[FairfieldLife] Re: CIA and FFL

2006-06-22 Thread vashtirama
This is what keeps me coming back to FFL! You just can't get this kind of entertainment, which is so well tailored to the TMO experience, anywhere else. Wasn't the whole CIA thing compelling for its time? It sure helped that MMY insisted that the initiators wear suits, so the more comfortable

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield Restaurants WAS Re: The Domes Revisited

2006-09-24 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vashti vashtirama@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: As for her article in the Source, I happened

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unfoldments of Brahman

2006-10-11 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unfoldments of Brahman

2006-10-11 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama vashtirama@ wrote: Well, I did think it sounded a bit weird, but I didn't want to pile on just in case it was one-a-them, you know, deep experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Florida anyone out there?

2005-10-27 Thread vashtirama
Here in the Sarasota-Bradenton area we had been expecting the worst after 6 days of forecasting but had only some strong gusts, light rain, not even any coastal flooding. The storm moved very quickly. We stayed on the line with relatives in Ft. Laud. in the morning because we were all in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Asheville TM center/Gerbal88

2005-10-30 Thread vashtirama
it was posted. I'm not dismissing anyone, mostly just noticing the mind's need to create certain stories for itself. Das all folks! --- vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, I'm not really sure why you posted this. It has an impatient and dismissive tone, so I wonder why you responded

[FairfieldLife] Cynthia Preston?

2005-10-30 Thread vashtirama
Is Cynthia Preston on this list or does anyone know her? She just came out with a wonderfully creative book in my field. Thanks, Vashti Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cynthia Preston?

2005-10-30 Thread vashtirama
Yes! She's the one. My Mom sent me a newsclipping about her from a Fairfield newspaper. Do you know how I might email her? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bluecabbagerose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Cynthia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Florida News

2005-10-31 Thread vashtirama
It's very similar to dealing with hurricanes. You can't just wait until they hit. On the other hand, predictions of where one will hit and at what strength are not that dependable. You can't get freaked out everytime, and you can't be complacent either. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] FEMA head's emails

2005-11-03 Thread vashtirama
from this blog: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/03/michael_browns_email.html The emails former FEMA head Michael Brown wrote during the Katrina crises would be really funny, if not for the fact that his mismanagement needlessly ruined the lives of so many people. OK, even then, they're still

[FairfieldLife] Re: Civil Suit Goes To Court: A Scorned Lover, Glue And A Naked Man

2005-11-04 Thread vashtirama
astrologers, and of course some can synthesize the two approaches. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just as I read this, my 6-year old came in and said, Mommy, look: I glued my hands together. Then he stood

[FairfieldLife] Re: Woman's Duty, Happiness and Power...was Men and women

2005-12-09 Thread vashtirama
elaborate if possible, thank you. I'm tired of waiting for the payoff from all the tapas. --vashtirama --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hanumanhoffman9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken from the Book Sri Datta Darshanam. Jaya Guru Datta [snipt] Anasuya said this to Sumati

[FairfieldLife] Re: Convention Center story

2005-09-10 Thread vashtirama
It wouldn't have gone this way if the convention center were full of white people. But I suppose this goes without saying. I remember hearing in the news by about the 3rd or 4th day that the Mayor had decided to let people from the convention center march across the bridge and I thought, why

[FairfieldLife] Re: Convention Center story

2005-09-10 Thread vashtirama
Nope. Are you saying it would have gone the same way if the convention center were full of white people? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It wouldn't have gone this way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Convention Center story

2005-09-11 Thread vashtirama
water we'll lose American lives needlessly! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. Are you

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Katrina Shows/Internal and External America/Weak and Innefficient..'

2005-09-11 Thread vashtirama
Then Natural Law is sadistic and irrational because how have impoverished blacks been tyrants to the world? There are evangelicals saying New Orleans is being punished for its homosexual activity--so our African Americans are just scapegoats for everybody? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Convention Center story

2005-09-11 Thread vashtirama
] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. Are you saying it would have gone the same way if the convention center were full of white people? Yes. FWIW, apparently several hundred people, mostly well

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fed response to Katrina faster than after Andrew and Hugo!

