[FairfieldLife] Matthew 20:16 ...polloi gar eisin kletoi oligoi de eklektoi

2008-01-05 Thread cardemaister
Just noticed that the last clause of Matthew 20:16 16 So the last [e.g. Obamians?] shall be first, and the first [e.g. Bushians?] last, *for many are called, and few chosen.*' ...has been removed from all Finnish translations after 1776.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lisa_pendarvis lisa_pendarvis@ wrote: Higher states is a word I picked up here, so I do not define it, it is not my word to define. If you want to know the reason

[FairfieldLife] Re: A world without time (for Lisa et al)

2008-01-05 Thread lisa_pendarvis
[ Anyway, we are curious as to how you were able to perceive this experience. Was it through meditation? Or, was it a spontaneous event? Can you tell us about it? ] Hello John, No, it was not triggered by meditation, I have never done that, I am not even really sure what mediation is or

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread lisa_pendarvis
Thank you for all that TurquoiseB, sorry I do not know your name. Yes I agree with what you say there, for I too am more interested in this world not that `world' for it is all connected up anyway, this thing, level of our being, is all about life, and no matter where life exists, it is not

[FairfieldLife] What was it like?

2008-01-05 Thread lisa_pendarvis
What was it like? When they ask me what this particular spontaneous mysterious experience was like then the best I can do really is to refer to a file which I found some years ago on an American website about Exceptional Human Experiences, where this person described it all really well, but he

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2008-01-05 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Exegesis.rtf Uploaded by : lisa_pendarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Mystical Reunion and the Knowledge of Self You can access

[FairfieldLife] a new Yahoo chat group

2008-01-05 Thread lisa_pendarvis
Maybe somebody ought to start up a new Yahoo chat group specifically about these deep type of mysterious life enhancing experiences where people could share their stories of personal experiences, for they cannot be so rare as to not warrant such a forum. But all you seem to get on these kind of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Matthew 20:16 ...polloi gar eisin kletoi oligoi de eklek...

2008-01-05 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 1/5/08 2:18:55 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just noticed that the last clause of Matthew 20:16 16 So the last [e.g. Obamians?] shall be first, and the first [e.g. Bushians?] last, *for many are called, and few chosen.*' Ummm, Bush isn't

[FairfieldLife] Hillary booed in NH

2008-01-05 Thread MDixon6569
_Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner - Swampland - TIME_ (http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/01/hillary_booed_at_nh_democratic.html) **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/4/08 11:44:55 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: oh, this is so interesting. Some seem very defensive of the assertion that Obama is (correct or not) a Muslim. Would that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary booed in NH

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner - Swampland - TIME_ (http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/01/hillary_booed_at_nh_democratic.html) ~A right wing freak does herself a favor and deprograms from Hillary hate~ You

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 1/5/08 6:31:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Positive proof? I certainly see no positive proof you aren't a blatant racist, Dixon. You appear to be still fighting the Civil War... on the losing side. Are you equating being a blatant racist

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/08 6:31:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Positive proof? I certainly see no positive proof you aren't a blatant racist, Dixon. You appear to be still fighting the Civil

[FairfieldLife] Re: File - FFL Guidelines.txt

2008-01-05 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too destructive of the open FFL discussion culture. ie, 'this group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone' How 'bout taking it back down towards 30. 4 or 5 posts a day on average is plenty most of the time. 40 a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: I have seen pieces on the Internet that say he is and I have also seen denials. typically wingnut logic -- let's see, all these science PhDs are saying evolution is true, but then there is also this christian home schooling

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2008-01-05 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Meditation Techniques/9 levels of shamatha 2.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Nine levels of shamatha

Re: [FairfieldLife] What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Vaj
On Jan 4, 2008, at 3:34 PM, lisa_pendarvis wrote: I would be interested to hear what people learn by way of meditation. If they come to learn all kinds of different things then what could be said to be perhaps the most profound and illuminating thing which they learn, and as to how that

