[FairfieldLife] Re: 400 K in Latin America!?
According to Raja Jose Luis Alvarez, 400 000 students in Peru(?) are willing to learn TM! That's huisii! :D All news from the TMO is always wildly exaggerated, everyone knows that. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a grain of truth buried underneath the propaganda. That figure of 400,000 students could well be true if you make certain assumptions like (a) the kids aren't paying for it, (b) they're extrapolating from a knowledge of the percentage of students who express an interest in places they've actually visited to the whole country. For example in the Philippines, during the campaign there, people were walking into schools, teaching pretty much everyone and then walking on to the next school. Given that you could go into a school and teach nearly all the kids for free it would be reasonable to say that all the school students in the country were willing to learn TM. The same number is probably true of every country, provided someone else is paying. As soon as people have to pay for themselves then it's an entirely different matter. The present business model is to extract money from rich people, use it to teach poor kids, make videos of poor kids saying how much they like TM and play them to rich people to extract more money from rich donors so on. Taking a percentage on each turn. It stalls when they run out of rich donors, when someone does due diligence on the accounts for the global operation, or when someone asks an awkward question like why do we have to stump up so much cash to teach kids? Why don't we just teach the kids for the cost of the teachers living expenses?. To which the only answer is we need the percentage to maintain a regal court or hand over your dome pass. In any case the sharp eyed will notice something. A couple of million dollars in Peru teaches hundreds of thousands of kids, a few hundred million dollars in India yields just 1,500 pundits. M.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'More on Levitaton'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: When we think of the concept of 'Akasha'... What do we think of? Just for fun: etymologically we *might* perhaps possibly be thinking of some kind of radiation comparable to light, because the root of 'aakaasha' seems to be 'kaash', which also is the root of 'prakaasha', usually translated to 'light', as f'rinstance in the suutra following the YF-suutra, namely the two-part one that goes like this: bahirakalpitaa vRttirmahaavidehaa; tataH prakaashaavaraNakSayaH Well, the second part, the phrase after the semicolon is translated by Taimni like this: From it (mahaa-videhaa?) is destroyed (kSayaH: destruction [of]) the covering (aavaraNa) of light (prakaasha).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margo...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] Brahm Naad
Anyone seen this? A Sri Sri Ravi project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dus9JMXwprgfeature=related It's a symphony of a thousand sitars. Kinda neato
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahm Naad
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote: Anyone seen this? A Sri Sri Ravi project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dus9JMXwprgfeature=related It's a symphony of a thousand sitars. Kinda neato Pretty cool man..below is a better video of the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBO-EMpX1gfeature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] A surprise followup to Dr. Hagelin's previous announcement
From: Dr. John Hagelin developm...@... download.globalco/0D1FFBB4.jpgdownload.globalco/0D1FFBDA.jpgdownload.glo\ balco/0D1FFC00.jpg Dear Meditators, Sidhas and Governors, By now you have probably heard that the 6,000 tickets for the upcoming April 4th Benefit Concert sold out within minutes of going on public sale! This has caused some confusion and backlash because as it turns out the Radio City Music Hall facility only holds 600 people. As a result, there is no room for most of the 6,000 people who bought tickets, only for 600. As the Laws Of Nature would have it, that happens to be the *exact* number of people still remaining in the TM movement, so everything is fine. We plan on keeping the money so kindly contributed to the David Lynch Foundation by the other 5,400 ticket purchasers, but we will compensate them by giving a substantial 10% discount on Raja Raam's new book The Vedic Physiology Of Rock 'N Roll when and if it comes out. This seeming episode of bad planning was thus nothing of the sort. It was an example of how the Laws Of Nature intervene when something is not quite right. And it has a benefit that now all of the Rajas attending don't have to leave their crowns and robes at home to hide who they are. They can appear at the concert in all their cosmically resplendent finery, certain that no members of the News media will be there to photograph them. As reported earlier, the initial press coverage of the concert has already more than doubled the number of people calling our centers and wanting to learn the TM® technique. Those four new meditators will be given complimentary passes to the concert, as long as they stand outside in the lobby and don't try to mingle with the chosen. Also as reported earlier, in anticipation of this new wave of interest in the TM technique, we have upgraded the www. TM. org servers to support the expected increased volume. They can now handle up to ten people visiting the site worldwide a day. As you may know, we base our course fees primarily on the cost of service we provide. The more service we provide, the more it costs. Therefore the reduced course fees mentioned in the previous press release are only temporary, and we will make up for it by nickle-and-diming all these new meditators to death in future years. We are even considering charging for breathing, because as the Maharishi Effect continues to enliven the air, it will become more healthful *to* breathe. Please share this Gigormously Global Good News with your family, friends and associates. You will be doing them a Gigormously Global Great Service for which they will be forever Gigormously Grateful. Jai Guru Dev John Hagelin National Director ®Transcendental Meditation and TM are registered trademarks licensed to Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Wishing and waiting Wanting and hoping Dull sexist baiting Can't get some groping Offend and attack ATTENTION he needs Forget about facts OPINION indeed! http://tinyurl.com/cb65uy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhUL4cFUNs
[FairfieldLife] The Anamay Trust
[home] http://www.anamaytrust.org/index.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/kausani%20ashram%20button.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm [student life] http://www.anamaytrust.org/student.htm [teaching] http://www.anamaytrust.org/teaching.htm [vedas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/vedas.htm [yagyas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/yagyas.htm [how to help] http://www.anamaytrust.org/help.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/Deutsch%20flag.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/DE_home_DE.htm The Anâmay Trust Inspired by the teachings of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Anâmay Trust was established through a generous donation of land by the local community in the village of Kausânî, state of Uttarâkhand, India. The mission of the Trust is to create a Vedic ashram and propagate the eternal Vedic dharma for the benefit of mankind. The Anâmay Trust seeks financial support to build a school for 121 students who will receive the complete experience and teaching of Vedic sciences in the traditional manner. Presently the ashram accommodates 50 students and 10 teachers in two temporary structures while the new student dormitories are under construction. The ashram as of now offers instruction in three of the four Vedas, as well as Upangas, Upavedas and Vedangas such as Âyurved, Vyâkaran, and Jyotish. In addition to studying traditional courses and recitation of the Vedas, the students at the ashram practice yoga and the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi Programs daily. Special emphasis is placed on inspiring in the students a deep understanding and appreciation of the value of the Vedic approach to eliminating problems and creating peaceful and prosperous nations. Upon completion of their studies, the graduates of Anâmay ashram will be able to uphold and teach the Vedic dharma and perform Vedic rites to bring support of natural law to their respective communities. Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban
Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban if they are willing to abandon violence So apparently, if they are willing to abandon violence and pursue their goal of implementing Islamic law by other means, that is just fine with her. Here is yet another demonstration of the danger of misdiagnosis of the global jihad threat: the problem is not the means the Taliban use, the problem is their goal. The Taliban are not bad because they are violent -- after all, so are the forces that oppose them. However, as far as the President and the Secretary of State are concerned, that is the only problem with them. If they try to accomplish their goals at the ballot box rather than with guns and bombs, Obama and Clinton would welcome them as partners. The fact that the Taliban want to impose a law upon Afghanistan that would subjugate women and non-Muslims as inferiors, denied equality of rights with Muslim men, and extinguish freedom of speech and freedom of conscience, means nothing to them. And why should it? Karzai's Afghanistan is already a Sharia state, according to the Afghan Constitution. US backs reconciliation with non-violent Taliban, from AFP, March 31 (thanks to JE): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday backed Afghanistan's plans to hold reconciliation talks with members of the Taliban or past Al-Qaeda supporters who reject violence. We must ... support efforts by the government of Afghanistan to separate the extremists of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban from those who joined their ranks not out of conviction, but out of desperation, she said. They should be offered an honourable form of reconciliation and reintegration into a peaceful society, if they are willing to abandon violence, break with Al-Qaeda, and support the constitution Why not? The Afghan Constitution declares that Sharia is the highest law of the land. Esp. interesting since the Afghan president just signed allow legalizing rape. Hillary to you have a letter from Bill?: It will be forever ignored or denied by those who insist that Islam is a Religion of Peace, but in reality there is no Misunderstanding of Islam going on here. Every provision of this law as stated in this article, including the rule that women cannot refuse sex to their husbands at any time or for any reason, is part of traditional Islamic law. And so this new law is yet another indication of how the overtures to the Taliban from official Washington are out of focus. Will the U.S. stand up for these women and defend them? Absolutely not, because they are being victimized by Sharia, to which Washington has no apparent objection, and because they are not being blown up in terrorist attacks. The passing of a law in a non-violent manner -- what's the problem? It's democracy at work! Hamid Karzai signs law 'legalising rape in marriage,' by Ben Farmer in the Telegraph, March 31 (thanks to Leal): President Hamid Karzai has signed a law the UN says legalises rape in marriage and prevents women from leaving the house without permission. The law, which has not been publicly released, is believed to state women can only seek work, education or doctor's appointments with their husband's permission. Only fathers and grandfathers are granted custody of children under the law, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Opponents of the legislation governing the personal lives of Afghanistan's Shia minority have said it is worse than during the Taliban. Mr Karzai has been accused of electioneering at the expense of women's rights by signing the law to appeal to crucial Shia swing voters in this year's presidential poll. While the Afghan constitution guarantees equal rights for women, it also allows the Shia community, thought to represent 10 per cent of the population, the right to settle family law cases according to Shia law. The Shiite Personal Status Law contains provisions on marriage, divorce, inheritance, rights of movement and bankruptcy. The bill passed both houses of the Afghan parliament, but was so contentious that the United Nations and women's rights campaigners have so far been unable to see a copy of the approved bill
[FairfieldLife] Facebook
Hey, It's kind of lame, I know but I joined Facebook at the instigation of one of my previous bosses. So you can search my name and add me as a friend. Please do.
