--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > its all rather confusing to me as I really didn't understand the incident re > refered to - but it doesn't matter anyway - according to some here I don't > really understand that much of anything - I am a confused Southerner
Well, I don't think you need to worry about that kind of opinion of you. If somebody can actually challenge your logic or facts, that's another matter. People here have a rather distressing tendency to think the former is all that's required to rebut an analysis. > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 6:29 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Meaning of the Moola Mantra > > >  > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Well each to his own I reckon - but a guy who watched Maha > > > try to get an initiator to secretly carry a suitcase full > > > of money across international borders is an interesting > > > feller to listen to > > > > I think you'll find that Judy doesn't agree with this, > > and feels instead that someone who never met Maharishi, > > never became a teacher, and in fact never cared about > > either him or her own spiritual pursuits enough to put > > herself in the same room with him > > As Barry knows, I did go to considerable lengths to do > exactly that. Unfortunately, I couldn't do anything > about MMY's decision not to turn up in that room. > > So there you are, there's an example of why you should > not take any of Barry's assertions as fact unless you > can verify them from another source. His assertion > above is not fact. > > , such as...wait for > > it...herself, is more authoritative and should be paid > > more attention to than others who did all these things. :-) > > Nor is this. > > > Then again, she still feels that her view of Mel Gibson's > > film "Apocalypto" is the most authoritative, too, and that > > her characterization of him as "Mel Gibson, Christian Bigot" > > is accurate, *never having seen the film*. :-) > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126122 > > > > Follow the thread. It's very instructive as to who you are > > dealing with... > > Ah, this is an excellent example of what I just said about > its being wise to have more than one source for one of > Barry's assertions. In this case, fortunately, we have the > record in the archives. Barry doesn't expect you to > actually *read* the thread--hopes you don't, in fact--but > if you do, you'll get quite an education. > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: authfriend <authfriend@> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 3:46 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Meaning of the Moola Mantra > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Now that's the sort of thing that if I had said it would lead > > > > to all sorts of scurrilous accusations towards me on the part > > > > of some folks around here - Turq you must have a mighty > > > > presence that they dast not speak ill of you > > > > > > Er, no. Barry's never really had a lot to say, and what > > > there is of it, we've heard many, MANY times by now. You > > > haven't been here that long, so much of it is still new > > > to you (but you do need to learn to give it a close look, > > > because it tends not to stand up to examination). > > > > > > Anyway, the bottom line is that hardly anybody pays much > > > attention to Barry these days except to make fun of him. > > > > > > - as to your remarks themselves you know what the ancient Vedic sages > > > used to say - "There is no accounting for taste." > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 3:24 AM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Meaning of the Moola Mantra > > > > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martin.quickman" > > > > <martin.quickman@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This mantra evokes the living God, asking protection and > > > > > freedom from all sorrow and suffering. > > > > > > > > > > http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/moola-mantra-the-meaning-of-filed-under-favourite-sai-memory/ > > > > > > > > Duh. One would think that when it comes to *either* > > > > Sai Baba or Maharishi no explanation of the Moolah > > > > Mantra is required: > > > > > > > > "Send us more moolah, oh God. Lots and lots and lots > > > > of moolah. That will protect us and give us freedom > > > > from sorrow and suffering. Fuck those who 'donate' > > > > the moolah. All that matters is that we get it." > > > > > > > > Sorry, but the fact that some people still revere > > > > that child-molesting, bad-magician charlatan Sathya > > > > Sai Baba blows my mind even more than the fact that > > > > some still revere Maharishi. > > > > > > > > > >
