Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:43 PM, emptybill  wrote:

>
> This is similar to the combined eye movement-eye fixation with
> pranayam/mudras that SSRS used to teach on extended meditation courses.
>
> Don't know if he still does.
>
>
>
No longer taught.  But I see the EMDR approach in a lot of things,
including TM.   EMDR appears to work by uniting the right and left
hemispheres.  It can also be seen as an orienting response.   When a wild
animal is traumatized it first freezes.  As the threat goes away, the
animal eventually starts this rapid eye movement from left to right, right
to left.  In effect re-orienting itself.  Finally it literally shakes off
the trauma.  We acknowledge this when we tell someone to "shake it off".
We tell someone how we've had this cold or fear for so long and have just
not been able to "shake it off".   One of the worse things you can do to
any animal is to interrupt it's freezing, orienting then shaking off a
trauma.  People do this with pets and even fallen birds.  The result is
that they don't recover from the trauma and eventually succomb to it.

If you think about it there's a lot of the rhythmic bilateral in many of
our activities including dancing and foot or finger tapping to music.  I
used to love to just walk quickly, sometimes for many miles.  A lot of
troublesome emotions and energy just bubbled right out with the left right
left right.  Yes, pranayam also has a bilateral effect.  It's kind of like
speaking prose.  Once you look around you see we're engaging in bilateral
activities all the time and don't even realize the underlying benefits of
it all.

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[Buck]

Yes, there is a push on right now with the recent 'draw-down' of pundits going 
back to India.  The draw-down recently left a hole in the aggregate numbers 
meditating here as those numbers are calculated.  

The pundits came in brigades of one or two hundred staggered over time.  Their 
visas are good for a limited time period.  Some groups of pundits have recently 
completed their deployment here, have returned to India and they have not been 
replaced by others.  Hence the push to have the locals fill the breech in now. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
>
> 
> Thanks, Judy.
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a 
> > > > > > separation.   'To be or not to be' is the linkage between 
> > > > > > going to be with saints and valid dome badges. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The numbers all show that.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
> > > > 
> > > > Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the
> > > > previous Monday morning.
> > > > That's 316 extra!
> > > > 
> > > > Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the
> > > > previous Monday afternoon. That's 387 extra!
> > > >
> > > DOug, what is it that is causing the increase in Dome numbers?
> > > Have they relaxed their badge policiy, are more Ffld people
> > > simply making the effort , lots of visitors in town, what?
> > 
> > Nabby and Susan, see:
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/295032
> > 
> > Seems like there's a drive to get lots of people in the
> > Domes on Mondays.
> > 
> > And it was over 2,000 in the afternoon of Monday the 7th
> > *with* pundits and "special groups," whatever those are.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Garrison Keillor: Advice to writers

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADQO0aO_uSc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[seventhray1]

Sounds like the apple is inching closer to the tree.(-:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn 
wrote:

> My daughter, home from college for Thanksgiving, has just informed me
she is feeling too insulated on her private college campus. Â I'm
going to take her and her friends to an Occupy Seattle rally day after
Thanksgiving. Â Time to get out of the house.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conservative Meditators' CDs are Balm

[Buck]

Dear Prairie Harmony;
I just heard 'Throne of Grace' in its entirety…and I'm blown away!  An 
interesting observance is that this music affects the nervous system in 
somewhat the same way as what's called "pibroch" (I can't do the gaelic 
spelling), the classical, spiritual bagpipe genre which is different from the 
marches and reels, etc. 

You guys have really got it, and I wish your fame to increase!

Can I order two more copies? Let me know how much and where to send it. Thanks!


>
> Dear Prairie Harmony,  Your CDs are so spiritually powerful that listening to 
> them is like getting an advanced spiritual technique.  I recommend them to my 
> friends though I do hide the CDs when I go out so as to keep my Dome badge 
> valid lest anyone should link the CDs as some spiritual practice on to me and 
> turn me over.  No one knows what I listen to on my ear buds.  Thank you, your 
> CDs are Heaven on Earth.
> JGD, Anonymous  
> 
> 
> >
> > A former serving US Marine meditator writes that the cords of pathos in the 
> > hymnody of Prairie Harmony are so beautifully spiritual that he weeps 
> > listening to his Prairie Harmony CDs.!Semper Fi !
> > 
> > >  
> > > !Sample some Prairie Harmony for your own Self right now!  FREE now at 
> > > our link!
> > >  
> > > !Free Samples! at: http://fairfolk.org/song-samples
> > > 
> > > and MORE free samples at:   http://fairfolk.org/throne-samples  
> > > 
> > > Act Now!
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > Friends, here is Testimonial Indeed!
> > > > >  
> > > > > Prairie Harmony as Chicken Soup for the Soul
> > > > >  
> > > > > Healing, Soothing, Spiritual, Mitigating.
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://fairfolk.org/
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Prairie Harmonists,
> > > > Thank you very much for the two beautiful Prairie Harmony CDs.
> > > > I have had them in the car CD player for months, and I have been 
> > > > singing along with them.
> > > > They have given me much comfort because they sound so beautiful.
> > > > Mother sang a lot in the home.
> > > > 
> > > > Of course, I cannot really sing, but I follow singing the melody and 
> > > > words as well as I am able.
> > > > I wanted you both to know how wonderful it has been to have them after 
> > > > losing both parents in such a short span of time.
> > > > 
> > > > I hope you are having a fine fall and are getting ready for a busy 
> > > > Thanksgiving.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you again.
> > > > I never would have guessed how much comfort your music would give me.
> > > >  
> > > > (-XO)
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[wgm4u]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> When I lived in New York City, there was a panhandler who had staked out the 
> corner of my block. I always gave him a buck when I walked by. He always 
> thanked me profusely, and after awhile we got to having short conversations. 
> He was not in good shape physically and was clearly deteriorating. But he was 
> a real charmer with a wonderful smile and a sense of humor, and we developed 
> a friendship that was somehow independent of the fact that I was giving him 
> money. Only trouble was, that made both of us feel awkward about the 
> financial transaction.
> 
> One day when we met he was holding a tattered shopping bag. He reached in and 
> handed me a rather nice small china teapot. It had a tiny chip in the handle; 
> he had apparently rescued it from the trash.
> 
> My first instinct was to refuse it and tell him to sell it for a couple 
> bucks. Then I realized he needed to give me something. I took it and made a 
> big fuss over it, told him I had been wanting a teapot, and this was a lovely 
> one. I swear he grew a couple inches taller right in front of me.
> 
> After that, the awkwardness was gone. But he grew more and more frail, and a 
> month or so later, he was gone from the corner and never showed up again.
> 
> I still have the teapot.

very nice story...I enjoyed hearing it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links

[Emily Reyn]

Thank you Judy - you make it so easy.  



