[FairfieldLife] Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

I was drawn to this movie by Liam Neeson, who is often a commanding presence in movies. And, as survival/adventure tales go, it's pretty standard. An ordinary guy, whose Day Job it is to shoot dragons to keep them from wreaking havoc among the tasty human workers in Alaska's oil fields, is depress

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is ACTA?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Under the provisions of ACTA, copyright holders will be granted sweeping > direct powers to demand ISPs remove material from the Internet on a whim. > Whereas ISPs normally are only forced to remove content after a court order, > all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review (of sorts): "The Grey"

olves to the attention of the general public. Farley Mowat, in "Never Cry Wolf." > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > I was drawn to this movie by Liam Neeson, who is often a > > commanding presence in movies. And, as survival/adventure &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

Excellent rap. I won't comment on any of the particulars, except to say that today, for some reason, I decided to go back and try to read that last "Open Letter" that Robin addressed to me, knowing in advance that I wouldn't read it. I didn't. But today I figured, "What the heck?" And I tried. I r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:05 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > And I tried. I really tried. But what I found myself doing -- > > at first subconsciously but as I became aware of it more > > consciously -- is getting to t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > What do you mean by "low rent" in this open letter context? > Sounds like a typical pejorative kind of term you are very > comfortable throwing at lots of things in this world, from > lousy movies to dim-witted gurus. Low-rent. Not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Oh, this could explain a lot and certainly is a little bit > interesting. Not being much of a multiple guru groupie/slut > my experience with all the different flavours out there is > limited. I practiced TM and later listened to wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I would say that both of them were charlatans, but that > at times Rama was far less of one than Robin. He, for > example, really *could* sit in a room and have hundreds > of people witness him perform the siddhis. In retr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

ogma and spiritual certainty for me. Rama was the opposite. You couldn't *possibly* develop any "I know the truth" certainty about anything while hanging with Rama, because the moment you did he would just hit you with whatever energy it was that he had at his disposal, and wham! you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Where Rama differed from Maharishi was that he > > provided it [spiritual experience]. > > Maharishi didn't give flashes. He en

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > > wrote: > snips > > > > I am not entirely consistent either. Non hostile disagreement > > is OK, but hostile disagreement might mean one is taking a > > wrong appr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

to make sense of it all as best we can. I would probably go for C. But I can live with D. And either would be preferable for me to either A or B. I simply do not groove with the idea of being a powerless player in an automaton universe. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoise

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Another way of stating this -- which, after all, is nothing > > but my opinion, my predilection or preference -- is that if > > I were given

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Buck

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > A little birdie told me that today is Buck's birthday. It > also happens to be Doug Hamilton's birthday. I hope the two > of them can get together for a big party! Happy day all the > same. If the two got together, would they be be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

eved most of what he said. Even when he was looking into a camera and lying through his teeth, as I saw him do numerous times on nationwide TV. > In the grand scheme of things, if some great God could > utter a resounding proclamation of exactly who and what > Rama REALLY was it may have diff

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > Barry, this link provided by cardemaister concerns some of the > latest research in this area. Earlier research showed a shorter > delay, but the effect is the same - the brain reaches a decision > point but we do not b

[FairfieldLife] Re: JFK Had an Affair with an Intern?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > This is a new one. I've heard JFK took testosterone when he was > alive. This could have accounted for his many purported > relationships with women. > > http://news.yahoo.com/explosive-book-jfk-dark-affair-19-old-wh-213618770.html;_ylt=

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

Got to ask. :-) Am I the only person here for whom this song brings up only bad memories of hearing it endlessly on the radio, alongside one good memory of hearing its lyrics as dialogue in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?" I was in my early thirties when it came out. I was tired of it the s

[FairfieldLife] Unique

A friend posted this link on Facebook, with the one-word description "Unique." That it is. I love the guy on the right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > Here is a super brief (cause I am always at work while > all these great back and forth postings occur) reply. > We are not really discussing free will here, we are > instead discussing whether there is even a self at all > that can hav

