RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-21 Thread Rick Archer
 

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Michael Jackson
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:44 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

 

  

So come on some of you Livingston Manor guys, What was infamous about Wally?

 

Wally was and probably still is a mischievous, fun-loving character. I can 
think of two stories, one of which I witnessed personally, the other of which 
he told me, in which he was riding a motorcycle and managed to elude cops who 
were chasing him. This is while he was already a “Governor”. I was at a party 
once where we spent the whole evening telling hilarious Wally stories. 
Maharishi loved him.

 

  _  

From: Steve Sundur steve.sun...@yahoo.com mailto:steve.sun...@yahoo.com 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

 

  

it sounds like you have a pretty sophisticated game.  I am more of a meat and  
potatoes type player with a lot of slams.  my serve is decent, but nothing too 
special.  and that is funny that you can go for years without playing and then 
almost start where you left off in a matter of a few games.  I am the current 
champion at our Thanksgiving day tournament for about 7 years running now. 
(since it started)

 

From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com mailto:doctordumb...@rocketmail.com  
doctordumb...@rocketmail.com mailto:doctordumb...@rocketmail.com 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

  

My serve is good - very fast, and low. I make good corner shots, and good 
slams, though watch for opponents' spins, too. It is like riding a bicycle. I 
can go years between games and pick it up pretty quickly, again. I used to play 
a lot with a Vietnamese guy, who played Chinese style - back from the table, 
and returned anything. Very rarely beat him. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , 
fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com  wrote:

how's your slam?  do you have a stronger forehand or backhand slam?  or maybe 
you just play far back from the table?

 

From: doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@...  doctordumbass@... 
mailto:doctordumbass@... 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

  

Speaking of side effects from TM, I remember I developed an addiction at El 
Manor that persists to this day, for oranges, and french bread. Also, ping 
pong, but I'm not to the point where I break into people's houses to play.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , 
fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com  wrote:

the course I attended was in Courcheval, France.  I was in Livingston Manor 
sometime after that.  And my memory from Livingston Manor, for the short time I 
was there, was that there was no heat, as has also been related by others.  I 
also remember during that time going into NYC and visiting various U.N. 
Missions to make our speel.  Often we would gain entrée to the ambassador or 
someone of importance.  In my idealism, I thought that really meant something, 
but I soon realized that often it was just something to fill the schedule for 
them.  

 

You know what I can't understand for the life of me.  Why the chicken kebobs 
are so tasteless in NYC.  Sure, they only cost $4.00 or $5.00, but they are 
chewy and bland.  I'd gladly pay $8.00 for one that was more tasty.  These are 
the ones on the street, I'm talking about.

 

From: doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@...  doctordumbass@... 
mailto:doctordumbass@... 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

  

I remember on staff, we had to set up the exercise wheels, and water bottles 
for you CPs, before program. Clean sawdust, too. There was one fellow there, a 
Peruvian, management wouldn't let him anywhere near you guys.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , 
fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com  wrote:

yea, so what?

 

From: s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@...  s3raphita@... 
mailto:s3raphita@... 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

  

I don't know if it's been mentioned on this thread already but one vital point 
Kapor makes about his time on the six-month sidhi course is that he felt he

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread authfriend













Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread Michael Jackson
Oh I understand now - you didn't say spaciness, you just said side effects - 
but I understand now what you meant. 





 From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitchell Kapor
 


  
Yes, as I believe I said, some people have had very serious side effects. 
However, my point was that the spaciness during rounding was generally not 
serious, but the rules about not leaving the facility or making important 
decisions during the course would have made good sense even if that was the 
complete extent of the side effects. IOW, the rules didn't constitute a 
conundrum.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:


I'm not so sure that's true - for me personally the unstressing was something 
that passed by the time of the end of each course, but I have heard of plenty 
of people who had problems long after the courses were over, plus the people 
who were not helped by course leaders and were either kicked off or left on 
their own.