>
> From: authfriend 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:22 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links
> 
>
>  
>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>>
>> I'll see if I can find them.
>
>It wasn't me who explained how to make clickable links, it
>was Alex. I explained what to do with an unclickable link
>(copy it and paste it into the address bar of your browser).
>
>Alex explained how to make clickable links over the course
>of a number of posts on August 7 of this year, with
>contributions and questions from several others. Just follow
>the thread, starting here:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/285625
>
>Alex also made a post to you, Denise, on September 13
>explaining what to do:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/289363
>
>Note that in the course of the discussion, some references
>are to how to make clickable links if you're posting online,
>on the FFL Web site, and others are about how to do it if
>you're using email.
>
>> >
>> > From: seventhray1 
>> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>> >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:44 PM
>> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links
>> > 
>> >
>> >  
>> >Judy previously burned a couple posts explaining how.  I am not sure of the 
>> >details. Maybe Alex will explain again. 
>> >
>> >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Steve or someone techie:
>> >> 
>> >> Why aren't the links coming through?  Is this just with Steve, or is 
>> >> this a common issue with my email?
>> >> 
>> >> Also, should I be sending email in plain text or rich text format?
>> >> 
>> >> Where is the Security link on this new Yahoo format?
>
>
> 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Links

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> I'll see if I can find them.

It wasn't me who explained how to make clickable links, it
was Alex. I explained what to do with an unclickable link
(copy it and paste it into the address bar of your browser).

Alex explained how to make clickable links over the course
of a number of posts on August 7 of this year, with
contributions and questions from several others. Just follow
the thread, starting here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/285625

Alex also made a post to you, Denise, on September 13
explaining what to do:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/289363

Note that in the course of the discussion, some references
are to how to make clickable links if you're posting online,
on the FFL Web site, and others are about how to do it if
you're using email.




> >
> > From: seventhray1 
> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:44 PM
> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links
> > 
> >
> >  
> >Judy previously burned a couple posts explaining how.  I am not sure of the 
> >details. Maybe Alex will explain again. 
> >
> >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
> >>
> >> Steve or someone techie:
> >> 
> >> Why aren't the links coming through?  Is this just with Steve, or is 
> >> this a common issue with my email?
> >> 
> >> Also, should I be sending email in plain text or rich text format?
> >> 
> >> Where is the Security link on this new Yahoo format?

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11 merudanda 
 9 authfriend 
 9 Emily Reyn 
 8 seventhray1 
 6 obbajeeba 
 6 Tom Pall 
 4 turquoiseb 
 3 raunchydog 
 3 marekreavis 
 3 Buck 
 2 wgm4u 
 2 feste37 
 2 emptybill 
 2 cardemaister 
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 1 shukra69 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland Stream

[Emily Reyn]

I take that back:

http://occupyseattle.org/




>
> From: Bhairitu 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:23 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland Stream
> 
>
>  
>This stream has been marching along with the Occupy Oakland Band which 
>has good players in it:
>http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland
>
>
> 
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland Stream

[Emily Reyn]

Interesting with the narrative also.  The Occupy Seattle movement seems more 
like a second tent city. 



>
> From: Bhairitu 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:23 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland Stream
> 
>
>  
>This stream has been marching along with the Occupy Oakland Band which 
>has good players in it:
>http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland
>
>
> 
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links

[Emily Reyn]

I'll see if I can find them.



>
> From: seventhray1 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:44 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Links
> 
>
>  
>Judy previously burned a couple posts explaining how.  I am not sure of the 
>details. Maybe Alex will explain again. 
>
>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>>
>> Steve or someone techie:
>> 
>> Why aren't the links coming through?  Is this just with Steve, or is this a 
>> common issue with my email?
>> 
>> Also, should I be sending email in plain text or rich text format?
>> 
>> Where is the Security link on this new Yahoo format?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> > From: seventhray1 
>> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>> >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:29 AM
>> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise
>> > 
>> >
>> >  
>> >Thanks Em, for sharing.
>> >(and thanks to Judy for the simple tip about cutting or copying links that 
>> >aren't linkable onto the search bar on the top)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
> 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Links

[seventhray1]

Judy previously burned a couple posts explaining how.  I am not sure of the 
details. Maybe Alex will explain again. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Steve or someone techie:
> 
> Why aren't the links coming through?  Is this just with Steve, or is this a 
> common issue with my email?
> 
> Also, should I be sending email in plain text or rich text format?
> 
> Where is the Security link on this new Yahoo format?
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > From: seventhray1 
> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:29 AM
> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise
> > 
> >
> >  
> >Thanks Em, for sharing.
> >(and thanks to Judy for the simple tip about cutting or copying links that 
> >aren't linkable onto the search bar on the top)
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Occupy Oakland Stream

[Bhairitu]

This stream has been marching along with the Occupy Oakland Band which 
has good players in it:
http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[Bob Price]

From: obbajeeba 




Hell, I am too  to catch up so pardon my lack of thinking cap. : )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smTXkhM6v-Y&feature=related



 

From: obbajeeba 

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[authfriend]