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: > >> > >> Barry, this link provided by cardemaister conc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Some similarities but not really

Ann, I have no horse in this race. I am not trying in any way to either defend Fred Lenz or exonerate him. I am simply saying that for me it was an interesting ride, one that I do not pretend to understand. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I have been reading more ab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > On Feb 5, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: > > > > > For example, I had an argument with Judy once, that continued > > > offline. It did not resolve. But I did r

[FairfieldLife] The free will issue as projection of belief

I know that I kinda opened this can of worms by replying to a thread about this whole tired argument in the first place, but I have to comment on how I see it. It's NOT that I question the true, fervent beliefs of those who feel that there is no free will, and no self. It's that I consider those

[FairfieldLife] Re: Some similarities but not really

ed* of them lying around the house to croak yourself with, would not affect your state of consciousness, your ability to meditate, and your ability to assess reality clearly?" So much potential, pissed away. Very sad. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Xeno, as I suggested in my reply to Susan, one thing that > > always strikes me in such discussions is that the very peo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > So here is another good example of what Barry and I have been discussing with > regard to "different strokes for different folks" in terms of spiritual > teachers and their ability to fulfill some people's needs/expectations or > no

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Timecrimes" on NF

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > "Timecrimes" is another interesting sci-fi film out of Spain where > a man finds himself traveling through time and meets himself. > http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Timecrimes/70084258 > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/ Saw this

[FairfieldLife] The Judyatri Mantra

In my post #303289, I made some predictions as to what Judy and to a lesser extent her partner-in-character-assassination Raunchydog would DO in the wake of Robin's self-destruction. In my opinion they did exactly what I predicted that week. This week, I started my own "posting week" by commenting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

Just to fill in the blanks a little, Ann, from my point of view... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > You also wrote, and this is interesting to me: > > "He had many ways of phrasing my moral responsibility to > > help make it right between them or speak up for him to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Just to fill in the blanks a little, Ann, from my > point of view... Just a further caution, Ann, pay no attention to that scurrilous rumor you may have heard about me once having been a synopsis writer for Soap Opera Digest.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Just to fill in the blanks a little, Ann, from my > > point of view... > > Just a further caution, Ann, pay no attention to that > sc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > No complaints about your summation and it was instructive > to see another opinion on something I was so inside of. > I might ad that during the craziest period Bob was trying > to play both Robin and me, and it was Robin who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trend Analysis For Dummies

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > > > > "But Robin just couldn't let it alone. *Following Judy's > > lead* he kept trying to harrangue Curtis into dissing > > me publicly for having dissed him publicly." > > Barry, while you are of course, welcome to your interpretatio

[FairfieldLife] The original title of this article was "Mittastrophe"

There are times, surveying what laughably passes as the political landscape in America, when only Bob can really express what an old ex-pat feels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5fPWzcik2s And you ask why I don't live here Honey, how come you have to

[FairfieldLife] Christian Underwear Model Ditches Lingerie For God (original headline)

Lucky God. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/kylie-bisutti_n_1262675.html?re\ f=style [http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/208309/slide_208309_674418_lar\ ge.jpg?1328719363]

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Judyatri Mantra

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Whew, I missed this post yesterday morning. Barry, you > must have gotten out of bed yesterday having laid there > for hours composing this in your head. No, it was spontaneous, over coffee, just the result of watching another week

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brhaspati: emphasize the substance, ignore the shadows

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > Are you saying that we are gods? So, we should enjoy > everything that we do and have here on earth? As usual, I have no idea what Willytex might have been trying to say. If you were asking me to respond to your two questions, my answer wo

[FairfieldLife] Review: "Inside Men"

A new TV series debuted this week in the UK, and because I had put it on my "watch list" for some reason, I found it and checked it out. It's called "Inside Men," and stars an actor known in Britain for his TV work named Steven Macintosh. If it's a hit in the UK (as it appears it will be given init

[FairfieldLife] Hallelujah for Leonard Cohen

For those who know him -- and even for those who do not, because this article is full of links that allow you to listen to the songs as Slate writer Jan Swafford discusses them -- here's an insightful article. I agree with the author that Cohen is at least as good a songwriter as Bob Dylan; the on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hallelujah for Leonard Cohen

e explaining my screen name in my first days here on Fairfield Life: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/50856 > ____ > From: turquoiseb > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:20 AM > Subject: [Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] How The Post Count Came To Be: A Fairy Tale

On this, the occasion of my 50th and thus last post of the week, I shall take azgrey up on his invitation to share the story of King Archer the Great and his Solomon-like wisdom in making FFL (believe it or not) the more peaceful place it is today. > Perhaps, Uncle Tantra, we could gather around t

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Much "Ouch"

Ann, have you ever considered the possibility that the condition of being a drama queen is "catching" or contagious, and that you picked it up from Robin all those years ago? -) You're using the same convoluted logic and histrionic language he did. Robin was just not all that important, either t

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Much "Ouch"

ot-terribly-meaningful event it was. I suggest you do the same. You are FAR more interesting than Robin ever was. He's gone. What do YOU have to say? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Ann, have you ever considered the possibility that the

[FairfieldLife] Walking on water

What my world looks like these days. It's very much like a Breughel painting, with skaters on every canal, including the one outside my house. Neat. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/10/amsterdam-canals-freeze-solid-turning-city-into-impromptu-ice-rink_n_1267695.html?ref=mostpopular

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on water

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > What my world looks like these days. It's very much > like a Breughel painting, with skaters on every canal, > including the one outside my house. Neat. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/10/amster

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's final words to mankind

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > And non-meditators, what could they possibly have to offer here? > -Buck in FF Buck, since you "hit the ground ranting" again this week, let's have a look at this particular rantlet, shall we? I doubt I'm the only person here who sees your

[FairfieldLife] Every sperm is sacred

Add this to the list of "Truth is stranger than fiction" articles we see in the papers every day that reflect how batshit crazy America has gone. Personally I think this particular proposed law may be the work of the prisons-for-profit lobby. Overnight, everyone on the planet becomes a potential cr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Every sperm is sacred

Even though this proposed amendment is an obvious joke and an obvious protest, I just can't wait for Pro-Life Conservative Christians to jump on the bandwagon and turn it into a movement. They could call it "Jizz For Jesus." :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Much "Ouch"

ers, his subjective view ruled; it trumped all other possible interpretations. It was his way or the highway. In the end he chose to take the highway. Why I phrased my original reply to you the way I did is that a phenomenon I've become aware of over the years, and through the cults, is that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's final words to mankind

Curtis, I shall follow in the footsteps of my fellow minion Marek and praise you for your tasty choice of both words and ideas... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > The whole team concept gets in the way of an interesting > series of questions: > > 1. What

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on water

...remembering nostalgic my MERU times there and recently > laughing about The Pain of the Man on the Train [:D] > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/304015 :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's final words to mankind

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis" wrote: > > > > This (Curtis' paragraph below) is something worth discussing > > on this particular forum, for sure. > > > > Everyone here has experimented pretty deeply in wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on water

best thing he's ever done. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > Falling into the same tradition of Flemish landscape painting > > > begun by Bruegel,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on water

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis" wrote: > > Beautiful even if chilly. I've got enough northern-European > blood in me to experience a reflexive "like" response, > regardless; and Breughel the Elder is an all-time favorite. > It's cool that his chronicles of the winter canals

[FairfieldLife] This one reminded me of Fairfield Life

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[FairfieldLife] Re: So Much "Ouch"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Hi Again, > In order to clarify a few points, so we don't have to > discuss this ever again. Amen. > I don't blame Curtis for Robin leaving because I can not > "blame" someone for something I feel good about. I wanted > Robin to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Group Use

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > Turq-ji, what you think? You got no allegiance to anything, > no responsibility, well employed, not children, only POV, > you been all around this world an tried almost any list > evidently. Yahoo v Google groups (?). Why? > Thanks, > -Bu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Group Use

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Hey Buck, what's the subject? > http://youtu.be/7SB16il97yw I think the subject should be "Have you found Jesus?" And there is a test to pass before you can post there -- if it takes you more than a second

[FairfieldLife] Review: "Holy Flying Circus"

OK, for all you Monty Python fans and persecutors of organized religion out there, here is one to warm the cockles of your heart. Trolling the torrentverse, I stumbled upon a film called "Holy Flying Circus." Never having heard of it before, and hoping beyond hope for the best, I looked it up on th

[FairfieldLife] Point Of View

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[FairfieldLife] If you were God, who would you rather have a beer with?

