[FairfieldLife] Subliminal advertising

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
As a person of the Buddhistic persuasion, I've always been fascinated by advertising. It is, after all, the intentional attempt to implant desire in people, and as most know, many Buddhists tend to believe that desires -- or at the very least the attachment to one's desires -- is ego-binding, and

[FairfieldLife] Tyrannosaurus Was Active Predator!

2013-07-16 Thread salyavin808
I'm sure you'll all be as relieved to hear this as I was. They are just so much *cooler* that way.. T rex tooth found embedded in prey, restoring dinosaur's reputation Tooth lodged in plant-eating dinosaur's spine proves that T rex wasn't just a scavenger but also hunted live prey

[FairfieldLife] I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
A friend posted this to another forum. I do not know the author or even of her, but I thought much of it was a breath of fresh air in the often stale cyber- chatrooms of New Age thought. Let's see what people here think of it:

[FairfieldLife] Re: I was going to remember to post about this, but I forgot...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Oh - yeah, OK. Good one - kind of like Momento, The Bar. I speak about as much french as a wine bottle label. I still think you oughta go in, if you operate from a base of fear, though. Bottoms up! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
I personally think she is full of it. *Of course* our thoughts create our reality. Not just the positive, affirmative ones, but all of the thoughts. Most people have a non-stop mind, like yours. It is the spinning and looping of energy that creates most of the resonance in a non-stop mind.

[FairfieldLife] That time that America gave a whistleblower asylum

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
Great little gotcha article from Gawker, which points out the hypocrisy of the US government getting all pissy because other countries want to give Ed Snowdon immunity for blowing the whistle on America's tendency to spy on EVERYBODY, including its own citizens. http://gawker.com/790162223 I

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: I personally think she is full of it. *Of course* our thoughts create our reality. Not just the positive, affirmative ones, but all of the thoughts. Interesting. Does that mean that during the seven months you were

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
No, it really means just what I said. If the mind is spinning constantly, and never given a break from its thoughts, each thought is weak. The personality that emerges from such a mind is chaotic, despite its most fervent intentions to be otherwise. However, if thoughts are used appropriately,

[FairfieldLife] The human brain

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
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Re: [FairfieldLife] I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
Loved it, turq, thanks for posting. I appreciate the subtle and practical distinctions the author makes here. Favorite bit: accept the fixed, work with the fluid. And actually, just about every article listed on the left looked worth at least a glance. Might have to sign up. Hope Nabby doesn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Loved it, turq, thanks for posting. I appreciate the subtle and practical distinctions the author makes here. Favorite bit: accept the fixed, work with the fluid. That's a new one for ya, huh? Well, better late than

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: I personally think she is full of it. *Of course* our thoughts create our reality. Not just the positive, affirmative ones, but all of the thoughts. Most people have a non-stop mind, like yours. It is the

[FairfieldLife] The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
So, now that Barry is barraging us with small distractions in the form of advertisements, jokes and New Age articles what about that misleading post, eh? What do you have to say about your manipulative nasty post message of a couple of days ago? As I thought - nothing. Because you lack the

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Michael Jackson
Barry has crooked fingers? From: Ann awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Usual Run Around   So, now that Barry is barraging us with small distractions in the form of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? Cut her some slack, Michael. Ann's having a hard day: From: Ann awoelflebater@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:57 AM Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Richard J. Williams
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? Cut her some slack, Michael. Ann's having a hard day: Uh oh, somebody's button just got pushed. LoL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subliminal advertising

2013-07-16 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: As a person of the Buddhistic persuasion, I've always been fascinated by advertising. One of the last things the historical did Buddha before he passed away was to instruct Ananda to raise a stupa at the crossroads in order to remind people of Enlightenment. Apparently the idea'

[FairfieldLife] Gary Weber: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 07/16/2013

2013-07-16 Thread Rick Archer
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump http://gallery.mailchimp.com/e709a491029b04e745834d34d/images/star.gif published 07/16/2013 183. Gary Weber http://batgap.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=62b7e50ba8598f35e2edf91d5id=614228b5b1e=16e07f16fe Jul 15, 2013 07:59 am | Rick