[FairfieldLife] Vaj -- is there anything material about Akasha? (Re: 'More on Levitaton')
Vaj, Akasha being defined as space by Maharishi, I always just took that he was using the definition given by modern physics, and thus I never really looked at space as being a complete concept that can stand alone without having to deal with a physical set of laws that says that space and time are inseparably enmeshed and only can be intellectually considered isolated from each other. How does Buddhism see this space/time issue? A few questions: Is there a difference between what the definition of space in an English dictionary and the akasha of a Sanskrit dictionary? Is akasha somehow still considered to be an object of consciousness in that it can be witnessed/attended/known? Is this akasha the field within which the mind floats in your non-dual contemplative practices? Is akasha still somehow defined such that it is considered material? -- that is: is it part of material creation to Buddhism, or is it much more an astral kind of materiality -- that is: is it a dynamic of the matrix within which the mind creates nightly dreams? Causal? Obviously akasha cannot be even an product of modern physical definitions of materiality in that no quark-processing can be ponied up to explain the properties of space. Er, does Buddhism have properties for space? If one can experience akasha? Is that identical to the situation of having witnessing in deep thoughtless sleep? If so, then what is the difference between that experience of residing in amness/pure-being/transcendence? Is akasha and mind the same entity? Does akasha still exist between creations? Could any mind ever conceived grasp akasha like a playtoy? Can Shiva be that transcendental and still maintain his instrumentality? There's yer homework, dude. If you answer, thanks in advance for saving me from being google-lost for hours. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20016@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: When we think of the concept of 'Akasha'... What do we think of? Space Yes, I heard that translation, also... But, does this space also contain time? Because this space contains 'records' through time... And what is the difference conceptionally between space and the transcendent? R.g. Do we think of the 'Akashic Records', kind of thing. Or, do we think of Akasha as Time? If Akasha contains time, then it must contain all of time, eternal. So, therefore...Akasha must have to do with transcending time, In a way that slides into some kind of, what the physicist calls wormhole... So, actual levitation must produce or make available, some kind of wormhole... In the meantime, until actual levitation is produced, whatcha you ass...! The other thing is the Einstein theory of gravity being some kind of curved space...whatever that is? So,...there ya go. R.G.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook
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[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: By the time you are intending that the mantra comes from a body part in an advanced technique, this discussion breaks down. None of the advanced techniques (5 of them) I was taught are taught that way. I can see why you might misremember that they were, but that is YOUR problem Get checked. Interesting choice of responses Lawson. You decided to go with the assumption that I am unfamiliar with my own TM practice or don't have more than 5 advanced techniques. Personally I would have gone with I didn't get that technique so I don't know anything about it myself. But that's just me. Of course then you would miss an opportunity to be pugnaciously grumpy in your response, so I can understand why you didn't go that way. Of course like all true sciences, in Vedic science all these techniques are shrouded in secrecy and we are instructed not to talk about them because sciences always try to have as little transparency as possible and it is fond of swearing people to secrecy so the techniques of the science can't be discussed openly to further our understanding. I have about 5 ATs and none of them involve thinking the mantra from a body part. I'm not including A of E technique which involves attention on the body but not with the mantra or Primordial Sound which does involve thinking mantra from the heart. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: And effort is certainly misleading because even intent is too harsh a word. L. By the time you are intending that the mantra comes from a body part in an advanced technique, this discussion breaks down. None of the advanced techniques (5 of them) I was taught are taught that way. I can see why you might misremember that they were, but that is YOUR problem Get checked. As I said in my previous part, it seems pretty difficult for people to apply the kind of effort in meditation that Maharishi is making such a big deal about. I only encountered it very rarely in checking TM. But within that basic relaxation approach, there is also quite a bit of leeway as we know from the sidhi techniques or even the Age of Enlightenment technique. If you have ever hung out with people in a hypnosis classes, they can do an Age of E type of technique right off the bat with the same imagined results TMers report. It is unnatural for people to apply headache inducing effort with internal relaxation techniques. Er, yeah. lawson
[FairfieldLife] Re: Universal Health Care
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: Bhairitu wrote: Our capitalistic health care for profit is a sham... All of Europe, which has nationalized health care already, is also experiencing the current economic crisis. Why does Obama believe that bringing national health care here will in any way save us a similar economic crisis in the future? He keeps repeating that only if we get health care costs under control will we have `real' prosperity, but the countries that have already `tackled' this problem in the past were not spared their own economic meltdowns. Read more: Posted by Jonah Goldber The Corner, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ddo3dk Logic 101 US and Europe both experiencing banking crises. Canada is not experiencing banking crisis. Canada did not deregulate its banks, Europe and US did. US does not have universal healthcare, Europe and Canada both have for many years. What is cause of banking crisis and what is irrelevant
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
You didn't show your dome badege; you haven't posted anything to prove your status in the TMO. Let's see some proof before you go opening your pie-hole about TM and the TMO and the Marshy. Curtis wrote: This coming from the genius who defines TM as thinking things over! Well, Curtis, obviously you don't have a dome badge, and you can't seem to post anything to prove you're a 'TM teacher, and I didn't see your definition of 'TM', so since you've opened your pie hole, why not just post your definition of 'TM', so we can read it, instead of being trollish and downright snarky. This shouldn't be much of a task, since you're claiming to be a 'TM teacher' with very high TMO status, and a graduate in philosophy from MUM. Or, maybe it's time for you to just shut your pie hole. Everyone meditates; there's probably not a single person on the planet who doesn't pause once or twice a day to take stock of their own mental contents. And we're transcending, all the time. Meditation simply means to 'think things over'. According to Marshy, meditation is based on thinking. It's that simple. meditation noun 1. to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2. to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. Source: Cambridge University Dictionary: http://tinyurl.com/dz5ut2
[FairfieldLife] Depression
So, I have been on that Celexa stuff for a month now. Time flys huh? I have to say it's pretty awesome for me. I don't know if it would work for someone who's manic depressive, in fact I'm sure not as that's different. Depression I look back now and I find that it was a deepening between thought and action such that one gets to where the pause is insurmountable and one falls into it. I was getting pretty despondent and bad. I have to say that that has since cleared up entirely. I feel really good and ready to return to work. I really recommend such a simple course of treatment for others who may feel bad. It also hasn't hurt my meditation at all. In fact it inspired me to practice more because I feel better. Also, if one feels speedy from Celexa then you can skip days, or time it to your schedule. It rocks! Jai (space of E) Ma!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Vaj -- is there anything material about Akasha? (Re: 'More on Levitaton')
On Apr 1, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
Vaj,
Akasha being defined as space by Maharishi, I always just took that
he was using the definition given by modern physics, and thus I
never really looked at space as being a complete concept that can
stand alone without having to deal with a physical set of laws that
says that space and time are inseparably enmeshed and only can be
intellectually considered isolated from each other.
How does Buddhism see this space/time issue?
The sense of space and time are connected to breath, thus breath =
time. Control of the perception of time is therefore related to fine
control and understanding of breath and elements.
A few questions:
Is there a difference between what the definition of space in an
English dictionary and the akasha of a Sanskrit dictionary?
AkAza
m. (Ved.) or (later) n. (ifc. f. %{A}) a free or open space , vacuity
AitBr. S3Br. MBh. c. [127,1] ; the ether , sky or atmosphere Naigh.
S3Br. Mn. c. ; (%{am}) n. (in philos.) the subtle and ethereal fluid
(supposed to fill and pervade the universe and to be the peculiar
vehicle of life and of sound) Veda1ntas. c. ; Brahma (as identical
with ether) L. ; = %{AkAza-bhASita} below Comm. on S3ak. ; (%{e})
loc. ind. in the air (a stage direction implying something said by or
to a person out of sight) Mr2icch. S3ak. c.
space |spās|
noun
1 a continuous area or expanse that is free, available, or
unoccupied : a table took up much of the space | we shall all be
living together in a small space | he backed out of the parking space.
• an area of land that is not occupied by buildings : she had a love
of open spaces.
• an empty area left between one-, two-, or three-dimensional points
or objects : the space between a wall and a utility pipe.
• a blank between printed, typed, or written words, characters,
numbers, etc.
• Music each of the four gaps between the five lines of a staff.
• an interval of time (often used to suggest that the time is short,
considering what has happened or been achieved in it) : both their
cars were stolen in the space of three days.
• pages in a newspaper, or time between television or radio
programs, available for advertising.
• (also commercial space) an area rented or sold as business premises.
• the amount of paper used or needed to write about a subject :
there is no space to give further details.
• the freedom and scope to live, think, and develop in a way that
suits one : a teenager needing her own space.
• Telecommunications one of two possible states of a signal in
certain systems. The opposite of mark 1 (sense 2).
2 the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things
exist and move : the work gives the sense of a journey in space and
time.
• (also outer space) the physical universe beyond the earth's
atmosphere.
• the near vacuum extending between the planets and stars,
containing small amounts of gas and dust.
• Mathematics a mathematical concept generally regarded as a set of
points having some specified structure.
Is akasha somehow still considered to be an object of consciousness
in that it can be witnessed/attended/known?
Space, in the context of consciousness is seen as a suchness or
thatness, a tattva. Meditative discrimination of space via formless
absorption is an antidote to forms and obstructiveness.
Is this akasha the field within which the mind floats in your non-
dual contemplative practices?
No.
Is akasha still somehow defined such that it is considered
material? -- that is: is it part of material creation to
Buddhism, or is it much more an astral kind of materiality --
that is: is it a dynamic of the matrix within which the mind
creates nightly dreams? Causal?
In Ayurveda, akasha is the open spaces in the body, so in that
context it would represent gases as a state of matter, but in terms
of consciousness, it is the luminous sky.
Obviously akasha cannot be even an product of modern physical
definitions of materiality in that no quark-processing can be
ponied up to explain the properties of space. Er, does Buddhism
have properties for space?
Yes.
If one can experience akasha? Is that identical to the situation
of having witnessing in deep thoughtless sleep? If so, then what
is the difference between that experience of residing in amness/
pure-being/transcendence?
No.
Is akasha and mind the same entity?
It depends how you define mind, no?
Does akasha still exist between creations?
No.
Could any mind ever conceived grasp akasha like a playtoy? Can
Shiva be that transcendental and still maintain his instrumentality?
He, he.
There's yer homework, dude. If you answer, thanks in advance for
saving me from being google-lost for hours.
Re: [FairfieldLife] A surprise followup to Dr. Hagelin's previous announcement
On Apr 1, 2009, at 5:53 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: As reported earlier, the initial press coverage of the concert has already more than doubled the number of people calling our centers and wanting to learn the TM® technique. Those four new meditators will be given complimentary passes to the concert, as long as they stand outside in the lobby and don't try to mingle with the chosen. LOL...really diggin these satires, Barry. Keep em comin'! Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'More on Levitaton'
Because this space contains 'records' through time... Vaj wrote: Akashic records is an idea conjured up by the Theosophists... According to Fa Hsiang and Hua Yen, there is a single, universal, and eternal 'storehouse-consciousness', the Alayavijnana, Tibetan, 'kun-gzhi rnam-shes'. Store consciousness accumulates all potential energy for the aggregate of the 'bodymind' (Sanskrit: namarupa), the mental (nama) and physical (rupa) manifestation of one's existence, and supplies the substance to all existences. Store consciousness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_consciousness Read more: 'Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra' By D.T. Suzuki Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959 A-laya-vijña-na p. xxvi
Re: [FairfieldLife] Depression
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Kirk kirk_bernha...@cox.net wrote: So, I have been on that Celexa stuff for a month now. Time flys huh? I have to say it's pretty awesome for me. I don't know if it would work for someone who's manic depressive, in fact I'm sure not as that's different. Kirk, with bipolar disorder, it might have cured your Celexa and lapsed you into hypomania, the other side of bipolar from depression. There was a lot of concern that this would happen because some of your posts make it seem like you were bipolar. Happy to see that Celexa didn't do this. Depression I look back now and I find that it was a deepening between thought and action such that one gets to where the pause is insurmountable and one falls into it. I was getting pretty despondent and bad. I have to say that that has since cleared up entirely. I feel really good and ready to return to work. Kirk, as you recall, I urged you to take it easy and wait to feel good. You are just tasting what life is life without depression. OK to go looking for work. You'll find yourself a lot stronger and bothered by less. But additionally, you are just tasting what it's like to not be depressed. You'll increasingly feel strong, powerful, at ease with things, and full of more productive ideas. The way you've felt about things, the way you feel about things now isn't how you'll be feeling as the Celexa continues to work. There's a life of excitement and achievement waiting for you. A life you can't conceive of right now. When you go looking for work, you may just happen to find a situation which is more suited to you. The world is as we are. I really recommend such a simple course of treatment for others who may feel bad. It also hasn't hurt my meditation at all. In fact it inspired me to practice more because I feel better. Also, if one feels speedy from Celexa then you can skip days, or time it to your schedule. It rocks! Jai (space of E) Ma!
[FairfieldLife] Vaj -- is there anything material about Akasha? (Re: 'More on Levitaton')
Duveyoung wrote: How does Buddhism see this space/time issue? The Alaya-vijnana, or 'store consciousness' is one of the central doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, (Vijnanavada, Vijnaptimatra). The Alaya-vijnana is a receptacle and container of the so-called 'seeds' (bija), or elementary units of past experiences. Read more: Yogachara Glossary: http://tinyurl.com/cmhue2
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: You didn't show your dome badege; you haven't posted anything to prove your status in the TMO. Let's see some proof before you go opening your pie-hole about TM and the TMO and the Marshy. Curtis wrote: This coming from the genius who defines TM as thinking things over! Well, Curtis, obviously you don't have a dome badge, and you can't seem to post anything to prove you're a 'TM teacher, and I didn't see your definition of 'TM', so since you've opened your pie hole, why not just post your definition of 'TM', so we can read it, instead of being trollish and downright snarky. This shouldn't be much of a task, since you're claiming to be a 'TM teacher' with very high TMO status, and a graduate in philosophy from MUM. Or, maybe it's time for you to just shut your pie hole. Everyone meditates; there's probably not a single person on the planet who doesn't pause once or twice a day to take stock of their own mental contents. And we're transcending, all the time. Meditation simply means to 'think things over'. According to Marshy, meditation is based on thinking. It's that simple. meditation noun 1. to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2. to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. Source: Cambridge University Dictionary: http://tinyurl.com/dz5ut2 Someone give willy a Prep Lecture which distinguishes TM from other forms of meditation and everything willy claims TM is. And who the heck is sophie?
