[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten [1 Attachment]

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* salyavin808 Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. > On 9/23/2014 10:12 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Sal, I think that the way that thinking about these kinda things works is, "If I can glom onto some vague anecdote and convince m

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 10:09 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Sorry you wild wild things, I don't think there will be any surprises from gravity and metabolism, I think we've got those pretty sussed - at least as far as floating and not eating for 70 years is concerned L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 11:40 AM, netineti108 wrote: It is incorrect to think that devotion cannot be developed until this made up state of CC is "stabilized". > /Devotional service must be spontaneous and natural no matter what state of consciousness you are experiencing, otherwise it's just mood-mak

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* "Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the classic study When Prophesy Fails by Festinger et al., observed that when a group's e

[FairfieldLife] Back By Popular Demand

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/8qrriKcwvlY

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nine Days of Mother Divine

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 1:09 PM, netineti108 wrote: Yes, I did cut and paste this information for the upcoming Holy days of Mother Divine. I thought to provide some information regarding its meaning. > /Next time just copy and paste the link so we can go there and read it for ourselves. Also, don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Adi Shankara

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 12:50 PM, netineti108 wrote: What did Adi Shankara say was the fastest method to Liberation in this Kali Yuga? > /According to the Shankaracharya tradition, the Sri Vidya, because it consists of indestructible "seed" syllables (bijaksara) rather than words, transcends such mundane

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:29 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Dan, I love rocks too. And trees and critters, the sun and sky, etc. And since we're talking about eating, I heard through the grapevine that Maharishi once said that a happy man could digest a rock. Isn't that cool?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It looks like we have a couple of bottom-posters. Go figure. > On 9/24/2014 11:17 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the class

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just in time for Halloween, here comes the boogeyman!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 2:02 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Be afraid, be very afraid, ISIL is out to get you! Get it? ISIL is the new Boogeyman to keep you afraid and give up even more of your freedoms. I'll take it further and say it looks to me like ISIL *is the new "false

Re: [FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
> [Attachment(s) <#TopText> from Richard J. Williams included below] *From:* salyavin808 Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. >"The person levitating or flying through the air was a guy named Frederick Lenz, who also called himself Rama. He taught a hodge-podge of thing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: "The Lurking Reporters", who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into newsworthy material. ;-) Oops. > /You forgot that Barry IS the lurking reporter, sending in reports to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:32 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Maharishi was a liar and a fraud - if he is your high water mark for optimism, then you are in bad shape. > It looks like we've got a FFL war on women. Just based on the postings here, I'd say at least one informa

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 10:26 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's sort of strange. He posts something and then he runs away. And then claims people are trying to engage him. > Maybe he is not serious about carrying on a conversation, or maybe he doesn't want to talk about the para

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Strikes Oil Refineries in Syria

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 6:39 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: This should hit the pocket books of ISIS since they sell cheap oil to finance its crimes. > Their vehicles won't be able to run for long without fuel and with no funds coming in they will soon be broke. With drones overhead track

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:37 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hold the kettle under the tap, but pray to the devas to bless the water with their magical qualities so after you drink the tea, you won't need to eat or drink for 70 years. Then you can be the next poster child f

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:40 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are wrong Nappy, we woke up, we smartened up and realized we had been sold a pig in a poke. > /That doesn't say much for your own susceptibility to suggestion. If you were "sold a pig in a poke" back then, who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Good luck to you Barry. By the way, I still like you. I'm just sorry you've fallen into the black hole of cynicism and insult, along with an occasional informational or humorous post. If you could only see yourself like most others do > On 9/24/2014 8:29 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:05 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It seems to me that the best thing you could do with "quitters" is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. > /For the record, Barry is the only informant that claims he doesn't read all the messages posted here./ >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: "The Lurking Reporters", who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into newsworthy mater

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hardly - it was if anything support of nature that I did not follow in the footsteps of all the New Age channeling hucksters, some of whom are former TM teachers in gather a whole other flock of sheep to be fleece

