[FairfieldLife] Robes of Silk Feet of Clay
Is Judith American or Swedish? Does anyone know if she was at Estes Park?
[FairfieldLife] How Obama Sold the Farm, the Atlantic
The Obama administration's schizophrenic approach to agriculture policymaking PR gestures toward sustainable farming with one hand while nudging ahead the agendas of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and Dow Chemical with the otherwas on full display this weekend when the President used a recess appointment to install Islam Siddiqui as the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. He was a singularly poor choice, said Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist with the Pesticide Action Network North America. He is the wrong person with the wrong background. We are surprised and very disappointed that President Obama recess-appointed him. There should have been a full Senate vote. It's telling that Obama used the same cynical, behind-the-scenes tactic to secure the Siddiqui appointment that his predecessor used to place judges like Charles Pickering (blocked because of past decisions that some considered racist) on the federal bench. Prior to his appointment, Siddiqui was a vice president and lobbyist for CropLife America, a trade organization representing major corporate players in the agricultural chemical industry. CropLife became known to the public when it berated Michelle Obama for putting in a (horrors!) organic kitchen garden at the White House. The garden is a great idea and the photo op of the First Lady and the local elementary school children digging up the ground was precious, but did you realize that it will be an organic garden? the industry group wrote during Siddiqui's tenure, in a plea to supporters to launch a pro-pesticide letter writing campaign. What message does that send to the non-farming public about an important and integral part of growing safe and abundant crops to feed and clothe the worldcrop protection products. It was part of a career-long pattern of Siddiqui being on the wrong side of sustainable agriculture issues. He played a key role in drafting language (eventually rejected) that would have allowed genetically modified crops, crops treated with human sewage sludge, and crops exposed to irradiation to be considered organic under United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards. In 1999, while at the USDA, he fought against consumer labeling of genetically modified foods, saying it would lead to increased food costs. His nomination was expected to sail through the confirmation process when announced late last year. But it stalled when over 90,000 individuals and nearly 100 consumer advocacy groups representing farmers, environmentalists, religious organizations, and labor rights activists rose up to express their objections. At CropLife, Siddiqui was all about promoting genetic crops and pesticides, Ishii-Eiteman said. When word got out that he had been nominated, it hit a nerve with the public. Given that Siddiqui's employer also chose to diss the First Lady's horticultural philosophy, it might have hit a nerve a little closer to home for the President. As Ishii-Eiteman put it, You have to wonder what kind of dinner conversations they had.
[FairfieldLife] Obama event
Ok, you're in love with Obama. Are you serious about the enlightenment? He hired the former lawyer of Monsanto to head the Food Drug admin.(not to mention that he has not been able to quit smoking).
[FairfieldLife] Obama's Taylor
New food safety bill could crush local food movement by Chris HinyubSat, Apr 17th 2010Next week the Senate will vote on a measure that could potentially extinguish California's local food movement. Lobbied for by multinational agribusiness giants such as Cargill and Monsanto, as well as supported by the pharmaceutical industry, The Food Safety Modernization Act would impose financially crippling and practically useless regulations on family farms and small-scale food processors according to opponents. The bill will require all food growers, regardless of size to keep accessible records, have more accountable monitoring and traceability protocols, and impose a blanket $500 registration fee. This means costly radio frequency identification (RFID chips) implanted in livestock as well as (according to the language of the bill) science based and best practices in agriculture will be mandated. These practices can be arbitrarily determined by the FDA deputy commissioner for foods, Michael Taylor. Interestingly enough, before Taylor found himself in a leading position at the Food and Drug Administration, he went from being Monsanto's attorney, key in the deregulation of genetically modified organisms, to that company's vice president.
[FairfieldLife] Russell Berke, Fairfield healer
Does anyone know anything about Russell Berke, a healer in Fairfield??
