Did you fall for the hype about being able to levitate?
Are you angry about the cash you lost chasing that dream of flying?
Do your friends and acquaintances now laugh at you for being so credulous?
Good news! You may be entitled to compensation.
Energy drink "Red Bull" settled two
Re "Why doesn't someone make a movie about the Levellers?"
Your wish is granted. Winstanley is a British film made in 1975.
Real-life activist Sid Rawle played a Ranter (English Revolution period
anarchist-type group).
Uber-hippie Sid Rawle helped me set up a squat in Kentish Town in the
Still here and now.
Sorry - I replied too fast. Re "Still there?": No, we stayed at the squat for
two years then we got a letter from the owner saying that he was returning from
Africa, that he'd heard the place was occupied, and could we please vacate the
premises shortly. We did exactly that - so he never lost ou
This is the Sid Rawle (R.I.P.) I mention. At Stonehenge in real life!
And if you go to the 53:15 mark in the Winstanley film you'll see him in fine
ranter mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW12-yt2o6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW12-yt2o6A
Where is your allotment-squat then?
The last place I squatted was an abandoned hospital in Wood Green. I was a
late joiner and the only room left to take was the operating room with the
surgical table still fixed in the centre. It gave me the creeps so I soon moved
on. Also, the place had
Squatting has been popular in the UK since the 14th century - following the
Black Death!
Lots and lots of dead people and acres of unoccupied land = living people move
in.
Until a few years ago the Law took the view that trespassing is a civil
offense, not a criminal one. Provided the s
Didn't know Wally Hope but his name came up a lot among the revellers at the
Windsor Free Festivals.
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This is the Sid Rawle (R.I.P.) I mention. At Stonehenge in real life!
I recognise him and
Re "How could you get in unless you broke in? And, how did they keep warm in
winter, etc. If a house was unoccupied around here, the first thing happens is
the power gets cut off. Did they just use candles and kerosene heaters??":
You've got me now! I'm afraid I was very bad. You can't legall
Re the comment "I don't pay any attention to Russell Brand (who can take anyone
seriously who found Katy Perry attractive or interesting enough to marry?) . .
." Well Perry does manage 650,000,000 hits for just one of her songs on YouTube
so I'm guessing lots of people do find her attractive and
Re "I resorted to an old trick: Talk about the weather.": Gee, is this guy
English? That's what we do. At the moment it's quite warm for October but it
gets dark early . . .
Re "pork tenderloin sandwich":
I like Yank food (burgers and what-have-you) but I'll draw the line at a pork
tenderl
The Dark Night Project at Brown University has been investigating some common
psychological issues that can arise with many people who set out on the
meditation path. Common problems include those who enjoyed that sense of
enhanced sensual awareness on a retreat but then found the sensory overlo
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Re "A very nice person, trying to make sense of things.":
Yes, there are recordings of her on the Web and she comes over as a concerned,
humane individual prepared to do the hard work that explaining these anomalies
will require.
Transpersonal psychologist Stanislav Grof also helped set-up
The issue touched on in the linked article about those who return from a
retreat (or a rounding course) to quotidian reality and find the adjustment
hard to make actually raises an interesting question: the reason why the vast
majority of humans pacing our city streets are *not* awakened, enligh
From Lilly's The Center of the Cyclone:
"Professor Bazett taught me this unequivocally. When he wanted to find out
what the end organs (the sensitive endings within the skin) were, he performed
experiments with a cold bath alternating with a hot bath to determine the
temperature-sensitive en
Re " It begins with me taking two different sedative-hypnotics, an hour before
the procedures, in the morning, on an empty stomach . . . The doctor came in,
quickly gave me four shots of novocaine, into the left side of my mouth, then
began sliding an IV into a vein on the top of my hand.":
W
Re " It begins with me taking two different sedative-hypnotics, an hour before
the procedures, in the morning, on an empty stomach . . . The doctor came in,
quickly gave me four shots of novocaine, into the left side of my mouth, then
began sliding an IV into a vein on the top of my hand.":
W
"Trad jazz" English clarinettist Acker Bilk "dropped the body" today. His
Stranger on the Shore has to be a serious contender for the most-beautiful
popular music release ever. (And the first No. 1 single in the US by a British
artist!) Fantastic tear-jerker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jz
Yep another fave goes down. Bruce also co-wrote most of Cream's hits. This one
still knocks me out . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftgytmgQgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftgytmgQgE
Re " He already had Jemima Pittman at his beck and call and Jemima was a lot
better looking in a sari. ":
Ye Gods! I see that Jemima Pitman is now Raj Rajeshwari (Lady Administrator)
for Great Britain. Must ask her for the saucy details next time we meet.
