Ha Ha-- by the way, i recently discovered a great sauvignon blanc by the De Sante label. not too dry, with subtle tropical flavors.
also a prosecco (italian sparkling wine) from Bollicini. small bubbles and not too sweet. ...and i admit i do TM too...so two strikes against me...no wait, i also own a CROSS pen... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan <no_re...@...> wrote: > > And drinking wine is totally Catholic! > > Have you seen the funny hats their leaders wear? And the weird ceremonies?! > They believe wine to be the blood of God. Not just the name of God -- like > those crazy mixed up Meditationists, but 10 steps above that in crazy religio > talk -- they give out wine as the Blood of God. Far more twisted than those > cheap bastard Meditationsts who just give out measly names of gods. > > So clearly mantras and wine are religious things, they are the name and form > of God. Thats what the people who give them out say. Ergo meditating and > drinking are religions. > > (Mind you, like richard and maybe curtis, I think causation is just a > projection, so I can't be for sure they are really "giving" them "out", just > that the mantras and wine are found "out" and the Catholics and the > Meditationists were found "giving" -- so I project onto it all they are > "giving out" -- but causality, thats another story) > > So, no more wine in schools! We cannot have these religious acts in publicly > funded schools - it violates the constitution man! (or so I have been told, I > haven't actually read the darn thing.) > > And those wine bars!! Luring in innocents by getting all gussied up and > secular. But they are just fronts to lure in the innocents to get them > drinking wine -- and next thing you know they wake up with a huge funny hat > on their head. You know, that insidious practice far out eclipes those > secular looking religious fronts known as meditation centers that those crazy > Meditationists put up all over the place. > > So ban wine from public schools! Particularly the boxed kind -- thats so > trailer park! (Not that I can precisely link the "banning" with the "absence" > of wine in schools. Jesus, I am not even sure there are schools -- that might > all be my projection too. Maybe Jim knows.) > > But one thing I AM sure of: the practice of meditation and of drinking wine > in the home are absolutely related to and based on the crazy inner worlds of > the groups that give them out. Crazy religious practices. I mean that's > fundamental. No projection there! > > And don't get me going on football games. Did you know that the players > huddle around (so gay!) and pray just before the games. And some KNEEL! > Kneeling man! Thats the core of all religious acts. > They pray and kneel IN schools just before those religious pagents known by > their secular disguise -- football games. No more religious based football > games in schools! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > From the "Maharishi Channel," thanks to TM-Free: > > > > http://tmfree.blogspot.com/2009/04/still-not-religion-video-of-puja.html > > > > This page contains an embedded video of Maharishi > > leading a group performance of the TM puja, sur- > > rounded by the Rajas in full costume. > > > > I'm sorry that I can't figure out a way to post > > a direct link to just the video, but it's embedded > > in such a way that I don't know how to do that. > > > > For those who see nothing the least bit religious > > about the TM puja or the way that the 'Rajas' dress > > and conduct themselves, this video should reinforce > > those beliefs. > > > > For those who believe that just maybe what this > > video captures is very much religious indeed, it > > should reinforce *those* beliefs. > > > > Compare and contrast this videotaped occasion and > > *its* style and presentation with the current > > "cleaned up" style and presentation of the tm.org > > website and the "new face" that the TMO wants to > > show the public following the recent DLF concert. > > Whatever your beliefs, ask yourself WHY they want > > to present this "new face." > > > > Whatever your stance about the "TM is/isn't a > > religion" issue, ask yourself, "If the TMO was > > proud enough of this occasion to broadcast it on > > its 'Maharishi Channel,' why don't they place this > > or similar videos on the tm.org website, so that > > all of the million kids they hope to teach TM to > > can see a preview of the ceremony they will soon > > be participating in?" > > > > Further ask yourself, "If the TM Rajas dress this > > way normally, why didn't they dress this way at > > the DLF concert?" > > > > Maybe think about Maharishi's introduction itself, > > "We have the opportunity to do puja to Guru Dev." > > Notice the language: "TO Guru Dev." Compare and > > contrast to some of the descriptions of the puja > > and what it's about that have been presented here > > on Fairfield Life. > > > > Ponder recent claims that "kneeling is kneeling" > > and that it's not really a "bowing down" to what > > these practitioners of the TM puja do at 09:35 into > > the video. The person who created the puja and in > > this video defines it as a ceremony "TO Guru Dev," > > and the costumed leaders of the TM movement that > > surround him seem to have a slightly different > > interpretation of what 'namah' means and how to > > demonstrate it than the person who said "kneeling > > is kneeling." Looks a lot like "bowing down" to me. > > > > Check out the paintings on the walls and the way > > that the room is decorated. > > > > Check out the scene at 00:35 into the video and > > the guy seated on a raised dias, higher than Maha- > > rishi, and how he is dressed and the offerings and > > adornments laid out at his feet. Dat's Da King, > > the current leader of the TM movement. Nothing > > religious about him and how *he* is presented and > > treated and his relationship to other people, > > right? > > > > Enjoy, in whatever fashion you choose to enjoy it... > > >
