[FairfieldLife] Pushing Pushing Daisies

2007-10-01 Thread Stu
For anyone who cares, you may want to look at my latest work. Pushing Daisies Wednesday night 7c/8 pm ABC. s.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pushing Pushing Daisies

2007-10-01 Thread Stu
For those who don't know I am an editor. I cut the pilot and the first 2 episodes after that.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pushing Pushing Daisies

2007-10-05 Thread Stu
Nice color enhancement. Are you responsible for that too? Its a new box called the Luster. The DP, Michael Weaver locked ourselves in a bay for 18 hours played around. We were adding shadows on walls, changing the specific colors, and hiding face blemishes. Its amazing. I think they used

[FairfieldLife] Re: Andrew Cohen Quote of the Week - Serious Spiritual Practice

2007-10-15 Thread Stu
I have become a real fan of both Andrew and his buddy, Ken Wilber. They put out a magazine called What is Enlightenment?. It has some terrific interviews and articles about all the questions that come up in this list. Andrew runs a teaching center in Lennox. And its interesting following some

[FairfieldLife] TM in Breakfast of Champions

2007-10-25 Thread Stu
I have been slowly rereading Kurt Vonnegut who I read passionately when I was in high school. As I reread the books I am taken by how influential his skeptical point of view was on my then forming mind. While reading Breakfast of Champions I came upon this description: When Bunny played the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heart Full Of Holes

2007-10-28 Thread Stu
Cool. I will give it a shot. One of my favorite Mark Knopfler albums is the one he did with Chet Atkins. Some of the others are not so great. Have you heard Regina Spektor? Her songs are haunting little psychological studies. And its all recorded the way I like it. Simple. Barely any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hasse plays Jimi

2007-10-28 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-46NOmZWKA Hannes Hasse Walli is a (Swedish speaking) Finnish guitarist, who's a big fan of Jimi's. He once said that he could speak hours about Jimi's rhythmics.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in Breakfast of Champions

2007-10-28 Thread Stu
I also remember the character doing TM in 'breakfast of champions' was beaten to death in the very next paragraph! Later in the book Bunny's father goes crazy and attacks Bunny. Instead of fighting his father off with his extensive military training he begins to meditate as the father grinds

[FairfieldLife] Zoey was (Re: TM in Breakfast of Champions)

2007-10-28 Thread Stu
BTW, about Daisies, was the Chuck part originally written for Zoey Deschanel? Any resemblance is purely coincidental. s.

[FairfieldLife] Zoey was (Re: TM in Breakfast of Champions)

2007-10-29 Thread Stu
. The writer's strike is becoming more a reality as the days pass. I may be out on the streets in a week or two. Great series you managed to work on, Stu. Thanks again for recommending that we check it out. I have now passed that same recommendation along to dozens of friends, all of whom are now

[FairfieldLife] I'm not here.

2007-11-04 Thread Stu
Just saw the new film about Bob Dylan called I'm not here. Its the best bio-pic I ever saw. Rather than doing a surface gloss over the events in his life, it picks his psyche apart and used images and music to convey the emotional and spiritual tone of the man. Completely non-linear, abstract

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm not here.

2007-11-06 Thread Stu
I saw an advanced screening at the director's guild. I think it will be released pretty soon. s.

[FairfieldLife] Catching the Big Fish - David Lynch

2007-12-18 Thread Stu
Been really enjoying reading Catching the Big Fish. In short chapters David Lynch talks about his TM experience and how it affects his creative spirit. Its really inspiring. It answers a question I always had. There are many spirichul filmmakers out there that make heavy handed films like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Electric piano?

