Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The We Words

2010-06-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 6, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Joe wrote: Speaking of crime rates and TM, in the book Heaven On Earth, Michael D'Antonio decides, after having heard in Fairfield that groups of meditators create a wave of coherence that lowers crime rates, to visit the Fairfield Chief of Police, Randy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The We Words

2010-06-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 6, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Actually, Cooksey was police chief until I think about a year or so ago. Julie Harvey is the new police chief. She's the one who arrested me for DUI back in Dec

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The We Words

2010-06-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Joe wrote: She sounds absolutely delightful Sal! Sal, can you inquire of her about the FF crime rate since 1990? I'd be very interested to see that. (No sense asking MUM for these figures.your chances of getting an honest answer are not good.) Thanks in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Joran Van der Sloot Jyotish

2010-06-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 6, 2010, at 8:39 PM, seventhray1 wrote: Whatever you might be trying prove in the first sentence will definitely be proved by the last either out of sheer boredom on sheer obtusiveness. You ought to go into the wine tasting business as a sideline. You mean you actually made it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Game Show

2010-06-02 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 2, 2010, at 3:24 AM, Hugo wrote: Instead what we get is the dogma that iron-age Indians believed it so it's true, and worse, now it gets mixed up with victorian parlour room seances. Ever since I've heard of it, I've felt that Rick's Wednesday evening satsang group sounded, as someone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-06-02 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Rick Archer wrote: The reason I booted Ravi from BatGap is that there are different ground rules there than here. Almost anything is tolerated here. It's like a boxing match as opposed to a tea party. I expect more cordial behavior over there, and if someone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jim Flanegin interview

2010-06-02 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 2, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I noticed this as well, but there was no place on YouTube to post a response advising same. So after the sound cuts out in Part 9, it doesn't come back? There's no sound at all? After that it's all unmanifest, Rick--that's how powerful Jim

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just when you thought....

2010-06-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 1, 2010, at 2:21 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: What is the lack of freedom being spoken of here? Am I wrong in thinking it's LIVING? If this is true, and not just some story that this twif thought up, the person saying this or thinking this has become convinced that LIVING and having an

Re: [FairfieldLife] A challenge to Rick

2010-06-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 1, 2010, at 3:20 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Live up to some of the quotes you put on the Home Page of FFL. Like the one that says, What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite. One of the things that has been disturbing me a little

[FairfieldLife] BATGAP karma download limits

2010-06-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
Rick, apparently the group's karma with Yahoo isn't much better than it is in real life. Every time now I try to read a post I get this message: The message you requested is temporarily unavailable because this group has exceeded its download limit. Please try again later. What the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: BATGAP karma download limits

2010-06-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:50 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Rick, apparently the group's karma with Yahoo isn't much better than it is in real life. Every time now I try to read a post I get this message: The message you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 31, 2010, at 9:12 AM, seventhray1 wrote: Pretty much the only perspective you're getting from BATGAP is that a great luminary has left the scene. And that if only I knew . And yet evidently he did talk to others about his problems. But of course, I don't think it is easy for anyone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 31, 2010, at 3:45 PM, seventhray1 wrote: Can you provide a link? http://bit.ly/bdB1Ym --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On May 31, 2010, at 9:12 AM, seventhray1 wrote: Pretty much the only perspective you're getting from BATGAP

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-05-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 31, 2010, at 7:15 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: 35 seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net All hail! We have a new leader! I bow. lurk, your new name obviously agrees with you. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 8:09 AM, seventhray1 wrote: I have been following a thread at Buddha at the Gas Pump, but as nothing was posted here, I didn't want to comment. I do know his parents, or at least who they are. I did not want to register at the Fairfield Ledger, so if someone could

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: This is at least the third in 1.5 years here. We are failing our young people. Along those lines, Rick, did anyone in your group ever suggest, either to the group or privately to you--that Daniel might be going through something a bit more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Buck wrote: This is at least the third in 1.5 years here. We are failing our young people. Sal I would hope they are pulling professionals in to the schools (MSAE MUM) by first class after this weekend. Dr. Pete? The public schools have long since had

