[FairfieldLife] TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: I'm glad I went back to check out the remaining episodes of season one of The Following on Netflix. I had bailed after episode three because it seemed to formulaic. Perhaps Bacon was thinking that too as the storylines improved over the

[FairfieldLife] Re: People are beginning to catch on

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Please note that this post was written at 02:01 AM her time. She's *still* up obsessing about Robin Carlsen, and attacking his perceived enemies. Can you say cultist? I think you can... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: So wrong. So wrong. So, so, so wrong. He isn't coming back to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
Sounds like someone didn't enjoy their school days! I never lived there but spent a lot of time on courses and felt both happy and sad for the TM kids. Maybe it's my prejudice as a southerner from a really nice town near London but I thought Skem was a seriously depressing place, a

[FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread nablusoss1008
From the answers to the article: Maharishi European Sidhaland https://www.facebook.com/MaharishiEuropeanSidhaland I am sorry the author was set upon by a gang as a teenager in Skem and I'm glad this is no longer such a problem for youngsters here. If the TM community had failed and had

[FairfieldLife] RE: Durga mantra

2014-02-11 Thread nablusoss1008
Powerful ! Thanks for posting

[FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
Yes, the crime rate is so low there's a bulletproof screen in front of the counter at the local supermarket. The TMO used to hire a security guard to stop people's cars being vandalised during group prog. Reassuring to know that the awesome peace creating coherence extended almost to the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Durga mantra

2014-02-11 Thread nablusoss1008
Very peaceful ! Thanks for posting

[FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread nablusoss1008
You seem to rely on comments from the pub be it in fields of meditation or Crop Circles. Like the Americans say: go figure :-)

[FairfieldLife] TV-inspired rap: Some early Top Of The Lake impressions

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Even though I can certainly see why people liked this series -- the acting is good and the plot/mystery is engrossing -- at the same time I see why I intuitively avoided it for so long. It's Jane Campion. She seems unable to make any film without bringing to it a kind of heavy-handed Angry

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
I have never heard of this place - you know anything about it Sal? vedic village in Rendlesham On Tue, 2/11/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, here is what I understand: you used the phrases enlightened days and genuine enlightenment with regards to Robin. Then you said that Robin said that enlightenment reached via Eastern systems is a delusion because ontological union between God and human is not possible. Are these

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
Yes I've been there. What happened was, when I started meditating the TMO was putting in a bid for an old US air force base on the east coast. I went along to a few meetings and was impressed at the ambition and possibilities even though I had yet to learn of the general trajectory of

[FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Nice summary of real life in Skelmersdale, UK. Thanks for posting that. That reads fair. Life for meditators coming to Fairfield, Iowa was like that too. Was like moving to the Jim-Crow South for the first years as the meditators came to Fairfield, Iowa. TM'ers are much better assimilated now

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Country Chuckles

2014-02-11 Thread Pundit Sir
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. - Will Rogers On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving. - Will Rogers On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:54 AM,

[FairfieldLife] RE: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
This post is a superb example of why I said it really sucks to be Barry. Either he believes the delusional crap he wrote, or he knows it's crap but stupidly expects others to believe it. I'm going to start with a particularly embarrassing Barry-goof. He writes, According to Judy, he told

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yes I've been there. What happened was, when I started meditating the TMO was putting in a bid for an old US air force base on the east coast. I went along to a few meetings and was impressed at the ambition and

[FairfieldLife] Re: People are beginning to catch on

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
I.e., commenting on Barry's fanatical obsession with Robin. Yes, sometimes I stay up late and have a quick look at FFL before packing it in for the night. This time I found Barry's idiotic post freaking out at the idea that Robin might come back to FFL. I thought I'd relieve his mind by making

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: This post is a superb example of why I said it really sucks to be Barry. Either he believes the delusional crap he wrote, or he knows it's crap but stupidly expects others to believe it. What on earth makes you believe that anyone CARES what you