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? I love you MJ: his fingers are the least of his crooked problems! From: Ann awoelflebater@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
Doc, I think she addresses both of these issues when she writes about noticing thoughts and feelings rather than trying to change them, get rid of them, etc. I think in the Buddhist tradition noticing is a way of quieting the mind. And she doesn't say to only notice one kind of thought or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? Cut her some slack, Michael. Ann's having a hard day: So perfect Barry, you have once again deflected all responsibility onto

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? Yes, indeed, the fingers Barry uses to point at his

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Barry has crooked fingers? Cut her some slack, Michael. Ann's having a hard day: [30_bliss.jpg] From: Ann awoelflebater@ To:

Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
Emily, excerpted from Judy's post to which I was referring: Whatever he may have said or not said to you in private weeks ago...There is no basis for you to demand behind-the-scenes negotiations. So your use of *dishonest place* doesn't make sense to me!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/15/2013 10:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/15/2013 02:34 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/15/2013 12:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
Does anybody have *any* idea what the loon's problem is? Both of her posts have been complete gibberish. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Emily, excerpted from Judy's post to which I was referring: Whatever he may have said or not said to you in

[FairfieldLife] levitation with acoustic waves

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
http://www.kurzweilai.net/levitation-with-acoustic-waves?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter

[FairfieldLife] Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
Not astrology but science. :-D http://www.fastcompany.com/3014307/leadership-now/do-you-know-where-youll-be-285-days-from-now-at-2-pm-these-data-masters-do Guess that won't make the free willers happy.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
This is common sense, based on people that have predictable routines - job, kids, grocery story, workout schedule, etc.  What a waste of time.   From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:27 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
I can see lots of apps for this data, though. Mapping predictable social behavior to optimize traffic flows, and energy use, even fighting crime by reallocating cops. Of course, once I get a notice on my phone that I cannot travel to San Francisco on Tuesdays, anymore, because the regional

Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
My apologies Share - none of my business.  I often don't understand what you write, by the way, and particularly so when you are reactively writing.  It shows up in your sentence structure.  My observation around your behavior was a general one related to your tendency when you write what I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread emilymae.reyn
O.K. As a planning tool then. Very funny last statement. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: I can see lots of apps for this data, though. Mapping predictable social behavior to optimize traffic flows, and energy use, even fighting crime by

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Her: Beliefs (b) + Thoughts (t) + feelings (f) = Internal Reality (IR) Circumstances (c) + people (p) = External Reality (ER) Me: Silence = (Internal) Reality All the stuff moving around in the silence = (External) Reality That's the difference. She is still operating on the assumption that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
So, *you* don't exist?  I have the hardest time with this concept.  *Who* posted what you posted? From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
I am not surprised - I always challenge it, too. It is a matter of core identity. I exist less locally, or perhaps more subtly, than I used to, although I have undying reverence for the vehicle I currently inhabit. I also act appropriately to my personality. That reflects my life experience

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: So, *you* don't exist? I have the hardest time with this concept. *Who* posted what you posted? From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Usual Run Around

2013-07-16 Thread Richard J. Williams
mjackson: Barry has crooked fingers? u jellos? LoL!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
So, the essence of *you* does exist, but you experience *you* as housed, for all practical purposes on this planet within a body (vehicle), but the *you* (the personal consciousness and attendant personality characteristics of you) is a fluid aspect of a larger un-local (what is un-local?)

[FairfieldLife] Lindsay Lohan Set to Make $2 Million after Rehab

2013-07-16 Thread John
Yes, that's right. Oprah Winfrey will interview her about undisclosed subjects for a handsome fee. http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/07/14/Lindsay-Lohan-set-for-post-rehab-reality-show-Oprah-interview/1611373844621/?spt=fsbor=ros Astrologically, Lohan is primed for a revival of her career. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
For most practical purposes, YES, absolutely!!! Thanks for following all of this...identity spaghetti.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: So, the essence of *you* does exist, but you experience *you* as housed, for all practical purposes on this

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
One saying that I think encapsulates all that I said about my identity, although it is interesting and practical to me in many ways, is that all those words and concepts, plus five bucks, will buy me a cup of coffee! Speaking of which, I recently discovered a Sumatran Mandheling, Light French

