Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hi Share. After a review of the posts here and there, you posted the link that Barry provided on food and porn. That was some beautiful food and those were lovely girls - I enjoyed it. If it means something to you, than it has meaning. Hope your holiday season is going well. We had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This post from Rick was from a very long time ago. When someone asks (regardless of what has gone before), whether one likes them or not, to please consider their request not to use or out their real name, this request should be respected. In my case, I had to beg you, literally beg you to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buddhist Logic, was The Hebrew Language is The DNA of Creation

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is fantabulous! Loved it all the way to the end. Perfect for this forum. It is up to the artist in all of us..., imho. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seerdope@... wrote : Woody Allen - The Atheist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pAObJ_rIU4

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, I have demonstrated again that ignorance is not bliss. I actually thought I had deleted everything underneath (I haven't posted for awhile) but I screwed it up. I would of course delete it, but where, pray tell, is the delete button? I can't find an x anywhere. You have reposted it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thank you. I think it's gone. The moderator elf must have taken care of it. Ask nicely and you shall receive. On the repost, I thought you were asking me to repost my part of the post which is contained in this thread still. The privacy principle as being a valid and decent one, as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Richard and Real Names

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Maybe some eggnog? 'Tis the season. Thank you for your assist - it might have taken me another 20 minutes to figure it out. Mental clarity eludes me when it comes to electronics. Speaking of which, I just joined the citizenry owning a smartphone. Yes, an iphone, so my kids can help me use

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well that's good. I wouldn't want to have been one of the unlucky souls living in Camarillo Springs. We got mostly wind, not much rain here in Puget Sound. I have a back yard lined with big trees, but figure they help each other out. Yes, that was a heckuva storm. We got socked with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proposition: Awareness Exists (was Buddhist Logic)

2014-12-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
OMG! God is real! That, seerdope, read in the stillness of the late morning, is a wondrous and beautiful piece. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seerdope@... wrote : Thanks Curtis and to all for your responses to these questions. Curtis: Great thought exercise, how would you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: what does Moved to the Mountain Top Mean?

2014-12-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And to you and yours also Share. May we not forget to dwell in the mystery of life. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Thanks, Emily, wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy 2015! From: emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've been thinking about humor - how some things strike some as so funny and others as not at all. I had to be taught by others in early adulthood to appreciate the absurd, for example, as that element of humor was lacking in my upbringing. This article is from 2012 so may have crossed here

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The ability to laugh at oneself typically increases with age and experience. I thought you would appreciate this. Absurdity is everywhere in the human condition, but there are those that can't objectify (at least to some degree) or pick up on the often subtle nuances of a situation to see it as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
O.K. Get ready...do you mean controlled foolishness? I've gotta take my dog for a walk. Trying to take my JRT on a walk through a neighborhood replete with squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, and even deer at times is foolishness on my part, so I think we'll head to the lake. She's not much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marijuana antidote

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Check out the ingredients! With all those, there must be infinitesimal amounts of each in each pill. According to the site, many people report that Balance the Herb extends, greatly enhances and improves their cannabis high. Yep, it is all about balancing the high as I recall.. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Greeks had a word for it

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The Toilet Paper Guy - todays news article. It's all about reclamation and reuse (or complete use). A guy who made city’s unused toilet paper a precious gift http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025226663_westneat14xml.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Would it be folly to take a wrecking ball to the Tower of Invincibility? Nice try at making the comparison of your life with Definition #2. :) Wisdom may arise out of folly... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : BTW, compare to definition #2 below. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Comments below. I tried to put reply in different color, but can't get formatting to take so used initials: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seerdope@... wrote : SEER: In my experience (given all possible observations, a rather microscopic slice of life) those that have loosened