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : It seems to me that the best thing you could do with "quitters" is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. I don't know about MJ and Salyavin, but I'm not here "selling" anything. I write for the fun of it, and to express my opinion. I don't much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'll let you know when I am heading to Fairfield. Before I come I would like to know if I need a breathing mask of some sort due to the grain dust floating about from the Heartland Grain silos. > /Maybe you could

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" So tribalism is necessarily a cruder value? So far, yes. No possibility for collective altruism for individuals to join? Not so far on this planet. Even if there

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* salyavin808 I can't speak for Turq or MJ but I'm here coz it's fun. And because we are all from the TMO at some point, in some depth, we share knowledge of what it means and it's interesting to see how far

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Oh, you meant THAT Adi Shankara, not the guy from Cincinnati. My bad. > /There must be a million people named Shankara in India, but the term "Adi" indicates Lord Shiva, the first Adi./ > ---In FairfieldLife@yaho

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I agree with both of you in all that you have said here - well said, both. > Me too, with what he said. He said he was "them once", which I assume means he was a student at MUM and that he was partly way through

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why India is Fascinated with Astrology

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 2:00 PM, Duveyoung wrote: I put up my first Web sites in 1996, and for YEARS before that I was already thinking I should do so. Therefore, it's not a big stretch for many an astrologer to be hep to the Web's eventualities "in the early 90s." First computer I owned was in 1980

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lykke Li, New York City Okt 4

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
"Just gotta say... I clicked on Nabby's link below and laughed out loud because I'd never seen that website layout before. Be honest here...if you didn't now who DL was, what would you think if youstumbled upon this photo..." > On 9/26/2014 7:19 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: > Turq, Try to d

Re: [FairfieldLife] John Cusack Blasts Hollywood

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:31 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: /The star goes off on the town he describes as "ripe with frontier crazies" and "a whorehouse" / > Just for the record, John Cusak is a member of SAG. Go figure. > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cusack-bl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 9:01 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] The N-Squared Spiritual Regeneration of America and the World

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:05 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: No, just that their assertion that they lower crime rate by doing TMSP is obviously untrue. But I am sure they have some bizarre ridiculous reason the crime rate went up in the home of purusha > /The increased cr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 10:11 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I am enlight

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 2:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: People who are constantly angry at atheists (of whose number jr_esq is a prime example) often try to convince themselves that the atheists they're angry at are similarly angry at...uh...that non-existent fairytale be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:18 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Good. Now learn to spell; it's Maharishi, and Benjamin. For brevity's sake I prefer Nabby to Nablussos, MJ and Turq to their full names (see how lazy I am) and don't get me started on Xeno! And besides Ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:44 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. So I will pipe in until he returns to the light of European day. There are three scenarios: 1. the universe created itself 2. the universe did

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 3:25 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. True. At that point Barry either goes out to spend the evening with friends, or watches T

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, having penned my obligatory First Button-Pushing Post Of The Week to give the Barry-haters something to feed on :-), I am free to write more seriously about this whole belief in God / atheism thang. Be warned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Personally, I think that one of the most useful pieces of neuroscience would be a study that managed to visualize in the brain the exact moment in which someone decides "This guy is enlightened and telling me the tru

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: While I cannot disagree, I think it is useful every so often to remember that at one point WE were sycophants, too. So what was "in it" for the sycophant? > /Maybe you should speak for yourself.// Apparently YOU ar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ...Wondrous Waves Of Woo Woo to transform the universe into a better place, some people are actually going to buy that. For a while. It's just that *still* believing it all these decades later strikes me as a bit muc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 7:12 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think turq's analysis doesn't go deep enough. The whole issue of self importance has to do with feeling safe in the group. Wanting to feel safe has to do with wanting to survive. We all have this hardwired into our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:02 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It wasn't self importance for me - I was to slavish in my adoration of Marshy to feel self important. > Apparently MJ was not practicing "TM" - he was practicing Guru Yoga. In fact, "Marshy" has nothing to do with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:36 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: /After twenty years as a sycophant and a True Believer, you probably can't bum-hop, levitate or hold a single yoga pose to this day. It looks like you spent over twenty years not even thinking. What happened to all the money? / He can't accept it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Excellent reply Dan. The drone goes on forever seemingly. > On 9/27/2014 8:41 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > I can attest to the "forever". My question is: Why is bawee so defensive and so intolerant of other's viewpoints? This is a person who just can't stomach the id