[FairfieldLife] RE: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: This post is a superb example of why I said it really sucks to be Barry. Either he believes the delusional crap he wrote, or he knows it's crap but stupidly expects others to believe it. I'm going to start with a particularly

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
As I've already told you, Share, it really doesn't help just to repeat your misunderstanding over and over. You have never bothered to engage with what Ann and I have told you. I'll try it one more time: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the real, genuine

Re: [FairfieldLife] for your heart, drink water before going to sleep

2014-02-11 Thread Mike Dixon
I need to drink more water. I usually have pleasant watery-like dreams when I'm well hydrated. On Monday, February 10, 2014 6:45 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: You're welcome, Mike. I realize

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, this sounds contradictory to me. How can something be genuine and delusionary at the same time? Judy wrote: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the real, genuine state of enlightenment. ... It imposes a delusionary experience of oneself, of the world, and of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Oh, too bad, then you missed my catch of the huge blooper you made concerning Robin having been near suicide. Not to mention the others I identified. And sorry to tell you, I don't put the same value on original posts that you do. I'm much more interested in interaction than showing off.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
As I said: Once you figure it out, get back to me. It shouldn't be that difficult, even for you. Judy, this sounds contradictory to me. How can something be genuine and delusionary at the same time? Judy wrote: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the

[FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
I think enlightenment, or a very, very high state of human development, and without delusion or possession, has occurred in Native Americans, shamans, tantrics, Taoists, Buddhists, Sufis, Christians, Jews and atheists. I think it included ontological union with what some people call God, but

[FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Robin was talking about the enlightenment Maharishi describes. Don't know what he'd say about other types of very, very high states of human development, except for the general impossibility of ontological union with God (per the doctrines of the Judeo-Christian religions). I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, this general impossibility is where I disagree with Robin. As I say in the rest of my post. I think, based on my reading of what people have written, I think ontological union with God or life has occurred in some individuals. I realized this morning that in the context of this

Re: [FairfieldLife] for your heart, drink water before going to sleep

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Mike, they say that coconut water is very hydrating and higher in potassium than bananas. I drink a cup every evening before dinner. Plus it's yummy! On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:07 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote:   I need to drink more water. I usually have pleasant

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
Ah ha! Now we know why you are agin TM - you have a south facing veranda Don't the folks in that place know how to git them some curtains or drapes or blinds or some such so they won't have to peer at each other through their windows? On Tue,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
for those who read the vastu article I posted here a couple times, the author said that the reality is vastu veda was different in different parts of India in the old days - apparently each author of the old vastu ved texts geared their recommendations to the place, geography, climate, social

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
I'm chuckling at Barry's posturing again because I just happened to look at my post to Seraphita again, and realized that I'd made my comment about Robin having been near suicide down in the second paragraph, well below the first few 'Message View' words of the post. Obviously Barry does care

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Country Chuckles

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Richard, I love this guy! I bet he was enlightened (-: PS Maharishi said that at the deepest level of every atom, even every atom of our body, Purusha IS Prakriti. Go figure! On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:14 AM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   Experience is something you don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Taliban Readies 500 Female Suicide Bombers

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
John, I'd guess that they're from a country whose jyotish chart has a very afflicted Moon and or Venus. On Monday, February 10, 2014 2:18 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, As I've replied to MJ, the Taliban is using hate and revenge as the motivation for these women

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 9:32 AM, Share Long wrote: To honor the possibility and actuality of a very, very high state of human development. The state of enlightenment is like a waking up to reality. You wake up from a dream state or from a deluded state of consciousness. Robin's, experience of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
You aren't disagreeing just with Robin, but with all of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, for which the notion of ontological union with God is blatantly heretical. You're entitled to your opinion that they're all wrong about that. Judy, this general impossibility is where I disagree