[FairfieldLife] My Visit to Seelisberg
Does anyone know if it's possible to stay at the Sonnenberg Hotel in Seelisberg? It was some years ago. There is an Ayur Vedic clinic hotel which I have tried to contact, but have gotten no response back.
[FairfieldLife] Deepakbhai Desai Gyan Vidhi
Has anyone met Deepakbhai Desai and received Gyan Vidhi? He is an Indian in his 50's who occasionally travels west. Some people have gone to India to see him and have been very impressed. Website dadabhagwan.org
[FairfieldLife] Re: I guess this will make Shiva happy...reminds me of a
What is the source of Nityananda saying that none of his diciples were enlightened? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_lives@ wrote: At first, I was very annoyed about the announcement that they intended to build hundreds of these towers of invincibility around the world, at several mil a pop, which seemed only to designed to tell Bevan et al how wonderful they are, and seem foolish when many cities do not have TM centers and MUM and the M. Central University are drastically underfunded. That's certainly part of it, as there are plaques on the sides of the towers saluting TM administrators, but these are really Shiva lingams, and as a wearer of rudraksha who learned TM from a monk in the Shankara (Shiva) tradition, I can't be opposed to that. Building these towers/lingams creates auspiciousness -- doesn't matter what the ignorant public thinks one way or the other. MMY is going to create this influence of Vedic civilization, and there are not enough hillbillies in the world to stop it. http://tinyurl.com/28rojh It's not hillbillies who think it's stupid, it's anyone in touch with reality. I am laughing myself to death . This is the effect of laughter like this, the me is gone in the middle of it. I lost it when I read this one line response Hridaya I'm happy that you found reality with a guru that suggest reading material and meetings for the enlightened to stay enlightened Ron. Now that's real enlightenment, right ? ;-) ouch!:-) The ouch would be questioning the methodology of a guru that has brought 5 to enlightenment since 1999. Nityananda, Guru to Muktananda sadly left his body early declaring that there were none ( and Muktananda is one of his disciples), and this was not long ago. Even in this case, it was probably not an ouch as the methodology was reasonable. The real ouch is where there are none enlightened after a long presence - then in looking at the methodology, it may be quite obvious why this has happened. There are wild things taking place with Gurus these days. Hridaya
[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh and similar buildings
A wing of the building where Mother Divine was in Valkenburg Holland is also not looking so good either, see link: http://www.brandweer-valkenburg.nl/typo/index.php?id=kloostertype=1. It seems that our old buildings either burn or we tear them down, or they just decay. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from a friend: If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh. I had no idea it was abandoned and had become such a ruin! Jai guru deva TS http://www.introtomeditation.com/maharishi_ashram/ note: they call themselves TM students, but their TM is being taught outside the TMO as Vedic Meditation; nevertheless, they also read MMY's gita! Does anyone on FFLife recognize M's asram? (i was never there)
[FairfieldLife] Pundits
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Laura Calvert's DOB?