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, having penned my obligatory First Button-Pushing Post Of The Week to give the Barry-haters something to feed on :-), I am free to write more seriously about this whole belief in God / atheism thang. Be warned. > /Please write about why you believed in Buddhas. Thanks./ >

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 10:04 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: So, how is it in this thread that two of the seemingly biggest TM quitters on this list got to read Hagelin's memo to cert teachers about this DC meeting sent on Monday last and the rest of us old TM teachers did not get to

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 10:26 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about - mine from Rick is still in my inbox, sent and received on Sept 25th - check your spam box maybe. > Let me spell it out for you so you understand: YOU WILL NEVER BE ALLO

Re: [FairfieldLife] November 30th event, a Gov who's going to make up his own mind

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 4:18 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Better sent out a memo on this Michael. > *MEMO* TO: /John Hegelin/ FROM: /The Baker Guy/ SUBJECT: /TMO Leadership//and Rajas/ > Is the channel clear on this? > /"There is something happening here; what it is ain't exactly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 4:30 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Easy Michael, pace yourself. This whole thing may be more than you can handle. Just. Go. Slow. > Put the pipe down, Michael. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : That is not true if Marshy requested him to con

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 3:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ** There is very little on planet Earth more embarrassing than a cult fanatic who believes that the stuff he was told by his cult leader is profound Truth. > /"What I'm talking about is slowly lifting up off the sof

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 5:36 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Shankara also considered yoga to be only accessory because the real nature of the self is already awareness (jñâna) and that awareness is /who/what/ we are. No yogic suspension of mental activity (chitta.vritti.nirodha) is necessa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 5:36 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > Shankara considered the performance of Vedic rites to be preparatory > and purifying but non-essential. > The historical Buddha blew to bits the false notion that sacrificial rites based on caste distinctions were a valid means

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:19 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: /Willy sez: " ... just be aware of being aware." / You Can't Experience Awareness "You Can't Experience Awareness" You Can't Experience Awareness /http://www.shiningworld.com/top/files/satsang-1/%2831%29%20You%20Can%27t%20Experi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Link to the invitation for Nov 30th

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 1:42 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: My interest could easily be derailed by anyone paying me almost any amount of money to perform...but is IS very close and I would like to shake Jerry's hand... > Can you give us a proposed set list for your performance?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:19 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: /Willy sez: " ... just be aware of being aware." / You Can't Experience Awareness > /Only humans have a conscious self-awareness which sets them apart from non-humans. So, awareness is consciousness. In Tibetan Buddhism the t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tinfoil hat time!

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:52 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Russia wages propaganda war on US: > /"Government investigations and independent reviews have found no evidence for the theories. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the technology magazine Popular Mechanics have investigat

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:41 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'm not sure anyone here would want to be sane. Sane as defined by the psychological community these days is the "norm." IOW, if you behave like that average bumpkin then you are sane. Do you want to be an "avera

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:42 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "sri...@ymail.com" *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, September 28, 2014 6:31 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday It is also labelled personal and confidenti

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 11:58 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Jedi, I agree that the universe had a beginning and an end. About a week ago, Hawking made a proposal that the Higgs Boson could become unstable at anytime. When it does, the the universe will disappear into nothingness. Actu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 12:54 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: As I was saying to Fleetwood, all that's left is experiencing... > If awareness is all there is, then the only experience is awareness, to a certain degree. /"According to the Tibetan tradition, consciousness is re

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 12:57 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Rick's challenge to the no talk rule of the closed dysfunctional family in the movement shines light on what they might prefer was not evaluated by people who are not insiders. He has broken the spell of labeling all cri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tinfoil hat time!