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Re "Yet as with the proper mantra but with improper pronunciation also no
wonder people go crazy. Care that you not mangle proper names in usage. ":
Is English not your mother tongue?
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Maharishi;
in Sanskrit it is more correctly sai
Re "Which came first: the deities or the concept of absolute and relative?":
My mind has gone completely blank.
Re "It is against the FFL rules to slander someone.":
Grammar police. "Slander" is defamation when speaking ill of someone. It's
"Libel" when the slurs are printed.
Free-to-view BBC documentary chronicling magician James Randi's debunking of
faith healers, fortune tellers and psychics, including spoon-bender Uri Geller
and tent-show evangelist Peter Popoff. Interesting.
http://tinyurl.com/l2s7q9t http://tinyurl.com/l2s7q9t
Old joke:
Interviewer says to a voter: “If I put a gun to your head and told you to
choose between the Democrats and the Republicans, what would you say?”
Voter: “Pull the trigger.”
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I take it all back - the Marshy Effect is really really r
This documentary now posted to YouTube. Should work for FFLifers in the States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGceOvdyiS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGceOvdyiS4
That last link on YouTube blocked by BBC! New post here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LM5VpjJoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LM5VpjJoQ
Republicans take control of the Senate as Joni Ernst wins her seat. If you want
to know what the future of America will be like imagine how it feels to be a
castrated hog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nptDP35Tb0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nptDP35Tb0
Shocking footage showing what life is really like in the States. Enjoy your cup
of hot snow . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoQOQHQ8oA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJoQOQHQ8oA
Turns out this video is a fake - still damned funny of course.
The video, titled "How Americans Live Today," features an English voiceover
purportedly translating the original Korean narration. The phony translation
describes hyperbolic scenes of Americans being forced to live in tents and
ea
Re "the real "lesson" being taught in this film is that humans are pretty much
fucked unless some unspecified someone/something (be it alien or theistic)
provides a mystical Woo Woo way to save us.":
Which, interestingly, is also the message of 2001. One big difference between
2001 and this m
Re "Orange Sunshine was pretty mellow":
I'll second that - though "mellow" when we're talking about acid is still
pretty mind-blowing compared with, say, "pot" . . .
One thing that strikes me about current perceptions of the sixties is that
young people today are presented with two "narrat
Re "Cocaine DEFINITELY sucks":
Amen to that. Like you I only tried it a few times and the after-effects were
a warning I heeded. Ditto speed.
God knows what I'd have felt like after a methamphetamine binge (the drug of
choice today) - pretty sure I'd be suicidal.
Aldous Huxley quote (1931):
"So far as I can see, the only possible new pleasure would be one derived from
the invention of a new drug — of a more efficient and less harmful substitute
for alcohol and cocaine. If I were a millionaire, I should endow a band of
research workers to look for the i
Re "Putin could invade and take over Europe ":
Putin is a prize dick all right. But isn't it more likely that a serious
conflict would kick off in the Pacific with that moron in charge of North
Korea, and with China and Japan squaring up to each other.
Completely agree with you about the mo
Re the comments about Huxley and meditation: yes he knew all about the
different styles of meditation but towards the end of his life (alongside his
continuing interest in psychedelics) he came to advocate Jiddu Krishnamurti's
teaching as being more helpful than structured meditation sessions. I
Re "I always read the one-star reviews on Amazon.com first which usually
reveals whether the author of the review is coherent or a raving maniac. A bad
review reveals whether the author of the review, who does not like the book
gives reasons for not liking it beyond simply not liking it or not
Re "The last line is quite literally magic.":
*Exactly* what I thought when I copied it in!
Off-topic, but re our exchange about 2001:a Space Odyssey: on a radio show
today devoted to film-soundtrack music the movie came up for discussion and the
presenter mentioned that whereas silence is
"Also anyone who believes that Huxley was advocating the world depicted in
Brave New world should read his prologue to Brave New World Revisited. BNW was
a warning not a plan.":
Yes, but . . .
Orwell's 1984 was a warning - no one ever wanted to create that kind of set-up.