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: With most others, in daily life - not so much. Probably because all that deceptive conditioning sets in subconsciously. Know thyself is a very large concept. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Comments below. I tried to put reply in different color, but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: seerdope@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ... In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not (Yogi Berra) In theory, I love science and its methods, despite severe limits.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Let me try out some mindfulness (no, not a TM'er - no hope for enlightenment here) and see if I can answer you coherently. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seerdope@... wrote : EM: I posted this article because I like the topic; personally, I think the test they used, based on what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hm.I am hitting the pause button today.a small skill I'm learning when I am in danger of reactingjust me.will get back to you tomorrow. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Bill Burr: Emails from Psychotic Women

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hey Barry, check this one out. Whaddya think? Where do you rate this on a humor scale of 1-5? Bill Burr - Emails From Psychotic Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxCQB7xpH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxCQB7xpH4 Bill Burr - Emails From Psychotic Women

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Burr: Emails from Psychotic Women

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
P.S. I didn't listen to all of it (yet) - hope it isn't too off-colour. If so, I'll delete the post. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Hey Barry, check this one out. Whaddya think? Where do you rate this on a humor scale of 1-5? Bill Burr - Emails From

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thank you Eustace for the 60 Minutes link. I watched the show - a good plug. Jon Kabat-Zinn is looking peaceful. :) If Anderson Cooper can surrender his mobile devices and keep coming back to his breath, than so can I. And, I practiced this morning and I do feel calmer. If it is good enough

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bill Burr: Emails from Psychotic Women

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I couldn't take it either - skipped through it and it didn't get any better - stereotypical clap trap. I posted it because a 30-minute stand up routine by comic Bill Burr was referenced as what the participants in the study on humor and self-deception watched. People who scored high on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: seerdope@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ... In theory, theory and practice

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Trillion Trees to Save the World

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What a worthy project. Talk about solution-oriented - corporate sponsors, global relations - excellent. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seerdope@... wrote : Two Trillion Trees to Save the World: Video

Re: [FairfieldLife] Humor and Self-Deception

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
An answer to the following question in yes/no format. Were the responses to the questions consistent with the integrity of Barry Wright, as you perceive him? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Thanks for your reply. What? You were expecting more?

[FairfieldLife] Re: If you have a pulse, you'll LOVE this!

2014-12-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Love it, love it, love it.

[FairfieldLife] Frazey Ford

2014-12-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just discovered her - I'm way behind - she has an interesting voice - I like it; it grows on you. She sings the most *beautiful* (smile) version of In my Time of Dying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dj8PfdHoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dj8PfdHoU And, although I am finally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating essay to read during this Christmas period

2014-12-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Wow! That's tacky. As we're about to celebrate one of the main events in the Christian calendar, to link the birth of Christ with rape culture shows a low level of consciousness. In Barry's defense (lifted from another of his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Virginia Woolf on Present Moment, Silence, Identity, Memories, Illusion, Art, Beauty and more

2014-12-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Love the photo. Damn, that creates an aesthetically driven emotion in me! Re: James Joyce, one of my high school classes was given A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to read and write a paper on - God, I struggled. Recently read an excerpt from the story The Dead in Dubliners, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How does one decide if a person's testimony is valid?

2014-12-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I do not believe in God, but I have a sense of the infinite.Robert Desnos ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : Duveyoung, comments in your text, below. From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014

[FairfieldLife] Re: Virginia Woolf on Present Moment, Silence, Identity, Memories, Illusion, Art, Beauty and more

2014-12-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thank you for these...love them all...sent me right into contemplative ecstasy. :) Sent me also right over to the bookcase to search for Virginia Woolf, hoping I had her, but no, perhaps packed away in the garage. I will save these. Instead I found a much less poetic, but quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Virginia Woolf on Present Moment, Silence, Identity, Memories, Illusion, Art, Beauty and more

2014-12-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction: Copyright - 1938 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Thank you for these...love them all...sent me right into contemplative ecstasy. :) Sent me also right over to the bookcase to search for Virginia Woolf, hoping I had her, but no, perhaps packed away in

[FairfieldLife] Book of Symbols

2014-12-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm thinking of purchasing thisanyone here know of this or have any cogent opinions? The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images (The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism) http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Symbols-Reflections-Archetypal/dp/3836514486

[FairfieldLife] Re: That's How I Got to Fairfield (Until the Vicious ... Goodbye)

2014-12-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Forgive me if I start to cryin' By the time Lizzie lays it down...well.I guess I'll listen to her again and put up a few more Christmas lights.