Laura Ann Calvert Graveside services for Laura Ann Calvert, 56, of Purcell were held Dec. 6, 2005 at Washington Cemetery with the Rev. Doyle Sharp officiating. Services were under the direction of Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell. Ms. Calvert died Dec. 1, 2005 at Purcell Municipal Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1949 in Purcell, the oldest of four children of Thomas Steele Calvert and Laura June Thompson Calvert. She was reared on a farm west of Purcell, near Woody Chapel. She attended Washington schools until her sophomore year when she began attending Purcell schools, graduating with honors in 1967. Ms. Calvert began her college career at East Central University in Ada. For two years she attended East Central and then transferred to the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from OU in 1971 with a degree in business education. Several years later she returned to OU and earned a master's degree in journalism. She worked as a legal secretary most of her life and lived in several different states. Two years ago she moved back to the Purcell-Lexington area to be close to her family. She was an accomplished amateur photographer and freelance journalist. Ms. Calvert had been a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Purcell since 1958. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Jeff and Laura Calvert and Bob and Effie Thompson and one brother, William Jay Calvert in 1969 at age 9-1/2. Survivors include her parents, Tom and June Calvert of Purcell; two brothers, Thomas A. Calvert and his wife, Rohna, and Bob Calvert and his wife, Bobbie, all of Purcell and one aunt, Sue Staggs of Purcell. Memorials may be made to The Susan G. Komen Foundation, Central Oklahoma Affiliate, 1900 NW Expressway, Suite R325, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 or to Trinity United Methodist Church. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote down and then as demanded by her tore up and forgot Laura Calvert's DOB. Hateful person you all know I am, I lied to AMEX when Laura called me after the Washington DC course and told them Laura was my daughter. The AMEX agent could do the math but went along with the ruse. Laura called many times during the course but this time it was because she was stranded in Maryland or Virginia as her car broke down and she was in a jam. She could carry no credit cards as she had gone into significant debt to keep the Austin TM Center open and teach many people for what they could afford. She even taught the garbage man who found her wallet in the trash despite her suspicions to me that he had found it on the sidewalk and subsidized himself. Of course she wasn't raking in the dough available during the Merv Wave. I'd like to sponsor yagna with YBC for Laura to celebrate her change of residence. If forced to I'll find her family and bug them or remember what I forced myself to forget or see if her home town paper published an obit. Receiving a private email from someone with access to the records would be a lot easier. I promise I'll tear it up and forget it when I'm done with it. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Untimely Deaths
Nat is very much alive. Some to add to the untimely list: Denise Robatai Julia Fritz Sharon Welsh Tobi Finebloom Sabine (German lady) all were on Mother Divine. Skip Alexander Debbie Kockel the Purusha guy in the fire --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/12/05 12:39 AM, gullible fool at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Margaret Cooper MS 60 Maybe I'm thinking of a different Margaret Norman, but the one I know, part of the Cambridge center for a while and a resident of my town before moving to ff with husband Norman, was a lot younger than 60. I thought she was 37 or so at the time. Different person. There's also the audiovisual guy who was hit by lightning while hiking up a mountain in Colorado. Also, Goldfaber. Nat is still alive, isn't he? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalki and Jacques Uijen, the former national leader of the Dutch TM Movement
Bhagavan Kalki and his wife Amma are current teachers from southern India who have trained people to offer Diksha. Diksha is most simply put, a teacher putting his hands on the head of someone for a minute or so, and the student receives grace. My first experience of it was that it was pleasant, and since then each experience becomes more and more profound. Pure awareness becomes predominant and while the mind is there (or not), it is not running the show and the identity is not with the mind. Chakras become very enlivened, can be quite ecstatic, and pure consciousness is felt very concretely in the body. Very powerful experiences of the Divine are enlivened. They are the kind of experiences that I have had with the TM program on long courses; they are all experiences consistant with expansion of Self. The Diksha giver is simply a channel for enlivening wholeness. Bhagavan and Amma have taught many Indians, and in the past decade have started teaching westerners as well. They have a 21 day course where people can go after which they can offer Diksha. Check out www.livinginjoy.com if you want to read people's experiences. It seems clear that many people are getting enlightened and the time it takes is not very long. The first westerner who met Bhagavan about 10 years ago says he was in the witness state for quite awhile (as a result of Bhagavan), and when he received his first Diksha about 2 years ago (Diksha just started being offered 2 years ago), he