With Yahoo Groups shutting down, a critical moment in the history of
man/womenkind, a friend asked me to pass along a post (as she is no longer
subscribed toFFL) as part of the global celebration of this new seismic global
phasetransition.
The forthcoming post in a day or two hence, is a
Hi,
1) Will FFL Still be archived and accessible on Mail-Archive.Com after Dec 15,
2020?
2) The FFL archives appear to only go back to about March 2005. Some great
conversations occurred in the three or so years prior to that. Does anyone know
of a way to access those?
Thanks.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
Global investors managing $32tn issued a
I see that the Search post function appears to no longer be available on Yahoo
groups. Or am I missing it somehow?
Text Search box hs reappeared. I must have had a temporary glitch in my
browser. Or was at some intermediate state of Yahoo groups, with all features
not fully loaded.
Some cheery Sunday morning news.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/02/world-verge-climate-catastophe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/02/world-verge-climate-catastophe
On Sunday morning hundreds of politicians, government officials and scientists
will
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/16/theres-no-such-thing-as-humane-meat-or-eggs-stop-kidding-yourself
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/16/theres-no-such-thing-as-humane-meat-or-eggs-stop-kidding-yourself
USDA data on the number of animals per farm in the US suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/taxing-red-meat-would-save-many-lives-research-shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/taxing-red-meat-would-save-many-lives-research-shows
Taxing red meat would save many lives and raise billions to pay for
https://whttps://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/11/how-we-lost-our-love-milk-altww.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/11/how-we-lost-our-love-milk-alt
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/nov/11/how-we-lost-our-love-milk-alt
a quarter of us now consider ourselves “meat reducers”. In
From the second article that Doug posted. That's sad -- having hiked daily in
high Alp hillside pastures after lunch on courses in Switzerland, and seeing
the beautiful herds.
In Switzerland, where the herds are led to the high pastures in summer to
graze, the drought has stranded
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/calcium-and-milk/calcium-full-story/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/calcium-and-milk/calcium-full-story/
A useful calcium article. Amngst other insights, higher levels of calcium
US has over 10% Meditators and Hatha Yoga Practitioners
US population is 325.7 million, 35 million meditators is over 10%.
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/8/18073422/yoga-meditation-apps-classes-health-anxiety-cdc
US has over 10% Meditators and Hatha Yoga Practitioners
US population is 325.7 million, 35 million meditators is over 10%.
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/8/18073422/yoga-meditation-apps-classes-health-anxiety-cdc
a follow-up on calcium daily requirements ...
Given the below more real-world daily calcium requirement of around 500 mg of
calcium cited in the Harvard Health article, this can be fairly easily met with
a vegan diet.
Good to keep in mind also that magnesium is also a very important
Yes, plant-based diet is good for the earth, climate change, ecosystems,
bio-diversity, defense costs, national security, lifestyle opportunities,
national/world medical costs, budget deficits and national debt, livelihoods,
etc.
However, it is not a question of doing good for the earth by
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-refuses-white-house-move-to-block-youth-climate-change-lawsuit_us_5bdcf6c7e4b01ffb1d025519
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-refuses-white-house-move-to-block-youth-climate-change-lawsuit_us_5bdcf6c7e4b01ffb1d025519
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth
Avoiding meat and dairy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/migrant-caravan-causes-climate-change-central-america
And climate change is worsening the fate of farmers, and contributing to
climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds
The Living Planet Index, produced for WWF by the Zoological Society of
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss/?utm_term=.c1570d937213
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss/?utm_term=.c1570d937213
By Ben Guarino
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report
snips
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2018/sep/12/greenland-antarctic-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise-science-climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2018/sep/12/greenland-antarctic-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise-science-climate
The strange science of melting ice
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/07/is-the-earth-really-that-doomed/533112/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/07/is-the-earth-really-that-doomed/533112/
Are We as Doomed as That New York Magazine Article Says?