[FairfieldLife] Puerto Plata - Casita de Campo

2014-12-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Good Album - Dominican Republic. A version of this old classic that's a joy to listen to: Guantamanero - Puerto Plata - Casita de Campo And that's how we measure out our real respect for people - by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate

[FairfieldLife] Monkey Saves Life of Friend

2014-12-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Monkey saves dying friend from railway lines http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/watch-monkey-saves-dying-friend-9938474.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/watch-monkey-saves-dying-friend-9938474.html Monkey saves dying friend from railway lines

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've only ever been called a lady by one person and I ain't tellin'. Well, now two people. Am I too rough around the edges? I think 11 months of self-imposed banning should take place. But, my first resolution was not to post here at FFL for the year, and I broke that one pretty quick.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
My later thought was that yes, he must have been really arseholed. Doesn't sound like he was having that much fun. Hope he doesn't speak to his girlfriend this way - wait, do you think he has a girlfriend? As one of my favorite long-ago posters used to say, was it something I said?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I get that you lack sensitivity or understanding of the conversation I was having. I find it objectively sad that you are choosing to speak to me in this way. Lighten up. I've been here longer than you, I do believe. Curtis and I have talked before - it's O.K. Remember, this is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: and learned how yoga really works. That's pretty funny. I like that. Ya'll have a nice day now; I've got to get on with the business at hand. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : In the opinion of many here the TMO didn't evolve it devolved. It became very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I understand what you mean - but Barry never clarified that this was his meaning, because it wasn't. If anything, and to grant him more benefit than he deserves, imo, it was what Curtis is playing it as. But, this is a creative solution to exonerating BW and forgiving him his outrageous

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: This was an attempt to put people down... This is what it really was in my view...an attempt to offend, an abusive attempt to offend, using the worst three words possible. BW is famous for vicious slurs, but this one takes the cake. What freaks me out is that the way so many responded

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Jim was addressing directly the fact that those three words were present in Barry's consciousness in a form that resulted in him slinging them as he did. As a mother and a parent, myself, I can't even IMAGINE doing such a thing. That's the other thing Jim was doing - calling BW on the fact

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Rick -- Barry is wetting his pants, can't find the Interpol phone #

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh God! I think I've had enough absurdity for the day already. And, no, I did not click on that link duveyoung provided. Hail Mary, full of grace. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, reverse_archery@... wrote : Funny how Cordozo, er, Curtis, stood up for Barry immediately. Great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
GeezusBW is the one who wrote those three wordsheinous and illegalthe fact that those three words were even able to be generated in his consciousness is disturbing and disturbed ALL, is my guess, on some level, except those that are unable to *feel.* And, now for some reason,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, I think mine might have been directed at Ravi...and it was a graphic. I considered it art. He's forgiven me, I hope. (I think Alex will tell us to get the F___ over it all.) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : With all due respect Emily, I think mine hit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Geez, is that some kind of midwest (FFL excluded) kind of honesty thing? It's hard to be perfect; I might be guilty of making just one and only one crude comment myself towards...wellone of the gentlemen on this site. Just maybe. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Awww.you're a good guy, Steve. I come from the school of hard knocks in some regards...but life and all its experiences are well worth the trip. Now wait, I was leaving right? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Someone would be fortunate to call you my lady

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Apology? I'm doubting it, but we'll see. That might be asking too much - specially if he considers himself one of Barry's boys. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : There is no way, no 100% way, that he has a girlfriend. I suspect is afraid of girls, or women,

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Rick -- please read before Jim lands you in legal trouble

