[FairfieldLife] Well, saattvikaM sukham *agre* visham iva?

2010-03-02 Thread cardemaister
http://www.asitis.com/18/36-37.html O best of the Bharatas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness which the conditioned soul enjoys, and by which he sometimes comes to the end of all distress. That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The TMO may not approve

[FairfieldLife] Trompe l'oeil photos of sidewalks and streets

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
They're *only* sidewalks and streets. Do you see some- thing else, and mistake what you see for reality? Just sayin'... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/3d-sidwalk-art-that-will_n_478649.html#comments

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, saattvikaM sukham *agre* visham iva?

2010-03-02 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: http://www.asitis.com/18/36-37.html O best of the Bharatas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness which the conditioned soul enjoys, and by which he sometimes comes to the end of all distress.

[FairfieldLife] Jyoti Ashram: Sannyasins or Swindlers?

2010-03-02 Thread merudanda
Déjà vu just look at the picture http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HkPage.aspx?PAGEID=8810SKIN=C Jyoti Ashram: Sannyasins or Swindlers? In Catholic Ashrams: Sannyasins or Swindlers, Sita Ram Goel describes the Christian missionary strategists' plan to infiltrate Hindu society and gain the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Did anyone notice the new addition to the list of Girish's titles? He's now *Brahmachari* Girish Chandra Varma. and Dr. Girish Chandra Varma B.Sc., L.L.B., B.Mus., Ph.D. Chancellor Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic

[FairfieldLife] How am I supposed to play this??

2010-03-02 Thread cardemaister
From the beginning of a boogie woogie primer: http://www.gypsii.com/place.cgi?op=viewid=3131101 Should I have seven fingers or what? LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
Here is my question to the members of FFL: Do you personally believe that someone who is enlightened intrinsically has any more positive effect on the world around them than someone who is not enlightened? By asking this I am calling for *your personal opinion* on the matter. I am *not*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
So merudanda...dude. You've finally chosen to become interactive rather than just post propaganda. Given the *nature* of some of your propaganda (in particular a recent post citing as an authority one of the most rabid Hindu Supremecists in India), and consistently leaning towards an interest

[FairfieldLife] Re: How am I supposed to play this??

2010-03-02 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: From the beginning of a boogie woogie primer: http://www.gypsii.com/place.cgi?op=viewid=3131101 Should I have seven fingers or what? LOL! I mean, seven fingers *in my right hand*...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Vaj
On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:16 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Speaking as the only person here who seems to have actually *met* Nancy Cooke de Herrera and her son Rick Cooke, my impression when the song came out shortly after I met and interacted with them was that the Beatles just *nailed* it. *Especially*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is this the face of Ram?

2010-03-02 Thread Mike Dixon
Tut's Grandpa. Grandpa Hotep. From: authfriend jst...@panix.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 9:22:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is this the face of Ram?   --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, off_world_beings no_re...@..

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pussy Propagandizing

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I've re-noticed a trend here lately that I must comment on. It's shown up in posts from two dif- ferent posters lately, interestingly both trying to present excuses for the TMO's beliefs and actions, but I'm going to deal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Here is my question to the members of FFL: Do you personally believe that someone who is enlightened intrinsically has any more positive effect on the world around them than someone who is not enlightened? Here's my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread rwr
Hello, I saw this question and joined the group to address it if I may. I find this to be a major important question. And has to be answered, in full. However, I will address it in another email not this one. Here I would like to ask if I can cut and past it to my groups, or better still if you

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2010-03-02 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 : dick.richard...@ymail.com dick.richard...@ymail.com Description : The Mystical Reunion Event You can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Did anyone notice the new addition to the list of Girish's titles? He's now *Brahmachari* Girish Chandra Varma. Is there anyone here who thinks this is accidental, and has nothing to do with King Tony's now-revealed wife

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2010-03-02 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: /SuZpaper-v11n1bro.pdf Uploaded by : dick.richard...@ymail.com dick.richard...@ymail.com Description : The Potentiation Process You