2007-12-18 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cardemaister wrote: What kind (brand) of electric piano would you buy if your main purpose was just to learn to play some simple boogie woogie -type riffs? Back in the 80's I had a Fender Rhodes in my apartment.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-18 Thread Stu
I think I'm a believer in the Einsteinian sense, very impersonal, not devotional at all. But I disagree with Haught that you can't surrender to it unless it's personal. I think that's because he makes a distinction between It and thou, and I don't (and I bet Einstein didn't either). That's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Catching the Big Fish - David Lynch

2007-12-19 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: Been really enjoying reading Catching the Big Fish. In short chapters David Lynch talks about his TM experience and how it affects his creative spirit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Electric piano?

2007-12-19 Thread Stu
g guitar and the lack of practice was showing big time. s. You must have more time on your hands these days for music? ;-) I can always find a Sunday afternoon to go over to my buddy Eric's house and play a few tunes. Two old duffers with guitars. If we keep it up we could be playing

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-19 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: s. Forgive the doggerel, but our conceptions of reality are no better than other people's conceptions of reality. They're conceptions, that's all. None of us confuse a picture of a tiger with a tiger, yet when it

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-19 Thread Stu
In short, teachers of the past used simple and concrete terms to explain complicated thoughts to explain nature and existence, which many intellectuals today are still grappling with. As such, the teachers used human terms to explain the phenomenonal world, such as Father and Mother Nature

[FairfieldLife] Re: Catching the Big Fish - David Lynch

2007-12-21 Thread Stu
Not to be asking you to tell tales out of school or anything, but is it a fun set to work on? I'm imagining that it is. Possibly not on the same level as a Robert Rodriquez movie or a Joss Whedon series, but it certainly looks as if the cast might be having as much fun offscreen as they

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-21 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: Forgive the doggerel, but our conceptions of reality are no better

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-22 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could be wrong, but I think you might have misunderstood me. It’s true what you say about TM providing a way out of the conceptual world of language. (It’s also true that enough folks do in fact have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Highest Buddhist Masters Today

2007-12-22 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno tertonzeno@ wrote: high on?? http://www.highestbuddhistmasters.org/english/enyingma.html A good test of how high any of them are might be to show each of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Wilson's War

2007-12-25 Thread Stu
I enjoyed the film. I thought Mike Nichols did a really good job of making serious political issues entertaining. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was amazing as usual. The story goes a long way in telling how politics works in America. I don't think it would be possible to make a historical type of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Effect Quantum-Failure Essay

2007-12-27 Thread Stu
Really enjoyed the Essay. Found myself reading the whole thing. Even went to Amazon to buy Geoffs book. Used for $1.94. Ken Wilber edited a book called Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists. It is a compilation of essays by noted physicists (Eddington, Pauli,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam: What the West Needs to Know

2008-06-02 Thread Stu
I don't understand why if one group has a particularly amoral foundation of their religious philosophy how that justifies another groups poor foundation. Most modern people have denounced the ancient links to slavery and violence that dominated thinking. Many Muslims have as well. Unfortunately

[FairfieldLife] A break from spirituality

2008-06-22 Thread Stu
Its unfortunate but my first post here in months is this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25265056/?GT1=43001

[FairfieldLife] Re: A break from spirituality

2008-06-23 Thread Stu
You'll be happy to know I am back in the saddle after 6 months of unemployment brought on by the writer's strike. We just started Daisies and so far so good. The scripts are pretty far out there. Should have them ready for air in September. Also have a wild HBO pilot coming up in the Fall- may

[FairfieldLife] Re: Satsang Sluts

2008-06-24 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 24, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Peter wrote: --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 24, 2008, at 4:41 PM, yifuxero wrote: --You're not making sense. If there's no me then who/whom is to be Awakened?

[FairfieldLife] Re: could reap as you sow be computer tested?

2008-07-07 Thread Stu
A jumping to 10-12th effects already!? Does that imply you are reasonaably satisfied that the 1-9th order effects are valid? If not, you seem dangerously close to strawman territory. As I say, they are the only effects I'm interested in. I can't see the point of proving that if I throw

[FairfieldLife] Re: could reap as you sow be computer tested?

