Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mailto:punditster@... wrote : What if you woke in the morning and you found out that your house was on Google Earth and Google Maps and Google Street View? No

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What if you woke in the morning and you found out that your house was on Google Earth and Google Maps and Google Street View? > On 7/8/2014 8:29 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: My house is on google street view. Anyone can see

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What if you woke in the morning and you found out that your house was on Google Earth and Google Maps and Google Street View? My house is on google street view. Anyone can see it from all sorts of angles. "Beneath its slick interface and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke in the morning and you found out that your house was on Google Earth and Google Maps and Google Street View? "Beneath its slick interface and crystal clear GPS-enabled vision of the world, Google Maps roils with local rivalries, score-settling, and deception. Maps are dotted wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that thousands of child refugees were swarming over the Mexican-American border? What if you found out that the children were trying to join their parents in the U.S.? And, what would you think about deporting thousands of refugee children ba

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and found out that the IRS hard drives had been smashed by Sasquatch and that Space Aliens were invading earth and trying to steal your iPod and iPad? "The latest to weigh in on the lost emails controversy is the head of the International Association of Infor

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up one morning and you found out that the rooster overslept and so you woke up late? > On 6/26/2014 2:23 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: What if you woke up one morning and found out that the borders of the U.S. had not been secured? "Obama administration officials claim the fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up one morning and found out that the borders of the U.S. had not been secured? "Obama administration officials claim the frontier is more secure than ever..." 'Immigration reform's first hurdle: Is the border secure?' Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-ff-

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that the IRS had become weaponized? "...if the administration didn't target opponents, that would mean the IRS has become corrupt all on its own." Go figure. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/380812/bureaucrats-bureaucrats-bureaucrats-jon

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and found out that the IRS was incompetent? 'However, Rep. Scott Desjarlais, R-Tenn. pointed out that $10-to-30 million was not much compared to the $89 million the IRS paid in bonuses last year, including $1 million to employees who actually owed back taxes.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and found out that the civil war in Iraq and Syria had spread to Jordan? "The Syrian civil war is no longer the Syrian civil war. It’s a regional war that started in Syria, has expanded into Lebanon and Iraq, and has drawn in the Iranians and to a lesser exte

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and went to school and you told your teacher that the dog ate your homework? > On 6/20/2014 1:28 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that the FBI was going to subpoena all your Google searches on your home compute

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and there was a Tweeter block? > On 6/23/2014 11:49 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: What do you mean by "if". Don't you watch the news?

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What do you mean by "if". Don't you watch the news?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

I just noticed the latest Gallup Poll. Obama sank bellow G W Bush and even Carter in favorability rating. Highest of living presidents was Clinton with 64%, followed by GHW Bush with 63%. Next was W at 53% and Carter with 52%. Obama brought up the tail with 47% but he still has another year and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that the U.S. had lost the war on terrorism and that terrorists had taken over half of the Middle East? What if you woke up one morning and you found out that instead of beating al Qaeda back, it had doubled in size? What if you woke up in

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that the FBI was going to subpoena all your Google searches on your home computer and mobile devices looking for searches about /how to destroy your hard drive?/ http://www.bloombergview.com/irs-conspiracy/

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

/What if/ you woke up one morning and found out you were being audited by the IRS and that two years of your emails to the agency, which might prove your case, were found to be missing because of a computer hard drive crash; and what if seven other agency hard drives had crashed at the same tim

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

Ann, thanks for the article. Richard I had the thought during program that I bet nano technology could be used to make these pipelines even safer than they are, maybe even more photogenic! On Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:50 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

On 6/19/2014 10:35 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Richard, why would Canada complete a pipeline to deliver oil to Asia rather than to its own citizens and the US? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-gateway

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

On 6/19/2014 9:41 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Richard, why would Canada complete a pipeline to deliver oil to Asia rather than to its own citizens and the US? > The Keystone pipeline is still under environmental review by President Obama until after the 2014 mid-