[FairfieldLife] Vaj -- is there anything material about Akasha? (Re: 'More on Levitaton')
How does Buddhism see this space/time issue? Vaj wrote: Space, in the context of consciousness is seen as a suchness or thatness... In Mahayana Buddhism, there is a 'storehouse of consciousness', a place, where all kinds of ideas, in the form of 'seeds', are kept. A 'storehouse' is like a museum or a store where information is stored. A store of consciousness refers to the storing and also to what is stored. In Buddhist tradition, this information is stored as bijas, seeds. The Buddha taught that consciousness is always continuing, like a stream of water. Consciousness has four layers. The four layers of consciousness are mind consciousness, sense consciousness, store consciousness, and manas. Source: Buddhadharma: http://tinyurl.com/c6huez Read more: 'Understanding Our Mind' Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness Byy Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/d23wxf
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: You didn't show your dome badege; you haven't posted anything to prove your status in the TMO. Let's see some proof before you go opening your pie-hole about TM and the TMO and the Marshy. Curtis wrote: This coming from the genius who defines TM as thinking things over! Well, Curtis, obviously you don't have a dome badge, and you can't seem to post anything to prove you're a 'TM teacher, You got me Richard! All this time posting here and I never practiced TM or took any TM courses, never graduated from MIU, never spent years in Sidhaland, never became a teacher of TM and never ran the DC center. I had everyone fooled but you! and I didn't see your definition of 'TM', I have no idea so I'll just go with yours: TM is thinking things over. so since you've opened your pie hole, why not just post your definition of 'TM', so we can read it, instead of being trollish and downright snarky. I don't know about trollish since I am responding to your trollish antics but as far as you bringing out the full potential of snark in me, I am guilty as charged. With your prove you were a teacher tourettes tic routine, I'm afraid I can't take you seriously on any level. This shouldn't be much of a task, since you're claiming to be a 'TM teacher' with No you busted me and now I can admit I have never taken any TM course of any kind. I come here to pretend to have had a history in the movement. I wouldn't know a TM mantra from a list of Chinese spices as Jerry used to say. (If I had been in the movement to hear him, which I wasn't. very high TMO status, trollish bullshit. and a graduate in philosophy from MUM. The hardest thing was faking my online MIU pictures in the yearbook because back then there was very little hair product and I had a very hard to duplicate natural wave. Or, maybe it's time for you to just shut your pie hole. Ah the belligerent bellowing of someone who has spent a lifetime Thinking things over. How could a non meditator like me doubt the calming and enlightening effects! Everyone meditates; there's probably not a single person on the planet who doesn't pause once or twice a day to take stock of their own mental contents. Whoa,wait a minute here Richard! Perhaps I am back in the game. I do this too so I must be a natural TMer! And we're transcending, all the time. Meditation simply means to 'think things over'. There are some things so entertaining that no matter how many times you hear them they deliver! According to Marshy, meditation is based on thinking. As opposed to being based on what, with it being a mental technique and all? Was this a tough principle to come up with you think? It's that simple. Oh yeah, there is simplicity at work here. meditation noun 1. to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Uh oh, not the religious question again! Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. I know I pretend to close my eyes with her and then spend the entire time staring at her chest. 2. to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. That sounds exactly like TM, excellent reference Richard! Source: Cambridge University Dictionary: What do they know, who finds them an authority on anything! Wait, did you mean Cambridge Cambridge? The guys with the imperiously faggy accents? Sorry I stand corrected, they do know what they are talking about. So now we have a definitive definition of TM: TM is thinking calm thoughts about Sophia's chest as a religious activity and thinking seriously about how to get her to undress for a long time, while pretending to be a Teacher of TM on an online chat forum in a group I was never a part of. http://tinyurl.com/dz5ut2
[FairfieldLife] Guvmint Joke
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out of the window and asked the cowboy, If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf? Bud looks at the man, obvoiusly a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, Sure, why not? The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra high resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an e-mail on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses on MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with e-mail on his Blacberry, and , after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, You have exactly1,586 cows and calves. That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves, says Bud. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then Bud says to the young man, Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf? The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, Okay, why not? You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government, says Bud. Wow! That's correct, says the yuppie, but how did you guess that? No guessing required, answered the cowboy. You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are, and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog.
[FairfieldLife] The Kausani Ashram
[home] http://www.anamaytrust.org/index.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/kausani%20ashram%20button.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm [student life] http://www.anamaytrust.org/student.htm [teaching] http://www.anamaytrust.org/teaching.htm [vedas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/vedas.htm [yagyas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/yagyas.htm [how to help] http://www.anamaytrust.org/help.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/Deutsch%20flag.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/DE_home_DE.htm The Kausani Ashram The ashram is located on the outskirt of the village of Kausani in Kumaon Himalaya region of the state of Uttarakhand in an area well known for its natural beauty. It is situated on the north facing side of the mountain with clear view of high Himalayas which provide an ideal backdrop for our activities. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image007.jpg] Northern view from the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image008.jpg] Views of the ashram buildings [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image010.jpg] Views of the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image012.jpg] Kausani is a world-famous tourist location because it offers perhaps the most spectacular panoramic view of the Himalayas in all of India. It is approximately 400 kilometers north east of Delhi and the region borders Nepal to the east and Tibet to the north. It was the vistas and peaceful atmosphere of Kausani which inspired Mahatma Gandhi to write his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita which was to become such an important resource in India's efforts for independence. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image014.jpg] One can also see many other towering sacred peaks such as Trishul and the Pancha-chuli range.
[FairfieldLife] Kausani Ashram
[home] http://www.anamaytrust.org/index.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/kausani%20ashram%20button.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm [student life] http://www.anamaytrust.org/student.htm [teaching] http://www.anamaytrust.org/teaching.htm [vedas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/vedas.htm [yagyas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/yagyas.htm [how to help] http://www.anamaytrust.org/help.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/Deutsch%20flag.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/DE_home_DE.htm Student Life The Anamay Ashram offers, free of cost, a full-time residential program to train children to become professional Vedic Pundits. There are currently 50 students in the school with plans to expand to 121 students. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/yogasana%201.jpg] The daily routine begins before sunrise. The students practice gayatri, recitations, yoga, pranayama, and meditation before breakfast. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/PICT0138.JPG] During second half of the morning students learn their respective branches of Vedas, and afternoons are spent on practice and study of Vedangas such as jyotish (astrological timings) and vyakran (grammer). [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/new%20sama%20veda%20group.JPG] [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/sama%20vedins.jpg] Lunch and dinners are taken in a group together with teachers.There is time for personal m [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/playing%20ball%202.jpg] atters and games of sport in lateafternoon before meditation. The day's program ends with practice of gayatri, yoga, pranayama, meditation, and vedic recitations before dinner. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/anushtan.jpg] In the evenings video lectures on Vedic philospophy by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and general knowledge programs on astronomy, geography and biology is played for students. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/watching%20educational%20video%202.JP\ G] In addition to the programs offered at the ashram, we offer after-school classes in the Himalayan cities and villages for students to learn Vedic chanting and knowledge for their own enjoyment and well-being. There are currently over 500 students enrolled in this program throughout the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
Everyone meditates; there's probably not a single person on the planet who doesn't pause once or twice a day to take stock of their own mental contents. And we're transcending, all the time. Meditation simply means to 'think things over'. According to Marshy, meditation is based on thinking. It's that simple. boo_lives wrote: Someone give willy a Prep Lecture which distinguishes TM from other forms of meditation and everything willy claims TM is. According to Barry1 and Barry2, there are lots of meditation techniques that work as well or better than TM. Vaj claims that TM doesn't even deliver what the Marshy promises. But, why get others to do your work for you? You don't even know who 'sophie' is! Let's see your dome badge or get out of here - stop wasting out time. Or at least, shut your big pie hole about TM. According to Maharishi, TM is the passing of the cognitive attention from one level of consciousnes to another, sutler level of consciousness. This passing back and forth between the gross and finer levels of consciousness is what makes possible the opportunity for transcending. First, there is just thought; then become aware of the bija-mantra, just like any other thought. In TM, when the thought process reaches the finest level of awareness, thought drops off and the practitioner is left all by his Self. How to Be? Stop being active, but don't become passive. That is, stop being active, but don't fall asleep. Just Be. Pure Consciousness. Just go in and meditate, then come out and radiate! It's that simple. Enjoy. Now that wasn't that difficult, was it, Mr. Boo? Walla Sutra 1.3: No object has been percieved; not the field, but the perceiving subject; not prakrit, in any form, but the Person, alone, a witness: consciousness of nothing in and of itself; transcendental and ideation. meditation noun 1. to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2. to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. Source: Cambridge University Dictionary: http://tinyurl.com/dz5ut2
[FairfieldLife] When does one HAVE TO fight the good fight? (Hillary backs reconciliation)
Vaj, Hmmm, your Islam bashing below bungs me bloomers a bunchalotta. I'm so knee-jerkingly handcuffed to anger when my mind entertains the Islamic concept of women's rights. I'm victimized by my own hard-wiring and am perforce spontaneously attached to the emotions that arise. My bad, but . . . When is a religion no longer allowed to be a religion-on-this-planet because its moral values are so strikingly at odds with one's own sense of what is an axiom that -- to us -- enjoys the imprimatur of divine right. Hitler's crew had no trouble killing infants, right? So it's not like Islamic morals are going to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for most odious POV held by a major cultural population, right? There's the rub -- Catholic Nazi guards were good Catholics in their own minds but okay with infanticide. Such a vile disconnect. It's downright hard for me to let my imagination try to conjure up an even more immoral mind-set -- how'z'bout Nazis that don't just kill but first torture the babies? See? Ugh, the mind reels. When does one HAVE TO become a warrior enjoined in the good fight in order to not besmirch one's own integrity? For instance, no one here -- not even Willy -- would stand idly by and watch someone pummel a toddler. If the child is being physically harmed, who doesn't at least shout, Hey, what the fuck? Stop it! So where does that value think it has the right to step into another person's moral realm and impose? Who says, what says, to each of us here that it's an absolute value that no toddler be beaten with such force that physical harm (say, broken bone, bleeding, or ?) results? Is it DNA -- life itself -- that is the little angel on our shoulder telling us that the little devil on the Nazi's shoulder is prodding that jack-booter into evil acts that must be immediately countered? Or, should we transcend DNA morality? You know, just get over it, and, hey, be Darwinian about the whole deal, and, be okay with letting time pass until one meme eradicates the other meme? Is the world facing an Islamic meme of evil that must be countered to the point where that whole culture is, what?, put in prison, special camps, walled off like West Berlin, forced into de-programming sessions? What? There's the rub. If Islam was only a small thing with but few practitioners, we'd just rub them out -- bam, bam, bam. Problem solved. But, nope, we have millions who are enmeshed in this mindset and eager to raise their children, and your children too, into being comfortable with soul-jarring violence against another human being. And the world of Islam is not abstract. The millions of Islamics who are in dire poverty and the oil potentate masters -- all of them (the males at least) are united behind this set of morals no matter what other gripes they might have about other issues due to the tremendous divide between the rich and poor in the world of Islam. The poorest person will not steal a crumb less a hand be cut off, and they are comfortable with this exacting sword of Damocles hovering over every social-interaction. People are RELIGIOUSLY PREPARED to stone a person to death in the streets like a rabid dog. Remember that Star Trek episode where this warrior culture was so high-strung that they were always having personal combat to the death? I remember being shocked by even the idea that that kind of warrior society could exist anywhere. Then there's the gunslingers having duels in the sun in front of everyone in the Old Wild West. Then there's the white kids chewing gum while their Dads strung up some innocent African American. Has there ever been a culture that doesn't have its own brand of acceptable acts of violence? I watched Oprah the other day -- she visited the LDS compound that practices polygamy -- you'll remember the headlines about all the kids being taken into protective custody etc. Well, they held up to Oprah's gaze PERFECTLY. Their lifestyle was built around an intense group lovingness that showed very clearly that lust and abusing women just never came into the picture for them. The women were all very very clear and COMFORTABLE about so many things that your typical American would rail about. The kids truly didn't want to play and instead wanted to work in the gardens, for instance. To me, I think that this sect should be studied for how to get folks socially COHERENT without killing individuality. I came away from the show with a new respect for those who really apply their basic morals to practical everyday life. As unappealing as polygamy is to me, I saw it as their way of being sacred and something in me wants to honor that. I don't want really to honor it, but I do. I don't want a 13 year old girl marrying a 46 year old guy in an arranged marriage, but for them I get it. I don't want kids brainwashed from birth, but for them I get it. I came away thinking that if a true pedophile arose in their ranks, they'd oust the bastard by the