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a36228/ballad-of-the-sad-climatologists-0815/
WHEN THE END OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IS YOUR DAY JOB
Among many climate scientists, gloom has set in. Things are worse than
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html
The Uninhabitable Earth
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could
wreak —
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/04/carbon-emissions-negative-emissions-technologies-capture-storage-bill-gates
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/04/carbon-emissions-negative-emissions-technologies-capture-storage-bill-gates
“A2F is the future,” says Holmes,
Why You Don’t Want More CAFOs in Jefferson County
1. Property Values Plummet Near CAFOs
Property values of residences drop up to 40 percent near factory farms.
(Colorado State University study of Iowa properties).
2. People Living Near CAFOs Experience Health Problems
Neighbors
The Explosion of CAFOs in Iowa and Its Impact on Water Quality
and Public Health
https://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2018docs/180125-CAFO.pdf
https://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2018docs/180125-CAFO.pdf
Great! That's my favorite kind.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a22627850/global-water-crisis
Excellent article on growing water problems across the world
Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20
years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change?
FF Water Department
1.Where does our water come from?
We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer.
http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2017/11/01/everything-you-need-to-know-about-climate-tipping-points/
http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2017/11/01/everything-you-need-to-know-about-climate-tipping-points/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/halfway-boiling-city-50c
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/halfway-boiling-city-50c
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/heat-next-big-inequality-issue-heatwaves-world
Many spiritual organizations have "back room" stuff that is sanitized, kept out
of sight of new members -- but can be disarming when revealed. For me it's an
ethical question that should be addressed in non-dual orgs ethics efforts such
as Rick is pursuing. Organizations should be encouraged to
They only have part 1 posted covering 5 questions (first one, "describe 7
states of consciousness").
On video, Haiglin said more than tens of thousands are learning TM in US each
month, with many more world- wide. Sounds high. Does anyone have monthly or
annual US and world TM course
Excellent post.
It's this sort of vision of FF that has prompted me to resettle in FF. It
would be wonderful if the person conveying these thoughts, and friends, could
participate in FairfieldLife and help illuminate further how things are
unfolding in the community.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/31/chinas-most-populous-area-could-be-uninhabitable-by-end-o
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/31/chinas-most-populous-area-could-be-uninhabitable-by-end-of-centuryf-century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1vrO6iL0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1vrO6iL0U
Fro the HBO series the Newsroom from around 2014
Some research on the effects of meditation on cognitive biases.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797613503853
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797613503853
In the research reported here, we investigated the debiasing effect of
mindfulness meditation on the sunk-cost
Some research on meditations influence on Five Factors of Personality. Some
changes (not huge or transformational), particularly in reduced neurotic trains
(anxiety, etc) which make sense given other studies that show that meditation
tends to dampen activity of the Default Mode Network
Rick’s ethics article raises the question as to whether non-dual awakening
results in spontaneous perfected, ethical actions. Some teachers and
organizations have claimed this, or some variation of it, though there appears
little empirical or even anecdotal evidence supporting such claims.
There is a lot more randomness in the universe than we realize. Its common to
be "fooled by randomness" as our minds seek to see patterns and connections
that do not in reality exist.
https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto-ebook/dp/B001FA0W5W
I am simply suggesting that some better levels of validation would be useful
when teachers make claims about their attainments and the effectiveness of
their methods to enable students to achieve the same.
If a teacher is not making such claims, then validation is not an issue.
Using
"However, clearly Science does not yet have a measurement handle on shakti in
the human psycho spiritual body. MRI’s, EEG’s, blood chemistry and such as
tools are yet way too coarse"
People can have lots of shakti and not be enlightened. Measuring shakti is not
the primary objective. fMRIs
"However, clearly Science does not yet have a measurement handle on shakti in
the human psycho spiritual body. MRI’s, EEG’s, blood chemistry and such as
tools are yet way too coarse"
People can have lots of shakti and not be enlightened. Measuring shakti is not
the primary objective. fMRIs
I submitted this over 12 hours ago and it did not post. Retry.