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Richard, why would Canada complete a pipeline to deliver oil to Asia rather than to its own citizens and the US? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-gateway-ottawa-s-green-light-for-enbridge-has-many-in-b-c-seeing-red-1.2

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Richard, why would Canada complete a pipeline to deliver oil to Asia rather than to its own citizens and the US? On Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:00 AM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   What if you woke up in the morning and the price for a gallon of gas

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up in the morning and the price for a gallon of gasoline at the pump was at $10.00? What if you woke up in the morning and you found out that Canada had almost completed a pipeline to deliver oil to Asia instead of to Canada and the U.S.? What if you woke up in the morning and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What If?

What if you woke up one morning and the IRS had lost all your records and all your emails for the last two years? What if six IRS hard drives had crashed and all the records were just gone, disappeared? I wonder what would happen to the IT guy in charge of the servers at the IRS data center? Wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Barack Obama had been aborted?

This stat is worse than the victims of the Aztecs for their sacrifices to their gods. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > United States Abortion Statistics 54,559,615 abortions 1973–2011 > Reported abortions in the United States, by year > > > The Alan Guttmacher Ins

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > What is truly funny (and kinda sad) is that it was JUDY > > who suggested to turqb that he consider a career in writing > > after he posted his story of Clint Eastwood and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 04/15/11 02:39, turquoiseb wrote: > > A new FFL "posting week" looms, and I think we all > > know what to expect. A certain someone will try -- > > as she does every week -- to diss several people > > she never gets tired of dissing. Whi

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

Of Barry's 17 posts so far this week, 12 (70 percent) were spent dissing TM supporters, *all* of them portraying the supporters as stupid or gullible or fanatical or something else demeaning *for the crime of believing something different than he does*. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquo

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

turquoiseb: > Some folks are so attached to their their beliefs > that they cannot help but react to anyone who > believes something different by trying to "get" > them... > So, you "believe" this to be true and it's "getting to you", so you want to get them before they get to you? You just gave

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > A new FFL "posting week" looms, and I think we all > know what to expect. A certain someone will try -- > as she does every week -- to diss several people > she never gets tired of dissing. While doing this > she will try to draw othe

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > Apparently posted without a trace of irony on his part... No irony nor self-insight :- > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > A new FFL "posting week" looms, and I think we all > > know what to expect.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

> > A certain someone will try -- as she does every > > week -- to diss several people she never gets > > tired of dissing... > > Bhairitu: > I suspect that certain someone goes through life > picking fights anyway. Most likely on other places > than just FFL... > This is your 'dissing'? Very

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > What is truly funny (and kinda sad) is that it was JUDY > who suggested to turqb that he consider a career in writing > after he posted his story of Clint Eastwood and the holy > socks on alt.meditation.transcendental. I suspect that he

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

What is truly funny (and kinda sad) is that it was JUDY who suggested to turqb that he consider a career in writing after he posted his story of Clint Eastwood and the holy socks on alt.meditation.transcendental. I suspect that he has forgotten who first publicly told him to go for it... Lawso

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

Apparently posted without a trace of irony on his part... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > A new FFL "posting week" looms, and I think we all > know what to expect. A certain someone will try -- > as she does every week -- to diss several people > she never gets tire

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > So, it looks like, with Judy's help, we've corrected > all the misinformation spread around here by all > these discredited TM Teachers and well-poisoners. If that were true, why does she need to replay the same old arguments day after

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

> > But what if no one piled on...? > > nablusoss1008: > Judy simply disintegrate your attempts with > her piercieng insights exposing your vain > plans for everyone to see... > So, it looks like, with Judy's help, we've corrected all the misinformation spread around here by all these discre

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if they gave a pile on party and no one came?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > But what if no one piled on? Wouldn't it be neat to > read FFL for a whole week without having to plow > through the same old boring crap discussions we've > all already heard a hundred times? Yet another desperate message fro

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Bush had done that?

