Israel successfully launches Ofek 7 spy satellite
Jun. 11, 2007 5:21 | Updated Jun. 11, 2007 7:58
In the face of Iran's race to obtain nuclear weapons and predictions that war
with Syria is on the horizon, Israel strengthened its foothold in space
pre-dawn Monday and successfully launched a
John Hogue
Rogue Scholar/Author:
Friends,
I began setting down predictions for this new year back in November of the
last. Much has already happened and keeps happening at such a velocity that I
cannot keep pace with the changes. Thus, before feverish history runs ahead too
far for my
Sigh.
It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it?
We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL
until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things
to their level again.
Back in the trash bin with Flay-again. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL
A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip
But does it come with a remote?
I'll take the Samadhi 3000 with a bliss twist.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0306422B-
E7F2-99DF-3809798634B2D416chanID=sa003
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip
But does it come with a remote?
And, more important, who gets to decide *which*
memories to implant? Therein lies the rub.
Asimov's Laws of Robotics and how easily they
would come
On Jun 11, 2007, at 8:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
And who gets to determine what samadhi *is*, in
terms of memory patterns? Would you want the TMO
in charge of that project? :-) Or any other
spiritual tradition, for that matter?
I would not want a chip implanted period!
Until meat-based
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello group,
Since being in touch with Rick lately, I followed 2 threads- is that
what you call them? I read all the comments about Guru Dev's
deathbed
instructions, and also comments about Maharishi's latest comments
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sigh.
It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it?
We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL
until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things
to their level again.
snip
I would never be so
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
I would never be so silly as to believe that there
was such a thing as one truth, let alone try to
express it. I'll leave that to you...
snip
First, although [Bruce Cockburn] holds strong personal
beliefs
jstein wrote:
Barry. Read the context. This had to do with
something Rory said. I had to give some of
the backstory, or the connection wouldn't
have made any sense.
I'm sorry it embarrasses you, but them's
the breaks, I'm afraid.
It's almost always about Barry.
hetu-dvayaM hi cittasya vaasanaa ca samiiraNaH.
tayor vinaSTa ekasmiMs tad dvaav api vinashyataH.
tayor aadau **samiirasya jayaM** kuryaan naraH sadaa!
Yoga May Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders
By E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporter Thu Jun 7, 11:46 PM ET
THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Yoga's postures, controlled
breathing and meditation may work together to help ease brains plagued
by anxiety or depression, a new study shows.
Brain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I heard SSRS use these very words.
I've often found that the highest practices are often the most simple
practices.
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
I would never be so silly as to believe that there
was such a thing as one truth, let alone try to
express it. I'll leave that to you...
So, the one truth for you, Barry, is that it's
Your guru ends the message of trying to draw Maharishi down into the
mud with:
I WELCOME YOU ALL WITH GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT.
What a joke...
I forwarded this comment to Swami G and this is the reply:
G when it comes to the antics of Mahesh Yogi, this Guru is not laughing -
when so
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
I didn't see it, and haven't been following the
series closely, but I just finished reading an
article in which
The Murderous Church of Rachel Carson
By Eli Lehrer
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 11, 2007
One hundred years after her birth in May of 1907, it's difficult to
underestimate Rachel Carson's influence. Unfortunately, it's all bad.
That hasn't stopped her from remaining an academic deity to the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
I thought it was genius.
The most perfect, best way to end it. I was on my feet cheering.
As for your
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
willytex@ wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
I would never be so silly as to believe that there
was such a thing as one truth, let alone try to
express it. I'll
On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite
feed. I even rewound it on the DVR to see if there was a glitch.
Aside from being a really great mob genre series, Chase did some
very interesting things with The Sopranos. And the thing that
stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter nastiness
and depravity of the mob.
I'm referring specifically to the tendency of Hollywood to glorify
On Jun 11, 2007, at 12:37 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
The ending was absolutely wonderful and I'm as pleased as punch to
see that Chase shocked everyone with it. Best ending I've ever seen
to a series!
Naw, Six Feet Under had a better ending.
On Jun 11, 2007, at 12:27 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
I didn't see it, and haven't been following the
series closely, but I just finished reading an
article in which the creator of the series said
that he ended the series that way on purpose,
to *avoid* the closure that many people wanted
If that
TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip
But does it come with a remote?
And, more important, who gets to decide *which*
memories to implant? Therein lies the rub.
Asimov's Laws of Robotics
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Aside from being a really great mob genre series, Chase did some
very interesting things with The Sopranos. And the thing that
stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter
nastiness and depravity of
Peter wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're
--- Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the
Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of
closure.
Get the Yahoo!
--- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the
Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of
closure.
I thought it was genius.
