On 3/10/2014 7:01 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
Richard, neither you or Share take yourselves or what you post
seriously; I think that is what you two find so attractive about each
other. Two peas in a pod. However, if posting here maintains your
mental and emotional health and helps
On 3/10/2014 8:43 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Richard, we do not take your posts seriously per your instructions.
The term 'Internet Troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents in
heated debates and is frequently misapplied by those who are ignorant of
internet etiquette.
Judy
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 3/10/2014 8:43 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
Richard,we do not take your posts seriously per your instructions.
The term 'Internet Troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents in heated
debates
On 3/11/2014 9:02 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
You're trolling here.
The term 'Internet Troll' is frequently abused to slander opponents
in heated debates and is frequently misapplied by those who are ignorant
of Internet etiquette.
But then we all know not to take you seriously,
On 3/9/2014 6:03 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
*Rakshasas* /raksasas/ (Sanskrit)
According to the Dictionary of Hinduism, the term Raksasa is ...an
epithet applied in the Rig Veda to Indian indigenes whose
characteristics were likened to demons of popular folklore. Most of the
native
I also wondered why it was so difficult for some to follow the flow. Go figure
:-)
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On 3/9/2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we
can see what you are on about
On 3/10/2014 4:51 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote:
I also wondered why it was so difficult for some to follow the flow.
Go figure :-)
It has been suggested that the reason some of the FFL informants can't
keep up with the conversation flow is because of ADD. But, it's much
simpler than that - they
I see. If you work, you cannot be serious here.
What is it about FFL that makes it so importantly serious that a conversation,
argument must proceed a certain way? Does this require a certain kind of
obsession? Enlightenment is the ultimate joke. Why not just have fun?
---In
I don't believe anybody said it was so difficult. It's just a nuisance. And
the point is that you could eliminate that nuisance with a single mouse click,
as Salyavin, Michael, and I have asked you to. There's no reason for you not to
do it except to be deliberately discourteous.
This may
OK, did I get it right now ? Anyways, what makes you think I even read the post
from MJ and Sal ? I do sometimes read your though but haven't even seen the
see all messages thing, I'm not here often enough to have even noticed it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :
Yes, thank you.
OK, did I get it right now ? Anyways, what makes you think I even read the
post from MJ and Sal ? I do sometimes read your though but haven't even seen
the see all messages thing, I'm not here often enough to have even noticed it.
I don't believe anybody said it
Nabby, it actually is a link says 'show message history' in the reply window
which you now seem to have found. I missed it for a while. But occasionally I
will enter a thread not replying to a particular post, and then either delete
the previous message(s) or do not show message history. But if
Good points anartaxius. However my experience shows that the motivation for
staying with TM can be anything. I know people who began meditating for simple
reasons of health and have been doing TM regularily now for 54 years. Believe
me, for some of these people enlightenment has never been a
On 3/10/2014 9:10 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
If you work, you cannot be serious here.
It works for me - posting from a home office and chatting on the
internet at the same time, all hours of the day and night, is fun and I
take it very seriously. I've been posting since 1998 and will
On 3/10/2014 9:10 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
What is it about FFL that makes it so importantly serious that a
conversation, argument must proceed a certain way?
That's because we are old and we have already made up our minds about
things and so we're not going to change much anymore. We
On 3/10/2014 9:11 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
This may come as a shock to you, but it's not necessarily the case
that everyone is so utterly fascinated by your conversations that the
flow will stick in their minds.
You totally missed the point of posting to FFL. Who cares what other
On 3/10/2014 9:19 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote:
(Don't pay any attention to Richard, for pete's sake. He's just
trolling, as usual.)
You need to stop the lying, Judy. Calling someone a troll makes
assumptions about a writer's motives that are impossible to determine
unless you are a mind reader.
On 3/10/2014 9:28 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
I don't believe anybody said it was so difficult. It's just a nuisance.
It's more than a nuisance - it's a pain, as is the rest of Neo. It's
Yahoo's way to dumb things down for the newbies, I guess. You can't even
see the threaded posts
Richard, neither you or Share take yourselves or what you post seriously; I
think that is what you two find so attractive about each other. Two peas in a
pod. However, if posting here maintains your mental and emotional health and
helps you be kind to Rita, than more power to you.
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Emily, thanks for saying I'm similar to Richard. I take that as a compliment.
On Monday, March 10, 2014 7:01 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
Richard, neither you or Share take yourselves or what you post seriously; I
think that is what you two find so attractive
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 3/10/2014 9:19 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote:
(Don't pay any attention to Richard, for pete's sake. He's just trolling, as
usual.)
You need to stop the lying, Judy. Calling someone a troll makes assumptions
about a writer's
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Emily, thanks for saying I'm similar to Richard. I take that as a compliment.