[ Those of you who already are God, please excuse my use of the hypothetical in posing this question. ] Would You rather sit down over a cold brew with a guy or gal who could look at You and Your Creation and laugh at it all, or someone who felt compelled to Take It All Seriously? My kinda G

[FairfieldLife] Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > > > Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, > > Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on > > gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't > > have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I ask because today I find myself a fly on the wall in > a household full of laughing, amazing well-adjusted and > well-loved children. The four people I live with -- two > women and one child -- are being visited by one o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)

entertainment. Do you see something sinful or "wrong" about entertainment? :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > I haven't seen anyone driving one but they could be easily > mistaken for a Toyota Yaris, but they are selling the Mitsubishi > electric which I started seeing about 6 months ago on display at > the Mits dealer. They have the range and s

[FairfieldLife] The Cohen Variations

Since Leonard Cohen has been in the news lately, here is an interesting take on his music. At this NPR site, classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein discusses and then plays a composition composed for her by Daniel Felsenfeld that is essentially a bunch of variations on Cohen's "Suzanne." http://ww

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

Good rap, Xeno. My experience is similar to yours, in that over the years "intellectual knowledge" has become less and less interesting to me, to the point that now I have little tolerance for it. And interestingly in my case the "tipping point" was because of my own experience -- some of it with R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Germans prefer HH Dalai Lama to the Pope

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > http://www.realclearreligion.com/index_files/b4380d78cf5f2a45b3cb333\ 42b22-142.php > > Germans prefer the Dalai Lama more than they do their native-bo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > No attachment to thoughts as they arise, persist and then > > disappear is what eventually dissipates the samskaras. > > Retreating into silence just causes addi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2012, at 9:00 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

, I never found the dynamite to be that big a distraction, but many people did. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 15, 2012, at 9:00 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > Good rap, Xeno. My experience is similar to yours, in that over the > > years "intellectual knowledge&q

[FairfieldLife] Astral Residence Courses

Responding to consumer demand, There's One Reborn Every Minute, Inc. is proud to announce its latest offering to the TM and former-TM community: Astral Residence Courses. The moment you beam us your PayPal payment, we start streaming to you our live, on-demand Dream Study selection of courses. To

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

erested in Tibetan Dream Yoga: http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm21.html <http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm21.html> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Responding to consumer demand, There's One Reborn Every Minute, Inc. is > proud to annou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Just to follow up, my little ad below, with the exception of > > paying by PayPal :-) is pretty much what I experienced several >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > I was at Humboldt twice, I think. Summer of 1971 and then > for an ATR a year later. Anyway, one of those summers I do > recall a guy selling the rudraksha beads - they always > looked too rough and uncomfortable and I never got into th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astral Residence Courses

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > In his view, the ability to have fun was key > to spiritual progress. One of his favorite > sayings was, "If you're not having fun, the > energy of enlightenment can't flow through > you." My ex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > People just should > come to meditation. > > The world should be a better place with > more meditators. > All people should have more > resolve to meditate > if only because the science says so. > We would all be better off. A few ads from t

[FairfieldLife] The Silver Surfer, for real

For all those who were ever fans of the Marvel Comics hero, a being of light who surfed the waves of adventure, here's a real-life video. Sorta. Pro snowboarder William Hughes surfs the slopes of the Tignes resort in France, wearing a snowsuit made of LEDs. This won't mean anything to anyone else,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Silver Surfer, for real

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > > Snowboarding and Marvel Comic these for youngster with beard > and a iron fence against demons [:D] True that. The only Marvel heroes I ever got off on were the Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange. Both occult to the max, both a little on the

[FairfieldLife] Who is Paul McCartney?