[FairfieldLife] Pictures from the Ashram - another try
[home] http://www.anamaytrust.org/index.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/kausani%20ashram%20button.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm [student life] http://www.anamaytrust.org/student.htm [teaching] http://www.anamaytrust.org/teaching.htm [vedas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/vedas.htm [yagyas] http://www.anamaytrust.org/yagyas.htm [how to help] http://www.anamaytrust.org/help.htm [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/Deutsch%20flag.jpg] http://www.anamaytrust.org/DE_home_DE.htm The Kausani Ashram The ashram is located on the outskirt of the village of Kausani in Kumaon Himalaya region of the state of Uttarakhand in an area well known for its natural beauty. It is situated on the north facing side of the mountain with clear view of high Himalayas which provide an ideal backdrop for our activities. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image007.jpg] Northern view from the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image008.jpg] Views of the ashram buildings [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image010.jpg] Views of the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image012.jpg] Kausani is a world-famous tourist location because it offers perhaps the most spectacular panoramic view of the Himalayas in all of India. It is approximately 400 kilometers north east of Delhi and the region borders Nepal to the east and Tibet to the north. It was the vistas and peaceful atmosphere of Kausani which inspired Mahatma Gandhi to write his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita which was to become such an important resource in India's efforts for independence. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image014.jpg] One can also see many other towering sacred peaks such as Trishul and the Pancha-chuli range.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Wishing and waiting Wanting and hoping Dull sexist baiting Can't get some groping Offend and attack ATTENTION he needs Forget about facts OPINION indeed! Like wind-up toy fish In a kids' wading pool Wind 'em up and see them splish Angry ranting their only tool Supremecists TMish and femininish Which is the bigger April Fool? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margo...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Oops, a Jim slip up! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] Re: When does one HAVE TO fight the good fight? (Hillary backs reconciliation)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: snip When is a religion no longer allowed to be a religion- on-this-planet because its moral values are so strikingly at odds with one's own sense of what is an axiom that -- to us -- enjoys the imprimatur of divine right. Edg, I'm using my last post of the week to say I think this is the best post you've ever made to FFL. Not that it's a slam-dunk, but (to mix metaphors) you've raised the bar very high on one side of an intractable dilemma. The only clear thing about moral clarity is that it's an oxymoron. Jesus wept.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
Curtis, Ha! Gotcha! Gotcha at last! I'm swooning. You're a penisist! For shame! You don't think a woman can fuck a man like a man can fuck a woman. Are you saying that a man can say, I just fucked her, but, a woman can't say, I just fucked him. and mean basically the same thing? ED might be Jim, and maybe Jim did reveal his male orientation, but you show your penisism by asserting the validity of your assumption that that a penis must enter something for it to be true fucking. Let's see you get out of this one. Heh heh, I know you'll come back with something tawdry, smirky, snarky, downright Turqish, and I can't wait. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Oops, a Jim slip up! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
1. to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Curtis wrote: I do this too so I must be a natural TMer! Well, that's my point, Curtis. You've been meditating for most of your adult life. Anyone who practices playing music as much as you do, probably meditates at least twelve to fifteen hours a day, learning how to sing, play the guitar and the tambourine. It's just that not everyone makes singing on street corners their religion. But who knows, if you continue with your music you may become enlightened, if you're not there already. It worked for the celestial musicians, the Gandharvas! Gandharvas are male nature spirits, husbands of the Apsaras. Some are part animal, usually a bird or horse. They have superb musical skills. They guarded the Soma and made beautiful music for the gods in their palaces. In Hindu theology, Gandharvas act as messengers between the gods and humans. Read more: Gandharvas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandharvas
[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban if they are willing to abandon violence It's causing a lot of confusion in the allied troops fighting the Taliban too. We all rush out here to help america and then 4 years later they start doing deals without telling anyone! Do we keep bombing them or not? How do we know who's friendly. Is anyone really kidding themselves there is going to be a worthwhile solution to this. Does anyone ever learn the mistakes of history. This whole thing is a monumental disaster. Pakistan, rather than having to fight them, has given a piece of it's own territory to the taliban so they can practise sharia law on the inhabitants. How is that going to do anything other than spread their disease all over Pakistan. And every western bomb creates more fighters ready to die for the cause. And in a country we gave the nuclear bomb. So apparently, if they are willing to abandon violence and pursue their goal of implementing Islamic law by other means, that is just fine with her. Here is yet another demonstration of the danger of misdiagnosis of the global jihad threat: the problem is not the means the Taliban use, the problem is their goal. The Taliban are not bad because they are violent -- after all, so are the forces that oppose them. However, as far as the President and the Secretary of State are concerned, that is the only problem with them. If they try to accomplish their goals at the ballot box rather than with guns and bombs, Obama and Clinton would welcome them as partners. The fact that the Taliban want to impose a law upon Afghanistan that would subjugate women and non-Muslims as inferiors, denied equality of rights with Muslim men, and extinguish freedom of speech and freedom of conscience, means nothing to them. And why should it? Karzai's Afghanistan is already a Sharia state, according to the Afghan Constitution. US backs reconciliation with non-violent Taliban, from AFP, March 31 (thanks to JE): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday backed Afghanistan's plans to hold reconciliation talks with members of the Taliban or past Al-Qaeda supporters who reject violence. We must ... support efforts by the government of Afghanistan to separate the extremists of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban from those who joined their ranks not out of conviction, but out of desperation, she said. They should be offered an honourable form of reconciliation and reintegration into a peaceful society, if they are willing to abandon violence, break with Al-Qaeda, and support the constitution Why not? The Afghan Constitution declares that Sharia is the highest law of the land. Esp. interesting since the Afghan president just signed allow legalizing rape. Hillary to you have a letter from Bill?: It will be forever ignored or denied by those who insist that Islam is a Religion of Peace, but in reality there is no Misunderstanding of Islam going on here. Every provision of this law as stated in this article, including the rule that women cannot refuse sex to their husbands at any time or for any reason, is part of traditional Islamic law. And so this new law is yet another indication of how the overtures to the Taliban from official Washington are out of focus. Will the U.S. stand up for these women and defend them? Absolutely not, because they are being victimized by Sharia, to which Washington has no apparent objection, and because they are not being blown up in terrorist attacks. The passing of a law in a non-violent manner -- what's the problem? It's democracy at work! Hamid Karzai signs law 'legalising rape in marriage,' by Ben Farmer in the Telegraph, March 31 (thanks to Leal): President Hamid Karzai has signed a law the UN says legalises rape in marriage and prevents women from leaving the house without permission. The law, which has not been publicly released, is believed to state women can only seek work, education or doctor's appointments with their husband's permission. Only fathers and grandfathers are granted custody of children under the law, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Opponents of the legislation governing the personal lives of Afghanistan's Shia minority have said it is worse than during the Taliban. Mr Karzai has been accused of electioneering at the expense of women's rights by signing the law to appeal to crucial Shia swing voters in this year's presidential poll. While the Afghan constitution guarantees equal rights for women, it also allows the Shia community, thought to represent 10 per cent of the population, the right to settle family law cases according to Shia law. The Shiite Personal Status Law contains provisions on marriage, divorce, inheritance, rights of movement and
[FairfieldLife] Re: When does one HAVE TO fight the good fight? (Hillary backs reconciliation)
Duveyoung wrote: Hitler's crew had no trouble killing infants, right? The approximate number of induced abortions performed worldwide in 2003 was 42 million, which declined from nearly 46 million in 1995. From the 20th to 23rd week of gestation, an injection to stop the fetal heart can be used as the first phase of the surgical abortion procedure to ensure that the fetus is not born alive. Sonography and amniocentesis allows parents to determine sex before birth. The development of this technology has lead to sex-selective abortion, or the targeted termination of female fetuses. Read more: Sex-selective abortion and female infanticide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Oops, a Jim slip up! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I think you took it all on a deeper level than I did. I was referring to the expression of vulgar aggression towards Turq which reminded me of his writing style. It is also usually guys who keep score on something like having sex and would use it to ridicule another man. Most women don't view it competitively because whenever a man opens a door for them he it thinking would you like some dick with that? (Thanks Chris Rock) But to address your completely different point: Are you saying that a man can say, I just fucked her, but, a woman can't say, I just fucked him. It lacks friendliness and intimacy no matter which sex is using it. Whoever uses it is revealing a different perspective than I have about the whole topic. It sounds like the kind of thing a young car dealer says while high fiving his buddies in the back of the showroom after selling a car for more than it is worth. and mean basically the same thing? Sure. But honestly the chicks I tend to hang out with probably wouldn't use that expression. That sounds like something from the swinger set. I'm looking for a bit more yin orientation in this area of my life I think. I am relationship guy so we use different terms. Heh heh, I know you'll come back with something tawdry, smirky, snarky, downright Turqish, and I can't wait. I'm sorry to disappoint! We were looking at this from too different an angle. But any post on a spiritual forum with multiple uses of the F word has some built in entertainment, so thanks for that. Curtis, Ha! Gotcha! Gotcha at last! I'm swooning. You're a penisist! For shame! You don't think a woman can fuck a man like a man can fuck a woman. Are you saying that a man can say, I just fucked her, but, a woman can't say, I just fucked him. and mean basically the same thing? ED might be Jim, and maybe Jim did reveal his male orientation, but you show your penisism by asserting the validity of your assumption that that a penis must enter something for it to be true fucking. Let's see you get out of this one. Heh heh, I know you'll come back with something tawdry, smirky, snarky, downright Turqish, and I can't wait. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Oops, a Jim slip up! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it
[FairfieldLife] First the politicians come after the rich...
Just months after a presidential campaign in which Barack Obama argued that he intended to make the wealthy pay their `fair share' of taxes, politicians across the country are scrambling to balance their budgets by focusing on higher-income earners. But in doing so they are also redefining downward who constitutes the wealthy. Upper-middle and even middle class taxpayers are finding out that when politicians say they are coming after the rich, they don't really mean just the rich. Read more: 'First the Politicians Come After the Rich...' By Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets, April 01, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/d7p8hr
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! The honest Jim and I had plenty of great discussions here. I wonder what happened to him? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: how long has it been since you've been FUCKED, Barry (as opposed to just being fucked up...)? Oops, a Jim slip up! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, margovon margovon@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day. No comparison to BushCo's un-American fascist tactics with their 'free speech zones'. Bush played hardball and got softball questions. Obama's campaign workers played ball and gave Obama softball questions. It's still softball and not the game as advertised. ...we didn't screen anybody. Actually, I have it on good authority that there WAS screening going on. For health reasons, all PUMA members wanting to attend the Town Hall meeting were tested for rabies, and if they tested positive they were not allowed in the hall without being fitted for a muzzle. But I think it is important to remember that this was to protect the other Town Hall attendees from the spread of the disease should the PUMA folks start frothing at the mouth and attempting to bite people, and was NOT an exercise in the limitation of free speech, as was practiced during the Bush era. It was the same with the requirement that radical feminists wear bright red T-shirts with the letter 'F' printed on them during the meeting. This was also a health measure, designed to warn other attendees not to get into discussions with them, because the resulting shrieks and screaming on the part of the feminists has been proven to cause tintinitis and sometimes total deafness. Some of the radical feminists complained later that the T-shirts were a form of discrimination, and that the 'F' really stood for 'FUCKED,' but most observers in the News media wrote that off as hopeful projection, because the women saying it clearly hadn't been fucked in decades. Just trying to be helpful by providing some of the back story behind the headlines...