 From: authfriend@... authfriend@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:05 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitchell Kapor
 


  
Except that the side effects Barry mentions aren't harmful as long as you 
follow the course rules. Tthose side effects have dissipated by the end of the 
course (because the rounding has been  tapered down), and all that's left are 
the beneficial effects.

FWIW, Barry's griped about this dozens of times here (and the side effects 
meme is by no means original with him). He makes a huge deal out of very 
little, IMHO. I mean, even exercising for fitness has side effects. Of course, 
you can also be seriously injured during exercise, and apparently some folks 
have had serious side effects as a result of their TM practice. But that isn't 
what Barry is fuming about here.


--- In
 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:


that is an excellent description, Barry - I never thought of TM as a drug with 
side effects but I reckon that is what it is. Like a soma pill, with side 
efects!





 From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 3:30 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitchell Kapor
 


  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote:
 
  So during the course nothing substantive was done for 
  these folks? I mean beyond telling them to do more 
  asanas or something?
 
 Depends on the course. On small ATR courses, no
 nothing in particular was really done. On larger
 courses, they might have been referred to one of
 the resident quacks...uh...I mean doctors. 
 
 But it was clear that no real effort was made to
 help any of these people who were twitching 
 uncontrollably or having symptoms that looked
 for all the world like Tourette syndrome or 
 worse, because the prevailing myth was always
 TM is 100% life supporting. No one was willing
 to go up against that and add, ...for many 
 people, but for others, it may cause problems.
 
 Anyone I ever spoke to who was going through this
 commented on the Blame the victim mentality they
 were exposed to. It was always, What are YOU 
 doing wrong that this is happening to you? We
 all 'know' that it 'shouldn't' be happening.

Just to follow up, Michael, here's the essential
conundrum posed by all of this. I worked for some
time in the West Coast Regional Office of the TMO,
arranging all the weekend and longer residence 
courses. On the one hand, we were told by MMY's
core dogma that TM was 100% life supporting, and
that it could not *possibly* have any negative 
effects. Simply can't happen. 

On the other hand, as part of what we did for the
TMO, we were asked to tell the course leaders and 
course participants that while they were on the
course, they could not drive, they could not even
leave the facility, on longer courses they could 
not go anywhere even on the facility grounds unless 
they were accompanied by their buddy, and that
they definitely shouldn't make any important
decisions while they were on the course because
their judgment might be impaired. 

If a drug had that many admitted side effects,
you wouldn't be able to sell it without a 
prescription. 






 

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread doctordumbass













Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread Steve Sundur
how's your slam?  do you have a stronger forehand or backhand slam?  or maybe 
you just play far back from the table?
 


 From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
   
 
Speaking of side effects from TM, I remember I developed an addiction at El 
Manor that persists to this day, for oranges, and french bread. Also, ping 
pong, but I'm not to the point where I break into people's houses to play. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
the course I attended was in Courcheval, France.  I was in Livingston Manor 
sometime after that.  And my memory from Livingston Manor, for the short time I 
was there, was that there was no heat, as has also been related by others.  I 
also remember during that time going into NYC and visiting various U.N. 
Missions to make our speel.  Often we would gain entrée to the ambassador or 
someone of importance.  In my idealism, I thought that really meant something, 
but I soon realized that often it was just something to fill the schedule for 
them.  
 
You know what I can't understand for the life of me.  Why the chicken kebobs 
are so tasteless in NYC.  Sure, they only cost $4.00 or $5.00, but they are 
chewy and bland.  I'd gladly pay $8.00 for one that was more tasty.  These are 
the ones on the street, I'm talking about.
 


 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I remember on staff, we had to set up the exercise wheels, and water bottles 
for you CPs, before program. Clean sawdust, too. There was one fellow there, a 
Peruvian, management wouldn't let him anywhere near you guys. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
yea, so what?
 


