date:20100206

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "metoostill"  wrote:

You rock.



>
> Anybody have a name for the Mrs. or an address yet?  Dying to know.  There 
> were Popes in the middle ages who had children too, kept them in Vegas I 
> think, you know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.  See: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popes
> 
> I wonder was Tony:
> 
> 1. Trying to quit, to ease himself out and away by letting the TMO world know 
> that he was just being kind to MMY when MMY got attached to him as his 
> physician, and played along with that, sort of "OK yeah sure I'm worth my 
> weight in gold, now can we get back to your prescription Maharishi, are you 
> taking those meds for your blood pressure?"
> 
> 2. or was he just trying to come out of the closet because he heard Obama say 
> don't ask don't tell was passe and he thought yes this has become a burden
> 
> 3. or was he looking to test his authority figuring "if they buy this its off 
> to the races, I will be able to say anything" and he'll be back strong in 
> another few weeks and nobody can say no to anything he tries on if they 
> backed him on this one
> 
> 4. or did he realize that when somebody found him living the non monastic 
> life in the non-vastu housing it would not go down well so he thought better 
> get out in front of it, classic damage control strategy
> 
> 5. or...[please fill in as appropriate]
> 
> I am, Curious (Yellow)
>

[FairfieldLife] Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

2010-02-06 Thread metoostill

Anybody have a name for the Mrs. or an address yet?  Dying to know.  There were 
Popes in the middle ages who had children too, kept them in Vegas I think, you 
know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.  See: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popes

I wonder was Tony:

1. Trying to quit, to ease himself out and away by letting the TMO world know 
that he was just being kind to MMY when MMY got attached to him as his 
physician, and played along with that, sort of "OK yeah sure I'm worth my 
weight in gold, now can we get back to your prescription Maharishi, are you 
taking those meds for your blood pressure?"

2. or was he just trying to come out of the closet because he heard Obama say 
don't ask don't tell was passe and he thought yes this has become a burden

3. or was he looking to test his authority figuring "if they buy this its off 
to the races, I will be able to say anything" and he'll be back strong in 
another few weeks and nobody can say no to anything he tries on if they backed 
him on this one

4. or did he realize that when somebody found him living the non monastic life 
in the non-vastu housing it would not go down well so he thought better get out 
in front of it, classic damage control strategy

5. or...[please fill in as appropriate]

I am, Curious (Yellow)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jim Carrey on "Awakening"

On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:33 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:

> Those early "good" experiences are always nice.  And I enjoyed hearing Jim 
> Carrey describe some of his.   At some point, I think, if  you are lucky, you 
> get swept into the current of spiritual development.

And if you're even luckier, at some point
you get swept out again.

Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> You seem really sincere and in real distress.  Here are my two cents.
> 
> Your wife's issues have nothing to do with your TM practice.  It is more 
> likely that she is sensitive to your disappearing for periods of time from 
> her needs than anything to do with spiritual practices.  Most couples have to 
> work this balance out.

Curtis may have something here.  She may be feeling left out in the cold.  So, 
why don't you meditate with her if she knows how to meditate, or even if she is 
using another method?

At worst, she may playing a power game in that she wants to be the center of 
attention in all of your activities.  You need to speak with her about this 
matter.

Lastly, you may have to request a pandit to perform yagyas for your family to 
correct this problem, if it cannot be resolved amicably.

>

[FairfieldLife] Re: USAGL ( )

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung  wrote:
>
> Hey, "Buck," does "USAGL" strike a chord fer ya?  Probably not, but I only 
> knew one Buck in FF, so hadda ask.  
> 
>

No, am old cavalry.  Cut teeth as foot soldier in field artillery.  
USAGL was a boyscout camp. That Buck you are thinking of
is long gone from here.  He left with a lot of the other upper middle class 
shirker 'rus of the 1990's and oughts. 

> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > A.K.A, "Buck". Have a good one, whoever you are.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

You seem really sincere and in real distress.  Here are my two cents.

Your wife's issues have nothing to do with your TM practice.  It is more likely 
that she is sensitive to your disappearing for periods of time from her needs 
than anything to do with spiritual practices.  Most couples have to work this 
balance out. 

If Maharishi or Guru Dev appear to you in any state, send them out for some 
beer and chips.  Do not listen to anything they tell you if then don't come 
back with actual beer and chips. (Only accept the good ruffly ones.)

You may need an entirely new perspective to attain a happy life.  It may not 
involve you becoming "enlightened."  But there are many cool states of human 
life that have nothing to do with that perspective.

It worked for me.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "janosmelocco"  wrote:
>
> 
> Another point: Curtis is also right. Perhaps TM teachers are not equipped to 
> solve this problem. I have asked a couple locally and basically did not get 
> any valuable answer. That is why I was going to solicit opinions and 
> experiences here. I also tried simple checking years ago. It worked while I 
> was in the room with the TM teacher. Then I went home and the same phenomenon 
> started as before.
> 
> I tried again yesterday after my posting then this morning. My experience was 
> OK, no forcing, very natural, it had a good feeling but nothing very special. 
> Mantram was flowing with extraordinariy speed, level of consiousness did not 
> change much. It would have qualified for an acceptable med years ago for me.
> 
> Came downstairs and found my wife really possessed. It took us hours of 
> talking and resting to get out if it. It is a non-cause, as if she were 
> thrown back into the past again. Similar to a bad case of PMS.
> 
> I do not blame her, I think there is some kind of attack or psychic vampirism 
> involved and she is sensitive to that.
> 
> Mybe I will contact Miss Neff after all... what she wrote seemed enough for 
> me first to lift weights. But back then I have not tried the technique again.
> 
> I even had a few spontaneous flashes of MMY appearing to me - all right, I 
> saluted him in my thoughts - just in case it is more than my imagination.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

2010-02-06 Thread janosmelocco


Another point: Curtis is also right. Perhaps TM teachers are not equipped to 
solve this problem. I have asked a couple locally and basically did not get any 
valuable answer. That is why I was going to solicit opinions and experiences 
here. I also tried simple checking years ago. It worked while I was in the room 
with the TM teacher. Then I went home and the same phenomenon started as before.

I tried again yesterday after my posting then this morning. My experience was 
OK, no forcing, very natural, it had a good feeling but nothing very special. 
Mantram was flowing with extraordinariy speed, level of consiousness did not 
change much. It would have qualified for an acceptable med years ago for me.

Came downstairs and found my wife really possessed. It took us hours of talking 
and resting to get out if it. It is a non-cause, as if she were thrown back 
into the past again. Similar to a bad case of PMS.

I do not blame her, I think there is some kind of attack or psychic vampirism 
involved and she is sensitive to that.

Mybe I will contact Miss Neff after all... what she wrote seemed enough for me 
first to lift weights. But back then I have not tried the technique again.

I even had a few spontaneous flashes of MMY appearing to me - all right, I 
saluted him in my thoughts - just in case it is more than my imagination.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim Carrey on "Awakening"

2010-02-06 Thread ShempMcGurk

Since Carrey is now involved in matters spiritual, I am going to assum that he 
has some semblance of an understanding of what karma.  In that light, Carrey 
and that horrible girlfriend of his can go on a tour of every major city in the 
country and retract the advice they were giving that the children of America 
shouldn't be vaccinated.

Without any scientific basis, Carrey and Jenny McCarthy were claiming that 
vaccines led to autism.  In the past week, the medical journal in which this 
bogus claim first appeared has retracted the original study that suggested this.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000"  
wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  wrote:
> >
> > > > you can't spend sixty seconds answering a
> > > > simple question today? Go figure.
> > > >
> > lurk:
> > > Simple question?
> > > Where's the simple question?
> > > >
> > What is TM?
> >
> Okay, my bad.
> 
> TM is a simple, natural effortless technique whereby one experiences
> finer levels of thought, arriving at the source of thought, which is a
> resovoir of infinite creativity, energy and intelligence.  As the mind
> settles down and experiences these finer stages of thought, the body
> also quiets and gets deep rest. This unique state of mental and physical
> relaxation we call restful alertess .  One comes out of this twice daily
> practice of twenty minutes feeling more rested and more alert.  There
> have been numerous phsiological studies performed at prestigious
> institutions to substantiate these benefits
> 
> How's that. Definitely rusty, I know
>

MMY says this also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14v8PhXIKCo&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=2A44CB94E3703AF5

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  wrote:
>
> > > you can't spend sixty seconds answering a
> > > simple question today? Go figure.
> > >
> lurk:
> > Simple question?
> > Where's the simple question?
> > >
> What is TM?
>
Okay, my bad.

TM is a simple, natural effortless technique whereby one experiences
finer levels of thought, arriving at the source of thought, which is a
resovoir of infinite creativity, energy and intelligence.  As the mind
settles down and experiences these finer stages of thought, the body
also quiets and gets deep rest. This unique state of mental and physical
relaxation we call restful alertess .  One comes out of this twice daily
practice of twenty minutes feeling more rested and more alert.  There
have been numerous phsiological studies performed at prestigious
institutions to substantiate these benefits

How's that. Definitely rusty, I know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim Carrey on "Awakening"

Those early "good" experiences are always nice.  And I enjoyed hearing
Jim Carrey describe some of his.   At some point, I think, if  you are
lucky, you get swept into the current of spiritual development.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> American IV is one of my all-time favorite albums. He also does a chilling 
> version of (fellow Pennsylvanian) Trent Reznor's Hurt; moreso considering he 
> was near death when he waxed it.

Yeah that song moved me to the core.  I played and sang it over and over last 
year, although never on stage. Thanks for the reminder.  I'm gunna get out my 
guitar and enter that song again.  It is a masterpiece. 


> 
> On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:57 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> 
> > That was mega awesome Vaj!
> > 
> > I stood in the spot at Sun Studios where he recorded all his hits in 
> > Memphis two weeks ago. Hallowed ground. Dylan kissed the floor when he 
> > visited. I know why.
>

[FairfieldLife] Can a Rich Man Enter the Kingdom of God?

MMY tackles a tough question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wohGDrsBSsc&feature=channel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Request from Laurence Topliffe


> Dear Friends,
>
> I have been working on a book for the last 2 years that will include
> experiences of the higher states of consciousness that the practice of
the
> Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi techniques allow us to have.
allow us to have.  that's a good one The
> book presents a logical explanation about what consciousness is, where
it
> comes from, how and why we have consciousness, how it is possible to
> experience the ultimate source of our consciousness and the individual
and
> social benefits from doing so. what's going to be new here?
>
> The purpose of the book is to inspire more people to learn the TM
technique. who is the target audience for the book, and how does one
expect to reach them
>
> I think I will be done within a few weeks and Rolf Erikson just edited
what
> is already done. I will be adding a few more paragraphs to clarify
> important points.
>
> As a long-time meditator, you may have had, and/or are having, clear
> experiences of pure consciousness.  If you would like to help me tell
> non-meditators around the world what the experience of the higher
states of
> consciousness are like, as well as the benefit of having them, sample
experience:  "while practicing the TM Program as taught by Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi, suddenly time as space fell away, and I was left in the
unbounded field of pure creative intellignece, which is the field of all
possibilities, and the state of pure potentiality.  This is the home of
all the laws of nature, as verified by the Ved, and the Masters of the
Holy Tradition"  state of pure consicousness  please send
> me a description of your experiences with a statement that says you
are
> giving me permission to include then in the book and I will be glad to
> include them.
>
> I am sending this letter to people here in Fairfield and beyond. I
will
> put as many experiences in the book as I can. The clearer an
experience is
> described, the better the chances that it will be included.  can my
experiences be included in your special club?  oh, how I hope they will
make the grade
>
> If you have any questions, let me know.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Laurence Topliffe
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

American IV is one of my all-time favorite albums. He also does a chilling 
version of (fellow Pennsylvanian) Trent Reznor's Hurt; moreso considering he 
was near death when he waxed it.

On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:57 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:

> That was mega awesome Vaj!
> 
> I stood in the spot at Sun Studios where he recorded all his hits in Memphis 
> two weeks ago. Hallowed ground. Dylan kissed the floor when he visited. I 
> know why.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diviners Sage and Psychoacoustic Resonance Meditation an Intuitive experience

Nice first post, I hope you hang around.

Personally I have to say that salvia is the most obnoxious drug I have ever 
tried.  Nice to hear someone with an affinity.

On the sound frequency entrainment front accompanied with some chemical 
synaptic support, I would like to recommend some decent bourbon and listening 
to this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8RtayjqqIw

And while I may sound like I'm being snarky, the truth is I am being completely 
serious.  We all find the combo that works for us don't we?

I'll check out the artists you mentioned and I hope you enjoy FFL.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jagg_pell_rf_129"  
wrote:
>
> Dear fellow Fairfielf Life members,
> 
> I'd like to introduce myself and then share some things that I find important.
> 
> As a new member I've really begun to enjoy this forum! I've read through a 
> lot of posts and I am seeing that there is good information here with plenty 
> of inspiring people around. I'm glad to have the ability to learn from and 
> contribute.
> 
> I am dedicated to following a path of self discovery and inner exploration, 
> this group seems a good match for my further development. My current path of 
> independent learning follows the lead of entheogenic experiencing with 
> various other enlightening sources such as deep meditation and the 
> contemplation of many different spiritual and philosophical texts and 
> sources. I am glad that this forum here is yet another amazing group that 
> exists for my further understanding and committed development.
> I'd like to share something new with the group for my first post because I 
> think it is important to share new ideas and sources for learning within the 
> related areas. I am sure that my knowledge isn't completely new but I think 
> that sharing something different could be more idealistic instead of 
> something we've already heard before and what has already been posted before. 
> 
> A new interest for as of late has been sound frequency entrainment, a concept 
> I am new with but have already begun to include it into my log of practices 
> for enlightenment.
> 
> I know that entrainment techniques are known to the public through modes such 
> as hypnosis but not a lot of people know about the abilities of sound 
> frequency entrainment. 
> 
> I don't claim to be an expert so I'd also like to know how many other people 
> here have heard about the many uses of psychoacoustics.
> 
> I've heard it has been used for many years by people within the psychic, 
> scientific and spiritual communities. 
> 
> I know that Tibetan monks use musical chanting and instruments to induce 
> meditative states which have been found to contain specific tones and 
> underlying frequencies that people have attributed to varying forms of health 
> and spiritual states.
> 
> I have found that divinatory experiences can be induced with certain plants 
> as with deep meditation and acoustics.
> 
> Some of my favourite music involves the chanting and instrument use of 
> Tibetan monks. Especially when played loud the vibrations from lung chanting 
> can give someone chills and euphoric sensations throughout their body. 
> 
> So if anyone knows more about this or any interesting sites where I can find 
> some new and interesting forms within the spectrum of sound vibrations or 
> similar I would love to check it out! 
> 
> The music by Phil Thorton has definitely blown me away as of late.
> 
> Another `artist' who I have found recently has definitely changed the way I 
> `perceive' sounds is the work of a scientist who goes by the name of `Doc 
> Starz'.
> 
> I looked into it and found out where to get some of his work that I happened 
> to stumble across a couple of months ago. 
> 
> The scientist claims to have somehow engineered an audio track that has 
> emulated a specific type of sensation experience close to that experienced 
> after ingesting a sacred plant called Salvia Divinorum, through entrainment. 
> 
> Entrainment occurs on a deeply vibrating level within our cells and energy 
> bodies...as well as with our brains frequency patterns.
> 
> I have tried Salvia and have compared my experience with the psychoacoustic 
> track and the results actually blew me away. I actually liked the acoustic 
> track better.
> 
> This is where I found the track, 
> http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/SalviaDivinorum_FrequencyEmulation/message/15
> 
> I have done my research and experimenting with entheogens as I mentioned 
> above. It was just plain perfect that there was a sound frequency out there 
> that actually works well and is rendered with the experiential patterns of 
> the strongest hallucinogenic plant on the earth! 
> 
> Mesoamericans and many other ancient indigenous tribes used the plant among 
> others to induce sacred and divinatory visions as a form of magic within the 
> spectrums of shamanism and witch doctors alike. 
> 
>  When listening to this track I definitely felt euphoric sensations 
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed Columnist - Fiscal Scare Tactics - NYTimes.com



"For the U.S., the implications are clear. The 
annual fiscal deficit in the U.S. will remain 
close to $1 trillion over the next decade. 

Ultimately, concerns among foreign investors 
about a weak dollar will force Washington to 
put its house in order. The U.S. will have to 
raise taxes on most income groups and investors, 
close tax exemptions and loopholes, and reduce 
entitlement benefits..."

Read more:

'Sovereign Risk Meets Sovereign Reality'
by Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini
Wall Street Journal, Friday, February 5, 2010
http://tinyurl.com/yhmxhfy

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

> > you can't spend sixty seconds answering a 
> > simple question today? Go figure.  
> >
lurk:
> Simple question?  
> Where's the simple question?
> >
What is TM?

[FairfieldLife] Diviners Sage and Psychoacoustic Resonance Meditation an Intuitive experience

2010-02-06 Thread jagg_pell_rf_129

Dear fellow Fairfielf Life members,

I'd like to introduce myself and then share some things that I find important.

As a new member I've really begun to enjoy this forum! I've read through a lot 
of posts and I am seeing that there is good information here with plenty of 
inspiring people around. I'm glad to have the ability to learn from and 
contribute.

I am dedicated to following a path of self discovery and inner exploration, 
this group seems a good match for my further development. My current path of 
independent learning follows the lead of entheogenic experiencing with various 
other enlightening sources such as deep meditation and the contemplation of 
many different spiritual and philosophical texts and sources. I am glad that 
this forum here is yet another amazing group that exists for my further 
understanding and committed development.
I'd like to share something new with the group for my first post because I 
think it is important to share new ideas and sources for learning within the 
related areas. I am sure that my knowledge isn't completely new but I think 
that sharing something different could be more idealistic instead of something 
we've already heard before and what has already been posted before. 

A new interest for as of late has been sound frequency entrainment, a concept I 
am new with but have already begun to include it into my log of practices for 
enlightenment.

I know that entrainment techniques are known to the public through modes such 
as hypnosis but not a lot of people know about the abilities of sound frequency 
entrainment. 

I don't claim to be an expert so I'd also like to know how many other people 
here have heard about the many uses of psychoacoustics.

I've heard it has been used for many years by people within the psychic, 
scientific and spiritual communities. 

I know that Tibetan monks use musical chanting and instruments to induce 
meditative states which have been found to contain specific tones and 
underlying frequencies that people have attributed to varying forms of health 
and spiritual states.

I have found that divinatory experiences can be induced with certain plants as 
with deep meditation and acoustics.

Some of my favourite music involves the chanting and instrument use of Tibetan 
monks. Especially when played loud the vibrations from lung chanting can give 
someone chills and euphoric sensations throughout their body. 

So if anyone knows more about this or any interesting sites where I can find 
some new and interesting forms within the spectrum of sound vibrations or 
similar I would love to check it out! 

The music by Phil Thorton has definitely blown me away as of late.

Another `artist' who I have found recently has definitely changed the way I 
`perceive' sounds is the work of a scientist who goes by the name of `Doc 
Starz'.

I looked into it and found out where to get some of his work that I happened to 
stumble across a couple of months ago. 

The scientist claims to have somehow engineered an audio track that has 
emulated a specific type of sensation experience close to that experienced 
after ingesting a sacred plant called Salvia Divinorum, through entrainment. 

Entrainment occurs on a deeply vibrating level within our cells and energy 
bodies...as well as with our brains frequency patterns.

I have tried Salvia and have compared my experience with the psychoacoustic 
track and the results actually blew me away. I actually liked the acoustic 
track better.

This is where I found the track, 
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/SalviaDivinorum_FrequencyEmulation/message/15

I have done my research and experimenting with entheogens as I mentioned above. 
It was just plain perfect that there was a sound frequency out there that 
actually works well and is rendered with the experiential patterns of the 
strongest hallucinogenic plant on the earth! 

Mesoamericans and many other ancient indigenous tribes used the plant among 
others to induce sacred and divinatory visions as a form of magic within the 
spectrums of shamanism and witch doctors alike. 

 When listening to this track I definitely felt euphoric sensations throughout 
my body.and whilst laying down and meditating with the track I started to 
noticed some really strange and magical effects, the strongest I have found to 
date.

 I noticed that what I thought to be my imagination at first, which is usually 
random and involving images of my day to day life or things I had been thinking 
about or seeing recently, began to formulate and change in a smooth and 
coherent fashion. The imagery I began to see was very different from my normal 
day to day imagination as well as my deep meditation visions and entheogen 
induced ones as well.

I lay there listening I noticed that I could see visuals in my mind's eye that 
were barely describable. I have noticed my intuition peaking after working with 
this particular sound during and after listening.

The sounds seem to move in t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Phishing Android bank apps

2010-02-06 Thread Bhairitu

I don't know anyone who gets their bank apps from anyone but the bank 
itself.   Some banks are now offering apps or at least designed for 
mobile web pages.  The apps in question were removed long ago from the 
Android Market.  And when you download an app on the Market it tells you 
what permissions it is using and if the user is uncomfortable with them 
they can move on.  I don't do banking on my Android anyway.  Sorry I 
prefer the open development of the Android to the bullshit Apple puts 
developers through.  And of course I prefer multi-tasking, a telecom 
other than AT&T (though they're all kinda snakes),  and  even having the 
source code to the phone itself.  I was surprised about the latter but 
HTC takes advantage of curious developers finding bugs for them for 
free.  Open is an open system and a monoply is a closed system.

Vaj wrote:
> One of the unfortunate disadvantages of not having software screened. I heard 
> 50 different info-grabbers IIRC on Android have been found so far.
>
> This is why I always keep a "phone home" app running on all my Macs and PC. 
> The apps for the iPhone are all screened so I've had zero problems with that.
>
> http://pindebit.blogspot.com/2010/01/bank-detail-stealing-malware-found-on.html
>
> Phishing Android apps explain our maxed-out credit cards
> By Chris Ziegler
>
>
>
>
>
>
> There's no such thing as a perfect mobile app store strategy -- you're either 
> too draconian, too arbitrary, or too loose in your policies, and as far as we 
> can tell, there's no way to find a balance that isn't going to trigger an 
> alarm here and there or get a few people worked into a lather. If you're too 
> loose, for instance, you're liable end up with the occasional bout of 
> malware, which is exactly what appears to have gone down recently in the 
> Android Market with a few fake banking apps published by a bandit going as 
> "Droid09." As you might imagine, the apps end up doing little more than 
> stealing your information and ending your day in tears; the apps have since 
> been pulled, but that's probably little consolation for those already 
> affected. The moral of the story? Be vigilant, keep a close eye on those 
> system permissions the Market warns you about as you install new apps, report 
> sketchy ones, and -- as always -- use a hearty dose of common sense.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

That was mega awesome Vaj!

I stood in the spot at Sun Studios where he recorded all his hits in Memphis 
two weeks ago.  Hallowed ground.  Dylan kissed the floor when he visited.  I 
know why.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> Or your own Personal Jesus:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcoDIrbMtY
> 
> On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:33 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
> > 
> > The cult of personality.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

Or your own Personal Jesus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcoDIrbMtY

On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:33 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
> 
> The cult of personality.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0

The cult of personality.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> "As a Shankaracharya he (Guru Dev) was found to have the great intellect of 
> the first Shankacharya and the heart of Buddha - lovable, soft heart of 
> Buddha and the great intellect of Shankara. That was his personality."
>   
>   
> 
> 
> 
> "Those who have seen those days (around Guru Dev) have been so fortunate, and 
> those who have seen me moving about in that atmosphere know how the grace of 
> Guru Dev has dawned. And when they hear the story how it is happening, then 
> they say, `Oh, it is no surprise, he has received the grace of Guru Dev`.   
> All but his grace and nothing else. Except his grace I don't have anything."
> 
> ---
> 
> "So, we are fortunate and all of you are very fortunate to have his (Guru 
> Dev) grace so far from India. But the fortune is there, only we have to share 
> our fortune with all our fellowmen. We have to do our utmost what we can to 
> bring this meditation to all the people in all the ways it is possible for 
> everyone of us."
> 
> 
> "If I could have some real good cooperation of all the people who come in my 
> contact, it would be something - the whole world will become so full with all 
> sublime actions of human life.  Humanity will be changed into divinity.
> 
> We have seen his life, so we know what  Divine could be in man's life. Just 
> fullness of divinity. That is all the strength I have and that you should 
> feel in yourself. Such great power, such great wisdom, such great bliss. That 
> is something about Guru Dev."
>

[FairfieldLife] 1961

"As a Shankaracharya he (Guru Dev) was found to have the great intellect of the 
first Shankacharya and the heart of Buddha - lovable, soft heart of Buddha and 
the great intellect of Shankara. That was his personality."





"Those who have seen those days (around Guru Dev) have been so fortunate, and 
those who have seen me moving about in that atmosphere know how the grace of 
Guru Dev has dawned. And when they hear the story how it is happening, then 
they say, `Oh, it is no surprise, he has received the grace of Guru Dev`.   All 
but his grace and nothing else. Except his grace I don't have anything."

---

"So, we are fortunate and all of you are very fortunate to have his (Guru Dev) 
grace so far from India. But the fortune is there, only we have to share our 
fortune with all our fellowmen. We have to do our utmost what we can to bring 
this meditation to all the people in all the ways it is possible for everyone 
of us."


"If I could have some real good cooperation of all the people who come in my 
contact, it would be something - the whole world will become so full with all 
sublime actions of human life.  Humanity will be changed into divinity.

We have seen his life, so we know what  Divine could be in man's life. Just 
fullness of divinity. That is all the strength I have and that you should feel 
in yourself. Such great power, such great wisdom, such great bliss. That is 
something about Guru Dev."

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[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  wrote:
>
>
>
> TM Teacher:
> > > > Jesuuus Christ. Maybe some day I'll have
> > > > the patience or attention span to see what
> > > > is written here. But not today.
> > > >
> Let's see - you spent countless hours and thousands
> of dollars to learn how to teach TM and help
> people with their spiritual experiences - but you
> can't spend sixty seconds answering a simple question
> today? Go figure.  Simple question?  Where's the simple question?
>
> Sal:
> > > My thoughts too. Where people get the time
> > > or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> > > rants is beyond me.
> > >
> So, your mind is numb, Sal.
>
> Curtis:
> > So many TM trained orphans with no ability
> > of the organizations to deal with their
> > issues...
> >
> You're the TM trained 'orpahn', Curtis.
>
> But, just because you don't seem to have any
> answers for spiritual issues, I'm not writing
> you off as a 'criminal', like Hugo did recently.
>
> What I can't understand is why you TM Teachers
> won't, or can't, help us with our spiritual
> problems, the topic of this thread. It doesn't
> make any sense.
>
> What's up with all the secrecy?
>
> Apparently there's some magic, ecstatic process
> that's going on with 'enlivening' the bija mantra
> during the Guru Dev Puja, according to John
> Manning. Is this where the 'snake oil' comes in?
>
> What's up with that?
>
> Barry Wright says it's like getting a real 'high'.
> Some of the TM Teachers who are the current
> informants, have performed this ritual thousands
> of times. Vaj inferred that some type of 'sarin
> gas' might be involved.
>
> What's up with that?
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Doug Hamilton

Edg, are saying that you were also a member of the Uncle Sam's Army of Good 
Lovin.  I should have known.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung  wrote:
>
> Hey, "Buck," does "USAGL" strike a chord fer ya?  Probably not, but I only 
> knew one Buck in FF, so hadda ask.  
> 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > A.K.A, "Buck". Have a good one, whoever you are.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Phishing Android bank apps

One of the unfortunate disadvantages of not having software screened. I heard 
50 different info-grabbers IIRC on Android have been found so far.

This is why I always keep a "phone home" app running on all my Macs and PC. The 
apps for the iPhone are all screened so I've had zero problems with that.

http://pindebit.blogspot.com/2010/01/bank-detail-stealing-malware-found-on.html

Phishing Android apps explain our maxed-out credit cards
By Chris Ziegler






There's no such thing as a perfect mobile app store strategy -- you're either 
too draconian, too arbitrary, or too loose in your policies, and as far as we 
can tell, there's no way to find a balance that isn't going to trigger an alarm 
here and there or get a few people worked into a lather. If you're too loose, 
for instance, you're liable end up with the occasional bout of malware, which 
is exactly what appears to have gone down recently in the Android Market with a 
few fake banking apps published by a bandit going as "Droid09." As you might 
imagine, the apps end up doing little more than stealing your information and 
ending your day in tears; the apps have since been pulled, but that's probably 
little consolation for those already affected. The moral of the story? Be 
vigilant, keep a close eye on those system permissions the Market warns you 
about as you install new apps, report sketchy ones, and -- as always -- use a 
hearty dose of common sense.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bobby Roth's Blog

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I linked you to his account of touring the West Wing of the White
House, but
> you might find other pages interesting.

 
[http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/images/blo\
gs%20illo.bmp]

[FairfieldLife] Bobby Roth's Blog

I linked you to his account of touring the West Wing of the White House, but
you might find other pages interesting.
Bobby and people like him (is there anyone like him?) are the hope of the TM
Movement
http://insidedlf.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/my-visit-to-the-west-wing-not-the-
tv-show-2/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Request from Laurence Topliffe



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
>
> On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
> 
> 
> > Feb 6, 2010
> >  
> > Dear Friends...
> 
> Uh, oh...that's usually a clear sign you're
> about to be ripped off.
> 
> >  I have been working on a book for the last 2 years that will include 
> > experiences of the higher states of consciousness that the practice of the 
> > Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi techniques allow us to have.  
> 
> Those "higher states," including, but not
> limited to the following: sleeping soundly
> in the dome, sleepwalking through most of
> the rest of the day, spending your life
> paying back loans for degrees you basically
> were forced to get, and lastly--having had 
> such terrific experiences you never had time
> for anything else--like a real life.
> 
> > The book presents a logical explanation about what consciousness is, where 
> > it comes from, how and why we have consciousness, how it is possible to 
> > experience the ultimate source of our consciousness
> 
> I think this guy is showing off that he knows
> how to spell the word "consciousness."  Either
> that or he just likes the sound of it.
> 
> > and the individual and social benefits from doing so.
> 
> Great idea.  The rest of humanity, fully conscious
> one would expect--needs an explanation from this
> idiot.  Just what we've all been waiting for!
> 
> >  The purpose of the book is to inspire more people to learn the TM 
> > technique.
> 
> Now there's an original idea!  I can
> tell this guy's life is going to be 
> fabulously interesting and successful
> from now on.  Why oh why hasn't
> anyone else thought of this.
> 
> >  I think I will be done within a few weeks and Rolf Erikson just edited 
> > what is already done.   I will be adding a few more paragraphs to clarify 
> > important points.  
> 
> It takes him a few weeks to add a "few more
> paragraphs"?  
> 
> >  As a long-time meditator, you may have had, and/or are having, clear 
> > experiences of pure consciousness.
> 
> Only when I'm awake.
> 
> > If you would like to help me tell non-meditators around the world what the 
> > experience of the higher states of consciousness are like, as well as the 
> > benefit of having them,
> 
> Yeah, I'm sure the rest of humanity is going to be
> lining up in droves for this.
> 
> > please send me a description of your experiences with a statement that says 
> > you are giving me permission to include then in the book and I will be glad 
> > to include them.
> 
> You're welcome to include anything in this
> post, Laurence. :)
> 
> >  
> > I am sending this letter to people here in Fairfield and beyond.  
> 
> Beyond the grave?  Now that
> might be interesting.
> 
> > I will put as many experiences in the book as I can.  The clearer an 
> > experience is described, the better the chances that it will be included.
> 
> I can't wait.
> 


Thanks Sal for this laugh today.



> >  
> > If you have any questions, let me know.
> >  
> > Sincerely,
> >  
> > Laurence Topliffe
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Jim Carrey on "Awakening"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amazing Nadi Reader


On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:58 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:

> "Father and Mother are living, no?" Carnival cold reading ambiguous language.


It's probably not clear what he's doing to most people. What a nadi reader like 
this does is narrow down your life story to a number of specifics, like mother, 
father living at time of reading, married twice, number of brothers and 
sisters, etc. Once all the facts match--and this may take a while as they sort 
through a pile of palm leaves and discard leaves that don't match your personal 
details--they arrive at the leaf that represents your life. 

It's not like a conventional jyotish reading.

Having said that, many nadi readers are fakes. Some are said to be genuine.

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

2010-02-06 Thread janosmelocco


OK people - I got what I wanted.
Thank you.

Humor is great, I will not react to trolls or personal stuff though. (And you 
do not have to quote my lengthy OP every time - just hit the delete button when 
you are posting...) Needless to say I do not live in Paris, not Islamic etc. 
(FYI, I am a US citizen.)

I will have one last question and read the answers... and one clarification:

As for the "war" I referred to - I want to make it clear that it is not a 
physical, literal war, but one description of a struggle going on in spiritual 
reality. To those of you who watched American sci-fi shows, I think the 
Stargate SG-1 series hit pretty close to the mark, with its main metaphors.
In other words, within spirituality on Earth, there are those that endorse a 
type of "goa'uld spirituality" and there are those who are more modest but more 
real, without any parasitical streak. I am sure you can bring examples to both 
kinds.

My last question: anyone here has tried the Primordial Sound technique? 
Experiences compared to TM or other forms of meditation?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Request from Laurence Topliffe

On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Rick Archer wrote:

> Feb 6, 2010
>  
> Dear Friends...

Uh, oh...that's usually a clear sign you're
about to be ripped off.

>  I have been working on a book for the last 2 years that will include 
> experiences of the higher states of consciousness that the practice of the 
> Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi techniques allow us to have.  

Those "higher states," including, but not
limited to the following: sleeping soundly
in the dome, sleepwalking through most of
the rest of the day, spending your life
paying back loans for degrees you basically
were forced to get, and lastly--having had 
such terrific experiences you never had time
for anything else--like a real life.

> The book presents a logical explanation about what consciousness is, where it 
> comes from, how and why we have consciousness, how it is possible to 
> experience the ultimate source of our consciousness

I think this guy is showing off that he knows
how to spell the word "consciousness."  Either
that or he just likes the sound of it.

> and the individual and social benefits from doing so.

Great idea.  The rest of humanity, fully conscious
one would expect--needs an explanation from this
idiot.  Just what we've all been waiting for!

>  The purpose of the book is to inspire more people to learn the TM technique.

Now there's an original idea!  I can
tell this guy's life is going to be 
fabulously interesting and successful
from now on.  Why oh why hasn't
anyone else thought of this.

>  I think I will be done within a few weeks and Rolf Erikson just edited what 
> is already done.   I will be adding a few more paragraphs to clarify 
> important points.  

It takes him a few weeks to add a "few more
paragraphs"?  

>  As a long-time meditator, you may have had, and/or are having, clear 
> experiences of pure consciousness.

Only when I'm awake.

> If you would like to help me tell non-meditators around the world what the 
> experience of the higher states of consciousness are like, as well as the 
> benefit of having them,

Yeah, I'm sure the rest of humanity is going to be
lining up in droves for this.

> please send me a description of your experiences with a statement that says 
> you are giving me permission to include then in the book and I will be glad 
> to include them.

You're welcome to include anything in this
post, Laurence. :)

>  
> I am sending this letter to people here in Fairfield and beyond.  

Beyond the grave?  Now that
might be interesting.

> I will put as many experiences in the book as I can.  The clearer an 
> experience is described, the better the chances that it will be included.

I can't wait.

>  
> If you have any questions, let me know.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Laurence Topliffe
>

[FairfieldLife] Request from Laurence Topliffe

For Peace
602 E Kirkwood Ave, C1

Fairfield, Iowa 52556

641-472-7354
forpe...@lisco.com
www.forworldpeace.info 
 
Feb 6, 2010
 
Dear Friends,
 
I have been working on a book for the last 2 years that will include
experiences of the higher states of consciousness that the practice of the
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi techniques allow us to have.The
book presents a logical explanation about what consciousness is, where it
comes from, how and why we have consciousness, how it is possible to
experience the ultimate source of our consciousness and the individual and
social benefits from doing so. 
 
The purpose of the book is to inspire more people to learn the TM technique.
 
I think I will be done within a few weeks and Rolf Erikson just edited what
is already done.   I will be adding a few more paragraphs to clarify
important points.   
 
As a long-time meditator, you may have had, and/or are having, clear
experiences of pure consciousness. If you would like to help me tell
non-meditators around the world what the experience of the higher states of
consciousness are like, as well as the benefit of having them, please send
me a description of your experiences with a statement that says you are
giving me permission to include then in the book and I will be glad to
include them.
 
I am sending this letter to people here in Fairfield and beyond.   I will
put as many experiences in the book as I can.  The clearer an experience is
described, the better the chances that it will be included.
 
If you have any questions, let me know.
 
Sincerely,
 
Laurence Topliffe

[FairfieldLife] Global Warming and Oddball Winter Weather


Global Warming and Oddball Winter Weather
[Man with snow blower]
Global warming is having a seemingly peculiar effect on winter in
the continental United States says NWF's report, Odd-ball Winter
Weather: Global Warming's Wake-Up Call for the Northern United States
 .

The report details how:
Wintertime temperatures have been increasing across the northern United
States.
*
Since the 1970s, December-February temperature increases have ranged
from 1 to 2 degrees in the Pacific Northwest to about 4 degrees in the
Northeast to more than 6 degrees in Alaska.

*
Winters are getting shorter, too. Spring arrives 10-14 days earlier than
it did just 20 years ago.

Global warming is bringing a clear trend toward heavier precipitation
events.
*
Many areas are seeing bigger and more intense snowstorms, especially in
the upper Midwest and Northeast.

*
Global warming is shifting storm tracks northward. Areas from the
Dakotas eastward to northern Michigan have seen a trend toward more
heavy snowfall season.

Many nasty pests are expanding further north or are no longer being kept
in check by frosts or sufficiently cold temperatures.
*
The ticks responsible for carrying Lyme disease are one example of
projected range expansion as winters become milder

*
Millions of acres of pine forests across the Western United States,
Alaska, and Canada have been decimated by pine bark beetle infestations
in recent years. Higher temperatures have enhanced winter survival of
the beetle larvae.

Large economic uncertainty and potential losses are in store for many
communities, especially in regions where winter recreation provides
significant tourism revenue.
*
A number of Northeastern ski areas are likely to see a 25-45% decline in
the length of their ski season by the 2070s.

*
Lakes across the Midwest are freezing later and have thinner ice, often
leading to ice conditions to dangerous for safe ice fishing.

*
Removing snow and ice from our roadways cost states more than $1.2
billion each year on average from 1998 to 2007.

http://snipurl.com/uagop   [nwf_org]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amazing Nadi Reader

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John"  wrote:

Excellent find!

"Father and Mother are living, no?"  Carnival cold reading ambiguous language.



>
> For all the nonbelievers of the prediction sciences in this group.  Watch 
> this clip:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j4IjMrX7Pw&feature=rec-fresh+div-r-5-HM
>

[FairfieldLife] Amazing Nadi Reader

For all the nonbelievers of the prediction sciences in this group.  Watch this 
clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j4IjMrX7Pw&feature=rec-fresh+div-r-5-HM

[FairfieldLife] Op-Ed Columnist - Fiscal Scare Tactics - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/opinion/05krugman.html

[FairfieldLife] Internet among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

2010-02-06 Thread It's just a ride

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/02/02/internet_among_nobel_peace_prize_nominees/

OSLO—Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human
rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet,
people who made the nominations said Tuesday.

As the submission deadline for the coveted award closed, the Nobel Committee
maintained its tradition of giving no hints -- the contenders are kept
secret for 50 years. But some nominations were announced by those who made
them.

Those with nomination rights include former peace laureates, members of
national governments and legislatures, selected university professors and
others.

Erna Solberg, the head of Norway's Conservative Party, put forth Russian
human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and Memorial, a prominent rights
group she works with.

Gannushkina heads the Civic Assistance Committee, which works under the
auspices of Memorial primarily for the rights of migrant workers. Memorial,
a frequent critic of the Kremlin, says the high-profile murder of Memorial
rights activist Natalya Estemirova in July 2009 and the December 2008 raid
of its St. Petersburg office by Russian authorities are among the many
injustices it's faced because of its dogged activism.

"These are people who are at the forefront of human rights and are putting
their lives at risk for their work," Solberg told The Associated Press.

Gannushkina told the AP in Moscow she felt "embarrassed" to be mentioned in
the same breath as other great rights activists.

As for Memorial, "this is the acknowledgment of Russia's human rights
workers, and this is well deserved," she said.

Kwame Anthony Appiah, president of the PEN American Center and a Princeton
philosophy professor, said in a statement that he had nominated Liu Xiaobo,
a recently jailed Chinese dissident, for his "distinguished and principled
leadership in the area of human and political rights and freedom of
expression." The Chinese government urged the jury to disregard the
submission.

"It would be completely wrong for the Nobel Prize committee to award the
prize to such a person," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Tuesday
when asked about Liu's nomination in Beijing.

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan -- now imprisoned after being convicted
of federal corruption charges -- was nominated by Francis A. Boyle, a law
professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for his campaign
to abolish the death penalty.

The Internet was proposed by the Italian version of Wired magazine, which
cited its use as a tool to advance "dialogue, debate and consensus through
communication" and to promote democracy. Organizers said signatories to its
petition backing the nomination include 2003 peace laureate and exiled
Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi -- which would make it a legitimate entry.

--
Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?

Diversity. It killed 13 at Fort Hood.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Best of Mt Shasta Conference 2010 - To showcase the spiritual community of Mt Shasta to the worl

On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:59 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:


> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>> 
>> Except for one guy it's "look at our teeth."   :-D   Maybe they thought 
>> they were going for a dental exam.
>> 
>> B Mt. Shasta in winter.  But hey Curtis must be singing "It's 
>> Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" today.
> 
> I am s buried with over 2 feet of snow.  Shoveling my car out (punah 
> punah) has been a blast.  And it is still coming down!  Lucky for me I have 
> no gigs this week because I don't think I am going anywhere for days to come. 
>  There is just no place to put all this snow right now and it isn't going to 
> melt anytime soon.
> 
> Thanks for checking in.

Read that DC got 2.5 feet between
yesterday and today I think, Curtis.
We also got some pretty good
storms when I lived there.
Ah, memories.

Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Best of Mt Shasta Conference 2010 - To showcase the spiritual community of Mt Shasta to the worl

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> Except for one guy it's "look at our teeth."   :-D   Maybe they thought 
> they were going for a dental exam.
> 
> B Mt. Shasta in winter.  But hey Curtis must be singing "It's 
> Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" today.

I am s buried with over 2 feet of snow.  Shoveling my car out (punah punah) 
has been a blast.  And it is still coming down!  Lucky for me I have no gigs 
this week because I don't think I am going anywhere for days to come.  There is 
just no place to put all this snow right now and it isn't going to melt anytime 
soon.

Thanks for checking in.

> 
> Mt. Shasta does have some reasonable house prices and it's supposedly a 
> "spiritual community" whatever that means, probably lots of crystal 
> sellers.  We have the Holistic Expos all the time around here.  I get 
> emailed a free pass so just wonder through for about 5 minutes to see 
> what's there.  Again mainly crystal sellers and wannabe psychics.
> 
> Rick Archer wrote:
> > http://thebestofmtshasta.com/index2.html 
> >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> 
> Curtis, why do you insist on posting drivel ? Think about this:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlCcGBtGd0&feature=related

Great link Nabby, I'm a fan.

And for guys like me who don't have issues with their practice (because we 
don't have a practice) your subtext "Let it Be" works fine.  But for people in 
distress who want some help, you have offered nothing useful.

However your response to the question,?", your response with it's mix of insult 
and not caring is a pretty good reflection of the movement's official policy 
towards these people.

Or you could prove me wrong with some specific help for this guy.

>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reminder: Heart Awakening invitation 2-14-10

2010-02-06 Thread It's just a ride

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Rick Archer  wrote:

> <<>>
> Afterwords if anyone would like, Ching Dow is hosting an authentic Chinese
> New Year meal. (added by Lori per Zhenia)
>
>
I can't believe Ching Dow could serve authentic anything except grease and
lack of taste.  I've been told by restaurant owners (but not the ever dower)
owner of Ching Dow) that spice has been taken out of the food they serve
because people complained about the spice.

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: "The spice must flow."


-- 
Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?

Diversity.  It killed 13 at Fort Hood.

[FairfieldLife] Reminder: Heart Awakening invitation 2-14-10

There was once some discussion as to whether there are any Buddhist
activities in FF. Here's something.

The Heart Awakening Workshop is coming up very soon.
All are invited to attend and enjoy a day of heart felt peace and
connection.
We will celebrate the Chinese New Year afterward with tea and cakes.

**If anybody can help me organize and provide refreshment for that
afternoon, I am most grateful. Please call me: 641-919-5353***

Blessings,
Jacquelina

Afterwords if anyone would like, Ching Dow is hosting an authentic Chinese
New Year meal. (added by Lori per Zhenia)



Heart Awakening Workshop - with Jacquelina Sunday Feb. 14, 2010
Qi Studio  -   2:00pm - 4:00pm
Fairfield, Iowa

Four basic Buddhist principles of true love:
Maitri (benevolence)
Karuna (compassion)
Mudita (joy)
Upeksha (freedom)

Four Mantras:
Dear One, I am here for you.
Dear One, I know that you are here and it makes me very happy.
Dear One, I know that you are suffering that is why I am here for you.
Dear One, I am suffering.  Please help.


It is recommended that the meditator should imagine his mind as actually
tied to the breathing.  He should visualize the air as dragging the mind in
and out all the time as he breathes.  In order to do this he must breathe
strongly enough to be able to feel the movement of the air.  He should feel
as if his breathing passages were highly sensitive.  He should distinctly
feel the air as something solid which scrapes as it moves in and out.  By
this means the meditator will be able to feel the entire breathing cycle and
concentrate on it.  He will then easily discern where it begins, how it
moves, where it ends, and where and for how long it rests before reversing
direction.  He visualizes the breath as a kind of gem which is being swept
along a track, and determines not to let it out of his sight for an instant.
Buddha - The Anapanasati Sutta


Jacquelina Davis - 641-919-5353 -  HYPERLINK "mailto:luv2c...@yahoo.com";
luv2c...@yahoo.com -  HYPERLINK "http://www.serenitywellnessprogram.com
" www.serenitywellnessprogram.com

[FairfieldLife] The Sons of Maharishi

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

[FairfieldLife] What's Happening with Buddha at the Gas Pump?

Dear Friends,
 
I have 216 people on this email list, and others in several chat groups,
waiting to be notified of new installments of my interview show. Often,
people ask when new ones will air. Here's the story:
 
I have been taping new ones almost every week and have done 10 of them so
far. They haven't aired on our Fairfield Public Access TV station (FPAC) or
on YouTube because they all require some post-production work. Opening and
closing titles need to be added, and in cases where we recorded on 1-hour
DVDs (instead of 2-hour ones), the segments need to be spliced together. The
person with the equipment and ability to do this is Bryan Hawthorne, the
hard-working young man running FPAC. Bryan works 40+ hours a week and is
paid $500 a month, so what he does is very much a labor of love. He is
enthusiastic about my project, but he has a lot of demands on his time and
always has software and equipment problems to deal with, due to FPAC's very
limited budget. The editing software he needs is installed on an inadequate
computer, and his occasional IT guy hasn't gotten around to moving it to a
better one. He recently build FPAC's website
 , and as an example of all he's asked to
do, the hospital called him last week and told him that a patient who
shouldn't leave was threatening to do so in order to watch the high school
wrestling match, which he hadn't missed in decades. So Bryan taped it and
delivered a DVD to the hospital. Great guy!
 
At every stage of this project, what I initially saw as an obstacle has
turned out to be an opportunity. Initially, I conceived this as a radio show
on our local low-power FM station. The video you see at
http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump was a pilot for that. (Audio
quality is poor because we had to use the camera's internal mic, but we've
used lapel mics for subsequent interviews, so they'll be much easier to
listen to.) When the radio station decided not to do the show, I saw that as
an obstacle I needed to overcome, but I finally realized that FPAC is a much
better arrangement. I don't have to do station ID's every ten minutes, show
length is flexible (I can go as long as two hours if I want to), I tape the
show at a convenient time, and I don't have to set up a camera at the radio
station every week. Instead, we're in a semi-professional TV studio with
proper lighting, a green screen behind us (the green is replaced with
whatever backdrop we want), and eventually, three cameras. I've been able to
relax and talk with my guests from a much more intuitive level.
 
Then, of course, I've regarded as another obstacle the delay in getting DVDs
ready to air and upload. I might have been able to pressure Bryan into
cobbling together crumby-looking versions of the show, but he has high
standards. He wants channel surfers to stop and say, "Whoa, that was
produced on public access?!" He told me last week that public access TV
stations syndicate content to one another, and that if our production is
good enough, it may be picked up by stations around the country. He also
said that commercial networks keep an eye on the public access stations,
looking for ideas for their own programming. 
 
So all is well and wisely put, I'm having a blast taping new shows weekly,
and when the time is right, they'll start to air locally, I'll upload them
to YouTube, and I'll notify you. In the meanwhile, there's a very active
chat group   which you
might like to join (note the Photoshop work by yours truly), and you might
consider subscribing to the YouTube channel
 . If I get enough
subscribers and views, YouTube will let me upload shows in their entirety,
rather than in 10-minute segments. 
 
So BatGap (get the acronym?) is alive and well. Thanks for your patience and
stay tuned!
 
Regards,
 
Rick
 
P.S. Bryan is looking for a part-time job. If you're in Fairfield and have
something to offer him, or if you live elsewhere and have work that might
match his skills that he can do from here, please let me know.
 
 




Do the next obvious thing.



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[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'



This is simple and basic. 

Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the consequences include the 
abnormal and extreme weather fluctuations that we see as the trend of 
increasing global temperatures continues upward.



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
>
> 
> If you want to play the anecdotal evidence game, take a gander at the
> following.
> 
> Look, Bongo, nobody believes the global warming propaganda anymore:
> temperature statistics fudged, lying about Himalayan glaciers melting,
> bullshitting about sea levels.  The phoney evidence has been exposed for
> all to see.
> 
> You should be celebrating the fact that millions won't die, John. 
> Instead you are miserable about it.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> 
> http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/
> 
> Storm WatchHistoric snowstorm winds down later today Chris
> Dolce, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel  Feb. 6, 2010 12:05 pm ET
> Snow, heavy in some locations, continues to fall from West Virginia and
> southwest Pennsylvania eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Look for the
> snow to wind down from west to east late this afternoon and early
> evening putting the final touches on this historic event.
> 
> Widespread totals of a foot to over two feet have been reported in
> portions of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, northern Virginia,
> Maryland, Delaware, southern New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
> Localized amounts have topped 30 inches.
> 
> As the low pushes off the coast it will continue to strengthen which
> will result in very strong winds near and along the coast. Gusts of 40
> to 50 miles per hour will be likely along the coasts from the Tidewater
> of Virginia north to the Jersey shore.
> 
> Snow and gusty winds will contribute to low visibilities and
> near-blizzard conditions in some areas.
> 
> The winds will also serve up high surf which will lead to beach erosion
> and areas of coastal flooding from Atlantic City southward to the
> Carolina coast.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Best of Mt Shasta Conference 2010 - To showcase the spiritual community of Mt Shasta to the worl

2010-02-06 Thread Bhairitu

Except for one guy it's "look at our teeth."   :-D   Maybe they thought 
they were going for a dental exam.

B Mt. Shasta in winter.  But hey Curtis must be singing "It's 
Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" today.

Mt. Shasta does have some reasonable house prices and it's supposedly a 
"spiritual community" whatever that means, probably lots of crystal 
sellers.  We have the Holistic Expos all the time around here.  I get 
emailed a free pass so just wonder through for about 5 minutes to see 
what's there.  Again mainly crystal sellers and wannabe psychics.

Rick Archer wrote:
> http://thebestofmtshasta.com/index2.html 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] ..



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:

Curtis, why do you insist on posting drivel ? Think about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlCcGBtGd0&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'


Have those renegade icebergs reached Australia yet!!  Ha, ha 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk"  wrote:
>
> 
> If you want to play the anecdotal evidence game, take a gander at the
> following.
> 
> Look, Bongo, nobody believes the global warming propaganda anymore:
> temperature statistics fudged, lying about Himalayan glaciers melting,
> bullshitting about sea levels.  The phoney evidence has been exposed for
> all to see.
> 
> You should be celebrating the fact that millions won't die, John. 
> Instead you are miserable about it.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> 
> http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/
> 
> Storm WatchHistoric snowstorm winds down later today Chris
> Dolce, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel  Feb. 6, 2010 12:05 pm ET
> Snow, heavy in some locations, continues to fall from West Virginia and
> southwest Pennsylvania eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Look for the
> snow to wind down from west to east late this afternoon and early
> evening putting the final touches on this historic event.
> 
> Widespread totals of a foot to over two feet have been reported in
> portions of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, northern Virginia,
> Maryland, Delaware, southern New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
> Localized amounts have topped 30 inches.
> 
> As the low pushes off the coast it will continue to strengthen which
> will result in very strong winds near and along the coast. Gusts of 40
> to 50 miles per hour will be likely along the coasts from the Tidewater
> of Virginia north to the Jersey shore.
> 
> Snow and gusty winds will contribute to low visibilities and
> near-blizzard conditions in some areas.
> 
> The winds will also serve up high surf which will lead to beach erosion
> and areas of coastal flooding from Atlantic City southward to the
> Carolina coast.
>

[FairfieldLife] Let it Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlCcGBtGd0&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe"  wrote:

> You would really like to sell that one wouldn't you Judy? Curtis exposed 
> youor rather, allowed you to expose yourself for everyone to see. All of 
> your huffing, puffing and attempts to distract cannot change that fact.

There is a secret, private insight into "flubbing" in play here Joe.  
Specialized knowledge that cannot be challenged because it is subjectively 
generated.  And there is also an ability to know the inner workings of someone 
else's mind which "secretly" agrees with her inner POV, but will not publicly 
admit it.  All that is needed to reveal this private fantasy is a cryptic 
statement such as: "Like I said..."

Content free shame spin! 



>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > > Alright Judy.
> > >
> > > Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> > > your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> > > head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> > > the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> > > happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> > > themselves.
> > 
> > Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
> > know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.
> >
> 
> You would really like to sell that one wouldn't you Judy? Curtis exposed 
> youor rather, allowed you to expose yourself for everyone to see. All of 
> your huffing, puffing and attempts to distract cannot change that fact.
>

[FairfieldLife] For Judy - I love you !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEogJacjLTE&NR=1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fear Of Correction

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:

> The latter...well, the latter behave like the person
> who wrote this post.

The latter, we know his is a total fool. There is no reason for you to remind 
us again and again; in the posts of the Turq everyone is let to see his 
foolisness for themselves.

In His wisdom, Maharishi inspired Paul in the Beatles to write this song; Let 
it Be.

Let it Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9SgDoypXcI

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe"  wrote:
>
> You would really like to sell that one wouldn't you Judy?
> Curtis exposed youor rather, allowed you to expose
> yourself for everyone to see. All of your huffing, puffing
> and attempts to distract cannot change that fact.

Fie on thee, Geez. Do you not *read* graphic novels? No superhero
or superheroine worth his/her stuff would rely on mere huffing,
puffing, and distraction. They'd have *weapons*...and, given the
genre, *superweapons* at that.

[http://www.feedem.co.uk/dog-2/dog-training-17/company-animals-corrector\
-5516-3849_zoom.jpg?image=3849&type=zoom&extensions=jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



Vaj:
> Does your technique happen to involve sarin gas?
>
No, Vaj, I'm totally opposed to the use of 'sarin gas'
in spiritual pujas. I'm more in facor of using pure
camphor fumes. But, everyone knows that the mundane 
joss sticks found in most Indian grocery stores is 
pure punk. 

The very best commercial incense can be obtained from 
the Vedanta Book Store in Hollywood: Pure Red 
Sandalwood Indian Temple Incense at $2.95 for 25 
grams.

Vedanta Press & Catalog
1946 Vedanta Pl.
Hollywood, Ca 90068
http://www.vedanta.com/

Also recommended:

Prasad Incense, Sandalwood - the best selling line of 
premium hand rolled incense from India used by most 
TMers in Fairfield, IA.

Available from:

Prasad Gifts, Inc.
502 South 4th Street
Fairfield, IA 52556
http://www.prasadgifts.com/ 

Addenda: it has been my experience that it is hard to 
beat 'NAG CHAMPA' Agarbatti's from Shrinavas Sugandhlalya 
at 1/9, 8th Cross, Magadi Road, O.B. 2318, Bangalore, 
India 560-023 

They burn lots of incesnse in China, but from what I've
read, in China, it's unlawful to practice yoga in a 
public park or to be seen sitting Buddha style on any 
public or private park bench. 

Apparently Tibet is the only country in the history of 
humanity that was ever totally based on transcendental 
meditation practice. Go figure.

They burn lots of incense in Tibet, and sometimes other 
substances, but I've never heard of anyone using sarin. 

Are you suggesting that the Tibetan refugees are criminal
types selling 'snake oil' and 'sarin'?

"The Dalai clique refuses to give up their evil designs, 
and even in their death throes are planning new acts of 
sabotage..."

Full story:

'China puts ethnic-Tibetan area of Sichuan under 
lockdown after protest deaths'
Times Online, March 25, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/3ygfcw

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > > Alright Judy.
> > >
> > > Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> > > your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> > > head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> > > the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> > > happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> > > themselves.
> > 
> > Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
> > know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.
> 
> You would really like to sell that one wouldn't you Judy?
> Curtis exposed youor rather, allowed you to expose
> yourself for everyone to see. All of your huffing, puffing
> and attempts to distract cannot change that fact.

Like I said, Geeze...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

2010-02-06 Thread ShempMcGurk


If you want to play the anecdotal evidence game, take a gander at the
following.

Look, Bongo, nobody believes the global warming propaganda anymore:
temperature statistics fudged, lying about Himalayan glaciers melting,
bullshitting about sea levels.  The phoney evidence has been exposed for
all to see.

You should be celebrating the fact that millions won't die, John. 
Instead you are miserable about it.

Why is that?


http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/

Storm WatchHistoric snowstorm winds down later today Chris
Dolce, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel  Feb. 6, 2010 12:05 pm ET
Snow, heavy in some locations, continues to fall from West Virginia and
southwest Pennsylvania eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Look for the
snow to wind down from west to east late this afternoon and early
evening putting the final touches on this historic event.

Widespread totals of a foot to over two feet have been reported in
portions of southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, northern Virginia,
Maryland, Delaware, southern New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
Localized amounts have topped 30 inches.

As the low pushes off the coast it will continue to strengthen which
will result in very strong winds near and along the coast. Gusts of 40
to 50 miles per hour will be likely along the coasts from the Tidewater
of Virginia north to the Jersey shore.

Snow and gusty winds will contribute to low visibilities and
near-blizzard conditions in some areas.

The winds will also serve up high surf which will lead to beach erosion
and areas of coastal flooding from Atlantic City southward to the
Carolina coast.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

2010-02-06 Thread Joe



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> 
> > Alright Judy.
> >
> > Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> > your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> > head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> > the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> > happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> > themselves.
> 
> Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
> know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.
>

You would really like to sell that one wouldn't you Judy? Curtis exposed 
youor rather, allowed you to expose yourself for everyone to see. All of 
your huffing, puffing and attempts to distract cannot change that fact.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fear Of Correction

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

 Think about a person who lives their
> life so terrified of making a mistake or a mis-
> step, or a misstatement that the worst thing
> they can imagine happening -- to themselves or
> to someone else -- is "being corrected." 

>
> I can't speak for anyone but myself, but "fear of
> correction" has never and will never be a factor
> in the way I choose to live my life. I can imagine
> little sadder and more pathetic in the universe
> than the person who would think it might be.

This was written, apparently without conscious
irony, by a person who *almost never* acknowledges
having made a mistake (even an unintentional one).
He either ignores it entirely, pretending it never
happened, or flails about furiously denying he
ever made it.

There are folks who "fear correction" because they
desperately need approval from authority; and there
are folks who fear it because it threatens their image
of themselves as One Who Is Never Wrong.

The former tend to admit mistakes with alacrity and
great professed regret. They may even confess to
mistakes they never made so as not to risk falling
out of favor.

The latter...well, the latter behave like the person
who wrote this post.

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Ayn Rand Became an American Icon

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"  wrote:

> > > I'll bet she'll come out with at least one really,
> > > really nasty put down against me

Poor innocent do.rkflex, who hasn't said a thing to
deserve any putdowns from me!

> > > And she'll no doubt go after Barry over and over
> > > again like she always does.

Again, poor innocent Barry, who never, *ever* goes
after me, and who never, *ever* says anything
objectionable or false about anyone or anything in
his posts.

Where *did* I put my tiny violin?

> It's come to a point that it's entertaining to watch
> her predictably spew as if on command.

Yep, that's the absolute worst thing about Judy. She
simply refuses to just lie down and curl up in a ball
when she's attacked. She actually has the nerve to
stand up for herself and not take any sh*t.

> > It's official. Counting Judy's post is the refuge of
> > the hit and runners of FFLife, Sal and do.rk. Pants
> > on the ground, they're so dumb they think counting
> > Judy's post substitutes for debating her.
> 
> So speaks Judy's primary current lap dog.

Backed up by her current secondary lapdog, Shemp
McGurk, right?

> > > Along with others, I've repeatedly made it abundantly
> > > clear why it's pointless to 'debate' Judy. I've also
> > > recemmended staying away from any dialogue with her
> > > for those stated reasons.

Quoting Shemp:

"Rand would cut you off like a wayward Amish being shunned
by the entire community, as she did to Nathaniel Brandon and
his wife, Barbara. You were, effectively, sentenced to
Siberia. I really don't know of any instances where Judy
does that."

Gee, and I didn't even have to say anything nasty.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > > Alright Judy.
> > >
> > > Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> > > your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> > > head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> > > the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> > > happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> > > themselves.
> > 
> > Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
> > know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.
> 
> Despite the spooky innuendo implied by such a statement,
> reasonable people who did follow the exchange when it all
> went down already voted you off the island on this one.
> So I am afraid you are on your own with whatever the
> concept of "flubbed" means to you.
> 
> My goal was to get you to show what was behind your
> accusations and innuendos of my "badness" and your special
> knowledge of it.  You did what you could to prove your
> case and I am satisfied that reasonable people will not
> join your malicious perspective. 
> 
> But for the record we share no common perspective on this.
> Our perspectives are completely opposite and contradictory.
> There is no version of "you 'n' me"  at play here Judy.

Like I said, Curtis...

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  wrote:

> Curtis:
> > So many TM trained orphans with no ability 
> > of the organizations to deal with their 
> > issues...
> >
> You're the TM trained 'orpahn', Curtis. 
> 
> But, just because you don't seem to have any 
> answers for spiritual issues, I'm not writing 
> you off as a 'criminal', like Hugo did recently. 
> 
> What I can't understand is why you TM Teachers 
> won't, or can't, help us with our spiritual 
> problems, the topic of this thread. It doesn't
> make any sense.
> 
> What's up with all the secrecy?


No TM teacher was trained to deal with problems on this guy's level.  That is 
the humanitarian gap.  And since people catch on that despite the lip-service 
paid to seeing doctors, if you seek traditional psychological help you will be 
barred from courses.  So people end up in limbo between their belief in "the 
highest teaching and the solution to all problems" and the life they are living.

Of course I am no help in any "spiritual" issues because I don't share a 
spiritual perspective. (not that there's anything wrong with that!) 




>
> 
> 
> TM Teacher:
> > > > Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have 
> > > > the patience or attention span to see what 
> > > > is written here. But not today.  
> > > >
> Let's see - you spent countless hours and thousands
> of dollars to learn how to teach TM and help
> people with their spiritual experiences - but you 
> can't spend sixty seconds answering a simple question
> today? Go figure.
> 
> Sal:
> > > My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
> > > or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> > > rants is beyond me.  
> > >
> So, your mind is numb, Sal.
>  
> Curtis:
> > So many TM trained orphans with no ability 
> > of the organizations to deal with their 
> > issues...
> >
> You're the TM trained 'orpahn', Curtis. 
> 
> But, just because you don't seem to have any 
> answers for spiritual issues, I'm not writing 
> you off as a 'criminal', like Hugo did recently. 
> 
> What I can't understand is why you TM Teachers 
> won't, or can't, help us with our spiritual 
> problems, the topic of this thread. It doesn't
> make any sense.
> 
> What's up with all the secrecy?
> 
> Apparently there's some magic, ecstatic process
> that's going on with 'enlivening' the bija mantra
> during the Guru Dev Puja, according to John
> Manning. Is this where the 'snake oil' comes in?
> 
> What's up with that?
> 
> Barry Wright says it's like getting a real 'high'. 
> Some of the TM Teachers who are the current 
> informants, have performed this ritual thousands 
> of times. Vaj inferred that some type of 'sarin
> gas' might be involved.
> 
> What's up with that?
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>  Curtis:
> 
> > > So many TM trained orphans with no ability 
> > > of the organizations to deal with their 
> > > issues...
> 
> As someone posted here Curtis; watch out for your tendency to post excessive 
> baseless drivel !

I would be happy to be proven wrong Nabby.  Please direct this person to the 
specific branch of the TM organization that deals with people whose TM practice 
causes family members to act possessed.

You and I both know that people like this get checked and then get chucked.  If 
he keeps showing up at any facility looking for more help he will get barred.  
I know this for a fact from my days behind the front desk at the CNL in DC. 

But perhaps the new movement is kinder and gentler so please give us the 
specific facility who can deal with his issues.

>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review of Avatar

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo"  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:

> > I read the book and then saw the film (it played in
> > the area back in November). The film didn't make clear
> > as the book did what caused the apocalypse.   
> 
> Actually the book doesn't mention much of it either, I just
> assumed war because of the lack of animal and bird life. I 
> guess it could be a super-volcano or comet strike. I think it 
> helps the sense of doom that you don't really know and that it 
> doesn't really matter.

It may not matter in terms of the book, but I bet it
would matter *a lot*, if it ever came to that, whether
the apocalypse was human-caused or occurred naturally
despite anything we could have done to prevent it.

Seems to me if it was human-caused, the attitude of 
the survivors would be strongly affected by a feeling
of crushing collective guilt that we'd been so stupid
and/or venal as to do this to ourselves.

If we felt we deserved our doom, I should think it
would tend to cripple morale and defeat the motivation
to fight back and wrest a new civilization from the
ruins.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> 
> > Alright Judy.
> >
> > Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> > your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> > head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> > the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> > happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> > themselves.
> 
> Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
> know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.

Despite the spooky innuendo implied by such a statement, reasonable people who 
did follow the exchange when it all went down already voted you off the island 
on this one.  So I am afraid you are on your own with whatever the concept of 
"flubbed" means to you.

My goal was to get you to show what was behind your accusations and innuendos 
of my "badness" and your special knowledge of it.  You did what you could to 
prove your case and I am satisfied that reasonable people will not join your 
malicious perspective. 

But for the record we share no common perspective on this.  Our perspectives 
are completely opposite and contradictory.  There is no version of "you 'n' me" 
 at play here Judy.   

>

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  

wrote:
According to Zen Master Suzuki, all you have 
> to do is 'sit'. This 'just sitting' IS the 
> enlightened state. All you have to do is 'be 
> aware of being aware'. 
> 
> It's that simple.

Let Suzuki sit thinking and imagine he is enlightened, wasting his time as most 
"Buddhists" do. 

In TM you go beyond.

[FairfieldLife] The Best of Mt Shasta Conference 2010 - To showcase the spiritual community of Mt Shasta to the worl

http://thebestofmtshasta.com/index2.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Ayn Rand Became an American Icon

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000"  
> wrote:
> >
> > I usually have to burn through the posts, and thus I probably 
> > miss some of the subtlties, but it seems that the tone of 
> > today's posts are in great contrast to the previous days' 
> > posts where the feuding was hot and heavy.  ...damn, it sure 
> > is nice to shift into a little more friendly zone.
> 
> Isn't it fascinating, too, how quickly others
> rush to "fill the void" and try to provoke 
> feuding of one sort or another?

Barry apparently means his acolytes Stupid Sal and
the do.rk.

 The moment
> things get "quiet around here," someone trots
> out their favorite hot-button issues to try
> to provoke more controversy.

Says Barry, trotting out one of his favorite hot-
button issues to try to provoke more controversy.

> I think it'll be interesting to see what next
> week brings. In this latest controversy, one
> person chose to exit with (IMO) one of the most
> insane posts I have ever seen on Fairfield Life.
> So insane that I had to comment on it with my
> THE CORRECTOR parodies. Mea culpa for that, but
> the attempt to portray others as living in "fear
> of correction" by the person who feels qualified
> to "correct" them just needed to be commented on.

Barry's apparently imagined a whole different post
from the one I actually made, which neither said
nor implied anything whatsoever about anybody 
"living in fear of correction." Curtis demanded to
see an example documenting my criticism of him, so
I provided one.

And Barry, after his umpteenth vow to ignore me, 
spends all kinds of time creating yet another of his
heavy-handed "satires," complete with a follow-up
including the two photos I uploaded well over two
years ago to the Photos section that any FFL member
can access at any time.

But *I'm* insane...

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences






jan:
> > ...my TM technique stopped working for me
> > after about 20 years.
> >
Jeff:
> > And we all know that you secretly got married,
> > have 2 kids and live in Paris. Nice you can 
> > get it all off your chest your Naderness.
> >
Everyone on the planet is practing meditation, 
and everyone is transcending, all the time. 

There's probably not a single person who doesn't 
pause once or twice a day, and take stock of 
their own mental contents.

It doesn't have anything to do with Nader in 
Paris or whether or not he has two kids and then 
got secretly married, Jeff.

Meditation means to 'think things over' - the
practice of meditation is based on thinking.

According to the Maharishi, anyone who can think 
can meditate. Maharishi said that any technique 
that enables the transcending could be termed 
'transcendental meditation'.

There is no beginning or end to transcending,
and there's no stopping in 'TM'. Anytime you 
'think' you are transcending to another level 
of consciousness. It's a purely mechanical
process. 

But, according to the Maharishi, TM practice 
is NOT the cause of the experience of unity
consciousness. TM just provides the *ideal* 
opportunity to be doing the transcending.  

According to Zen Master Suzuki, all you have 
to do is 'sit'. This 'just sitting' IS the 
enlightened state. All you have to do is 'be 
aware of being aware'. 

It's that simple.

Meditation is just what intelligent people do.

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex"  wrote:

Vaj inferred that some type of 'sarin
> gas' might be involved.
> 
> What's up with that?


Vaj is in the "Buddhist" "tradition", in desperation they will use Sarin.
 
He has no idea of what TM-initiation involves.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan's Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam is married with 2 daughters

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:

> Alright Judy.
>
> Now I know some of the things that you are basing
> your negative view of me on. And anyone else, whose 
> head is not planted face forward in their pasta from 
> the mind numbing nature of this exchange (I will 
> happily cop to contributing to that), can judge for 
> themselves.

Don't worry, Curtis, nobody but you 'n' me will ever
know how thoroughly you flubbed this one.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

On Feb 6, 2010, at 10:05 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
>> 
>> On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have the patience or attention span to 
>>> see what is written here. But not today.  
>> 
>> My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
>> or energy for such mind-numbingly long
>> rants is beyond me.  
>> 
>> Sal
> 
> I'm sensing someone looking for "spiritual" answers to non-spiritual 
> problems.  I felt alarmed seeing more gas poured on this fire.  It reminds me 
> that our education and health care systems have failed so many people.  The 
> desperation that must be behind seeking a relief from suffering from random 
> Internet strangers (some stranger than others)is a shame. No advice that 
> doesn't match and reinforce the current filters has a chance of getting 
> through.

I think you nailed it,
Curtis.  Just read in one of the local 
rags here about yet another friend
needing a "benefit" because whatever ins.
she's got won't cover whatever treatment
she's trying to get.   

> So many TM trained orphans with no ability of the organizations to deal with 
> their issues.  Other than to instill a distrust for the medical and 
> physiological institutions that might be their best hope. 

And most of us used to be there.
And we finally got some
semblance of a life back when we
actually started thinking again 
and making decisions based on our
own best experience rather than the
random advice of strangers or
acquaintances.  I think the best
advice anyone could give is "Trust
yourself."  But of course you rarely
hear that--it's usually the latest and
best snake-oil.  Like Bhair insisting
changing mantras will solve everything.
(Gotta get the latest and best mantra
out there, you know.)
Or Doug (Oops, I mean Buck) recommending
different churches as the answer.  Or RD
spouting even more than her usual non-readable
crap.  Do people not see how insulting and
trivializing such inane answers are?  I guess not. 

> OTHO there are moments of random kindness and good will expressed between 
> Internet strangers that show a tiny glimpse of the best of our social primate 
> nature.  Human drama played out on FFL!

Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
> > 
> > Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have the patience or attention span to 
> > see what is written here.  But not today.  
> 
> My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
> or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> rants is beyond me.  
> 
> Sal

A challenge particularily for someone like Sal who's mind is already 
permanently numb ;-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



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

> > So many TM trained orphans with no ability 
> > of the organizations to deal with their 
> > issues...

As someone posted here Curtis; watch out for your tendency to post excessive 
baseless drivel !

[FairfieldLife] Greenpeace using phony ipcc numbers in propaganda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD0IWb2w-jM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD0IWb2w-jM

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



TM Teacher:
> > > Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have 
> > > the patience or attention span to see what 
> > > is written here. But not today.  
> > >
Let's see - you spent countless hours and thousands
of dollars to learn how to teach TM and help
people with their spiritual experiences - but you 
can't spend sixty seconds answering a simple question
today? Go figure.

Sal:
> > My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
> > or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> > rants is beyond me.  
> >
So, your mind is numb, Sal.
 
Curtis:
> So many TM trained orphans with no ability 
> of the organizations to deal with their 
> issues...
>
You're the TM trained 'orpahn', Curtis. 

But, just because you don't seem to have any 
answers for spiritual issues, I'm not writing 
you off as a 'criminal', like Hugo did recently. 

What I can't understand is why you TM Teachers 
won't, or can't, help us with our spiritual 
problems, the topic of this thread. It doesn't
make any sense.

What's up with all the secrecy?

Apparently there's some magic, ecstatic process
that's going on with 'enlivening' the bija mantra
during the Guru Dev Puja, according to John
Manning. Is this where the 'snake oil' comes in?

What's up with that?

Barry Wright says it's like getting a real 'high'. 
Some of the TM Teachers who are the current 
informants, have performed this ritual thousands 
of times. Vaj inferred that some type of 'sarin
gas' might be involved.

What's up with that?

[FairfieldLife] Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'


Tibet temperature 'highest since records began' say Chinese
climatologists


Average Tibet temperatures in 2009 increased 1.5C, with rises noted in
both winter and summer at 29 monitoring sites

  [tibet boy new]
Temperatures in Tibet soared last year to the highest level since
recordsbegan. Photograph: Dan Chung


The roof of the world is heating up, according to a report today
that said temperatures in Tibet soared last year to the highest level
since records began.

Adding to the fierce international debate about the impact of climate
change on the Himalayas
 , the state-run China Daily noted that the average
temperature in Tibet in 2009 was 5.9C
 , 1.5
degrees higher than "normal".

It did not define "normal", but Chinese climatologists have previously
drawn comparisons with an average over several decades.

"Average temperatures recorded at 29 observatories reached record
highs," Zhang Hezhen, a Lhasa resident and specialist at the regional
weather bureau told the newspaper. "It's high time for all of us to take
global warming seriously and think about what we can do to save the
earth."

The average rose in both summer and winter, which is unusual as most of
mountain warming has previously been observed in the winter.

A monitoring station at the foot of Mt Everest also recorded a new
record high temperature of 25.8 degrees, which was 0.7C warmer than the
previous peak.

Amid the worst drought in decades, Lhasa experienced its first
temperature above 30C since records began in 1961, the report said.


Rainfall in Tibet fell to its lowest level in 39 years, affecting nearly
30,000 hectares of cropland - an eighth of Tibet's arable land.

Xiao Ziniu, director general of the National Climate Centre told The
Guardian last year that the Tibetan Plateau was particularly sensitive
to climate change due to the impact on fragile grasslands, permafrost
and glaciers.

Tibet's annual climate report was released at a time of growing
international controversy about signs of global warming in the mountain
region, where the average altitude is over 4,000m.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was forced to retract a
forecast that glaciers in the Himalayas could disappear by 2035
 . A study by Indian scientists last year
  found that the rate of glacial retreat was considerably
slower than previously estimated. Chinese experts are debating the
subject and have proposed cross-border studies, but most published
research in the country suggests glaciers are shrinking, raising the
risk of flash floods in the short-term and drought in the more distant
future.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/05/tibet-warming-china

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thousands of Indian Children Ready to Learn TM - Only $7 or 5 euro a Student

2010-02-06 Thread guyfawkes91

Can we see a breakdown of where the $7 goes? E.g what percentage goes to paying 
the TM teachers doing the actual teaching (don't laugh all of you) and what 
percentage is used to fund silk cushions in Tony's Paris apartment and Girish's 
palace in India? 

Will independently audited accounts be available?

 
> Â  
> We need your help 
> only 7 US$ or 5 Euro is needed 
> for a student to learn TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

2010-02-06 Thread Duveyoung

Curtis:  "OTHO there are moments of random kindness and good will expressed 
between Internet strangers that show a tiny glimpse of the best of our social 
primate nature.  Human drama played out on FFL!"

Hey,

Gotta confess that, for instance, Christians at least mood make and can be 
found doing all sorts of good works.  My nephew in Michigan organized a whole 
shipment to Haiti and got three persons in his church to fly it all down there 
and help distribute it.  His mother, my sister, put them up for the night in 
Florida as they waited for the plane to be loaded etc.  And all I did was 
donate dollars and haven't given "of myself" as they have.  As much as I have 
been derisive of true believers in every venue, these acts of kindness are a 
harsh spotlight unto my soul's idle ways.  

Compare that pro-activity to the commonality of the bitter sentiments so often 
expressed here -- comparatively, we're FFL savages trying to divine the future 
by poking around animal entrails.  FFL could use a good Christian-heartedness 
dynamic.

As a busker, you know that it takes "getting out there" to make the world real 
-- you're not sitting at home merely thinking about making music that elates so 
many strangers.  

What we do here -- considering the keyboard hours spent -- seems to be on the 
order of AIG bonuses -- conspicuously self-serving when so many, literally 
hundreds of thousands of starving folks, are readily at hand and truly needing 
triage.  

How's 'bout ya put up a song for Haiti on youtube?  The masters of the blues 
must have, long ago, grokked this disconnect.

Edg

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
> > > 
> > > Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have the patience or attention span 
> > > to see what is written here.  But not today.  
> > 
> > My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
> > or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> > rants is beyond me.  
> > 
> > Sal
> 
> I'm sensing someone looking for "spiritual" answers to non-spiritual 
> problems.  I felt alarmed seeing more gas poured on this fire.  It reminds me 
> that our education and health care systems have failed so many people.  The 
> desperation that must be behind seeking a relief from suffering from random 
> Internet strangers (some stranger than others)is a shame. No advice that 
> doesn't match and reinforce the current filters has a chance of getting 
> through.
> 
> So many TM trained orphans with no ability of the organizations to deal with 
> their issues.  Other than to instill a distrust for the medical and 
> physiological institutions that might be their best hope. 
> 
> OTHO there are moments of random kindness and good will expressed between 
> Internet strangers that show a tiny glimpse of the best of our social primate 
> nature.  Human drama played out on FFL!
> 
> 
> 
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Doug Hamilton

2010-02-06 Thread Duveyoung

Hey, "Buck," does "USAGL" strike a chord fer ya?  Probably not, but I only knew 
one Buck in FF, so hadda ask.  



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> A.K.A, "Buck". Have a good one, whoever you are.
>

[FairfieldLife] "Hide the Decline" reprise...enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk

[FairfieldLife] Chief GOP strategist declines Q&A rematch with Obama

Contradicting his GOP colleagues, Cornyn declines rematch with Obama

By Sahil Kapur   - February 5th,
2010

 


  [cornyn Contradicting his GOP colleagues, Cornyn declines rematch with
Obama]


WASHINGTON -- The aftermath of President Obama's televised
question-and-answer session with House Republicans
  last Friday
suggested it wasn't much of a success for the GOP. And the party has no
intention of taking him up on a rematch, signaled Sen. John Cornyn
(R-TX).

"We're always happy to hear from the president but I don't
really feel any compelling need to do it [on camera]," Cornyn told
Politico on Friday, when asked about the president's invitation to face
off with Senate Republicans.

Pressed on how he reached his conclusion, Cornyn said: "For what
purpose? Was it for photo op or is it serious? The president can invite
Mitch McConnell, John Boehner or anybody he wants for a serious talk
about issues."

Cornyn's stance contradicts the apparent willingness of some Republican
lawmakers   to
face the president in a similar televised setting again.

"I would hope that he would repeat such a thing on a periodic basis,"
said Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX). "I think it'd be great," added Rep.
Paul Ryan (R-WI).
"I've always thought 'wow this is really a good tradition,'"
remarked John Campbell. "[If] our presidents had to do that, that would
really be a good thing."
The White House has repeatedly expressed interest in making it a regular
feature.

"I can see why he and his handlers would want to replicate that," Cornyn
said. "I think we're more interested in serious public policy issues
rather than providing another photo-opportunity for the president."

As the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Cornyn is
a leading election strategist, so his opposition sheds light on how the
GOP views the implications of a rematch on future electoral battles.

The first sign of Republicans acknowledging defeat last week came just
after the event, when MSNBC's Luke Russert reported
  that GOP aides
privately said "it was a mistake that we allowed the cameras to roll
like that" and "we should not have done that."

In another sign of GOP defeat, Fox News cut coverage of the event
  halfway
through -- considerably sooner than any other cable network, some of
which broadcast the session in its entirety.

Democrats, by contrast, were very pleased with the results. The
Atlantic's Marc Ambinder quoted
  "a very influential Democrat" as saying over e-mail, "I don't
know whether to laugh or cry that it took a f$$@&$* year for Obama to
step into the ring and start throwing some verbal blows."

"Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out
to be the smartest decision the White House has made in months,"
Ambinder remarked of the session.

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/republicans-decline-rematch-obama/

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
> > 
> > Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have the patience or attention span to 
> > see what is written here.  But not today.  
> 
> My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
> or energy for such mind-numbingly long
> rants is beyond me.  
> 
> Sal

I'm sensing someone looking for "spiritual" answers to non-spiritual problems.  
I felt alarmed seeing more gas poured on this fire.  It reminds me that our 
education and health care systems have failed so many people.  The desperation 
that must be behind seeking a relief from suffering from random Internet 
strangers (some stranger than others)is a shame. No advice that doesn't match 
and reinforce the current filters has a chance of getting through.

So many TM trained orphans with no ability of the organizations to deal with 
their issues.  Other than to instill a distrust for the medical and 
physiological institutions that might be their best hope. 

OTHO there are moments of random kindness and good will expressed between 
Internet strangers that show a tiny glimpse of the best of our social primate 
nature.  Human drama played out on FFL!

>

[FairfieldLife] And yet ANOTHER 'error' in IPCC report!

The Netherlands   has
asked the UN climate change
  panel to explain an
inaccurate claim in a landmark 2007 report that more than half the
country was below sea level, the Dutch government said Friday.
According to the Dutch authorities, only 26 percent of the country is
below sea level, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC
 ) will be asked to account for its
figures, environment ministry spokesman Trimo Vallaart
  told AFP.


The incident could cause further embarrassment for the IPCC,
  which recently admitted a claim in
the same report that global warming could melt Himalayan glaciers by
2035 was wrong.

IPCC   experts calculated that 55
percent of the Netherlands
  was below sea level by
adding the area below sea level -- 26 percent -- to the area threatened
by river flooding -- 29 percent -- Vallaart said.

"They should have been clearer," Vallaart said, adding that the Dutch
office for environmental planning, an IPCC
  partner, had exact figures.

Correcting the error had been "on the agenda several times" but had
never actually happened, Vallaart said.

The spokesman said he regretted the fact that proper procedure was not
followed and said it should not be left to politicians to check the
IPCC's   numbers.

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:

> Yup, bring it on.  Down to brass knuckles, & youd can't just sit this one out 
> Janosmelocco,and not at least carry some water. Not just let a bunch of 
> average middleclass dogmatic jerks get away with this knowledge. Bunch of 
> damn dogmatic losers. I'm with you, it's spiritual war. And near the end time.


Traced to a cave on the Pakistan/Afghan border.  


>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "janosmelocco"  wrote:
> >
> > To all who are commenting here,
> > 
> > I am not surprised to see that there are different levels in these 
> > comments. As for me, I am learning from a state of being that is not so 
> > concerned with criticism. Yet I understand the frustration of some of you 
> > with some of the teachings or claims of MMY or the policies of the TMO.
> > 
> >brevity snip<
> > When I got to see more of the actual TMO in the West (then in my native 
> > country), I realized that there is some sort of fight within these ranks - 
> > not just the usual ego-stuff one finds with all seekers and disciples, but 
> > some sort of a spiritual war.
> > 
> >snip<
> > 
> > It does not explain my experiences with the Divine, or astrology, but I 
> > believe there is a grain of truth in it. In the language of that author, I 
> > perceived a Theocratic strain in the TMO fighting for control, and judging 
> > by my experiences with TM, the original source MMY mediated to the world 
> > did have the liberation of mankind by spiritual means. However, I just felt 
> > differently around some people - those who had been established in deep 
> > meditation. Some others sounded to me more like average Western middle 
> > class people chasing some sort of a guru rainbow. Forgive me to be blunt.
> >
> >large snip< 
> > Mantras are probably similar. Naturally, the whole truth is not going to be 
> > revealed for a mere few thousands of dollars. Yet I have seen people 
> > realize extreme great states of enlightenment and things talked about in 
> > the most advanced mystical texts with MMY's techniques. I have seen some 
> > dogmatic people also - and I think any type of dogmatism hinders true 
> > spiritual progress.
> > 
> < >
> > 
> > Back to practice and solving my questions. Nowadays I have the luck of such 
> > quick feedback that if anything goes wrong I notice within a day. And TM 
> > came into my life just like jyotish did - as a revelation. It deserves to 
> > go to a higher level.
> > 
> > If anything, I want to advance further and not just sit back and criticize 
> > the Maharishi or shed light on the obvious differences of inner teachings 
> > and external policies. Others have done that enough  - and they are 
> > probably right in many ways. (I may sound like a simpleton here.)
> >
> 
> 
> Yup, bring it on.  Down to brass knuckles, & youd can't just sit this one out 
> Janosmelocco,and not at least carry some water. Not just let a bunch of 
> average middleclass dogmatic jerks get away with this knowledge. Bunch of 
> damn dogmatic losers. I'm with you, it's spiritual war. And near the end time.
> 
> Jai Adi Shankara,
> -Buck
>

[FairfieldLife] India dumps IPCC on climate change ending climate evangelism!

India forms new climate change body
The Indian government has established its own body to monitor the effects of 
global warming because it "cannot rely" on the United Nations' 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the group headed by its own leading 
scientist Dr R.K Pachauri.
 

By Dean Nelson in New Delhi
Published: 3:47PM GMT 04 Feb 2010

Comments 130 | Comment on this article
Everest from the summit of Kala Patar Gokyo Nepal Himalaya: India forms new 
climate change body
Scientists believe it could take more than 300 years for the HImalayan glaciers 
to disappear Photo: ALAMY

The move is a significant snub to both the IPCC and Dr Pachauri as he battles 
to defend his reputation following the revelation that his most recent climate 
change report included false claims that most of the Himalayan glaciers would 
melt away by 2035. Scientists believe it could take more than 300 years for the 
glaciers to disappear.

The body and its chairman have faced growing criticism ever since as questions 
have been raised on the credibility of their work and the rigour with which 
climate change claims are assessed.
 
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In India the false claims have heightened tensions between Dr Pachauri and the 
government, which had earlier questioned his glacial melting claims. In Autumn, 
its environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said while glacial melting in the 
Himalayas was a real concern, there was evidence that some were actually 
advancing despite global warming.

Dr Pachauri had dismissed challenges like these as based on "voodoo science", 
but last night Mr Ramesh effectively marginalized the IPC chairman even further.

He announced the Indian government will established a separate National 
Institute of Himalayan Glaciology to monitor the effects of climate change on 
the world's `third ice cap', and an `Indian IPCC' to use `climate science' to 
assess the impact of global warming throughout the country.

"There is a fine line between climate science and climate evangelism. I am for 
climate science. I think people misused [the] IPCC report, [the] IPCC doesn't 
do the original research which is one of the weaknesses they just take 
published literature and then they derive assessments, so we had goof-ups on 
Amazon forest, glaciers, snow peaks.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
> 
> Jesuuus Christ.  Maybe some day I'll have the patience or attention span to 
> see what is written here.  But not today.  

My thoughts too.  Where people get the time
or energy for such mind-numbingly long
rants is beyond me.  

Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Doug Hamilton

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> A.K.A, "Buck". Have a good one, whoever you are.

And whatever.

Here's a present...the photo you tried to post earlier:

 
[http://a323.yahoofs.com/coreid/4b6b83e7i176ezul7sp1/Nk5FP5Q1c6e91yB_ZP1\
gAuPtPb2s/2/t192.jpg?ciAAToMBBk_0ixpU]

[FairfieldLife] Happy Birthday Doug Hamilton

A.K.A, "Buck". Have a good one, whoever you are.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie Review: Daybreakers

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> > Obviously, with the success of "True Blood" on TV and
> > the awful "Twilight" movies, vampires are big business.
> > It's as if they're everywhere.
>
> A very bad influence on the minds of average non-spiritual people.
>
> -Buck

Doug to the rescue!!!  But we first must deternine how "non-spirtual"
they are.  And only properly trained "spiritual" people can make this
determinaton.  A tribunal is in order, with Doug as the chief
inquistioner.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie Review: Daybreakers



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB  wrote:
>
> Obviously, with the success of "True Blood" on TV and 
> the awful "Twilight" movies, vampires are big business.
> It's as if they're everywhere. 

A very bad influence on the minds of average non-spiritual people.

-Buck

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "janosmelocco"  wrote:
>
> To all who are commenting here,
> 
> I am not surprised to see that there are different levels in these comments. 
> As for me, I am learning from a state of being that is not so concerned with 
> criticism. Yet I understand the frustration of some of you with some of the 
> teachings or claims of MMY or the policies of the TMO.
> 
>brevity snip<
> When I got to see more of the actual TMO in the West (then in my native 
> country), I realized that there is some sort of fight within these ranks - 
> not just the usual ego-stuff one finds with all seekers and disciples, but 
> some sort of a spiritual war.
> 
>snip<
> 
> It does not explain my experiences with the Divine, or astrology, but I 
> believe there is a grain of truth in it. In the language of that author, I 
> perceived a Theocratic strain in the TMO fighting for control, and judging by 
> my experiences with TM, the original source MMY mediated to the world did 
> have the liberation of mankind by spiritual means. However, I just felt 
> differently around some people - those who had been established in deep 
> meditation. Some others sounded to me more like average Western middle class 
> people chasing some sort of a guru rainbow. Forgive me to be blunt.
>
>large snip< 
> Mantras are probably similar. Naturally, the whole truth is not going to be 
> revealed for a mere few thousands of dollars. Yet I have seen people realize 
> extreme great states of enlightenment and things talked about in the most 
> advanced mystical texts with MMY's techniques. I have seen some dogmatic 
> people also - and I think any type of dogmatism hinders true spiritual 
> progress.
> 
< >
> 
> Back to practice and solving my questions. Nowadays I have the luck of such 
> quick feedback that if anything goes wrong I notice within a day. And TM came 
> into my life just like jyotish did - as a revelation. It deserves to go to a 
> higher level.
> 
> If anything, I want to advance further and not just sit back and criticize 
> the Maharishi or shed light on the obvious differences of inner teachings and 
> external policies. Others have done that enough  - and they are probably 
> right in many ways. (I may sound like a simpleton here.)
>


Yup, bring it on.  Down to brass knuckles, & youd can't just sit this one out 
Janosmelocco,and not at least carry some water. Not just let a bunch of average 
middleclass dogmatic jerks get away with this knowledge. Bunch of damn dogmatic 
losers. I'm with you, it's spiritual war. And near the end time.

Jai Adi Shankara,
-Buck

[FairfieldLife] Movie Review: Daybreakers

Obviously, with the success of "True Blood" on TV and 
the awful "Twilight" movies, vampires are big business.
It's as if they're everywhere. The question pondered 
by this Australian-made movie is, "What if they *were* 
everywhere?" What if a plague of some kind had turned 
all but a handful of humans into vampires? 

Well, society would adapt. It's just what societies do.
Night dwelling would be the norm, and your local Star-
bucks would offer 20% human blood in your latte. The 
remaining humans would be "farmed" to supply the blood.
In other words, it would be the *inverse* of the trad-
itional vampire saga -- instead of the humans being the
norm and the vampires being the outsiders, the vamps
would run the world and the humans would become an
ever-dwindling food supply. In "Daybreakers," it's 2019 
and the food supply -- meaning the number of remaining 
humans -- is about to run out. 

This "flip flop" of the traditional vampire tale actually
makes for an interesting movie. OK performances by Ethan
Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, and newcomer Isabel Lucas.
Yes, it's just as gory and bloodspattery as any other 
vampire movie, but it's a completely new "take" on the 
concept, and after 88 years of vampire movies that were
essentially the same old same old, that at least doesn't 
suck.

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