A high Buddhist lama died, named Mindrolling the Third. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'After- death thoughts?
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Holy Death in Threes and What To Do With These February 15, 2008 > by cadeveo >> >> I remember it said, by various people, of no more authority > or wisdom than I, that people die in threes. Usually, I've heard that > sort of thing out of the mouth of someone I worked with round about > the end of the year after the death of a celebrity of some stripe. > And usually, or so it appears, the person's magical summation > regarding the triple-bucket-kick phenomenon has been borne out, at > least to the best of hir satisfaction. A bit of confirmation bias, > perhaps? That ol' "What you look for is just what you'll fine?" as > true when looking for "the bull" and finding "the horns" as when > looking for three consecutively croaking famous people. >> Just a thought, though: >> Has anyone yet been firing up their confirmation-biased radar for > the third "holy man" to join this party? >> >> Mormon President/Prophet, Gordon Hinckley, Jr.-Died January 27, > 2007. >> >> The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Founder of Transcendental Meditation- > Died Feb. 5, 2007. >> *** > > Perhaps... > Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) a hero's farewell yesterday, lauding > him, in the words of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as "a > champion of our common humanity." > > > Lantos Praised as 'Champion of Our Common Humanity' > Memorial Service for Rep. Tom Lantos > The Hungarian-born Lantos, who died of cancer Monday at age 80, was > the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. His youth as a > resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Budapest, where he lost most of > his family, lent authority to his pursuit of humanitarian causes and > his support for U.S. military intervention in the name of democracy. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403461.html > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