Re: [FairfieldLife] for your heart, drink water before going to sleep

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote: I need to drink more water. I usually have pleasant watery-like dreams when I'm well hydrated. Watery dreams, I love the sound of that. Usually when I drink water or tea before bed all I dream about is having actually gotten

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 9:19 AM, Share Long wrote: this sounds contradictory to me. How can something be genuine and delusionary at the same time? According to Robin, most people are in a dream state and mistake it for the real. What you have to do according to Robin is wake up from the dream. The Adi

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
I think all of these systems have sects, for example the Sufis in Islam, that believe that there can be union between God and human. Maybe also the Kabbalists in Judaism? On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:22 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   You aren't disagreeing

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Richard, what do you think these 2 sentences of Judy mean: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the real, genuine state of enlightenment. ...It imposes a delusionary experience of oneself, of the world, and of one's relationship to God. On Tuesday, February 11,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: for those who read the vastu article I posted here a couple times, the author said that the reality is vastu veda was different in different parts of India in the old days - apparently each author of the old vastu ved texts geared

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Thanks Richard, I understand this. Using dreams is a good way to explain it. Dreams are real in their own context. But they are delusions in a larger context. Do you think that's what Robin meant about his enlightenment? On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:34 AM, Richard J. Williams

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Richard, what do you think these 2 sentences of Judy mean: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the real, genuine state of enlightenment. ...It imposes a delusionary experience of oneself, of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 7:08 AM, Share Long wrote: ontological union between God and human is not possible. When Robin experienced enlightenment he said that he floated in a kind of absolute bliss - he was able to witness his body move, as his individuality carried out its natural actions, but the

[FairfieldLife] For those I hate my job days

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
I work at home, and love what I'm doing, so this doesn't apply to me. It also probably doesn't apply to many of the folks here who are either retired or love their jobs. But it's funny, so I pass it along anyway... [https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/q75/s720x720/162262\

[FairfieldLife] VERY interesting take on the vedas by an Indian writer

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
http://neoindian.org/2011/06/16/why-you-should-read-the-vedas-and-why-the-religious-will-never-understand-them/

[FairfieldLife] Re: VERY interesting take on the vedas by an Indian writer

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: http://neoindian.org/2011/06/16/why-you-should-read-the-vedas-and-why-th\ e-religious-will-never-understand-them/ http://neoindian.org/2011/06/16/why-you-should-read-the-vedas-and-why-t\ he-religious-will-never-understand-them/

[FairfieldLife] RE: VERY interesting take on the vedas by an Indian writer

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: http://neoindian.org/2011/06/16/why-you-should-read-the-vedas-and-why-the-religious-will-never-understand-them/ http://neoindian.org/2011/06/16/why-you-should-read-the-vedas-and-why-the-religious-will-never-understand-them/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 7:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: I don't like the vastu principle anyway, I think it's stupid and illogical and the idea of nature support is a crock of shit. Some people like to live in towns and villages where there is flat land with streets aligned to a grid. This makes a lot of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 2/11/2014 7:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote: I don't like the vastu principle anyway, I think it's stupid and illogical and the idea of nature support is a crock of shit. Some people like to live in towns and villages where

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
You have to look carefully at the notion of union with God to know whether the phrase embraces ontological union. For the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions, that's a bridge too far, but the distinction can be subtle until you get really deep into the theology and examine the question very

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread Bhairitu
I was raised to not let anyone bully me. So in the late 1960s when there were all kinds of cult leader types I just blew them off. When Robin showed up here you may recall I told him in a message to break up his wall of words as I felt that people might be interested in what he had to say.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, can you say in a nutshell what other kind of union with God there is, besides ontological? On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:11 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   You have to look carefully at the notion of union with God to know whether the phrase embraces

Re: [FairfieldLife] for your heart, drink water before going to sleep

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Laughing hysterically. Me too. You would not believe the variety of fantastically elaborate toilet facilities I encounter in my dreams when I need to go to the bathroom. It's never my bathroom; it's always in the context of the setting of whatever dream I'm in the middle of. And all too