reached the oneness state (our unity) after 4 Dikshas. There have been a few who were enlightened after one Diksha they say. Bhagavan is not looking to be people's guru and does not have alot of teachings. Mainly he wants to offer Diksha, bring people to enlightenment. He says for people to continue with their own religion and teachings. The TM folks I know who are receiving Diksha are having fabulous experiences. I originally went to a Diksha meeting because I heard they could help heal physical aches and pains, and it definately does have a good effect on the body. It really accelerates experience of pure consciousness/the Divine, for me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/2/05 6:14 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) What or who is Kalki? http://www.experiencefestival.com/kalki 2) Where and what is Maharishi's Ashram? Vlodrop 3) What is PK? Is it Panchakarma? Yes 4) What or who is Diksha? A spiritual transmission or Shaktipat they do. 5) Who is David Morgen? An early (wealthy) founder of the TM Movement. Was he mentioned in this post? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: My friend knows Joques well enough so that he called him on a number of ocasions. I saw Joques there at Guru Purnima. To be more acurate, he still lives in MMY's ashram, in house number 7, along with his wife and daughter. There are lots of rumors going around about Joques. I was on PK in Lelystadt and there was Joques. The techs told me he was giving diksha (also spelled deeksha). They said it was good. maybe about half the people in Lelystaddt took diksha, and about 22 people or more from Lelystadt went to india for the 21 day course My friend was receiveing all sorts of info so he called Joques and asked- hey I hear you are no longer in the movement. Joques responded that he just talked to MMY the other day. Joques voluntarily gave up his post, acording to what he told my friend. He told MMY all about Kalki and MMY aparantly said he is fully aware of what is going on there. Joques suppsedly said Kalki offered all that he knows to MMY- MMY responded that now we have our program for peace palaces. Jacques is also on a video for Kalkis group - the head tech at Lelystadt showed it to me. Joques was saying that a friend called him and said - you know, instead of going throough 30-40 years of sadana, you can get instant Enlightenment - this sort of thing So, this is the sentiment that Joques was presenting in the video. also in the video was David Morgen. I would think just as MMY describes how children want to know everyting, many in the movement will want to have a first hand experiece with Kalki. My friend said half the place was loaded with tm ers but I think that is probably an exageration. excuse spelling errors, I dont type as fast as you. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 815-572-5842 http://searchsummit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
[FairfieldLife] Re: Freddie Madeline Fairfield Friday 7:00 Library
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fucking bullshit x 1000. How much does it cost? $15.00 - Original Message - From: andrasayer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:27 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Freddie Madeline Fairfield Friday 7:00 Library Freddie Madeline Fairfield Friday 7/29, 7:00 PM at the Library. Here is a snippet of Freddie's coming to Unity: But before beginning, I must tell that I hesitated to write about my experience, because many will probably not believe me. I have been in a To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Heavenly Mountain sale
From the April 22, 2005 print edition Biz Hills are alive, as Stroud lands mountain deal Dale Gibson Steve Stroud has sold his share of land over the years, but this latest deal is a whopper. Recent Company News » A.M. Pappas Associates » Alltel » Campus Apartments Inc. » Capitol Broadcasting Co. » Dell Inc. » Enloe High School » Exploris Middle School » Golden Corral Corp. » Johnson Johnson » Kilpatrick Stockton » NAI Carolantic Realty » North Carolina Central University » North Carolina Department of Transportation » Peninsula Pharmaceuticals » Physician Leadership Institute » R.H. Donnelley » Raleigh Charter High School » Raleigh-Durham Airport » Skanska USA Building Inc. » Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities » Toll Brothers Inc. » University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Latest News » Cornerstone teams up with Indian company » Touchstone Energy promises at least $500k for education programs » Study: Triangle museums among state's most-visited » Duke buying Cinergy in $9 billion deal » Aeolus narrows net loss More » Companies in the News » People in the News The chairman of NAI Carolantic Realty in Raleigh brokered the sale of 5,700 acres, or 11.66 square miles, of mountain property southeast of Boone for $57 million. The deal closed on April 14, according to county records. Stroud represented the seller, David Kaplan of Kaplan Holdings LLC, which owns much of the 7,000-acre Heavenly Mountain Resort, the largest privately owned land tract in Watauga County. Stroud says The Ginn Co. of Celebration, Fla., plans to build a championship golf course and resort community on the land. Ginn has more than 30,000 acres of land under development in Florida, South Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It's a gorgeous piece of land, Stroud says of the mountain property. And a gorgeous commission check, no doubt. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