Re: [FairfieldLife] Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
What is you don't have a predictable routine? Some of us don't. On 07/16/2013 09:41 AM, Emily Reyn wrote: This is common sense, based on people that have predictable routines - job, kids, grocery story, workout schedule, etc. What a waste of time. From:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
Sounds like it was well roasted.   From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...   One saying that I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
Yes, I do now - I operate within about a 500 mile radius, but who knows 285 days from now?   From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Knowing where you'll be in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing where you'll be in the future

2013-07-16 Thread John
Everyone is a creature of habit. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Not astrology but science. :-D http://www.fastcompany.com/3014307/leadership-now/do-you-know-where-youll-be-285-days-from-now-at-2-pm-these-data-masters-do Guess that won't make the free

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Richard J. Williams
Emily Reyn: So, *you* don't exist? I have the hardest time with this concept. Â *Who* posted what you posted? The past is gone, the future is not here yet; and the now passes in an instant, before you even know it. So, we are not 'existing' - we are point-instants in a spectrum of

[FairfieldLife] Ordering for the whole company

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
I liked this article on Wired today not because of the article itself but the picture of SNL's Bill Hader with a stack of drinks from Starbucks to take back to the office. I'm sure it was inspired by going to a Starbucks, finding one or two people in front of you in line and thinking whew,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
Re: time is an illusion (and other things): http://www.wisdomsdoor.com/rc4/hrc4-38.shtml From: Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
This is the crux of what enlightenment is about. Those who are experiencing it don't experience localized awareness unless it is demanded (like a bill or tax collector comes knocking). The experience is like you don't exist. On 07/16/2013 10:17 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
But noozguru, who is having the experience of I don't exist?! Anyway, I wonder where that coffee toting guy will be in 285 days. And why not one year? Why 285 days? Great article, btw, thanks. What stage of life are beej mantras good for? Did the girls from the Playboy mansion have sexy palms?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
The term enlightenment is found under most paradigms - with an attempt to use words/concepts to define and communicate it (limited in that way) that reflect said paradigm.  Localized or un-localized are defined a certain way as well to you personally - they translate in a pretty meaningless

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
I spent part of my morning reformatting an exchange with Emily we had more than a week ago, were I to attempt an answer. This post by turq and the responses do fit in with the response I was considering. I think that posted article was sort of in the right direction. Responses to this kind of

Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
And yet here you are Judy, wasting one of your few remaining posts to reply to alleged gibberish?! Go figure! IOW, methinks the lady doth protest too much (-: From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16,

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Perfect - Thanks! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: This is the crux of what enlightenment is about. Those who are experiencing it don't experience localized awareness unless it is demanded (like a bill or tax collector comes knocking). The experience is

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Yes, that is true, and conforms to my experience as well. As my consciousness changes, so does my identity, and continues to. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: The term enlightenment is found under most paradigms - with an attempt to use words/concepts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tyrannosaurus Was Active Predator!

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
salyavin, this is definitely one of those situations in which truth is way cooler than fiction. Thanks for posting. It amazes me how they could figure out the ages of the 2 critters. PS Do you really not like any of what alternative medicine has to offer?!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
It will make more sense to you once you've started down the path. On 07/16/2013 12:32 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: The term enlightenment is found under most paradigms - with an attempt to use words/concepts to define and communicate it (limited in that way) that reflect said paradigm. Localized

[FairfieldLife] Nelson Mandela, his energy

2013-07-16 Thread Rick Archer
The day Tiger Woods met Nelson Mandela By Jay Hart | Devil Ball Golf http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/ - 3 hours ago http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PZUT1lrBeAuJ6FQXegTK4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7c T04NQ--/http:/mit.zenfs.com/213/2013/07/tiger-nelson.jpg Tiger Woods met

[FairfieldLife] Article from RealClearPolitics

2013-07-16 Thread mdixon . 6569
Mike Dixon (mdixon.6...@yahoo.com) wanted to share the following link with you: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/07/15/jeantel_i_told_trayvon_zimmerman_might_have_been_a_rapist.html They added this message: Trayvon not racist but Homophobic biggot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/16/2013 12:25 PM, Share Long wrote: But noozguru, who is having the experience of I don't exist?! It's an experience. It's not that you don't exist. Intellectualizing over enlightenment is a favorite sport on FFL and not worth much of anything. MMY should have just said there is