> > Snubbing the Dalai Lama. > > Robert wrote: > I guess people in Texas, have to think that Bush > is some kind of hero, right? Just a little slow... > You've obviously got a prejudice against Texans Robert, that's the point. Just like you've got a prejudice against women and people of color.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Bush had done that?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > "A four-hour stop in New Orleans, on his way to > a $3 million fundraiser. > > Snubbing the Dalai Lama. > > Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers. > > Freezing out a TV network..." > > Full story: > > 'What if Bush had do

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Chopra had been our Maharishi? (Chopra enters Zone of Power)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter L Sutphen wrote: > > Wow! What strange speculation, all wind and fury signifying > nothing. I mean really, what if a frog was guru dev's disciple. > What problems that would have created. Plenty. Surely you haven't missed that both Rick and Nabby hav

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Chopra had been our Maharishi? (Chopra enters Zone of Power)

Peter, Jealous cuz I didn't ask the question about your rip-off-the-losers-from-Maharishi's-clan guru, SSRS? Just askin'. You've never done a man-up on that issue. I've challenged you several times here about your face jumping from Maharishi's hot crotch to the flaming sizzler you're nuzzlin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What if Government Ran Health Care?

On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:42 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex wrote: "It's really exciting giving up health choice to these corrupt? politicians and their bureacratic drones. Can't wait to become a total ward and meat-puppet of the State." Read more: 'W

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if Government Ran Health Care?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex wrote: > > "It's really exciting giving up health choice > to these corrupt? politicians and their bureacratic > drones. Can't wait to become a total ward and > meat-puppet of the State." > > Read more: > > 'What if Government Ran Health Care?' >

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > > wrote: > > > I couldn't have made your obsession any more > > > obvious than you just did in the paragraph

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In Fairfi

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 > > wrote: > > > > > At least you don't makes posts asking Sal about her vibrator. > > > > > > http://groups.ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 > wrote: > > > At least you don't makes posts asking Sal about her vibrator. > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/204532 > > > > You simply post your fantas

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > >> > Translation: Judy is

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:56 AM, satvadude108 wrote: > > > > > That didn't take long. > > > > > > Your first post back and you gratuitously bash Turquoise B. > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > Not quite. Notice that Barry is so overcome with > > euphoria that ed11 lost track of how many posts > > she'd made that he has now missed the fact of his > > wildly

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 wrote: > At least you don't makes posts asking Sal about her vibrator. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/204532 > > You simply post your fantasies about Turq, worms, and > sadomasochistic masturbatory practices. > > ht

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > satvadude wrote: > > Your first post back and you > > gratuitously bash Turquoise B. > > > Your first post back and you > gratuitously bash Judy. LOL! > Yep. Have another prairie-dog taco with shrooms and GFY willytex.

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:56 AM, satvadude108 wrote: > > > That didn't take long. > > > > Your first post back and you gratuitously bash Turquoise B. > > > > Ever stop to think you are the one harboring elaborate > > fantasies? ed11 sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

satvadude wrote: > Your first post back and you > gratuitously bash Turquoise B. > Your first post back and you gratuitously bash Judy. LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Not quite. Notice that Barry is so overcome with > euphoria that ed11 lost track of how many posts > she'd made that he has now missed the fact of his > wildly erroneous date twice, even after Sal > highlighted it for him. She knew.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:56 AM, satvadude108 wrote: That didn't take long. Your first post back and you gratuitously bash Turquoise B. Ever stop to think you are the one harboring elaborate fantasies? ed11 sure posts a lotta deluded nasty . At least you don't makes posts asking Sal about her vi

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Translation: Barry is *ecstatic* to be free of the > agony of having ed11 kick him around for a few days. > He's now planning all the posts he'll make > demonizing ed11 while she's not here to respond, > while salivating at his elabo