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 3:08 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Nothing wrong with a tin foil hat especially if you have a smartphone on the night stand beside your bed. ;-) > /"Government investigations and independent reviews have found no evidence for the theories. The Nationa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 7:44 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Xeno, IMO, consciousness is the basis of the universe which created space and time. Space and time did emerge out of the chaos of the early universe. > /"Only in unity consciousness, or oneness with all reality, do we eliminate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Link to the invitation for Nov 30th

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 5:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 9/28/2014 1:42 PM, curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: My interest could easily be derailed by anyone paying me almost an

[FairfieldLife] What's On Your Mind?

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/"For anyone paying attention, the long-brewing crisis hardly came out of nowhere."/ 'We Screwed Up On Ebola, And Now The Crisis Is Getting Much Worse' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/screwed-ebola-response-result-cost-073019431.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
lar person is responding to or is posting something new. In the past few hours I gotten 45 FFL emails. Yours were 26.67% of the total. *From:* "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]"

Re: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Community meetings with Maharaja

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 9:12 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Will the King discuss the TM related suicides? > He will probably not use any tragic suicides to make a religious point. > Will he discuss the upcoming Hammond event? > Not until he hears from the Maharishi. > Wi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 9:13 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: can you see you are a sycophant? > /"Hypocrisy is the claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, behaviors, virtues, motivations, or other characteristics that one does not in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : > IMO, consciousness is the basis of the universe which created space and time. Space and time did emerge out of the chaos of the early universe. > On 9/29/2014 1:06 AM, salyavin808 wrote: > Ask yourself where consciousness came from. Chaos?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 2:42 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* "curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, September 28, 2014 7:57 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday Rick's challenge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Link to the invitation for Nov 30th

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 2:44 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I don't want to wish that you miss a paying gig, but if you have a chance to attend this circus, I would sure love to hear your take on it. I know I'd be there in an instant if it were closer to where I live. > /You

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Link to the invitation for Nov 30th

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 2:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: If I were to choose a "theme song" to play for those who have their panties in a twist over this event, it would be this classic from The Eagles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-Y7MAASkg > /If Curtis isn't invit

Re: [FairfieldLife] March of the Idiocracy

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 3:39 AM, salyavin808 wrote: This what we are up against. Schools in the UK are teaching kids 'Bullshit on stilts' and with tax payers money too! Is it fair to fill the minds of the next generation with this Bronze age bullshit? > All floods are local - there was no "Flood Geolo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Seeing Jesus on a piece of toast is so yesterday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 5:58 AM, salyavin808 wrote: That is so cool. I'm going to be trying it later. And t the best bit is I get to eat the learning curve, that didn't happen in my oil painting class. > Apparently you didn't paint any fruit. Go figure. I took several oil painting classes at a nearby

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 6:02 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: "what is taught in private remains private" I had forgotten about that! That is what the TM teachers used to say. I remember being in an elevator in the hotel in DC on a course where I got an advanced technique

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Seeing Jesus on a piece of toast is so yesterday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 6:33 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I had often wondered what constitutes Woo Woo for a mum-of-five in Birmingham. Now I know: "a mist, like a cloud, appeared above my head while I was hoovering." Cool. > /That probably can't compare to 200 drug-crazed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
. Go figure./ > On Sunday, September 28, 2014 6:53 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote: On 9/28/2014 12:57 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com <mailto:curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> [FairfieldLife] wrote: Rick's challenge to the n

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: March of the Idiocracy

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 7:13 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: salyavin, and isn't Pakistan one of the worst countries wrt its treatment of women? > /Maybe he doesn't want to discuss the important issues. Apparently he does not want to talk about Rotherham, Share./ > On Monday

Re: [FairfieldLife] Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 7:36 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: The rule defines consent as "an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement.” Towards a greater clarity in FFL forum discussion I feel we should adopt the California decorum for discussion and drop away from the Texas n

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : > The rule defines consent as "an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement.” Towards a greater clarity in FFL forum discussion I feel we should adopt the California decorum for discussion and drop away from the Texas norm. Silence s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 9:23 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Buck, I agree with this completely and thank you for making this point. Richard, I'm sorry but I don't agree with you that silence implies agreement. > That doesn't mean that you have to post a comment to every single