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2010-03-02 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: /05-The_SSM_Model-12-24-08.pdf Uploaded by : dick.richard...@ymail.com dick.richard...@ymail.com Description : The SSM Model by Leon

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread Vaj
On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:59 PM, guyfawkes91 wrote: The fairy tale told here isn't quite true. The real deal is that Girish built the palace without asking Maharishi first and then said Oh great one we've built a palace for you so you can come back to India, whereupon Maharishi replied I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The TMO may not approve of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
Dick, This was just a sitting-at-my-favorite-cafe-over-a- mid-morning-coffee wild hair idea. You can repost it wherever you want. I doubt that I'm interested enough in the responses to join any of the lists or forums, but good luck with it. ( I do have to wonder at what a non-participatory group

[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2010-03-02 Thread Alex Stanley
This file has been moved to the appropriate folder: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Spiritual%20Books/ The other two files uploaded this morning have been deleted, as they had been uploaded previously and moved to the above folder. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: Do you personally believe that someone who is enlightened intrinsically has any more positive effect on the world around them than someone who is not enlightened?... It is impossible to answer this question because it has not been established what the term 'enlightenment'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: So merudanda...dude. ?? Sir! Dear Barry Wright ! Dude?=Doodli Do ? =Jude?=Judy(Stein?) Jude (UML Tool) ? Dude ?Dude ?Dude ?Dude ?Dude ? Now I remember: heard this expression almost 40 years ago from You in an encounter

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:16 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Excellent naildown guys. I thought some post tiger hunting spin doctoring was involved. Speaking as the only person here who seems to have actually *met* Nancy Cooke de

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: snip It's not a question of my approving the article or not. The intent of the author, it appears, is to wake up all of us as to how effective are our beliefs in actual practice. This article reminds me of the words in the

[FairfieldLife] Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://home.comcast.net/~dchapman2146/pf_v3n3/NeuroWeird.htm I am willing to grant that [transcendent experiences] feel real, but that comes back to the question: 'Why does anything feel real?' said Beyerstein. 'It is because your brain creates a model of what feels real.' Our brain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread rwr
Thank you. I will post the email on to my groups and address it there, not here, for obvious reasons. Even though I have done so many times over the last forty years. Moreover, it is nothing like a new question, but not many ask it these stupid days. Good luck. Keep rolling or evolution will not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting indeed. Can anyone else guess why that was? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: snip It's not a question of my approving the article or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
See? That's why I bothered. I found this reply charming and real, and revealing that there really is a person behind the one who just posts Other People's Stuff. Welcome, and I hope you post more, as yourself. Other comments inline. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_re...@...

[FairfieldLife] Work and do the Job or Get Out

2010-03-02 Thread rwr
Work and do the Job or Get Out I once stated (and still feel the same way) that I am glad that I am on the way out of this world instead of on the way in. I feel sorry for those on the way in. What the hell are they going to inherit for their lifetime here I wonder. Throughout my time I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Successors Tony Nadaar and Girish Verma AND Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Shanka

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_repl y...@... wrote: That sounds imagined, for many reasons. My previous karate experience never once made an appearance during my time in the TM movement, much less in an attempt to impress Maharishi. He was clueless as to the spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
or at least read the book. I would love to but it is too much for a used one on Amazon. Joe: Willy's having a bad day obviously. Who says they've read Nancy's book, Joe? Besides, his name was not on the approved list of TM Teachers when I was at Rishikesh And that has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rwr dick.richard...@... wrote: Thank you. I will post the email on to my groups and address it there, not here, for obvious reasons. Even though I have done so many times over the last forty years. Moreover, it is nothing like a new question, but not

