[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip Careful, Ravi. You haven't been here long enough to know that saying something

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: http://tinyurl.com/4y3jf8v I mean, how'd you like to have that image inhabiting your nightmares and daydreams? Could you think clearly if that was the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: All our experience is subjective, even that of the outside objective world about which we construe facts. What appear to us to be facts. I know of no law that says we have to either keep the experiences we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardjwilliamstexas willytex@... wrote: So my thesis is that subjective experience *in itself* is a selfish act that is of no use to anyone else in the world... So, we can believe something is true based on what we see and what we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: All our experience is subjective, even that of the outside objective world about which we construe facts. What appear to us to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: snip Turq writes. He says certain things. Sometimes he seems to take viewpoints opposite of what he wrote about before. He seems to imply he has a choice in what he does, and his flip flops are an expression

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: All our experience is subjective, even that of the outside objective

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
If, so it's another Turq flip-flop, since Turq recently proclaimed to be a non-believer in a transcendental experience. Go figure. Xenophaneros Anartaxius: All our experience is subjective, even that of the outside objective world about which we construe facts... So, we get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: A selfish act seems to imply will. The decision to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Ravi: I should clarify when he uses the term subjective experiences he is referring to claims of enlightenment and spiritual experiences... Maybe so, but the idea of 'enlightenment' comes from the verbal testimony of others, not from observation, or from subjective experience. People

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Bob Price
One of the many things I love about Turq'sand Judy's writing, besides the punctuation, is that neither of them abuse adverbs or adjectives. I'll bet money they can both cook as well.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: One of the many things I love about Turq'sand Judy's writing, besides the punctuation, is that neither of them abuse adverbs or adjectives. I'll bet money they can both cook as well. Oh, I get it. You're on commission for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: Whoa, just a point to clarify here, since you and I have been down this road before. Just because I suspect that there might not be the free will it feels as if we have, does not mean I think God is conducting the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
turquoiseb: He may, in fact, be the one writing this post Obviously Barry is in a state of denial. Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread authfriend
(This may be a duplicate; the first try hasn't shown up, and it's been hours.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip H. I'm getting the feeling that even Ravi is smart enough to realize that the fantasy image involved here is what Judy *hopes* I see her

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Bob Price
...@yahoo.co.uk To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 10:52:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: One of the many things I love about Turq'sand Judy's writing, besides

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: (This may be a duplicate; the first try hasn't shown up, and it's been hours.) Yahoo's having issues again. I'm seeing posts arrive in my gmail feed today that were sent yesterday.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-05 Thread Bob Price
...@yahoo.co.uk To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 5, 2011 10:52:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: One of the many things I love about Turq'sand Judy's writing, besides

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread Ravi Yogi
Wow this is the first time I'm reading a message of yours that seems to include words such as sadhana, spiritual practice, belief, shakti, transcendence with positive connotations without bashing the usual suspects. Good luck and enjoy your time there !!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: One of Rama's one-liners was that Writers write to figure things out. He not only expected us to do this -- everyone was encouraged to keep a Journal in which you recorded your spiritual experiences and thoughts -- he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Wow this is the first time I'm reading a message of yours that seems to include words such as sadhana, spiritual practice, belief, shakti, transcendence with positive connotations without bashing the usual suspects. So

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: Wow this is the first time I'm reading a message of yours that seems to include words such as sadhana, spiritual practice, belief, shakti, transcendence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: So my thesis is that subjective experience *in itself* is a selfish act that is of no use to anyone else in the world. But taking that experience and then occultly finding a way to express the inexpressible somehow, to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip Careful, Ravi. You haven't been here long enough to know that saying something good about me can land you on the Enemies List. Judy? I wouldn't worry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
So my thesis is that subjective experience *in itself* is a selfish act that is of no use to anyone else in the world... Ravi Yogi: You are indeed right... Huh? It all depends on what you mean by knowledge and what you mean by belief. Knowledge means having reasons, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-04 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardjwilliamstexas willytex@... wrote: So my thesis is that subjective experience *in itself* is a selfish act that is of no use to anyone else in the world... Ravi Yogi: You are indeed right... Huh? It all depends on what you mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're trying to impress anyone, or gain strokes from anyone, but because it's writing,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
Honeymoons are great aren't they? Those first few days of bliss. Have to see how things look in about a month. How those folks you are so pleased with now, look after a month, and you to them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Anyway, that's why I'm enjoying this other forum. Everybody knows this, and puts some impeccability into what they write. Not because they're trying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Writing As Spiritual Practice

2011-07-03 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: That's not exactly true. I have decided that many posters on this forum are not *worth* reading. I may check them out occasionally just as a kind of guilty pleasure, in the same way that people who like to present themselves