Brave New World is
To respond in kind: here's a (previously obscure) Yank singer who was found
busking in Paris but became a star here in the UK after this appearance on
British TV. Seasick Steve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoPNC3ebYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoPNC3ebYQ
"The right to be unhappy."
At the 2:47:38 to the 2:48:36 mark the man from our future explains to the
hippy the error of his ways . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5vse2_Aq0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5vse2_Aq0
Re "But if you know Amsterdam at all, can you imagine what *it* will be like in
the future? I can. ":
As Theo van Gogh and Pim Fortuyn were both murdered for expressing robust
views about Islam will your projected novel feature a race war?
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Re "There's not a single person here that'd even test out my imaginings":
I'm game! A while back I posted details on FFL of a variant on "TM" that
involved effortlessly allowing one's awareness to come back to a relaxed focus
of attention (instead of to a mantra/syllable/thought) that I had tr
Although I'm not really a fan of Brian Cox, this BBC documentary (shown
tonight, in which he's joined by actor Brian Blessed and scientist Alice
Roberts) in which he plays clips of his TV idols from both science fiction and
science fact (Bronowski/Feynman/Sagan/etc) is both charming and engaging
I forgot! Vlodrop, Holland, is the former residence of Maharishi and is a
capital of the Global Country of World Peace. Of course, nothing but peace and
love can emanate from the Netherlands . . .
Please, please, please, drop in on Vlodrop and let the residents there know,
in no uncertain ter
My father was in the Foreign Office so my experience with pets was that we'd
have a dog to play with for a couple of years and then when my dad was posted
to a new country my last sight of my beloved hound would be its hurt, forlorn
expression as it was driven off in the car of his new owners.
Re "A small death every time.":
Yes, but also your first inkling of what love can be.
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My father was in the Foreign Office so my experience with pets was that we'd
have a dog to play w
Even five minutes of loving can make an hour of no love disappear into the
present of the loving.
What a beautiful thought!
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What is funny Ann, is that this dog, looks just like my neighbor'
Brian and Alice have made some of the best science TV
Yes, Alice Roberts is a relative newcomer but has already impressed me - she's
as sharp as a tack and obviously thinks for herself rather than following the
crowd.
Re the clips shown: the Bronowski footage (at Auschwitz) was extra
In the article it says: "TM was more effective in reducing mild hypertension
than . . . progressive muscular relaxation, a pseudo-meditation procedure
(which attempted to imitate the TM technique) . . . ":
Progressive muscular relaxation has been used in therapy for a long, long time
and the
Modern art tends to be a turn off for me but this artistic installation
entitled Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red has seen the Tower of London's dry
moat filled with over 800,000 ceramic poppies (888,246 poppies to be exact -
one for each British and Colonial fatality during the War) to create
And why the drop? The article mentions the United States having the highest
rate of imprisonment in the world; an aging population; increased use of
security cameras; and the pervasive use of mobile phones to take videos.
(Some experts have claimed the rise in abortion has reduced numbers bein
Thanks for drawing our attention to this title. Judging from the Amazon preview
and comments this book looks like it is going to be uncritical and too
accepting of the received wisdom within the TMO (alas). But it also clearly
goes beyond the rather tiresome, brief, anecdotal stories that usuall
Here's a camera that can be hidden anywhere
Sounds like a peeping Tom's dream come true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIFbb0LBXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIFbb0LBXI
Re "Here is the sound. Can anyone figure it out?":
It's Hawkwind for gawds-sake! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPISXvQwm_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPISXvQwm_E
Mary Magdalene was a "co-messiah", the wife of Jesus and the mother of his
children, according to a translation of an ancient manuscript.
http://tinyurl.com/mhb2j8b http://tinyurl.com/mhb2j8b
Re "I think it is so easy to forget what has been sacrificed for certain
freedoms and also for stupid reasons":
Sainsbury has produced a Christmas TV ad based on the actual occasion in 1914
when Brit and German troops fraternized on Christmas Day, 1914. It's attracted
criticism for exploiting
Don't forget the Russians! They bore the brunt of the fighting. Civilian and
military deaths exceeding 20 million - doesn't bear thinking about.
But, yes, good on the Yanks. And they and the Brits were also taking on the
Japanese Empire at the same time.
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Like you I hate "hate speech" laws.