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
National Geographic photographers don't usually go on 'tiger hunts', Curtis. But they do often take shots of all kinds of wild animals with cameras. Curtis: And they never end up with a dead tiger at the end and a guilty conscience they have to discuss with a Maharishis do they?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
Excellent find Ruth, thanks for posting it. This is exactly what Sam Harris has been saying: You can accept the subjective reality [of transcendent experiences], without going the extra step and accepting that it was real outside of the internal theater of the mind, said Beyerstein. Since

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Because I read the book - Turq, Curtis, and Joe have not so, I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar, just like his wife Cynthia wrote in her book? I heard her speak about it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: or at least read the book. I would love to but it is too much for a used one on Amazon. Joe: Willy's having a bad day obviously. Who says they've read Nancy's book, Joe? Besides, his name was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pussy Propagandizing

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: I've re-noticed a trend here lately that I must comment on. It's shown up in posts from two dif- ferent posters lately, interestingly both trying to present excuses for the TMO's beliefs and actions, but I'm going to deal with it generically... Has anyone else on this forum

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting indeed. Can anyone else guess why that was? Yup. I'm sure many of the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Judy: Barry was taken aback when, in commenting on his mention of Buddhists... Barry likes to 'talk the talk', but it would seem that he is unable to 'walk the walk'. He get really mixed up sometimes. Thanks for trying to *correct* him, Judy! Traditionally Buddhists throughout the Buddhist

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Because I read the book - Turq, Curtis, and Joe have not so, I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar, just like his wife Cynthia wrote in her book? And that Turg, Joe, and Curtis are liars too. Joe: Oh I've read the book... Maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I heard her speak about it. That was enough to know the story doesn't hold up. Quote the book if you think it will help so much but stop holding it out as some definitive statement of fact... I would

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread Bhairitu
As Turq already mentioned it was one of his morning espresso rants. And actually a horse which has already been beaten to death many times on FFL. Those already down the path of enlightenment have little concern over any answer. rwr wrote: Hello, I saw this question and joined the group to

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
All anyone has to do is read the relevant passage. Obviously you haven't read the book, so, I don't know why you're opening your pie hole about Rick Cooke and the tiger episode. What's up with that? Joe: You're really into pie holes today aren't you? Why do almost all of your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How am I supposed to play this??

2010-03-02 Thread Bhairitu
cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: From the beginning of a boogie woogie primer: http://www.gypsii.com/place.cgi?op=viewid=3131101 Should I have seven fingers or what? LOL! I mean, seven fingers *in my right hand*...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread Vaj
On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:59 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Excellent find Ruth, thanks for posting it. This is exactly what Sam Harris has been saying: You can accept the subjective reality [of transcendent experiences], without going the extra step and accepting that it was real outside of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting indeed.

[FairfieldLife] Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis

2010-03-02 Thread It's just a ride
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 March 2, 2010 8:24 a.m. EST *(CNN)* -- The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say. The change is negligible, but permanent:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread Bhairitu
Does the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain? TurquoiseB wrote: Here is my question to the members of FFL: Do you personally believe that someone who is enlightened intrinsically has any more positive effect on the world around them than someone who is not enlightened? By asking this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:59 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Excellent find Ruth, thanks for posting it. This is exactly what Sam Harris has been saying: You can accept the subjective reality [of transcendent experiences],

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Judy: Barry was taken aback when, in commenting on his mention of Buddhists... Barry likes to 'talk the talk', but it would seem that he is unable to 'walk the walk'. He get really mixed up sometimes. Thanks for

[FairfieldLife] Literate Spam

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
I pass the following along verbatim from my brother, mainly because he has a talent for finding funny in unexpected places, but also because it seems to relate to recent discussions about fundraising. While waiting for an upload to finish, I set about cleaning out my Junk Mail folder. My eye was

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
...I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar. And that Turg, Joe, and Curtis are liars too... Curtis: Now that's just nasty. Name calling doesn't advance your case but it doesn't diminish the discussion... I'm sorry, Curtis, I din't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Does the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain? TurquoiseB wrote: Here is my question to the members of FFL: Do you personally believe that someone who is enlightened intrinsically has any more positive effect on

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: All anyone has to do is read the relevant passage. Obviously you haven't read the book, so, I don't know why you're opening your pie hole about Rick Cooke and the tiger episode. What's up with that?