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Rick Archer wrote: FW; I knew Daniel well and have a little different take than some others. this is what my perception was knowing what was going on. Had I known the last 2 months he told so many people his pain was too great and he was thinking of killing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: On May 30, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Rick Archer wrote: FW; I knew Daniel well and have a little different take than some others. this is what my perception was knowing what was going on. Had I known the last 2 months he told so many people his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On May 30, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Rick Archer wrote: FW; I knew Daniel well and have a little different take than some others. this is what my perception was knowing what was going on. Had I known the last 2 months he told so many people his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 7:35 PM, feste37 wrote: My only point, you silly, angry, abusive man, is that God does not smile on self-slaughter, however prettily it may be dressed up. And you know this because...? feste, no offense, but you sound silly and desperate, like a New-Age holy-roller. Good

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 8:12 PM, seventhray1 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... And also along these lines, Rick--didn't anyone else find it a tad odd that Dan was spending much of his free time, between the satsang group and the Buddha chat group--with people much older than him? I get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Acedia Fairfield

2010-05-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 30, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Rick Archer wrote: What is Acedia, and how did it end up in the title of this thread? I was wondering the same thing. Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acidĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, negligence) describes a state of listlessness or torpor, of not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Separating the myth of enlightenment from the reality

2010-05-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 29, 2010, at 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Plus, he always represented a certain Shankara-based fear of and distaste *for* the relative world. He looked *down* upon the relative world. Which, apparently, was mostly an act, considering in how much of the relative world he supposedly

[FairfieldLife] RIP Dennis Hopper

2010-05-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
Apocryphal or not, the story of Hopper's phone call to David Lynch after he had read the script for Blue Velvet is on point: You have to let me play Frank Booth. Because I am Frank Booth! http://bit.ly/d6zmN2 Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Facebook Question

2010-05-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 27, 2010, at 12:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: T'would seem that the Long Arm Of The Laws Of Nature hath struck again. The page has been taken down, and no longer exists. I wonder, given the recent brilliant South Park episode about the perils of trying to delete yourself from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Facebook Question

2010-05-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Sorry to disappoint, but I didn't do the deed. I think it was a great idea and wish I could thank the person who did do it. Even if it was Barry's doing, I bow. I'd love to know who thought of it-- I think it was brilliant. It is a great

Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook Question

2010-05-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 25, 2010, at 11:39 PM, gullible fool wrote: I think it's legitimate. I don't think most phonies would go into such detail filling out a bogus Facebook page, plus his page has got some high-level TM people on the friends list, people I think would find out pretty quickly if it were

Re: [FairfieldLife] From Kirk Bernhardt

2010-05-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 26, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Kirk Bernhardt One lovely soul donated 25$ to my l-...@cox.net account for the having a yagya for Venkateshwara which is Vishnu's mount - Garuda, the deity of which is very powerful for removing obstacles to cleaner environment. In Buddhist

Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook Question

2010-05-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 26, 2010, at 3:12 PM, gullible fool wrote: I think someone just pulled content from there to make the phony FB page. I just read your post and the Bevan post at the FB page. It must have been someone who is really up on Bevan's role, or else did very thorough research, because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Facebook Question

2010-05-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 26, 2010, at 3:51 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: I hereby propose the Ultimate Test of the Bevan FB page authenticity. Before I pull a Stan and bail from Face- book entirely, why don't *I* just send him a Friend Request? Surely, if gotta-defend-the-TMO-ers here have expended so much energy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Personal News from Raja Hagelin

2010-05-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 26, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Duveyoung wrote: The favorite game we'd play along these lines was that someone would ask a question and then the rules provided that the youngest had first shot at answering it. There was an eight year range in ages, so by the time the question got to me, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Nice comment from a friend, posted to BatGap forum

2010-05-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 25, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Rick Archer wrote: yes, I agree, things got amazingly absurd with the TM movement, vis a vis the golden crowns and ludicrous gowns and the word rajas and paying a million and so much more...I think Jyotish is ludicrous..stapatya veda is pretty but way

Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook Question

2010-05-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 25, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Is it possible to set up a bogus Facebook account, representing yourself as a different person, using his name and photo, and then invite actual friends of that person to be your friends (fooling them into thinking that you are him)? Rick,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook Question

2010-05-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 25, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Rick Archer wrote: On May 25, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Is it possible to set up a bogus Facebook account, representing yourself as a different person, using his name and photo, and then invite actual friends of that person to be your friends

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re the latest Raviguru pronouncements on BATGAP

2010-05-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 23, 2010, at 6:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: This is pathology, reinforced and replicated by the pathological. In my opinion, of course. As proof, might I suggest that none of the other participants in the discussion -- on FFL or, as in this case, from BATGAP -- would be able to include

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi Guru's mad delusional behavior revealed.

