. And since we're talking about eating, I heard through the grapevine that Maharishi once said that a happy man could digest a rock. Isn't that cool?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It looks like we have a couple of bottom-posters. Go figure. > On 9/24/2014 11:17 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the class

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just in time for Halloween, here comes the boogeyman!

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 2:02 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Be afraid, be very afraid, ISIL is out to get you! Get it? ISIL is the new Boogeyman to keep you afraid and give up even more of your freedoms. I'll take it further and say it looks to me like ISIL *is the new "false

Re: [FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Richard J. Williams included below] *From:* salyavin808 Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. >"The person levitating or flying through the air was a guy named Frederick Lenz, who also called himself Rama. He taught a hodge-podge of thing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: "The Lurking Reporters", who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into newsworthy material. ;-) Oops. > /You forgot that Barry IS the lurking reporter, sending in reports to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:32 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Maharishi was a liar and a fraud - if he is your high water mark for optimism, then you are in bad shape. > It looks like we've got a FFL war on women. Just based on the postings here, I'd say at least one informa

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 10:26 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's sort of strange. He posts something and then he runs away. And then claims people are trying to engage him. > Maybe he is not serious about carrying on a conversation, or maybe he doesn't want to talk about the para

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Strikes Oil Refineries in Syria

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 6:39 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: This should hit the pocket books of ISIS since they sell cheap oil to finance its crimes. > Their vehicles won't be able to run for long without fuel and with no funds coming in they will soon be broke. With drones overhead track

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:37 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hold the kettle under the tap, but pray to the devas to bless the water with their magical qualities so after you drink the tea, you won't need to eat or drink for 70 years. Then you can be the next poster child f

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:40 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are wrong Nappy, we woke up, we smartened up and realized we had been sold a pig in a poke. > /That doesn't say much for your own susceptibility to suggestion. If you were "sold a pig in a poke" back then, who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Good luck to you Barry. By the way, I still like you. I'm just sorry you've fallen into the black hole of cynicism and insult, along with an occasional informational or humorous post. If you could only see yourself like most others do > On 9/24/2014 8:29 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:05 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It seems to me that the best thing you could do with "quitters" is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. > /For the record, Barry is the only informant that claims he doesn't read all the messages posted here./ >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: "The Lurking Reporters", who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into newsworthy mater

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hardly - it was if anything support of nature that I did not follow in the footsteps of all the New Age channeling hucksters, some of whom are former TM teachers in gather a whole other flock of sheep to be fleece

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : It seems to me that the best thing you could do with "quitters" is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. I don't know about MJ and Salyavin, but I'm not here "selling" anything. I write for the fun of it, and to express my opinion. I don't much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'll let you know when I am heading to Fairfield. Before I come I would like to know if I need a breathing mask of some sort due to the grain dust floating about from the Heartland Grain silos. > /Maybe you could

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" So tribalism is necessarily a cruder value? So far, yes. No possibility for collective altruism for individuals to join? Not so far on this planet. Even if there

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* salyavin808 I can't speak for Turq or MJ but I'm here coz it's fun. And because we are all from the TMO at some point, in some depth, we share knowledge of what it means and it's interesting to see how far

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Oh, you meant THAT Adi Shankara, not the guy from Cincinnati. My bad. > /There must be a million people named Shankara in India, but the term "Adi" indicates Lord Shiva, the first Adi./ > ---In FairfieldLife@yaho

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I agree with both of you in all that you have said here - well said, both. > Me too, with what he said. He said he was "them once", which I assume means he was a student at MUM and that he was partly way through

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why India is Fascinated with Astrology

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 2:00 PM, Duveyoung wrote: I put up my first Web sites in 1996, and for YEARS before that I was already thinking I should do so. Therefore, it's not a big stretch for many an astrologer to be hep to the Web's eventualities "in the early 90s." First computer I owned was in 1980

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lykke Li, New York City Okt 4

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
"Just gotta say... I clicked on Nabby's link below and laughed out loud because I'd never seen that website layout before. Be honest here...if you didn't now who DL was, what would you think if youstumbled upon this photo..." > On 9/26/2014 7:19 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: > Turq, Try to d

Re: [FairfieldLife] John Cusack Blasts Hollywood

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:31 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: /The star goes off on the town he describes as "ripe with frontier crazies" and "a whorehouse" / > Just for the record, John Cusak is a member of SAG. Go figure. > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cusack-bl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 9:01 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] The N-Squared Spiritual Regeneration of America and the World

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:05 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: No, just that their assertion that they lower crime rate by doing TMSP is obviously untrue. But I am sure they have some bizarre ridiculous reason the crime rate went up in the home of purusha > /The increased cr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 10:11 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I am enlight

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 2:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: People who are constantly angry at atheists (of whose number jr_esq is a prime example) often try to convince themselves that the atheists they're angry at are similarly angry at...uh...that non-existent fairytale be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:18 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Good. Now learn to spell; it's Maharishi, and Benjamin. For brevity's sake I prefer Nabby to Nablussos, MJ and Turq to their full names (see how lazy I am) and don't get me started on Xeno! And besides Ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:44 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. So I will pipe in until he returns to the light of European day. There are three scenarios: 1. the universe created itself 2. the universe did

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 3:25 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. True. At that point Barry either goes out to spend the evening with friends, or watches T

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, having penned my obligatory First Button-Pushing Post Of The Week to give the Barry-haters something to feed on :-), I am free to write more seriously about this whole belief in God / atheism thang. Be warned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Personally, I think that one of the most useful pieces of neuroscience would be a study that managed to visualize in the brain the exact moment in which someone decides "This guy is enlightened and telling me the tru

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: While I cannot disagree, I think it is useful every so often to remember that at one point WE were sycophants, too. So what was "in it" for the sycophant? > /Maybe you should speak for yourself.// Apparently YOU ar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ...Wondrous Waves Of Woo Woo to transform the universe into a better place, some people are actually going to buy that. For a while. It's just that *still* believing it all these decades later strikes me as a bit muc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 7:12 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think turq's analysis doesn't go deep enough. The whole issue of self importance has to do with feeling safe in the group. Wanting to feel safe has to do with wanting to survive. We all have this hardwired into our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:02 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It wasn't self importance for me - I was to slavish in my adoration of Marshy to feel self important. > Apparently MJ was not practicing "TM" - he was practicing Guru Yoga. In fact, "Marshy" has nothing to do with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread &#x27;Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:36 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: /After twenty years as a sycophant and a True Believer, you probably can't bum-hop, levitate or hold a single yoga pose to this day. It looks like you spent over twenty years not even thinking. What happened to all the money? / He can't accept it.

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