Re: [FairfieldLife] When does one HAVE TO fight the good fight? (Hillary backs reconciliation)
On Apr 1, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, Hmmm, your Islam bashing below bungs me bloomers a bunchalotta. Is it is bashing? Or is it reality? Why aren't we hearing of this on the mainstream media? The first part was from the Australian Sydney Morning Herald, the second from the UK's Telegraph. I think the only real answer is to get them to move up through the higher v-memes that are no longer based on tribal gods. Bombing any country isn't going to facilitate that process, it's going to entrench them in those tribal memes. Nor is getting Hillary to give money to the Taliban or Hamas if they promise to play like good boys. Similar observations can be made about America where we've seen a huge growth in fundamentalist Christianity in the last 50 years. Creationist museums. Similar memes, different societies, different problems. The problem is really what's the faster way to get collective group-think to move into more modern and more egalitarian patterns? I think, in this context, the Dalai Lama has a realistic and practical stance. It's no longer about conversion. Trying to convert Islamic folks to Christianity isn't going to work any more than converting Christians or Jews to Islam. What will work is to revive the individual awakening schools in each religion and that in and of itself will foster movement into more holistic and globalcentric worldviews. Our god would have to replace my God for any of these god-believing religions to get along.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban
Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban if they are willing to abandon violence Hugo wrote: It's causing a lot of confusion in the allied troops fighting the Taliban too. We all rush out here to help america and then 4 years later they start doing deals without telling anyone! That would be 'America' to you, Hugo, with a capital 'A'. We pay for their military protection, we pay for the profits that develop the drugs and consumer goods they happily consume, and now we're supposed to pay for their economic bailout too. Europe could liberalize its markets, let in immigrants, develop a real military, instead of just critiquing the way we do it. We'll continue to let them free ride, because there's no way to stop it. But I'm starting to think we should rub it in a bit more. Read more: 'Europe Free Rides, Again' Posted by Megan McArdle The Atlantic, March 31, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/dhgvlv
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
oh great knower of women (and Barry's pet), did you happen to catch RD's priceless take on the 3 stooges of the new millenium (aka vaj, barry and curtis)? she mentioned that barry's true belief is fucking. also, oh great knower of women, did you happen to catch Judy's wonderful image of Barry and Vaj as impotent fools; limp noodles? women may not be competitive when it comes to fucking, but they sure know when a guy ain't gettin' any...its like radar, dude. and my expression of vulgar aggression was precisely a copy of Barry's style- the guy has a serious case of potty mouth and i was reflecting his infantile emotional state back at him. anyway, i've probably interrupted your tummy scratch from Barry, so i'll bow out now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I think you took it all on a deeper level than I did. I was referring to the expression of vulgar aggression towards Turq which reminded me of his writing style. It is also usually guys who keep score on something like having sex and would use it to ridicule another man. Most women don't view it competitively because whenever a man opens a door for them he it thinking would you like some dick with that? (Thanks Chris Rock) snip
Re: [FairfieldLife] Facebook
2009/4/1 Kirk kirk_bernha...@cox.net Hey, It's kind of lame, I know but I joined Facebook at the instigation of one of my previous bosses. So you can search my name and add me as a friend. Please do. Kirk, this is great. There's a UK newspaper going entirely to Twitter: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology http://tinyurl.com/cv6z7k Guardian.co.uk Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink • Newspaper to be available only on messaging service • Experts say any story can be told in 140 characters Comments (…)http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology?commentpage=1 - Rio Palof - The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian, Wednesday 1 April 2009 Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/theguardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networkinghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/socialnetworkingservice that has transformed online communication. The move, described as epochal by media commentators, will see all Guardian content tailored to fit the format of Twitter's brief text messages, known as tweets, which are limited to 140 characters each. Boosted by the involvement of celebrity twitterers, such as Madonna, Britney Spears and Stephen Fry, Twitter's profile has surged in recent months, attracting more than 5m users who send, read and reply to tweets via the web or their mobile phones. As a Twitter-only publication, the Guardian will be able to harness the unprecedented newsgathering power of the service, demonstrated recently when a passenger on a plane that crashed outside Denver was able to send real-time updates on the story as it developed, as did those witnessing an emergency landing on New York's Hudson River. It has also radically democratised news publishing, enabling anyone with an internet connection to tell the world when they are feeling sad, or thinking about having a cup of tea. [Celebrated Guardian editor] CP Scott would have warmly endorsed this - his well-known observation 'Comment is free but facts are sacred' is only 36 characters long, a spokesman said in a tweet that was itself only 135 characters long. A mammoth project is also under way to rewrite the whole of the newspaper's archive, stretching back to 1821, in the form of tweets. Major stories already completed include 1832 Reform Act gives voting rights to one in five adult males yay!!!; OMG Hitler invades Poland, allies declare war see tinyurl.com/b5x6e for more; and JFK assassin8d @ Dallas, def. heard second gunshot from grassy knoll WTF? Sceptics have expressed concerns that 140 characters may be insufficient to capture the full breadth of meaningful human activity, but social media experts say the spread of Twitter encourages brevity, and that it ought to be possible to convey the gist of any message in a tweet. For example, Martin Luther King's legendary 1963 speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial appears in the Guardian's Twitterised archive as I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by, eliminating the waffle and bluster of the original. At a time of unprecedented challenge for all print media, many publications have rushed to embrace social networking technologies. Most now offer Twitter feeds of major breaking news headlines, while the Daily Mail recently pioneered an iPhone application providing users with a one-click facility for reporting suspicious behaviour by migrants or gays. In the new media environment, readers want short and punchy coverage, while the interactive possibilities of Twitter promise to transform th, the online media guru Jeff Jarvis said in a tweet yesterday, before reaching his 140-character limit, which includes spaces. According to subsequent reports, he is thinking about going to the theatre tonight, but it is raining :(. A unique collaboration between The Guardian and Twitter will also see the launch of Gutter, an experimental service designed to filter noteworthy liberal opinion from the cacophony of Twitter updates. Gutter members will be able to use the service to comment on liberal blogs around the web via a new tool, specially developed with the blogging platform WordPress, entitled GutterPress. Currently, 17.8% of all Twitter traffic in the United Kingdom consists of status updates from Stephen Fry, whose reliably jolly tone, whether trapped in a lift or eating a scrumptious tart, has won him thousands of fans. A further 11% is made up of his 363,000 followers replying @stephenfry LOL!, @stephenfry EXACTLY the same thing happened to me, and @stephenfry Meanwhile, I am making myself an omelette! Delicious! According to unconfirmed rumours, Jim Buckmaster, the chief executive of
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
do.rflex wrote: Under the new guy: Let's not mince words. It's doubtful that President Obama's administration was unaware of the rape bill. It's more likely that they are intent on sticking by Karzai and supportive of whatever he needs to do to get re-elected, Secretary Clinton's rhetoric about elevating women's rights in foreign policy during her confirmation hearing aside. This kind of ends-justify-the-means foreign policy is essentially realpolitik revisited - the exact kind of short-term great game thinking that created the Taliban itself. It's a disgrace and an embarassment to Obama's entire Afghanistan policy, and the domestic economic crisis is no excuse for such a craven failure to stand up for the values we purport to uphold. Read more: 'Mayor Karzai signs pro-rape bill in Afghanistan, scapegoats the Shi'a' Posted by Aziz Poonawalla City of Brass, Tuesday March 31, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/d5aan4 We're going to take questions. All right. Just want to make sure my mike's working here. Here's the deal on questions. First of all, we didn't screen anybody. So there's some people who like me in the audience, some people that don't. Some people agree with me, some people who don't. It doesn't matter. We want to take questions from everybody. ---President Obama, town hall meeting, Elkhart, Indiana Feb. 2009 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0902/09/cnr.04.html
[FairfieldLife] Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. Any ideas or insights that readers have, I would gratefully welcome them at a href=mailto:jmknap...@gmail.com;jmknap...@gmail.com/a. J. blockquoteDear Mr. Knapp: I am General Counsel for the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace. I have been forwarded the url which publicizes a web event which it appears you are hosting on April 2nd entitled: Tell TM hands off our schools, http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html . Your website is a fount of false, misleading, biased and entirely negative information on the TM program and the organizations and individuals which teach or have conducted research on that program[1]. The listed presenters at your event appear all to have a similar negative mission. Therefore, I wished to give you the courtesy of an advisal that we intend to review the global web presentation of the event carefully for any false, defamatory, tortious, breachful, malicious or otherwise unlawful statements or materials made or published by you or the presenters. I would caution you and your presenters, therefore, to be most prudent concerning the truthfulness and propriety of any statements made by any of them at your web event or thereafter. As you have intentionally scheduled this event two days prior to the Foundation's benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall it is clear you have planned it to have a negative impact on that event. Please know that you and your presenters will be held responsible for injury to any individuals or organizations, or their reputations, that may result from any unlawful behavior under US, UK and/or foreign law. You will also be held responsible for the continuing publication of falsehoods on your websites and otherwise. I trust you will act appropriately now after having been so clearly advised. Very truly, William Goldstein General Counsel David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace [1]- For example, by way of illustration and in no way attempting to be exhaustive, you state: I think there is evidence that [the TM program] is either not effective, not enjoyable, or downright dangerous for a certain percentage of the population, on the order of 10% to 20%. http://knappfamilycounseling.com/mostly.html. And as evidence you link to another website of yours http://trancenet.net/research/index.shtml with extensive false and misleading statements and citations. You start by including therein a characterization of the German High Court's 1989 ruling that TM is a destructive cult -- overruling all lower court findings. The current law of the land in Germany. The facts of the case are 180 degrees removed from that statement, as you should well know, and are laid out in http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/LegalIssues/GermanCourtCases/index.cfm. You go on to state that according to one of your presenters, Barry Markovsky, TM researchers research is not designed to be sensitive to, and contains no indicators for, negative effects. In fact, all the 600 studies on the TM technique could potentially show negative effects (e.g., they could measure an increased anxiety instead of decreased or no change in anxiety; an increase in war-related variables instead of decreased or no change in war). The next false statement is Negative effects are not detected in TM research because they are infrequent, and therefore will wash out in a statistical analysis. The fact is that all the major clinical studies had in place mechanisms for reporting adverse effects. No adverse effects have been reported from these studies, even though the data were collected in universities not connected with any TM affiliated university or organization, and the data collection personnel and attending medical personnel were blind to the group assignment. Moreover, case histories on individuals at risk or with pre-existing conditions, such as mental health patients, do not support that the TM program has adverse effects. This allegation is baseless. For details responding in detail to all the claimed studies to the contrary you can see, as you already certainly have: http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/IndividualEffects/DoesTMDoAnyHarm/index.cfm#Harmful. And then you go on to
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:56 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! The honest Jim and I had plenty of great discussions here. I wonder what happened to him? He's been posting on another more pro-TM enlightenment list on The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment while trying to inspire and help struggling TMers and formers MUM students attain the same plane of consciousness he's enjoyed since conquering CC. I assure you, he's as chock-full of entertainment value as ever. Who would ever have guessed enlightenment a la TM/TMSP would have translated to 'sign up to an email list and talk about myself, my experiences of myself and with myself--oh and did I forget to mention the experience I had? Oh yes, and when you're done talking about You, I'd like to say something about me and my consciousness. It's Pure ya know?' Take SCI, blend it into a smoothie, serve warm and, well, you get the idea. Serve with a garnish of Jimness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: Ah, the relentless venom of enlightenment! I'd recognize the sour sting of malice directed towards others emanating from the fulfillment of pure being, anywhere! And the ridiculing of non hostile posting relationships here, nice touch. Can't wait for the world to have this wisdom so they can stop all their wars! Honestly, I liked the old Jim better. You are using this foil as a protective devise so you can fling invectives with less personal accountability. A bit too slippery for my tastes. But hey if I'm wrong (and I often am) I'll just chalk up your ill humor as the result of your running around after a FOUR year old at your age... oh great knower of women (and Barry's pet), did you happen to catch RD's priceless take on the 3 stooges of the new millenium (aka vaj, barry and curtis)? she mentioned that barry's true belief is fucking. also, oh great knower of women, did you happen to catch Judy's wonderful image of Barry and Vaj as impotent fools; limp noodles? women may not be competitive when it comes to fucking, but they sure know when a guy ain't gettin' any...its like radar, dude. and my expression of vulgar aggression was precisely a copy of Barry's style- the guy has a serious case of potty mouth and i was reflecting his infantile emotional state back at him. anyway, i've probably interrupted your tummy scratch from Barry, so i'll bow out now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I think you took it all on a deeper level than I did. I was referring to the expression of vulgar aggression towards Turq which reminded me of his writing style. It is also usually guys who keep score on something like having sex and would use it to ridicule another man. Most women don't view it competitively because whenever a man opens a door for them he it thinking would you like some dick with that? (Thanks Chris Rock) snip
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: He's been posting on another more pro-TM enlightenment list on The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment Another face of EVE. On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:56 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! The honest Jim and I had plenty of great discussions here. I wonder what happened to him? He's been posting on another more pro-TM enlightenment list on The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment while trying to inspire and help struggling TMers and formers MUM students attain the same plane of consciousness he's enjoyed since conquering CC. I assure you, he's as chock-full of entertainment value as ever. Who would ever have guessed enlightenment a la TM/TMSP would have translated to 'sign up to an email list and talk about myself, my experiences of myself and with myself--oh and did I forget to mention the experience I had? Oh yes, and when you're done talking about You, I'd like to say something about me and my consciousness. It's Pure ya know?' Take SCI, blend it into a smoothie, serve warm and, well, you get the idea. Serve with a garnish of Jimness.
