[FairfieldLife] I Was There -- What Obama Said - By David Coleman

2008-04-14 Thread Marek Reavis
By way of introduction, David was my boss at the Public Defender's Office in Contra Costa County, hiring me first as a summer law clerk and later as a Death Penalty clerk while I continued to work for him through law school; he was also my professor (oops, sorry, senior lecturer) for advanced

[FairfieldLife] The Betting Odds on the Presidential Candidates

2008-04-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Checking on the betting lines re the likely winner among the U.S. presidential candidates, the following are some of the odds currently available from different online bookies: Obama: (10/11) (4/5) (5/6) (4/5) (9/10) (7/10) (4/5) (5/6) (5/6) (10/11) (10/11) (5/6) (11/10) (19/17) (13/12)

[FairfieldLife] Re: From The Huffington Post

2008-04-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Old-timey joke below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More on this from Greenwald: Our elections are dominated by the same tired personality script, trotted out over and over and over. Democrats and liberals -- no matter how poor their

[FairfieldLife] Re: POLYGAMIST RANCH

2008-04-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: POLYGAMIST RANCH Am I the only one who thinks that these folks had their civil rights abused? Without having the 16 year old pregnant girl in safe protection or even knowing her name, they took

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Angela, Curtis, thanks for the anecdote and the website information. Spiders are way cool, IMO. My son's tarantula, Priscilla, a Mexican Redleg, died last year after 20 years of just hanging around. She was already a 3-inch across adult when he got her as a xmas present when he was 11 years

[FairfieldLife] Cricket and sexuality is the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
In today's Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/53oqfn

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
when I meet with it in any guise No one can know how glad I am to find On any sheet the least display of mind. -- Robert Frost --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Angela, Curtis, thanks for the anecdote and the website information

[FairfieldLife] Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
As re http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheNUWyROv8, Curtis, this is one of the classic scenes from all of moviedom for me and everytime I see 19-year old Lauren Bacall . . . well, Edg might not approve, but I think Jimmy Carter would understand. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M That very routine worked for me last night in a bar in Sitges. But then I woke up this morning covered with a web, and my wallet was gone.

[FairfieldLife] On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
by Robert Creamer HuffPost 4.20 For the last several weeks we have been inundated with statements from the Clinton Campaign (and some media pundits) arguing that their incessant attacks on Obama's patriotism, their use of McCarthyite guilt by association, and attempts to make Obama look like

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Obama hypocrisy

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
An interesting, well-spun article. My comments (on the article and its author only) are interleaved and in [brackets]. **snip** Obama's claim of independence questioned By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The screen fills with grainy footage of sprawling 1970s gas lines. Nothing's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
and real? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
mating activities, especially in the early stages of getting acquainted before the woman is lulled by hormonal attachment. When spiders get that one figured out, their evolution will leap forward. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis wrote: Hey, Ispiritkin. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Micheal Moore

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for posting this, Louis. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore April 21st, 2008 Friends, I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Here is the RealPolitics site (reference below) where they do the popular vote count 6 different ways, including 2 versions incorporating Florida's and Michigan's vote: http://tinyurl.com/2hbf4a ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As re how

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
As re how to count the popular vote (from Mark Blumenthal, MSNBC, 4.10.08): If we check the RealClearPolitics tally of the votes cast in the 41 official contests recognized by the Democratic National Committee that released popular vote counts, Barack Obama currently leads by 717,086 votes,

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
You are correct, I didn't take the time to check out the tinyurl she included in her post to Sal. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: Here is the RealPolitics site (reference below) where they do the popular vote

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
It appears that the most accurate estimate is that Obama leads Clinton in the popular vote by that number and by that percentage point, correct. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, talk about not being able to read. This is

[FairfieldLife] From the Financial Times of London

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
To get another perspective on the Democratic nomination race, and one a bit less involved than most American ones (though, to be truthful, I'm posting it because it's congruent with my own views at present), here is an editorial from yesterday's Financial Times endorsing Obama. The penultimate

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
site that Judy sent Sal to just yesterday? Marek Reavis wrote: You are correct, I didn't take the time to check out the tinyurl she included in her post to Sal. You are supposed to read the post BEFORE you post your comments, Marek. So, why do you think Sal and Barry can't read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Micheal Moore

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 21, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: Thanks for posting this, Louis. I agree, Marek--a great one. I especially like this part: Seriously, I know so many people who don't care if the name under the Big D is Dancer, Prancer, Clinton or Blitzen. It can

[FairfieldLife] PA Gov. Ed Rendell Praising Rev. Farrakhan

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Can't do tinyurl from my work computer, sorry, but there's a wonderfully ironic twist on the hypocrisy argument in a HuffPost essay: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/ed-rendell-clinton- surrog_n_97784.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
comment on it? Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: My apologies if my lapse offended your sense of propriety. No, I'm not offended - I just was wondering why you posted the same source that Judy posted

[FairfieldLife] Lapse in Judgment

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
This (below) is excerpted from Chris Durang's excellent essay Some Last-Minute Obama Thoughts, After Canvasing in PA published today (4.21.08) at HuffPost. The complete essay can be found at http://tinyurl.com/54fxv9 ** Hillary's vote in favor of authorizing the war was a serious lapse in

[FairfieldLife] Re: PA Gov. Ed Rendell Praising Rev. Farrakhan

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: ...wonderfully ironic twist on the hypocrisy argument in a HuffPost essay: Ironic twist, but Obama has both denounced and rejected Farrakhan's praise for his candidacy. So, I guess

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama CORRECTION

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
votes cast. The offline missive pointed out that I should probably refrain from explaining any nuances re this campaign in the future if I can't even catch an error that large. Caveat Lector, you have been warned. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Time

2008-04-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, do.rflex. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *nice* Song for today by Brendan Perry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJh2jBg1zCE

[FairfieldLife] Amen Break Golden Mean

2008-04-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Can't do tinyurl from my office computer but another excellent interation of the Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Mean found in a widely sampled drum break recorded in the 60s known as the Amen Break, can be found at: http://www.constructingtheuniverse.com/Amen%20Break%20and%20GR.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amen Break Golden Mean

2008-04-24 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Can't do tinyurl from my office computer but another excellent interation of the Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Mean found in a widely sampled drum break recorded in the 60s known as the Amen Break, can be found

[FairfieldLife] Making short URLs (was: Re: Amen Break Golden Mean)

2008-04-25 Thread Marek Reavis
any particular rhyme or reason. I appreciate the newly regained url-shortening siddhi, thanks. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Thanks, Bob, I never thought to do

[FairfieldLife] Aurora Borealis in Siberia

2008-04-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Some beautiful photos of emerald aurora borealis taken in Siberia and found at a Russian language website. Worth a look. http://evendym.livejournal.com/46993.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Church of Oprah, Exposed

2008-04-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Doug, wow, the video covers so much ground, drawing the connections through Oprah and Tolle to Obama and an ominous Department of Peace. Perfect at the end where it closes with martial-sounding music, drumbeats (of war) and a Wagnerian operatic choir with the image of Jesus on the Cross.

[FairfieldLife] How Racist Are You? -- The Game

2008-04-28 Thread Marek Reavis
So. How racist are you? That's the question asked by an online psychology test by the University of Chicago. The test involves showing you a series of photographs of 100 black or white men, either holding guns or cellphones. You have to decide - in a split second - whether to shoot them or to

[FairfieldLife] GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-depressant

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
by Jason Linkins, HuffPost 5.12.08 Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election cycle's change mandate that simultaneously reinforces the fact that their failed policies have messed up the world to such an inhuman extent that many Americans now live

[FairfieldLife] Re: GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-depressant

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The irony never ends. Sal On the other side of the coin: Below is a great, even if wonky, evaluation of Obama's 50-state voter registration drive for the national election and an analysis of what his changing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aja?

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Who Is Ajja? -- A Meeting With The Absolute -- Andrew Cohen, 'What Is Enlightenment Magazine' http://www.wie.org/j14/ajja.asp ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rick How's it going?! Being in business for oneself really helps one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aja?

2008-05-13 Thread Marek Reavis
are talking about (or even around) this stuff, the more likely it is that they'll hit on something of value. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Who Is Ajja? -- A Meeting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Very scary new technology (but what about the new Trikke?)

