[FairfieldLife] '[The Prophet]- Returns-Every-Seven-Hundred Years!'

[babajii_99]

Here's my theory...
Every 7 hundred years, humanity goes through a transition;
Usually led by someone, who is remembered as the 'Agent of Change'...
Many, many years later...
And act as a catalyst, for an evolutionary next step, in human development...

Here's my List:

Moses[inspiration of Old Testament]

King David[inspiration of Psalms]

Yeshuam bin Joseph[inspiration of New Testament]

Mo-Ham-meeed[inspiration of Koran]

Leonardo[inspiration of Renaissance]

Barack Obama[inspiration for people globally]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[raunchydog]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex  wrote:
>
> off_world_beings wrote:
> > Willytex is on Medicare...
> > 
> Medicare is for sick people.
> 

Medicare is an insurance plan in case you get sick, it's not just for sick 
people. 

> > How ironinc.
> > 
> I'll tell you what's ironic, Off. You're
> probably laid-off, but I'm still working, 
> and on a group medical insurance plan. 
> 
> And, I'm fully vested. LOL!!!
>

So when you retire will you enroll for Medicare or will you pay for private 
insurance?   

[FairfieldLife] Re: New England sanity...

[WillyTex]

gullible fool wrote:
> I guess Off was having an off day, huh?
> 
Yeah, I guess so and you're not doing much 
better at explaining the medical care 
reform. 

It's obvious that government-forced cost 
reductions in medical care will restrict 
treatments, force rationing, for the ill 
and the elderly. 

Now that Obama has jettisoned the public 
option, he is now causing the union labor 
leaders to get real angry. 

There's probably not a lot of union people 
up in Vermont, but there seem to be a lot 
of liberals - liberal supporters who helped 
Obama get elected. Don't they feel angry to 
find out that their Medicare benefits are 
going to be reduced or that their payroll
taxes will be increased?

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.

[WillyTex]

Bhairitu wrote:
> Reveals that the problem with American 
> healthcare is the cluster fuck known as 
> capitalism.
> 
Who said you had any health care? Is that
what you call the 'free clinic' out there?
Speaking of capitalistic 'cluster fucks',
how did you work around that ComCast
outrage today? LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[WillyTex]

off_world_beings wrote:
> Willytex is on Medicare...
> 
Medicare is for sick people.

> How ironinc.
> 
I'll tell you what's ironic, Off. You're
probably laid-off, but I'm still working, 
and on a group medical insurance plan. 

And, I'm fully vested. LOL!!!

[FairfieldLife] Pull the Plug on ObamaCare!

[WillyTex]

It's really too bad about Barack Obama. He 
could have made some real change in health 
care for Americans. He had Hillary and Bill 
Clinton to help him with the health care 
reform. Obama could have come up with a real 
reform plan that included a public option 
and ways to reduce the high cost of medical 
care. 

But instead, Obama ignored Hillary and left 
the reform bill up to Congress. Now I ask you, 
who in their right mind would want Harry Reid 
or Nancy Pelosi on a rationing panel that 
decides who gets health care and who is left 
to die? 

Now Americans are confused, skeptical and 
angry. Obama's popularity is falling because 
he has spent trillions of dollars trying to 
restart the failing economy; he's losing 
the quagmire war and hasn't brought the 
troops home; and now the health care reform 
is a real mess. 

"It's not especially pleasurable to see 
history held hostage to ideological vanity, 
but it's not the first time. And if they 
keep it up, they'll help solve the president's 
problem. He'll have a Republican congress 
soon enough..." 

Read more: 

'Pull the Plug on ObamaCare'
By Peggy Noonan
Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/nu68zu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

off_world_beings wrote:
> You are an idiot.
> 
So, Off, where you live, you get lots
of government handouts but you have to
pay really high payroll and other taxes,
but I'm an idiot.

"Americans should look out for each other, 
but there are smart ways to do that and 
not so smart ways. 

President Obama's health care vision is 
confusing. It also may bankrupt the nation. 
That does not sound smart to me. The 
American people do not want to invest 
trillions of dollars in a big government 
program that is confusing. That would 
be insane. 

If President Obama could articulate exactly 
how the trillion-dollar investment would 
help all Americans, I believe he might 
succeed in his quest to make health care 
more accessible to all..." 

Read the full story: 

'President Obama Goes Into Preacher Mode 
on Health Care'
By Bill O'Reilly
Talking Points, Fox News, August 21, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/lpohgc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

> > So, Off, you live in Britain where you get over 
> > 30% of your paycheck deducted for taxes.
> >
Off wrote:
> You are completely brain-washed. It is about 1-3%. 
>
Well, I thought your earnings were a little greater 
than $100.00 or $300.00 per month. LOL!

"Alistair Darling announced in the 2009 budget (22 
April 2009) that, from April 2010 there would be a 
new 50% income tax rate for those earning more than 
£150,000..." 

Taxation in the United Kingdom:
http://tinyurl.com/o48t3p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[WillyTex]

Vaj wrote:
> Ah yes, James Austin. Good stuff!
>
Ah yes, James Austin, the same James Austin
that cites Herbert Benson, who as everyone 
knows, first published the results of TM 
with Keith Wallace. According to Austin,
scientists have mapped the relaxation 
response in TM meditation. Makes one wonder
if all that stuff you said about TM was 
true.

8. Lazar, S, Bush, G, Gollub, R, et al. 
"Functional brain mapping of the relaxation 
response and meditation." NeuroReport 2000; 
11: (7): 1581-1585.

http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=2896

"Meditation is a conscious mental process 
that induces a set of integrated physiologic 
changes termed the relaxation response..." 

'Functional brain mapping of the relaxation 
response and meditation'

Lazar SW, Bush G, Gollub RL, Fricchione GL, 
Khalsa G, Benson H.
PubMed, 10841380, May 2000
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10841380

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[It's just a ride]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:14 PM, raunchydog  wrote:

>
> >
>
> I know where you live. Take to the mattresses.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz_Ees_-kE4
>
>
Muchos grab ass for that, Senorita. All this time "got myself a gun" seemed
like such a natural thing to do in the morning, I didn't realize the impact
of the words.

**

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[raunchydog]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> 
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:49 AM, raunchydog wrote:
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
> > >
> > > Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> > >
> > > "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that
> > > results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > >
> > > Paul Ekman,
> > > University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> > >
> > > Buddhists 'really are happier'
> > >
> > > Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are
> > > happier and calmer than other people.
> > >
> > > Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their
> > > brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more  
> > active.
> >
> > If, as TM critics say, we don't know what TM EEG brain coherence  
> > means and therefore we cannot say it correlates with better  
> > behavior, how can we say that we know what "activity in the left  
> > prefrontal lobes" means in Buddhist meditation and correlates with  
> > better behavior? If Buddhists "light up" only the left half of  
> > their brain and feel happy, wouldn't it follow that TMer's  
> > "lighting up" both halves of their brain would feel doubly happy?
> 
> 
> They're not referring to EEG measurements, but PET and fMRI findings  
> of the brain, in real time when they're referring to things "lighting  
> up". We do know the areas of the brain associated with certain  
> positive emotions and qualities. For some reason perfusion or blood  
> supply to these regions of the brain increases, creating neuroplastic  
> changes to these areas, the cortex actually thickens. Since these are  
> lasting changes, it's actually as if these qualities are 'dyed" into  
> their brains. Thus in depression patients, it's now known that they  
> can even stop meditating and the alleviation of depression will  
> continue, they become "resilient" since they've physically altered  
> their brain for the better.
> 
> Regarding TM EEG "alpha coherence", that's probably the biggest  
> sleight of hand job ever pulled. Alpha coherence in the range seen in  
> advanced TM meditators, is actually within the normal range of  
> healthy humans who don't meditate. In fact alpha coherence is so  
> common in humans, it's not really anything special at all. The most  

Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation 
practices?" http://www.fredtravis.com/talk.html

> interesting findings seem to be coming from high-amplitude gamma  
> coherence which was originally found in Patanjali tradition yogis who  
> could go into samadhi at will. In Buddhists that EEG coherence, which  
> oddly connects the part of the brain associated with integration,  
> continues even when these yogis are not meditating.
> 
> "And that's the way it is", as Walter Cronkite used to say.
>

Well, that's the way Vaj says it is. 

"What strikes me as uncool is feeling that a cool thing attributable to TM must 
somehow be "countered" because it isn't attributable to Buddhism."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

[nablusoss1008]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,


Vaj is back from yet another "Buddhist" retreat.

Meanwhile thousands of Buddhist monks are learning TM, real meditation, as 
taught by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Thailand and Cambodia.

Vaj's pitta is on the rise !

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[raunchydog]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" 
 wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Vaj  wrote:
> 
> >
> > We're next.
> >
> > Does that freak you out or do you understand the dynamic going down here?
> >
> > I hope you're not going to go out and buy a gun. Are you?
> >
> 
> Why would I go out and buy a gun?  I already have a large collection of
> them.  Assault rifles, mostly, but of course I have my trusty permit to
> carry concealed ones as well.   Never know when some of the people I have in
> my spam filters might be in the neighborhood.  And armed society is a polite
> society.
>

I know where you live. Take to the mattresses. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz_Ees_-kE4

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[It's just a ride]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:04 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:

> Arizona, where I live, is a big concealed weapon state.
>
> Where do you live, Bill?
>
>
>
> I live in my house.

Re: [FairfieldLife] New England sanity...

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:25 PM, gullible fool wrote:



Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform –  
packed town meetings. “We proved something that makes us all very  
proud. We live in a state where people can have different points of  
view and yet we can listen to each other and treat each other with  
respect,” the senator said. The meetings were a stark contrast to  
the scenes of angry, shouting hecklers disrupting meetings elsewhere.


I guess Off was having an off day, huh?



"Off" may be a name for a state-of-consciousness we'll never  
know...and be glad he hadn't known...

[FairfieldLife] Mistaking a Town Hall Meeting for the OK Corral

[do.rflex]

  [600]   Joel Pett   / Lexington
Herald-Leader (August 20, 2009)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[off_world_beings]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.
> > 
> > How ironinc.
> > 
> > OffWorld
> >
> 
> 
> I'm 54 years old...how could I be on Medicare?
> 
> I think you have to be at least 62 or 65 (not sure of the age when it starts).
> 

Oh, I see, they just thought you were 62 when you asked them for it.

> How old are you, Tom?
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] New England sanity...

[gullible fool]

  
Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform – packed town 
meetings. “We proved something that makes us all very proud. We live in a state 
where people can have different points of view and yet we can listen to each 
other and treat each other with respect,” the senator said. The meetings were a 
stark contrast to the scenes of angry, shouting hecklers disrupting meetings 
elsewhere. 
 
I guess Off was having an off day, huh?
  
"Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only 
love." 
 
- Amma  

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Vaj  wrote:


From: Vaj 
Subject: [FairfieldLife] New England sanity...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:16 PM







...not that crazy bible-belt shit. 


>From the Bernie Sanders newsletter:



Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform – packed town 
meetings. “We proved something that makes us all very proud. We live in a state 
where people can have different points of view and yet we can listen to each 
other and treat each other with respect,” the senator said. The meetings were a 
stark contrast to the scenes of angry, shouting hecklers disrupting meetings 
elsewhere. To read about the Vermont town meetings in The Burlington Free 
Press, click here. To watch brief excerpts, click here. To watch the latest 
“Sanders Unfiltered” on health care reform, clickhere. To take our latest poll 
on health care reform, click here.


Thanks Bernie.





  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[It's just a ride]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:03 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.
> >
> > How ironinc.
> >
> > OffWorld
> >
>
>
> I'm 54 years old...how could I be on Medicare?
>
> I think you have to be at least 62 or 65 (not sure of the age when it
> starts).
>
> How old are you, Tom?
>
>
Read the regs.  You can file for Medicare if you've been disabled for at
least 24 months if under 65.  Mental dysfunction counts as a disability.

[FairfieldLife] Product warning! Stay away from Lacey's cookies!

[shempmcgurk]

they are so goddamn delicious that you won't be able to stop eating them
and it'll make you sick!

I bought a package of Lacey's Dark Chocolate Almond last night at Trader
Joe's and I've already eaten almost the whole container...and now I feel
sick.

Stay away from them!

[FairfieldLife] Maddow: GOP now asking for 80 votes to pass Health Care Reform [WTF?]

[do.rflex]

This is bizarre. The GOP is so disconnected from reality that they think they 
can change Senate rules to require 80 votes to pass a bill *just because they 
say so*.

Rachel Maddow and Howard Dean clarify the nonsense.