There are laws already in place against incitement which can deal with anyone
who held aloft a burning brand and said: "Follow me lads and let's incinerate
the synagogue". If someone is not advocating violence they should be free to
say what they like wi
Re "I'm afraid the American technology is these instances is a tad superior.
Look at the current Mars mission, if you want to see how it plays out best.":
India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have
failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars. The Mangaly
Re "The Church has placed at the pinnacle of worship, a woman who became a
mother without having sex. I don't think the message is very subtle!":
Nice one Share!
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John, basically the Church has placed at the pinnacle of worship, a woman wh
Interesting (really!).
Re the original experiment that showed a "readiness potential" occurs in the
human brain just before ‘spontaneous’ actions. In fact, this brain event
happens even before we are aware of deciding to act.:
Well yes, but as many critics have pointed out the kinds of dec
Very trippy.
I've always preferred the spacious interiors of mosques with their absence of
distracting clutter to churches or synagogues or what-you-will. It's as though
you yourself have to expand subjectively to fill the void you are placed
within; and when the architecture and colours a
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Nice how the light in the sky, the backlit clouds create a dramatic silhouette
of the trees. What diversity we are surrounded with. Everywhere you look there
is so much worth seeing.
I ofte
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While I may agree that trying to stifle free speech is a bad idea, it's good
for people to know that this particular Ass Clown has as much credibility in
the Netherlands as the now-dead leader of the Westboro Baptist Church did in
America. When
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The research mattered to me, because they were seeing that there's a difference
between consciousness and awareness -- BIOCHEMICALLY SPEAKING. This to me is
major. To pursue this line of exploration could yield some clear proofs that
aware
. . . before "the suits" took charge.
Donovan and . . .
. . . Jenny Boyd in 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgKw8XnJGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgKw8XnJGU
Not come across that video before - excellent! Bevan Morris comes across as a
one-man circle jerk. And as for MMY's comment that "Australia is a slave of
Britain" . . . has he ever met any Aussies? If I were to walk into an
Australian pub here in London and tell the clientele that line they'd bu
Not come across that video before - excellent! Bevan Morris comes across as a
one-man circle jerk.
And as for MMY's comment that "Australia is a slave of Britain" . . . has he
ever met any Aussies? If I were to walk into an Australian pub here in London
and repeat that line to the clientele t
Is that Ocean Beach at San Francisco? It sounds idyllic.
I love walking barefoot over sandy beaches (unless the sand is baking hot).
Maybe pebbly beaches are even better if you want to take the experience to the
next level. But then I'm also addicted to reflexology. Reminding your feet that
Re "I found it quite entertaining but this is not serious journalism. It's a
hatchet job, anyone can see that. I thought Bevan handled the reporter's
questions very well, actually. ":
Yes, it's a hostile interview but that's what happens out there in the world
of serious journalism.
If M
Re "What blows me away are meditators who would live here who would not go up
there to meditate at all in the group. ":
Yes, I'm sure I'd join a group when meditating if there was one handy. Doesn't
David Lynch get local meditators to come to his home to do their morning or
evening meditatio
As I said: idyllic. So you've got 200 per cent of life. The experience of inner
quiet and a perfect outer world of appearances to match it.
You've got no excuse for not being content.
But maybe there's a hidden catch. If you do ever find yourself feeling
miserable you must also feel guil
This will bring a smile to your face. Some game chap filmed himself leaving a
London Underground Tube train, exiting the station and running on to the next
station, then past the ticket barriers, and finally back into the same carriage
on the train he had just left. I'm impressed!
https://www.y
Re "But why?":
He has a sense of humour?
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But why?