2008-05-13 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Edg, we're well into May now and you had said some weeks ago that the folks at Trikke HQ were giving you the greenlight to spill the beans about the new X-15 in May. What can you tell us/show us? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do we eva te subjective experiences? was:Some people who reached cc

2008-05-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall a guy on our sidhis course who talked about seeing Gurudev floating in lotus position on a lottos blossom floating in a fountain of cherry juice. The Sidhis Course

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary after the campaign

2008-05-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent essay, Sal, thanks. I'd personally like to come back to some positive perspective on Senator Clinton and this really provides me with a footing to that end. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  NEWS | OPINIONS | SPORTS | ARTS

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Well said, Judy, and this relates to Jim's premise/experience regarding the perfection of what is. One's own sense of right and wrong, the individual's aspirations and achievements, our apparent successes and perceived failures, they are all part of the mix. Even those times in our lives

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comments (more exploration) interleaved [in brackets]: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: The perfection, if it exists, is in the enlightened person saying, Do this.

[FairfieldLife] Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Found this on YouTube http://youtube.com/watch?v=kwW500JsbQ0 and thought it gives a pretty good idea of the surf culture up here. I don't know these guys in the vid but they have that familiar look. This looks like it was taken in the fall and most of it looks like it was shot at the

[FairfieldLife] Another Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Last one: http://tinyurl.com/6exya9 shot in what looks like the winter or early spring at a break called Bunkers, just up the beach from the North Jetty. This one doesn't have music and it doesn't cut away but just follows a group of surfers for a couple of minutes. Took a long time to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip ** Yeah, watching surfing is great (altho I'm just as happy seeing big surf all by its lonesome) -- when I lived in Honolulu, I used to go to the North Shore in winter and catch people doing those

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
to drive over to get to DC, and now it is a playground that invites me into nature. It is a rabbit hole I can jump down, minutes from the city, and end up alone on a huge body of water. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: God is a wuss

2008-05-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow, thanks, Curtis, I'd never heard of Elizabeth Cotten before; she's wonderful -- everything about her. Still alive? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip I thought a 'wuss' was always female, but I didn't know that you didn't like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, NOT the people who hang out on FFL, although some of us are. :-) What I had in mind are objects of power -- things in your house that you might have picked up along the Way and that hold

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
busta-move energy! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great topic, Turq, I'm interested to hear what people write about. An important object for me along these lines

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
new CD info and a link to hear the 6 originals on the CD. CDbaby.com will have the CD up this week. Music is sooo worth the effort. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great story, Curtis, and extremely resonant. Surfing has been like that for me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Economic Stimulus check where my mouth is. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Curtis, I like your boat a lot and I looked all through the site but couldn't find out what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Planet of the Cats

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
That looks very cool and not creepy at all. Thanks for the site. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Cat House on the Kings: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vwM6f0liHpo

[FairfieldLife] Kyacks -- Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
updates! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Hey, Curtis, I looked up dealers on the site and one of the outdoor stores here in Eureka carries the line but all they had was one of the canoes from the company and not the advanced frame like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Very cool, Off. Are you making yours from a kit that Greenland Kayaks offers, or are you using some other template or kit? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Off, when you get done would you upload pictures of it to the Photos section? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Very cool, Off. Are you making yours from a kit

[FairfieldLife] Worthwhile Essay re Clinton and the continuing campaign

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
by Jackson Williams, HuffPost 5.24.08 http://tinyurl.com/4v2zp8

[FairfieldLife] Orca grabs seal on Humboldt beach

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Didn't even know that Orcas cruised the waters up here but big news the other day when about a dozen beachgoers saw an adult Orca, apparently a mother teaching her calf the hunting technique, surf up onto the beach, grab a seal, and then slam it down, before rejoining the calf and moving on.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stupid is as Stupid Does

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Do.rflex, for posting this (below), I appreciate the historical pinpoints, and agree with the last paragraph completely: Summary: Hillary Clinton's reference to 1968 was accurate (that campaign was still in doubt) but tacky. Her reference to Bill's 1992 race was wrong on the facts. Like

[FairfieldLife] Why I Continue To Run - Clinton Op-Ed

2008-05-25 Thread Marek Reavis
New York Daily News, May 25, 2008 This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Paradigms = thanks Jim

2007-03-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@ wrote: ---Yes, Tolle, Ramana, and Papaji are examples of individuals who awakened more or less spontaneously without the need

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Paradigms = thanks Jim

2007-03-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---There's no contention that all is already That. The point is to Realize IT. Are you saying that people are to instantaneously realize IT simply because you say Ye are already THAT?. **snip to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Press invitation, written by Maharishi in October, 1952