I figured you might.
On Monday, March 10, 2014 7:01 PM, emilymaenot@... emilymaenot@... wrote:
Richard, neither you or Share take
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote :
Richard, neither you or Share take yourselves or what you post seriously; I
think that is what you two find so attractive about each other. Two peas in a
pod. However, if posting here maintains your mental and emotional health
wordlessly. IMO, of course.
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Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:46 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM
Thanks for the reply. I followed
Emily, methunks that there is no disconnect between enlightenment, which you
asked about, and life, which was the context of my answer and includes BOTH
kinds of smile (-:
On Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:10 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
Methinks you may have
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Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:46 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper about TM
Thanks for the reply. I followed your link and enjoyed the poems. Turquoise
Bee was clearly someone who enjoyed the more earthy
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Thanks for the reply. I followed your link and enjoyed the poems. Turquoise
Bee was clearly someone who enjoyed the more
: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 1:23 PM
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Buddhists seem to have a BIG PR
Salyavin, it was something about NATO being one of three rakshasas.
On Sunday, March 9, 2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we can see
what you are on about but then I saw the words Benjamin Creme
From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want when I'm
enlightened? No. But once you know self, you won’t want anything else.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Emily, methunks that there is no disconnect between enlightenment, which you
My experience has been more like, 'be careful what you wish for' - due to
thoughts being entertained at a more powerful place, desires happen - all of
them.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote :
From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote :
From the information Emptybill posted: Will I get everything I want when
I'm enlightened? No. But once you know self, you won’t want anything else.
I'm glad you could make heads or tails from what Share wrote below because I
Well, it is amusing to watch Share's mind...I wonder if she was following mine.
The word methinks is one used by Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote of paradox
and, if you will, wondrous paradox. And on this topic of paradox, from the
book Shakespeare and the Paradox we find the following:
Methinks the lady doth protest too much. The one in Seattle that is! The thing
is Emily, I replied to emptybill as I was moved to reply and in a way that made
sense to me. One has to start there I think and see what happens next.
On Sunday, March 9, 2014 12:12 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
But Share, something did happen next.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Methinks the lady doth protest too much. The one in Seattle that is! The thing
is Emily, I replied to emptybill as I was moved to reply and in a way that made
sense to me. One has to start
On 3/9/2014 3:01 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
I've seen at least one person levitate fer real and turn invisible and
stuff like that and then turn around and act like a total dick.
Maybe we don't care if you're a dick or not, or where you have been - we
just want you to tell us the secret of the
On 3/9/2014 6:23 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
What are the other two rakshasas, besides NATO?
It would probably be a good idea to look up what the work rakshasas
means in Sanskrit. Maybe some people don't realize is this was the word
used by the Caucasian Aryan invaders of India to
On 3/8/2014 9:46 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
Does practising being a Buddhist leave you emotionally needy and
insecure? If so what's the point?
You need to realize that this is a pattern: what students learn from
their teachers sometimes they become. So far as we can tell from his
On 3/9/2014 6:58 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Buddhism has the little DL dude, and Uma Thurman's dad, and the DL
does nothing except smile, and no one has ever heard of Uma Thurman's dad
Buddhism has the Buddha AND the DL dude, and there a millions of
Buddhists that have heard of
On 3/9/2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
I'd say please press the show message history before posting so we
can see what you are on about
There are only about six or seven us having an online conversation these
days - I can remember what each one you has posted the day before. I
don't need
I am SO tired of your Chimp at the keyboard routine...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 3/9/2014 6:58 AM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote:
Buddhism has the little DL dude, and Uma Thurman's dad, and the DL does
nothing except smile, and no one
On 3/9/2014 8:45 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
I am SO tired of your Chimp at the keyboard routine...
You are not even making any sense. Anyone who meditates with the goal of
attaining enlightenment is a Buddhist.
On 3/8/2014 7:37 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
What is, a final renunciation??? Sounds like people getting
confused, between a monk's life of solitude, and a worldly person's
active life. This concept is a false one - no matter what a person's
state of consciousness, there is no
Richard, you've said it before and I really like that phrase: you are only
going to get as much enlightenment as you're going to get. It just sounds right
and profound and funny too.
Also like the bit about the tea stall wallah. All in all, a gem of a post (-:
In Austin, is the Whole Foods in
Share,
Sorry to have to say it again to you but none of us will get any
enlightenment at all, not now or at any time - never, ever. Enlightenment is
a silly scam to get you to want something that you already are by nature. It is
more accurately called selling water by the river. There is
Emptybill,
Sorry, I did not weep, I read and enjoyed, thank you. It's ok if enlightenment
gets me instead of me getting it. Six of one, half dozen of another (-:
So we could say, combining your words and punditsir's: enlightenment is only
gonna get me as much as it gets me. That feels right.