The most perfect, best
--- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aside from being a really great mob genre series,
Chase did some
very interesting things with The Sopranos. And
the thing that
stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat
the utter nastiness
and depravity of the mob.
I'm referring
I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The
universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you
created it, everything out there. The reason why your universe
doesn't interfere with mine is for the same reason that two
flashlight beams of light crossing one
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
In the case of this situation with Maharishi, and the deathbed
instructions, I am simply no longer used to speculating about what
happened because in my camp here, I pick up the phone, or send an
email and the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sigh.
It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it?
We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL
until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things
to their level again.
Poor Barry's ego. It
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Peter
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:43 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of
Judy: First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind
ceasing to exist; then you say when the mind ceases to exist at the
end of the mantra trail, there can be no finding of the Absolute. Huh??
Edg: Let the poetry begin. Shotgun time. Hopefully a pellet or two
will hit the target. I
I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your guru ends the message of trying to draw Maharishi down into
the
mud with:
I WELCOME YOU ALL WITH GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT.
What a joke...
I forwarded this
Ron, please forward this to Swami G.
I my judgment of MMY was solely based on his
behavior I too would doubt the legitimacy of him and
his teachings. I agree with you, and there are many
others also in the TMO that see his behavior as
strange, to say the least. But while I have this
surface
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The
universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you
created it, everything out there.
What happens when you die? Does that mean that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I'm not a great fan of Maharishi it is my understanding that TM
was not taught by Guru Dev but that it was given to Maharishi by him.
Even MMY does not actually say this literally. MMY speaks of guru dev
as the
Rick Archer wrote:
A new member signed up several days ago and at first opted to get the daily
digest but then changed it to individual emails, but she's still not getting
individual emails. Another member went on vacation and changed his setting
several days ago to no emails, yet he's still
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Went to that site and checked it out. I also have read what you
posted
from your Guru about Maharishi.
While I'm not a great fan of Maharishi it is my understanding that
TM
was not taught by Guru Dev but that it was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
[snip]
My meditater wife has also seen Guru Dev's expression change in a
photo we have of him, AND spoken [telepathically] with him - and she's
only
Vaj wrote:
On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite
feed. I even rewound it on the DVR to see if there was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie msilver1951@
wrote:
I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The
universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you
created it,
(snip)
I'd class it at the same level of veracity as the guys
on my TTC who said, when we complained about the dyna-
miting next door to our hotels, Maharishi has *definitely*
been told about the dynamite, and he told me to tell you
that you shouldn't mind it. He's working on resolving the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
(snip)
I'd class it at the same level of veracity as the guys
on my TTC who said, when we complained about the dyna-
miting next door to our hotels, Maharishi has *definitely*
been told about the dynamite, and
Hubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
The earliest known publication containing details of the philosophy of
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is a book entitled 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas', long
since out of print and as rare as hen's teeth. It was conceived as a souvenir
of an event in South India,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
willytex@ wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
I would never be so silly as to believe that there
was such a thing as one truth, let alone try to
express it. I'll
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
I heard SSRS use these very words.
MMY says much the same thing, of course.
I've often found that the highest practices are often the most
simple
Maharishi continued his address to the Second Annual David Lynch
Weekend held 25-28 May at Maharishi University of Management in
Fairfield, Iowa, USA by describing the plans for bringing Vedic
Pandits to create peace in various parts of the world.
He said, 'So ... people are being selected in
Thinking about Cala Millor got me to remembering
things from that course, and I remembered the
exploding door incident. I was not present at
the time, but fellow course participants I ate
with most every night were, and here's how they
described it: This guy came down for a meal
lookin' pretty
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The Murderous Church of Rachel Carson
By Eli Lehrer
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 11, 2007
snip
In the wake of the book, however, DDT faced a near-total worldwide
ban. In the developed world, where alternatives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thinking about Cala Millor got me to remembering
things from that course, and I remembered the
exploding door incident. I was not present at
the time, but fellow course participants I ate
with most every night were,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff rorygoff@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams
willytex@ wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
I would never be so silly as to believe that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Aside from being a really great mob genre series, Chase did some
very interesting things with The Sopranos. And the thing that
stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter
nastiness
and depravity
On Jun 11, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Vaj wrote:
On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote:
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's
last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure.
We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite
feed.
(snip)
The dynamite never bothered me at all, and many
others. Really. It bothered a few people, and I
guess they're the ones who had talked to the course
leaders about it and been given a Go away, every-
thing is being taken care of story.
But, don't you see the metaphor of this
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Judy: First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind
ceasing to exist; then you say when the mind ceases to exist at the
end of the mantra trail, there can be no finding of the Absolute.
Huh??