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You know, I am willing to grant BW the benefit of the explanatory context for the three words that he put together. Curtis has explained this for him in a clear and concise manner; Alex understands this to be the case as well. I am also, interestingly enough, practicing the idea of being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: An apology

2015-01-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, pretty damn good. Look at all these words! I forgive you, whether this was directed at me or not. Am I being patronizing? Condescending? Self-righteous? Holier-than-thou? Yes, yes, I am aware of my accountability theme. But, I object to the sexist slur of cow used on me as a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Jim was addressing directly the fact that those three words were present in Barry's consciousness in a form that resulted in him slinging them as he did. As

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh please, I am the last thing from a troll. And I have the right to post in both places at this time. Can't you be more creative than this? Use your words - that's what parents often say to children that are learning how to communicate. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just close your eyes and visualize yourself as a transparent Being, letting it all flow through you. I am a member of both forum's and made the decision this morning to state my position. Try not to be too hypocritical now. It is better to debate a question without settling it than to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep, this is what I'm talking about - BW was most certainly not talking about adults as he was making his point. He has never stated that once in his defense, which he would have if it had been the case. He was much more intent, it seems, on spewing forth a god-awful visual that would shock

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2015-01-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: I re-read the whole Bible every few years. I think it is important to refresh my awareness of what is actually in those books. This was re-broadcast on PBS recently. I caught the last part. It's quite well done if you haven't seen it. No, it isn't a cartoon version. From Jesus to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Safe posting on FFL for 2015

2015-01-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Re: This was an attempt to put people down... This is what it really was in my view...an attempt to offend, an abusive attempt to offend, using the worst

Re: [FairfieldLife] Disbelief in Seattle

2015-02-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That one tunnel is now a bus-train tunnel. After much ado, the Alaskan Way Viaduct is also being replaced with a tunnel that will serve vehicles. Bertha, the largest tunnel boring machine in the world is currently stuck and broken. Real estate in Pioneer Square is settling. A complicated

[FairfieldLife] Re: Disbelief in Seattle

2015-02-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, just a quick question. Do you think there are more people smoking weed now because it is legal? Does your prediction depend on the mechanism to ingest the weed (i.e. bhong (bong) smokers vs doobie/joint rollers)? Is it the legality of the substance that invokes the assistance of Shiva?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Disbelief in Seattle

2015-02-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
All of Seattle was heartbroken. That last thoughtless call served to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : I predicted for a friend in Seattle that the Seahawks would win because the city smokes bhong legally. As such, Shiva

Re: [FairfieldLife] Disbelief in Seattle

2015-02-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Seattle has changed a lot in the last 10 years and will continue to. Planning for population is always a challenge. Should have gone the way of mass transit decades ago. Yes, the tourist landmarks will stay. Census: Seattle is the fastest-growing big city in the U.S.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ha ha! I knew it!

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Yes again to what you say. I think my differentiation between a loss of sense of self versus overcoming selfish behaviour is reflected in the difference between traditions like Zen which highlight that instant zap of satori

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women more gullible than men - offical

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re Cynicism at its best is part of being young. : That's often true. For myself though I was never a cynic. “Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” I was always too much a pessimist to be an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women more gullible than men - offical

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Looking at suicide by gender in the U.S. over the last about 10 years, men commit suicide at about three times the rate of women. Having had children, the miracle of birth and life and child, goes a little deeper than more emotionally committed to a belief. For mothers, I think having children

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ha ha! I knew it!