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The rule defines consent as "an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement.” Towards a greater clarity in FFL forum discussion I feel we should adopt the California decorum for discussion and drop away from the Texas norm. Silence shoul

Re: [FairfieldLife] Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Buck, I agree with this completely and thank you for making this point. Richard, I'm sorry but I don't agree with you that silence implies agreement. Heck, a person could be unresponsive to a post simply because they haven't read it! Or maybe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 9:27 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: salyavin, I thought Buck was addressing Richard in general. What makes you think it's about what Rick posts?! I'm confused... > /Welcome to the club! Where is Judy when we need her? How did he get in here? What!? So

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 9:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It was addressed to CERTIFIED Governors. Hagelin is afraid that Jerry Jarvis's approval of an participation in this event is going to give legitimacy it would otherwise not have. He is afraid of Certified Governor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 9:31 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are probably correct, and its too bad that you can't see its all those years being a Marshy sycophant and all those years practicing TMSP that has robbed you of your moral compass. > /Non sequitur. An inferenc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tinfoil hat time!

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 10:59 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: On 09/28/2014 11:42 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 09/28/2014 02:10 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 11:00 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Michael, you haven't even been in Fairfield in what, twenty years! Much less been around any TMO leaders. In such a situation, I think it's wrong to attribute such negative motivations to people. > Apparently MJ want

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie Rec Time

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 11:08 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Share mentioned "Twilight" the other day and last night I watched "Rover", an Aussie film with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson ("Twilight"). The film takes place in the future, years after the great economic collapse.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 11:20 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Rick, I keep wondering if you and Hagelin are still friends. I thought you were. But then you posted that private email of his. Maybe none of my business but I do wonder. > After this exchange I have my doubts. If I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/Where I come from, silence usually indicates agreement. When normal people are having a conversation at a bar and someone tells a scurrilous lie about your friend and you know it's a lie not based on any evidence, if you don't speak up and object, then you might be considere

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 11:42 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: But, about this Post Someone Else and Run Tactic: I'm not so crazy about it. > Or, allowing posting of outright lies and rumors about somebody's private sex life and refusing to retract a slander. Anyone who allows posted comments like this on a pu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
it does appear that MMY had a penchant for young women. > On 9/29/2014 11:43 AM, salyavin808 wrote: > Just ignore him Rick, everyone else does. The discussion he wants to have here is a pointlessly fluffy one, him and Willytex spam this place endlessly because they don't like any opinions

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tinfoil hat time!

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Maybe it's not fair of me because I'm one up on you. You see, my late brother was a Vietnam War era defense contractor. I've seen how the thing works from the inside. > On 09/28/2014 11:42 PM, salyavin808 wrote: > What, you saw them organise mass slaughter of innocent civil

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 12:48 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Only someone willfully blind would see it any other way. > /No single truth purveyor, no matter how reliable, should be considered an infallible font of accurate information, you included. / >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 1:07 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Richard, I like your approach, reply to everyone at least once per day. I exclude people who have said they don't read my posts. > /We don't really know who is reading our messages - they could say they don't read yo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Proposal, An Amendment to FFL Guidelines:SILENCE is NOT Concent

2014-09-29 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 1:28 PM, William Leed wle...@aol.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ITS a rt to so remain but is never considered consent in even common law > /"A silence procedure or tacit acceptance procedure "he who is silent is taken to agree", "silence implies/means consent") is a way of formally

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-30 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/29/2014 4:23 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Excellent observation. I concur. Or was it immune to the chaos? > /Consciousness is the ultimate reality - without it, people would not be conscious, obviously - there would be no perception. This is a dirt si

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-30 Thread 'Richard J. Williams7; pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Richard, Excellent observation. I concur. > On 9/29/2014 4:33 PM, salyavin808 wrote: > Erm, but he doesn't answer the question, he's just cut and pasting his usual response every time some mentions the C word. It isn't relevant, what are you

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