Thanks. Hey, Robert, nice to see you back.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert"  wrote:
>
> Beautiful story Judy...all is temporary in life anyway, which is why we all 
> seek to transcend in one way or another.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > When I lived in New York City, there was a panhandler who had staked out 
> > the corner of my block. I always gave him a buck when I walked by. He 
> > always thanked me profusely, and after awhile we got to having short 
> > conversations. He was not in good shape physically and was clearly 
> > deteriorating. But he was a real charmer with a wonderful smile and a sense 
> > of humor, and we developed a friendship that was somehow independent of the 
> > fact that I was giving him money. Only trouble was, that made both of us 
> > feel awkward about the financial transaction.
> > 
> > One day when we met he was holding a tattered shopping bag. He reached in 
> > and handed me a rather nice small china teapot. It had a tiny chip in the 
> > handle; he had apparently rescued it from the trash.
> > 
> > My first instinct was to refuse it and tell him to sell it for a couple 
> > bucks. Then I realized he needed to give me something. I took it and made a 
> > big fuss over it, told him I had been wanting a teapot, and this was a 
> > lovely one. I swear he grew a couple inches taller right in front of me.
> > 
> > After that, the awkwardness was gone. But he grew more and more frail, and 
> > a month or so later, he was gone from the corner and never showed up again.
> > 
> > I still have the teapot.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> > > the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> > > baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> > > job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> > > came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> > > him and asked if I wanted some.
> > > 
> > > OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> > > for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> > > end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> > > 
> > > On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > > > In my experience working with street people and others who are 
> > > > extremely poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that 
> > > > are available to them with others, even strangers.
> > > >
> > > > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're 
> > > > constantly aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it 
> > > > in others' situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> > > >
> > > > It's a recognition of commonality.
> > > >
> > > > ***
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> > > >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> > > >> documentary intended
> > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> > >  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> > > >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> > >  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> > > >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> > > >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> > > >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> > > >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> > > >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> > > >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> > > >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[marekreavis]

Only for a percentage of us.

***

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> There's a poster and it's a guy surfing a beautiful wave with the lip above 
> his head a glowing, stained-glass green with the sun shining through. The 
> copy over the image says: Get  Addicted To Something That Won't Show Up In 
> Your Urine."
> 
> I guess asparagus is out, huh?
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis"  wrote:
> >
> > Addiction is very heavy baggage to carry, that's for sure. 
> > 
> > There's a poster and it's a guy surfing a beautiful wave with the lip above 
> > his head a glowing, stained-glass green with the sun shining through. The 
> > copy over the image says: Get  Addicted To Something That Won't Show Up In 
> > Your Urine.
> > 
> > Everyone is an admixture of traits and circumstances, both desired and 
> > undesired. I'm not sure what it is that nudges a person one way or the 
> > other on that continuum. 
> > 
> > ***
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> > > the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> > > baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> > > job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> > > came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> > > him and asked if I wanted some.
> > > 
> > > OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> > > for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> > > end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> > > 
> > > On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > > > In my experience working with street people and others who are 
> > > > extremely poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that 
> > > > are available to them with others, even strangers.
> > > >
> > > > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're 
> > > > constantly aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it 
> > > > in others' situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> > > >
> > > > It's a recognition of commonality.
> > > >
> > > > ***
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> > > >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> > > >> documentary intended
> > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> > >  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> > > >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> > >  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> > > >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> > > >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> > > >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> > > >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> > > >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> > > >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> > > >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Froofie The Dog

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqGK8z2UnA8&feature=artist

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Robert]

Beautiful story Judy...all is temporary in life anyway, which is why we all 
seek to transcend in one way or another.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> When I lived in New York City, there was a panhandler who had staked out the 
> corner of my block. I always gave him a buck when I walked by. He always 
> thanked me profusely, and after awhile we got to having short conversations. 
> He was not in good shape physically and was clearly deteriorating. But he was 
> a real charmer with a wonderful smile and a sense of humor, and we developed 
> a friendship that was somehow independent of the fact that I was giving him 
> money. Only trouble was, that made both of us feel awkward about the 
> financial transaction.
> 
> One day when we met he was holding a tattered shopping bag. He reached in and 
> handed me a rather nice small china teapot. It had a tiny chip in the handle; 
> he had apparently rescued it from the trash.
> 
> My first instinct was to refuse it and tell him to sell it for a couple 
> bucks. Then I realized he needed to give me something. I took it and made a 
> big fuss over it, told him I had been wanting a teapot, and this was a lovely 
> one. I swear he grew a couple inches taller right in front of me.
> 
> After that, the awkwardness was gone. But he grew more and more frail, and a 
> month or so later, he was gone from the corner and never showed up again.
> 
> I still have the teapot.
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
> >
> > One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> > the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> > baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> > job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> > came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> > him and asked if I wanted some.
> > 
> > OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> > for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> > end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> > 
> > On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > > In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
> > > poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available 
> > > to them with others, even strangers.
> > >
> > > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
> > > aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
> > > situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> > >
> > > It's a recognition of commonality.
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> > >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> > >> documentary intended
> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> >  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> > >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> >  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> > >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> > >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> > >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> > >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> > >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> > >>>
> > >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> > >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> > >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[emptybill]

This is similar to the combined eye movement-eye fixation with
pranayam/mudras that SSRS used to teach on extended meditation courses.

Don't know if he still does.




--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
> EMDR is a very valuable form of therapy, especially if you are a long
time
> practitioner of TM/TMSP. I had an EMDR therapist who had lots of extra
> hours and I had loads of good insurance so for ~~$15 co pay for a 50
minute
> hour I managed to put in 1200 hours of EMDR in one year. I think
that's a
> world record. For me there was no need for any of the coping skills,
the
> boxes, the safe places. It was just forge, forge ahead. TM/TMSP had
> pre-processed most of the emotion, so for me it was more like watching
> things from a bullet train or even a jet plane. Regrettably, EMDR
can't
> handle pre-verbal stuff. So there's a lot of retching, vomiting,
loosening
> of muscles, expanding spine going on with lots of heavy, heavy yagyas
in
> the past year. My EMDR therapist, on the board of directors of EMDRIA,
> had a hard time figuring out how it was I could so very quickly move
thru
> stuff. The proof was in the constant expansion of my emotional and
> behavioral repertoire. So much fear, almost OCD, dissolved so very
> quickly. I continued processing during my TM/TMSP and my sleep. Indeed
I
> continued processing pretty much 24 hours a day. My EMDR therapist was
> confident enough to give me a bunch of EMDR CDs to copy. I listened to
the
> CDs during off hours and for years after the therapy was over. I took
a
> break about every quarter and went to round for a week at MUM. That
helped
> process things especially well.
>
> OK, I'm ready, Dr. Vaj. Hit me with what utter bullshit EMDR is.
>

[FairfieldLife] Understanding children

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9mX4Hbc2Q&feature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Emily Reyn]

When I was 20, I returned from a year spent mostly on a sail boat (Dad was in 
his mid-life crisis and reluctantly took his kids with him for half the trip.)  
Enrolled again at UC Boulder. Couldn't adjust to how fast everything was going, 
couldn't relate to anyone.  Only had tuition for one semester. Got fired from 
my Jewish Deli sandwich making job - couldn't remember what went in what 
sandwich.  Dropped out, got a job at Burger King, and bought a car for $350.  
Couldn't afford rent so moved into the car.  Wasn't long before I quit the job. 
 Started to sit on one of the park benches on Pearl Street and met the local 
homeless crowd.  They took care of me and protected me.  I bought the beer and 
plenty of fortified wine.  Had some savings...spent 3 months allowing myself 
$5/day and donated plasma twice a week for $16.  Got popped for public drinking 
and spent 2 nights in jail.  Judge didn't buy my argument that I was just 
drinking "in my living
 room."  Most comfortable 2 nights all summer.  