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > On the other hand, there is sometimes a value > > > in following the "right action" (rules) of an > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > [ed11 wrote:] > > > > however the goal is actually reached by > > > > TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, whet

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > [ed11 wrote:] > >> however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, > >> whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is > >> the TMO ideals

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

> Translation: Judy is obsessed with Barry. I leave FFL for months on end when I'm traveling > or otherwise busy but when I do check in, there it is, as sure as death and taxes: Judy > obsessing about Barry in nearly every post. Good thing she spins herself out so quickly > every week! > I neve

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > [ed11 wrote:] > > > however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, > > > whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is > > > the TMO id

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > See you after midnight GMT Friday, September > > 23rd, hon. > > If only. Wow, I missed that. He really *is* out of his mind with joy.

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: [ed11 wrote:] however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is the TMO ideals of living a Vedic life. depending on our path, the dogma must be absolutely tra

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > [ed11 wrote:] > > however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, > > whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is > > the TMO ideals of living a Vedic life. depending on our path, the > > dogma must b

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > On topic: The problem with personal experience is our resistance to acknowledging the possibility of mistake, of cognitive errors. People Know their experience was meaningful and why would they want to hear that it was ordinary? Off top

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > -Depends on how you define DOGMA. Ramakrishna remained a devotee of > Kali after Self-Realization (Aurobindo - the Divine Mother, > likewise); and Ramana remained a devotee of Arunachala Shiva. Would > these relationships be "dogmas"?

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

-Depends on how you define DOGMA. Ramakrishna remained a devotee of Kali after Self-Realization (Aurobindo - the Divine Mother, likewise); and Ramana remained a devotee of Arunachala Shiva. Would these relationships be "dogmas"? -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

i want to make a point here about enlightenment-- "vaj" argues below that he can both follow the dogma, and be -partially- enlightened. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. unlike what his teachers have taught him (read $$$ and power for THEM), the experience of enlightenment is one of total freedom and comp

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

exactly what i would expect you to say-- in other words you want to keep your cake (ego) and eat it too! perfect-- you are proving my point every time you open that itty bitty little mouth of yours! right on-- thank you again, my servant "vaj"!:) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

no problem hon-- had some good stuff to say-- as "vaj" just demonstrated, timing is everything-- have fun without me! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > with any technique of transcendence, there comes a point where the > > devotee must make a choice, going with con

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

> with any technique of transcendence, there comes a point where the > devotee must make a choice, going with continuing dogmas, or going > for realization; enlightenment, at ALL COSTS. > > it is safe and easy to fool ourselves into thinking if we continue > to do "right action", as defined by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:33 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:02 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:02 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > > however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, > > whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is the > > TMO ideals of living a Vedic life. >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:02 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: however the goal is actually reached by TRANSCENDING THE DOGMA, whether it is the Buddhist ideals of compassion or whether it is the TMO ideals of living a Vedic life. It sounds like you lack an experiential understanding of the diffe

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

> > Years ago I posted to Usenet several comments > > describing my experience searching for the > > mysterious and legendary substance, the so-called > > 'magic' mushroom, mentioned by Carlos Casteneda > > in his great book about don Juan, 'A Yaqui Way > > of Knowledge'... > > off wrote: > T

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

with any technique of transcendence, there comes a point where the devotee must make a choice, going with continuing dogmas, or going for realization; enlightenment, at ALL COSTS. it is safe and easy to fool ourselves into thinking if we continue to do "right action", as defined by the ego, th

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

TurquoiseB wrote: > Research on enlightenment conducted by believers > in the religious or spiritual nature of enlight- > enment is *always* going to be bogus, because > the believers seemingly cannot divorce their > beliefs from what they are investigating... > But what about research conducted by

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: Sam Harris is also a resource in this area. Thanks for the info. > > > On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:52 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > I do think that good scientific methodology can transcend (dare I use > > the term?) a researcher's bias. You ju