A video from The History Channel and Twitter (and, of course, Funny Or Die) about the beloved TM hero who only this last week claimed to have finally given up marijuana. A quote from the documentary: "The world may never truly know Sirpaul McCartney, but we do know that he was old, and totally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Paul McCartney?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > A video from The History Channel and Twitter (and, of > course, Funny Or Die) about the beloved TM hero who only > this last week claimed to have finally given up marijuana. This also from the mainstream press -- that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Silver Surfer, for real

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-2IM057uno It must have been done in 50 or more films or TV series, and yet it's always slightly different. The only thing that stays the same is that Musashi was such a great swordsman that he didn't even bother to use a sword; he used an oar from the boat that

[FairfieldLife] Turiya-tit-for-tat-iya (was Re: Astral Residence Courses)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > thx,...perfectly consistent with Norbu's (Vaj's Guru), statement: > extracted from message 304464. Only Vaj continually says MMY was > "only" in CC, repeating the "tita" stuff over and over: Turiyatita, > Turiyatita; but I can attach even a

[FairfieldLife] Turiya-tit-for-tat-iya (was Re: Astral Residence Courses)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2012, at 5:10 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > There is no such thing as "evidence" when it comes to > > assessments of whether someone is/was in some purported > > higher state of consciousness

[FairfieldLife] Re: One More Follow Up

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > I am thinking of Curtis also when I was reading the Washington > Post article with the link below. It is a good read. Check it > out, if you have a few minutes... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/A

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > I was nearly with badge in hand to meditate in the dome > except for the (four-page) legal agreement that is to be > signed before obtaining the badge. I was offered the > agreement to sign but not given a copy. This is what I > saw in th

[FairfieldLife] Turiya-tit-for-tat-iya (was Re: Astral Residence Courses)

: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Even if you found 50 people who could produce the same > > types of brainwaves, what would you have established? > > IMO, only that at least 50 people have learned to con- > > trol their thinking in such a fashi

[FairfieldLife] Turiya-tit-for-tat-iya (was Re: Astral Residence Courses)

es of enlightenment. More important, however, unlike the True Believers who think it would be a Big Deal if they did, I think it would make barely a ripple in human history. No one who hadn't already bought into the idea would even care. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

[FairfieldLife] Review: "Take Shelter"

This film has been on so many critics' "They wuz robbed" lists with regard to the Oscar nominations that I figured I should see it. Good figuring; it's excellent. *And* very apropos not only to America and the essential malaise it finds itself in these days, but also to FFL and the kinds of things

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > Please Buck, just sign that darned thing and get into the Domes. At the risk of agreeing with Nabby :-), I'd say that's the best idea. Maybe you can play off of Nabby's imagery and make it into a kind of game. Imagine the Dome as a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

y need to work on in order to get better numbers of old meditators back in the domes. They got a PR problem with the meditating community. They could start by working on that legal document that greets people at the door. > > -Buck in FF > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tu

[FairfieldLife] Turiya-tit-for-tat-iya (was Re: Astral Residence Courses)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > wrote: > > > > > > I see. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Paul McCartney?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > > The speaker system used for the music was run at intolerable > > volume levels and had high levels of distortion. > > I found the same as said above. > Ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Buck, say whatever you want, but seventhray1 has you pegged. > > Dear Turq, while i respect thy POV but clearly you don't live > here. > -B Nor would I ever consider it. What I *would* consid

[FairfieldLife] Today in unnecessary censorship, plus quickie film review

Sainsbury's, a grocery and retail chain in the UK, took the precaution of putting visual blockers in front of the cover of the latest issue of Attitude, a gay magazine, presumably to keep customers from being offended. Did the cover display nudity, or something offensive? No, it featured a fully-

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > British? Hmmm... interesting. Well, we do know how to do > the Blues here in America :) Canadians aren't so bad at it, either. And they've got a sense of humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXR23yHxWZg I've been down to parliament,

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