2007-03-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find it fascinating that MMY's PR uses the implication that Guru Dev had a magical source for money: One unique principle of the great Sage that distinguishes him completely from other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Press invitation, written by Maharishi in October, 1952

2007-03-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can always count on an interesting, reasoned response from you Marek! Thanks. Really excellent discussion of Guru Dev's private funding. In my own case, my life of privilege made it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heart-stopping

2007-03-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** Maybe I'm guilty of damning with faint praise. The point I was trying to make is that we all have a sweet, innocent little child within, often deeply buried, but sometimes it emerges. Some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heart-stopping

2007-03-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: snip Maybe I'm guilty of damning with faint praise. Allow me to give you a quick rundown, Rick, of why that was such an incredibly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Various from 3/25: Marek, Vaj, Curtis, Barry

2007-03-26 Thread Marek Reavis
Reply below (to the comments addressed to me): ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: snip Judy, there's no way that Rick doesn't hold fairness, honesty, and sincerity as dearly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Various from 3/25: Marek, Vaj, Curtis, Barry

2007-03-26 Thread Marek Reavis
Reply below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Reply below (to the comments addressed to me): ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Discussion with Judy about Guru Dev and MMY's intro letter continues

2007-03-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, without snipping any of your post (below) or spending a whole lot more time or words on the subject, it seems pretty clear that Guru Dev, himself, believed in siddhis and miracles, as is obvious from Paul Mason's site with quotes from him exactly on that subject, as well as the bios of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Discussion with Judy about Guru Dev and MMY's intro letter continues

2007-03-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As always I am glad you weighed in Marek! I agree with what you said up to a point. Certainly Guru Dev had such beliefs and may have viewed his own experiences as proof of miracles. Since I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Discussion with Judy about Guru Dev and MMY's intro letter continues

2007-03-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Reply below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: But, based on everything I have heard or read about Guru Dev, I feel that his character and personality are totally worthy of emulation, reverence and respect

[FairfieldLife] Re: Discussion with Judy about Guru Dev and MMY's intro letter continues

2007-03-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** There are very few people who really influence us in our lives. People who have touched our hearts and minds. They may have their weakness, they may have, what others consider to be 'fallen'.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Please excuse the narcissism!

2007-04-02 Thread Marek Reavis
What a fine review. Like love in the morning. Congratulations! ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I woke up this morning to find a link to this review of my CD in my box. http://www.soulofrocknroll.com/?p=53 Some days really start off

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment in 5-7 years

2007-04-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Willytex (or the person who uses that screen name) reminds me of Narada in the Puranas who goes about creating dissension and quarrels -- a full-time trickster and freelance gadfly who gets off on stirring up trouble. Another way to be. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Codicil 371.3

2007-04-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** And for me. As you might have gathered, even though I don't study with any teacher and am not part of any spiritual organization, I'm still a bit of an enlight- enment freak. And I've found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's House on Raam Navami

2007-04-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], gullible fool fflmod@ wrote: Most cultures, including Indian, like lots of lights during celebrations. I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Jesus love you? CAN Jesus love you?

2007-04-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a recent posting exchange about Andrew Sullivan's beliefs, I was struck by his claim that Jesus loves him. Since that time, I have seen about one thousand bumper stickers on neighbor's cars

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Jesus love you? CAN Jesus love you?

2007-04-16 Thread Marek Reavis
[Comments interleaved]: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: **snip** But it seems to me that the initial presumption of the reality of time and therefore the sequential

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Jesus love you? CAN Jesus love you?

2007-04-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When it comes to forming a fantasy relationship: it's not hard! I remember practicing puja in my hotel room -- bottom half naked. I was rounding, and I would get up and do a puja and wouldn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Jesus love you? CAN Jesus love you?

2007-04-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** For me the key to what you say above is in the phrase repeated applications of attention. The Rama fellow I studied with for a while used to talk about storing power, focusing one's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Jesus love you? CAN Jesus love you? - Now Where's my Maypo?

