--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsU6_eSG4k4&feature=fvwrel > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsU6_eSG4k4&feature=fvwrel>
Good one, Emily. ;-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" emilymae.reyn@ > wrote: > > > > > > I am going to have to give up on receiving FFL through email. I > don't get half the posts. > > > > > > Jesus Christos, Robin, who wrote that? > > > > Hi Emily, > > > > Same guy who wrote that letter to his daughter when she was seventeen. > > > > I took Stevens with me on my Teacher-Training Course, and I took him > on my Six Month Course. > > > > He once got into a fist fight with Ernest Hemingway. > > > > I like how his first person ontology almost angelically resists > definition. > > > > His daughter once wrote me a letter. > > > > The tragic never entered into a single poem of his. > > > > Nagel and Stevens: two beautiful extremes for me. > > > > See you, Emily. > > > > Robin > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one thing I like about Barry: that he tells this > story. He is almost certainly being ridiculed for it, and he knows it, > but he doesn't care. He really doesn't care. See how little guarded he > is. In this case it is particularly clear, that he simply shares this, > very personal moment, just the way he experienced it, and just shares > his own reflections, as if he would be telling this to his best friend! > There is no hidden agenda, no cynicism, or irony, he simply shares this > moment of transcendence IN the world, the awe he experienced. > > > > > > > > > > > > And I think he does this here in general: this is Barry's MO. > He has some kind of recognition, some truth he recognizes, and then he > throws it at us, not really caring too much how people react, in > take-it-or-leave-it style. He has this inner independence, and that's a > great thing I think. He could be more sensitive, to not hurt people, > sure. But he is almost completely innocent in this. Now take it or leave > it. > > > > > > > > > > Well said. I agree with this 100%. And this is why I look > forward to reading Barry's posts. He puts his ideas out there - are > some are terrific and interesting. Some not so much to me, but so what? > > > > > > > > "And in the bright excellence adorned, crested > > > > With every prodigal, familiar fire, > > > > And unfamiliar escapades: whirroos > > > > And scintillant sizzlings such as children like, > > > > Vested in the serious folds of majesty, > > > > Moving around and behind, a following, > > > > A source of trumpeting seraphs in the eye, > > > > A source of pleasant outbursts to the ear." > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long > <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Today's koan: Maharishi explains there's 100% > determinism, 100% free will. I love these paradoxes! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gangaji said, and I'm paraphrasing: if you think you're > the doer, then it's better if you do what you think is right to do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > B, what comes out of the jello first, sound or light? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@> > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 3:06 PM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Coup de foudre > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > On 10/22/2012 07:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > > > I had an interesting experience this morning, interesting > primarily > > > > > > > > because I've only had such an experience a few times in my > life, and > > > > > > > > it's been a long time since the last one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was out walking in my neighborhood and saw a woman > approaching on a > > > > > > > > bakfiets (a bicycle with a passenger compartment on the > front, similar > > > > > > > > to the Babboe I posted about earlier). She had two small > kids -- boys, I > > > > > > > > think -- in the compartment, but to tell the truth I'm not > sure they > > > > > > > > were boys because I couldn't take my eyes off of her face. > I found her > > > > > > > > incredibly beautiful. Not in a supermodel or actress sort > of way, more a > > > > > > > > "Wow...this is a very real and interesting person" sort of > way. And not > > > > > > > > in the least in a lustful sort of way. She just instantly > captured my > > > > > > > > interest, so I smiled. She smiled back, and then pedaled > past me and > > > > > > > > turned down a street parallel to mine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unwilling to part with that delightful second of > appreciation, I turned > > > > > > > > to watch her pedal away. She turned to look at me, too. We > both smiled > > > > > > > > again, and then she pedaled on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's all. You were maybe expecting her to have stopped > and asked me to > > > > > > > > feel her ass? :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That short interaction may not sound like much of a moment > to others, > > > > > > > > but to me it's of interest because several times in my > life such a > > > > > > > > moment of mutual recognition and appreciation has led to > wonderful and > > > > > > > > memorable love affairs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One of those times, interestingly enough, occurred on an > ATR course of > > > > > > > > at the old Cobb Mountain TM facility. It was the first > day, and never > > > > > > > > having been there before I was walking around checking > things out. She > > > > > > > > walked by me, I got that powerful "flash of recognition" > feeling, and > > > > > > > > then she'd walked past. No smiles this time; there wasn't > really time. > > > > > > > > But the flash was enough to stop me in my tracks and cause > me to turn > > > > > > > > around and look at her walking away. But she wasn't > walking away. She > > > > > > > > had stopped and turned around and was looking at me, too. > We didn't hook > > > > > > > > up on that course, but we did later, and it was memorable > indeed, at > > > > > > > > least from my side. Lovely woman. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I never ignore such moments. I may never see this woman > in Leiden > > > > > > > > again, but if I don't it really doesn't matter. In my > experience such > > > > > > > > moments are timeless, in the sense that they quite > possibly cut across > > > > > > > > the boundaries of one incarnation and intrude with > memories of another. > > > > > > > > If we run into one another again in this incarnation, I'll > get to see > > > > > > > > what happens. If not, that's what future incarnations are > for. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You hate jyotish but then I wouldn't be surprised if your > horoscope > > > > > > > shows a "sanyasi yoga" or at least a weak 7th lord which > means that your > > > > > > > life isn't set up for long term relationships such as > marriage. And if > > > > > > > you attempted marriage it might well end in divorce. One of > the most > > > > > > > common questions astrologers get is "will I ever be > married?" And in > > > > > > > every case where that question came up I could see that the > horoscope > > > > > > > didn't support it. Which is why they asked the question in > the first > > > > > > > place. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't try but it is > getting a > > > > > > > little late in the day. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was thinking about the free will and pre-destiny issue the > other day > > > > > > > and thinking that one problem is that people think of the > transcendent > > > > > > > like it is air. Try thinking of it as jello and we are > being wiggled > > > > > > > around by its shaking. That's what we experience as "life." > In that > > > > > > > context the next thought you have was predetermined at the > inception of > > > > > > > the universe when the fundamental tone was struck. We are > nothing but > > > > > > > part of the overtones. I had that thought years ago and > learned a while > > > > > > > back that physicists labeled it "string theory" in it is > like a string > > > > > > > being struck. Makes sense to me. But enjoy life anyway as > if there is > > > > > > > free will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