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:52 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I do think that good scientific methodology can transcend (dare I use the term?) a researcher's bias. You just need some oversight in structuring it from a more impartial party. It doesn't surprise me that the people with the biggest belief

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > That > the traditional understanding of the states of mind brought about by > meditation and other "spiritual" techniques are NOT best understood by > people from the past who tended to filter everything through their Uga > Booga

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > In other words, "scientists" investigating a > > purely drug-related experience would not be > > tempted to project "God" or "perfection" onto > > reports of that experience. But believers in all > > of the historical religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

> In other words, "scientists" investigating a > purely drug-related experience would not be > tempted to project "God" or "perfection" onto > reports of that experience. But believers in all > of the historical religious or "spiritual" spec- > ulations about what such an experience "means" > will

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > WHAT IF THERE WERE A DRUG THAT: > > What if someone slipped you such a drug without you knowing > it and it produced all of the experiences listed above. > > Would you be able to distinguish what you were experiencing > from what you

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Psilocybin research fits pretty well. > > > > uns wrote: > > "What if..." enquiry should have included > > the message "...without turning the subject > > into a deluded acid head". > > > Some western people just can't de

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > WHAT IF THERE WERE A DRUG THAT: > > > > * Activated the part of the brain that scientists now > > associate with a person having subjective experiences > > of a spiritual nature... > > > Years ago I po

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

--Trichocereus pachanoi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_pedro_cactus Contains mescaline. A cutting of only a few inches will be fine. No need to overdo it. Just get a sharp knife and remove the leathery skin; but scrape off the dark colored plant cells adhering to the inside of the skin, pla

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, metoostill wrote: > > OK, if Maharishi said it's OK, then it's on the program. According to > Erowid my buds (pun intended) and I need at most a pound and a half, fresh. > So I figure a 6-7 foot

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, metoostill wrote: OK, if Maharishi said it's OK, then it's on the program. According to Erowid my buds (pun intended) and I need at most a pound and a half, fresh. So I figure a 6-7 foot cutting ought to do it. I assume you serve this just like nopalitos. As a

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Psilocybin research fits pretty well. > > > > uns wrote: > > "What if..." enquiry should have included > > the message "...without turning the subject > > into a deluded acid head". > > > Some western people just can't de

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--thx. San Pedro cactus is legal and available as a "botanical specimen", should anybody want some. (but I haven't had any in decades). I'll stick to whatever chemicals my body produces along with the herbals such as curcumin that have a rejuvenating (but non psychotropic) effect on the brain

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yifuxero wrote: > Your Neo-Advaitin admonitions such as > "Just Be" don't hold much water in the > face of your own experience > Maybe, but after all, the ancient Vedic Rishis used to drink the Soma and the recipe was lost thousands of years ago, before they even got to India, but that has

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> > Psilocybin research fits pretty well. > > uns wrote: > "What if..." enquiry should have included > the message "...without turning the subject > into a deluded acid head". > Some western people just can't deal with the idea of people getting spiritual by ingesting plant substances like the a

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--Willytex, this is most interesting! But isn't there a downside? (I'll let you answer for yourself): you won't be able to teach this as a route to Unity. It's like making a pact before incarnating, something like "OK, I'm getting close to Unity and need one final stimulus. Practicing TM fo

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > WHAT IF THERE WERE A DRUG THAT: > > Already being done: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1075840 > > Psilocybin research fits pretty well.

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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > WHAT IF THERE WERE A DRUG THAT: Already being done: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1075840 Psilocybin research fits pretty well. > > * Activated the part of the brain that scientists now > associate with a pers

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT IF?

TurquoiseB wrote: > WHAT IF THERE WERE A DRUG THAT: > > * Activated the part of the brain that scientists now > associate with a person having subjective experiences > of a spiritual nature... > Years ago I posted to Usenet several comments describing my experience searching for the mysterious

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