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This will bring a smile to your face. Some game chap filmed himself leaving a
London Underground Tube train, exiting the station and running
From The Telegraph:
"India has triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite
into orbit around Mars and catapulting the country into an elite club of
deep-space explorers. India was particularly proud that MOM (Mars Orbiter
Mission) was developed with homegrown technology a
Yes, Nigel Farage is definitely not house trained and always says exactly what
he thinks. He comes across as the loudmouth down the pub. Although I can't
imagine that Farage and his party UKIP will make a blind bit of difference if
they ever do gain some seats in Parliament I have to confess I'm
There are two serious problems with Jews pleading for special protection
against attacks on their religion: 1) those of us who are not Jews and have
long-since adjusted to seeing our own attitudes and beliefs ridiculed by all
and sundry get the message that THE JEWS AREN'T LIKE US. So Jewish
se
Re "The Jews are very aggressive about any antisemitism and could get someone
at Yahoo freaked enough to close FFL down. It may not be right to surrender,
but it does avoid the danger not yet come.":
And Muslims are very aggressive about "Islamophobia" (you've been watching the
news recent
Re "I think it was highly inappropriate for Dan to go all nuclear over Jedi's
comment.":
Abso-bloody-lutely. I hate it when people call in the censorious brigade (like
the ADL) when they encounter views they violently disagree with. By the logic
of my liberal (in the old-fashioned sense of th
The photos are indeed striking but the models all have that cold, frozen
perfection about them. I much prefer John William Waterhouse's "pre-Raphaelite"
style paintings. He used the same model over and over again. No critic today is
sure who the girl was but she definitely had that magical, ethe
Here's another painting of that girl. (Note that Waterhouse often used his
favourite model in different poses in the same painting - as in this case.) A
"stunner", as the Victorians said. He must have been in love with her.
She lived in an age when models were scarcely more respectable than
p
LOL
In my more paranoid moods I've wondered if our pets - dogs and cats - are
really the dominant species on Planet Earth and not humans. They don't have to
go to work; we keep them warm and well-fed and ensure they get the best medical
attention - all for free. They've got it sussed. Dogs pr
I'm seriously impressed! That neat Vonnegut tale proves that great minds do
think alike . . .
The Edison line about his long search for the best electric-lamp filament
reminds me of my favourite quote of his: “I have not failed. I've just found
10,000 ways that won't work.” That's actually qu
It's Good News Week. There is scientific evidence to suggest that life can
continue after death, according to the largest ever medical study carried out
on the subject.
http://tinyurl.com/nke93yk http://tinyurl.com/nke93yk
Did you read the article? The medical profession has always claimed that once
the heart stops beating then brain shutdown follows almost immediately. This
new evidence shows that consciousness continues for longer than previously
thought. Our knowledge of this grey area has therefore been increa
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Yes, probably so, if the means of communication is through light or radio
waves.
I enjoyed that moment in the movie Contact where the first TV signal that
aliens would have received from Earth was Hitler's speech at the 1936 Olympics.
The
Low-life material - surely he's looking at prison time unless the girls
concerned are unwilling to testify?
I was concerned about one aspect though that no one has mentioned: his wife
secretly taping the conversation. When someone goes to a therapist (or a priest
for confession) it is always
Thanks "Buck in the Dome". That was new info for me. It sounds a high-energy
period in the life of the TMO.
And "Duveyoung": what was the novel you refer to? I've read a couple of Kurt's
novels (Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle) but the TM link isn't in either
of those.
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God Bless You Mr Rosewater (sic) was published in 1965 so predates Kurt
learning TM. As salyavin says the novel is Breakfast of Champions (1973).
Here's a quote from the novel (warning: mantra info revealed!):
When Bunny played the piano bar at the Holiday Inn, he had many, many secrets.
One o
Don't believe me? Look here:
http://wallace-id.com/centeroftheuniverse.html
http://wallace-id.com/centeroftheuniverse.html
Fascinating experiment. I hope it works out. Giving people a guaranteed, modest
allowance should *not* be regarded as a charitable handout. On the contrary,
it's a way of emphasising that all of us who are members of a society should be
granted some share in that society's wealth as we all are (
I see Rick is a Libran then.
From a Google search on Libran characteristics I came upon this extract.
Sex with a Libran:Sex is an enchanting, sensual experience, like a sex scene
out of a movie. Lots of gentle rubbing, stroking, caressing. Libras make very
imaginative and creative lovers.
I see Rick is a Libran then.
From a Google search on Libran characteristics I came upon this extract.
Sex with a Libran:Sex is an enchanting, sensual experience, like a sex scene
out of a movie. Lots of gentle rubbing, stroking, caressing. Libras make very
imaginative and creative lovers.
Why try to make Christianity more "feminine"? It is surely a lost cause - even
women priests don't have the nerve to call themselves "priestesses" which is an
honourable name and calling. Isn't it more promising to *supplement* the
Christian faith with a goddess cult with its own rituals? Astart
What you say about the Langudedoc is suggestive. I'm aware of the attempts to
link the Cathars with the rise of the troubadours and involvement of Eleanor
and her daughter with the development of the courtly love tradition. But the
fact that the graft didn't *take* suggests that Christianity is
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