[FairfieldLife] Afghan leader accused of bid to 'legalise rape'
And we support this idiot! Afghan leader accused of bid to 'legalise rape' - Asia, World ...Mar 31, 2009 ... Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-leader-accused-of-bid-to-legalise-rape-1658049.html - 133k - Cached - Similar pages http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
John, Since you probably know a few people from the ranks of TM-Free who are attending the concert, why don't you have them dress up as Rajas? You know...long, flowing white robes, golden crown, beatific smile except when Germans are not responding well to being told that they have to develop an invincible Germany. Have their dates dress in saris as Rajinis, and always walk several paces behind the Rajas. Then hang signs around your neck that say, This is what the leaders of the TM organi- zation dress like when they're not in front of the press like they are tonight. See what this scumbag lawyer does then. There is NOTHING false, misleading, or biased about such a sign. It tells the unmitigated truth, and in such a way that no one can fail to notice the *impact* of that truth -- that the TM organization is *hiding something*. Besides, it would be fun. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. Any ideas or insights that readers have, I would gratefully welcome them at a href=mailto:jmknap...@...;jmknap...@.../a. J. blockquoteDear Mr. Knapp: I am General Counsel for the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace. I have been forwarded the url which publicizes a web event which it appears you are hosting on April 2nd entitled: Tell TM hands off our schools, http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html . Your website is a fount of false, misleading, biased and entirely negative information on the TM program and the organizations and individuals which teach or have conducted research on that program[1]. The listed presenters at your event appear all to have a similar negative mission. Therefore, I wished to give you the courtesy of an advisal that we intend to review the global web presentation of the event carefully for any false, defamatory, tortious, breachful, malicious or otherwise unlawful statements or materials made or published by you or the presenters. I would caution you and your presenters, therefore, to be most prudent concerning the truthfulness and propriety of any statements made by any of them at your web event or thereafter. As you have intentionally scheduled this event two days prior to the Foundation's benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall it is clear you have planned it to have a negative impact on that event. Please know that you and your presenters will be held responsible for injury to any individuals or organizations, or their reputations, that may result from any unlawful behavior under US, UK and/or foreign law. You will also be held responsible for the continuing publication of falsehoods on your websites and otherwise. I trust you will act appropriately now after having been so clearly advised. Very truly, William Goldstein General Counsel David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace [1]- For example, by way of illustration and in no way attempting to be exhaustive, you state: I think there is evidence that [the TM program] is either not effective, not enjoyable, or downright dangerous for a certain percentage of the population, on the order of 10% to 20%. http://knappfamilycounseling.com/mostly.html. And as evidence you link to another website of yours http://trancenet.net/research/index.shtml with extensive false and misleading statements and citations. You start by including therein a characterization of the German High Court's 1989 ruling that TM is a destructive cult -- overruling all lower court findings. The current law of the land in Germany. The facts of the case are 180 degrees removed from that statement, as you should well know, and are laid out in http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/LegalIssues/GermanCourtCases/index.cfm. You go on to state that according to one of your presenters, Barry Markovsky, TM researchers research is not designed to be sensitive to, and contains no indicators for, negative effects. In fact, all the 600 studies on the TM technique could potentially show negative effects (e.g., they could measure an increased anxiety instead of decreased or no change in anxiety; an increase in war-related
RE: [FairfieldLife] Pictures from the Ashram - another try
If you want people to see pictures, the best way is to post them to the photos section. They don't always come through in emails or online posts.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:48 AM, John M. Knapp, LMSW wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. John, I am really sorry you found it necessary to cancel your web event. I believe this is simply intimidation on BG's/the TMO's part, and he/they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: According to Maharishi, TM is the passing of the cognitive attention from one level of consciousnes to another, sutler level of consciousness. This passing back and forth between the gross and finer levels of consciousness is what makes possible the opportunity for transcending. First, there is just thought; then become aware of the bija-mantra, just like any other thought. In TM, when the thought process reaches the finest level of awareness, thought drops off and the practitioner is left all by his Self. Oh, yeah! Well, suukSma-viSayatvaM caalin.gaparyavasaanam (ca + alin.ga-paryavasaanam )... :D
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: oh great knower of women (and Barry's pet), did you happen to catch RD's priceless take on the 3 stooges of the new millenium (aka vaj, barry and curtis)? she mentioned that barry's true belief is fucking. also, oh great knower of women, did you happen to catch Judy's wonderful image of Barry and Vaj as impotent fools; limp noodles? women may not be competitive when it comes to fucking, but they sure know when a guy ain't gettin' any...its like radar, dude. It is? If so, mine is obviously malfunctioning, as all 3 of these gentlemen seem fairly well-balanced and enjoying life to me. Nor do I generally find myself wondering how much they, or anyone else, is getting. and my expression of vulgar aggression was precisely a copy of Barry's style- the guy has a serious case of potty mouth and i was reflecting his infantile emotional state back at him. Ah, it's the old, he did it first! excuse... To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links Sal
[FairfieldLife] The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment (was Re: Regime Change in America)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:56 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! The honest Jim and I had plenty of great discussions here. I wonder what happened to him? He's been posting on another more pro-TM enlightenment list on The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment while trying to inspire and help struggling TMers and formers MUM students attain the same plane of consciousness he's enjoyed since conquering CC. I assure you, he's as chock-full of entertainment value as ever. Who would ever have guessed enlightenment a la TM/TMSP would have translated to 'sign up to an email list and talk about myself, my experiences of myself and with myself--oh and did I forget to mention the experience I had? Oh yes, and when you're done talking about You, I'd like to say something about me and my consciousness. It's Pure ya know?' Take SCI, blend it into a smoothie, serve warm and, well, you get the idea. Serve with a garnish of Jimness. LOL. Heartily. Now THAT is the Jim Flanegin we all used to know. No hiding behind skirts...no pretending to be sandiego108 or enlightened_dawn11...just pure, unadulterated IT'S ALL ABOUT ME. :-) I *really* like the part about doing all this by trolling the other group for people to lure onto his private mailing list. That way, if someone doesn't buy his enlightened act and fawn over him, he can just CANCEL THEIR MEMBERSHIP. It's what he always wanted to do here, and never could. Fascinating that the person who is accusing Curtis of being someone's pet has started a mailing list so that he can keep pets of his own. :-) I wonder if Judy is a member of the mailing list, and that's why she staked her reputation as a professional editor on saying that ed11 is NOT Jim. While he was posting here as Jim, I always got the impression that Jim was Judy's pet. But maybe it's the other way around, and that is why she's protecting his latest cover story here. Oh, the strange things that happen on FFL... :-)
[FairfieldLife] URGENT ACTION NEEDED - Bill to outlaw organic farming!
Please take action and call your congressman and senators - contact info below - We need to make our voices heard or this will pass! Please forward to your e-mail list! The US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening. Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto – chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related agri-giants). This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to make sure there is no danger to the public food supply. This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales. If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds, but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans. There is a video on the subject: http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598242/0/ And another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E The name on this outrageous food plan is Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875). PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY! Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the same thing. The House and Senate WILL pass this if they are not massively threatened with loss of their positionthey only fear your voice and your vote. The best thing to do is go to http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598244/0/ All you have to do is put in your zip and it will give you your congressperson and how to get in touch with them. When you call their office someone will answer the phone, politely and respectfully just tell them that you are calling to express your views on HR 875. Tell them your views, they'll take your name and address and pass your comments along to the congressperson. The following link http://pr1..netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598245/0/ is a list of the U.S. senators with their contact info. Thank you all for taking such quick action on this important threat to our health and wellness. all the best, Mary Kay Finn Thrive Wellness and Nutrition 310 399-2329 Assisting you to achieve great health. ** New Low Prices on Dell Laptops – Starting at $399 (http://pr.atwola..com/promoclk/100126575x1220631247x1201390185/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540506%3B35046329%3Bx)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
Vaj wrote: He's been posting on another more pro-TM enlightenment list on The Glory of Jim's Enlightenment while trying to inspire and help struggling TMers and formers MUM students attain the same plane of consciousness he's enjoyed since conquering CC... After Trungpa died, we had a big ceremony just before he was about to be cremated. All the senior students gathered inside the enormous, orange-pillared Dharmadhatu shrine hall, with its blue, red and gold trim. It was standing room only with the Trungpa disciples sitting in rows, upon the soft pillows, in practiced posture, evoking the mantras and the visualizations just like the lama had instructed. There were rows and rows of solemn meditators sitting with eyes half closed. Everything was in accordance with Tibetan tradition, down to the clicking of the prayer beads and the empty throne where a photograph of the late Rinpoche had been placed. Up on the dais sat the Vajra Regent, appointed by the Trungpa Rinpoche, Osel Tendzin; and the visiting high lamas of the Tibetan Kagya sect; the monks and the VIPs and the laity. I got to sit down in front because I, among six others, had taken the Vajrayana vows and had been intitiated into Shambala training by the lama himself. In the back of the temple a special cadre of advanced students sat in a circle grinding the bones of the Trungpa Tulku, once the spiritual leader of the Surmang group of monesteries in Tibet. We recited a hundred thousand dharanis, performed a thousand bows in order to empowered the Rinpoche's bones. And to what avail? Years later, I learned that both the Trungpa and his Vajra Regent were gay alcoholics who had built, out of money donated by hapless students, a vast beauacratic organization in the form of a co-dependent support group, i.e. both the Trungpa and the Vajra Regent literally drank and screwed themselves to death right in front of the whole assembly! And they called it 'Tantra', blessed by none other than the great Kalu Rinpoche, himself a great philanderer. Say what? The example of the cargo cult guru who seduces his students had caused a great self-destruct to the very institution the lama had founded, setting back the cause of American Buddhism by more than 50 years. So much for 'Vajradhatu American Buddhism', Vaj! Read more: 'The Double Mirror' A Skeptical Journey into Buddhist Tantra by Stephen Butterfield http://tinyurl.com/cx8thv
[FairfieldLife] Old? Earth Hour Pics...
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html
[FairfieldLife] A STORY TO LIVE BY
A Story to live by There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.' One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend. He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him. Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.' This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations. Life Is a Gift. Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak. Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat. Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion. Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who died too early on this earth... Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they're barren. Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets. Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet. And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job. But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin. And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.
[FairfieldLife] The third temple
Thre reason i wrote about the third temple is because i want to prove to people that there are 2 messiahs in the bible. Every one wants to think that Jesus is the one and only messiah in the bible. But that is wrong! And in order for me to prove this i use some simple facts from the bible. One of them is the fact that the bible says(including Jesus himself) that before the second coming the third temple in Jerusalem will be built. Also that the anti-christ will enter this temple and proclaim himself to be god, The abomination of desolation. It is only after this that there is a second coming and the Judgment. Now, in order for the third temple to be rebuilt it would take a miracle. As of now with things the way they are now, you know it would be impossible to rebuild the third temple! But according to the bible there is no denial that this is what will happen in both the old and new testiments. The Jews believed then and now that the messiah they are waiting for will bring world peace first and then the Judgment will come afterwords. There is a messiah in bible prophecy in both the old and new testiments, Zachariah 4: and Rev.11. Zech 4:2 And he said to me, What do you see? So I said, I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. :3 Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left. :11 Then I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees; at the right of the lampstand and at its left? :12 And I further answered and said to him, What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains? :13 Then he answered me and said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. :14 So he said, These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth. The word ANOINTED ONE means messiah also Christ. So you see the bible says there is another messiah coming. This is the messiah that the Jews have been waiting for. Who will bring about would peace long enough to rebuild the third temple in Jerusalem. Some time after his death(the death of the messiah or anointed ones) The anti-christ commits the adomination of desolation. After that comes the frist judgment and then the millennium.
[FairfieldLife] The Whedonite's Dilemma
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/2/27/ (Of course this was pre episode 6)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
seems like John's lies were so obvious and the slander so apparent that even he couldn't overcome his lust for new patients and their open wallets to pull this off. oh and Sal-- i am truly sorry i misspoke earlier when i said that there were just three stooges of the new millennium here (barry, Vaj, and Curtis)-- make that four... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:48 AM, John M. Knapp, LMSW wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. John, I am really sorry you found it necessary to cancel your web event. I believe this is simply intimidation on BG's/the TMO's part, and he/they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Sal
[FairfieldLife] FOX Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe'
Somebody get this blubbering buffoon a Kleenex! Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough broke into uncontrollable gales of laughter upon viewing loony toons Glenn Beck on his FOX show. Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUe8gw-6UGQ
[FairfieldLife] Colbert's brilliant takedown of hysterical Glenn Beck
As the folks at Morning Joe were sharing guffaws over Glenn Beck's kee-ray-zee schtick the other day, some of them were speculating that Stephen Colbert might have to give up his parody-of-a-right-wing-talker act, since Beck had reached a level of self-parody that Colbert couldn't hope to match. Au contraire. Obviously, Beck is quickly becoming the most flavorful grist for Colbert's satirical mill. Witness the 1031 Project unveiled last night -- inspired by Beck's 912 Project lunacy. Colbert tearily unveils 'his' new 1031 Project - VIDEO: http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/colbert-tearily-unveils-his-new-1031
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: seems like John's lies were so obvious and the slander so apparent that even he couldn't overcome his lust for new patients and their open wallets to pull this off. oh and Sal-- i am truly sorry i misspoke earlier when i said that there were just three stooges of the new millennium here (barry, Vaj, and Curtis)-- make that four... Reminds me of one of my favorite animal myths about how an ostrich will hide his head in a hole in the sand believing that because he can't see anyone else, they can't see him. It turns out that ostriches aren't actually stupid enough to believe this... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Apr 1, 2009, at 11:48 AM, John M. Knapp, LMSW wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. John, I am really sorry you found it necessary to cancel your web event. I believe this is simply intimidation on BG's/the TMO's part, and he/they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Ad for 'New GOP Image' shown on David Letterman Show
Watch ad here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/david-lettermans-ad-for-t_n_181674.html http://snipurl.com/f13yw
[FairfieldLife] 'Laxaty and Transcendence'
The term 'Laxity' had been brought up, and I've been dwelling on this notion, as related to Transcendence, as in 'TM-Transcendence' So, in my experience, it seems that at first, transcendence can seem foggy, but with experience it becomes clearer. The other thing that becomes clearer with practice, is the 'finest level of thought combined with feeling. So, in the first case, after the quality of transcendence becomes clearer, this produces C.C. In the second case, where the finest level of manifestion, becoming infused with Beingness, produces the consciousness which Maharishi coined G.C. Laxity comes in before these qualities are established... When the transcendent is experienced at first, it is a passive thing: One is just becoming familiar with it. But, when there is enough awareness developed, through maintaining this experience, the transcendent becomes, Lively within Itself'... Thereby producing the experience of transcendence: That is all that there is'... Transcendence in this more 'active' manner, beyond 'Laxity', is the 'Transcendence of Unity Consciousness'... Where transcedence is experienced as: 'All That There Is'... This is Unity Consciousness, when established. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
(snip) John, I am really sorry you found it necessary to cancel your web event. I believe this is simply intimidation on BG's/the TMO's part, and he/they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Sal Bottom line, he obviously doesn't really believe in this cause, on some deeper level that trumps the superficial dogmatic stuff... R.G.