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Share, Richard doesn't know from shit what they mean. He'll just blab whatever comes to mind. And I've already explained, umpty times now, what I mean by them, as has Ann. Pretty silly to ask someone else. Richard, what do you think these 2 sentences of Judy mean: Enlightenment reached

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: I was raised to not let anyone bully me. So in the late 1960s when there were all kinds of cult leader types I just blew them off. When Robin showed up here you may recall I told him in a message to break up his wall of words as I felt

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, I was asking him to explain in the context of what he had written. And I found his dream analogy useful. On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:25 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, Richard doesn't know from shit what they mean. He'll just blab whatever comes

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: VERY interesting take on the vedas by an Indian writer

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
He's got some funny stuff on his blog - this is one of them On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:03 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread jr_esq
Austin, Texas tops the list. And, there is no state income tax. Who's going to move there? http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/6-most-affordable-fast-growing-slideshow-131800350/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252F6-most-affordable-fast-growing-slideshow%252F-photo-2757618-010900356.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Now tell me you love me--irony, Bhairitu, irony. Sheesh. BTW, to see what the context might have been, I just checked the (independent) Mail Archive site for all his posts addressing you, and I couldn't find any that had anything like the phrase Now tell me you love me. And the only post I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: People are beginning to catch on

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 1:01 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: You and a few others couldn't stand that, couldn't stand the comparison. Robin posting to FFL seemed to really upset Ravi. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Thanks for posting John. I'd have to find out that it's very walkable before I'd be willing to move there. There's a great forum for researching places: city-data People already living there share tons of useful info. On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:51 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Taliban Readies 500 Female Suicide Bombers

2014-02-11 Thread jr_esq
Share, Yes, and those female planets are probably in conjunction with Rahu and Saturn. This is one of the main reasons why the Arab Spring occurred and is the most likely reason why changes will continue to occur in countries with oppressive laws that suppress human rights, like in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 11:49 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Austin, Texas tops the list. And, there is no state income tax. Who's going to move there? We are seriously thinking about moving back to Austin, somewhere out by Oak Hill, Dripping Springs, or Radiance, the TM Ideal Village, home of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Oh, found it, via Neo, believe it or not. On the Mail Archive, I'd specified a post by maskedzebra, but by this time he'd switched to Robin Carlsen, so it didn't turn up the post. Yes, it was unquestionably ironic. Your post to him had been pretty nasty, and he called you on it rather

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
Anne, you could pay Skem a visit from Hebden bridge, it's due south west from there - just follow the rain clouds. The dome is in Ashurst which is the nice bit. Downhill from there is a drive thru MacDonalds and an Asda next to a dreary shopping centre on an industrial wasteland. Wear some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
http://www.city-data.com/forum/austin/ On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:21 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   On 2/11/2014 11:49 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Austin, Texas tops the list. And, there is no state income tax. Who's going to move there? We are seriously

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: People are beginning to catch on

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
It did at first, but after several long conversations, they became very close. You and a few others couldn't stand that, couldn't stand the comparison. Robin posting to FFL seemed to really upset Ravi. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Pundit Sir
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[FairfieldLife] Growing fresh produce...underground...in London

2014-02-11 Thread TurquoiseB
This is actually a very cool project, and I wish them the best of luck with it... http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/02/11/london-has-a-subterranean-veggi\ e-farm-in-an-abandoned-wwii-bunker/ http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/02/11/london-has-a-subterranean-vegg\

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Anne, you could pay Skem a visit from Hebden bridge, it's due south west from there - just follow the rain clouds. The dome is in Ashurst which is the nice bit. Downhill from there is a drive thru MacDonalds and an Asda

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 10:35 AM, Share Long wrote: Enlightenment reached by Eastern systems is, according to Robin, the real, genuine state of enlightenment. All religious systems seem to come from the East, except Mormonism, which seems to have sprung from the mind of Moroni. But, the enlightenment

