[FairfieldLife] TV Follies -- If the present isn't cuttin' it, show 'em the future

2012-04-22 Thread turquoiseb
[ This one is primarily for Bhairitu, who I think is the only person here who has commented about watching Fringe ] So what do you do when you are J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost) and to your surprise and dismay the network your current show is on starts using the C word? No, not cancer, the even

[FairfieldLife] USA: behind the curtain!

2012-04-22 Thread cardemaister
http://www.astrologicuspress.com/pluto%E2%80%99s-return-to-capricorn-in-the-usa-chart-part-ii-exposing-those-behind-the-curtain/

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Life in Los Angeles 1974

2012-04-22 Thread merlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-LceeGeCA WITH AN EXCELLENT QUOTE OF MAHARISHI .. .

[FairfieldLife] Maryhill Stonehenge resonance!

2012-04-22 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUUfeQ3nVu8

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM is the best...can I get an Amen?

2012-04-22 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: snips In addition to what you have said, I always assumed that Maharishi did not want his teachers to see other teachers for 2 reasons: 1)because it

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM is the best...can I get an Amen?

2012-04-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: snips In addition to what you have said, I always assumed that Maharishi did not want

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Vaj
On Apr 21, 2012, at 9:49 PM, Buck wrote: Minding meditation and Effortless semantics Yes it's interesting, TM as meditation evidently is not all one thing. I have these old tapes of Maharishi from 1960's teacher training lectures in India. One whole lecture loop he goes through he works

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM is the best...can I get an Amen?

2012-04-22 Thread Susan
I will keep an eye out for The Bridge. Wallender series I loved. Have Headhunters in my Netflix Q. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

[FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread turquoiseb
This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full of old people -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, etc. -- with nary a nubile, brainless, perfect-bodied

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV Follies -- If the present isn't cuttin' it, show 'em the future

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 04/22/2012 03:38 AM, turquoiseb wrote: [ This one is primarily for Bhairitu, who I think is the only person here who has commented about watching Fringe ] So what do you do when you are J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost) and to your surprise and dismay the network your current show is on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Sounds like a good one. I had basicly the same idea, move to India and live like a king on my pension. However, after returning to India around '96, I thought, FTS! The difference between my visit in '73 and '96 was the remnant of the British Empire, relatively clean and orderly, to 3x's the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full of old people -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Yup, when I visited in 96 it looked like the Brits left and the Indians didn't know how to keep things up. But my understanding that is different now. And no your pension wouldn't go so far in today's India. I often pick up a copy of the free magazine India Currents at an Indian grocery

Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 04/22/2012 08:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote: This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full of old people -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, etc. -- with nary a nubile,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Life in Los Angeles 1974

2012-04-22 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin vedamerlin@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-LceeGeCA WITH AN EXCELLENT QUOTE OF MAHARISHI .. Good chance to see Charlie on MMY's right and Jerry on MMY's left with Helena Olson, Tina Olson (interview, I believe) and Debbie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
How can it take effort to become spontaneously aware of something? MMY talked about least effort in the direction of less effort regarding the picking up of the mantra. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: [...] Minding meditation and Effortless semantics

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012-04-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 04/22/2012 08:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote: This film may find a resonance with many here, for several reasons. First, we FFLers are not the youngest critters on the planet, and this film is full of old people -- Maggie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Vaj
On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:44 PM, sparaig wrote: How can it take effort to become spontaneously aware of something? Because it takes smriti or “remembering”-awareness or you “forget” to return to the mantra. Those without smriti in their practice languish in discursive thoughts - and fail at TM,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
I admonish you not to think of pink elephants... ...No matter how hard you try or not try, you re still going to have some element of pink-elephant-ness in your awareness when you read this and for some time afterwards. Likewise, remembering the instruction to remember your mantra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:44 PM, sparaig wrote: How can it take effort to become spontaneously aware of something? Because it takes smriti or remembering-awareness or you forget to return to the mantra. Those without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
I should have said: If you don't remember to think your mantra because you failed to notice that you are not thinking it then either you still are thinking your mantra and therefore don't need to remember to think it or you are already thinking it. If you DO notice that you are not thinking

[FairfieldLife] Earth Day at the Waterfront Park

2012-04-22 Thread Bhairitu
Scenes from my walk this morning with original music. Also there are some scenes of my lemon tree, camellia tree, apple blossom, roses, daisies, etc. http://youtu.be/2Er9w3HD8zk Enjoy!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Vaj
On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:44 PM, sparaig wrote: How can it take effort to become spontaneously aware of something? Because it takes smriti or remembering-awareness

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
Lets try again: remembering that you should be thinking the mantra is quite possibly the same as thinking your mantra. I'm not going to insist that it is, but anyone who insists that it CANNOT be the same as thinking your mantra has missed, perhaps, THE essential aspect of TM practice. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:36 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:44 PM, sparaig wrote: How can it take effort to become spontaneously aware

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Vaj
On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:51 PM, sparaig wrote: And given that, where's the effort? Worrying about effort is futile. TM practice takes advantage of the mind's natural tendency. And for you remembering is not the mind’s natural tendency?

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-04-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Apr 21 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 28 00:00:00 2012 100 messages as of (UTC) Sun Apr 22 23:55:39 2012 14 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 12 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 12 cardemaister

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:51 PM, sparaig wrote: And given that, where's the effort? Worrying about effort is futile. TM practice takes advantage of the mind's natural tendency. And for you remembering is not the mind�s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Vaj
On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:51 PM, sparaig wrote: And given that, where's the effort? Worrying about effort is futile. TM practice takes advantage of the mind's natural

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I should have said: If you don't remember to think your mantra because you failed to notice that you are not thinking it then either you still are thinking your mantra and therefore don't need to remember to think it or you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:51 PM, sparaig wrote: And given that, where's the effort? Worrying about effort is futile. TM practice takes advantage of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:51 PM, sparaig wrote: And given that, where's the effort? Worrying about effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: I should have said: If you don't remember to think your mantra because you failed to notice that you are not thinking it then either you still are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: [...] BTW, I still think the phrase you go on to quote from MMY should be less effort in the direction of least effort. Which is, I think, another way of saying effortless effort. (Which is *not* a way of saying, Just a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth Day at the Waterfront Park

2012-04-22 Thread authfriend
Very nice, Bhairitu. I enjoyed! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Scenes from my walk this morning with original music. Also there are some scenes of my lemon tree, camellia tree, apple blossom, roses, daisies, etc. http://youtu.be/2Er9w3HD8zk Enjoy!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Earth Day at the Waterfront Park

2012-04-22 Thread Emily Reyn
Very nice.  It's tulip season here and the Butchart gardens are in bloom.   Thank god for flowers.   From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:46 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Earth Day at the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Emily Reyn
Huh?  I'm so blown away by this clip...can you believe we used to watch that?  The brain is insane.  Incredible.  Now, what was your point?  RIP Farrah.   From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-22 Thread Emily Reyn
Hopefully, she'll discover that the *non-toxic* tissue is the most flavorful.    From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain