Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: tm teacher training cost?
I gather that the process of checking and training are mostly formulaic. Checkers follow a standard flowchart. Teachers recite phrases in Sanskrit that they don't necessarily understand, accompanied by specified hand gestures. The simple, standard formula is what allowed TM to spread so easily and quickly. It could even be programmed into a computer. That doesn't mean the result isn't meaningful, just that there is no magic in the training procedure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. And this tendency in human beings to want pat answers to unanswerable questions has been the basis of centuries of war, suffering, and intol- erance. From the Crusades to the attempted extermination of the Jews, from slavery to the right to vote being denied to women and minorities, ALL of it is due to people settling for pat answers about *why* this is happening, or should happen. It seems to me that it would be a far better world if people just got comfortable with the fact that they'll NEVER know why things happen, and stopped glomming onto the first charlatan who gives them a made-up pat answer. From astrologers to prophets, charlatans are always waiting in the wings to give people the pat answers they want, so that they can relax and feel that they know the answers, and thus can predict to some extent the future. From my side, I just can't understand anyone, anywhere being so upset about *not* knowing the future that they'd buy into the charlatanry. It just does not compute for me. The future is as uncertain as the present, with no why in sight. BFD. That makes life more interesting, not more threatening. It seems to me that if humans want a three- letter word starting with 'W' to build their lives around, Wow would be a better choice than Why. There has never been an answer to the latter, at any moment in history, and as far as I can tell there never will be. But there are opportunities for the former in every instant.
[FairfieldLife] R.I.P. Owsley
The guy responsible for five million trips into inner space, exploring the Bardo-like experience of LSD, is exploring the Bardo for real. Good traveling, dude, and may all the visions you encounter give you a big thumbs-up or a high-five. Your experiment in Better Living Through Chemistry changed the world. http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2011/03/14/rip-owsley/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Oops that should have been intellectual and not interlectual, though he does sound interlectual - Lectures of intermediate intellect. Nice! According to my Latin dictionary, the root of intellectual is the Latin verb intel-lego (sandhi for inter-lego), to separate (or: discern; Finnish erottaa has both meanings... :0) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: Thanks for clarifying - I guess I didn't pay attention to your emails - I shouldn't have relied on Turq, the master of interlectual deception's comments :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: For me Karma is not a theory but an intimate spiritual principle for self improvement that teaches feminine spiritual qualities such as faith and acceptance and I definitely disagree with PaliGap and Robert - it is not meant to be used as a stick to beat up others with, i.e. Not meant for moral judgement. Who me? No, I have been trying to say what you're saying: Not meant for moral judgement. My bad for not being clear.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, Dear Turq, Yes. Generally different. Large differences: 1) the science and 2) the cultivated experience of the Unified Field in practice. Except for some few mood-maker TM nuts who might look and sound like the Taliban. Love, -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, Dear Turq, Yes. Generally different. Large differences: 1) the science and 2) the cultivated experience of the Unified Field in practice. Except for some few mood-maker TM nuts who might look and sound like the Taliban. Love, -Buck Color me speechless. Even given the put-on nature of the Buck revelations, I find it difficult to believe that any intelligent human being can believe such things. This woman clearly believes that because she and others just as special as she is got down on their knees and prayed to God to do something to bring faith to those poor, deluded atheists, God chose to smite Japan with a 9.0 earth- quake, kill (eventually, when all the bodies are found) 10,000 or more of them outright, and then possibly condemn hundreds of thousands of others to a slow death from radiation poisoning. She honestly sees this as Something good is happening. On the other hand, the highly evolved believers in the Maharishi Effect believe that because they trudge to a central location twice a day and bounce on their butts and call it flying (or more accurately, catch up on sleep and *still* call it flying) that the Laws Of Nature are so moved by their sacrifice and their belief that the world is more at peace and more in tune with those Laws every day. And they point to laughable exercises in science to prove this belief true, the exact same way that this woman could (and probably would) say, What are you *talking* about? *Of course* God heard our prayers and smote the shit out of Japan. We prayed, and God responded with the earthquake. You can't ignore the *facts*! What I see in both cases is one shitload of ego and Confirmation Bias, spelled with a capital C for Cult. Not to mention an *amazing* lack of compassion, that allows both sets of believers to look at something like Katrina or the Japan disaster and see nothing other than, Something good is happening. But whatever floats yer boat, Buck. If you can stand to look at yourself in the mirror, and see someone special, so be it. I see Taliban in you (or at the very least in the things you write) just as much as I see it in this poor, deluded woman. I honestly don't know how anyone -- on this forum or in Fairfield -- can honestly make a case for the Maharishi Effect being anything but a huge pile of bullshit at this point. I find it almost beyond belief that anyone would even bother to try. But that's probably because I'm an atheist. I feel some compassion for the Japanese people because God was probably aiming at me and hit Japan by mistake. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God?
turquoiseb: And this tendency in human beings to want pat answers to unanswerable questions has been the basis of centuries of war, suffering, and intol- erance... So, this is your pat answer. I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. And this tendency in human beings to want pat answers to unanswerable questions has been the basis of centuries of war, suffering, and intol- erance. From the Crusades to the attempted extermination of the Jews, from slavery to the right to vote being denied to women and minorities, ALL of it is due to people settling for pat answers about *why* this is happening, or should happen. It seems to me that it would be a far better world if people just got comfortable with the fact that they'll NEVER know why things happen, and stopped glomming onto the first charlatan who gives them a made-up pat answer. From astrologers to prophets, charlatans are always waiting in the wings to give people the pat answers they want, so that they can relax and feel that they know the answers, and thus can predict to some extent the future. From my side, I just can't understand anyone, anywhere being so upset about *not* knowing the future that they'd buy into the charlatanry. It just does not compute for me. The future is as uncertain as the present, with no why in sight. BFD. That makes life more interesting, not more threatening. It seems to me that if humans want a three- letter word starting with 'W' to build their lives around, Wow would be a better choice than Why. There has never been an answer to the latter, at any moment in history, and as far as I can tell there never will be. But there are opportunities for the former in every instant.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
turquoiseb: Even given the put-on nature of the Buck revelations, I find it difficult to believe that any intelligent human being can believe such things... It's not any more difficult to believe in the ME than for you to believe in the Tibetan Bardo state that you read about in a book by Fred Lenz. This woman clearly Are women allowed into the Bardo - how many are in there now? One or two - why is that? Go figure. believes that because she and others just as special as she is got down on their knees and prayed to God to do something to bring faith to those poor, deluded atheists, God chose to smite Japan with a 9.0 earth- quake, kill (eventually, when all the bodies are found) 10,000 or more of them outright, and then possibly condemn hundreds of thousands of others to a slow death from radiation poisoning. She honestly sees this as Something good is happening. On the other hand, the highly evolved believers in the Maharishi Effect believe that because they trudge to a central location twice a day and bounce on their butts and call it flying (or more accurately, catch up on sleep and *still* call it flying) that the Laws Of Nature are so moved by their sacrifice and their belief that the world is more at peace and more in tune with those Laws every day. And they point to laughable exercises in science to prove this belief true, the exact same way that this woman could (and probably would) say, What are you *talking* about? *Of course* God heard our prayers and smote the shit out of Japan. We prayed, and God responded with the earthquake. You can't ignore the *facts*! What I see in both cases is one shitload of ego and Confirmation Bias, spelled with a capital C for Cult. Not to mention an *amazing* lack of compassion, that allows both sets of believers to look at something like Katrina or the Japan disaster and see nothing other than, Something good is happening. But whatever floats yer boat, Buck. If you can stand to look at yourself in the mirror, and see someone special, so be it. I see Taliban in you (or at the very least in the things you write) just as much as I see it in this poor, deluded woman. I honestly don't know how anyone -- on this forum or in Fairfield -- can honestly make a case for the Maharishi Effect being anything but a huge pile of bullshit at this point. I find it almost beyond belief that anyone would even bother to try. But that's probably because I'm an atheist. I feel some compassion for the Japanese people because God was probably aiming at me and hit Japan by mistake.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt. This shows how an action, having spread its influence throughout the Cosmos, eventually returns to react upon the doer. MMY SOB MMY (below) explaining Karma on Larry King at 3:30minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDuhRn16Tg
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
WTF?? Then what about all the other atheists? I've been in over 40 countries and seen numerous atheistic societies, along with many religious ones. If it is God that causes catastrophies, then he seems to be very democratic in his destructive tendencies. The girl in the video link, IMHO, is they psychological type that could be easily persuaded by someone like any other false Guru. In her case, it just happened to be what appears to be some right wing Christian nuts. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do..
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, snip What I see in both cases is one shitload of ego and Confirmation Bias, spelled with a capital C for Cult. Not to mention an *amazing* lack of compassion, that allows both sets of believers to look at something like Katrina or the Japan disaster and see nothing other than, Something good is happening. Global Good News lists the Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis among its Flops, not its Successes. And GGN represents the Truest of True Belief regarding the Maharishi Effect. Oooopsie. Here's the link to the video again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Even given the put-on nature of the Barry provocations, I find it difficult to believe that any intelligent human being could watch this video and see *any* similarities between this woman and those who believe in the Maharishi Effect, much less single her out as proof that they're not all that different. BTW, guess Barry decided his Aikido test wasn't that great an idea after all, huh? Just as I predicted, he's incapable of refraining from attacks on the TMO and TMers.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@... wrote: WTF?? Then what about all the other atheists? I've been in over 40 countries and seen numerous atheistic societies, along with many religious ones. If it is God that causes catastrophies, then he seems to be very democratic in his destructive tendencies. I think it's because God is a closet boozer, and only gets the urge to smite when He's drunk as a skunk. The booze gets him to feeling all-powerful and all, but His aim is for shit.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God of Israel?
ReplyReply AllMove...Apartment SearchBirth CertificateBKcheaptktsCoachingConsultingJob SearchJoshLaurenLawsuit for Terminat...NetflixPCshopSummer RentalTM Flag this message http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/showMessage;_ylc=X3oDMTBrZ28zdG8wBF9T\ AzM5ODMwMTAyNwRhYwNGbGFn?sMid=0filterBy=.rand=966439970midIndex=0mid\ =1_698371_AImyo0IAAEg9TX%2F7rghDzijZ4EQf=1fromId=wnewton108%40yahoo.co\ mm=1_698371_AImyo0IAAEg9TX%2F7rghDzijZ4EQ%2C1_696543_AImyo0IAACb6TX%2Bk\ wgX0bgatkU8%2C1_2040_AIayo0IAABAeTX29RAJ0amgjqYQ%2C1_4991_AIiyo0IAAJ1BTX\ 0yqQ6h1Fj2FpA%2C1_5710_AIqyo0IAAXtcTXz%2B6Q4%2FdAhoBzw%2C1_6327_AIuyo0IA\ ANu9TXzzBAfT%2F1bdXQk%2Csort=dateorder=downstartMid=0hash=48edeeac5a\ acaa340063d4c99e653d19.jsrand=960683acrumb=KKFjO5Xkyasmcrumb=c8e/2.t0\ 0heenc=autocmd=msg.flag And whoever sent me this anonymously, should rethink things... Re: Japan and God of Israel? Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:52 PM From: billyjim, fool, broken old man wnewton...@yahoo.com Add sender to Contacts http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTBsdTZpcnZpBF9TAzM5ODMwMTAyNwRhYwNhZG\ RBQg--/SIG=1qpft3ees/EXP=1301498146/**http%3A//address.mail.yahoo.com/ya\ b%3Fv=YM%26A=m%26simp=1%26e=wnewton108%2540yahoo.com%26fn=billyjim%252C%\ 26ln=fool%252C%26.done=http%253A%252F%252Fus.mc343.mail.yahoo.com%252Fmc\ %252FshowMessage%253FsMid%253D0%2526filterBy%253D%2526.rand%253D96643997\ 0%2526midIndex%253D0%2526mid%253D1_698371_AImyo0IAAEg9TX%25252F7rghDzijZ\ 4EQ%2526f%253D1%2526fromId%253Dwnewton108%252540yahoo.com%2526m%253D1_69\ 8371_AImyo0IAAEg9TX%25252F7rghDzijZ4EQ%25252C1_696543_AImyo0IAACb6TX%252\ 52BkwgX0bgatkU8%25252C1_2040_AIayo0IAABAeTX29RAJ0amgjqYQ%25252C1_4991_AI\ iyo0IAAJ1BTX0yqQ6h1Fj2FpA%25252C1_5710_AIqyo0IAAXtcTXz%25252B6Q4%25252Fd\ AhoBzw%25252C1_6327_AIuyo0IAANu9TXzzBAfT%25252F1bdXQk%25252C%2526sort%25\ 3Ddate%2526order%253Ddown%2526startMid%253D0%2526hash%253D48edeeac5aacaa\ 340063d4c99e653d19%2526.jsrand%253D960683%2526acrumb%253DKKFjO5Xkyas%252\ 6enc%253Dauto To: danfriedman2002 danfriedman2...@yahoo.com You should reflect upon the Book of Joshua and the Jewish genocide of the inhabitants of the 40 walled cities and towns. 15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%206version=NIV#fen-\ NIV-5967a ] to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury. 20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. 21 They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in itmen and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys. 22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her. 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel. 24 Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD's house. 25 But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jerichoand she lives among the Israelites to this day. 26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates. 27 So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: I wish I could say that I'm shocked by cardemaister's comment. I only ask that card try to reflect on his words. Dan Friedman Don't be shocked Dan... Just be couragous, like Dan in the Lion's Den... There's
[FairfieldLife] Sweet letter from Japan
Letter from Japan Friends, I have no idea who wrote this, but received it from another friend A letter from Sendai 3/14/2011 Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed to have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is even more worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share supplies like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room, eat by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful. During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in their home, they put out a sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets. It's utterly amazingly that where I am there has been no looting, no pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer when an earthquake strikes. People keep saying, Oh, this is how it used to be in the old days when everyone helped one another. Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens are constant and helicopters pass overhead often. We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is for half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come on. But all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not. No one has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire group. There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun. People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking their dogs. All happening at the same time. Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night. No cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are scattered with stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled. The mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them silhouetted against the sky magnificently. And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is on, and I find food and water left in my entranceway. I have no idea from whom, but it is there. Old men in green hats go from door to door checking to see if everyone is OK. People talk to complete strangers asking if they need help. I see no signs of fear. Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no. They tell us we can expect aftershocks, and even other major quakes, for another month or more. And we are getting constant tremors, rolls, shaking, rumbling. I am blessed in that I live in a part of Sendai that is a bit elevated, a bit more solid than other parts. So, so far this area is better off than others. Last night my friend's husband came in from the country, bringing food and water. Blessed again. Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the world right at this moment. And somehow as I experience the events happening now in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide. My brother asked me if I felt so small because of all that is happening. I don't. Rather, I feel as part of something happening that much larger than myself. This wave of birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent. Thank you again for your care and Love of me.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God?
Wow vs Why - I like that. I agree with a lot of what you say here Turq, though I see the set up as dueling tendencies within us humans to have both an insatiable curiosity, and to want to find answers. And each six plus billion of us has a different take on the answer. Our existence here in these bodily vehicles with all of our five senses, now sped up and enhanced with technology, drives both our ability to discover, and our ability to subjugate, and resist (or find pat answers, as you said). We are each here in our human suits for a relatively short time per cycle, a hundred years or so, and the point of this world seems to be to provide an opportunity for learning - no matter the duration of our stay. So many paradoxes and contrasts in the world, almost defying any attempt at organization, and completely defying total understanding. Certainly none of it goes with us when we depart, except our character and self image. The point here on earth seems to be to learn lessons through experience vs. expecting to find an ultimate answer to it all. So might as well focus on enriching and enthralling experience! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. And this tendency in human beings to want pat answers to unanswerable questions has been the basis of centuries of war, suffering, and intol- erance. From the Crusades to the attempted extermination of the Jews, from slavery to the right to vote being denied to women and minorities, ALL of it is due to people settling for pat answers about *why* this is happening, or should happen. It seems to me that it would be a far better world if people just got comfortable with the fact that they'll NEVER know why things happen, and stopped glomming onto the first charlatan who gives them a made-up pat answer. From astrologers to prophets, charlatans are always waiting in the wings to give people the pat answers they want, so that they can relax and feel that they know the answers, and thus can predict to some extent the future. From my side, I just can't understand anyone, anywhere being so upset about *not* knowing the future that they'd buy into the charlatanry. It just does not compute for me. The future is as uncertain as the present, with no why in sight. BFD. That makes life more interesting, not more threatening. It seems to me that if humans want a three- letter word starting with 'W' to build their lives around, Wow would be a better choice than Why. There has never been an answer to the latter, at any moment in history, and as far as I can tell there never will be. But there are opportunities for the former in every instant.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
Lucky for us God has a wife, and she sees Him there drunk off his ass, mountains of empty whiskey bottles at his feet, smiting this and that (fortunately for us the planet is 75% water, so many smites end up in the ocean), and says, God, am I tired of your sh*t - Come on, up to bed, get some rest, and pulls him upstairs. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: WTF?? Then what about all the other atheists? I've been in over 40 countries and seen numerous atheistic societies, along with many religious ones. If it is God that causes catastrophies, then he seems to be very democratic in his destructive tendencies. I think it's because God is a closet boozer, and only gets the urge to smite when He's drunk as a skunk. The booze gets him to feeling all-powerful and all, but His aim is for shit.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, Dear Turq, Yes. Generally different. Large differences: 1) the science and 2) the cultivated experience of the Unified Field in practice. Except for some few mood-maker TM nuts who might look and sound like the Taliban. Love, -Buck Color me speechless. Even given the put-on nature of the Buck revelations, I find it difficult to believe that any intelligent human being can believe such things. This woman clearly believes that because she and others just as special as she is got down on their knees and prayed to God to do something to bring faith to those poor, deluded atheists, God chose to smite Japan with a 9.0 earth- quake, kill (eventually, when all the bodies are found) 10,000 or more of them outright, and then possibly condemn hundreds of thousands of others to a slow death from radiation poisoning. She honestly sees this as Something good is happening. On the other hand, the highly evolved believers in the Maharishi Effect believe that because they trudge to a central location twice a day and bounce on their butts and call it flying (or more accurately, catch up on sleep and *still* call it flying) that the Laws Of Nature are so moved by their sacrifice and their belief that the world is more at peace and more in tune with those Laws every day. And they point to laughable exercises in science to prove this belief true, the exact same way that this woman could (and probably would) say, What are you *talking* about? *Of course* God heard our prayers and smote the shit out of Japan. We prayed, and God responded with the earthquake. You can't ignore the *facts*! What I see in both cases is one shitload of ego and Confirmation Bias, spelled with a capital C for Cult. Not to mention an *amazing* lack of compassion, that allows both sets of believers to look at something like Katrina or the Japan disaster and see nothing other than, Something good is happening. But whatever floats yer boat, Buck. If you can stand to look at yourself in the mirror, and see someone special, so be it. I see Taliban in you (or at the very least in the things you write) just as much as I see it in this poor, deluded woman. I honestly don't know how anyone -- on this forum or in Fairfield -- can honestly make a case for the Maharishi Effect being anything but a huge pile of bullshit at this point. I find it almost beyond belief that anyone would even bother to try. But that's probably because I'm an atheist. I feel some compassion for the Japanese people because God was probably aiming at me and hit Japan by mistake. :-) Let's hope he's more accurate next time, eh? I don't think any fair-minded person would make a connection between this crazy young woman and the advocates of ME. I am not seeing any TM folks filled with joy about the earthquake. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt.
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, Dear Turq, Yes. Generally different. Large differences: 1) the science and 2) the cultivated experience of the Unified Field in practice. Except for some few mood-maker TM nuts who might look and sound like the Taliban. Love, -Buck Color me speechless. Even given the put-on nature of the Buck revelations, I find it difficult to believe that any intelligent human being can believe such things. This woman clearly believes that because she and others just as special as she is got down on their knees and prayed to God to do something to bring faith to those poor, deluded atheists, God chose to smite Japan with a 9.0 earth- quake, kill (eventually, when all the bodies are found) 10,000 or more of them outright, and then possibly condemn hundreds of thousands of others to a slow death from radiation poisoning. She honestly sees this as Something good is happening. On the other hand, the highly evolved believers in the Maharishi Effect believe that because they trudge to a central location twice a day and bounce on their butts and call it flying (or more accurately, catch up on sleep and *still* call it flying) that the Laws Of Nature are so moved by their sacrifice and their belief that the world is more at peace and more in tune with those Laws every day. And they point to laughable exercises in science to prove this belief true, the exact same way that this woman could (and probably would) say, What are you *talking* about? *Of course* God heard our prayers and smote the shit out of Japan. We prayed, and God responded with the earthquake. You can't ignore the *facts*! What I see in both cases is one shitload of ego and Confirmation Bias, spelled with a capital C for Cult. Not to mention an *amazing* lack of compassion, that allows both sets of believers to look at something like Katrina or the Japan disaster and see nothing other than, Something good is happening. But whatever floats yer boat, Buck. If you can stand to look at yourself in the mirror, and see someone special, so be it. I see Taliban in you (or at the very least in the things you write) just as much as I see it in this poor, deluded woman. I honestly don't know how anyone -- on this forum or in Fairfield -- can honestly make a case for the Maharishi Effect being anything but a huge pile of bullshit at this point. I find it almost beyond belief that anyone would even bother to try. But that's probably because I'm an atheist. I feel some compassion for the Japanese people because God was probably aiming at me and hit Japan by mistake. :-) Let's hope he's more accurate next time, eh? I don't think any fair-minded person would make a connection between this crazy young woman and the advocates of ME. I am not seeing any TM folks filled with joy about the earthquake. My memory is that there were a few, on this very forum, who seemed happy about Katrina, and suggested at that time that it was the result of normalization or whatever from the ME. Same with the Iowa City floods. I might be wrong about this, because I don't tend to try to remember exact quotes from crazy people :-), but that's what I remember. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: I don't hate the Japanese people... I am not inventing a God that hates Japan... It's just that some of us, like to have a reason, Why things happen as they do.. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=zDl0X_awwjU Now ask yourself, is this woman all that different from the people you've heard talking about the supposed Maharishi Effect, and how them bouncing on their butts is causing world peace, with the occasional bad sidebar normalization like Katrina along the way, of course? People like this are the best argument for the non- existence of God. If there really was an all-powerful God who could smite the shit out of things and people, why would He allow people like this to live, and to attribute stuff to Him the way this crazy person does? Seems to me they'd be the first ones in line for a lightning bolt.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sweet letter from Japan You have to be somebody before you can be nobody.
You have to be somebody before you can be nobody. I cannot remember who said these wise words, but I love them. I love the idea of becoming transparent after building up to a tremendous fullness. I love how life constantly evolves. It gives and takes away. We consciously build up. And if we are wise, when the time is right, we just as consciously disassemble. If we don't do it, life does it for us. Our projects, our involvements, our lives, our selves come together and disintegrate over and over again. In this particular cycle of my life, I seem to be peeling away. Life is bringing many losses, yet also a deep sense that all is as it should be. It is a time of letting go and of being let go. And maybe this is a new phase of becoming more transparent, of finally becoming nobody. Surely no one any more special than anyone else at all. The beauty of an ordinary life. 12/ 8/2008 6:12 pm --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: ___ A letter from Sendai 3/14/2011 Thank you again for your care and Love of me. With Love in return, to you all, Anne Wondering how you can help? Aid relief efforts by clicking here http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html to donate to the Japanese Red Cross, or text redcross to 90999 to make a $10 donation. posted by Anne Thomas http://www.odemagazine.com/people/Anne%20Thomas on 3/14/2011 11:30 am
Re: [FairfieldLife] R.I.P. Owsley
On 03/16/2011 02:05 AM, turquoiseb wrote: The guy responsible for five million trips into inner space, exploring the Bardo-like experience of LSD, is exploring the Bardo for real. Good traveling, dude, and may all the visions you encounter give you a big thumbs-up or a high-five. Your experiment in Better Living Through Chemistry changed the world. http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2011/03/14/rip-owsley/ Wow, Turq, you took 5 million trips? How did you fit that in to your lifetime? You must hold the world's record. :-D
[FairfieldLife] Is this video that different than 'ME fanatics'? (was Re: Japan and God)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: snip I don't think any fair-minded person would make a connection between this crazy young woman and the advocates of ME. I am not seeing any TM folks filled with joy about the earthquake. My memory is that there were a few, on this very forum, who seemed happy about Katrina, and suggested at that time that it was the result of normalization or whatever from the ME. Same with the Iowa City floods. Suggesting it was a result of normalization and being happy about how that result affected human beings are two entirely different things. I don't think you saw anybody here who was happy about the latter. Nobody's denying that there might be a few TMer nutcases who are at least roughly comparable to the woman in the video. But what *you're* doing is just what the right-wing nutcases are doing regarding Muslims: blaming *all* Muslims, and Islam itself, for the demented actions of a small number of terrorists. As I pointed out in my earlier post, Global Good News lists Japan's multiple disasters as Flops, not Successes, the same as it did with Katrina and the Iowa floods. That's the official TMO view, and that of the vast majority of TMers, of the Maharishi Effect, 180 degrees from the woman in the video.
[FairfieldLife] Kinect Self-Awareness Hack
OK, it's college humor... http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1949248 But tickles me!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Kinect Self-Awareness Hack
On 03/16/2011 11:22 AM, PaliGap wrote: OK, it's college humor... http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1949248 But tickles me! I may get a Kinect to make my 3D animation videos go easier. Trying to do them with the canned animations that come with iClone or creating them an appendage at a time with the motion editor is a royal pain. There are people working on motion capture software for Kinect that will allow me to just act out the motion and apply it to my character. Using a motion capture studio is very expensive and beyond the reach of a hobbyist 3D animator.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Japan and God of Israel?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: I wish I could say that I'm shocked by cardemaister's comment. I only ask that card try to reflect on his words. Dan Friedman Don't be shocked Dan... Just be couragous, like Dan in the Lion's Den... There's still much racism in this world... The irony is, he probably listens to Bob Dylan... In secret, of course... R. Well, according to the law of karma, the Japanese of course get what they deserve. I wasn't accusing anybody. Remember that J. Robert Oppenheimer was nothing short of appalled when he saw the first nuclear fission bomb explode! I listen to Bob Dylan, Max Weinberg is one of my favorite drummers (not necessarily when he plays with The Boss, though...), Fran Drescher one of my favorite chicks, and so on!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Sweet letter from Japan
Wow! Great letter of someone open to a deeper process beyond themselves. Had a degree of this in south Florida after a hurricane with no electricity and all the neighbors sitting in the dark quiet streets visiting by candle light. Something so calm and peaceful and loving. Peter On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: Letter from Japan Friends, I have no idea who wrote this, but received it from another friend A letter from Sendai 3/14/2011 Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed to have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is even more worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share supplies like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room, eat by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful. During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in their home, they put out a sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets. It's utterly amazingly that where I am there has been no looting, no pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer when an earthquake strikes. People keep saying, Oh, this is how it used to be in the old days when everyone helped one another. Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes. Sirens are constant and helicopters pass overhead often. We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is for half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come on. But all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not. No one has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire group. There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun. People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking their dogs. All happening at the same time. Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night. No cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are scattered with stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled. The mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them silhouetted against the sky magnificently. And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack to check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is on, and I find food and water left in my entranceway. I have no idea from whom, but it is there. Old men in green hats go from door to door checking to see if everyone is OK. People talk to complete strangers asking if they need help. I see no signs of fear. Resignation, yes, but fear or panic, no. They tell us we can expect aftershocks, and even other major quakes, for another month or more. And we are getting constant tremors, rolls, shaking, rumbling. I am blessed in that I live in a part of Sendai that is a bit elevated, a bit more solid than other parts. So, so far this area is better off than others. Last night my friend's husband came in from the country, bringing food and water. Blessed again. Somehow at this time I realize from direct experience that there is indeed an enormous Cosmic evolutionary step that is occurring all over the world right at this moment. And somehow as I experience the events happening now in Japan, I can feel my heart opening very wide. My brother asked me if I felt so small because of all that is happening. I don't. Rather, I feel as part of something happening that much larger than myself. This wave of birthing (worldwide) is hard, and yet magnificent. Thank you again for your care and Love of me. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] GE: We bring good things to light
Radioactive apparently. Got potassium iodine? When I checked the Internet on Saturday CVS still listed a box of tablets for $9.95 today I get Sorry the page you are looking for is no longer available. I'm hearing that $9.95 might be going for $200 these days. OTOH, Nature's Way Kelp capsules were only $6.99 at the local grocery. And Trader Joe's has a seaweed snack on sale for 99 cents. Israelis are concerned they can't get sushi from Japan. Let them eat pork! Children should not play with matches and adults should not play with nukes. So it goes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Light at the End of the Tunnel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: ...if you're an old-time meditator and should like to come back to help meditate some in the domes, just practically know that the TMmovement policy guidelines on having visited and been with other saints is effectively un-changed. Rather, it applies more evenly to meditators and old TM teachers now. Essentially is still, Don't ask, Don't tell , or as Maharaishi once coached, practice lying. This Youtube short essentially is not far from the truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPXgBflM8I Status quo. Speaking directly to the Buck persona, what would he answer to the question, Has it ever occurred to you that adherence to these policies is, in fact, a ploy to keep the 'Dome numbers' *down*, a way of making sure that the 'right numbers' are never reached, and that the 'Maharishi Effect' is thus never put to the test? The former Big Donor who left the TMO so noisily (whose name I almost forget but now seem to remember as Kaplan) suggested in his parting shot letter that Maharishi himself suggested this to him. Why would the Rajas think any differently? How would a Fairfield METB deal with such questions? *Would* they deal with such questions? I'm genuinely curious. I've been chided here for assuming things, and never asking. Well, I'm asking. Color me not convinced that many of these people making these urgent pleas for more BBs For Peace actually want more BBs For Peace. Based on seeing him speak at the Watershed Meeting, I am convinced that Mr. Settle wants that. But I also came away from watching that stream feeling that he suspects the same thing I do above. Do the people in charge ever want to *emerge* from the tunnel? Or do they want to keep the tunnel ride going on forever? What do the folks at ground zero think about all of these machinations, Buck? What do they think is behind the whole Dome policy thang, and what do they think its intent is? Genuinely curious.
[FairfieldLife] A of L isn't just for Indians, is it?
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Re: [FairfieldLife] GE: We bring good things to light
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Radioactive apparently. Got potassium iodine? When I checked the Internet on Saturday CVS still listed a box of tablets for $9.95 today I get Sorry the page you are looking for is no longer available. I'm hearing that $9.95 might be going for $200 these days. OTOH, Nature's Way Kelp capsules were only $6.99 at the local grocery. And Trader Joe's has a seaweed snack on sale for 99 cents. Israelis are concerned they can't get sushi from Japan. Let them eat pork! Children should not play with matches and adults should not play with nukes. So it goes. The search engines are all bringing up tincture of iodine for radiation as their top hits.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Light at the End of the Tunnel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip Speaking directly to the Buck persona, what would he answer to the question, Has it ever occurred to you that adherence to these policies is, in fact, a ploy to keep the 'Dome numbers' *down*, a way of making sure that the 'right numbers' are never reached, and that the 'Maharishi Effect' is thus never put to the test? The former Big Donor who left the TMO so noisily (whose name I almost forget but now seem to remember as Kaplan) suggested in his parting shot letter that Maharishi himself suggested this to him. Lawson pointed out the obvious not long ago: It's *vanishingly* unlikely that MMY would have suggested such a thing to his Big Donor, from whom he was soliciting funds for the big TM-Sidhis group, no matter what MMY himself believed. OTOH, it's not at all unlikely that Kaplan, at the time he wrote the letter, remembered what he wanted to remember MMY saying in that conversation, and that what MMY actually suggested was something quite different. Of course, Barry believes what Kaplan reported implicitly, despite the fact that Kaplan *also* described all kinds of weird woo-woo that he claimed MMY was doing to psychically enslave TM-Sidhi practitioners, stuff Barry would dismiss immediately as fantastic nonsense. Talk about yer confirmation bias and cherry-picking!
[FairfieldLife] Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
9-minute video: http://neoellhn.blogspot.com/2011/03/dwarka-lord-krishnas-home-discovered.ht ml
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: 9-minute video: http://neoellhn.blogspot.com/2011/03/dwarka-lord-krishnas-home-discovered.ht ml Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action, the Bhagavad Gita is an allegorical story loosely based on a battle in India's past, cleverly arranged by Vyasa to propound the great teachings of Yoga. Though MMY primarily interpreted it in an exoteric way, he promised further interpretations which he never came out with, (see his introduction). Interesting video..
Re: [FairfieldLife] Sweet letter from Japan
On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Peter L Sutphen wrote: Wow! Great letter of someone open to a deeper process beyond themselves. Had a degree of this in south Florida after a hurricane with no electricity and all the neighbors sitting in the dark quiet streets visiting by candle light. Something so calm and peaceful and loving. There's nothing like a tragedy to literally tear down the past and make you forget about the future. Living in the now opens people's hearts. It's just the way it is..
Re: [FairfieldLife] GE: We bring good things to light
On 03/16/2011 01:24 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bhairitunoozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Radioactive apparently. Got potassium iodine? When I checked the Internet on Saturday CVS still listed a box of tablets for $9.95 today I get Sorry the page you are looking for is no longer available. I'm hearing that $9.95 might be going for $200 these days. OTOH, Nature's Way Kelp capsules were only $6.99 at the local grocery. And Trader Joe's has a seaweed snack on sale for 99 cents. Israelis are concerned they can't get sushi from Japan. Let them eat pork! Children should not play with matches and adults should not play with nukes. So it goes. The search engines are all bringing up tincture of iodine for radiation as their top hits. just came back from lunch and visited the health food store next door and asked them how fast they ran out of potassium iodine. They ran out fast but have more coming in though the suppliers are on backorder. He did have some prolamine iodine available. He has also ordered the good stuff which sells for around $100 a bottle. We had a laugh because he had ordered a bunch of Pukka teas but his last order came in minus the vata and kapha teas. What was funny was when he saw me come in the door he asked, did you get a call? Which I hadn't because he had just gotten the vata and kapha teas in (very good product BTW). He used to have Maharishi Ayured products but said they priced themselves out of the market wholesale wise.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: 9-minute video: http://neoellhn.blogspot.com/2011/03/dwarka-lord-krishnas-home-discovered.ht ml Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action, Well, hmmm, it's true that 'kuru' (yogasthaH *kuru* karmaaNi!) is the 2nd person sg. imperative form from the root 'kR', but seems highly unlikely that it could be a part of a tatpuruSa-samaasa, meaning 'action'. Just for fun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru,_Finland the Bhagavad Gita is an allegorical story loosely based on a battle in India's past, cleverly arranged by Vyasa to propound the great teachings of Yoga. Though MMY primarily interpreted it in an exoteric way, he promised further interpretations which he never came out with, (see his introduction). Interesting video..
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
Billy yer jus' a meta-phor yerself. Yer not reel an yer opinyuns ain't either. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: 9-minute video: http://neoellhn.blogspot.com/2011/03/dwarka-lord-krishnas-home-discovere\ d.ht ml Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action, the Bhagavad Gita is an allegorical story loosely based on a battle in India's past, cleverly arranged by Vyasa to propound the great teachings of Yoga. Though MMY primarily interpreted it in an exoteric way, he promised further interpretations which he never came out with, (see his introduction). Interesting video..
Re: [FairfieldLife] GE: We bring good things to light
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Radioactive apparently. Got potassium iodine? When I checked the Internet on Saturday CVS still listed a box of tablets for $9.95 today I get Sorry the page you are looking for is no longer available. I'm hearing that $9.95 might be going for $200 these days. OTOH, Nature's Way Kelp capsules were only $6.99 at the local grocery. And Trader Joe's has a seaweed snack on sale for 99 cents. Israelis are concerned they can't get sushi from Japan. Let them eat pork! Children should not play with matches and adults should not play with nukes. So it goes. The search engines are all bringing up tincture of iodine for radiation as their top hits. I just bought kelp from Amazon. LEF iodine tablets are OUS and there are scalpers selling a couple iodine tablets on amazon at $338 per pack. The scalpers should be sacrificed to the Japanese reactors. I'm in Charlotte, NC right now. I'll see if the HF stores have it tomorrow.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Light at the End of the Tunnel
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote: Of course, Barry believes what Kaplan reported implicitly, despite the fact that Kaplan *also* described all kinds of weird woo-woo that he claimed MMY was doing to psychically enslave TM-Sidhi practitioners, stuff Barry would dismiss immediately as fantastic nonsense. Shit. There goes the screenplay I was writing. I'll have to chuck *I Was a Post-Teenage Psychic Slave*.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
emptybill: Billy yer jus' a meta-phor yerself. Yer not reel an yer opinyuns ain't either... Unreal? Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action, the Bhagavad Gita is an allegorical story loosely based on a battle in India's past, cleverly arranged by Vyasa to propound the great teachings of Yoga.
Re: [FairfieldLife] GE: We bring good things to light
On 03/16/2011 04:32 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Tom Pallthomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bhairitunoozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Radioactive apparently. Got potassium iodine? When I checked the Internet on Saturday CVS still listed a box of tablets for $9.95 today I get Sorry the page you are looking for is no longer available. I'm hearing that $9.95 might be going for $200 these days. OTOH, Nature's Way Kelp capsules were only $6.99 at the local grocery. And Trader Joe's has a seaweed snack on sale for 99 cents. Israelis are concerned they can't get sushi from Japan. Let them eat pork! Children should not play with matches and adults should not play with nukes. So it goes. The search engines are all bringing up tincture of iodine for radiation as their top hits. I just bought kelp from Amazon. LEF iodine tablets are OUS and there are scalpers selling a couple iodine tablets on amazon at $338 per pack. The scalpers should be sacrificed to the Japanese reactors. I'm in Charlotte, NC right now. I'll see if the HF stores have it tomorrow. I was going to start looking at building a new 64-bit Linux box. But I have to really get my butt in gear to make sure they are stuck to give me the quoted price this week at Fry's because I fear they might start raising some of those prices too. Looking at my Linux pendrive boots on my Windows 7 64-bit machine it looks like I might be wasting money getting anything more than a two core since it appears Ubuntu isn't optimized for anything more than that. I watch my 3D program on Windows 7 64-bit machine use all 4 cores. Looks like I could build a two core 64-bit with 1 TB HD, 4 GB memory for $300. I had friends buy a bunch of potassium iodine tablets about 10 years ago so they would have some for friends and relatives. Bet those bottles expired and they threw them out. Probably wish they didn't now.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action... cardemaister: Well, hmmm, it's true that 'kuru' (yogasthaH *kuru* karmaaNi!) is the 2nd person sg. imperative form from the root 'kR', but seems highly unlikely that it could be a part of a tatpuruSa-samaasa, meaning 'action'. The city (shetra) on the Saraswati River (Sarovar), after King Kuru (kuru), the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
Maybe I dint spell it right. If it ain't on tv then it ain't reel. Billy's jus a metaphor inna alligatory. Not reel. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: emptybill: Billy yer jus' a meta-phor yerself. Yer not reel an yer opinyuns ain't either... Unreal? Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action, the Bhagavad Gita is an allegorical story loosely based on a battle in India's past, cleverly arranged by Vyasa to propound the great teachings of Yoga.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Give the title a better twist I Was A Post-Teen Psychic Sex Slave. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Of course, Barry believes what Kaplan reported implicitly, despite the fact that Kaplan *also* described all kinds of weird woo-woo that he claimed MMY was doing to psychically enslave TM-Sidhi practitioners, stuff Barry would dismiss immediately as fantastic nonsense. Shit. There goes the screenplay I was writing. I'll have to chuck *I Was a Post-Teenage Psychic Slave*.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GE: We bring good things to light
Bhairitu: I was going to start looking at building a new 64-bit Linux box... For what purpose? MB: Gigabyte GA880GM-UD2H Socket AM3+/AMD 880G PCI-E $100.00 CPU: AMD Athlon-II-250x2 3.0GHZ Dual-Core Processor Socket AM3 $70.00
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Shit. There goes the screenplay I was writing. I'll have to chuck *I Was a Post-Teenage Psychic Slave*. emptybill: Give the title a better twist I Was A Post-Teen Psychic Sex Slave. Guy goes into a bar in Amsterdam and orders a 'Post-Teen Psychic Sex Slave'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of L isn't just for Indians, is it?
Ha ha! I'm glad that Self is outside of any culture. All this crap is the pretty pony you ride around on! --- On Wed, 3/16/11, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] A of L isn't just for Indians, is it? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 4:21 PM [austin-satsang] Invitation to Bollywood Beyond - an ART OF LIVING FUNDRAISER on March 26th [1 Attachment] | Shyam Gannavaram to austin-satsang show details Mar 15 (2 days ago) Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from shyam.gannava...@gmail.com [Attachment(s) from Shyam Gannavaram included below] Dear Friends, Join us on Sat, March 26th for the Bollywood and Beyond Concert Fund-raiser. It will be a fun-filled evening of music, dance and food - talented musicians from the OMKARA Band, will have you humming, tapping and shaking to Bollywood hits and semi-classical Indian music. As an added attraction, the evening will also feature a Live Dance performance by the Bollywood Shake group. Sponsorship opportunities are also available to get the word out about your business to a diverse 600+ local crowd. Proceeds from the Concert will support our Austin Art of Living Center and local programs to uncover the strength, peace, and joy that lie at the core of every human being. With your support, we can together help build a society that is free of stress, violence, and misery - and full of service, wisdom, and celebration. The evening of music dance will be led by the OMKARA (OmkaraAustin.com) group, a not-for-profit organization that supports global charities through music show fundraisers. Please help get the word out to all your friends, colleagues, and social circles! Click here to purchase Tickets More information about the fundraiser, sponsorship opportunities, and tickets at http://bollywoodandbeyondshow.info/ or by calling Prasanna (512) 740-4012 Click here if you can't view the e-flyer
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: GE: We bring good things to light
On 03/16/2011 05:48 PM, WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu: I was going to start looking at building a new 64-bit Linux box... For what purpose? Software development. MB: Gigabyte GA880GM-UD2H Socket AM3+/AMD 880G PCI-E $100.00 Any experience with Gigabyte boards? I have experience with MSI and those have worked okay. Built-in Nvidia or ATI chipset is acceptable too. CPU: AMD Athlon-II-250x2 3.0GHZ Dual-Core Processor Socket AM3 $70.00
[FairfieldLife] Documentary About Buddha Boy (1 of 5) Ram Bahadur Bamjan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29clGMWU84 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29clGMWU84feature=related feature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lord Krishna's Dwarka discovered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: Arjuna didn't actually reach enlightenment on a 'field' in Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra is a Sanskrit word being the field of the body or the field of action... cardemaister: Well, hmmm, it's true that 'kuru' (yogasthaH *kuru* karmaaNi!) is the 2nd person sg. imperative form from the root 'kR', but seems highly unlikely that it could be a part of a tatpuruSa-samaasa, meaning 'action'. The city (shetra) on the Saraswati River (Sarovar), after King Kuru (kuru), the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas. *Kshetra* (field) a term of Yoga to denote nature and/or the body-mind. The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga/Feuerstein *Kshetra-jna* The field knower. (The jiva/self) The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga/Feuerstein Kurushetra (Kuru, from the Sanskrit root kri, work, material action and shetra, field, this field of action is the human body with its physical, mental, and soul faculties, the field on which all activities of one's life take place. Swami Yogananda Gita 1:1 more? see Swami Yogananda on the Bhagavad Gita.
[FairfieldLife] Coomaraswamy
The contentment of innumerable people can be destroyed in a generation by the withering touch of our civilisation; the local market is flooded by a production in quantity with which the responsible maker of art cannot complete; the vocational structure of society, with all its guild organisation and standards of workmanship, is undermined; the artist is robbed of his art and forced to find himself a job; until finally the ancient society is industrialised and reduced to the level of such societies as ours in which business takes precedence of life. Can one wonder that Western nations are feared and hated by other people, not alone for obvious political or economic reasons, but even more profoundly and instinctively for spiritual reasons? Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1943
[FairfieldLife] Ramana Maharshi on Lokas
The Maharshi, Mar/Apr 2011, Vol 21, No. 2, p. 4, article by Sri Krishna Bikshu, Voruganti Venkata Krishnaiah, (1904-1981), a disciple of Ramana Maharshi; entitled Bhagavan Referring to the Self and the Lokas. ... I have also heard Bhagavan say: I have at this moment twenty different bodies working in twenty different lokas, so if one of them suffers am I to grieve? I am not the body. One who considers himself the body may grieve, but how should I?. . On a different occasion we put the same question to Bhagavan, asking how he could exist in a number of lokas at the same time and he said that one could have as many bodies as he wished if he had the necessary poweer of yoga. . We must remember that the lokas are empirical realities no more real than this world of ours but also no less real. Bhagavan confirmed this when a group of disciples from Tiruchirapalli asked him whether Siva and the other Gods and their ehavens really exist. Do you exist? he retorted. They replied that they did, and he said: Then in the same way they do too.
[FairfieldLife] Live Japan broadcast just started
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
[FairfieldLife] Re: Live Japan broadcast just started
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv NHK has been streaming live since shortly after the earthquake. Every time you load the site, it says Live broadcast starting now. They also do a lot of repeats of their broadcasts. It's an excellent source, though.