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Curtis: I heard her speak about it. That was enough to know the story doesn't hold up. Quote the book if you think it will help so much but stop holding it out as some definitive statement of fact... TurquoiseB: ...if their definition of fact is It's in a book, then Frederick

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting indeed. Can anyone else guess why that was? Just in case anyone has forgotten

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Bhairitu: Those already down the path of enlightenment... So, what does 'enlightened' mean, O' Enlightened One? ...have little concern over any answer. Are you saying that Barry1 is un-elightened for asking a question about enlightenment, when he hasn't even defined what enlightenment

[FairfieldLife] James Inhofe, Senate's top skeptic, explains his climate -hoax theory | Grist

2010-03-02 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-25-james-inhofe-senate-top-skeptic-expl ains-climate-hoax-theory

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Because I read the book - Turq, Curtis, and Joe have not so, I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar, just like his wife Cynthia wrote in her book? And that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread Vaj
On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:36 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Also keep in mind, as reported here before by Turq, myself, and others, one can have the experience of transcending the transcendent they experienced with TM! What does THAT mean? Don't you think it would be a hard thing to compare

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: ...I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar. And that Turg, Joe, and Curtis are liars too... Curtis: Now that's just nasty. Name calling doesn't advance your

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: ...I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar. And that Turg, Joe, and Curtis are liars too... Curtis: Now that's just nasty. Name calling doesn't advance

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: ...I know what Nancy wrote in the book, and that now I know that John Lennon was a liar. And that Turg, Joe, and Curtis are liars too...

[FairfieldLife] South African primary schools see benefits from T M

2010-03-02 Thread merlin
South African primary schools see benefits from Transcendental Meditation by Global Good News staff writer Global Good News   1 March 2010 Multiple schools in South Africa are beginning to implement Consciousness-Based Education, and are noticing profound benefits among students. Dr Richard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: snip It's not a question of my approving the article or not. The intent of the author, it appears, is to wake up all of us as to how effective are our beliefs in

[FairfieldLife] Re: James Inhofe, Senate's top skeptic, explains his climate-hoax theory | Grist

2010-03-02 Thread ShempMcGurk
Is it true that there are only three sources for temperature statistics? And that of all the hundreds of studies done on global warming that have to do with temperatures that they rely on their base data on just those three sources? And two of the three are NASA and East Anglia and both of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting indeed. Can anyone else guess why that was? Yup. I'm sure many of the TM critics gave money for Haiti relief as well; they just didn't want

[FairfieldLife] Great quotes on climate change

2010-03-02 Thread ShempMcGurk
I am a skeptic…Global warming has become a new religion. - Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever. Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical...The main basis of the claim that man's release

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Interestingly, the donors were all TMers. Very interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:36 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Also keep in mind, as reported here before by Turq, myself, and others, one can have the experience of transcending the transcendent they experienced with TM! What

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Why would anyone believe an anonymous poster calling himself 'Joe', who holds a grudge for years against someone simply because they happen to live in Texas? Joe: You are correct about my prejudice against Texans. I used to love going to Austin, hanging out at the music clubs

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
According to Sal, the TMO is full of 'nut-cases'. If so, then there's no need to make stuff up about going to a yoga camp just so you can shoot a tiger, right? Curtis: She needed to change the story to make it sound more sympathetic because it made them look bad. Pretty common

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: I found it pretty wild when they started releasing the actual videos of these 'guys in the mountains' that Herbert Benson had researched after leaving TM Who said Herbert Benson ever learned TM? and seeing the insane video of bare-chested men, snip So, I wonder why

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Why would anyone believe an anonymous poster calling himself 'Joe', who holds a grudge for years against someone simply because they happen to live in Texas? Joe: You are correct about my prejudice against

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [Curtis wrote:] showing that for you this proved a point about TM people. One that is bogus as I have pointed out. You just said you

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: When in fact, Rick Cooke, a noted National Geographic photographer, and a professed vegetarian, shot a crazed tiger from the seat of an elephant, that had attacked a tour guide who was on foot. The legal council for the

[FairfieldLife] Millions of women throng Kerala festival

2010-03-02 Thread do.rflex
Millions of women throng Kerala festival [Women in Kerala pay homage - 28 February 2010] Attendance at the festival has grown year after year (Photos: Haris Kuttipuram) By John Mary Trivandrum, Kerala [0] India's southern state of Kerala may have hosted the largest gathering of women ever

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [Curtis wrote:] showing that for you this proved a point about TM

[FairfieldLife] The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Speaking only for myself, your reason is bogus. There is only one reason for all of this, Curtis, and I think we both know what it is. She'd laid low for the early part of the week and had not achieved her

[FairfieldLife] Republican bipartisan ideas

2010-03-02 Thread do.rflex
Cartoon link: http://www.bartcop.com/gop-cleaning-ideas.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Just as a somewhat-related followup, I wanted to point out that Global Good News, as of (their timestamp) Monday, 01 March 2010 11:40:29 AM CST, has not noticed yet that there was an earthquake in Chile. (Again, just a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread Joe
Yep. I find that trying to have meaningful conversation with Judy and Tex to be equally pointless, other than as a source of personal amusement, like tossing the ball with my dog. It's very predictable but my dog never seems to tire of the game. I used to think Tex was the really crazy one.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [Curtis wrote:] showing that for you this proved a point about TM people. One that is bogus as I have pointed out. You just said you *accepted* it. Make up your mind. I accept they

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Speaking only for myself, your reason is bogus. There is only one reason for all of this, Curtis, and I think we both know what it is.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Yep. I find that trying to have meaningful conversation with Judy and Tex to be equally pointless, other than as a source of personal amusement, like tossing the ball with my dog. It's very predictable but my dog never seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [Curtis wrote:] showing that for you this proved a point about TM people. One that is bogus as I have

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-03-02 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 06 00:00:00 2010 339 messages as of (UTC) Tue Mar 02 23:20:24 2010 35 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 32 authfriend jst...@panix.com 31 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 30

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread Vaj
On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:33 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: And of course that's what scientists have been ding for decades now-- doing meditation research on different types of meditators. I don't think it should come as a surprise to state that independent scientists views on TM have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread mainstream20016
For a day or two this posting week, a glimpse of maturity appeared. Now, the sixth-grader has reappeared. Go away, sixth grader ! Don't take the bait ! Re-enter the classroom devoid of juvenile neuroses. You can do it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: For a day or two this posting week, a glimpse of maturity appeared. Now, the sixth-grader has reappeared. Go away, sixth grader ! Don't take the bait ! Re-enter the classroom devoid of juvenile neuroses. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stopping by to drop in a link

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Most TM people are not even aware, that as early as the 1980's, major reviews by neuroscientists debunked most of the TM Org's research. Remember the old graph that showed how TM caused a drop in metabolic rate that was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis

2010-03-02 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:17 AM, It's just a ride wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 March 2, 2010 8:24 a.m. EST (CNN) -- The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists

[FairfieldLife] Re: The W T F Factor

2010-03-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: snip I used to think Tex was the really crazy one. Now I'm not so sure. She might be the champ in the borderline personality disorder sweepstakes. I've never

[FairfieldLife] Re: Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

2010-03-02 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [Curtis wrote:] showing that for

RE: [FairfieldLife] Great quotes on climate change

2010-03-02 Thread Rick Archer
Those do appear to be impressive quotes. What they show is not that global warming is a hoax, as you often state, but that credible people believe the issue is still very much open to debate.

  1   2   >