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
It just fucks with your head, otherwise. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: It will make more sense to you once you've started down the path. On 07/16/2013 12:32 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: The term enlightenment is found under most paradigms - with an attempt to

[FairfieldLife] Re: I create my reality Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Could be - I am going by what the coffee store person said, and the description on the bin. I also drank it a lot with arf n' arf and maple syrple, so I may be wy off on the actual body of the beans. It was damned good, whatever it was! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn

[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: And yet here you are Judy, wasting one of your few remaining posts to reply to alleged gibberish?! Go figure! IOW, methinks the lady doth protest too much (-: Translation: Oh, shit, I screwed up *again*! She mustnot have meant whatever it

[FairfieldLife] Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Mike Dixon
Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is developing, see Drudge Report. Seems that on the Pierce Morgan Show last night that Rachel Jeantel reported that race had nothing to do with the encounter . She said that she and Trayvon thought Zimmerman might be a *rapist*, a

Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread Share Long
tee hee, turq I think I've found Gru's mother right here on FFL! From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re:

[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: tee hee, turq I think I've found Gru's mother right here on FFL! And you're still here, Share. Reality isn't going away. From: authfriend authfriend@... To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is developing, see Drudge Report. Seems that on the Pierce Morgan Show last night that Rachel Jeantel reported that race had nothing to do with the encounter

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Richard J. Williams
So Trayvon was worried Zimmerman was a gay rapist ass-craker? That's homophobia and gay profiling! Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/lo5dn3n Mike Dixon: Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is developing, see Drudge Report. Seems that on the Pierce Morgan Show last night

[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: tee hee, turq I think I've found Gru's mother right here on FFL! What a fascinating study in human nature to find you aligned so nicely with Barry these days. Interesting bedfellows.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread feste37
Maybe Trayvon thought that Zimmerman was an alien -- a creature from Mars or somewhere like that. It was Trayvon's irrational fear of extraterrestrial life that killed him. Zimmerman had nothing to do with it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Looks like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Mike Dixon
Zimmerman defended his life from a person with an irrational fear of him. He had no other choice. From: feste37 fest...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:57 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Yes I think Mikey boy's right. Zimmerman had to act in self-defense against the racist, homophobic bigotry of African Americans, epitomized by Travyon. How can one not feel the pain and burden of Whites with their long history of slavery when African American landowners shipped them from Europe,

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Thanks again. Re Beej mantras are commonly used in astrology and ayurveda . . . tells the person to repeat the mantra either in a short meditation or sometimes throughout the day (like a walking mantra). Repeating the mantra through the day (like the Hare Krishna crowd) is very different from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Duveyoung
Cenk nails this issue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcveaMUJSIlist=SPTpcK80irdQidhuTjXxQZNThuoGPeWjT0feature=player_detailpage --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is developing, see Drudge

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Christ, get over yourself! Treat people as individuals not as representatives of a particular race or nation. Re Zimmerman had to act in self-defense against the racist, homophobic bigotry of African Americans: you listen to any hip-hop music recently? Clearly some black individuals (notice I said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Priceless! I got that beat though. Here's a comment on another web site: I wonder if this whole thing wouldn't have just blown over if the victim wasn't the president's son. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: So Trayvon was worried Zimmerman was a gay rapist

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-16 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/16/2013 04:15 PM, Seraphita wrote: Thanks again. Re Beej mantras are commonly used in astrology and ayurveda . . . tells the person to repeat the mantra either in a short meditation or sometimes throughout the day (like a walking mantra). Repeating the mantra through the day (like the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Seraphita s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Christ, get over yourself! Treat people as individuals not as representatives of a particular race or nation. I can't Seraphita baby - how can you be so cold-hearted and not show any empathy to my pain, my bitterness,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread feste37
Someone appears to have undergone an irony-bypass operation. Now, what was that you were saying a few days ago about British superiority in the recognition of irony? Time to eat humble pie. How ironic. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: Christ, get over