In part, it was a social experiment to figure out how to live without money.  I 
was in massive rebellion against everything.  

I was lucky.  I had a car.  I had a sleeping bag.  I had $5/day.  I had enough 
money in the bank to buy a plane ticket outta there when winter came.   Took me 
awhile to recover.  One of the homeless "crowd" died that summer of alcoholism 
- we found him lying up against a wall.

Wrote this poem that I've never forgotten:

I'm on the Night Train Express 
With my Mad Dog 
Drinking Wild Irish Rose 
Waiting for my Thunderbird to pick me up at the station.

I panhandled once.  A woman gave me her baby and I held it and walked around 
with another guy posing as a family.  Some sweet woman gave us $20.  I felt so 
guilty.   Learned some good lessons that summer about people and humanity.



>
> From: authfriend 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 1:05 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent
> 
>
>  
>When I lived in New York City, there was a panhandler who had staked out the 
>corner of my block. I always gave him a buck when I walked by. He always 
>thanked me profusely, and after awhile we got to having short conversations. 
>He was not in good shape physically and was clearly deteriorating. But he was 
>a real charmer with a wonderful smile and a sense of humor, and we developed a 
>friendship that was somehow independent of the fact that I was giving him 
>money. Only trouble was, that made both of us feel awkward about the financial 
>transaction.
>
>One day when we met he was holding a tattered shopping bag. He reached in and 
>handed me a rather nice small china teapot. It had a tiny chip in the handle; 
>he had apparently rescued it from the trash.
>
>My first instinct was to refuse it and tell him to sell it for a couple bucks. 
>Then I realized he needed to give me something. I took it and made a big fuss 
>over it, told him I had been wanting a teapot, and this was a lovely one. I 
>swear he grew a couple inches taller right in front of me.
>
>After that, the awkwardness was gone. But he grew more and more frail, and a 
>month or so later, he was gone from the corner and never showed up again.
>
>I still have the teapot.
>
>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>>
>> One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
>> the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
>> baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
>> job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
>> came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
>> him and asked if I wanted some.
>> 
>> OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
>> for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
>> end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
>> 
>> On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
>> > In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
>> > poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available 
>> > to them with others, even strangers.
>> >
>> > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
>> > aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
>> > situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
>> >
>> > It's a recognition of commonality.
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>> >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
>> >> documentary intended
>> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
>>  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76 
>> >> | Reply to 

[FairfieldLife] snakes

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAzUCjGpw-k

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[authfriend]

When I lived in New York City, there was a panhandler who had staked out the 
corner of my block. I always gave him a buck when I walked by. He always 
thanked me profusely, and after awhile we got to having short conversations. He 
was not in good shape physically and was clearly deteriorating. But he was a 
real charmer with a wonderful smile and a sense of humor, and we developed a 
friendship that was somehow independent of the fact that I was giving him 
money. Only trouble was, that made both of us feel awkward about the financial 
transaction.

One day when we met he was holding a tattered shopping bag. He reached in and 
handed me a rather nice small china teapot. It had a tiny chip in the handle; 
he had apparently rescued it from the trash.

My first instinct was to refuse it and tell him to sell it for a couple bucks. 
Then I realized he needed to give me something. I took it and made a big fuss 
over it, told him I had been wanting a teapot, and this was a lovely one. I 
swear he grew a couple inches taller right in front of me.

After that, the awkwardness was gone. But he grew more and more frail, and a 
month or so later, he was gone from the corner and never showed up again.

I still have the teapot.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> him and asked if I wanted some.
> 
> OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> 
> On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
> > poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available to 
> > them with others, even strangers.
> >
> > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
> > aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
> > situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> >
> > It's a recognition of commonality.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> >> documentary intended
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
>  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
>  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> >>>
> >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> >>>
> >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] The Name of the Rose

[Bob Price]

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

[FairfieldLife] Whole Lotta Love

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXKboDqiSbE&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PL621034F4FBD94CA5

[FairfieldLife] Kind Of Blue / Made In Heaven

[Bob Price]

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

[FairfieldLife] Views from Desolation Peak Sunset

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LnmaCOXeyM&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[whynotnow7]

There's a poster and it's a guy surfing a beautiful wave with the lip above his 
head a glowing, stained-glass green with the sun shining through. The copy over 
the image says: Get  Addicted To Something That Won't Show Up In Your Urine."

I guess asparagus is out, huh?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis"  wrote:
>
> Addiction is very heavy baggage to carry, that's for sure. 
> 
> There's a poster and it's a guy surfing a beautiful wave with the lip above 
> his head a glowing, stained-glass green with the sun shining through. The 
> copy over the image says: Get  Addicted To Something That Won't Show Up In 
> Your Urine.
> 
> Everyone is an admixture of traits and circumstances, both desired and 
> undesired. I'm not sure what it is that nudges a person one way or the other 
> on that continuum. 
> 
> ***
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
> >
> > One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> > the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> > baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> > job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> > came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> > him and asked if I wanted some.
> > 
> > OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> > for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> > end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> > 
> > On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > > In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
> > > poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available 
> > > to them with others, even strangers.
> > >
> > > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
> > > aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
> > > situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> > >
> > > It's a recognition of commonality.
> > >
> > > ***
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> > >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> > >> documentary intended
> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> >  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> > >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> >  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> > >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> > >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> > >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> > >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> > >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> > >>>
> > >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> > >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> > >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
> BTW, I've seen some other videos on Youtube with this homeless man.
> In one of them he wasn't making more than a few cents a day.  So a
> nice looking young lady came up, turned the cardboard over and wrote
> some really compelling copy on it.  Henceforth the guy was racking
> in the cash.  The title was something like "It all depends on how
> you say it" or something like that.
>

I've seen two different versions of it:

http://youtu.be/zyGEEamz7ZM

http://youtu.be/Hzgzim5m7oU

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Spirit leaving the world in 1944? (Monte Cassino bombing)

[Bob Price]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8



From: merudanda 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:45:10 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Spirit leaving the world in 1944? (Monte 
Cassino bombing)



hi 
mystical sender of white miraculous bird , ...
pity nobody responded to these much more finer  direct points   done in 
comparison to 
"Monastery destroyed after translation slip by British intelligence officer
http://tinyurl.com/3bdckck  ":
:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages/290391?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1
http://tinyurl.com/7tkhrl7
and
MZ having  a most peculiar view of God  "witnessing" the actual death of the 
supernatural context of creation. Is trying to get mystical experiences after 
the Allied Bombing of Mt Cassino, really ambiguous at best? The 
Nietzsche/Hopkins pose of a "stylesheet"  defended by  with arguments sought 
out after 
the event? 

Just love old documentary especially  reminder of long gone "Italian years" 
Some documentaries about "Padre Pio" first years...with rare footage




Padre Pio: The Story Of The Saint
*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 3 (the jubilee - ...1933)  
*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 2 (the stigmatas - 1919)  
*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 1 (the beginning - 1910)  
http://tinyurl.com/3zpgn6w
http://tinyurl.com/3k4g4nl
http://tinyurl.com/3vf4lls
History:The Bombing of Monte Cassino
TIME:Monday, Feb. 28, 1944
http://tinyurl.com/yepd6x6


Visiting a Carthusian monastery (Italiano/subt. in Eng.)
*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 1  
*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 2  
*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 3  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
>
> re: the Monastery of Monte Cassino and its bombing in 1944. Consider the 
> notion that the Holy Spirit has quit operating in the world after the bombing.
> ...
> 1. First, it's noteworthy that the Monastery was rebuilt by 1964.
> 
> 2. Second, if the Holy Spirit left, then there should be no further "genuine" 
> Catholic Saints living in the world after the 40's.
> But Padre Pio lived until 1968. If he was a "genuine" Saint, anywhere near 
> the status of various other Saints, it seems to me the original premise would 
> be undermined.
> 
> 3. The display of supposed Supernatural phenomena is a requirement for 
> Sainthood in the Catholic Church, and Padre Pio (according to witnesses) 
> manifested numerous healings, bilocations, and a few levitations. 
> 
> 4. The fact of the decline of the Catholic Church in recent decades may 
> attributed to certain failings among celebate Priests that have come to light 
> (but it's an easy assumption that those failings were present in previous 
> centuries).
> 
> 5. The 60's witnesses an expansion of Consciousness in the West, influenced 
> by LSD and the Presence of some very powerful Gurus coming from India.  The 
> M-field of such "Eastern" teachings may be seen by some to have 
> irreconcialable conflicts with entrenched Christianity, particularly 
> Catholocism. One might compare the conflict to a "Clash of Civilizations", 
> but pertaining to religious/Spiritual mattersnot political and economic.
> 
> It remains to be seen how this clash will work itself out. The clash involves 
> some key concepts in either camp which are mutually exclusive; one such 
> concept: the identity of "GOD", or if there is a God. One version of "the 
> truth" must rule, since both can't be true.
> 
> My prediction: the idea that The Trinity = God will fall by the wayside, as 
> more people embrace concepts such as Dharma, Karma, Reincarnation; and 
> abandon the idea of a God since there's (a) no need for such a concept and 
> (b) even if it were true, where in the Hell is She/He?
> ...
> Wiki on some miracles of Padre Pio:
> In the 1999 book, Padre Pio: The Wonder Worker, a segment by Irish priest 
> Malachy Gerard Carroll describes the story of Gemma de Giorgi, a Sicilian 
> girl whose alleged blindness some believe was corrected during a visit to the 
> Capuchin priest.[33] Gemma, who was brought to San Giovanni Rotondo in 1947 
> by her grandmother, was born without pupils.[33] During her trip to see Padre 
> Pio, the little girl reportedly began to see objects including a steamboat 
> and the sea.[33] Gemma's grandmother did not believe the child had been 
> healed.[33] After Gemma forgot to ask Padre Pio for Grace during her 
> Confession, her grandmother reportedly implored the priest to ask God to 
> restore her sight.[33] Padre Pio, according to Carroll, told her, "The child 
> must not weep and neither must you for the child sees and you know she 
> sees."[33] The section goes on to say that oculists were unable to determine 
> how she gained vision.[33] Padre Pio is alleged to have waged physical
 combat with Satan and his minions, similar to incidents described concerning 
St. John Vianney, from which he is said 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Bob Price]

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



From: Tom Pall 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:40:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent



On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:

One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in
>the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned
>baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even
>job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he
>came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given
>him and asked if I wanted some.
>
>OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change
>for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the
>end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
>
>
>

Remember that kurt Vonnegut got some real mileage about a certain bag lady.   
Herb Caen told some interesting stories about bag ladies he encountered on the 
sidewalks of San Francisco.  One day Herb went into Emporium Kapwell and bought 
a bag lady some very nice stockings to keep her feet warm in Winter.  She 
refused the socks but wanted every bag Herb had with him.   Caen informed us 
that bag ladies were actually couriers of secret documents.

BTW, I've seen some other videos on Youtube with this homeless man.  In one of 
them he wasn't making more than a few cents a day.  So a nice looking young 
lady came up, turned the cardboard over and wrote some really compelling copy 
on it.  Henceforth the guy was racking in the cash.  The title was something 
like "It all depends on how you say it" or something like that.

   

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:

> One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in
> the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned
> baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even
> job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he
> came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given
> him and asked if I wanted some.
>
> OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change
> for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the
> end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
>
>
Remember that kurt Vonnegut got some real mileage about a certain bag
lady.   Herb Caen told some interesting stories about bag ladies he
encountered on the sidewalks of San Francisco.  One day Herb went into
Emporium Kapwell and bought a bag lady some very nice stockings to keep her
feet warm in Winter.  She refused the socks but wanted every bag Herb had
with him.   Caen informed us that bag ladies were actually couriers of
secret documents.

BTW, I've seen some other videos on Youtube with this homeless man.  In one
of them he wasn't making more than a few cents a day.  So a nice looking
young lady came up, turned the cardboard over and wrote some really
compelling copy on it.  Henceforth the guy was racking in the cash.  The
title was something like "It all depends on how you say it" or something
like that.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[marekreavis]

Addiction is very heavy baggage to carry, that's for sure. 