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Good lord, no. Huge topic. Do some reading. It occurs to me that you may be unclear on what ontological means in this context. That's another huge topic. You need to do your own homework on this. Actually, Maharishi had something to say along these lines: Fortunate are they who live

Re: [FairfieldLife] enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 10:35 AM, Share Long wrote: It imposes a delusionary experience of oneself, of the world, and of one's relationship to God. In the Advaita Vedanta which Robin practiced it is the ego that is the delusion, but this delusion was not caused by God, but by Maya through prakriti and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 02/11/2014 09:26 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: I was raised to not let anyone bully me. So in the late 1960s when there were all kinds of cult leader types I just blew them off. When Robin showed up here you may recall I told him in a message

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Richard, I've seen other pictures of this lake, pictures in which the water looked a lovely shade of green and one could see all the way to the bottom. And last night, funnily enough, I dreamed of swimming in such clear, green water! Go figure! On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:02 PM, Pundit

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread Share Long
Judy, thank you so much for posting this quote. As for what Maharishi meant by at its own level, I wonder if he was talking about the difference bt GC and UC. But like he said, it's a sin against God to raise differences over the principle of union! On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:14 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
Don't think so. He refers to both as Union; and I can't imagine he'd be saying it's OK to stop at GC and not go on to UC. Judy, thank you so much for posting this quote. As for what Maharishi meant by at its own level, I wonder if he was talking about the difference bt GC and UC. But like

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Statistics

2014-02-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 2/11/2014 10:39 AM, Share Long wrote: Dreams are real in their own context. But they are delusions in a larger context. Dreams are real while we are dreaming, but unreal in the absolute sense. Dreams are not illusions in the sense of not being real because we do have dreams. The magic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Bhairitu
So you all set to move to Austin now? California is going to get more and more expensive. On 02/11/2014 09:49 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Austin, Texas tops the list. And, there is no state income tax. Who's going to move there?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
Hold up, Sal! How many yogic flyers are there per population in Skelmersdale, any idea? I ask becuz it doesn't seem possible that there could be heroin use that close to the enlivenment of natural law that is taking place in the Dome. Unless the numbers in the Dome are too low to make the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
if this is too personal I understand - do you and sis ever talk about TM or the Movement? On Tue, 2/11/14, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date:

[FairfieldLife] RE: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread anartaxius
That December 9, 2011 post by Barry is discussing suicide in relation to Ravi, not Robin. Robin, as maskedzebra, was also a part of the thread. My comment here is only in relation to this one item in this post. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: This post is a superb

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Affordable, Fast Growing City in the US

2014-02-11 Thread Mike Dixon
Bohemian Texas. It's growing a little too fast for me. Traffic has become a ... well you know. On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:37 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   So you all set to move to Austin now?  California is going to get more and more expensive. On 02/11/2014 09:49

[FairfieldLife] RE: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
That is correct. My bad, and my most humble apologies to Barry. I only read the one paragraph, and since Barry demonizes both Ravi and Robin in very similar terms, I assumed he was referring to Robin. However, my distinct recollection is that in at least one of Robin's posts he either

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread salyavin808
Oh, there's apparently enough for the TMO to claim the area is a model of social perfection, free of crime and anti-social behaviour and full of healthy and happy people. Complete bollox of course, unless you are only including those who live on the dome site, but when have they ever kept to

[FairfieldLife] 5 Tibetans!