[FairfieldLife] MUM natural beekeeping
MUM Review: 5. Students Learn Beekeeping, Build Bee Hives In a first-of-its-kind course at M.U.M. on natural beekeeping in Block 5, students learned the foundations of biodynamic beekeeping from a visiting top expert, Gunther Hauk of Spikenard Farm in Illinois. They studied seasonal hive management and constructed nine hives, both conventional and top-bar hives, to expand the M.U.M. apiary. The hives were artistically painted by the students, and are being added to the five colonies of bees in hives built last year by the students. According to Alex Kachan, who taught the course, the well-being of the bees is the top priority in biodynamic beekeeping, in contrast to conventional methods where bees are pressed and stressed for maximum honey and pollen production. He says that the current problem nationwide with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a problem that has very serious implications for the entire food production system. CCD is devastating not only to beekeepers but very much to farmers as well, since it threatens pollination of so many agricultural crops, thus lowering yields to uneconomical levels of harvest and shipment. He said it is now accepted that CCD is due to the mistreatment of the bees, including feeding them high fructose corn syrup and other unnatural feed and chemical treatments. The goal of the M.U.M. course was to teach the value and skills of local holistic beekeeping to give students the practical knowledge they need to establish their own backyard apiary or consult communities and groups who wish to establish their own apiary. In light of the globally spreading problem of CCD, which so far has annihilated more than 800,000 hives in the U.S., it is crucial to teach people about organic natural beekeeping and inspire them to incorporate one or a few hives in every garden, farm, and even backyard, Mr. Kachan said. According to the experts, such diversification and decentralization is a key strategy to neutralize the affect of CCD and ensure proper pollination of so many of our food crops. The Bee Collective, a student club, was established last year by student Elisabet Humble and Mr. Kachan to encourage all students to learn more about the art of organic natural beekeeping. The M.U.M. hives will be important for crop pollination on the student minifarm and gardens as well as for educational purposes. Natural beekeeping will be offered again next year in Block 3.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
HI, Curtis, Sal, and everyone, It's not my intention to end the fight here. But it's important to me that my co-presenters not become entangled in some protracted legal battle with DLF or TMO. I believe it may be possible to use this turn of events to publicize my concerns about TM in public schools in a much larger fashion than the webinar itself would have done. I believe the aftermath of this concert will be that the TM Org is held to a level of scrutiny that they have not seen before. But I'm taking the afternoon off to decompress. This has been an emotional day for me. I have received many emails of support for which I am thankful. Talk to you soon! J. John M. Knapp, LMSW Recovery from Toxic Groups, Abusive Churches Cults KnappFamilyCounseling.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
Thanks, Turq, for the laugh! Much needed today. I'm determined to make sure something good comes of this. Raja-suits might be just the thing! J. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: John, Since you probably know a few people from the ranks of TM-Free who are attending the concert, why don't you have them dress up as Rajas? You know...long, flowing white robes, golden crown, beatific smile except when Germans are not responding well to being told that they have to develop an invincible Germany. Have their dates dress in saris as Rajinis, and always walk several paces behind the Rajas. Then hang signs around your neck that say, This is what the leaders of the TM organi- zation dress like when they're not in front of the press like they are tonight. See what this scumbag lawyer does then. There is NOTHING false, misleading, or biased about such a sign. It tells the unmitigated truth, and in such a way that no one can fail to notice the *impact* of that truth -- that the TM organization is *hiding something*. Besides, it would be fun. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknapp53@ wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. This email is not a threat. Seriously. It is an advisory. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Naturally, I am disappointed. And disappointed as well for all the effort that panelists, researchers, and other supporters put into this event. But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. Any ideas or insights that readers have, I would gratefully welcome them at a href=mailto:jmknapp53@;jmknapp53@/a. J. blockquoteDear Mr. Knapp: I am General Counsel for the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace. I have been forwarded the url which publicizes a web event which it appears you are hosting on April 2nd entitled: Tell TM hands off our schools, http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html . Your website is a fount of false, misleading, biased and entirely negative information on the TM program and the organizations and individuals which teach or have conducted research on that program[1]. The listed presenters at your event appear all to have a similar negative mission. Therefore, I wished to give you the courtesy of an advisal that we intend to review the global web presentation of the event carefully for any false, defamatory, tortious, breachful, malicious or otherwise unlawful statements or materials made or published by you or the presenters. I would caution you and your presenters, therefore, to be most prudent concerning the truthfulness and propriety of any statements made by any of them at your web event or thereafter. As you have intentionally scheduled this event two days prior to the Foundation's benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall it is clear you have planned it to have a negative impact on that event. Please know that you and your presenters will be held responsible for injury to any individuals or organizations, or their reputations, that may result from any unlawful behavior under US, UK and/or foreign law. You will also be held responsible for the continuing publication of falsehoods on your websites and otherwise. I trust you will act appropriately now after having been so clearly advised. Very truly, William Goldstein General Counsel David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace [1]- For example, by way of illustration and in no way attempting to be exhaustive, you state: I think there is evidence that [the TM program] is either not effective, not enjoyable, or downright dangerous for a certain percentage of the population, on the order of 10% to 20%. http://knappfamilycounseling.com/mostly.html. And as evidence you link to another website of yours http://trancenet.net/research/index.shtml with extensive false and misleading statements and citations. You start by including therein a characterization of the German High Court's 1989 ruling that TM is a destructive cult -- overruling all lower court findings. The current law of the land in Germany. The facts of the case are 180 degrees removed from that statement, as you should well know, and are laid out in http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/LegalIssues/GermanCourtCases/index.cfm. You go on to state that according to one of your presenters, Barry Markovsky, TM
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! Curtis feels he should defend the Turq no matter what probably because Barry is one of the few who gives him any feedback. Now he has even bought Barry's lie about Jim posting here, hook sinkers, as they say over there. I suppose being a Hillbilly is a lonely life where you would embrace just about anyone who wants to be your friend, including embracing the lies of your new friend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: HI, Curtis, Sal, and everyone, It's not my intention to end the fight here. But it's important to me that my co-presenters not become entangled in some protracted legal battle with DLF or TMO. I believe it may be possible to use this turn of events to publicize my concerns about TM in public schools in a much larger fashion than the webinar itself would have done. I believe the aftermath of this concert will be that the TM Org is held to a level of scrutiny that they have not seen before. But I'm taking the afternoon off to decompress. This has been an emotional day for me. I have received many emails of support for which I am thankful. Talk to you soon! J. John M. Knapp, LMSW Recovery from Toxic Groups, Abusive Churches Cults KnappFamilyCounseling.com You are, of course, completely bereft of any meaningful intelligence (other than what it takes to walk and chew gum), but if you were so graced by even a modicum of smarts, you would have either refuted the points made by Goldstein (good luck with that...) or admitted that you were wrong, instead of complaining that you were being threatened.
[FairfieldLife] The Passion Test and Humanity Unites Brilliance sent you a message on Facebook...
Chris Attwood sent a message to the members of The Passion Test and Humanity Unites Brilliance. Subject: Darn! I was planning to go the most amazing concert of the decade on Saturday, 4/4, in NYC. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crowe, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Moby and more will be playing LIVE! I even bought a premium ticket that includes the after-party gala event at the Four Seasons Hotel. But I'm teaching a course in Massachusetts this weekend and discovered it's so out of the way, it's practically impossible to get to NYC (I figured I could just pop down there for the evening and pop back - no way). So, if you have a desire, you can buy my ticket. Just go to: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://shop.ebay.com%2Fmerchant%2Fcattwood108 I hope one of our fans can take advantage of this incredible opportunity. With love and appreciation, Janet Janet Bray Attwood Co-author of the NY Times bestseller, The Passion Test - The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose
[FairfieldLife] Re: FOX Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe'
do.rflex wrote: Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe' Joe Scarborough - the classic example of an arrogant RICH liberal out of touch. In his own little world - all talk, no action. Glenn Beck's show averages 2.2 Million viewers, which is more than the majority of other lib news hosts COMBINED, IN ONLY TWO MONTHS! LOL! Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUe8gw-6UGQ
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: Curtis feels he should defend the Turq no matter what probably because Barry is one of the few who gives him any feedback. The funny thing is that Turq and I have very few FFL discussions. Now he has even bought Barry's lie about Jim posting here, hook sinkers, as they say over there. This isn't how it happened. I thought it was Jim very quickly into the new incarnation. My discussion about my idea with Judy a long time ago had nothing to do with Turq also catching on. It hasn't been that subtle in my opinion. I'm sure we aren't the only ones to have caught on. I'm not sure which of us posted about it first, but I do know that by now the whole thing has become a bit silly. But you seem fairly intent on keeping the illusion alive. That certainly doesn't surprise me, it seems to be a trend with you. I suppose being a Hillbilly is a lonely life where you would embrace just about anyone who wants to be your friend, including embracing the lies of your new friend. You are being an asshole here Nabbie. But then, with me not buying that you have gained anything special from your years of trying to become spiritual, I'm not surprised that you are a bit hostile. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: that would've been convenient, wouldn't it curtis? to blame my response on another poster (Jim)? oh, and i am sure i don't have to remind you, but don't forget to give Barry a free pass as his little pet...i can see him now, stroking your back, giving you a little scratch behind the ears...just darling! Funny how Jim used to try to run this same routine! Curtis feels he should defend the Turq no matter what probably because Barry is one of the few who gives him any feedback. Now he has even bought Barry's lie about Jim posting here, hook sinkers, as they say over there. I suppose being a Hillbilly is a lonely life where you would embrace just about anyone who wants to be your friend, including embracing the lies of your new friend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
Hi, Bob, I went to some pains to not say I was threatened. If I were in the DLF/TMO's position, I probably would have done something similar. Their letter was not a direct threat, by any means. My guess is that they will be surprised that I am canceling the event. My actions were about doing the right thing: not entangling my panelists in legal proceedings. Actually, I have some trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. :) J.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FOX Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: do.rflex wrote: Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe' Joe Scarborough - the classic example of an arrogant RICH liberal out of touch. In his own little world - all talk, no action. Glenn Beck's show averages 2.2 Million viewers, which is more than the majority of other lib news hosts COMBINED, IN ONLY TWO MONTHS! LOL! Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUe8gw-6UGQ This is a really scarey factoid, fur sur! His viewers must be in large part those paranoid sappy fundementalist who are like the Taliban, only the American version of such. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: I received the email below, in its entirety, from Bill Goldstein, a law professor at MUM.edu who states that he is general counsel for the David Lynch Foundation. However, out of concern for my fellow panelists and not wanting to drag them into legal entanglements, I am canceling our web event Tell TM: Hands Off Our Schools! Very good ! You are a crook of the worst kind posing as a counseler and crusader, but all you want to do is cash in on one of the most outstanding teacher this world has ever seen. Naturally, I am disappointed. You have yourself designed your life to be a disappointment. And you are part of the greedy energies which along with p.mason and others, finally, are going out of circulation. Not permanently ofcourse, but according to my information fellons like you will be given a rather longish break from receiving a new body. Which is good news for the new incoming souls.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: Hi, Bob, I went to some pains to not say I was threatened. If I were in the DLF/TMO's position, I probably would have done something similar. Their letter was not a direct threat, by any means. My guess is that they will be surprised that I am canceling the event. My actions were about doing the right thing: not entangling my panelists in legal proceedings. Actually, I have some trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. :) J. Well, maybe it's just the feeling that your going against the flow... That's why all those Hindoo Gods have so many arms and hands, as they can do much more that what we can concieve of, let alone walking and chewing gum at the same time. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Now he has even bought Barry's lie about Jim posting here, hook sinkers, as they say over there. This isn't how it happened. I thought it was Jim very quickly into the new incarnation. My discussion about my idea with Judy a long time ago had nothing to do with Turq also catching on. It hasn't been that subtle in my opinion. I'm sure we aren't the only ones to have caught on. I'm not sure which of us posted about it first, but I do know that by now the whole thing has become a bit silly. The silly thing is that Curtis does not think for himself these days, he has become a pet of the Turq, who posted these lies initially. Has the whole thing become a bit silly Curtis ? I'm in full agreement. Please make your own judments, of which you are fully capable.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: Hi, Bob, I went to some pains to not say I was threatened. If I were in the DLF/TMO's position, I probably would have done something similar. Their letter was not a direct threat, by any means. My guess is that they will be surprised that I am canceling the event. My actions were about doing the right thing: not entangling my panelists in legal proceedings. Actually, I have some trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. :) J. How twue...your response is buggerall silly and nonresponsive, as perusual. It's clear that no human can shake any sense into your pumpkin head, but soona or later, Nature will, when it's time for yer iggerant ass to grow up.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Regime Change in America
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: anyway, i've probably interrupted your tummy scratch from Barry, so i'll bow out now. Thanks, ah, Jim.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools
That InnerKids foundation looks very cool. Thanks for the heads up. I'd never heard of it. An MBSR instructor I know tells me kids take to Mindfullness instruction amazingly fast. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:31 AM, grate.swan wrote: Provind a pure meditation method is what I am discussing and proposing. No you're not. You're being an apologist for a religious form of meditation, plain and simple. There's nothing pure about it, unless of course you meant purely Hindu. If you want a non-sectarian form of meditation and attentional skills for children, you need look no further than the InnerKids Foundation. No mumbo jumbo Hindu initiation rituals. no repeating bija-aksharas of Hindu devatas. No faux-physics, pilot research, exaggeration or bias. Just awareness being aware of itself. Mindfulness is universal, the science is good and sound and the infrastructure is already in place.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: Hi, Bob, I went to some pains to not say I was threatened. If I were in the DLF/TMO's position, I probably would have done something similar. Their letter was not a direct threat, by any means. My guess is that they will be surprised that I am canceling the event. My actions were about doing the right thing: not entangling my panelists in legal proceedings. Er, I believe he also mentioned something in the letter about you needing to carefully consider the falsehoods and mis-information on your various websites as well. I'm just sayin' OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Republicans Grooming Jindal for Presidential Candidacy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: but if the prayers they said were in Latin it wouldn't have been religious. Right? guffaw How would you know if it was in Latin? guffaw dude wrote: uva uvam videndo varia fit Willy, you musta learnt that in your altar boy days. chuckle Not me, how would YOU know it was in Latin? Pretty obvious isn't it? Are you some kinda moron Willy? I got called out here for insulting bats so I won't mention being your being bat-shit insane. Oh, and I apologize to morons. Of course I know Latin, and Sanskrit, and Tibetan, and Urdu - I know almost all the common aryan and prakrit languages, and some Far-Eastern languages as well, (I can tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese) and many esoteric phonemes and quasi phonemes. Didn't you know that I've been studying with Mullquist for nearly nine years? So, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat? Quis nostrud exercitation excepteur sint occaecat sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt. Cupidatat non proident, duis aute irure dolor ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, excepteur sint occaecat duis aute irure dolor. Ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Sunt in culpa ullamco laboris nisi cupidatat non proident. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt duis aute irure dolor lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Mollit anim id est laborum. Consectetur adipisicing elit, sunt in culpa ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Cupidatat non proident, eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt in reprehenderit in voluptate ullamco laboris nisi. Duis aute irure dolor cupidatat non proident, consectetur adipisicing elit. Excepteur sint occaecat mollit anim id est laborum. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation sunt in culpa. In reprehenderit in voluptate ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Qui officia deserunt ullamco laboris nisi lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Quis nostrud exercitation. Eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Consectetur adipisicing elit, velit esse cillum dolore sunt in culpa. In reprehenderit in voluptate qui officia deserunt ullamco laboris nisi!