[FairfieldLife] Re: a new Yahoo chat group

2008-01-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lisa_pendarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe somebody ought to start up a new Yahoo chat group specifically about these deep type of mysterious life enhancing experiences where people could share their stories of personal experiences, for they cannot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/5/08 6:31:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Positive proof? I certainly see no positive proof you aren't a blatant racist, Dixon. You appear to be still fighting the Civil

[FairfieldLife] Re: File - FFL Guidelines.txt

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too destructive of the open FFL discussion culture. ie, 'this group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone' How 'bout taking it back

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: I have seen pieces on the Internet that say he is and I have also seen denials. typically wingnut logic -- let's see, all these science PhDs are

[FairfieldLife] Jimmy Carter's segregated church

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
I'm working on memory here so I may be wrong but with all this talk of fundamentalist Christians and the White House, I seem to recall that DURING THE TIME HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Carter still attended (when he was in Plains) and was still a member in good standing of a Baptist Church in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Carter's segregated church

2008-01-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on memory here so I may be wrong but with all this talk of fundamentalist Christians and the White House, I seem to recall that DURING THE TIME HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Carter still attended (when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Obama is a Muslim to some extent. Obviously he's a thinker and has explored his spiritual roots to some degree, and that means that some morals were first driven home to him -- willy nilly -- by Muslim dogma. Well, no,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Michelle v. Hillary

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) It will be interesting to see the Obamas with the Putins or the Prime Minister of Israel and his wife. My question is the world ready for AMerica to Have an African AMerican President??? (snip) Yes it will be interesting, to see a man who transcends race and brings the truth

[FairfieldLife] Re: File - FFL Guidelines.txt

2008-01-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too destructive of the open FFL discussion culture. ie, 'this group has long

[FairfieldLife] Re: File - FFL Guidelines.txt

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip From what I've read, Obama's Christian fundamentalism is frightening enough. Makes him and the Huck-meister look like two peas in a pod. Uh, not hardly. Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ, one of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ [snip] Even Hillary! Gosh, don't forget the high-five that Bill and Hill gave each other as they sat on Billy Graham's stage a few years back

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2008-01-05 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Meditation Techniques/Wallace-Samatha.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : The Buddhist Tradition of

[FairfieldLife] Nais bends and hammer-ons!

2008-01-05 Thread cardemaister
Jimi plays Dutch national anthem?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNbInT9TD4feature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Vaj
On Jan 4, 2008, at 7:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think people both seek and find experiences like you are describing through meditation. Language of subjective experiences is so imprecise that you will find people who feel that their experiences are similar and some who will insist that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 1/5/08 6:31:11 A.M. Central Standard Time, do.rflex@ writes: Positive proof? I certainly see no positive proof you aren't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip From what I've read, Obama's Christian fundamentalism is frightening enough. Makes him and the Huck-meister look like two peas in a pod.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks for weighing in Vaj, I know you have given this topic a lot of thought. Your example illustrates my point. I could relate each point to my own experiences in meditation. So an admitted cretin like me, who has never trained in what you might consider to be advanced meditation, feels

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nais bends and hammer-ons!

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jimi plays Dutch national anthem?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNbInT9TD4feature=related First I thought Jimi looked really wasted. Then I thought I saw him bending the neck of the guitar so I realized I must

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Query below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brazil indeed has its *very serious* problems, massive crime and corruption being right up there on top. The Grand Canyon of an income gap between the rich and poor here is probably the root cause.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi Effect'/Allowed Obama to Win'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
We used to think That the Maharishi Effect Was 1% of the population doing TM Would bring peace and reduction of crime To communities But now FairFieldLife's poet laureate Nimble Gimble Informs us that The Maharishi Effect is actually By voting heavily for Ron Paul As did Fairfield and environs At

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy Stein goes tolerance shopping with Billy Graham

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) In 1972, Graham agreed with Nixon that our nation's problems lie with the satanic Jews. Both accused Jews of dominating the media, one of the oldest anti-Jewish canards. Graham went on to blame Jews for putting out pornographic stuff. He told Nixon that the Jewish stranglehold

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
This is just silly, Shemp, typical of you. I hold no brief for Billy Graham. I was simply correcting your erroneous notion that he's a nutjob fundamentalist (just as I corrected your equally erroneous notion that Obama is a fundamentalist). Your research skills leave a great deal to be desired.