2010-05-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 22, 2010, at 10:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail carc...@... wrote: Au contraire! Blowing a bit of Holy Smoke at ya! With your uncanny gabfest ability... I still think you are also Ravi. Nonsense. I am Spartacus. I am woman,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: (unknown)

2010-05-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 20, 2010, at 7:24 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: guess she got what she wanted. Just couln't tolerate a view that departed too far from what she considered acceptable. Now life can go back to normal Breathe a sigh of relief. The renegade has been arrested lurk, I don't know

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi Guru's mad delusional behavior revealed.

2010-05-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 20, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tartbrain Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:14 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi Guru's mad delusional behavior

Re: [FairfieldLife] (unknown)

2010-05-19 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 19, 2010, at 10:52 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: What the hell happened! Someone showed some good sense? I mean maybe things are a bit over the top with what's going on with you, Understatement of the week. but calling the cops? I don't get that. Maybe someone was concerned

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2010, at 7:19 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: We have not had fun like this for a long time. Let's enjoy it while it lasts. Exactamundo! My point that I was trying to make (badly) in my second-to-last post Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2010, at 2:00 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Ravi Chivukula was a quintessential spiritual thug. He has an excellent memory, people who create fake id's, troll through list and attack him, his family, his Guru are spiritual wussies and pussies. He has an excellent memory, he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2010, at 6:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@... wrote: Funny you say this, you are open and can feel my energy and I like it. I got up this morning and my kid asked where and how I slept. I told him I'm a yogi, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Dear yifuxero piece of shit More fresh air, right lurk? :) What did we ever do without him... It doesn't matter what I say, you already are one of my bottom of the can idiotic retarded wannabe thuggie disciple...LOL..join the queue

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 17, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Very funny, yes I agree...I was expecting it as well. What would be a dog without the wagging of its tail - its so much in love with it. I'm a dog that has stopped wagging its tail and have become the master. The divine is trying very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 17, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: I want to clarify to everyone else my path. I was born into a high conflict family but was entirely untouched by it like a lotus in a mud pond. People might remember my old feisty self from Amma list, I would get mad and fight like hell

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 17, 2010, at 9:57 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Well, I have to say that this has really been a breath of fresh air. We have so much quarreling here, that it gets pretty dull. So, it's nice to have your input. Yes, Ravi sure is a breath of fresh air, isn't he? So when I blast

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ravi's clarifications on his experiences

2010-05-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 17, 2010, at 11:10 PM, Joe wrote: I actually hoping that this goof ball posts out before Judy this week. (And that's saying something!) Right now Rav's in the clear lead, with 23 to Judy's 16...stay tuned. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Observations on Buddha at the Gas Pump

2010-05-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 16, 2010, at 9:15 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok, I believe he (Ravi) is of Indian descent. He claims that although he embraces, or at least is comfortable with liberal western values, that his wife is traditional in her values, and that she wants her husband to be her guru as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Observations on Buddha at the Gas Pump

2010-05-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 16, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On May 16, 2010, at 9:15 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok, I believe he (Ravi) is of Indian descent. He claims that although he embraces, or at least is comfortable with liberal western values, that his wife is traditional in her values

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Observations on Buddha at the Gas Pump

2010-05-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 16, 2010, at 10:38 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: I wonder, if he's being so obvious about it, if maybe it's some kind of a set-up. I mean, I could really see Shemp trying something like this out, and then saying... See? I was right! All you liberals really are phony hypocrites...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerusalem Forever

2010-05-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 15, 2010, at 10:11 AM, do.rflex wrote: The fate of the Jews: Uri Avnery, is the leader of Gush Shalom, an Israeli peace group. He was discussing the theology of many Fundamentalist and other Evangelical Christians in a 2002-JUN essay, and wrote: According to its theological

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-05-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 11, 2010, at 7:15 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat May 08 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat May 15 00:00:00 2010 169 messages as of (UTC) Tue May 11 21:49:41 2010 26 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 20 authfriend

Re: [FairfieldLife] So, no reports of how wonderful it was to spend a night with Jerry in Minn?