2008-07-07 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: whether it's at all possible as an idea; Another point might be to check out whether, like fractal generation, there are any interesting surprises that unfold, whether reap as you sow actually works, at least for these

[FairfieldLife] Re: could reap as you sow be computer tested?

2008-07-07 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: Just as I prefer to believe that there is an ordered reality which we can get to know (my fairly reasonable metaphysical faith in Science I would

[FairfieldLife] Re: The father of quantum computers

2008-07-07 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The article would have been more interesting if the article had mentioned the possibility of building an android like Mr. Data of Star Trek fame. It appears that Artificial Intelligence research has not been able to find

[FairfieldLife] Re: could reap as you sow be computer tested?

2008-07-08 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: As if you knew you were spending karma points. In my

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do we know about the states in meditation?

2008-07-08 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip How many of you favor the silence over the mantra as a choice in meditation? I know this goes against the practice as it is taught, but does anyone else find that this is better? There is a Buddhist teacher

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do we know about the states in meditation?

2008-07-08 Thread Stu
Here is an article from adyashati.org True Meditation True meditation has no direction, goals, or method. All methods aim at achieving a certain state of mind. All states are limited, impermanent and conditioned. Fascination with states leads only to bondage and dependency. True meditation is

[FairfieldLife] Re: what kind of an addrss is butt splicer for us to view...

2008-07-08 Thread Stu
Stu is an editor, dweeb. The term goes back to the olde days of film editing, before it was done digitally. For those who know a bit about film, or even for those who don't project their own butt issues onto others, being a buttsplicer means that Stu is good at what he does

[FairfieldLife] Re: The karma of eating our mothers

2008-07-09 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think he was speaking of iron anemia. I've been into biochemical individuality for years even before I studied ayurveda. It would be nice if we could all be vegetarians but many of don't have the genetics for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sweaty hands and breathing?

2008-07-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: There seems to be no strong correlation between breathing during meditation and signs of anxiety. Nowadays when I sit to meditate, my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dalai Lama Defends Islam as Peaceful Religion

2008-07-13 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Dalai Lama defends Islam as peaceful religion By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 13, 5:36 PM ET The Dalai Lama said Sunday

[FairfieldLife] Re: Confessions of a TV series pusher

2007-12-30 Thread Stu
I don't know how I missed that on my radar. I always liked Joss's Buffy. Am adding it to the Netflix que. Its interesting how many short series out there that are more interesting than most movies to watch. In the last few weeks I have enjoyed, Big Love about the polygamist family in Utah, In

[FairfieldLife] Selfless Consciousness Without Faith Sam Harris

2007-12-30 Thread Stu
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sam_harris/2007/01/consciousn\ ess_without_faith_1.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sam_harris/2007/01/conscious\ ness_without_faith_1.html Selfless Consciousness Without Faith I recently spent an afternoon on the northwestern shore of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Monism

2008-01-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I included you because you're the one who correctly insisted that what folks were presenting as evidence wasn't evidence. The attractiveness of the theory is that it makes life after death much more possible than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Confessions of a TV series pusher

2008-01-01 Thread Stu
after Stu recommended it, but it seems to have rolled off the radar. I may have to pick it up on DVD to be able to see it. Bhairtu may be right. As action it is not as good as 24. It did have some crazy stuff in it I liked. The head of the terror cell was using as a cover that he

[FairfieldLife] Re: ROTFLMFAO ! ......was///Wilber debunks the Quantum Physics-Consciousness far

2008-01-07 Thread Stu
Ken Wilber is a joke in the world of science, and most real scientists do not agree with his assessments. OffWorld Mr. Off sir, If you bothered to read the capsule summary of Wilber's book the Quantum Question you would see he did not write it. He edited it. The book is made of essays

[FairfieldLife] Re: No Country For Old Men

2008-01-13 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just saw this movie. Were there two endings, does anyone know? The ending I saw was lame- in IMO. No resolution, no bad guy getting offed. Just kind of absurd at the end. As usual the Cohen bros are

[FairfieldLife] Re: No Country For Old Men

2008-01-14 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: I just saw this movie. Were there two

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi Says: Work is Finished'

2008-01-18 Thread Stu
Peter said, But for a guy standing right next to them who's experience is different, Jesus is Lord of the Universe, God incarnate, the Word made flesh. Its all based upon the experienced reality, not the mental concept. Peter, I found this statement very disturbing. This sort of thinking leads

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's secret!

