Mr. Price, A One eyed purple people eater. A ribbed condom. Same thing. :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: > > Emily, > > As you thought, Playa is much less like that than Cancun. We're staying > > with friends that own a nice place near the water. Although it's > warm, it's been cloudy, but, as the wife likes to reminds me, I need to work > on my > gratitude. I have noticed that it's impossible to be angry (or fearful), and > grateful at the same time. My only requirement for a therapist is a sense of > humor, how else could they understand God (smiley face). > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAnlke_xUY > > > > ________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 9:09:48 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the > people who brought it up > > > > Thanks Bob.  I love Marc Cohn.  When I was turning 40, a friend, whose > birthday was 5 days from mine set up a trip to Cancun with a couple of other > friends of hers.  One of those timeshare deals.  My first trip to Mexico.  > She flew us first class - my first time on first class - what a great thing. >  We were assaulted with the "program" once we got there, but we did make it > to chitzen itza and did some snorkeling and I loved the pool. The hotel > grounds had a pervasive smell of septic, in that the system was failing, > which ruined the beach - too much development on that spit to put it mildly. >  After a couple of nights of being herded around like cattle to the > different clubs, where waitresses tried to force shots of very bad tequila > down us, I ditched.  I was carrying around a Spanish/English dictionary and > hailed a cab to go the older part of town and found a jazz club run by an > expat with live music - the best night I had.  We all determined > that Playa Del Carmen was where we would go next time, but that time never > came, as is often the case.  Nice place to be right now.  As an aside, I > saw the family counselor yesterday, who took one look at me in my Sun Valley > wool hat, two scarves, and raincoat covered in dog hair, and informed me that > it's a myth that motivation precedes action.  I must get going (smiley > face).  > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Bob Price > >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" > >Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:24 PM > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the > >people who brought it up > > > > > > > >Too bad about the link, it played just fine in Playa Del Carmen; how about > >these: > > > >OBBA: > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwR0n87v2BQ > > > >EMILY: > > > >http://tinyurl.com/ah6ye8j > > > >ONCE UPON A TIME....: > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvDJ5a6KZj4 > > > >________________________________ > >From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@...> > >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:41:52 AM > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the > >people who brought it up > > > >I noted the same about the link, but know the song and thus moved to Bob's > >other link of the book.  What a great book; a great offering with wonderful > >drawings.  The pages turn for you, which is very cool.  That is a > >pertinent link to what Curtis posted and I have saved it to peruse.  > > > >>________________________________ > >> From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >>Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 6:28 AM > >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the > >>people who brought it up > >> > >> > >> > >>FFL, the endless battle of who did what, and how come I am not fucking > >>enlightened yet. > >> > >>Hey Bob, the link you put at the end of your post below on this thread, it > >>does not work if one lives in the States. I love Purple rain to go along > >>with those purple high stretch stiletto boots, please share a link we can > >>see from here, the States.. Emily would most likely appreciate it too! > >>The mention in a post to the Turq, I do not live in Fairfield, and not in > >>Manhattan (deduct my non response of 72nd and 4th)(nor the L train from > >>Willamsburg) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhgjEObtrWE  Oh,Give me a > >>ticket on an Air-o-plane."  you now have minus three areas I may or may > >>not live,at certain times. :) > >>I live in my skin, the blanket of FFL. You guys and ladies, are my warmth. > >>:) > >> > >>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price  wrote: > >>> > >>> MILAREPA once sent three of his devotees, each with a > >>> > >>> blanket, into the mountains of Tibet with the instruction to not return > >>> until > >>> they had mastered their inner heat.à> >>> > >>> > >>> The monks found an ice field, laid out their blankets, and > >>> began to mediate; windstorms and angry blizzards pummeled the three > >>> adherents and > >>> covered them with ice and snow, but the three continued to mediate > >>> without interruption. > >>> > >>> > >>> Finally, after ten years had passed, one of the monks opened > >>> his eyes and glared at the monk beside him and angrily shouted:à> >>> > >>> > >>> "You're sitting on my blanket!" > >>> > >>> > >>> The angry monk then closed his eyes and the three continued to > >>> mediate.à> >>> > >>> > >>> More wind, snow and ice storms hit the mountain and froze the > >>> monks solid, but still they continued their practice without interruption. > >>> > >>> > >>> After another ten years had passed the second monk opened his eyes and > >>> shouted: > >>> > >>> > >>> "No I'm not!" > >>> > >>> > >>> The second angry monk then closed his eyes again, and the > >>> three continued to mediate peacefully. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> More blizzards and wind storms hit the mountain and covered > >>> the three monks with freezing rain and snow; the howling wind was > >>> deafening, > >>> and at times the three mediating monks were encased in solid blocks of > >>> ice, but > >>> they remained immoveable and continued to mediate uninterrupted. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Finally, after another ten years had passed (making it > >>> thirty years since they had arrived), the third monk suddenly jumped up, > >>> grabbed > >>> his blanket, and ran down the mountain, back to the monastery where > >>> MILAREPA was waiting. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> MILAREPA asked the devotee: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> "Why have you returned, have you mastered your inner heat?" > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And the third monk answered: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> "No master, I'm back because I got sick and tired of all the bickering > >>> and fighting!" > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> For OBBA: > >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bydB3-k-qU > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: turquoiseb > >>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:44:21 AM > >>> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people > >>> who brought it up > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Just so this doesn't get buried inside a topic many > >>> people weren't reading, here it is with a new title, > >>> and under a new thread. > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebààwrote: > >>> > > >>> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebààwrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > What makes you think that this "negatively charged tone" > >>> > > is in THEM? It seems to me that a large number of people > >>> > > *project* such things ONTO the TM critics, because they're > >>> > > heavily attached to Maharishi and TM, and *their* buttons > >>> > > got pushed. They're experiencing emotions inside themselves > >>> > > that they perceive as negative, so they project the source > >>> > > of that perceived negativity onto the critic. > >>> > > >>> > To expand upon this, Share, here's what I saw happen > >>> > in this thread about the fundraising for Vedaland. > >>> > > >>> > Based upon what Michael and Salyavin have said about > >>> > this incident, it seems clear that the TM organization > >>> > not only was guilty of selling shares in a venture they > >>> > knew was not going to happen because Doug was dying, > >>> > they did so *on long-term residence courses*, sending > >>> > people to solicit partnerships/donations from people > >>> > who were rounding, and thus had been instructed to > >>> > not make any serious decisions while rounding. > >>> > > >>> > OK, that strikes me as a pretty big "WTF moment." > >>> > > >>> > And so far, in my quick re-read of the thread, it seems > >>> > that other than Michael, Salyavin and myself, no one > >>> > from the still-loyal-to-TM camp has really commented > >>> > *on the issue itself*. Buck came the closest. > >>> > > >>> > Most others have been playing one form or another of > >>> > "Kill the messenger," either suggesting that something > >>> > is wrong with Michael or the other critics, or that > >>> > something was wrong with their "tone," that it was > >>> > "negative." > >>> > > >>> > Here's what I think. > >>> > > >>> > The negativity is in the "Kill the messenger" types. > >>> > They heard something *that they didn't want to hear*. > >>> > It caused cognitive dissonance in them. They knew that > >>> > if they dealt with it directly and said what this news > >>> > made them *feel* about the organization they've been > >>> > part of for so long, and said it honestly, they'd be > >>> > perceived by other TBs as "negative." So they stayed > >>> > as far away from the real issue as possible. > >>> > > >>> > Instead they projected the inner turmoil they were > >>> > feeling about the issue onto the people who *were* > >>> > talking about the issue, and tried to turn the thread > >>> > into talking about *them* instead. Classic "Kill the > >>> > messenger," and classic cult. > >>> > > >>> > You seem to be full of advice today on how Michael or > >>> > others could clean up their "negatively charged tone." > >>> > Well, here's some advice from me. Try not to project > >>> > the button-pushed turmoil inside yourself onto other > >>> > people, and lash out at them rather than dealing with > >>> > what they said. > >>> > > >>> > It's not whether Michael is outraged over this issue. > >>> > That's fairly obvious. The bigger question is, "Why > >>> > aren't you?" > >>> > > >>> > How 'bout it, TM-supporters? Take this issue and discuss > >>> > it *AS* issue, no personalities, and no attempts at > >>> > well-poisoning and slander. > >>> > > >>> > Please explain how what the TM did in this case can be > >>> > seen as OK, legal, or benevolent. Please explain why > >>> > you still feel the need to support them or defend them, > >>> > if that's what you wind up doing. But talk about the > >>> > issue *itself*, not the people who brought it up. > >>> > > >>> > We'll wait... > >>> > >>> Suggestions for possible discussion points? > >>> > >>> - Did you ever experience, while on rounding courses, > >>> representatives of the TMO "pitching" you on things > >>> that cost money? You know, like "the next big course > >>> you just had to attend," or "the next technique you > >>> just had to have," or the next Maharishi-add-on > >>> product you just had to buy, be it Ayurveda or S-V > >>> houses? > >>> > >>> - If so, how do you reconcile this fairly obvious > >>> attempt to get you to spend more money or donate more > >>> money with the clear instructions you were given at > >>> the start of every rounding course, "Don't make any > >>> major decisions while you are here?" > >>> > >>> - What *is* it about the TM technique that makes it > >>> "100% positive" when done as advertised, 20 minutes > >>> twice a day, but that makes it so powerful during > >>> rounding courses that you have to be assigned a > >>> "buddy" to keep track of you, and you are prohibited > >>> from leaving the course premises? Clearly the people > >>> who made up the "buddy" and the "don't leave the > >>> course" rules believed that people on rounding courses > >>> were in a somewhat disabled state, because they made > >>> up these rules to protect them (and, of course, to > >>> protect the movement, lest they get into any trouble > >>> while spaced out walking around in the community where > >>> the course was being held). But they didn't believe > >>> in the truth of the "Don't make any major decisions > >>> rule" enough to refrain from trying to SELL them > >>> things on courses? WTF? > >>> > >>> > >>>  Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã Ã > >>>à> >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >  >
