Dear Robin: I posted this song awhile ago, many months ago, in fact, but I absolutely Love, Love, Love the version you posted. Here's Joni:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a24wVSVLtLQ&feature=related ________________________________ From: Robin Carlsen <maskedze...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eastwooding: "I'm not going to shut up; it's my turn!" Dear Share, You must excuse my presumption here (because it is very likely I am wrong) but I must tell you that in this post I get to feel the most Share that is there severed (perhaps not consciously:)) from her philosophy. It just *seemed* to me that all you wrote here came out of your experience unmediated by any final beliefs about what is real. Like a beautiful accident of Share making herself available beyond what would be possible were she solidly, as she almost always is, behind her spiritual orientation to people and reality (which, in the weaponry and ordnance deployed by some of us more irascible FFL posters, is sometimes--silently, mind you--denigrated as being overly positive--and therefore impotent:)). Yes, Share, I felt I knew something about the beauty of the Russian soul--its utter distinctiveness from any other peoples in the world--after viewing that video a number of times. The feeling of collective warmth and passion, it seemed so real and natural to me. Changed my perception of Russia, I think. Even of Putin. I think Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, from wherever he is now, must be happier about his Mother Russia--unless nationality counts for nothing after death, and one becomes, unavoidably, a universalist. But it made me want to be there among those young people--and made me have confidence about the future of Russia. I was curious about the ginkgo bilobia reference: but I have used it daily to ward off the dementia which would be Barry's revenge against me. I am meeting with LK on the 20th of September here in Toronto. I aim to reprogram him as best I can so that he comes back onto FFL and says that I am more perfect than I was when I was in Unity Consciousness. I find myself, once I started to experience the effect of your words upon me, acquiescing in your decision to let that karma (as *you* call it) burn off without having to go back to where we had those delightful exchanges--*that was good for me, Share*. :-) But now like a previous lifetime (*definitely* a metaphor for me, inside the first person subjectivity thing--won't use the O word, because Steve, in his earnest desire to get as near to the truth as possible, has expressed some disquiet about the intrinsic denotation of that word) it seems to be very much in our past. We will let the good God assign its value, whatever it might have been, when we come to die, Share. "What a funny old world it is"--Yeah, can't you tell? It is funny as it can be when Share Long has to reconcile all her dissonant loyalties around here--Ravi and Barry: trying to do justice to both. In any case, Share, I like the spontaneity (if you will let me call it that) of your letter to me, and I will be alert to the contingency of another wholly different form of conversation that may be in our destiny together here on FFL. *Something* sure is up these days. But I would not know what it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKdHT7bquM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > I love their spirit too, Robin. Especially because it is in such contrast > to the gray sky, grey stone, relentless snow. All bundled up against the > bone deep cold and still they can turn somersaults. And not just on the > physical level, if you know what I mean. Very wonderful! I love that they > chose Putting On the Ritz. > I love the inclusion of the bride and groom. Wondering where the heck that > bouquet got to. Libra rising dontcha know! > > Ah, I see your psychic abilities have not diminished in the interim. Yes, > I'm careful about posting amounts. Being accustomed to an unlimited > situation posting wise, a few times I've lost count and come precariously > close to posting out. Horror! > > > Right, it was around the time Lord Knows showed up that you stopped > replying. I'm not even sure of the date LK showed up much less the post > numbers or even the subject lines of those epic exchanges. Definitely need > some ginkgo bilobia here! Did a quick search and could not find. Anyway, > I vote for letting those be the river well on its way to the ocean which is > the FFL archives. I sense some old karma between us got gently toasted. > I'm happy with that. Actually the gentle toasting of karma seems to be the > main reason for my being on FFL. What a funny old world it is. > Share  > > > ________________________________ > From: Robin Carlsen <maskedzebra@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 10:38 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eastwooding: "I'm not going to shut up; it's my > turn!" > > >  > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Wow, Robin, best recent youtube post IMHO. thank you. These young > > peeps are ALREADY changing the world for the better. > > Dear Share, > > Well, when I was last in Moscow in 1985, the existential possibility of > something like this was zero. The feeling generated by these young Russians > reveals the terrible truth of the Soviet experiment. Regardless of the > depredations of unchecked capitalism in the aftermath of the collapse of > communism, the soul of the Russian people has been liberated. In fact, Share, > I formed an impression of Russia in watching this video which began to > neutralize the baleful memories of twenty-seven years ago. > > If you don't mind using up a precious post, could you send me the FFL post > numbers of those three posts of yours which represented three different > continuing conversations we were having. I think the advent of the LK episode > sidetracked me. Not that I promise to respond to them now (as if *that* is > any big deal!), but I would like to look them over. > > The video you liked, Share, for me it says there is something beautiful about > those Russians. I understand now how a person can be very proud to be a > Russian. The collective vibration of these young Russians, it was more > compelling to me than the collective vibration of a love-in in the late > Sixties. I loved their spirit. > > Robin > > > ________________________________ > > From: Robin Carlsen <maskedzebra@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 8:30 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eastwooding: "I'm not going to shut up; it's > > my turn!" > > > > > >  > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/embed/KgoapkOo4vg?rel=0 > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > As sad as it may be to keep twisting the knife that one > > > of the TMO's poster boys for the awesome power of TM > > > to enhance creative intelligence plunged into himself > > > may be, I must, because it provides such a perfect > > > explanation of the dynamics of FFL. > > > > > > The term "Eastwooding" has now entered the vocabulary > > > used to describe crazy people. That term will outlast > > > his screen legacy. Which is good in a way, because now > > > we at Fairfield Life have that term to describe the > > > actions of those who -- affronted dearly by something > > > someone has done, or has said about them, or didn't > > > even say but the Eastwooder imagined them saying it -- > > > feel the need to preach or yell at them, long after > > > the offending person has stopped listening. > > > > > > http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/01/in-a-friday-night-special-jon-stewart-celebrates-clint-eastwoods-fistful-of-awesome/ > > > > > > "You will not silence me, invisible Barack Obama!" > > > > > > Substitute "Vaj" for "Barack Obama" in the sentence > > > above. Or replace that name with "Curtis." Or with > > > "Sal," or even -- 12 years after he last appeared -- > > > "Andrew Skolnick." Or finish the sentence with > > > "invisible Barry," and then continue yelling at > > > the empty chair for...wait for it...17 years. > > > > > > To quote Jon Stewart in this awesome bit, "But I > > > could never wrap my head around why the world and > > > the President that Republicans describe bears so > > > little resemblance to the world and the President > > > that I experience. Now I know why. There is a > > > President Obama that only Republicans can see." > > > > > > Continuing the "replacement game," replace the > > > words "the world and the President" with any of > > > the names I suggested above. Replace the word > > > "Republicans" with "crazy people." And instead > > > of spending 12 minutes demonstrating the crazy > > > by trying to convince others that these people > > > the crazy person hates are the root cause of > > > everything wrong with the world, spend 17 > > > years doing it. > > > > > >