Watch: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32501344#32501344

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" 
 wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Vaj  wrote:
> 
> >
> > We're next.
> >
> > Does that freak you out or do you understand the dynamic going down here?
> >
> > I hope you're not going to go out and buy a gun. Are you?
> >
> 
> Why would I go out and buy a gun?  I already have a large collection of
> them.  Assault rifles, mostly, but of course I have my trusty permit to
> carry concealed ones as well.   Never know when some of the people I have in
> my spam filters might be in the neighborhood.  And armed society is a polite
> society.
>


Arizona, where I live, is a big concealed weapon state.

Where do you live, Bill?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings  wrote:
>
> 
> Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.
> 
> How ironinc.
> 
> OffWorld
>


I'm 54 years old...how could I be on Medicare?

I think you have to be at least 62 or 65 (not sure of the age when it starts).

How old are you, Tom?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[It's just a ride]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Vaj  wrote:

>
> We're next.
>
> Does that freak you out or do you understand the dynamic going down here?
>
> I hope you're not going to go out and buy a gun. Are you?
>

Why would I go out and buy a gun?  I already have a large collection of
them.  Assault rifles, mostly, but of course I have my trusty permit to
carry concealed ones as well.   Never know when some of the people I have in
my spam filters might be in the neighborhood.  And armed society is a polite
society.

[FairfieldLife] Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

[off_world_beings]

Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

How ironinc.

OffWorld

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Re: [FairfieldLife] New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.

[Bhairitu]

Reveals that the problem with American healthcare is the cluster fuck 
known as capitalism.

off_world_beings wrote:
>  
>
> *New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.* * 
> Video:*
> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ObhifImr4G8&feature=sub 
> 
>
> *OffWorld*
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scotland has upset America.

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:49 PM, off_world_beings wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:30 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
>
> > A Scottish guy on YT talks about how Scotland has upset America
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ms105Lv4U&feature=sub
> >
> >
>
>
> What? Not Scotlandistan yet?
>
> I think Scotlandistan has a much nicer ring to it...
>

No, more like a Scotlandsky from what my brother rants on about --  
Polish invasion.


Oh well, that eastern European economical collapse, what can one say?  
Ya gotta live somewhere, right?


With Global Climate Change --the appropriate term for lineal  
"thinkers"--is not "Global Warming". Sorry all you right-leaning folks.

[FairfieldLife] Hippo under water

[off_world_beings]

Hippo under water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrCtHVTy8VI&feature=sub


OffWorld

Re: [FairfieldLife] Scotland has upset America.

[Bhairitu]

off_world_beings wrote:
>  
>
> *A Scottish guy on YT talks about how Scotland has upset America*
>
> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=f0ms105Lv4U&feature=sub 
> 
>
> * OffWorld *
>
Just who is this fuck-wit, anyway?

[FairfieldLife] New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.

[off_world_beings]

New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObhifImr4G8&feature=sub


OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Hold On To Your Wallets!

[Bhairitu]

Helicopter Ben is saying that the Global Economy is emerging from recession!

Again?  So Ben, when are you going to be flying your helicopter over my 
neighborhood and tossing out money?  Inquiring minds want to know?  We 
want to pick up a cool few grand.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=alIvVPlOgkdc 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scotland has upset America.

[off_world_beings]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , Vaj  wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:30 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
>
> > A Scottish guy on YT talks about how Scotland has upset America
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ms105Lv4U&feature=sub

> >
> >
>
>
> What? Not Scotlandistan yet?
>
> I think Scotlandistan has a much nicer ring to it...
>

No, more like a Scotlandsky from what my brother rants on about --
Polish invasion.

OffWorld

Re: [FairfieldLife] Scotland has upset America.

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:30 PM, off_world_beings wrote:


A Scottish guy on YT talks about how Scotland has upset America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ms105Lv4U&feature=sub





What? Not Scotlandistan yet?

I think Scotlandistan has a much nicer ring to it...

[FairfieldLife] Scotland has upset America.

[off_world_beings]

A Scottish guy on YT talks about how Scotland has upset America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ms105Lv4U&feature=sub


OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] New England sanity...

[Vaj]

...not that crazy bible-belt shit.

From the Bernie Sanders newsletter:

Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform –  
packed town meetings. “We proved something that makes us all very  
proud. We live in a state where people can have different points of  
view and yet we can listen to each other and treat each other with  
respect,” the senator said. The meetings were a stark contrast to the  
scenes of angry, shouting hecklers disrupting meetings elsewhere. To  
read about the Vermont town meetings in The Burlington Free Press,  
click here. To watch brief excerpts, click here. To watch the latest  
“Sanders Unfiltered” on health care reform, clickhere. To take our  
latest poll on health care reform, click here.


Thanks Bernie.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[Bhairitu]

The public is pretty angry during this recession and will be more so as 
more of them lose jobs.  The anger must be directed properly and the 
main culprits are the corporations such as the banks who made out like 
thieves with the bailouts.  As for Obama, if anything Moore is holding 
his feet to the fire which is what he asked to be done.  Liberals 
shouldn't just sit idly by if they see Obama doing things they don't 
like.  Liberals are not supposed to be useful idiots like the wingnuts.


sgrayatlarge wrote:
>  
>
> I guess he was funny in his first movie, but I predict a big goose egg 
> this time around, not sure if the public is ready to eat up this 
> subject when a recession is still going on, I don't get it, but then 
> again Moore is now at the point of self parady and moving forward he 
> may start attacking Obama and then he will have crossed the line with 
> the left, his core base.
>
> -
>

[FairfieldLife] Good News from David Lynch Foundation

[michael]

- Weitergeleitete Mail 
Von: "ve-da@

Gesendet: Freitag, den 21. August 2009, 22:48:14 Uhr
Betreff:  Good News from David Lynch Foundation

Movement news to enjoy: David Lynch Foundation, etc.



In April Paul McCartney performed at a concert in New York to support the David 
Lynch foundation, David's foundation has the goal of bringing the TM technique 
to as many students as possible in the US and around the world. Since April, 
there has been an increase in TM initiations nationwide.

As a surprise guest, Jerry Seinfeld opened the show, mentioning that he has 
been meditating for 37 years. Howard Stern gave a moving talk about how TM 
saved his mother's life. (She had serious health problems.)

The high visibility of the concert has opened up relationships with other 
charitable foundations. The DOE foundation is a New York based charity that has 
rehab programs for the homeless. So far, two hundred homeless men have learned 
TM as a part of their rehabilitation program.

The David Lynch foundation has also reached out to Native Americans. TM has 
been taught to a number of members of the Ho Chunk tribe. Eighty percent of 
Native Americans suffer from diabetes (along with other problems). Meditation 
is the only thing that has helped. A member of the Ho Chunk tribe was asked if 
they were concerned that this knowledge came from India . The response was: 
"This is the wisdom of the Creator, it does not matter if it comes from ten 
miles or ten thousand miles away."

David will be hosting a conference for Native American leaders at MUM in 
Fairfield in September. At this time there is a real Buzz among the leaders of 
the 600 Native American tribes in the U.S. about TM and the upcoming conference.

Ashley Deans, head of the Maharishi School in Fairfield has been traveling the 
globe promoting TM in education. He showed us slides of TM being used in 
schools in Japan , Europe, and Palestine . Yes, Palestinians have been learning 
TM in an educational setting. He also mentioned that 2000 monks have learned TM 
in Thailand , and 1000 monks in Cambodia are soon to learn. One hundred members 
of the Research Department for Education in San Francisco heard a presentation 
on the students that are now practicing the TM technique in Bay Area schools. 
Their comment was, "We should be doing this each day." So thirty administrators 
are now meditating, with others planning to start.

At this point in time there are 140 Maharishi schools in India.

When Ashley Deans gave an introductory lecture on TM in Turkey , the whole 
village came to the lecture. He spoke to educators in Lebanon , and after 
hearing of the interest of the school officials, he spoke to the education 
minister of the nation mentioning that she would soon hear from educators about 
the program. Her response was, "I have already heard from the schools, and I 
have already approved it."

In Trinidad TM has been introduced into a few schools and now there are enough 
sidhas to provide coherence for the nation.

In Brazil the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is strong on promoting the TM program, 
and has expressed the desire that 1 million students learn meditation.

School officials in South Korea have expressed interest in the TM program, 
hoping that this can reduce the tension and protect the nation.

In 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 100,000 students learned TM 
in the past four years. In the U.S., 3,000 have learned along with 800 school 
administrators.

Some of the latest news is that Sting, Stevie Wonder and Tom Petty will perform 
in a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on the West Coast this 
fall. The Beach Boys will perform a benefit concert for the David Lynch 
Foundation in Fairfield on Labor Day.

David spoke via teleconference to a large group in the Dome, saying that the 
large group mediation in Fairfield is what is creating a fertile ground for 
these achievements.

There is some positive news nationwide: The US now has the lowest crime rate in 
forty years, the stock index at its highest level since the November election.

Well known Oprah Radio host Dr. Mehmet Oz has learned TM and enjoys it very 
much.  He talks with TV and film producer David Lynch about how meditation can 
help children achieve happiness and greater intelligence.

        The Power of Meditation (5:27)

        http://www.oprah.com/media/20090428-radio-dr-oz-meditation 


We now have 410 acres of land in West Virginia and roads are under construction 
along with sewage facilities and energy-saving and -storing devices.  We have 
funds to build 5 buildings to house about 32 Purusha and a Raja and Guest 
residence.  Our immediate goal is to build in addition a dining facility and at 
least one more residential building to house 8 more Purusha.

In Nepal 11 Maharishi Vedic Pandits performed in front of the Prime Minister 
and other Cabinet members.

15 buildings in Vedic City are being moved from the original pandit site - 
where som

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[do.rflex]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film
> >  
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , Bhairitu  wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael Moore trailer:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU
> > > 
> > > A "must see" for Willy and Shemp. :-D
> > >
> > 
> > I stopped watching Michael Moore films after he appeared on the Howard Stern
> > Show promoting "Farenheit 9/11" and made blatantly racist comments about
> > Arabs.
> > Such as?
> >
> 
> 
> It was about the part of the film that deals with the Bush Administration 
> ferreting out Bin Laden's relatives out of the country (later proven to be a 
> complete fabrication on Moore's part like much of what he does in his films). 
>  His comment was specifically a racial profiling comment to the effect that 
> only Arabs commit terrorist acts.
>


  At least 13 relatives of Osama bin Laden, accompanied by bodyguards and 
associates, were allowed to leave the United States on a chartered flight eight 
days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a passenger manifest 
released yesterday.

One passenger, Omar Awad bin Laden, a nephew of the al Qaeda leader, had been 
investigated by the FBI because he had lived with Abdullah bin Laden, a leader 
of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, which the FBI suspected of being a 
terrorist organization.

The passenger list was made public by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who 
obtained the manifest from officials at Boston's Logan International Airport. 
Lautenberg's office was given the document in recent weeks and released it 
before today's issuance of the final report of the commission investigating the 
Sept. 11 attacks.

Although much was already known about the "bin Laden flight," Lautenberg 
provided additional details, including the information that the plane, a 727 
owned by DB Air and operated by Ryan International, began its flight in Los 
Angeles and made stops in Orlando, Dulles International Airport and Boston 
before continuing to Gander, Newfoundland; Paris; Geneva; and Jiddah, Saudi 
Arabia. The aircraft, tail number N521DB, has been chartered frequently by the 
White House for the press corps traveling with President Bush.

A staff report by the Sept. 11 commission this spring said the flight was one 
of six chartered flights carrying 142 people, mostly Saudi nationals, from the 
United States between Sept. 14 and 24 after airspace was reopened. The U.S. 
government had allowed, before commercial airspace was reopened, at least one 
domestic flight for Saudis who had feared for their safety, Lautenberg's staff 
said.

The commission reported that there were 23 passengers and three private 
security guards on the bin Laden flight. However, the manifest lists 25 
passengers, plus the three guards employed by CDT Training Inc. of Elmwood 
Park, N.J. After a request for permission to allow the bin Ladens to leave 
reached Richard A. Clarke at the National Security Council, the flight departed 
Logan Airport in Boston at 11 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2001. 

 Dale Watson, former FBI counterterrorism chief, said yesterday that FBI agents 
"scrubbed the people who were leaving, and I was informed none of them were 
anybody we needed to detain or not allow to leave."

Lautenberg, in a statement, said that Bush "needs to explain to the American 
people why his administration let this plane leave." White House spokesman Sean 
McCormack said the contentions that the flight should not have been allowed to 
leave have been "debunked by the facts."

Ron Ryan of Ryan International said yesterday that he is "quite confident" that 
the Saudi Embassy arranged the flight through a Ryan partner called Sport-Hawk. 
He said the bin Ladens "were quite concerned for their safety," which alarmed 
the crew. "The Saudi Embassy offered to pay more money if our crew had a 
concern," he said.

But he said all were reassured because "the FBI and Secret Service were heavily 
involved. They were in abundance every place we were."

The commission staff reported that each of the Saudi flights "was investigated 
by the FBI and dealt with in a professional manner prior to its departure." The 
staff said that 22 people on the bin Laden flight were interviewed by the FBI 
and that the FBI checked databases for information on the passengers. The 
commission said none of the passengers was on the terrorist watch list.

The flight manifest lists 13 people with the bin Laden surname and others with 
Brazilian, British, Indonesian and Yemeni passports. Passenger Omar Awad bin 
Laden had lived with Abdullah bin Laden, a nephew of Osama bin Laden who was 
involved in for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 5:32 PM, sgrayatlarge wrote:

-Mexico is quickly becoming a failed state, how sad, a country run  
by drug thug cartels, corrupt to the core



But wouldn't drug cartels be undermined by legalization--esp. if that  
trend continued north of the border? How can you have crime syndicates  
(read: drug-dealing kingpins allied with the Mexican military) if  
people can "just get it"?


Marijuana has already been treated lenient north of our border, I  
thought.


We're next.

Does that freak you out or do you understand the dynamic going down  
here?


I hope you're not going to go out and buy a gun. Are you?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> What strikes me as uncool is feeling
> > that a cool thing attributable to Buddhism must somehow
> > be "countered" because it isn't attributable to TM.
> > 
> 
> 
> What strikes 'me' as uncool is your assumption that my post had anything at 
> all to do either with Buddhism OR TM. It's simply ANOTHER look at what makes 
> people happy.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
> > >
> > > What Makes Us Happy?
> > > 
> > > "The job isn't conforming, it isn't 
> > > keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
> > > and working and loving. And loving is 
> > > probably the most important. 
> > > 
> > > Happiness is love. Full stop."
> > > 

I guess I agree. And the *object* of love can be
practically anything... 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[sgrayatlarge]

-Mexico is quickly becoming a failed state, how sad, a country run by drug thug 
cartels, corrupt to the core

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> "Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin  
> on Friday — a move that
> prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's  
> grueling battle against drug
> traffickers.
> 
> "Prosecutors said the new law sets clear limits that keep Mexico's  
> corruption-prone police from
> extorting casual users and offers addicts free treatment to keep  
> growing domestic drug use in check.
> 
> "'This is not legalization, this is regulating the issue and giving  
> citizens greater legal
> certainty,' said Bernardo Espino del Castillo of the attorney  
> general's office.
> 
> "The new law sets out maximum 'personal use' amounts for drugs, also  
> including LSD and
> methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities no longer face  
> criminal prosecution."
> 
> Full story at:
> 
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP1GlMCOzYSi8kbAUY1lLDdqc4vAD9A763HO0
>

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[sgrayatlarge]

I guess he was funny in his first movie, but I predict a big goose egg this 
time around, not sure if the public is ready to eat up this subject when a 
recession is still going on, I don't get it, but then again Moore is now at the 
point of self parady and moving forward he may start attacking Obama and then 
he will have crossed the line with the left, his core base.




--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film
> >  
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , Bhairitu  wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael Moore trailer:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU
> > > 
> > > A "must see" for Willy and Shemp. :-D
> > >
> > 
> > I stopped watching Michael Moore films after he appeared on the Howard Stern
> > Show promoting "Farenheit 9/11" and made blatantly racist comments about
> > Arabs.
> > Such as?
> >
> 
> 
> It was about the part of the film that deals with the Bush Administration 
> ferreting out Bin Laden's relatives out of the country (later proven to be a 
> complete fabrication on Moore's part like much of what he does in his films). 
>  His comment was specifically a racial profiling comment to the effect that 
> only Arabs commit terrorist acts.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's crazier?

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 5:00 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:


1) The Birthers' claim that Barack Obama was born outside the U.S.;

2) Sarah Palin claiming that healthcare reform will create "death  
panels" that will decide people's fate; or


3) Barry Wright's claim that he has seen his cult guru levitate on  
many occasions.


BONUS QUESTION:

Which of the three entities above would most likely be committed to  
the mental ward of a hospital for being delusional?



You are. For trying to set up a burning straw man.

Only the wicked witch of the midwest and her apprentice are allowed to  
do that. If flying goblins come and drag you into the Arizona desert  
and have their way with you, it ain't our fault!

[FairfieldLife] Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession

[Vaj]

"Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin  
on Friday — a move that
prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's  
grueling battle against drug

traffickers.

"Prosecutors said the new law sets clear limits that keep Mexico's  
corruption-prone police from
extorting casual users and offers addicts free treatment to keep  
growing domestic drug use in check.


"'This is not legalization, this is regulating the issue and giving  
citizens greater legal
certainty,' said Bernardo Espino del Castillo of the attorney  
general's office.


"The new law sets out maximum 'personal use' amounts for drugs, also  
including LSD and
methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities no longer face  
criminal prosecution."


Full story at:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP1GlMCOzYSi8kbAUY1lLDdqc4vAD9A763HO0

RE: [FairfieldLife] Who's crazier?

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:00 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Who's crazier?
 
  
1) The Birthers' claim that Barack Obama was born outside the U.S.;

2) Sarah Palin claiming that healthcare reform will create "death panels"
that will decide people's fate; or

3) Barry Wright's claim that he has seen his cult guru levitate on many
occasions.

BONUS QUESTION:

Which of the three entities above would most likely be committed to the
mental ward of a hospital for being delusional?
Irrelevant questions because Barry is not running for vice president nor do
his experiences have any national significance. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anapanasati Meditation

[vajradhatu108]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jr_esq"  wrote:
>
> To All:
> 
> This meditation technique works.  It's very powerful.  Please, see the link 
> below:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8LyM1Io4A&feature=related
>

My Patanjali guru, who was from a Rig Vedic pundit family, also said the same 
thing. He claimed that it was the fastest way to bring awareness into the 
avadhuti or sushumna--primordial awareness, our natural state, 
mahamudra--whatever you want to call it--anapanasati, vipassana or whatever. 
I've heard some  people claim it's the universal technique because you find it 
in Vedanta, Christianity--all religions in some form. I don't know if I believe 
that...but it is interesting.

[FairfieldLife] Who's crazier?

[shempmcgurk]

1) The Birthers' claim that Barack Obama was born outside the U.S.;

2) Sarah Palin claiming that healthcare reform will create "death panels" that 
will decide people's fate; or

3) Barry Wright's claim that he has seen his cult guru levitate on many 
occasions.


BONUS QUESTION:

Which of the three entities above would most likely be committed to the mental 
ward of a hospital for being delusional?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film
>  
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , Bhairitu  wrote:
> >
> > Michael Moore trailer:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU
> > 
> > A "must see" for Willy and Shemp. :-D
> >
> 
> I stopped watching Michael Moore films after he appeared on the Howard Stern
> Show promoting "Farenheit 9/11" and made blatantly racist comments about
> Arabs.
> Such as?
>


It was about the part of the film that deals with the Bush Administration 
ferreting out Bin Laden's relatives out of the country (later proven to be a 
complete fabrication on Moore's part like much of what he does in his films).  
His comment was specifically a racial profiling comment to the effect that only 
Arabs commit terrorist acts.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anapanasati Meditation

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jr_esq"  wrote:
>
> To All:
> 
> This meditation technique works.  It's very powerful.  Please, see the link 
> below:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8LyM1Io4A&feature=related
>


Tell you what:  We'll have our resident expert on meditation techniques, Barry 
Wright, try the technique and he'll do a critique on it and get back to us.

You see, Barry is more knowledgable about meditation techniques than anyone on 
this forum because unlike the cult-addled brains of people like myself, he's 
tried many, many "trips" and knows what works and what doesn't.

Are you aware that Barry has seen a cult guru levitate in his presence many, 
many times?

Can the people running the meditation technique shown on the youtube video 
levitate?  If not, Barry will probably not approve your meditation method and 
deem it and its leaders inferior to himself.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film
 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> Michael Moore trailer:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU
> 
> A "must see" for Willy and Shemp. :-D
>

I stopped watching Michael Moore films after he appeared on the Howard Stern
Show promoting "Farenheit 9/11" and made blatantly racist comments about
Arabs.
Such as?
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> Michael Moore trailer:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU
> 
> A "must see" for Willy and Shemp.  :-D
>


I stopped watching Michael Moore films after he appeared on the Howard Stern 
Show promoting "Farenheit 9/11" and made blatantly racist comments about Arabs.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Research 2000 Weekly Tracking Poll

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
> >
> > With results like this, then why is Team Obama folding so easily on their 
> > healthcare proposals?
> > 
> 
> 
> They're not. At the end of the day Obama is likely going to pull off the best 
> possible health care solutions possible, under the very REAL oppositional 
> powers of your for-profit mercenary heroes' massive, trillion dollar Big 
> Corporate influences. You know, "We the Corporatocracy" instead of "We the 
> People."
> 
> You have to be realistic with what you want to accomplish. I totally believe 
> that Obama would fully pursue single-payer [as he openly indicated some years 
> back] if he thought it currently had a rats ass of a chance passing. It 
> doesn't.
> 
> The Public Option is different matter and has a very strong possibility of 
> being included in the final package.
> 
> Wait and see how things really DO change. As Bill Clinton said recently. "The 
> minute the president signs this bill, his approval will go up. Within a year, 
> when the good things begin to happen, and the bad things they're saying will 
> happen don't happen, approval will explode."


It will be interesting to see what he does.

If he follows Bill's advice and pushes things through with the Democratic 
Congress' backing, it will be interesting to see what the effect the new 
legislation will have upon the existing health care plans of those undecided 
voters who are happy with their plans.

If there is no effect, it won't much influence the 2010 elections; if it does 
have a negative effect, it will be a repeat of '94.  Funny that Bill said what 
he said because it's an example of preaching what he himself didn't practise.

[FairfieldLife] Brazilian tourist postcard

[bob_brigante]

http://www.aids.gov.br/muitoprazer/index.php?q=diganao

[FairfieldLife] M-school in NH won't open

[bob_brigante]

http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2009/08/21/news/local/free/id_368708.\
txt


excerpt

School officials hope the technique, when combined with a regular course
of instruction, will allow the Maharishi Academy to join Phillips Exeter
Academy in Exeter and St. Paul's School in Concord among New
Hampshire's elite college preparatory schools.

The cost for the 2008-09 school year would have been $38,250, including
$25,000 for tuition, $9,750 for room and board, and $3,000 for expenses
such as books, uniforms and athletic equipment.

"Rather than start with just a handful of students, our board
thought it would be better to start on a good, strong footing,"
Colby said. "We still have them (the students) on file. We're in
communication with them. Most of them are eager to apply again next
year."

School officials initially set an ambitious estimate of 200 students for
the first school year. The academy would then grow toward a total
student body of 400.

That number has been pared down several times, first to between 50 and
75, then to 30 or 40, and now to a minimum of 15 to 20.

"We could've started with a handful," Colby said. "Our
fixed costs would've been greater than our income. It's not a
good way to start a school because of the financial risks involved.

"There's also kind of a critical number with kids. If
there's too small a group, they feel social pressure in a
sense."

But 15 or 20 is feasible — "We're able to break even at a
lower level than we thought we could," he said.

Only one of the 15-20 applicants was a child of parents who practice
transcendental meditation, Colby said. The rest came from referral
organizations supporting primarily inner-city kids in subpar schools, he
said.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > What strikes me as uncool is feeling
> > that a cool thing attributable to Buddhism must somehow
> > be "countered" because it isn't attributable to TM.
=> 
> 
> What strikes 'me' as uncool is your assumption that my 
> post had anything at all to do either with Buddhism OR 
> TM. It's simply ANOTHER look at what makes people happy.

And I did not refer to or comment on your post
at all. I merely chose it at random as a spring-
board from which to reply to this thread.

In other words, your post did not even enter my
consciousness when making mine. 


> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
> > >
> > > What Makes Us Happy?
> > > 
> > > "The job isn't conforming, it isn't 
> > > keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
> > > and working and loving. And loving is 
> > > probably the most important. 
> > > 
> > > Happiness is love. Full stop."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, 
> > > following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, 
> > > career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old 
> > > age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive 
> > > of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its 
> > > contents, as much literature as science, offer profound insight into the 
> > > human condition.
> > > 
> > > Atlantic article: 
> > > http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness
> > > 
> > > 
> > > =  = The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness
> > > 
> > > The Harvard Study of Adult Development, begun in 1937, has been following 
> > > the lives of 268 men, from college to death, to learn what makes for a 
> > > good life.
> > > 
> > > Dr. George Vaillant, a professor at Harvard Medical School, has been the 
> > > director of the study for 42 years. In this excellent short video from 
> > > The Atlantic, he discusses lessons he learned about fame, ambition, and 
> > > happiness along the way. In the end, his expansive empirical studies 
> > > confirmed what John Lennon told us a few decades ago:
> > > 
> > > "The job isn't conforming, it isn't keeping up with the Jones'. It is 
> > > playing and working and loving. And loving is probably the most 
> > > important. Happiness is love. Full stop."
> > > 
> > > Watch video: 
> > > http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=22804415001
> > > 
> > > http://snipurl.com/qnq2l   [link_brightcove_com] 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> > > > 
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> > > > 
> > > > "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
> > > > results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > > > 
> > > > Paul Ekman,
> > > > University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> > > > 
> > > > Buddhists 'really are happier'
> > > > 
> > > > Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
> > > > happier and calmer than other people.
> > > > 
> > > > Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
> > > > brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.
> > > > 
> > > > The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
> > > > can help to calm people.
> > > > 
> > > > Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
> > > > have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
> > > > which is the hub of fear memory.
> > > > 
> > > > They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
> > > > less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
> > > > to other people.
> > > > 
> > > > Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
> > > > hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
> > > > practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > > > 
> > > > Brain activity
> > > > 
> > > > In a separate study, scientists at the University of Wisconsin at  
> > > > Madison used new scanning techniques to examine brain activity in a  
> > > > group of Buddhists.
> > > > 
> > > > Their tests revealed activity in the left prefrontal lobes of  
> > > > experienced Buddhist practitioners.
> > > > 
> > > > This area is linked to positive emotions, self-control and temperament.
> > > > 
> > > > Their tests showed this area of the Buddhists' brains are constantly  
> > > > lit up and not just when they are meditating.
> > > > 
> > > > This, the scientists said, suggests they are more likely to  
> > > > experience positive emotions and be in good mood.
> > > > 
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > > Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is a psychologist who has been a  
> > > > pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Denied, to Invincible America

[dhamiltony2k5]

The David Lynch Foundation?

"David [Lynch] spoke via teleconference to a large group in the dome,
saying that the large group mediation in Fairfield is what is
creating a fertile ground for these achievements."

Does David realize what is going on in the FF meditating community and the 
domes ?

Seems is tough going for dome numbers the way it is.  Proly will continue as it 
has unless things of guidelines are changed.  Are quite a lot more FF TM-sidhas 
outside the domes than inside.


>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69"  wrote:
> >
> > The numbers are not really bad, perhaps with more pundits and the students 
> > returning they felt they could be more strict. Still its nothing like the 
> > 2500 that Maharishi said was necessary for this group alone. 
> > Also these people who were "heros' not so long ago are now nobodies? You 
> > can say "thank-you" to someone and this makes a farce of those words. 
> >
> 
> Yeah Transcendental Meditation administration, they sure know how to wound a 
> fella and rub salt in it.  Practiced at it too.
> 
> > > > > > Well, evidently meditator FF folk recently re-registering are being 
> > > > > > asked at registration if they have 'seen' other saints.  Responding 
> > > > > > 'yes', these TM meditators are denied re-registration on the spot.  
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > & Raja John Hagelin is aware of this?  Its consequent in the 
> > > > > > meditating community just by word of mouth on the numbers of people 
> > > > > > who could be doing program in the domes?
> 
> > >
> > > Invincible America Transcendental Meditation Dome numbers tumble and 
> > > hurricane Bob arrives off the coast of America.   
> > > 
> > >  Zealot Transcendental Meditation administrators keep practicing TM 
> > > meditators out of dome meditation programs who could have been in the 
> > > Invincible America group meditation program contributing to national 
> > > international and world coherence.  Weather changes for the worst, lives 
> > > and property endangered by TM course administrators.  World held hostage 
> > > by jihad clerks of the Transcendental Meditation movement. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Trouble in FF,
> > > > 
> > > > http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies.html
> > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Trouble in FF.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Well, evidently meditator FF folk recently re-registering are being 
> > > > > > asked at registration if they have 'seen' other saints.  Responding 
> > > > > > 'yes', these TM meditators are denied re-registration on the spot.  
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > & Raja John Hagelin is aware of this?  Its consequent in the 
> > > > > > meditating community just by word of mouth on the numbers of people 
> > > > > > who could be doing program in the domes?
> > > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > Does Hagelin know?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Would seem like Hagelin is getting stabbed in the back by his 
> > > > > dogmatic doctrinal types within TMmovement administration.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Must be mighty frustrating in there for Hagelin while his dome 
> > > > > numbers sag & the meditating community gets distanced from the the 
> > > > > movement again like this.  Sad to watch tragedy like his.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:12:39 -0500
> > > > > > > Subject: Message to Invincible America from Raja John Hagelin
> > > > > > > From: Invincible America 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > "The July 2009 Invincible America Assembly was perfect in every 
> > > > > > > way."
> > > > > > > - IA Course Participant
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >> Now it's August. Many visitors have left. Our Super Radiance 
> > > > > > >> numbers 
> > > > > > > are in a lull until the MUM students return and the next group of 
> > > > > > > Maharishi Vedic Pandits arrive.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > We urgently need all local Sidhas to attend morning and evening 
> > > > > > > programs.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > >  Thank you for being here in wonderful 
> > > > > > > Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > JAI GURU DEV
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[do.rflex]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:

[snip]

What strikes me as uncool is feeling
> that a cool thing attributable to Buddhism must somehow
> be "countered" because it isn't attributable to TM.
> 


What strikes 'me' as uncool is your assumption that my post had anything at all 
to do either with Buddhism OR TM. It's simply ANOTHER look at what makes people 
happy.



> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
> >
> > What Makes Us Happy?
> > 
> > "The job isn't conforming, it isn't 
> > keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
> > and working and loving. And loving is 
> > probably the most important. 
> > 
> > Happiness is love. Full stop."
> > 
> > 
> > For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, 
> > following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, 
> > career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. 
> > Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one 
> > of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as 
> > much literature as science, offer profound insight into the human condition.
> > 
> > Atlantic article: 
> > http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness
> > 
> > 
> > =  = The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness
> > 
> > The Harvard Study of Adult Development, begun in 1937, has been following 
> > the lives of 268 men, from college to death, to learn what makes for a good 
> > life.
> > 
> > Dr. George Vaillant, a professor at Harvard Medical School, has been the 
> > director of the study for 42 years. In this excellent short video from The 
> > Atlantic, he discusses lessons he learned about fame, ambition, and 
> > happiness along the way. In the end, his expansive empirical studies 
> > confirmed what John Lennon told us a few decades ago:
> > 
> > "The job isn't conforming, it isn't keeping up with the Jones'. It is 
> > playing and working and loving. And loving is probably the most important. 
> > Happiness is love. Full stop."
> > 
> > Watch video: 
> > http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=22804415001
> > 
> > http://snipurl.com/qnq2l   [link_brightcove_com] 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
> > >
> > > Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> > > 
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> > > 
> > > "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
> > > results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > > 
> > > Paul Ekman,
> > > University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> > > 
> > > Buddhists 'really are happier'
> > > 
> > > Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
> > > happier and calmer than other people.
> > > 
> > > Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
> > > brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.
> > > 
> > > The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
> > > can help to calm people.
> > > 
> > > Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
> > > have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
> > > which is the hub of fear memory.
> > > 
> > > They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
> > > less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
> > > to other people.
> > > 
> > > Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
> > > hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
> > > practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > > 
> > > Brain activity
> > > 
> > > In a separate study, scientists at the University of Wisconsin at  
> > > Madison used new scanning techniques to examine brain activity in a  
> > > group of Buddhists.
> > > 
> > > Their tests revealed activity in the left prefrontal lobes of  
> > > experienced Buddhist practitioners.
> > > 
> > > This area is linked to positive emotions, self-control and temperament.
> > > 
> > > Their tests showed this area of the Buddhists' brains are constantly  
> > > lit up and not just when they are meditating.
> > > 
> > > This, the scientists said, suggests they are more likely to  
> > > experience positive emotions and be in good mood.
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is a psychologist who has been a  
> > > pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial  
> > > expressions. He is considered one of the 100 most eminent  
> > > psychologists of the twentieth century.[1] The background of Ekman's  
> > > research analyzes the development of human traits and states over  
> > > time (Keltner, 2007). The character Cal Lightman of the television  
> > > series Lie to Me is loosely based on him and his work.
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Anapanasati Meditation

[jr_esq]

To All:

This meditation technique works.  It's very powerful.  Please, see the link 
below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8LyM1Io4A&feature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[Vaj]

Ah yes, James Austin. Good stuff!

On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:33 AM, shinkai_birx wrote:



Tricycle: the Buddhist Review (Fall 2009 issue) presents an  
informative article beginning on page 58 entitled "This Is Your  
Brain On Zen".

[FairfieldLife] Movement news to enjoy: David Lynch Foundation, etc.

[Dick Mays]

In April Paul McCartney performed at a concert in New York to support 
the David Lynch foundation, David's foundation has the goal of 
bringing the TM technique to as many students as possible in the US 
and around the world. Since April, there has been an increase in TM 
initiations nationwide.


As a surprise guest, Jerry Seinfeld opened the show, mentioning that 
he has been meditating for 37 years. Howard Stern gave a moving talk 
about how TM saved his mother's life. (She had serious health 
problems.)


The high visibility of the concert has opened up relationships with 
other charitable foundations. The DOE foundation is a New York based 
charity that has rehab programs for the homeless. So far, two hundred 
homeless men have learned TM as a part of their rehabilitation 
program.


The David Lynch foundation has also reached out to Native Americans. 
TM has been taught to a number of members of the Ho Chunk tribe. 
Eighty percent of Native Americans suffer from diabetes (along with 
other problems). Meditation is the only thing that has helped. A 
member of the Ho Chunk tribe was asked if they were concerned that 
this knowledge came from India . The response was: "This is the 
wisdom of the Creator, it does not matter if it comes from ten miles 
or ten thousand miles away."


David will be hosting a conference for Native American leaders at MUM 
in Fairfield in September. At this time there is a real Buzz among 
the leaders of the 600 Native American tribes in the U.S. about TM 
and the upcoming conference.


Ashley Deans, head of the Maharishi School in Fairfield has been 
traveling the globe promoting TM in education. He showed us slides of 
TM being used in schools in Japan , Europe, and Palestine . Yes, 
Palestinians have been learning TM in an educational setting. He also 
mentioned that 2000 monks have learned TM in Thailand , and 1000 
monks in Cambodia are soon to learn. One hundred members of the 
Research Department for Education in San Francisco heard a 
presentation on the students that are now practicing the TM technique 
in Bay Area schools. Their comment was, "We should be doing this each 
day." So thirty administrators are now meditating, with others 
planning to start.


At this point in time there are 140 Maharishi schools in India.

When Ashley Deans gave an introductory lecture on TM in Turkey , the 
whole village came to the lecture. He spoke to educators in Lebanon , 
and after hearing of the interest of the school officials, he spoke 
to the education minister of the nation mentioning that she would 
soon hear from educators about the program. Her response was, "I have 
already heard from the schools, and I have already approved it."


In Trinidad TM has been introduced into a few schools and now there 
are enough sidhas to provide coherence for the nation.


In Brazil the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is strong on promoting the TM 
program, and has expressed the desire that 1 million students learn 
meditation.


School officials in South Korea have expressed interest in the TM 
program, hoping that this can reduce the tension and protect the 
nation.


In 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 100,000 students 
learned TM in the past four years. In the U.S., 3,000 have learned 
along with 800 school administrators.


Some of the latest news is that Sting, Stevie Wonder and Tom Petty 
will perform in a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on 
the West Coast this fall. The Beach Boys will perform a benefit 
concert for the David Lynch Foundation in Fairfield on Labor Day.


David spoke via teleconference to a large group in the Dome, saying 
that the large group mediation in Fairfield is what is creating a 
fertile ground for these achievements.


There is some positive news nationwide: The US now has the lowest 
crime rate in forty years, the stock index at its highest level since 
the November election.


Well known Oprah Radio host Dr. Mehmet Oz has learned TM and enjoys 
it very much.  He talks with TV and film producer David Lynch about 
how meditation can help children achieve happiness and greater 
intelligence.



The Power of Meditation (5:27)
http://www.oprah.com/media/20090428-radio-dr-oz-meditation

We now have 410 acres of land in West Virginia and roads are under 
construction along with sewage facilities and energy-saving and 
-storing devices.  We have funds to build 5 buildings to house about 
32 Purusha and a Raja and Guest residence.  Our immediate goal is to 
build in addition a dining facility and at least one more residential 
building to house 8 more Purusha.


In Nepal 11 Maharishi Vedic Pandits performed in front of the Prime 
Minister and other Cabinet members.


15 buildings in Vedic City are being moved from the original pandit 
site - where some remaining Mother Divine and 18 Purusha (at opposite 
end) live - to the present pandit site to ease the housing crunch. 
Since the pandits left the MUM campus they have been in 
sardineville.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[TurquoiseB]

Thanks to all of you so far who have tried to keep the
spirit of Vaj's original post alive instead of crapping
on it. It's fascinating to me, especially in the context
of my current vacation in the Pyrenees, to see how a life 
spent in the pursuit of Buddhist (or spiritual) goals can 
affect how you turn out, and how you think.

Over this trip I've experienced numerous technical diffi-
culties. My expensive digital camera went all Impressionist
on my ass, and started taking photos that look as if they
were painted by Manet or Van Gogh. Then the "E" key fell
off my computer. Then its screen died. And yesterday I got
a flat tire.

One of the friends who is here with me on vacation, some-
one who is very sweet but has never been exposed to medi-
tation and spirituality, said to me, "Wow. You've sure
been having bad luck on this trip."

The phrase "bad luck" shocked me. 

I had not heard -- or used -- the phrase in so long that
it literally took me a few minutes to figure out what my
friend meant by it. 

And then *that* shocked me.

I had never -- even for a moment -- considered the minor
tech failures on this trip as "bad luck," or even anything
"bad." They were just shit that happened.

I tried to explain this to my friend and she didn't get it.
Things that happened to her were instantly sorted into 
"good" and "bad." A sequence of "bad" things for her becomes
a string of "bad luck." 

I just don't think like that. Shit happens. Whether it's 
good shit or bad shit never occurs to me. It's just shit
that needs to be handled. BFD.

If I can attribute that to Buddhism and the practice of
mindfulness, cool. If I were to attribute it to TM, it 
would still be cool. What strikes me as uncool is feeling
that a cool thing attributable to Buddhism must somehow
be "countered" because it isn't attributable to TM.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
>
> What Makes Us Happy?
> 
> "The job isn't conforming, it isn't 
> keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
> and working and loving. And loving is 
> probably the most important. 
> 
> Happiness is love. Full stop."
> 
> 
> For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, 
> following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, 
> marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for 
> the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most 
> comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as much 
> literature as science, offer profound insight into the human condition.
> 
> Atlantic article: 
> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness
> 
> 
> =  = The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness
> 
> The Harvard Study of Adult Development, begun in 1937, has been following the 
> lives of 268 men, from college to death, to learn what makes for a good life.
> 
> Dr. George Vaillant, a professor at Harvard Medical School, has been the 
> director of the study for 42 years. In this excellent short video from The 
> Atlantic, he discusses lessons he learned about fame, ambition, and happiness 
> along the way. In the end, his expansive empirical studies confirmed what 
> John Lennon told us a few decades ago:
> 
> "The job isn't conforming, it isn't keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
> and working and loving. And loving is probably the most important. Happiness 
> is love. Full stop."
> 
> Watch video: 
> http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=22804415001
> 
> http://snipurl.com/qnq2l   [link_brightcove_com] 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
> >
> > Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> > 
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> > 
> > "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
> > results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > 
> > Paul Ekman,
> > University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> > 
> > Buddhists 'really are happier'
> > 
> > Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
> > happier and calmer than other people.
> > 
> > Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
> > brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.
> > 
> > The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
> > can help to calm people.
> > 
> > Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
> > have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
> > which is the hub of fear memory.
> > 
> > They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
> > less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
> > to other people.
> > 
> > Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
> > hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
> > practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > 
> > Brain activity
> > 
> > In a separate study, scientists at the

[FairfieldLife] Trailer for Michael Moore's new film

[Bhairitu]

Michael Moore trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU

A "must see" for Willy and Shemp.  :-D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Research 2000 Weekly Tracking Poll

[do.rflex]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"  wrote:
>
> With results like this, then why is Team Obama folding so easily on their 
> healthcare proposals?
> 


They're not. At the end of the day Obama is likely going to pull off the best 
possible health care solutions possible, under the very REAL oppositional 
powers of your for-profit mercenary heroes' massive, trillion dollar Big 
Corporate influences. You know, "We the Corporatocracy" instead of "We the 
People."

You have to be realistic with what you want to accomplish. I totally believe 
that Obama would fully pursue single-payer [as he openly indicated some years 
back] if he thought it currently had a rats ass of a chance passing. It doesn't.

The Public Option is different matter and has a very strong possibility of 
being included in the final package.

Wait and see how things really DO change. As Bill Clinton said recently. "The 
minute the president signs this bill, his approval will go up. Within a year, 
when the good things begin to happen, and the bad things they're saying will 
happen don't happen, approval will explode."


> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA58 (60)38 (36)-4
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PELOSI:34 (36)57 (56)-3REID:33 (34)56 (55)-2McCONNELL:17 (16)65
> > (66)+2BOEHNER:13 (11)65 (66)+3
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:41 (43)53 (51)-4CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:12 (10)75 (76)+3
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > DEMOCRATIC PARTY:44 (45)49 (48)-2REPUBLICAN PARTY:18 (17)72 (74)+3
> > 
> > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/21/770252/-Weekly-Tracking-Poll\
> > :-Impatient-Base-Drives-Democrats-Down
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Research 2000 Weekly Tracking Poll

[shempmcgurk]

With results like this, then why is Team Obama folding so easily on their 
healthcare proposals?



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 
> FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA58 (60)38 (36)-4
> 
> 
> 
> PELOSI:34 (36)57 (56)-3REID:33 (34)56 (55)-2McCONNELL:17 (16)65
> (66)+2BOEHNER:13 (11)65 (66)+3
> 
> 
> 
> CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:41 (43)53 (51)-4CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:12 (10)75 (76)+3
> 
> 
> 
> DEMOCRATIC PARTY:44 (45)49 (48)-2REPUBLICAN PARTY:18 (17)72 (74)+3
> 
> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/21/770252/-Weekly-Tracking-Poll\
> :-Impatient-Base-Drives-Democrats-Down
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex and Shemp useless posts

[shempmcgurk]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings  wrote:
>
> 
> I have decided not to answer the idiotic posts if Willytex and Shemp.
> They are clearly brain-washed with no intelligence whatsoever. I suggest
> the rest of you do the same, since they have nothing intelligent to
> offer. If you answer them you simply feed their stupid obsession with
> the lies they love to be brain-washed with. They are just making FFL a
> senile old man's discussion board. Stop feeding them, unless you want
> FFL to turn into a discussion board for old people in assisted living
> homes.
> 
> OffWorld
>


You probably mean "nursing homes" or "hospices".  Seniors in assisted living 
homes for the most part look after themselves and are quite with it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp's Global Brain Warming

[shempmcgurk]

1) If you're going to edit my posts, please put in "[snip]".  Your failure to 
do so provides the reader with a different idea of what I wrote.

2) Readers can go to the link I provided at Wiki to decide for themselves the 
question.




--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings  wrote:
>
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , "shempmcgurk" 
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , off_world_beings 
> >
> > >
> > > And abortion is legal in Britain ,and ALL OF EUROPE,
> 
> > "All of Europe"?
> >
> > No, it's not.  See the following (and scroll down to "Europe").  There
> are quite a few countries in Europe who do not allow abortion "on
> request": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law#Europe
>  >>
> 
> Lol, the Vatican is not a real country, and you wouldn't even know where
> Andorra or the Faroes are without looking it up. Europeans don't
> consider Andora or the Vatican real countries (the country of Italy is a
> mile from any part of Vatican City), and the Faroes is a barron rock in
> the North Atlantic. So far, these are like you saying "there is no
> abortion allowed in my house". Northern Ireland is not a country. It is
> a state in the UK, so you show your ignorance again. Anyone in Northern
> Ireland can legally get an abortion in their country -- ie. the UK.  A
> couple of other Catholic countries on the list, where that law is not
> enforced.
> 
> I repeat, abortion is allowed all of Europe.
> 
> OffWorld
>

[FairfieldLife] Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Says Merck Vet Ben Shapiro

[Vaj]

Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Says  
Merck Vet Ben Shapiro

Luke Timmerman 8/3/09
One of the big opportunities in biotech over the coming decades may  
come from neuroscientists who team up with Buddhists. That might  
sound odd at first, but it’s no joke. This is one of the big ideas on  
the radar of Bennett Shapiro, the former executive vice president of  
worldwide basic research at Merck, who lives in Seattle, and serves  
as a senior partner with Boston’s PureTech Ventures.


Researchers are beginning to get a stronger sense of physiological  
differences in the brains of Buddhists who have been practicing mind  
training techniques like meditation for years, as compared to, say,  
the average brain of a distracted American, Shapiro says. These  
insights, based partly on brain imaging tools like functional MRI,  
are sparking new ideas about how to combine meditation techniques  
with neurological drugs, offering potential to do a better job of  
treating mental health problems, he says.


“If you want to think about the future in biotechnology, you would  
want to think about how you can help people regulate their emotions  
and attention,” Shapiro says. “If one can employ mind training in  
combination with pharmacologic therapies, one might be able to  
enhance their efficacy and thereby relieve the suffering of millions  
of people.”


Shapiro, 70, a longtime Seattleite who I met at a coffee shop near  
his house in the Magnolia neighborhood, sees these unusual  
connections between neuroscientists and Buddhists at close range. He  
serves on the board of the Boulder, CO-based nonprofit Mind & Life  
Institute, alongside the Dalai Lama himself and top neuroscientists  
like Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin. The Institute  
is trying to encourage research beyond the current drug regimens,  
like with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac,  
which Shapiro calls “blunt instruments” aimed at treating the most  
complex, differentiated organ in nature, the brain.


Even though the current drugs don’t work for everybody, and placebos  
often do remarkably well in clinical trials, these “blunt  
instruments” still add up to a lucrative market for drug companies.  
Pfizer alone generated $6 billion last year from neurology drugs, a  
17 percent gain from the prior year, making this a faster-growing  
product category for that company than cardiovascular disease, pain,  
or cancer treatments. If drugs could be made that were more  
effective, presumably the market would get a lot bigger. About one  
out of every four adults in the U.S. suffer a diagnosable mental  
disorder each year, according to the National Institute of Mental  
Health.


But what Shapiro is talking about could go a lot further than just  
diagnosable mental disorders. He’s thinking much more broadly about  
combinations of mind training and drugs that can help millions of  
children and adults. He says this sort of mind-training would be self- 
initiated and driven, not the coercive, frightening stuff from the  
movies like “A Clockwork Orange.”


If this is done the right way, Shapiro says, “Think about how people  
who meditate can control their emotions,” as well as their attention  
spans, Shapiro says. This could transform the educational system, … 
NEXT PAGE »


Luke Timmerman is the National Biotechnology Editor for Xconomy. You  
can e-mail him at ltimmer...@xconomy.com, call 206-624-2374, or  
follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ldtimmerman.

[FairfieldLife] Oprah Radio hosts Dr. Laura Berman and Dr. Mehmet Oz talk with David Lynch about Transcendental Medi

[Rick Archer]

Oprah Radio host Dr. Laura Berman talks with David Lynch, author of Catching
the Big Fish, about understanding transcendental meditation, a specific type
of meditation rooted in ancient Indian tradition that is practiced twice a
day. Plus, David talks about how children benefit from practicing
meditation. (11:48)
Transcendental Meditation

 


Oprah Radio host Dr. Mehmet Oz talks with TV and film producer David Lynch,
a dedicated meditator, about how meditation can help children achieve
happiness and greater intelligence. (5:27)
The Power of Meditation

  
 
<><>

[FairfieldLife] Research 2000 Weekly Tracking Poll

[do.rflex]

FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA58 (60)38 (36)-4



PELOSI:34 (36)57 (56)-3REID:33 (34)56 (55)-2McCONNELL:17 (16)65
(66)+2BOEHNER:13 (11)65 (66)+3



CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:41 (43)53 (51)-4CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:12 (10)75 (76)+3



DEMOCRATIC PARTY:44 (45)49 (48)-2REPUBLICAN PARTY:18 (17)72 (74)+3

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/21/770252/-Weekly-Tracking-Poll\
:-Impatient-Base-Drives-Democrats-Down

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[do.rflex]

What Makes Us Happy?


"The job isn't conforming, it isn't 
keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
and working and loving. And loving is 
probably the most important. 

Happiness is love. Full stop."


For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, 
following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, 
marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for 
the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most 
comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as much literature 
as science, offer profound insight into the human condition.

Atlantic article: 
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness


=  = The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness

The Harvard Study of Adult Development, begun in 1937, has been following the 
lives of 268 men, from college to death, to learn what makes for a good life.

Dr. George Vaillant, a professor at Harvard Medical School, has been the 
director of the study for 42 years. In this excellent short video from The 
Atlantic, he discusses lessons he learned about fame, ambition, and happiness 
along the way. In the end, his expansive empirical studies confirmed what John 
Lennon told us a few decades ago:

"The job isn't conforming, it isn't keeping up with the Jones'. It is playing 
and working and loving. And loving is probably the most important. Happiness is 
love. Full stop."

Watch video: 
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1460906593?bctid=22804415001

http://snipurl.com/qnq2l   [link_brightcove_com] 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> 
> "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
> results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> 
> Paul Ekman,
> University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> 
> Buddhists 'really are happier'
> 
> Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
> happier and calmer than other people.
> 
> Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
> brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.
> 
> The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
> can help to calm people.
> 
> Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
> have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
> which is the hub of fear memory.
> 
> They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
> less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
> to other people.
> 
> Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
> hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
> practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> 
> Brain activity
> 
> In a separate study, scientists at the University of Wisconsin at  
> Madison used new scanning techniques to examine brain activity in a  
> group of Buddhists.
> 
> Their tests revealed activity in the left prefrontal lobes of  
> experienced Buddhist practitioners.
> 
> This area is linked to positive emotions, self-control and temperament.
> 
> Their tests showed this area of the Buddhists' brains are constantly  
> lit up and not just when they are meditating.
> 
> This, the scientists said, suggests they are more likely to  
> experience positive emotions and be in good mood.
> 
> ---
> 
> Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is a psychologist who has been a  
> pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial  
> expressions. He is considered one of the 100 most eminent  
> psychologists of the twentieth century.[1] The background of Ekman's  
> research analyzes the development of human traits and states over  
> time (Keltner, 2007). The character Cal Lightman of the television  
> series Lie to Me is loosely based on him and his work.
>

[FairfieldLife] Willytex and Shemp useless posts

[off_world_beings]

I have decided not to answer the idiotic posts if Willytex and Shemp.
They are clearly brain-washed with no intelligence whatsoever. I suggest
the rest of you do the same, since they have nothing intelligent to
offer. If you answer them you simply feed their stupid obsession with
the lies they love to be brain-washed with. They are just making FFL a
senile old man's discussion board. Stop feeding them, unless you want
FFL to turn into a discussion board for old people in assisted living
homes.

OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[off_world_beings]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , WillyTex  wrote:
>
> Off wrote:
> > Its not worth reading anything you write old man.
> >
> So, Off, you're in favor of rationing health care
> to 'old men' on a public plan, and cutting Medicare
> benefits to the elderly.>>

Lol, Willytex is insane or gone senile. Not worth talking to.

No more feeding the washed up brainwashed unwashed senile old ape.

Your world is over. The world has moved on. You have been left behind.
Over and out.

You post no facts. You are an idiot.

No more replies from me because you have no brain, you are brainashed
entirely.

Goodbye, and when the bill passes, rememver these words. You are not
part of the future of the world.

OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[off_world_beings]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , WillyTex  wrote:
>
> > > So, Off, you're not in favor of the public option...
> > >
> Off wrote:
> > No-one is interested in your retarded brainwashed
> > lunacy anymore Willytex. I already told you I AM
> > FROM BRITAIN you dumb fuck. In Britain we give
> > healthcare to ALL COMERS.
> >
> So, Off, you live in Britain where you get over 30%
> of your paycheck deducted for taxes>

You are completely brain-washed. It is about 1-3%. Every single Brit I
heave heard express an opinion on this debate is completely supportive
of the imperfect, but FAR superior system in Britain. So your arguments
are a joke.
That's about 5 posts in a row where your point has beein something that
you have been lied to about by the blogs you read. What an idiot.
Everything you say is someone lying to you, or you are just al iar
yourself. These are not the facts.

OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp's Global Brain Warming

[off_world_beings]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "shempmcgurk" 
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , off_world_beings 
>
> >
> > And abortion is legal in Britain ,and ALL OF EUROPE,

> "All of Europe"?
>
> No, it's not.  See the following (and scroll down to "Europe").  There
are quite a few countries in Europe who do not allow abortion "on
request": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law#Europe
 >>

Lol, the Vatican is not a real country, and you wouldn't even know where
Andorra or the Faroes are without looking it up. Europeans don't
consider Andora or the Vatican real countries (the country of Italy is a
mile from any part of Vatican City), and the Faroes is a barron rock in
the North Atlantic. So far, these are like you saying "there is no
abortion allowed in my house". Northern Ireland is not a country. It is
a state in the UK, so you show your ignorance again. Anyone in Northern
Ireland can legally get an abortion in their country -- ie. the UK.  A
couple of other Catholic countries on the list, where that law is not
enforced.

I repeat, abortion is allowed all of Europe.

OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[shinkai_birx]

Tricycle: the Buddhist Review (Fall 2009 issue) presents an informative article 
beginning on page 58 entitled "This Is Your Brain On Zen".


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> 
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:49 AM, raunchydog wrote:
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
> > >
> > > Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> > >
> > > "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that
> > > results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> > >
> > > Paul Ekman,
> > > University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> > >
> > > Buddhists 'really are happier'
> > >
> > > Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are
> > > happier and calmer than other people.
> > >
> > > Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their
> > > brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more  
> > active.
> >
> > If, as TM critics say, we don't know what TM EEG brain coherence  
> > means and therefore we cannot say it correlates with better  
> > behavior, how can we say that we know what "activity in the left  
> > prefrontal lobes" means in Buddhist meditation and correlates with  
> > better behavior? If Buddhists "light up" only the left half of  
> > their brain and feel happy, wouldn't it follow that TMer's  
> > "lighting up" both halves of their brain would feel doubly happy?
> 
> 
> They're not referring to EEG measurements, but PET and fMRI findings  
> of the brain, in real time when they're referring to things "lighting  
> up". We do know the areas of the brain associated with certain  
> positive emotions and qualities. For some reason perfusion or blood  
> supply to these regions of the brain increases, creating neuroplastic  
> changes to these areas, the cortex actually thickens. Since these are  
> lasting changes, it's actually as if these qualities are 'dyed" into  
> their brains. Thus in depression patients, it's now known that they  
> can even stop meditating and the alleviation of depression will  
> continue, they become "resilient" since they've physically altered  
> their brain for the better.
> 
> Regarding TM EEG "alpha coherence", that's probably the biggest  
> sleight of hand job ever pulled. Alpha coherence in the range seen in  
> advanced TM meditators, is actually within the normal range of  
> healthy humans who don't meditate. In fact alpha coherence is so  
> common in humans, it's not really anything special at all. The most  
> interesting findings seem to be coming from high-amplitude gamma  
> coherence which was originally found in Patanjali tradition yogis who  
> could go into samadhi at will. In Buddhists that EEG coherence, which  
> oddly connects the part of the brain associated with integration,  
> continues even when these yogis are not meditating.
> 
> "And that's the way it is", as Walter Cronkite used to say.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

[sgrayatlarge]

Just curious, have you spoken to soliders that came back from war and asked 
them if they feel duped into enlisting? 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of raunchydog
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:55 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and
> Biden...
>  
>   
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > 
> > I posted it in all sincerity and signed the petition myself (for what it's
> > worth). I'm very sorry about what happened to your niece and I'm afraid I
> > don't have answers to the important questions you asked. It's hard for me
> to
> > imagine being the victim of such violence. I could give you philosophical
> > musings about karma, free will, etc., but we just make ourselves feel good
> > with those things. You're right. We do live in a sick society. You and I
> > live in pockets of relative sanity, but far too many people have been
> going
> > through hell for far too long. I could argue that men have been the
> victims
> > of their fair share of violence too, mostly as soldiers, but then men have
> > been primarily responsible for starting the wars (although Condi probably
> > played a significant part in starting the last one). So I can only give
> you
> > platitudes and sympathy and my sincere hopes that we are indeed shifting
> > into a more enlightened age. Let's each individually continue to
> contribute
> > all we can to facilitating that shift, and be careful not to do anything
> to
> > impede it.
> >
> 
> Thanks, Rick. I don't know if I see a moral equivalency between killing
> soldiers and raping women. Soldiers enlist and at least have a fighting
> chance. In countries blown to bits by war, chaos is a way of life and raping
> women is a sport. Sick, indeed. I'll see you at Lobe sack's town hall.
> Good point. One observation, perhaps invalid, is that women "enlist" in
> relationships with the wrong guys, just as soldiers are often duped into
> enlisting for reasons other than those for which the war is actually being
> fought. Both go through hell as a consequence.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

raunchydog wrote:
> I meant "prostate operation" prostrate 
> is what you do begging for payment on 
> an insurance claim. Either way, having 
> your coverage denied really sucks.
>
Yeah, it's all part of the rationing plan
with health care insurance. There's always
been rationing, as Judy pointed out, but 
the 'evil' part, according to Sarah Palin, 
is the panel that decides who gets the 
operation or who is left to die. 

One of the largest voting blocs in the U.S. 
is the elderly voter. If the Medicare is 
cut, or even looks like it will be cut, 
they will vote to oust Obama and his cohorts 
in the next election. The GOP will be back 
in. Two of the first to go will be Nancy 
Pelosi and Harry Reid, I predict.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

> > There wasn't that much more.
> >
Shemp wrote:
> You mean to say that as you were 
> highlighting and deleting you didn't 
> read any of it?
> 
Off is a liar and a lunatic - you can't 
believe a thing he has to say about Ron 
Paul or anything else. Off is just a 
lunatic, a moron, and a big bullshitter. 

He's obviously a troll. He probably 
hasn't even been practicing TM, at least 
he's presented no evidence. I wouldn't 
be surprised that Off works for a secret 
agency over there. 

He doesn't really seem to have any smarts, 
that's fer sure. All that stuff he posted 
about Ron Paul - Off didn't seem to 
understand one single thing that Ron Paul 
stands for. 

I'm glad Off has finally come clean and 
admitted his paranoid lying - now he can 
be totally ignored. What a Goofus!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[Vaj]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:49 AM, raunchydog wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
>
> "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that
> results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
>
> Paul Ekman,
> University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
>
> Buddhists 'really are happier'
>
> Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are
> happier and calmer than other people.
>
> Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their
> brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more  
active.


If, as TM critics say, we don't know what TM EEG brain coherence  
means and therefore we cannot say it correlates with better  
behavior, how can we say that we know what "activity in the left  
prefrontal lobes" means in Buddhist meditation and correlates with  
better behavior? If Buddhists "light up" only the left half of  
their brain and feel happy, wouldn't it follow that TMer's  
"lighting up" both halves of their brain would feel doubly happy?



They're not referring to EEG measurements, but PET and fMRI findings  
of the brain, in real time when they're referring to things "lighting  
up". We do know the areas of the brain associated with certain  
positive emotions and qualities. For some reason perfusion or blood  
supply to these regions of the brain increases, creating neuroplastic  
changes to these areas, the cortex actually thickens. Since these are  
lasting changes, it's actually as if these qualities are 'dyed" into  
their brains. Thus in depression patients, it's now known that they  
can even stop meditating and the alleviation of depression will  
continue, they become "resilient" since they've physically altered  
their brain for the better.


Regarding TM EEG "alpha coherence", that's probably the biggest  
sleight of hand job ever pulled. Alpha coherence in the range seen in  
advanced TM meditators, is actually within the normal range of  
healthy humans who don't meditate. In fact alpha coherence is so  
common in humans, it's not really anything special at all. The most  
interesting findings seem to be coming from high-amplitude gamma  
coherence which was originally found in Patanjali tradition yogis who  
could go into samadhi at will. In Buddhists that EEG coherence, which  
oddly connects the part of the brain associated with integration,  
continues even when these yogis are not meditating.