Edg: Let the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Coming from my Guru, it was said there is a tradition where a Guru was
appointed Guru by their Guru. Furthermore, Maharishi did not take full
Sanyas vows, or full vows within the tradition of GuruDev. Maybe he
was a secretary?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
(snip)
The dynamite never bothered me at all, and many
others. Really. It bothered a few people, and I
guess they're the ones who had talked to the course
leaders about it and been given a Go away, every-
Hello,
I am forwarding a reply from Swami G to some of the comments:
G i don't know enough about Byron Katie to comment - so will stay
silent on this.
As far as the other comments are concerned - if they have gotten
something from
TM GREAT, if they remain in balance and not in confusion
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@
wrote:
Aside from being a really great mob genre series, Chase did
some
very interesting things with The Sopranos. And the thing that
stands out
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie msilver1951@
wrote:
I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The
universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you
created it,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
shempmcgurk@
wrote:
Aside from being a really great mob genre series, Chase did
some
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-)
I doubt it. I've come across Swami G several times in the past few
years, and it's always been in a context of conflict. She has a very
dualistic and fundamentalist
I believe that light, being the first expression from consciousness is
the constant for all the forces that follow, gravity,
electromagnetism, strong, weak, etc., all being variations on light
itself.
Of course, you're aware that light, in the
sense of the sense of sight, is a special
case
Note: I am forwarding a response from Swami G to the last post. There
is a mixture of comments from me and also the poster. Me = T ( short
for Tanmay which is my spirital name given at diksha), *= the poster,
and G = Swami G:
T: Coming from my Guru, it was said there is a tradition where a Guru
I thought the ending more aptly simply reflected all of life-you never
know what is going to happen next and this ending, with all the
possibilities presented, and then cutting to black, was just that-the
great mystery/surprise of what might happen next.
KH
--- In
---That's why Brahman is a paradox. Can't be fit into either - or.
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote:
Judy: First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind
ceasing to exist;
I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-)
* I doubt it. I've come across Swami G several times in the past few
years, and it's always been in a context of conflict. She has a very
dualistic and fundamentalist mindset about spiritual rights and wrongs
G dualistic and fundamentalist ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mathatbrahman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
---That's why Brahman is a paradox. Can't be fit into either - or.
The thing about Brahman, as Ken Wilber points
out, is that It is One without a second, One
without an opposite. If you say It is X, that
means It is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Loving what *IS* may be different than loving what is -
Yes, what appears to be the remnants of dualism. I'm finding as we
inquire into and integrate our self-righteously scripted reactions
around warmongers, liars, false
Judy writes: snipped
The thing about Brahman, as Ken Wilber points
out, is that It is One without a second, One
without an opposite. If you say It is X, that
means It is not not-X, which gives not-X an
existence independent of Brahman; it gives
Brahman an opposite, a second.
TomT:
Brahman is that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Again, we've often found Byron Katie (Loving what IS) to be very
useful in helping the divisive mind to catch up with Us :-)
http://www.thework.com/index.asp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@
wrote:
[snip]
You haven't watched any of the Sopranos. I've pretty
well seen all 86 episodes.
Go watch, say, 15 of them and THEN come back and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I can't deny my own experience.
I am a TM teacher who has directly experienced Guru Dev during TM
initiations and otherwise. I know of at least 7 other people,
three of
them TM initiators who have said they also
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
shempmcgurk@
wrote:
[snip]
You haven't watched any of the Sopranos. I've pretty
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote:
Loving what *IS* may be different than loving what is -
Yes, what appears to be the remnants of dualism. I'm finding as we
inquire into and integrate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So...you were dependent on Maharishi for answers for awhile, and
now
you are dependent on someone else for answers?
ANSWER IN CAPS SO YOU FIND MY TEXT,
That's weird, Ron, 'cuz I didn't find anything...:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi, I agree with the ultimate perfection of what you have said here.
On the other hand I also enjoy the play of moving from that false-
intellect to the Real, again and again and again. There seems to be
a natural
Robin lived in Fairfield for some time is a midwife volunteering her time,
for many years, in Indonesia.
My dear friends, I wanted to share this email with you. It is from Robin Lim
who runs two clinics I Bali. Please forward this on to everyone you know.
It is such a worthy cause! I will
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@
wrote:
Hi, I agree with the ultimate perfection of what you have said
here.
On the other hand I also enjoy the play of moving from that
false-
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
shempmcgurk@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Note: I am forwarding a response from Swami G to the last post.
There is a mixture of comments from me and also the poster. Me = T (
short for Tanmay which is my spirital name given at diksha), *= the
poster, and G = Swami G:
Looks like a better browser than IE7, but does not support Yahoo's
newest mail, so I have to use both IE7 and Safari:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/technology/12apple.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk
shempmcgurk@
wrote:
snip
How anyone -- anyone! -- can form an opinion about a show
that they
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