There's a poster and it's a guy surfing a beautiful wave with the lip above his 
head a glowing, stained-glass green with the sun shining through. The copy over 
the image says: Get  Addicted To Something That Won't Show Up In Your Urine.

Everyone is an admixture of traits and circumstances, both desired and 
undesired. I'm not sure what it is that nudges a person one way or the other on 
that continuum. 

***

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
> the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
> baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
> job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
> came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
> him and asked if I wanted some.
> 
> OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
> for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
> end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.
> 
> On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> > In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
> > poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available to 
> > them with others, even strangers.
> >
> > That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
> > aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
> > situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> >
> > It's a recognition of commonality.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
> >> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> >> documentary intended
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
>  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> >> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
>  Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> >>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> >>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> >>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> >>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> >>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> >>>
> >>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> >>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> >>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> >>>
> >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Bhairitu]

One of the real homeless that walks the street downtown and sleeps in 
the park is a schizophrenic who a couple years back found an abandoned 
baby.  His act was well publicized and he received many gifts and even 
job offers (which he turned down).   I was sitting at Starbucks and he 
came wandering by showing a bag of homemade beef jerky someone had given 
him and asked if I wanted some.

OTOH, we do have some panhandling folks as soon as they have even change 
for a can of malt liquor head to the store to get exactly that.  At the 
end of the day they head back to their apartment around the corner.

On 11/19/2011 08:22 AM, marekreavis wrote:
> In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely 
> poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available to 
> them with others, even strangers.
>
> That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly 
> aware of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' 
> situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
>
> It's a recognition of commonality.
>
> ***
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
>> documentary intended
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
>> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
>> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
 Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
>>> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
>>> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
>>> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
>>> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
>>> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
>>>
>>> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
>>> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
>>> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
>>>
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[Tom Pall]

EMDR is a very valuable form of therapy, especially if you are a long time
practitioner of TM/TMSP.   I had an EMDR therapist who had lots of extra
hours and I had loads of good insurance so for ~~$15 co pay for a 50 minute
hour I managed to put in 1200 hours of EMDR in one year.  I think that's a
world record.  For me there was no need for any of the coping skills, the
boxes, the safe places.  It was just forge, forge ahead.  TM/TMSP had
pre-processed most of the emotion, so for me it was more like watching
things from a bullet train or even a jet plane.  Regrettably, EMDR can't
handle pre-verbal stuff.  So there's a lot of retching, vomiting, loosening
of muscles, expanding spine going on with lots of heavy, heavy yagyas in
the past year.   My EMDR therapist, on the board of directors of EMDRIA,
had a hard time figuring out how it was I could so very quickly move thru
stuff.  The proof was in the constant expansion of my emotional and
behavioral repertoire.   So much fear, almost OCD, dissolved so very
quickly.   I continued processing during my TM/TMSP and my sleep.  Indeed I
continued processing pretty much 24 hours a day.   My EMDR therapist was
confident enough to give me a bunch of EMDR CDs to copy.  I listened to the
CDs during off hours and for years after the therapy was over.  I took a
break about every quarter and went to round for a week at MUM.  That helped
process things especially well.

OK, I'm ready, Dr. Vaj.  Hit me with what utter bullshit EMDR is.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Links

[Emily Reyn]

Steve or someone techie:

Why aren't the links coming through?  Is this just with Steve, or is this a 
common issue with my email?

Also, should I be sending email in plain text or rich text format?

Where is the Security link on this new Yahoo format?



>
> From: seventhray1 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:29 AM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise
> 
>
>  
>Thanks Em, for sharing.
>(and thanks to Judy for the simple tip about cutting or copying links that 
>aren't linkable onto the search bar on the top)
>
>
>
> 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the Dome

[merudanda]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" 
wrote:
>
> From Facebook: Oprah Winfrey, looking good, practicing TM in the dome.
> http://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey?sk=photos
>
>
>
>
[http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318598_10150437809787220\
\
> _22433917219_8176691_2056404035_n.jpg]
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Same-sex TM teachers (was Re: Yo Denise)

[Emily Reyn]

Gracias.  TM is Plan B.  I want to be sure I am through banging my head against 
the wall and body slamming myself on my area rug first. I am rolling through my 
menu options.  I am happy to know that ladies work with ladies.

Tom, Je t'aime.



>
> From: Tom Pall 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:23 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Same-sex TM teachers (was Re: Yo Denise)
> 
>
>  
>On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:15 AM, jpgillam  wrote:
>
>> Bob's wife wrote:
>>
>>> I recommend you get a female initiator
>>
>>I understand that it's TM organization policy these days for men
>>to teach men and for women to teach women (or "ladies,"
>>as the TMO likes to call females).
>>
>>
>
>They're of course always "ladies" in strip joints as well. 
>
> 
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[Emily Reyn]

Est tres belle :)