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hence why it could be true that an ego-loss trip doesn't bring emotional maturity or relational ability and may, in fact, impede it. And, hence, why the flash of any spiritual experience or sudden awareness doesn't eliminate (in virtually all cases) what is usually painful work to realize any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Women more gullible than men - offical

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Looking at suicide by gender in the U.S. over the last about 10 years, men commit suicide at about three times the rate of women. Having had children, the miracle of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Women more gullible than men - offical

2015-01-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Definition of the word cynic: Cynic: a person who has negative opinions about other people and about the things people do; especially : a person who believes that people are selfish and are only interested in helping themselves. - Merriam Webster ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Women more gullible than men - offical

2015-01-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
More interesting than that is the origin of the word cynic:: Cynicism (Greek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language: κυνισμός) is a school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_(discipline) of ancient Greek philosophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy as practiced by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye

2015-02-11 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I know, I know.I tried to cover with my question to Barry about whether or not he was an old soul. I was thinking 70 years and 7th decade and my mind tried to confuse me. God, this getting old stuff is rough stuff, man. I've had to take up meditation and that's saying something! It's why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience

2015-02-11 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To repeat something I believe Share said, life is a spiritual experience. And so are the bluesI've posted many a blues tune. Seems like you've unstressed now and things will improve for you *temporarily* - this last outburst of yours was quite the doozy. The problem is, Barry, you don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, just to admit it, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven (I mean dropped the body) when I had my first heirloom tomato also. Since then, I've discovered they aren't all bursting with succulent flavor and meaty texturenot the one's in the stores that is, but that first one had me

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oh great! GMO apples approved for growing in the US

2015-02-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
So, you are saying it is just a personal taste test for you, right? Because it is far more than that for most. Most produce bought in grocery stores, including Whole Paycheck, pales in comparison to what is harvested and eaten directly from a garden. Here's some science for you - :) GMO

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I was thinking of this very point Steve - about how completely children change one's life and ground one in a completely different reality forever, really, and it is a blessing in so many ways. And, how the reality of parenting a 5-year old is so different than the reality of parenting a

[FairfieldLife] Re: R. Crumb on Mohammed's ass

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Here's an article that discusses points discussed here on the France attack, reprinted from the New York Times in the Seattle Times. My overarching view is that the terrorists would have found a target regardless - maybe not this one, but a target and maybe these people wouldn't have died

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What!? You've wondered at some of the things I've posted? Well, I've wondered about some of what you've posted too, Steve. (Just trying to exercise some manly accountability here). Smile. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Okay, maybe just me then. I've

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, maybe this is why.here I am on stageI told you why more than oncehonestly, I consider all of you human beings and although I do feel superior to all you past and current TM'ers, I try to keep it in check and remember that I, too, am a human being. Emilie Chick - Weird

[FairfieldLife] Re: R. Crumb on Mohammed's ass

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, I won't be asked to stay here based on my singing ability, that's for sure. Geez, if Rick and Alex would just change the whole front end description of FFL and say for TM'ers, ex and current only, and we will be checking your credentials and issuing you digital badges, I might have to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
H...drive-by attack? Lighten up - if I was on the attack, I'd do better than this. I was just showing my love. Ha. The letting of steam; guess that's better than bloodletting. Have a lovely day; I've got to take my awakened, enlightened self out into the world and practice

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: JUST write. Not write with intent or write with an agenda. Just WRITE. Bovine humorcowmedianfirst really funny thing you've said in a long time. Of course, I never read you, remember that. Re: If this is a contest of Why I Post To FFL stories, I'm pretty sure I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re,member, no matter how badly your day is going...

2015-01-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, had to click on this.pretty cute cow, I'd say. Barry, what *are* you interested in? Why do you post here? Can you just admit that it's the boy buddy and social aspect of FFL that you tie into? No reply needed. Gotta golife is in playelsewhere. ;) I rarely participate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hey Techies! Let's Play NSA!