2014-02-11 Thread cardemaister
Anyone lately practised 5 Tibetans? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites

[FairfieldLife] House Passes Debt Ceiling Increase

2014-02-11 Thread jr_esq
This is a victory for the American people. And, the Dow Jones has responded positively by an increase of over one percent. http://news.yahoo.com/house-passes-debt-ceiling-increase-223219545--finance.html http://news.yahoo.com/house-passes-debt-ceiling-increase-223219545--finance.html

[FairfieldLife] More on Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
Do scroll down - there are some interesting tid-bits here. Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK What's the difference between VD and a house in Skelmersdale? You can get rid of VD. - Old Lancashire Joke Situated in the bottom left-hand corner of the map of Lancashire, near Wigan, the small town of

[FairfieldLife] WMC!

2014-02-11 Thread cardemaister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Memory_Championships http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Memory_Championships

[FairfieldLife] More British Bliss!

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Jackson
Man, this is great stuff! I am sorry I never thought to follow the Movement in Ye Merrye Olde Englande before! http://twentyfirstfloormirror.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/yogi-flyers-and-the-1992-general-election/

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 12-Feb-14 00:15:04 UTC

2014-02-11 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 02/08/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 02/15/14 00:00:00 597 messages as of (UTC) 02/11/14 23:57:31 129 authfriend 79 awoelflebater 61 Richard J. Williams 59 steve.sundur 50 Share Long 33 TurquoiseB 28 Michael Jackson

Re: [FairfieldLife] House Passes Debt Ceiling Increase

2014-02-11 Thread Mike Dixon
So, I'm assuming that means there will be more jobs for the unemployed. Lets watch the jobs reports and see if this manifests. If we keep increasing the debt without increasing the number of people paying income taxes then we are just digging a deeper hole. On Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Re: [FairfieldLife] House Passes Debt Ceiling Increase

2014-02-11 Thread jr_esq
Mike, The increase of jobs is also dependent on the Federal Reserve Board's Quantitative Easing (QE) policy. If the interest rates remain low, there's a good chance that the employers will borrow more money to increase their sales. As such, they also will hire more people to provide

[FairfieldLife] RE: TM sneaking into the schools

2014-02-11 Thread LEnglish5
http://www.cwae.org/quiet_time_program.php During Quiet Time, the students have the option to meditate or do another quiet, relaxing activity like sustained silent reading. All students and teachers are offered the opportunity to receive training in an evidenced-based relaxation and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread yifuxero
Right...if Robin is choosing Catholocism over ontological Hinduism (most of it); the word union has the meaning of being one with Jesus (not pure Consciousness) in an ecstatic state in which the Saint loses outer awareness and may be seen levitating. Examples: - St. John of the Cross and St.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: enlightenment has occurred

2014-02-11 Thread authfriend
He rejected Catholicism years ago, as it happens, but thanks for the explanation. I think the end may have gotten cut off there--or did you go into an ecstatic state and lose outer awareness? ;-) Right...if Robin is choosing Catholocism over ontological Hinduism (most of it); the word

[FairfieldLife] New study on TM and PTSD

2014-02-11 Thread LEnglish5
This is a new study on a new group of refugees in Uganda. It monitored the subjects for a whle before teaching TM and then at 2-weeks, 1 month, and 3 months, after learning. The original study did only one pre-test, and didn't do a 2-week post test. The new study isn't a controlled study,

[FairfieldLife] RE: VERY interesting take on the vedas by an Indian writer

2014-02-11 Thread steve.sundur
Hey Michael (or anyone else) I skimmed the article, but are you familiar with Maharishi's commentary about the first word of Rig Veda, Agni? And if so, do you think it's just a bunch of BS. This is not a trick question. I'm not saying that it was a stroke of genius. I'm not making any

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Skelmersdale

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: if this is too personal I understand - do you and sis ever talk about TM or the Movement? This format didn't totally allow me to see if you were asking me this question or not so I am guessing you addressed this to me, MJ. My

[FairfieldLife] RE: TV's The Following as a treatise on NPD and psychopathy

2014-02-11 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: That is correct. My bad, and my most humble apologies to Barry. I only read the one paragraph, and since Barry demonizes both Ravi and Robin in very similar terms, I assumed he was referring to Robin. In their wildest

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