"And that's the way it is", as Walter Cronkite used to say.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Public Option Depends of Grassroot Activism

[raunchydog]

>From the Onion: "Congress Deadlocked Over How To Not Provide Health Care"

WASHINGTON—After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of heated 
debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week over the best 
possible way to deny Americans health care.

"Both parties understand that the current system is broken," House Speaker 
Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday. "But what we can't seem to agree upon is 
how to best keep it broken, while still ensuring that no elected official takes 
any political risk whatsoever. It's a very complicated issue."

"Ultimately, though, it's our responsibility as lawmakers to put these 
differences aside and focus on refusing Americans the health care they 
deserve," Pelosi added.

The legislative stalemate largely stems from competing ideologies deeply rooted 
along party lines. Democrats want to create a government-run system for not 
providing health care, while Republicans say coverage is best denied by 
allowing private insurers to make it unaffordable for as many citizens as 
possible.

"We have over 40 million people without insurance in this country today, and 
that is unacceptable," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said. "If we would just quit 
squabbling so much, we could get that number up to 50 or even 100 million. Why, 
there's no reason we can't work together to deny health care to everyone but 
the richest 1 percent of the population."

"That's what America is all about," he added.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on Meet The Press that 
Republicans would never agree to a plan that doesn't allow citizens the choice 
to be denied medical care in the private sector.

"Americans don't need some government official telling them they don't have the 
proper coverage to receive treatment," Boehner said. "What they need is massive 
insurance companies to become even more rich and powerful by withholding from 
average citizens the care they so desperately require. We're talking about 
people's health and the obscene profits associated with that, after all."

Though there remain irreconcilable points, both parties have reached some 
common ground in recent weeks. Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch 
McConnell (R-KY) point to Congress' failure to pass legislation before a July 
31 deadline as proof of just how serious lawmakers are about stringing along 
the American people and never actually reforming the health care industry in 
any meaningful way.

"People should know that every day we are working without their best interests 
in mind," Reid said. "But the goal here is not to push through some 
watered-down bill that only denies health care to a few Americans here and a 
few Americans there. The goal is to recognize that all Americans have a 
God-given right to proper medical attention and then make sure there's no 
chance in hell that ever happens."

"No matter what we come up with," Reid continued, "rest assured that millions 
of citizens will remain dangerously uninsured, and the inflated health care 
industry will continue to bankrupt the country for decades."

Other lawmakers stressed that, while there has been some progress, the window 
of cooperation was closing.

"When you get into the nuts and bolts of how best not to provide people with 
care essential to their survival, there are many things to take into 
consideration," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said. "I believe we can create a 
plan for Americans that allows them to not be able to go to the hospital, not 
get the treatment they need, and ultimately whither away and die. But we've got 
to act fast."

For his part, President Barack Obama claimed to be optimistic, even saying he 
believes that a health care denial bill will pass in both houses of Congress by 
the end of the year.

"We have an opportunity to do something truly historic in 2009," Obama said to 
a mostly silent crowd during a town hall meeting in Virginia yesterday. "I 
promise I will only sign a clear and comprehensive health care bill that fully 
denies coverage to you, your sick mother, her husband, middle-class Americans, 
single-parent households, the unemployed, and most importantly, anyone in need 
of emergency medical attention."

"This administration is committed to not providing health care," Obama added. 
"Not just for this generation of Americans, but for many generations to come."

http://snipurl.com/qney9
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/congress_deadlocked_over_how_to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

Off wrote:
> Its not worth reading anything you write old man.
> 
So, Off, you're in favor of rationing health care 
to 'old men' on a public plan, and cutting Medicare 
benefits to the elderly.

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

[WillyTex]

Rick Archer wrote:
> Hey Raunch, do I get brownie points for posting this?
>  
You want 'Brownie points' for pretending you're in favor 
of women's rights after you kicked Judy off the forum?

Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama uses faith based groups to spread the word on health care

[WillyTex]

> > So, Off, you're not in favor of the public option...
> >
Off wrote: 
> No-one is interested in your retarded brainwashed 
> lunacy anymore Willytex. I already told you I AM 
> FROM BRITAIN you dumb fuck. In Britain we give 
> healthcare to ALL COMERS.
>
So, Off, you live in Britain where you get over 30% 
of your paycheck deducted for taxes by an automatic 
government payroll deduction, but I'm the 'brainwashed
dumb fuck'? Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

[raunchydog]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> Dying the cloth of inner happiness.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm
> 
> "There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
> results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> 
> Paul Ekman,
> University of California San Francisco Medical Centre
> 
> Buddhists 'really are happier'
> 
> Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
> happier and calmer than other people.
> 
> Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
> brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.

If, as TM critics say, we don't know what TM EEG brain coherence means and 
therefore we cannot say it correlates with better behavior, how can we say that 
we know what "activity in the left prefrontal lobes" means in Buddhist 
meditation and correlates with better behavior? If Buddhists "light up" only 
the left half of their brain and feel happy, wouldn't it follow that TMer's 
"lighting up" both halves of their brain would feel doubly happy? 

> 
> The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
> can help to calm people.
> 
> Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
> have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
> which is the hub of fear memory.
> 
> They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
> less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
> to other people.
> 
> Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
> hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
> practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."
> 
> Brain activity
> 
> In a separate study, scientists at the University of Wisconsin at  
> Madison used new scanning techniques to examine brain activity in a  
> group of Buddhists.
> 
> Their tests revealed activity in the left prefrontal lobes of  
> experienced Buddhist practitioners.
> 
> This area is linked to positive emotions, self-control and temperament.
> 
> Their tests showed this area of the Buddhists' brains are constantly  
> lit up and not just when they are meditating.
> 
> This, the scientists said, suggests they are more likely to  
> experience positive emotions and be in good mood.
> 
> ---
> 
> Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is a psychologist who has been a  
> pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial  
> expressions. He is considered one of the 100 most eminent  
> psychologists of the twentieth century.[1] The background of Ekman's  
> research analyzes the development of human traits and states over  
> time (Keltner, 2007). The character Cal Lightman of the television  
> series Lie to Me is loosely based on him and his work.
>

[FairfieldLife] Buddhists 'really are happier'

[Vaj]

Dying the cloth of inner happiness.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3047291.stm

"There is something about conscientious Buddhist practice that  
results in the kind of happiness we all seek."


Paul Ekman,
University of California San Francisco Medical Centre

Buddhists 'really are happier'

Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are  
happier and calmer than other people.


Tests carried out in the United States reveal that areas of their  
brain associated with good mood and positive feelings are more active.


The findings come as another study suggests that Buddhist meditation  
can help to calm people.


Researchers at University of California San Francisco Medical Centre  
have found the practise can tame the amygdala, an area of the brain  
which is the hub of fear memory.


They found that experienced Buddhists, who meditate regularly, were  
less likely to be shocked, flustered, surprised or as angry compared  
to other people.


Paul Ekman, who carried out the study, said: "The most reasonable  
hypothesis is that there is something about conscientious Buddhist  
practice that results in the kind of happiness we all seek."


Brain activity

In a separate study, scientists at the University of Wisconsin at  
Madison used new scanning techniques to examine brain activity in a  
group of Buddhists.


Their tests revealed activity in the left prefrontal lobes of  
experienced Buddhist practitioners.


This area is linked to positive emotions, self-control and temperament.

Their tests showed this area of the Buddhists' brains are constantly  
lit up and not just when they are meditating.


This, the scientists said, suggests they are more likely to  
experience positive emotions and be in good mood.


---

Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is a psychologist who has been a  
pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial  
expressions. He is considered one of the 100 most eminent  
psychologists of the twentieth century.[1] The background of Ekman's  
research analyzes the development of human traits and states over  
time (Keltner, 2007). The character Cal Lightman of the television  
series Lie to Me is loosely based on him and his work.

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

[nelsonriddle2001]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of raunchydog
> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:55 PM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and
> > Biden...
> >  
> >   
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > I posted it in all sincerity and signed the petition myself (for what it's
> > > worth). I'm very sorry about what happened to your niece and I'm afraid I
> > > don't have answers to the important questions you asked. It's hard for me
> > to
> > > imagine being the victim of such violence. I could give you philosophical
> > > musings about karma, free will, etc., but we just make ourselves feel good
> > > with those things. You're right. We do live in a sick society. You and I
> > > live in pockets of relative sanity, but far too many people have been
> > going
> > > through hell for far too long. I could argue that men have been the
> > victims
> > > of their fair share of violence too, mostly as soldiers, but then men have
> > > been primarily responsible for starting the wars (although Condi probably
> > > played a significant part in starting the last one). So I can only give
> > you
> > > platitudes and sympathy and my sincere hopes that we are indeed shifting
> > > into a more enlightened age. Let's each individually continue to
> > contribute
> > > all we can to facilitating that shift, and be careful not to do anything
> > to
> > > impede it.
> > >
> > 
> > Thanks, Rick. I don't know if I see a moral equivalency between killing
> > soldiers and raping women. Soldiers enlist and at least have a fighting
> > chance. In countries blown to bits by war, chaos is a way of life and raping
> > women is a sport. Sick, indeed. I'll see you at Lobe sack's town hall.
> > Good point. One observation, perhaps invalid, is that women "enlist" in
> > relationships with the wrong guys, just as soldiers are often duped into
> > enlisting for reasons other than those for which the war is actually being
> > fought. Both go through hell as a consequence.
> >
> 
> This goes to my earlier question. Is it reasonable to ask: Was my niece 
> asking for it? Was she provoking it? The blame always seems to be on the 
> woman. "Choose a better partner." "Shut up and don't talk back." "What did 
> you do to piss him off?"  Geez, why is it so difficult to say misogyny is 
> wrong and men are the perpetrators of violence against women instead of 
> blaming the women?
>
  Seems there are many factors leading up to the present  levels of profound 
ignorance we see.
   From a creationist point of view it should be noted that the women were the 
final outstanding work and, should be treated as such.
   From the evolutionary point of view it should be noted that without the 
women, humanity would cease to exist after one generation.
   I guess it must be an older pov,maybe chauvinist?,that women should be 
protected and cared for.
The present state of affairs is indeed sad.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Friday 9/18, Fairfield: "Solar Healing Lecture with Hira Ratan Manek" ...who can live off sunlight

[wgm4u]

Another TM advanced technique?, yogic flying and solar gazing...and vastu of 
course.  I'm surprised MMY didn't bring it up.  The guy is very impressive, the 
yogis have known these things for thousands of years apparently.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72872132228#
>  
> 
> Solar Healing Lecture with Hira Ratan Manek
> 
> Living off the Energy of our Sun
> 
> Host:
> Andy Toepel
> 
> Type:
>   Education -
>  Lecture
> 
> Network:
> Global
>  
> 
> Start Time:
> Friday, September 18, 2009 at 12:00pm
> 
> End Time:
> Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 12:05pm
> 
> Location:
> Fairfield, IA
> 
> City/Town:
> Fairfield, IA
> 
> Description
> 
> HRM studies the art of living off of sun light. Gladys Gonzales contacted
> him and asked him to come to Fairfield, IA. His response was that if we can
> get a min of 100 folks to attend he would be happy to. He'd be doing this
> sometime in September, the exact date has not been determined yet.
> Here's a nice description of his life from www.solarhealing.com
> 
> Hira Ratan Manek was born on 12th of September 1937 in Bodhavad, India, was
> raised in Calicut, Kerala, India, where he had his Mechanical Engineering
> degree from the University of Kerala. After graduation, he joined the family
> shipping and spice trading business and continued working there until he
> retired in 1992.
> 
> After he retired, he began to research and study the ancient practice of sun
> gazing in which he had been interested in since his childhood. This method
> was an old but forgotten method, which had been practiced, in the ancient
> times in many different parts of the world. (see Sun Gazing - History)
> 
> 
> After working on this method for 3 years, he was able to re-discover the
> secrets of sun gazing. During his study, he was mainly inspired from the
> teachings of Lord Mahavir of Jains, who was also practicing this method two
> thousand and six hundred years ago. Other inspirations for sungazing came
> from ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Native Americans. 
> 
> Since June 18th, 1995, HRM has and continues to live only on sun energy and
> water. Occasionally, for hospitality and social purposes, he drinks tea,
> coffee and buttermilk. Until now, he had three strict fastings, during which
> he had just sun energy and only water and was under the control and
> observation of various science and medical teams. 
> 
> The first of these fasting lasted for 211 days during 1995-96 in Calicut,
> India directed by Dr. C.K. Ramachandran, a medical expert on allopathy and
> ayurvedic medicine. 
> 
> This was followed by a 411 day fast from 2000-2001 in Ahmedabad, India
> directed by an International team of 21 medical doctors and scientists led
> by Dr. Sudhir Shah (Dr. Shah's synopsis report) and Dr. K. K. Shah, the
> acting President of Indian Medical Association at that time. Dr. Maurie D.
> Pressman, MD also describes his experience with HRM in an article he wrote
> and later joined the team for the next observation on HRM.
> 
> After the excitement of the findings at Ahmadabad, HRM was invited to Thomas
> Jefferson University and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he
> underwent a 130 day observation period. This Science/Medical Team wanted to
> observe and examine his retina, pineal gland and brain, therefore this
> observation team was led by Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, a leading authority on
> the brain and also featured in the recent movie "What the Bleep Do We Know",
> and by Dr. George C. Brenard, the leading authority on the pineal gland.
> Initial results found that the gray cells in HRM's brain are regenerating.
> 700 photographs have been taken where the neurons were reported to be active
> and not dying. Furthermore, the pineal gland was expanding and not shrinking
> which is typically what happens after mid fifties and its maximum average
> size is about 6 x 6 mm, however for HRM, it has been measured to be at 8 x
> 11 mm.
> 
> There have been many other sungazers who have achieved similar results and
> have volunteered to be tested, however due to lack of funding and other
> lifestyle restrictions the results have not been documented. The uniqueness
> of HRM is that he has surrendered his living body for observation and
> experiments to the scientific firmament for several extended periods of
> time. Although scientists and doctors have agreed that hunger is being
> reduced if not eliminated, due to the complexity of the various brain
> functions, they have not been able to explain how sungazing has such
> positive effects on the human mind or body, however more research is
> underway. 
> 
> In 2002 Hira Ratan Manek gave over 136 lectures in USA and has been invited
> by government agencies of many countries to help them understand this
> process at which point he established his International H