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Thanks yet again. Taking on board what you say about shaktipat and book-learning, which of Muktananda's books would you recommend if I just wanted to learn about the man and his trajectory? And, with apologies for lowering the tone of the conversation, what did you make of the accusations of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Excellent. That's a fair cop as we say over here! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 wrote: Someone appears to have undergone an irony-bypass operation. Now, what was that you were saying a few days ago about British superiority in the recognition of irony? Time to eat humble pie.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
That's instant karma for you. As the one who started the whole Zimmerman/Steyn argy-bargy thread, when I saw a new thread had been started on this topic I thought: Don't go there Seraphita. I ignored the voices in my head and look what happens! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 17-Jul-13 00:15:06 UTC

2013-07-16 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 07/13/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 07/20/13 00:00:00 436 messages as of (UTC) 07/17/13 00:06:13 45 authfriend 34 doctordumbass 34 Seraphita 32 Ann 31 turquoiseb 29 Bhairitu 27 Share Long 27 Ravi Chivukula 23 Mike

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
By the way: I don't think Brits have a superiority in the recognition of irony. It's more that Yanks and Brits are attuned differently. The fact that I missed this one and you missed some of mine rather nicely makes my point. (Seizing victory from the jaws of defeat!) --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread feste37
Thanks for being a good sport. I quite like the English, actually. But that cultural superiority thing is a bit outdated, don't you think? You may have Shakespeare, but we have, er . . . er . . . we have . . . OK, I'll get back to you on that one. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
The First Amendment and Jack Daniel's No 7. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 wrote: Thanks for being a good sport. I quite like the English, actually. But that cultural superiority thing is a bit outdated, don't you think? You may have Shakespeare, but we have, er . . . er . .

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: Thanks for being a good sport. I quite like the English, actually. But that cultural superiority thing is a bit outdated, don't you think? You may have Shakespeare, but we have, er . . . er . . . we have . . . OK, I'll get

[FairfieldLife] The 23rd Psalm

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
As freely interpreted by the Strawbs. This is what church services should be like. http://tinyurl.com/nt8mjud But if at the Church they would give us some Ale. And a pleasant fire, our souls to regale; We'd sing and we'd pray, all the live-long day; Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Seraphita
Oh, if we're talking writers: Edgar Allan Poe - peerless. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: Thanks for being a good sport. I quite like the English, actually. But that cultural superiority thing is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Michael Jackson
an excellent piece of writing Ravi From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Michael Jackson
This is excellent - his summation support my assertion that the local cops didn't give a damn about a black kid getting shot by someone not black. From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:26

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
I thought it was lead poisoning? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Looks like a new version of the Trayvon/Zimmerman encounter is developing, see Drudge Report. Seems that on the Pierce Morgan Show last night that Rachel Jeantel reported that race had

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
Yep, I like this.  Common sense.   Mike, you done gone off the deep end on this and you misspelled his name.   Matthew Shepard was his name.  You sound both racist and homophobic yourself.      On the night of October 6–7, 1998, Shepard met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson for the first

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread feste37
I've always thought of Poe as a bit of a weirdo, actually, but we do have the peerless Whitman. Song of Myself is an astonishing poem, as astonishing to me now as it was over forty years ago when I first read it. There are not many poets who have written from the perspective of unity

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Emily Reyn
It *is* magnificent.  (Yes, more from Wikipedia on his religious views - don't know if unity consciousness, unless it's more like that unity consciousness one feels in nature, was what he was feeling): Religion Whitman was deeply influenced by deism. He denied any one faith was more important

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: By the way: I don't think Brits have a superiority in the recognition of irony. It's more that Yanks and Brits are attuned differently. The fact that I missed this one and you missed some of mine rather nicely makes my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread doctordumbass
Its a weird thing being introduced to racist attitudes. Growing up I was always in the racial minority, though not completely elite, either, so I was really used to my friends being of any color or culture - didn't matter at all. Sure, everyone would make fun of everyone else, but not in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trayvon Martin was a Homophobic bigot

2013-07-16 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I've always thought of Poe as a bit of a weirdo, actually, but we do have the peerless Whitman. Song of Myself is an astonishing poem, as astonishing to me now as it was over forty years ago when I first read it. There are

[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]

2013-07-16 Thread turquoiseb
Excellent, Share. There really IS a resemblance, isn't there...in more ways than one. :-) But isn't it fascinating that the Ann-bot is following in her role model's footsteps by making suggestions about the deep, dark, secret meaning of us liking a movie that is now #1 at the box office in the