2010-05-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Anyone got any info? It was the bomb, Edg. Jerry who? Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video: Canadian Couple Arrested at US Border

2010-05-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 5, 2010, at 11:01 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: I actually had the Canadian border folks pull me and another TM teacher in for questioning when we crossed the border to see a Paul Horn and Larry Domash thing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: t r u t h o u t | Things Fall Apart

2010-05-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 5, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Bhairitu wrote: It is no wonder that the ancients of India put business people on the third rung of the ladder just above the the blue collar folks. They aren't bright enough to run anything much more than a vegetable cart. Yeah, the ancients of India were so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: t r u t h o u t | Things Fall Apart

2010-05-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 5, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Sal Sunshine wrote: On May 5, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Bhairitu wrote: It is no wonder that the ancients of India put business people on the third rung of the ladder just above the the blue collar folks. They aren't bright enough to run anything

Re: [FairfieldLife] THE SHIFT - A Movie Being Made by a Movement

2010-05-02 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 2, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://theshiftmovie.com/ If it turns out to be really awful, can we call it: http://theshitmovie.com/ ? Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Event

2010-04-28 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 28, 2010, at 9:35 AM, tartbrain wrote: What did he say when you asked him to be interviewed on BATGAP? I never thought you'd ask. I'll be right over. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: President Obama spoke in Ottumwa (town near FF) today. My wife

Re: [FairfieldLife] fairfieldc...@yahoogroups.com

2010-04-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Dick Mays wrote: No matter what your affiliations, if you're friendly and respectful of others and if what you have to post is appropriate for a family environment, Yeah, that sounds just like most people here--(ha, ha)-- including myself. This is another one of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Israel to continue its invasion of the West Bank.

2010-04-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 25, 2010, at 12:13 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In Fair fieldl...@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: However, since I know quite a few hoteliers here in Sitges, they share the view of Israeli guests you mention above. I have heard quite a number of remarks comparing them

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Israel to continue its invasion of the West Bank.

2010-04-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 25, 2010, at 1:01 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Apr 25, 2010, at 12:13 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In Fair fieldl...@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: However, since I know quite a few hoteliers

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Israel to continue its invasion of the West Bank.

2010-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:59 AM, do.rflex wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Actually, King David *did* buy the Temple Mount! He paid cash, silver and gold, to the previous owner and received a deed to the former threshing floor. They just can't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hair! The Fairfield Matinees are without Nudity

2010-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Joe wrote: Tryouts for the next Way Off Broadway production, Red, White and Blaine, are scheduled for the first weekend in May. Those interested can contact Corky St. Clair at the WOB office. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] UFOsJustSeenAboveMUMcampus;GreerUpdateTODAY;YOURwishes

2010-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From Carol Wallit: We definitely ought to get her together with Lou Valentino--and also that lady who talks to stones. BREAKING NEWS: I JUST GOT WORD TONIGHT (THURSDAY), FROM THE MANAGER OF THE GOLDEN DOME MARKET, WHO DID NOT SEE THEM, THAT

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama Will Triumph -- So Will America

2010-04-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Rick Archer wrote: The President's critics, left and right, had one thing in common: impatience laced with no sense of history (let alone reality). Then of course there were the snide, white, know-it-all commentators and talking heads who just can't

[FairfieldLife] Curtis, this sounds a lot like you... :)

2010-04-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OPEN POSITION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR We are looking for someone who would love to work with fellow alumni! Job Description The primary job of the Director will be to build an alumni network from the ground up. This will include

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis Coming St. Paul, MN May 1!

2010-04-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 20, 2010, at 3:43 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: I agree, but I also agree that Joe, as he often does, has nailed the deeper issue: Transform the TMO into WHAT? I agree, and even more to the point, into what FOR? What I'd like to know is even if the TMO were to radically reform itself and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Google street view now has photographed some of Fairfield.

2010-04-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Google street view now has photographed some of Fairfield. It's been there for a while, I believe. It's mostly the downtown area. Just took a leisurely stroll around townnice.and whoa that place seems so small now. Ever since you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Iranian cleric blames quakes on promiscuous women

2010-04-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:00 PM, gullible fool wrote: Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, an Iranian cleric says. He should get together with the Italian bishop who blamed the latest spate of pedophile scandals on the Jews. Bet they'd

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2010, at 5:14 PM, mainstream20016 wrote: For more than two weeks I have repeatedly and closely listened to the BATGAP episodes via iTunes downloads via a portable iPod. The BATGAP episodes are a fascinating record of the personal histories and subjective perspectives of persons

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:24 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: What I can't figure out is, who would really want to talk about themselves like this? It's kind of like talking about your sex life. It's sort of personal thing. Sometimes these types of experiences come up in conversations here,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the Sheet)

2010-04-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 17, 2010, at 7:18 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: At this point the Big Test of the Shroud's Woo Woo Quotient and the lasting value of its textile darshan will be whether he can actually get home. The Cloud (as opposed to the Shroud) emanating from Iceland and covering Europe has now closed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mysterious extra-galactic radio waves detected!

2010-04-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 16, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Hugo wrote: There is something strange in the cosmic neighbourhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before. We don't know what it is,

Re: [FairfieldLife] When Insults Had Class (was Re: Defendor)

2010-04-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 11, 2010, at 12:01 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it. - Moses Hadas His son David was one of my teachers in college-- same dry wit and insights. His class--The Bible as Literature-- was one of the most popular. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] When Insults Had Class (was Re: Defendor)

2010-04-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 11, 2010, at 1:11 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Some other favorites of mine: I never thought much of Pat Buchanan until I heard one of his speeches in the original German. - Molly Ivins Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show. - Fanny Brice The trouble

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry Jarvis Coming St. Paul, MN May 1!

2010-04-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 11, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Rick Archer wrote: We are very happy to announce an All-Day Seminar on Maharishi’s Teaching— The Supreme Knowledge of Life Conducted by Jerry Jarvis Saturday, May 1, 2010 Can't believe Jerry's allowing himself to be used this way. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Can meditation help control my anger?

2010-04-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:36 AM, Hugo wrote: A rather irritating Guardian journalist goes in search of inner peace. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/08/tanya-gold-meditation From my own experience I'll say that TM does not prevent anger, there are no shortage of stroppy,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is that buzzing?

2010-04-08 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Hugo wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ultrarishi no_re...@... wrote: I have a friend who is a meditator and a fellow classmate in my thrice weekly yoga class. She has developed a buzzing sensation in what we would consider the third eye area. It

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:33 AM, tartbrain wrote: Continuing on this woo woo ray tangent (I am generally quite rational and skeptical), in these universal love states i can sense the personality of trees and plants. Quite distinct entities. And my love for them seems felt -- and they seem

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:06 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: So unless you are proposing that the mechanism of what affects the world is some new thing If it affects the world, *of course* it's some new thing. You and Chopra, masters of the innuendo. Huh?? Innuendo of what? Something new.

Re: [FairfieldLife] What is that buzzing?

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:47 PM, ultrarishi wrote: I have a friend who is a meditator and a fellow classmate in my thrice weekly yoga class. She has developed a buzzing sensation in what we would consider the third eye area. It comes up during yoga class when doing asanas. It comes up when

Re: [FairfieldLife] New Greenpeace Report: The Dirty Money Behind Fake Climate Science