 From: s3raphita@... s3raphita@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I don't know if it's been mentioned on this thread already but one vital point 
Kapor makes about his time on the six-month sidhi course is that he felt he and 
the other participants were being used as experimental subjects. That charge 
carries weight, doesn't it? These early learners were the guinea pigs for the 
TMO developing its course material. 
--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote
I would be surprised if going to this event was OK with the Guardians of the 
Doors to the Domes.

 


 From: dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
 Yeah, the poor aggravated guy.  Of
course we know a lot more now than we did then.  I was on that course
too and it wasn't so bad.  It was great actually.  Would be good now
to also hook someone like that up with a little vipassanaic practice
along with the transcendence and then also cultivating more with that
part in the checking notes about feeling in to the body more.  That
could all be very helpful to anyone going through their time of
acedia.  For instance this person, http://www.timeportalpubs.com/has long been 
very helpful these ways to the meditating
community these ways.  The waking down community here, 
https://sites.google.com/site/wakingdowninfairfield/ has been very helpful 
these ways too for people who suffer this way. Of course you guys left the 
movement long before what it is now as
a meditating community. 
-Buck   

 
 Kapor evidently gets angry and
leaves everything. Story 
 of his life evidently. And, you are using him as a witness 
 against something? You are cherry picking. Did you 
 actually read the Kapor interview through? Rick Archer 
 on his interview show about spirituality, Batgap.com just 
 interviewed a psychiatrist about this kind of thing. This 
 guy Kapor sounds predisposed in life to have problems 
 where ever he goes. 20 minutes twice a day of meditation 
 with liberal pranayama should proly be good enough for 
 him.


Turq writes;
Buck, you (or your altered-state ego) would have been perfectas course 
leaders of long residence courses back then. What-ever course participants 
complain of -- *whatever* it is -- itcan be cured by pranayama and more (or 
less) TM. And I understand. Back when I worked at the Regional Office,I was 
such a TB that the implications of how we were runningthose courses never 
occurred to me. We never -- NEVER -- gaveany thought to what we'd do if 
something serious came up onone of our courses. We had no liability 
insurance, no doctorson call, and no list of what the course leaders should 
actually*do* if someone started heavily unstressing, other than

RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread doctordumbass













Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread Steve Sundur
it sounds like you have a pretty sophisticated game.  I am more of a meat and  
potatoes type player with a lot of slams.  my serve is decent, but nothing too 
special.  and that is funny that you can go for years without playing and then 
almost start where you left off in a matter of a few games.  I am the current 
champion at our Thanksgiving day tournament for about 7 years running now. 
(since it started)
 


 From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
 
   
 
My serve is good - very fast, and low. I make good corner shots, and good 
slams, though watch for opponents' spins, too. It is like riding a bicycle. I 
can go years between games and pick it up pretty quickly, again. I used to play 
a lot with a Vietnamese guy, who played Chinese style - back from the table, 
and returned anything. Very rarely beat him.  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
how's your slam?  do you have a stronger forehand or backhand slam?  or maybe 
you just play far back from the table?
 


 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
Speaking of side effects from TM, I remember I developed an addiction at El 
Manor that persists to this day, for oranges, and french bread. Also, ping 
pong, but I'm not to the point where I break into people's houses to play. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
the course I attended was in Courcheval, France.  I was in Livingston Manor 
sometime after that.  And my memory from Livingston Manor, for the short time I 
was there, was that there was no heat, as has also been related by others.  I 
also remember during that time going into NYC and visiting various U.N. 
Missions to make our speel.  Often we would gain entrée to the ambassador or 
someone of importance.  In my idealism, I thought that really meant something, 
but I soon realized that often it was just something to fill the schedule for 
them.  
 
You know what I can't understand for the life of me.  Why the chicken kebobs 
are so tasteless in NYC.  Sure, they only cost $4.00 or $5.00, but they are 
chewy and bland.  I'd gladly pay $8.00 for one that was more tasty.  These are 
the ones on the street, I'm talking about.
 