2015-02-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
David Carr. Take a look at his last interview; he was quite ill and sounds like it. I haven't been paying attention too much here; did you see Citizenfour? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Cool! Of course many hacker tools have been open source for ages. Do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye

2015-02-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Goodness Steve, this was hilarious. Barry, get a grip. You are sounding more and more insane; let go and move on. Have you determined how you'd like your 7th decade to go? This is it, Barry, your one life that you'll be aware of. Time to grow up, buddy. It's over. Those you love to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Last rites

2015-02-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Interesting post. Being wrapped in one's own selfhood during one's life simply could result in living in hell on earth (kinda like Barry seems to be doing). I don't personally really know through experience much about religion as I wasn't raised in one, but from what I have gleaned, from a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience

2015-02-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Excuse all my typos. I'm tired. Good night Barry. You just aren't that important. Don't forget it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : How old are you Barry? Do you think you are an old soul? Is this what you're existence has come down to? You might have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Until the Vicious Negativity is removed - Goodbye

2015-02-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I mean 70th decade, not 7thor maybe I do mean that (smile). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emily.mae50@... wrote : Goodness Steve, this was hilarious. Barry, get a grip. You are sounding more and more insane; let go and move on. Have you determined how you'd like your 7th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Orme Johnson Experience

2015-02-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How old are you Barry? Do you think you are an old soul? Is this what you're existence has come down to? You might have another 10 - 20 years or so to live; it's not too late. You can turn this shit around, Barry. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : I'm not

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Nature of Internet Discussion Groups

2015-02-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
LOL. Change the semantics if you prefer He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey Techies! Let's Play NSA!

2015-02-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Good to know. Yes, the alternatives to Obama were abysmal. Still, I think he had a lot, a lot of potential and as far as I'm concerned, the absolute refusal of the GOP to work with him, the vicious undermining and attacks are responsible for keeping us stymied in key areas. The phrase lip

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-15 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: ...he was a full-blown cultists.. Ah ha ha ha...here's a quote for you. Give your dog a big wet kiss, today, Barry. That they could treat me so! I, the mind of the past, to be driven under the ground, outcast like dirt! The wind I breathe is fury and utter hate. ~Aeschylus, the

[FairfieldLife] WWI Steam Convoy

2015-03-20 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Amazing GDSF WW1 Steam Convoy - 'Gigantic' bounces around the roundabout! - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/embed/huQhqXiB8O0 Amazing GDSF WW1 Steam Convoy - 'Gigantic' bounces around the roundabout! - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/embed/huQhqXiB8O0 View on www.youtube.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To be kind, Barry's behavior is completely predictable. Turns out that one's behavior *is* a predictor of how one thinks and feels. Who knew? FFL is Barry's World now, almost exclusively. It's his club. He has a viciously mean personality that no one else here can match. [Look how he treats

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ahhhhhh....life is good!

2015-03-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Alright, already.got it. Lots to check out here. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Listening to a new Mark Knopfler album is for me as close as I get to having a religious ritual in my life. I think so much of the man's writing abilities, his guitar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ahhhhhh....life is good!

2015-03-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Comment from Youtube: This is beautiful, and it is the one last gift to us from Linda. Linda Ronstadt retired from professional singing in 2009 due to her vocal struggles with early Parkinsons Disease. Jimmy personally requested this favor from Linda to sing this Duet with him, It was only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ahhhhhh....life is good!

2015-03-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I'm starting to feel dated. The Harvard Exit had real place value. Glad it was there for so long. My kids and I saw documentary Banksy there some years ago now - they loved the movie and the location - all the cherry trees were in bloom around that corner blowing blossoms. I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramayan in Human Physiology-with video links

2015-02-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If I were to recommend a path for Barry, to save him from his Nihilism, it would be Stoicism. Here's a book recommendation for you! Stoicism Today: The Book | Stoicism Today http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/stoicismtoday/the-book/ http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/stoicismtoday/the-book/ Stoicism

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ever decreasing circles

2015-03-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
God rest his soul. I am sorry; suicide hits hard; harder when close to home. One cannot truly know what another's internal world is like, if they don't want you to know. We are all actors. Thank you for reminding me to put that book on my list. The list is so long. I didn't read for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Elizabeth Warren: How Corruption Works in DC

2015-04-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Amen. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : Oh, Jesus help us. From: emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Elizabeth Warren: How

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