2007-04-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 17, 2007, at 10:54 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Parents who are depressed are also emotionally and physically unavailable. That's what a lot of these experiences seem to me to be--

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hirondelles

2007-04-18 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I awoke this morning to find that the hirondelles are back in town. Cool. I sat on my neighbor's terrace this morning

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guns don't kill people, the lack of guns kill people

2007-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk claudiouk@ wrote: **snip** Of course the means of destruction do matter: Thats why automatic weapons were invented in the first place, because the

[FairfieldLife] Re: when one looks to the sky for rain, the rain falls

2007-04-26 Thread Marek Reavis
Ditto. Excellent discussion between two fine writers and thinkers. Big thanks for that. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great responses man, thanks. Lots to think about. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ever wonder where the prudery in the TMO came from?

2007-04-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** What happened to striving for ideals? Again I call this criticism of the Indian caste system racist. Why? Because those who criticize it are doing so because it is Indian. If not,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Narada, a cup of tea and, please, don't spill a drop

2007-04-30 Thread Marek Reavis
The Yoga Vashishta has the story that sounds similar to the Narada tea story, and maybe that's what you're thinking of. In the YV Vyasa sends Shukadev to King Janaka for instruction. Shukadev is kind of contemptuous of Janaka because he's the epitome of householder life and Shukadev is sky

[FairfieldLife] Re: Narada, a cup of tea and, please, don't spill a drop

2007-04-30 Thread Marek Reavis
and convey to others is a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to lead others, in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to society. * ** ** On 4/30/07, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Yoga Vashishta has the story that sounds similar to the Narada tea story, and maybe that's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Commonalities R Us

2007-05-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Great post (below)! And oh so true, inasmuch as my perspective matches Edg's and any further commentary by me would be just a field of dittos. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gang, About this bickering . . . Here's what's strange: all of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Troubled past

2007-05-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will address this to judyjim who seem to have formed a symbiotic entity of malice toward me personally. From the ages of 16 through 31 I explored the teachings of MMY. I did it with the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Troubled past

2007-05-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, what's the meaning of your signoff acronym JM2C (below)? I'm stumped. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 3, 2007, at 9:19 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: To Judy: You have brought up the idea that when I fight back when personally

[FairfieldLife] Re: life

2007-05-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Dear Lee, Your son's case is very distressing and is an unfortunate narrative of the adage that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Certainly the states' legislatures believe that sexual abuse and specifically child sex abuse are crimes that deserve particular attention because

[FairfieldLife] Re: El Laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)

2007-05-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Turq, I'll get it and watch it. Even though I read the good reviews about it (and they were all unfailingly positive), I never got around to checking it out. Your recommendation has pushed me over the edge. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: message from purusha

2007-05-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Must be the Taste of Tapioca course. Very bland and not likely to upset the stomach. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like they're all reading from the same brochure! Where's the f***ing juice in these experiences? They all need to get laid

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-11 Thread Marek Reavis
I sees through both my eyes. I sees through all 100 trillion eyes on this planet. So what's the use of yet another pair of eyes to see with, unless it's to check out what the binocular perspective from that moving point in the universe is like. Being yet one more hot squidge of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning - flaws of Unity

2007-05-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both of you are looking at the Relative in a rather upbeat way, perhaps reflecting transient (for most mortals) blissful moods (maybe states or permanent stations in your cases??). Doesn't help the

[FairfieldLife] Re: ignorance is part of totality

2007-05-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Quick comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'So both diversification and unification ... when the two come to awareness then the hiding, the cover, also comes to awareness. So the cover is uncovered. This is the mechanics of how we get

[FairfieldLife] Re: ignorance is part of totality

2007-05-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment at bottom: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ignorance is only apparent, it isn't real - I know, fundamentally and philosophically this is supposed to be so and yes one can appreciate the cleverness in that magical trick - it's only a rope

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning - flaws of Unity

2007-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Jim's comment (below) is as well said as anything I've heard or read. It would seem that the self never truly experiences or identifies, but rather the ego, being the reflection of That in prakiti does the identifying (and the suffering) as its proxy. The ego (jiva) can be happy or blissful it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Neurotransmittors and Happiness

2007-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow, really excellent stuff. Thank you for bringing that up and articulating it so well. Although ignorance seems so hard to dispel, Claudio's earlier remark about how overwhelming enlightenment should be is more the truth. Almost anything can be the stimulus/catalyst to that realization and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doesn't this remind you of a Maxfield Parris poster?

2007-05-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Totally Parrish. It's beautiful, too. That's Hillary, right? On the White House balcony or something? What a great political poster.

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