 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I remember on staff, we had to set up the exercise wheels, and water bottles 
for you CPs, before program. Clean sawdust, too. There was one fellow there, a 
Peruvian, management wouldn't let him anywhere near you guys. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
yea, so what?
 


 From: s3raphita@... s3raphita@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I don't know if it's been mentioned on this thread already but one vital point 
Kapor makes about his time on the six-month sidhi course is that he felt he and 
the other participants were being used as experimental subjects. That charge 
carries weight, doesn't it? These early learners were the guinea pigs for the 
TMO developing its course material. 
--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote
I would be surprised if going to this event was OK with the Guardians of the 
Doors to the Domes.

 


 From: dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
 Yeah, the poor aggravated guy.  Of
course we know a lot more now than we did then.  I was on that course
too and it wasn't so bad.  It was great actually.  Would be good now
to also hook someone like that up with a little vipassanaic practice
along with the transcendence and then also cultivating more with that
part in the checking notes about feeling in to the body more.  That
could all be very helpful to anyone going through their time of
acedia.  For instance this person, http://www.timeportalpubs.com/has long been 
very helpful these ways to the meditating
community these ways.  The waking down community here, 
https://sites.google.com/site/wakingdowninfairfield/ has been very helpful 
these ways too for people who suffer this way. Of course you guys left the 
movement long before what it is now as
a meditating community. 
-Buck   

 
 Kapor evidently gets angry and
leaves everything. Story 
 of his life evidently. And, you are using him as a witness 
 against

Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread Michael Jackson
So come on some of you Livingston Manor guys, What was infamous about Wally?





 From: Steve Sundur steve.sun...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
 


  
it sounds like you have a pretty sophisticated game.  I am more of a meat and  
potatoes type player with a lot of slams.  my serve is decent, but nothing too 
special.  and that is funny that you can go for years without playing and then 
almost start where you left off in a matter of a few games.  I am the current 
champion at our Thanksgiving day tournament for about 7 years running now. 
(since it started)

From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
 
  
My serve is good - very fast, and low. I make good corner shots, and good 
slams, though watch for opponents' spins, too. It is like riding a bicycle. I 
can go years between games and pick it up pretty quickly, again. I used to play 
a lot with a Vietnamese guy, who played Chinese style - back from the table, 
and returned anything. Very rarely beat him. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
how's your slam?  do you have a stronger forehand or backhand slam?  or maybe 
you just play far back from the table?

From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
 
  
Speaking of side effects from TM, I remember I developed an addiction at El 
Manor that persists to this day, for oranges, and french bread. Also, ping 
pong, but I'm not to the point where I break into people's houses to play.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
the course I attended was in Courcheval, France.  I was in Livingston Manor 
sometime after that.  And my memory from Livingston Manor, for the short time I 
was there, was that there was no heat, as has also been related by others.  I 
also remember during that time going into NYC and visiting various U.N. 
Missions to make our speel.  Often we would gain entrée to the ambassador or 
someone of importance.  In my idealism, I thought that really meant something, 
but I soon realized that often it was just something to fill the schedule for 
them.  
 
You know what I can't understand for the life of me.  Why the chicken kebobs 
are so tasteless in NYC.  Sure, they only cost $4.00 or $5.00, but they are 
chewy and bland.  I'd gladly pay $8.00 for one that was more tasty.  These are 
the ones on the street, I'm talking about.

From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
 
  
I remember on staff, we had to set up the exercise wheels, and water bottles 
for you CPs, before program. Clean sawdust, too. There was one fellow there, a 
Peruvian, management wouldn't let him anywhere near you guys.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
yea, so what?

From: s3raphita@... s3raphita@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
 
  
I don't know if it's been mentioned on this thread already but one vital point 
Kapor makes about his time on the six-month sidhi course is that he felt he and 
the other participants were being used as experimental subjects. That charge 
carries weight, doesn't it? These early learners were the guinea pigs for the 
TMO developing its course material.
--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote
I would be surprised if going to this event was OK with the Guardians of the 
Doors to the Domes.