[FairfieldLife] Islam in the NYTimes Sunday Book Review

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
This week's Book Review section of the New York Times is devoted to books and essays about Islam, from a variety of perspectives: http://tinyurl.com/yxy8fv Along with reviews of books on the sociopolitics and history of Islam, there's an article on the first complete English translation of the

[FairfieldLife] Judy Stein goes tolerance shopping with Billy Graham

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
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[FairfieldLife] 'Maharishi Effect'/Allowed Obama to Win'

2008-01-05 Thread Robert
Now let's extend that beautiful energy to NH; And then across the rest of the country. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
Sounds pretty good to me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip From what I've read, Obama's Christian

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Vaj
On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:40 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Thanks for weighing in Vaj, I know you have given this topic a lot of thought. Your example illustrates my point. I could relate each point to my own experiences in meditation. So an admitted cretin like me, who has never trained in what you

[FairfieldLife] Best Red House cover I've seen and heard?

2008-01-05 Thread cardemaister
Gary Moore plays Jimi's infamous Red House (and seems even a bit mischievous near teh end?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul thread -- one question, one answer, one thread

2008-01-05 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
Dear, dear Robert Who do you think Israel Will fare better under Your beloved Obama Or Your disdained Hucky? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's wonderful to watch Mike divide the Republican Party. All of the right-wingnuts hate him... He will

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
FWIW, from Wikipedia: When the tapes [of Graham's conversations with Nixon] were released, Graham apologized for his remarks, stating that although I have no memory of the occasion, I deeply regret comments I apparently made ... They do not reflect my views, and I sincerely apologize for any

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear, dear Robert Who do you think Israel Will fare better under Your beloved Obama Or Your disdained Hucky? Huckabee reminds me of a snake oil salesman. I really wouldn't trust him with a nickel. Obama is

[FairfieldLife] How logic works in Judy World

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Nothing you've posted in response contradicts anything I wrote. Perhaps (as is so often the case), you didn't actually *read* what I wrote. You might try doing that before you comment further. Oh, of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, from Wikipedia: When the tapes [of Graham's conversations with Nixon] were released, Graham apologized for his remarks, stating that although I have no memory of the occasion, I deeply regret comments I

[FairfieldLife] 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Robert
It's wonderful to watch Mike divide the Republican Party. All of the right-wingnuts hate him... He will greatly help the Obama candidancy. Edwards helps Obama by stirring up the anger against the powers that be. Hillary helps Obama by contrasting empty rhetoric she has, With

[FairfieldLife] 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Robert
It's wonderful to watch Mike divide the Republican Party. All of the right-wingnuts hate him... He will greatly help the Obama candidancy. Edwards helps Obama by stirring up the anger against the powers that be. Hillary helps Obama by contrasting empty rhetoric she has, With

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul thread -- one question, one answer, one thread

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk

[FairfieldLife] A really interesting question for the New Year

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
The Edge Annual Question — 2008 When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's faith. When facts change your mind, that's science. WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY? Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Query below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Brazil indeed has its *very serious* problems, massive crime and corruption being right up there on top. The Grand Canyon of an

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
This is really interesting topic Vaj. I'll have to give it more thought. I also read the article you posted by Wallace. (before zipping off to Parez Hilton's site to check on any Britney updates. I'm deep like that!) I've been spending a little time with Jon Kabat-Zinn's books and occasionally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Query below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Brazil indeed has its *very serious* problems,