2008-01-19 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been doing some meditation lately. I am experimenting with not using the mantra. In past discussions you thought that perhaps it was going on unconsciously, and I really have no answer for that. It could

[FairfieldLife] Re: A short list of my grievances with the movement

2008-02-11 Thread Stu
There is an irony to this discussion. Judaism and Hindism have similarity in that they are ethnic religions. Both emphasis the passing of the religion from generation to generation. The caste system and the 10 tribes both support a mechanism for priestly continuation. And they both suppress

[FairfieldLife] Re: First There Is a Mountain: A Yoga Romance

2008-02-11 Thread Stu
back. And we thought Maharishi was tough. Iyengar has an ego the size of France and is a jerk on top of it. --- Stu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just read this book: First There Is a Mountain: A Yoga Romance by Elizabeth Kadetsky http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002

[FairfieldLife] First There Is a Mountain: A Yoga Romance

2008-02-10 Thread Stu
Just read this book: First There Is a Mountain: A Yoga Romance by Elizabeth Kadetsky http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002-9627289-8882417\ ?%5Fencoding=UTF8search-type=ssindex=booksfield-author=Elizabeth%20Ka\ detsky pix of book

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experience Query

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
I have had this experience now twice. The first time scared the bejeezus out of me. This was maybe 6 years back. I was sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast and I looked outside. When I looked away I had flashes of lights in front of me. I thought it was persistence of vision from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experience Query

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: I would not read any mystical value in this experience as did Paul on the road to Damascus. That lost soul started a whole religion based on optic

[FairfieldLife] Re: 4 good movies I saw last weekend, and a great TV series

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
first off, yeah, great western in the original tradition of westerns. i can believe it was a remake-- certainly had that feel to it. and perhaps my comparison is a little facile. anyway, first the good character (Jason Bateman) turning the other cheek repeatedly, looking at the good in all

[FairfieldLife] FFL email queery: Defending who I am.

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
Today, I posted a rational observation of a physiological phenomenon under the thread Experience Query. Almost immediately it drew an email from a chap named ed with and email [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am not sure why he felt this email was not worthy of posting on the discussion board for all to see.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 4 good movies I saw last weekend, and a great TV series

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
I loved that show! I was so devastated when the series ended that I had to see an analrapist! We had a good time making it. Too bad Fox pulled the plug. Here is a photo of Jenna Elfman and myself when I won the ACE Eddy for my work on Arrested Development. She was really tall. Photo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-14 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boyboy_8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And now write this song for yourselves, teach it to the children of Israel, and place it in their mouths; in order that this song will be a witness for Me with the children of Israel (Duet.31:19). (mantra meditation -

[FairfieldLife] Re: making the rounds: another view of Deepak

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
I could be wrong of course, but I always felt Deepak's writing showed a lack of understanding of Maharishi's teaching. Another way of looking at it, George, is that Chopra *disagrees* with Maharishi's teaching. That does not imply that he never understood it. I have been to a number

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
Finally: I am not familiar just off the top of my tired brain what part of Genesis talks about selling your daughter into sexual slavery. Can you quote the chapter/lines? Best regards, Fred [anip] Life is too short to go through and transcribe stuff out of the OT. I seem to remember

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
: Stu, you've got an evil sense of humor on you. If you were to join Curtis and Geez in Fairfield for their party-down I might have to show up just to be able to share a few beers with the bunch of you. Dang Barry, I would love to hang with you and the gang sometime. s.