2010-04-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Rick Archer wrote: EXPOSING THE DIRTY MONEY BEHIND FAKE CLIMATE SCIENCE Greenpeace March 30, 2010 http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/dirty-money-climate-30032010 Billionaire tycoon David Koch likes to joke that Koch Industries is, ³The biggest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 5, 2010, at 3:28 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Individual Sessions Private sessions in person, or, via Skype $200.00 Satsang Around the World Will travel to your location: Satsang; Intuitive Ascension Readings, Guide to Awakening; True Self Mastery, Samskara Healing, Spiritual Tantra:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 5, 2010, at 2:18 PM, do.rflex wrote: I give her a week here, tops. Sal Carrie Prejean-ananda. Don't waste your time-ananda. :) Really, this almost endless stream of new-age hucksters is truly impressive. I think we should have some kind of award for the most tenacious. How about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 5, 2010, at 7:11 PM, feste37 wrote: Dear Blonde Bombshell, Welcome to FFL, also known as the Devil's Kitchen. The first entity that awaits newcomers to this little corner of cyberspace is known as Turquoise B. He is our neighborhood bully. Nothing gives him greater pleasure than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris and Michael Shermer debate Deepak and Jean Houston

2010-04-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:25 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Are you saying that you have not had experiences that would be best described as operating at a subtler, or quantum level of awareness? If a true siddhi has ever been performed in the history of human kind, would this not be an

Re: [FairfieldLife] New Study Outlines Differences Among Types of Meditation

2010-03-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Rick Archer wrote: New Study Outlines Differences Among Types of Meditation A study to be published in April uses EEG characteristics to show that different types of meditation show different types of activity in the brain. Writing in the journal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ending FFL speculation about Tantra

2010-03-28 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 28, 2010, at 8:39 PM, emptybill wrote: I'm not sure if I am understanding your meaning. You say Sidh, Sadaka and Garana... Why don't you guys just call the whole thing off? Sal

[FairfieldLife] From Salon

2010-03-25 Thread Sal Sunshine
A political minority that isn’t willing to live with being on an election’s losing end is the classic recipe for political violence. Obviously, we’re generalizing here: it's not clear how widespread this attitude really is on the right, and we don’t know exactly how much of this kind of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lurker tries to have an intelligent thought.

2010-03-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2010, at 9:51 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Thank you Off. I will try to do so. May I suggest that YOU pull back on this frenetic posting, and just admit that you backed down from a challenge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama to speak in Iowa City on Thursday

2010-03-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 24, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Rick, how come you've never checked out the AARP's insurance? (Or maybe you have) Very reasonable rates, to put it mildly. I pay $46/month with the highest deductible, there are all sorts of other plans with lower ones, of course. But nothing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Neocons, Fundies, and the Party of No are dead.

2010-03-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: The Neocons, Fundies, and the Party of No are dead. Change has come. OffWorld And after posting that, he unsubscribed. Big shock... Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Neocons, Fundies, and the Party of No are dead.

2010-03-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: The Neocons, Fundies, and the Party of No are dead. Change has come. OffWorld And after posting that, he unsubscribed. RIP, off... Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Neocons, Fundies, and the Party of No are dead.

2010-03-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama to speak in Iowa City on Thursday

2010-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Rick Archer wrote: I have been paying for health insurance for years. Over $400/month for my wife and me. We have a ridiculously high deductible, and we hardly ever get medical care anyway, so it's really just house insurance. I agree with Bhairtu - insurance

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bush speechwriter David Frum: This is GOP’s Waterloo

2010-03-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:59 PM, do.rflex wrote: My favorite part: No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed. Even if Republicans scored a 1994 style landslide in November, how many votes could we muster to re-open the doughnut hole and charge seniors more for prescription drugs?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trivedi Coup de TM

2010-03-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 21, 2010, at 2:28 PM, feste37 wrote: You're not reading. You don't know a thing about Trivedi. The truth is, you are so angry and bitter about the past that you can no longer think straight. Your cynicism has warped your judgment. You say that like it's a bad thing, feste... Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: She Shot Him 6 Times

2010-03-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:13 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: What am I missing here? Let's assume the story is true. (i think someone posted something to say it wasn't, but let's say it's true) You've go 99% of the people in the world applauding this women, who doesn't want someone to her

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lead poisonings linked to Indian imports

2010-03-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Vaj wrote: The study included only a sampling of specialty stores, the researchers cautioned, and three of the four poisonings were clearly linked to the powders, probably ingested accidentally by children. Researchers said the poisoned children were

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