[FairfieldLife] Re: How logic works in Judy World

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Nothing you've posted in response contradicts anything I wrote. Perhaps (as is so often the case), you didn't actually *read* what I

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Dear, dear Robert Who do you think Israel Will fare better under Your beloved Obama Or Your disdained Hucky? Huckabee

[FairfieldLife] Re: A really interesting question for the New Year

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Edge Annual Question — 2008 When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's faith. When facts change your mind, that's science. WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND

[FairfieldLife] Re: How logic works in Judy World

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] Nothing you've posted in response contradicts anything I

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Dear, dear Robert Who do you think Israel Will fare better under Your beloved Obama Or Your disdained Hucky? Huckabee

[FairfieldLife] Re: Best Red House cover I've seen and heard?

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Moore plays Jimi's infamous Red House (and seems even a bit mischievous near teh end?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0feature=related Great post Card, thanks! Like guitar gods, he is throwing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks much for the reply, it sounds like a good place to be for many reasons, not the least the opportunity to get a significant pointview for a triangulation in your own life. I have relatives in Argentina but have never visited S.A. anywhere, an omission I'd enjoy deleting. I really

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) Well, then, consider it a plus that you can vote in U.S. elections and I can't. Well, then, consider the possibility of an Obama Presidency: Imagine him taking the oath of office to become President... Imagine a United States of America, that has evolved enough to elect someone like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Vaj
Hey Curtis: On Jan 5, 2008, at 12:44 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: This is really interesting topic Vaj. I'll have to give it more thought. I also read the article you posted by Wallace. (before zipping off to Parez Hilton's site to check on any Britney updates. I'm deep like that!) Leave

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: [snip] I think he will insure a peaceful Israel more than any other And continue to ignore the Palestinians so the USA continues to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: A world without time (for Lisa et al)

2008-01-05 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lisa_pendarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ Anyway, we are curious as to how you were able to perceive this experience. Was it through meditation? Or, was it a spontaneous event? Can you tell us about it? ] Hello John, No, it was not

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) Well, then, consider it a plus that you can vote in U.S. elections and I can't. Well, then, consider the possibility of an Obama Presidency: Imagine him taking the oath of office to become

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Angela Mailander
I, too, have not felt this energy since the Kennedy's and since Martin Luther King. So will Obama get himself assassinated also? But there are other, more serious considerations: Personal charisma is nice, but is it enough? Certainly it will be nice for American leadership not to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Danny Sheehan was here in Ff recently and, while he thought Obama would make a great president in a few years, he also thought it would be better now for Obama to be Edward's vice presidential running mate.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Turq abt Judy

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
It really is hard to tell whether Angela is being deliberately dishonest or is simply unable to keep track of a conversation. Obviously she's missed yet another of my posts, headed ATT: ANGELA. It's #159772 on the Web site. The one before that, the repost about her gross misreading-- headed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: File - FFL Guidelines.txt

2008-01-05 Thread Bhairitu
dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too destructive of the open FFL discussion culture. ie, 'this group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone' How 'bout taking it back down towards 30. 4 or 5 posts a day on average is plenty

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] But will he be independent of corporate fascism--someone on this list has expressed serious doubt, insisting that any vote for anyone other than Paul is a vote for that egregiously evil system and its

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 1/5/08 8:00:39 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, everone who's been involved in Obama's life since birth can verify that he was never a muslim and has in fact been a practicing christian his entire adult life, but then there are these

Re: [FairfieldLife] Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-05 Thread Bhairitu
Marek Reavis wrote: Can't help but comment on tonight's speeches. Edwards was good, Clinton was better (IMO) and very gracious, and Huckabee was really excellent and presented himself as a very good, compassionate and intelligent man, sincerely so, I really liked him. But Obama

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trailer for the best movie of the year