[FairfieldLife] Re: URGENT ACTION NEEDED - Bill to outlaw organic farming!
Ha ha ... this is going to be funny, since the President and First Lady now have an active organic vegetable garden at the Whitehouse. Do you think he'll veto the bill if it passed, or bow down to Monsanto and use the chemicals they will sell him, on the Whitehouse garden? I'm thinkin' . veto and SLAM DUNK by Obama. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Arhata Osho arhatafreespe...@... wrote: Please take action and call your congressman and senators - contact info below - We need to make our voices heard or this will pass! Please forward to your e-mail list! The US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening. Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto â chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related agri-giants). This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to make sure there is no danger to the public food supply. This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales. If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds, but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans. There is a video on the subject: http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598242/0/ http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598242/0/ And another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E The name on this outrageous food plan is Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875). PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY! Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the same thing. The House and Senate WILL pass this if they are not massively threatened with loss of their positionthey only fear your voice and your vote. The best thing to do is go to http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598244/0/ http://pr1.netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598244/0/ All you have to do is put in your zip and it will give you your congressperson and how to get in touch with them. When you call their office someone will answer the phone, politely and respectfully just tell them that you are calling to express your views on HR 875. Tell them your views, they'll take your name and address and pass your comments along to the congressperson. The following link http://pr1..netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598245/0/ http://pr1..netatlantic.com/t/9661579/7800477/598245/0/ is a list of the U.S. senators with their contact info. Thank you all for taking such quick action on this important threat to our health and wellness. all the best, Mary Kay Finn Thrive Wellness and Nutrition 310 399-2329 Assisting you to achieve great health. ** New Low Prices on Dell Laptops â Starting at $399 (http://pr.atwola..com/promoclk/100126575x1220631247x1201390185/aol?redi\ r=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540506%3B35046329%3Bx http://pr.atwola..com/promoclk/100126575x1220631247x1201390185/aol?redi\ r=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213540506%3B35046329%3Bx )
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Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 2009 704 messages as of (UTC) Thu Apr 02 00:12:23 2009 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com 46 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 45 Robert babajii...@yahoo.com 44 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 44 Richard J. Williams willy...@yahoo.com 43 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 43 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 37 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com 30 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 27 Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com 24 Kirk kirk_bernha...@cox.net 24 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 19 I am the eternal l.shad...@gmail.com 18 grate.swan no_re...@yahoogroups.com 17 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 16 enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 16 Arhata Osho arhatafreespe...@yahoo.com 15 Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com 13 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 13 Nelson nelsonriddle2...@yahoo.com 11 arhatafreespe...@yahoo.com 11 Richard M compost...@yahoo.co.uk 10 bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 do.rflex do.rf...@yahoo.com 7 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 5 BillyG. wg...@yahoo.com 4 elanghorus elangho...@gmail.com 4 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 4 boo_lives boo_li...@yahoo.com 4 John jr_...@yahoo.com 4 David Fiske fiskeda...@hotmail.com 4 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com 4 John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@gmail.com 3 yifuxero yifux...@yahoo.com 3 satvadude108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 3 Patrick Gillam jpgil...@yahoo.com 3 Marek Reavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.net 3 Hugo richardhughes...@hotmail.com 2 jimjim5886 jimjim5...@yahoo.com 2 guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@yahoo.com 2 drpetersutphen drpetersutp...@yahoo.com 1 shempmcgurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 1 ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 margovon margo...@yahoo.com 1 mainstream20016 mainstream20...@yahoo.com 1 Zoran Krneta krneta.zo...@gmail.com 1 Paul Mason premanandp...@yahoo.co.uk 1 Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com 1 Barbara Thomas barbara_thoma...@yahoo.com 1 min.pige min.p...@yahoo.com Posters: 51 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John M. Knapp, LMSW jmknap...@... wrote: But our fight goes on. I am exploring various options that remain to us to protest the teaching of TM in public schools. As details emerge, I will share them. Please withdraw; consider your future existence carefully. For your own sake, be wise. In the exaltedness of your Ego you finally got some little attention and you might consider this friendly advice a threat. It is not. The only threath to you are those you are creating for yourself. You seek the growth of your silly outgoing Ego not having understood that the rest of mankind, thanks to the blessings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Guru Dev and the Master of Wisdom are entering the Age of Enlightenment at this very minute. You negativity is already a part of history. You mention options against TM; I can assure you that Mother has infinite options to handle primitive stupidity, golddigging, sorry fellons like yourself.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Pictures from the Ashram - another try
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: Allow me. OffWorld [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image007.jpg] Northern view from the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image008.jpg] Views of the ashram buildings [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image010.jpg] Views of the School [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image012.jpg] Kausani is a world-famous tourist location because it offers perhaps the most spectacular panoramic view of the Himalayas in all of India. It is approximately 400 kilometers north east of Delhi and the region borders Nepal to the east and Tibet to the north. It was the vistas and peaceful atmosphere of Kausani which inspired Mahatma Gandhi to write his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita which was to become such an important resource in India's efforts for independence. [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image014.jpg] One can also see many other towering sacred peaks such as Trishul and the Pancha-chuli range. http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm http://www.anamaytrust.org/kausani.htm .
[FairfieldLife] Re: Pictures from the Ashram - another try
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Pictures from the Ashram - another try
Yahoo sucks --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: [http://www.anamaytrust.org/images/image008.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: The TM Is Not A Religion Religion
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: They'll say ANYTHING rather than admit what MOST of them know to be the truth, that OF COURSE all of the TM dogma is based on Hindu dogma. They'll lie, they'll deny, they'll come with up excuses, they'll obfuscate, they'll attempt to distract, they'll do ANYTHING rather than violate this First Commandment. My personal fave, (paraphrased): We don't have to tell the kids what the underpinnings are, if people like John Knapp would just keep their mouths shut. Now there's a raving endorsement for the integrity of the teaching. And personally I'm getting a little tired of it. Not me, I still find it endlessly entertaining. Kinda tells you where the person who frequently says I *never* lie. sets the bar on her personal honesty. Even do.rflex, who had his nose up her butt so long he developed ring around the collar, has acknowledged how completely dishonest this position is regarding the non-religiousity of teaching TM in schools. I've wondered for some time if the vehement argument she makes was based on delusion or dishonesty. It is probably both. In all compassion -- really -- I think that Judy's stance is as old as the con game and as understandable. It's how the con game WORKS, and why it's *always* worked. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONNED DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT, TO THEMSELVES, OR TO ANYONE ELSE. The more self-importance the conned person has, the more vehemently they resist admit- ting that they have been conned. They will become apologists for the con men, will defend them the way that people *who were conned by Je-Ru* defended him, and will go to their graves doing so, because their sense of self-importance is stronger than their sense of integrity and honesty. For such people, it is better to be thought a fool than to admit to having been one. Judy MUST know how ridiculous her stance in all of this makes her look. But she continues that stance nonetheless. I think that my explanation is the only one that fits her behavior. Have you EVER known Judy Stein to admit to having been WRONG, except to a tiny fact or typo? I haven't, either. None of us have. Do you think that a person with that level of self-importance is going to admit to having been WRONG about the very nature of the practice she has been doing every day for 30+ years? Not gonna happen... Once again I must bow to your wisdom and the great compassion you show here. If I had been stalked by her as long as you, I surely would not be capable of the level of equanimity you display. You must practice Metta and send lovingkindness to her daily.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Vaj -- is there anything material about Akasha? (Re: 'More on Levitaton')
In particular (no pun intended), Kalachakra deals with Spacetime, or Timespace, or whathaveyou and does even postulate a spacetime molecule.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The TM Is Not A Religion Religion
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: It's almost pure pandering and trolling, as far as I can tell. The lying these two get away with is just outrageous - they should be caled on it, but the others here, except for Judy, are too scared to speak up, I guess. Sal and Turq, the town liars. satvadude108 wrote: Boy, you sure are on a roll. Yeah on a troll, not a 'roll', so why not just shut your pie hole if you don't have anything to contribute to the conversation? Do you often admit to being a troll? It's good you are at peace with yourself about that. Most aren't. The long term effects of sillycybin abuse is often not a pretty sight Willy. Clean it up dude. Get a checking, have a chicken sandwich, get laid, GFY, and there might be hope. Yeah, you've been in and out of religious cults for most of your adult life, Oh really? Do tell I suppose being an altar boy back in 1966 kinda did get me going down Kool Aid drinkin' path. That was solved when they booted me for tryin' to get a look up Marie Pitzmyer's skirt. She was an early bloomer. sigh Those plaid were the bomb dude. but I'm the 'sillycybin' abuser. Good one! As far as I can tell, most of the FFL informants are self-condemned. They were all Marshy's enablers, else they're just trolling here. One thing is fer sure, someone is lying about the TMO and TM practice and I think I know who they are.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: To Protest McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert CANCELLED
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: John, I am really sorry you found it necessary to cancel your web event. I believe this is simply intimidation on BG's/the TMO's part, and he/they don't have a legal leg to stand on. Sal Sal, John is too much of a coward to let his true believing bullshit panel stand up to scrutiny. I don't buy that he's concerned for his panel. Fine. Save their asses and go it alone. But he won't. He would risk exposing himself as a liar. If he had any cojones AT ALL and a legal leg to stand on he would not have wimped out. The man is just a self-serving blowhard with no integrity.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FOX Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe'
Richard J. Williams wrote: do.rflex wrote: Wacko Glenn Beck is object of derision on 'Morning Joe' Joe Scarborough - the classic example of an arrogant RICH liberal out of touch. In his own little world - all talk, no action. ROTFL! Obviously you've never seen Joe Scarborough! He is certainly NOT a liberal.