[FairfieldLife] Re: Denied, to Invincible America

[dhamiltony2k5]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69"  wrote:
>
> The numbers are not really bad, perhaps with more pundits and the students 
> returning they felt they could be more strict. Still its nothing like the 
> 2500 that Maharishi said was necessary for this group alone. 
> Also these people who were "heros' not so long ago are now nobodies? You can 
> say "thank-you" to someone and this makes a farce of those words. 
>

Yeah Transcendental Meditation administration, they sure know how to wound a 
fella and rub salt in it.  Practiced at it too.

> > > > > Well, evidently meditator FF folk recently re-registering are being 
> > > > > asked at registration if they have 'seen' other saints.  Responding 
> > > > > 'yes', these TM meditators are denied re-registration on the spot.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > & Raja John Hagelin is aware of this?  Its consequent in the 
> > > > > meditating community just by word of mouth on the numbers of people 
> > > > > who could be doing program in the domes?

> >
> > Invincible America Transcendental Meditation Dome numbers tumble and 
> > hurricane Bob arrives off the coast of America.   
> > 
> >  Zealot Transcendental Meditation administrators keep practicing TM 
> > meditators out of dome meditation programs who could have been in the 
> > Invincible America group meditation program contributing to national 
> > international and world coherence.  Weather changes for the worst, lives 
> > and property endangered by TM course administrators.  World held hostage by 
> > jihad clerks of the Transcendental Meditation movement. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Trouble in FF,
> > > 
> > > http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies.html
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Trouble in FF.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, evidently meditator FF folk recently re-registering are being 
> > > > > asked at registration if they have 'seen' other saints.  Responding 
> > > > > 'yes', these TM meditators are denied re-registration on the spot.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > & Raja John Hagelin is aware of this?  Its consequent in the 
> > > > > meditating community just by word of mouth on the numbers of people 
> > > > > who could be doing program in the domes?
> > > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Does Hagelin know?
> > > > 
> > > > Would seem like Hagelin is getting stabbed in the back by his dogmatic 
> > > > doctrinal types within TMmovement administration.  
> > > > 
> > > > Must be mighty frustrating in there for Hagelin while his dome numbers 
> > > > sag & the meditating community gets distanced from the the movement 
> > > > again like this.  Sad to watch tragedy like his.  
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:12:39 -0500
> > > > > > Subject: Message to Invincible America from Raja John Hagelin
> > > > > > From: Invincible America 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > "The July 2009 Invincible America Assembly was perfect in every 
> > > > > > way."
> > > > > > - IA Course Participant
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >> Now it's August. Many visitors have left. Our Super Radiance 
> > > > > >> numbers 
> > > > > > are in a lull until the MUM students return and the next group of 
> > > > > > Maharishi Vedic Pandits arrive.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > We urgently need all local Sidhas to attend morning and evening 
> > > > > > programs.
> > > > > > 
> > > >  Thank you for being here in wonderful 
> > > > > > Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > JAI GURU DEV
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Flop: WHO warns against homeopathy use

[premanandpaul]

For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, the YouTube of Mitchell & Webb Look at 
Homeopathy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "eustace10679"  wrote:
>
> Page last updated at 23:04 GMT, Thursday, 20 August 2009 00:04 UK
> 
> WHO warns against homeopathy use
> 
> [Homeopathic remedies often contain few or no active ingredients]
> 
> People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on 
> homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned.
> 
> It was responding to calls from young researchers who fear the promotion of 
> homeopathy in the developing world could put people's lives at risk.
> 
> The group Voice of Young Science Network has written to health ministers to 
> set out the WHO view.
> 
> WHO TB experts said homeopathy had "no place" in treatment of the disease.
>   
> ["There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these 
> infections" Dr Nick Beeching, Royal Liverpool University Hospital]
> 
> In a letter to the WHO in June, the medics from the UK and Africa said: "We 
> are calling on the WHO to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for treating 
> TB, infant diarrhoea, influenza, malaria and HIV.
> 
> "Homeopathy does not protect people from, or treat, these diseases.
> 
> "Those of us working with the most rural and impoverished people of the world 
> already struggle to deliver the medical help that is needed.
> 
> "When homeopathy stands in place of effective treatment, lives are lost."
> 
> Dr Robert Hagan is a researcher in biomolecular science at the University of 
> St Andrews and a member of Voice of Young Science Network, which is part of 
> the charity Sense About Science campaigning for "evidence-based" care.
> 
> He said: "We need governments around the world to recognise the dangers of 
> promoting homeopathy for life-threatening illnesses.
> 
> "We hope that by raising awareness of the WHO's position on homeopathy we 
> will be supporting those people who are taking a stand against these 
> potentially disastrous practices."
> 
> 'No evidence'
> 
> Dr Mario Raviglione, director of the Stop TB department at the WHO, said: 
> "Our evidence-based WHO TB treatment/management guidelines, as well as the 
> International Standards of Tuberculosis Care do not recommend use of 
> homeopathy."
> 
> The doctors had also complained that homeopathy was being promoted as a 
> treatment for diarrhoea in children.
> 
> But a spokesman for the WHO department of child and adolescent health and 
> development said: "We have found no evidence to date that homeopathy would 
> bring any benefit.
> 
> "Homeopathy does not focus on the treatment and prevention of dehydration - 
> in total contradiction with the scientific basis and our recommendations for 
> the management of diarrhoea."
> 
> Dr Nick Beeching, a specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal Liverpool 
> University Hospital, said: "Infections such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis 
> all have a high mortality rate but can usually be controlled or cured by a 
> variety of proven treatments, for which there is ample experience and 
> scientific trial data.
> 
> "There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these 
> infections, and I think it is irresponsible for a healthcare worker to 
> promote the use of homeopathy in place of proven treatment for any 
> life-threatening illness."
> 
> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8211925.stm)
>

RE: [FairfieldLife] Where? When? Community Picnic?

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of zenair2004
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:24 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Where? When? Community Picnic?
 
  
Saw a classified ad in the Ledger about "Fairfield's First Annual Potluck
Community Picnic".  Also saw a poster on the HyVee Bulletin board.  It says
we can arrive by car or by canoe and camp over if we want and it's free.
Water Balloon fights and contests.  Sounds like fun, but...

  HOW COME THE POSTERS DON'T GIVE A DATE OR SAY WHERE IT IS 

Can't be in town if you can get there by canoe, right?  What's up with all
the mystery? 
Sounds like Waterworks Park - the reservoir. Maybe the organizers want to
build suspense.
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Flop: WHO warns against homeopathy use

[hugheshugo]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "eustace10679"  wrote:
>
> Page last updated at 23:04 GMT, Thursday, 20 August 2009 00:04 UK
> 
> WHO warns against homeopathy use
> 
> [Homeopathic remedies often contain few or no active ingredients]

This is the whole point about homeopathy - it contains no 
active ingredients except for the alleged "memory" of water
to remember the remedies it has come in contact with.
Luckily the mind is a powerful thing and the placebo effect
figives enough people enough improvement in their condition
to recommend it and so it goes on

> 
> People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on 
> homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned.
> 
> It was responding to calls from young researchers who fear the promotion of 
> homeopathy in the developing world could put people's lives at risk.
> 
> The group Voice of Young Science Network has written to health ministers to 
> set out the WHO view.
> 
> WHO TB experts said homeopathy had "no place" in treatment of the disease.
>   
> ["There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these 
> infections" Dr Nick Beeching, Royal Liverpool University Hospital]
> 
> In a letter to the WHO in June, the medics from the UK and Africa said: "We 
> are calling on the WHO to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for treating 
> TB, infant diarrhoea, influenza, malaria and HIV.
> 
> "Homeopathy does not protect people from, or treat, these diseases.
> 
> "Those of us working with the most rural and impoverished people of the world 
> already struggle to deliver the medical help that is needed.
> 
> "When homeopathy stands in place of effective treatment, lives are lost."
> 
> Dr Robert Hagan is a researcher in biomolecular science at the University of 
> St Andrews and a member of Voice of Young Science Network, which is part of 
> the charity Sense About Science campaigning for "evidence-based" care.
> 
> He said: "We need governments around the world to recognise the dangers of 
> promoting homeopathy for life-threatening illnesses.
> 
> "We hope that by raising awareness of the WHO's position on homeopathy we 
> will be supporting those people who are taking a stand against these 
> potentially disastrous practices."
> 
> 'No evidence'
> 
> Dr Mario Raviglione, director of the Stop TB department at the WHO, said: 
> "Our evidence-based WHO TB treatment/management guidelines, as well as the 
> International Standards of Tuberculosis Care do not recommend use of 
> homeopathy."
> 
> The doctors had also complained that homeopathy was being promoted as a 
> treatment for diarrhoea in children.
> 
> But a spokesman for the WHO department of child and adolescent health and 
> development said: "We have found no evidence to date that homeopathy would 
> bring any benefit.
> 
> "Homeopathy does not focus on the treatment and prevention of dehydration - 
> in total contradiction with the scientific basis and our recommendations for 
> the management of diarrhoea."
> 
> Dr Nick Beeching, a specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal Liverpool 
> University Hospital, said: "Infections such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis 
> all have a high mortality rate but can usually be controlled or cured by a 
> variety of proven treatments, for which there is ample experience and 
> scientific trial data.
> 
> "There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these 
> infections, and I think it is irresponsible for a healthcare worker to 
> promote the use of homeopathy in place of proven treatment for any 
> life-threatening illness."
> 
> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8211925.stm)
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Friday 9/18, Fairfield: "Solar Healing Lecture with Hira Ratan Manek" ...who can live off sunlight

[eustace10679]

I don't know... For some time I followed closely the Life Mysteries forum 
(http://forums.lifemysteries.com/index.php), run by followers of HRM, then for 
a while I moved my attention elsewhere, and when I tried to visit the forum 
again it had disappeared! You can now find it in the Internet Archive: 
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php ... I tried to find out what had happened 
but wasn't able to. Sometime before, it had been disclosed that he had been 
caught eating while touring in the US, and when he accepted it publicly the 
members had remained faithful. The Wikipedia article is critical, it seems that 
his claims that he had been tested in the US were also false.

I will be very interested to read your impressions when he comes to FF. I had 
basically given up on him since I found that the forum had shut down. I have 
rather mixed feelings. I wish he were true. I used to say that his system was 
the most interesting thing I came across since I found TM (more than 35 years 
ago now). Its major drawback was that it is practical only if you happen to 
live in the right location - preferably near a beach or a desert in a warm 
climate - and this held me back from trying it, at least to reach the first 15'.

emf

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