2008-01-05 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: Sorry, I'm a tad obsessed: http://youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKf0K3bxg Unfortunately for so many good films this is the feast time of the year and the rest of the year we'll get famine since the idiot studios put their best stuff out to be considered for awards. I always enjoy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Angela Mailander
I think something I have learned through meditating is my approach to teaching English. I don't want to bore anyone with the details, but I'll say enough about it so that you can get why meditation had anything to do with it. In the forties and fifties of last century, linguistic science

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Turq abt Judy

2008-01-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:12 PM, authfriend wrote: It really is hard to tell whether Angela is being deliberately dishonest or is simply unable to keep track of a conversation. Obviously she's missed yet another of my posts, headed ATT: ANGELA. It's #159772 on the Web site. The one before that, the

Re: [FairfieldLife] What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Bhairitu
lisa_pendarvis wrote: I would be interested to hear what people learn by way of meditation. If they come to learn all kinds of different things then what could be said to be perhaps the most profound and illuminating thing which they learn, and as to how that comes to help shape their lives

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
One is surrounded by zombies who haven't realized reality but occasionally you run into someone who is aware. This doesn't mean that the zombies are bad people but spend any amount of time with them and they can drag you down. Not to be overly PC about this ... but we really prefer the terms

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread Angela Mailander
Judy writes (snipped): Well, he was obviously in on the plot to install Bush for a second term by having the Democrats run somebody who wouldn't be able to beat him. Well, that is one explanation of all the possible ones, but I don't know that it's so obvious, nor that it is THE explanation.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for the best movie of the year

2008-01-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: Sorry, I'm a tad obsessed: http://youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKf0K3bxg Unfortunately for so many good films this is the feast time of the year and the rest of the year we'll get famine since the idiot

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Judy writes (snipped): Well, he was obviously in on the plot to install Bush for a second term by having the Democrats run somebody who wouldn't be able to beat him. Well, that is one explanation of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Let me ask you, was it a republican funded attack site that said Obama took drugs and questioned as to whether he sold them? *Obama* says he took drugs. The Clinton person who suggested in an interview that people would smear

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One is surrounded by zombies who haven't realized reality but occasionally you run into someone who is aware. This doesn't mean that the zombies are bad people but spend any amount of time with them and they

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: snip And, Judy, I did get this mail. I did not get the one Sal quotes. Why I don't get them is a mystery, but I don't feel like making an

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just reacting to this race as the primate that I am, Obama's got it all over the rest of the crowd. You said it. Only ape in the crowd with a pair.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Classic! Thanks, Curtis. Plus as long as I'm commenting on your post I should also say how much I enjoyed Judy's phrase about not carrying a brief for Billy Graham -- I love the sound of that in a sentence, sounds very British. That, and Shemp's reference to Obama as looking like an

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: One is surrounded by zombies who haven't realized reality but occasionally you run into someone who is aware. This doesn't mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: [snip] I think he will insure a peaceful Israel more than

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread jimdale827
This may well seem like elitism but it is not, unfortunately it is true. As it has been said from antiquity, those who have not known their self have known nothing of lasting worth, but those who have known their self have at the same instant known the depths of all things. What it does not

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF Directory, Active Spiritual Practice Groups

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Doug, what a great list of groups Fairfield has; so cool that folks there feel free to find what works for them. For those of us who live elsewhere, there's FFL. Thanks ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I feel y'all have established beyond the shadow of a doubt that I am a thoroughly unpleasant character. I already knew that, by the way, so this is not news to me, but now, y'all know it too, so why beat a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Huckabee Helps Republicans to Self-Destruct'

2008-01-05 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: snip And, Judy, I did get this mail. I did not get the one Sal

[FairfieldLife] FF Directory, Active Spiritual Practice Groups

2008-01-05 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups ___Alphabetical: A Course in Miracles, Mondays 7:30 pm. Local contact: 472-7148. Ammachi Fairfield Satsang Ammachi Fairfield weekly schedule of meditation, chanting, and

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