A core ethical issue for the non-dual community is whether teachers are
offering something of value, if they are delivering what they promise, and if
they can speak with high veracity and confidence supporting these claims.
A core ethical issue for the non-dual community is whether teachers are
offering something of value, if they are delivering what they promise, and if
they can speak with high veracity and confidence supporting these claims. That
is,
a) have they achieved the states and live the attributes
Mind-warping Potential of Fake Video
And the technology is evolving quickly
https://gizmodo.com/deepfake-videos-are-getting-impossibly-good-1826759848 —
via face-swapping software — a puppeteer [is realistically faked] for Obama’s
face. Not too long ago, this type of software was limited
It's changing all of our lives, globally its devastating the planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth
Interesting article, particularly if you are familiar with the "didn't see the
gorilla" psych experiments.
https://aeon.co/essays/are-humans-really-blind-to-the-gorilla-on-the-basketball-court
https://aeon.co/essays/are-humans-really-blind-to-the-gorilla-on-the-basketball-court
"In the
Its good to hear that the broader spiritual community remains vibrant /
growing. Beyond the TM community, what sort of groups and interests are
becoming more popular and prominent?
Something is rotten, not sure its Sweden
This clip is posted by Paul Joeseph Watson, editor at large of InfoWars --
owned by Alex Jones. The site is notorious for disinformation.
https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/infowars
https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/infowars
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk
I was not predisposed to look for an angle to criticize -- or to extol.
The article covered a number of points, many promising, to explore further. I
am hopeful that the reality of Ram Dev's work and his enterprises live up to
the promise. However, there may also be some cautionary
https://www.bloomberg.com/search?query=ramdev
https://www.bloomberg.com/search?query=ramdev
Excerpts:
Twenty-three years ago, when he was a poor young yoga instructor living at the
foot of the Himalayas, Baba Ramdev pledged to spend the rest of his life as a
sanyasi—a Hindu ascetic. He
It's sad to hear of Jerry's passing. However, I imagine he might be the first
to gracefully recast his insight and reality -- that "there was never a time
when I or you did not exist, there will never be a time when we cease to
exist", crafted in an uplifting and mirthful way -- with his
Doug wrote "Always latent though is a fear of a possibility that someone else,
another ‘spiritual teacher’, might come along and take members off in some
theatre of moral panic, a narcissism, that might be larger than their
administrative state can hold back." I find this a paradox.
Duality is born of fear.
Corollary perhaps is Unity is born from a state of no fear.
Nice.
Gives me a better sense of current MUM student body. (though I realize this is
not a random sample, but a selection of students who make a good impression.)
Are the students much involved in FF community life -- or more isolated to the
campus?
I noticed post or link to new
Thanks. This and prior post on ILC are helpful. They confirm my sense of ILC.
It may be good for at some later point for a retreat period. However, for now,
I want to get to know the community and explore FF. Living in town works better
for me for that.
For housing rentals, I have been
This is wonderful stuff.
(I ask constructively and with optimistic interest and intent), how much
progress is being made on these themes and initiatives? I appreciate that
people may enthusiastically brainstorm good ideas at a meeting. How much is
being systematically thought through,
Thank you for your responses. The information and insights that you provide are
helpful.
Regarding the administration's areas of concerns, such as non-MV Yagyas, I
assume these are present tense concerns -- and not concerns for some minor
things in the past.
I understand the admin
Doug H wrote:
"guidelines for Dome group meditation membership were not directly taken up or
responded to at the Phoenix Rising meeting.
In the preliminary meetings leading up to the Phoenix Rising meeting it was
summarily expressed that the leadership feels for the status quo, that
Hello,
In browsing posts on FFL, I came across a link to ILA. I have some questions
and hope to engage in a conversation about ILA.
The ILA site shows artist rendition of future campus. The "future campus"
makes it sound like something planned. However, other material on the site
make
63 matches
Mail list logo