2005-09-12 Thread vashtirama
The gap between words and actions: field of all possibilities. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Kelly: No shame The federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed Sunday, September 11, 2005 It is settled wisdom among journalists that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-12 Thread vashtirama
akasha, you'd be great in an upper-level feminist studies seminar. Groups of feminist sex workers have brought up most if not all of your points; so have lesbians who have their own exotic dancer clubs, publish x-rated magazines for the lesbian community, informed by lesbian feminist theory.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nakedness Before God (was more Chopra)

2005-09-12 Thread vashtirama
! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: akasha, you'd be great in an upper-level feminist studies seminar. Gosh, not the graduate seminar? :) Groups of feminist sex workers have brought up most if not all of your points; so have lesbians who have

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM 10 Pm bedtime?

2005-05-03 Thread vashtirama
The problem I run into if I believe everything someone says is that sooner or later people contradict themselves. Take MMY, for example. He has also said that in enlightened times, any political system works. In Kali yuga, none of them work. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM in Malls

2005-05-04 Thread vashtirama
If MMY had come out with this plan in the early '70's I wonder if I would have thought it was charmingly idealistic and inspiring, like when I first heard about the Golden Domes of Pure Knowledge to be built in the middle of Iowa. Or that everyone could develop magical powers (siddhis). I'd

[FairfieldLife] Re: question for jane

2005-05-04 Thread vashtirama
Then it's too bad you can't just give it to Guru Dev. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Naw...maybe split it. Have to pay respects to the source. --- Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fuck TMO give it to the poor. - Original Message

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-25 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5/25/05 12:10 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so, he was able to maintain an active sex life AND work 18 hours days? Apparently so. Did you ever hang around him? Extraordinary energy and creativity.

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-23 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- From: andrea la fave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:27:06 -0700 (PDT) To: andrea la fave [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has introduced some doubt, at that finest feeling level, in the quality of the TM instruction I originally received, because my initiator was of a different sex from me. But maybe all male initiators are, in

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has introduced some doubt, at that finest feeling level, in the quality of the TM instruction I originally received, because my

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
Thanks for clarifying about the fags reference. Your post was justifiably critical because unfortunately there are people in the world who would agree with my post (I was thinking of the similarities between MMY's vedic society and the Vienna Philharmonic when I wrote it). Your what the fuck

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
Oh, man, you're Rudra Joe? So now we're even. You could have said you were joking on *me* and I would have believed you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice point about the women gurus, not so nice about fags. ---Yeah, I know. I'm not

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has introduced some doubt, at that finest feeling level, in the quality of the TM instruction I originally received, because my initiator

[FairfieldLife] Re: News from the TM Front

2005-04-24 Thread vashtirama
was joking, then even later I was waxing about a real joker, and now I am wondering where all the fun has gone. The last was a joke. Good to see you again Vashti. - Original Message - From: vashtirama To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:09 PM

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread vashtirama
Welcome, Geoff. I googled you before I had a chance to ask you about your time at MIU, and when I went here: http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff-gb.htm I found a good overview and got a sense of what kind of approach you may take in your book. I'll be looking for it in 2006. I had the same

[FairfieldLife] Jimmy Bagnola (WAS Interesting story about Doug Henning)

2007-06-16 Thread vashtirama
Here's what Jimmy Bagnola's up to now: http://www.jimbagnola.com/ Guess he's in Austin now. That face! Just like I remember him. Takes me right back to Fairfield. Vashti --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone told me this story today, as told to him

[FairfieldLife] Re: Better living through chemistry

2006-10-31 Thread vashtirama
here use the zest of the fruit, not the juice for curries, but mine has never produced fruit so I have to buy them frozen. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama vashtirama@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Try

[FairfieldLife] Re: Better living through chemistry

2006-10-31 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try planting Meyer lemons -- not as sour. I've got one in my yard here in So Cal, and apart from the dastardly thorns, they're a good lemon: Meyer lemons rule! I buy them at Whole foods whenever I see them.

[FairfieldLife] puzzling private dissing

2006-10-31 Thread vashtirama
Weird. Just got a pointlessly nasty private email from nablus108. I mean, weird because it was in private. Now, what entitles me to such special treatment when one could do it publicly in this forum, where it happens all the time? Come on, nablus108, spread the love. To subscribe, send a

[FairfieldLife] Re: puzzling private dissing

2006-10-31 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama vashtirama@ wrote: Weird. Just got a pointlessly nasty private email from nablus108. I mean, weird because it was in private. Now, what entitles me

[FairfieldLife] Re: A fools paradise

2006-11-01 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama vashtirama@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama

[FairfieldLife] Re: A fools paradise

2006-11-01 Thread vashtirama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama vashtirama@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vashtirama