From: dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Mitchell Kapor
 
  
 Yeah, the poor aggravated guy.  Of
course we know a lot more now than we did then.  I was on that course
too and it wasn't so bad.  It was great actually.  Would be good now
to also hook someone like that up with a little vipassanaic practice
along with the transcendence and then also cultivating more with that
part in the checking notes about feeling in to the body more.  That
could all be very helpful to anyone going through their time of
acedia.  For instance this person, http://www.timeportalpubs.com/has long been 
very helpful these ways to the meditating
community these ways.  The waking down community here, 
https://sites.google.com/site/wakingdowninfairfield/ has been very helpful 
these ways too for people who suffer this way. Of course you guys left the 
movement long before what it is now as
a meditating community.
-Buck

Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread Steve Sundur
I have no first hand info about him.  Or even second hand for that matter. 
Third hand I vaguely recall he was a character
 


 From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
   
 
So come on some of you Livingston Manor guys, What was infamous about Wally?
 


 From: Steve Sundur steve.sun...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
it sounds like you have a pretty sophisticated game.  I am more of a meat and  
potatoes type player with a lot of slams.  my serve is decent, but nothing too 
special.  and that is funny that you can go for years without playing and then 
almost start where you left off in a matter of a few games.  I am the current 
champion at our Thanksgiving day tournament for about 7 years running now. 
(since it started)
 


 From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
My serve is good - very fast, and low. I make good corner shots, and good 
slams, though watch for opponents' spins, too. It is like riding a bicycle. I 
can go years between games and pick it up pretty quickly, again. I used to play 
a lot with a Vietnamese guy, who played Chinese style - back from the table, 
and returned anything. Very rarely beat him.  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
how's your slam?  do you have a stronger forehand or backhand slam?  or maybe 
you just play far back from the table?
 


 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
Speaking of side effects from TM, I remember I developed an addiction at El 
Manor that persists to this day, for oranges, and french bread. Also, ping 
pong, but I'm not to the point where I break into people's houses to play. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
the course I attended was in Courcheval, France.  I was in Livingston Manor 
sometime after that.  And my memory from Livingston Manor, for the short time I 
was there, was that there was no heat, as has also been related by others.  I 
also remember during that time going into NYC and visiting various U.N. 
Missions to make our speel.  Often we would gain entrée to the ambassador or 
someone of importance.  In my idealism, I thought that really meant something, 
but I soon realized that often it was just something to fill the schedule for 
them.  
 
You know what I can't understand for the life of me.  Why the chicken kebobs 
are so tasteless in NYC.  Sure, they only cost $4.00 or $5.00, but they are 
chewy and bland.  I'd gladly pay $8.00 for one that was more tasty.  These are 
the ones on the street, I'm talking about.
 


 From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I remember on staff, we had to set up the exercise wheels, and water bottles 
for you CPs, before program. Clean sawdust, too. There was one fellow there, a 
Peruvian, management wouldn't let him anywhere near you guys. 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
yea, so what?
 


 From: s3raphita@... s3raphita@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
I don't know if it's been mentioned on this thread already but one vital point 
Kapor makes about his time on the six-month sidhi course is that he felt he and 
the other participants were being used as experimental subjects. That charge 
carries weight, doesn't it? These early learners were the guinea pigs for the 
TMO developing its course material. 
--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote
I would be surprised if going to this event was OK with the Guardians of the 
Doors to the Domes.

 


 From: dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Mitchell Kapor
  
  
 Yeah, the poor aggravated guy.  Of
course we know a lot more now than we did then.  I was on that course
too and it wasn't so bad.  It was great actually.  Would be good now
to also hook someone like that up with a little vipassanaic practice
along with the transcendence

RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mitchell Kapor

2013-09-20 Thread doctordumbass