[FairfieldLife] For a few laughs

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
Here is a video I did for Vanityfair.com. They put it up today. In Memoriam http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/video/2008/inmemoriam_video2\ 00803

[FairfieldLife] Re: For a few laughs

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: Here is a video I did for Vanityfair.com. They put it up today. In Memoriam http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/video/2008

[FairfieldLife] Re: making the rounds: another view of Deepak

2008-02-15 Thread Stu
Interestingly enough, Stu, having been around the spiritual teacher block a few times in the 30 years since I last saw Maharishi, I would describe *him* the same way you describe Chopra. He had a few introductory concepts down and he spent 50 years winging it and finding different ways

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-16 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boyboy_8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Life is too short to cherry pick quotes from OT? Huh? It depends on what interests you have. You came to this group with a kvetch about TM based on arbitrary pronouncements made in the OT. It seems that if you are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-17 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yet Fundamentalist Christians refer to Jews who have converted to Christianity as completed Jews. Ouch! I thank you guys to further my point. But I am not sure we serve the side of rational discussion best

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as safe haven

2008-02-17 Thread Stu
Wassa TB? s.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-19 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the Bible again. Whether or not it is characterized by a fundamental dualism depends on the reader, not on the text. Also, whether or not you are calling it monotheistic depends on how you interpret the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-19 Thread Stu
The part that is alive at that time or past lives where their physical bodies still sit in graves? The literalness of this line of discussion always struck me as foolish. IMHO. I agree. Lenny Bruce showed his mother a a freshly scribed tattoo. His mother told him he would not be buried in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-20 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there can be variety of interpretation, but it's not a free-for-all. I don't think Wikipedia's opinion is as valuable as, say, Blake's or Eckhart's. Doesn't any interpretation necessarily fall flat? After all its

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-20 Thread Stu
Angela, I am a little unclear here. I understand there are difference between Plato and Aristotle but effectively they are the same tradition. One was the other one's teacher. Plato was a bit lost, Aristotle brought him home. I agree that these guys do form the basis of a rich western

[FairfieldLife] Re: Description of mantra?? : D

2008-02-20 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boyboy_8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm an English major and notwithstanding Northrop Frye's The Great Code: The Bible and Literature, the OT should not, in my view, ever be read as literature or as a history book. It takes not a mental powerhouse like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Witnessing, was: Steve Martin of Wilmington

2008-02-25 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Witnessing is not a dissassociative state in which different aspects of the personality are fragmented from one another. It's a natural experience

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Bevan's call on 2/22 -- Notes from Someone in Fairfield

2008-02-25 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 25, 2008, at 3:58 PM, george_deforest wrote: Fwd: Bevan's call on 2/22 -- Notes from Someone in Fairfield Today the Vedic Scholars, or Vedic Pandits, were given gifts. These were elderly gentlemen [not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment Without God

2008-03-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everybody wants to be happy. Adharmic behavior results in unhappiness. Dharmic behavior results in happiness. It's up to each individual to live their dharma, whatever it is at their stage in life. I'd suggest that

[FairfieldLife] Re: 4 out of 3 people don't understand fractions

2008-03-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, itsstevemartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can see through experience that the chair has three legs and through faith know the fourth leg holds it up. You may want to open your eyes and note if the fourth leg really exists or not before you end up flat on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium

2008-03-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Religion and spirituality have the important function of a helping us to connect to our depth, or the collective depth and creating values to follow. But this area has also severe defects and pitfalls. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium

2008-03-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HOW exactly are you going to ban and prevent the things you advocate banning and preventing? And WHO exactly will decide what should be banned and prevented? Nobody is suggesting using the tools of religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unity Consciousness?