Share, how does your comment relate to the article and to what Emptybill's
comment was? Can you elaborate? What is enlightenment to you. Sounds like
you think it is a thing?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Emptybill,
Sorry, I did not weep, I read and
Emily, emptybill and Doc are way better at describing it than I am. I just have
glimpses and sense it all around in everything and everyone. It's a state of
wondrous paradox.
On Saturday, March 8, 2014 7:02 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
Share, how does your
Methinks you may have changed what I was asking to make an attempt to talk of
the topic, life. I have now changed my own context to Share talking about
life and I am amused (in a friendly way).
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Emily, emptybill and Doc are way
Seraph, rather than being the final refusal to lose one's individuality or
the final grasping at a gratifying experience? maybe it's simply a case of
extreme devotion, wanting to adore the Beloved rather than become one with the
Beloved.
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:18 PM,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Seraph, rather than being the final refusal to lose one's individuality or
the final grasping at a gratifying experience? maybe it's simply a case of
extreme devotion, wanting to adore the Beloved rather than become one with the
Ann, the flowing along of life IS the Beloved. As is another person. As is the
piece of music. Even being preoccupied with this or that is the Beloved. In my
experience, the Beloved is all inclusive. Which means including Bawwy. Go
figure!
On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:32 AM,
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper
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Ann, the flowing along of life IS the Beloved. As is another
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Funny article from the Guardian Newspaper
about TM
Ann, the flowing along of life IS the Beloved. As is another person. As is the
piece of music. Even being preoccupied with this or that is the Beloved. In my
experience, the Beloved is all inclusive. Which
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Ann, the flowing along of life IS the Beloved. As is another person. As is the
piece of music. Even being preoccupied with this or that is the Beloved. In my
experience, the Beloved is all inclusive. Which means including Bawwy.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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about TM
On 3/7/2014 9:09 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
But more importantly: what is this new handle: TurquoiseBee?
The Turquoise Bee: The Sixth Dalai Lama of Tibet who is reincarnated as
the FFL TB - True Believer. Go figure.
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But more importantly: what is this new handle: TurquoiseBee? Is it someone
making fun
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote :
Re transcending is a non-event and definitely
Doc, my guess is that he was replying to this:
That self-abnegation taught for centuries; the killing of desires, is
inhuman, and inhumane. Why would we get to discover the ever increasing
riches of the inner and outer worlds, to then deny them, in favor of
some sattvic intoxication?
The quote
. Fascinating how long cult indoctrination can
last, isn't it? :-)
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Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 3:59 AM
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Ann, it would be interesting to hook up to EEG apparatus some people who are
blanking and compare their brain waves to people practicing TM. And just for
fun, let's throw in some people practicing mindfulness!
On Monday, March 3, 2014 11:46 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
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Date: Monday, March 3, 2014, 4:37 PM
.
On Mon, 3/3/14, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote:
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 3, 2014, 4:43 PM
a
similar effect
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well it was his experience, didn't Marshy say never doubt your experiences?
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On 3/3/2014 10:53 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
I'd like to see a truly scientific comparison of TM versus breathing
excersises with placebo.
What exactly, would a TM placebo look like? Maybe you don't need to
meditate or practice TM - everyone is already transcending even without
a technique.
Placebos themselves, including medical ones, seem to work on the
principle of samyama which of course medical researchers are unaware
of. Shows that consciousness is very powerful and there is a strong
mind over matter effect.
On 03/03/2014 11:28 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 3/3/2014
in the short term. Some shots of whisky might
have a similar effect
On Mon, 3/3/14, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
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On 3/3/2014 10:43 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
TM IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THE LONG TERM DESPITE APPEARING TO BE
RELAXING in the short term.
Maybe it's time to review what we know about basic TM:
Meditation means to think things over. So, TM meditation is based on
thinking. Anyone who can
If meditation means thinking then Transcendental Meditation suggests
going beyond thinking. But meditation only means thinking in western
contexts. Easterners use whatever word they use in their language for
meditation in a sense closer to western ideas of contemplation.
According to Charles
On 3/3/2014 1:50 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Love to see that tried with other mantra meditation techniques.
There are no mantras or mental meditation techniques that can cause
physiological change.
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Really? Most all mantras cause physiological change. Your statement
happens to also throw out a lot of TM research.
On 03/03/2014 04:24 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 3/3/2014 1:50 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Love to see that tried with other mantra meditation techniques.
There are no mantras
On 3/3/2014 6:32 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Really? Most all mantras cause physiological change. Your statement
happens to also throw out a lot of TM research.
There are no double-blind scientific studies that prove the mind can
alter a physical object at will. If that were possible, it would be
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