2008-03-01 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep wondering why people here continue to intellectually masturbate over these states of consciousness. Once you are on your way down the road it doesn't matter. In my tradition the guru just looks at your face and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium

2008-03-02 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Irmeli Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: Its a fantastic tool to understanding how people come to religion. Why religion still exists in advanced societies. And how religion changes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium

2008-03-02 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Hagen, Lieber Landsmann, Now, in spiral dynamics a couple of white boys devise a test to see how evolved a culture is, and then, by some miracle, the predominantly white cultures are the most evolved on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium

2008-03-03 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Irmeli Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with this. However I have found it helpful for myself to write down my ideas about certain issues, and let others on these forums criticize those ideas. But discussions in which the participants don't

Irmeli: (Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium)

2008-03-03 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must have some very different Muslims in Europe than the ones I have met here. In 1982 I taught a very unusual class of ESL at Kent State University. All 25 guys from Muslim and Arabic speaking countries.

[FairfieldLife] Re: This Is Your Brain On Happiness :-)

2008-03-03 Thread Stu
Davidson's research precedes his meeting the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama discovered Davidson and helped him promotes some of his research findings. There was quite a stir a few years ago when the Dalai Lama was invited to speak at a neuro-psych conference. The form of meditation that Davidson

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yoga at the speed of light

2008-03-04 Thread Stu
a nimesha is 16/75 of a second. What ancient time measuring instrument was that accurate? Sounds to me like this analysis is reverse engineered. s.

[FairfieldLife] Re: GyPSii for iPhone

2008-03-05 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://corporate.gypsii.com/iphone/iphone.htm Was this inspired by George Orwell? s.

Irmeli: (Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religion as Opium)

2008-03-05 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Irmeli Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Angela! I also know personally some Muslims or former Muslims, who have come as refugees to Finland, and they are truly fine people. E.g. I have learned to know a conductor from Afghanistan, to whom I'm hiring

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your replies to my inquiries about TM technique

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: I have no answer to any of the technical questions you have asked. I would like to share a few things

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vantage Point

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stu wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I usually agree with you on movies. However I thought Vantage Point was like Groundhog Day only tedious. The terrorist story

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Bhairitu on OM, was: Your replies to my inquiries about TM tech

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:18 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Your replies to my inquiries

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vantage Point

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
of us who like to be surprised by new ideas this is the beginning of the end. Your review of my review :-) of Vantage Point got me to thinking about it, Stu. No, it wasn't par- ticularly good, but I managed to enjoy it anyway. I guess I just slipped into that ok-I-know-it's- probably-going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vantage Point

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So for people with mass tastes, who like American Idol or 40 year Virgin nothing has changed. In fact there is more to see out there. -I hate to say it but American Idol is my favorite show. It has real pathos if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Bhairitu on OM, was: Your replies to my inquiries about TM tech

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Bhairitu on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Bhairitu on OM, was: Your replies to my inquiries about TM tech

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernhardt@ wrote: The best test: Give the practice a shot. Try using Om for a week. Meditate in the sun or with a pet. Let the mantra follow the breath. Are you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Padmasana, best posture for serious aspirants.

2008-03-11 Thread Stu
There is more to asanas than simply an erect spine. Properly prepared in asana the body melts away. Its like entering one of those 1970's John Lilly isolation tanks. The parts touching the floor form a solid foundation, the vertebrae are stacked, the lungs free, the jaw relaxed. The act of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bruce Cockburn interview

2008-03-12 Thread Stu
Thanks for that. Really nice hearing what Bruce has to say. If you want to read a great book about the current state of our food supply you may want to read Michael Polen's Omnivores Delight. s.

[FairfieldLife] Hindu Milk Miracle

2008-03-13 Thread Stu
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13178

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hindu Milk Miracle

2008-03-13 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13178 I think it is adorable to watch children feed their baby dollies some milk. What precious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hindu Milk Miracle

2008-03-13 Thread Stu
, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13178 I think it is adorable to watch children feed their baby dollies some milk. What precious little...what

[FairfieldLife] Re: A two minute lifetime with Beatles soundtrack

2008-03-13 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Turq, Really. Far too much treble, not enough bass, bad balance between the instruments. All George Martin's fault. It sounded

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