>
> From: Bob Price 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise
> 
>
>  
>full SCREEN please
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jyF4LUpPM&feature=related
>
>
>From: Emily Reyn 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:44:42 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise
>
>Oh mon dieu.  Excusez-moi s'il vous plait.  Je suis desolee.  Merci beaucoup.
>
>Warning:  Read at your own risk
>
>I realize this is going to sound kind of schizophrenic but I am retiring my 
>name and rebranding.  You can call me Emily or Em or Em-dash or whatever else. 
>I have taken pity on myself and have taken Denise off the front lines for now 
>- her own name is creating too much angst for her.  She doesn't want to 
>represent at this time - she's experiencing PTSD and is going to start EMDR in 
>January (yes, and will be meditating too).  Somebody needs to have that poor 
>girl's back 24/7 in the real world - she's been having a rough go.  It 
>occurred to me that that person has to be me.  Imagine that. I meditated 
>yesterday and visualized her as a child and she is quaking in her boots.  And, 
>bloodletting all over this forum is really not the right way to go for her. 
>I'm only going to do it this last time - hopefully.  I have also let her know 
>that nailing herself to the garage door or prostrating herself in front of her 
>lawnmower won't improve her image in the
>neighborhood.  So, Emily is stepping in to help her.  
>
>Obbajeeba, I am not holding your poor taste in video that morning against you 
>in the slightest.  I will say that I much preferred the one with Ginger in it 
>that Bob sent, care of his wife.  I know you didn't mean to set off such a 
>reaction in me and it was a pretty good joke, objectively, I do agree.  I 
>triggered heavily, which is actually a good thing, and I blame it all on the 
>voodoo (see video at end of post).  I might have even had a wet dream just 
>prior to the days' long rolling shame attacks that ensued.  Kind of like an 
>ocean wave.  They are happening a lot these days.  I breathe through them and 
>allow them to wash over me. It was very kind of you to think of me after I 
>posted out and I don't want you to feel at all badly.  I'm moving forward and 
>I do feel lighter :)
>
>To Bob's wife, I am extremely appreciative of your very fabulous response and 
>I am letting go of any guilt I might be harboring subconsciously.  I am 
>definitely not a threat in any wayand I look nothing like Cameron 
>Diaz...so there is nothing to worry about there either.  Although I do hope to 
>resemble Maria Bello in a year's time.  
>
>Bob is a lucky man, which we all know on this forum.  After hearing from you, 
>he is even luckier than we might have imagined.  I unsubscribed soon after I 
>posted and didn't see this until now.  I was thinking today that I should go 
>back and check the thread but I've been too frightened.  I knew I lobbed one 
>out there and then ran for my marmot hole. I always underestimate this forum - 
>I was kinda hoping that if I didn't look, it wouldn't be there.  Again, not 
>so.  
>
>I am almost convinced, not quite, but almost, on the TM.  Yes, I absolutely 
>want the benefits exactly as you have described and never have I heard them so 
>well put, may I add.  But, I'm not buying the whole "value" line of reasoning 
>at the price its being offered - not at all - my subjective principles are at 
>play :)  And, the remaining pennies in my piggy bank are being saved to buy me 
>as much time off as I can get in the coming year.  I was hoping I could use 
>the Leonard Cohen mantra - the secret of the universe - if you haven't seen 
>the video I/Emily posted earlier, it's a good one - last two minutes for the 
>mantra.  And he is so cute when he smiles.  But, now its out there and off 
>limits.  I keep forgetting.
>
>I have discovered that a buddhist monk kind of a guy is living several doors 
>down from where I live who is doing/teaching a meditation group.  I am getting 
>his number, as for me, I want to believe in my current state of disrepair that 
>meditation is meditation is meditation and that this practice will work as 
>well as the next at this point in time.  My head is barely above water, after 
>all.  Yes, I will pay, but its a nominal fee.  I did my own thing yesterday 
>for 30 minutes and it totally changed my day, so I know there is something to 
>this.  Hours of classical music are also helping.  My expectations are low, so 
>I'm sure they'll be met.
>
>We all have a story.  I will keep this fairly brief but I was sexually 
>assaulted 1.5 years ago by get this, a husband. His wife, my primary friend in 
>the relationship, had left for their island retreat with the kids (one of them 
>mine) and I sat down with a glass of wine to "shoot the sh*t" with her 
>hus

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Bob Price]

From: turquoiseb 




>>>...the performance of small acts of kindness and
compassion as a way of affecting change. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBy3wAEOn8

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[wgm4u]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u"  wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b7692b6854ca64548e80ab61
> > 
> > Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> 
> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> 
> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.

Maybe Freddie the Freeloader would have been a better choice? :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhjPvMpEhm4&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "marekreavis"  wrote:
>
> In my experience working with street people and others who are 
> extremely poor, they frequently share whatever meager resources 
> that are available to them with others, even strangers.
> 
> That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're 
> constantly aware of how precarious your existence is, you 
> recognize it in others' situation, as well. Sharing is natural.
> 
> It's a recognition of commonality.

Losing touch with the fact that the beggar could
easily be you is the saddest thing I can imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLqR9Iux1w

Oh I have been a beggar
And shall be one again
And few the ones with help to lend
Within the world of men

One day I walk in flowers
one day I walk on stones
Today I walk in hours
One day I shall be home

I have sat on the street corner
And watched the bootheels shine
And cried out glad and cried out sad
With every voice but mine

One day I walk in flowers
one day I walk on stones
Today I walk in hours
One day I shall be home
One day I shall be home

- Bruce Cockburn, 1970

Re: [FairfieldLife] Same-sex TM teachers (was Re: Yo Denise)

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:15 AM, jpgillam  wrote:

> > Bob's wife wrote:
>
> > I recommend you get a female initiator
>
> I understand that it's TM organization policy these days for men
> to teach men and for women to teach women (or "ladies,"
> as the TMO likes to call females).
>
>
They're of course always "ladies" in strip joints as well.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[marekreavis]

In my experience working with street people and others who are extremely poor, 
they frequently share whatever meager resources that are available to them with 
others, even strangers.

That's not to imply that the poor are saints, but when you're constantly aware 
of how precarious your existence is, you recognize it in others' situation, as 
well. Sharing is natural.

It's a recognition of commonality.

***

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>
> a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
> documentary intended
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> > >
> > > Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
> >
> > Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> > eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> > high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> > potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> > fruits and veggies and lean meat.
> >
> > But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> > the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> > himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the Dome

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:

> On Nov 19, 2011, at 8:10 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
>
> > Loved that.  Nice looking group of ladies.
>
> I agree lurk~~everyone looks well and healthy.
> But if that picture is any indication of who is
> still going, with one or two exceptions, most women
> there look to be of "mature age," shall we say politely.
> Which, if the case, gives a pretty good indication of
> why so few still *do* go.  The younger adults have
> little interest, most of the older ones who still do
> the Sidhis are either on MD, Purusha, or stay at home.
> Would be interesting to get a breakdown of who goes, by age.
>
> Sal
>
>
I described who went to the Mens Dome years ago.   The kiddies go at around
3:15 PM and indeed their teachers are there with clipboards.  I used to
sneak in during this session so that I could get 4 rounds a day in while on
CCP.  Or was that CCCP?  I didn't get counted for the afternoon program
often because I was already there when came time for the next, mens round.
  Until things were torn down for IA there were piles of foam as much as 5
feet high that men, often crippled men, did their program on.  Many wheel
chairs.  Many old guys. Many green bottles of oxygen.   I met the former
principle of the Maharishi School there.   He was "retired" from his
position when he was taken away from school by ambulance with his heart
attack.  By and large, there were few men in their 30s.  Even on IA now the
average age range is between 45 and 75.  There are a few guys in the 30s.
Many men from the US and Canada who live in hovels around town or in the
boonies who survive entirely on the stipend.  A few work construction, do
gardening or shovel snow for some extra money.  These men, eager for part
time extra money would go after a landlord or property owner like rabid
dogs after a piece of raw meat.  Chris Johnson comes in late and high tails
out early to avoid being accosted by those seeking part time work from him.
   You don't want to get to know most of the men now on IA because there
are so many sad stories.  I've mentioned before how no matter where my
friends and I hid, many men would cruise around and find my car, be it at
the Rukmapura, Georges, wherever.   They'd come in to say "hello", be
invited by someone in my group to take a seat and once again I'm buying
lunch or dinner for some hungry soul.  The IA stipend doesn't go very far.
Pathetic stories from a diabetic man, on Social Security and the stipend,
talking about how he needs to get back to the Phillipeans.It's warm
there, living is cheap and you can buy a woman for a few dollars.  Not a
lovely atmosphere.  In the past year men have been coming down with cancer
and there'd be the talk that so and so is dying, doesn't have the money for
medical care, has taken his few last dollars to go to India to get some
kind of cure.   There'd be talk of so and so from IA dying.  You'd go take
your spot in the Dome and you'd see that now a spot was empty.   No one
took that spot, out of respect for the dead and dying.   So many times I've
felt like fleeing and crying.  I'd wonder just what it's like in the woods
off the major intersection of roads and interstates in my home town where
men gather after their days of signing, perhaps building a campfire.  I'd
imagine what they talk about is a lot more uplifting than what the men
living on IA stipend talk about.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[Bob Price]

full SCREEN please



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jyF4LUpPM&feature=related



From: Emily Reyn 
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:44:42 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise



Oh mon dieu.  Excusez-moi s'il vous plait.  Je suis desolee.  Merci beaucoup.

Warning:  Read at your own risk

I realize this is going to sound kind of schizophrenic but I am retiring my 
name and rebranding.  You can call me Emily or Em or Em-dash or whatever else. 
I have taken pity on myself and have taken Denise off the front lines for now - 
her own name is creating too much angst for her.  She doesn't want to represent 
at this time - she's experiencing PTSD and is going to start EMDR in January 
(yes, and will be meditating too).  Somebody needs to have that poor girl's 
back 24/7 in the real world - she's been having a rough go.  It occurred to me 
that that person has to be me.  Imagine that. I meditated yesterday and 
visualized her as a child and she is quaking in her boots.  And, bloodletting 
all over this forum is really not the right way to go for her. I'm only going 
to do it this last time - hopefully.  I have also let her know that nailing 
herself to the garage door or prostrating herself in front of her lawnmower 
won't improve her image in the
 neighborhood.  So, Emily is stepping in to help her.  

Obbajeeba, I am not holding your poor taste in video that morning against you 
in the slightest.  I will say that I much preferred the one with Ginger in it 
that Bob sent, care of his wife.  I know you didn't mean to set off such a 
reaction in me and it was a pretty good joke, objectively, I do agree.  I 
triggered heavily, which is actually a good thing, and I blame it all on the 
voodoo (see video at end of post).  I might have even had a wet dream just 
prior to the days' long rolling shame attacks that ensued.  Kind of like an 
ocean wave.  They are happening a lot these days.  I breathe through them and 
allow them to wash over me. It was very kind of you to think of me after I 
posted out and I don't want you to feel at all badly.  I'm moving forward and I 
do feel lighter :)

To Bob's wife, I am extremely appreciative of your very fabulous response and I 
am letting go of any guilt I might be harboring subconsciously.  I am 
definitely not a threat in any wayand I look nothing like Cameron Diaz...so 
there is nothing to worry about there either.  Although I do hope to resemble 
Maria Bello in a year's time.  

Bob is a lucky man, which we all know on this forum.  After hearing from you, 
he is even luckier than we might have imagined.  I unsubscribed soon after I 
posted and didn't see this until now.  I was thinking today that I should go 
back and check the thread but I've been too frightened.  I knew I lobbed one 
out there and then ran for my marmot hole. I always underestimate this forum - 
I was kinda hoping that if I didn't look, it wouldn't be there.  Again, not so. 
 

I am almost convinced, not quite, but almost, on the TM.  Yes, I absolutely 
want the benefits exactly as you have described and never have I heard them so 
well put, may I add.  But, I'm not buying the whole "value" line of reasoning 
at the price its being offered - not at all - my subjective principles are at 
play :)  And, the remaining pennies in my piggy bank are being saved to buy me 
as much time off as I can get in the coming year.  I was hoping I could use the 
Leonard Cohen mantra - the secret of the universe - if you haven't seen the 
video I/Emily posted earlier, it's a good one - last two minutes for the 
mantra.  And he is so cute when he smiles.  But, now its out there and off 
limits.  I keep forgetting.

I have discovered that a buddhist monk kind of a guy is living several doors 
down from where I live who is doing/teaching a meditation group.  I am getting 
his number, as for me, I want to believe in my current state of disrepair that 
meditation is meditation is meditation and that this practice will work as well 
as the next at this point in time.  My head is barely above water, after all.  
Yes, I will pay, but its a nominal fee.  I did my own thing yesterday for 30 
minutes and it totally changed my day, so I know there is something to this.  
Hours of classical music are also helping.  My expectations are low, so I'm 
sure they'll be met.

We all have a story.  I will keep this fairly brief but I was sexually 
assaulted 1.5 years ago by get this, a husband. His wife, my primary friend in 
the relationship, had left for their island retreat with the kids (one of them 
mine) and I sat down with a glass of wine to "shoot the sh*t" with her husband, 
who I hadn't seen in awhile, and who was staying behind.  In hindsight, he must 
have been drinking heavily throughout the day (he had a very high tolerance and 
it was hard to tell). In hindsight, they had invited me to their wedding 
anniversary at Teatro Zinzani the year bef

[FairfieldLife] Same-sex TM teachers (was Re: Yo Denise)

[jpgillam]

> Bob's wife wrote:

> I recommend you get a female initiator

I understand that it's TM organization policy these days for men 
to teach men and for women to teach women (or "ladies," 
as the TMO likes to call females).

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[merudanda]

a  poetical Christmas touch of Santa Claus over weightiness  - no
documentary intended
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" anitaoaks4u@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> > >
http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> >
> > Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?
>
> Actually poor people are often overweight because they
> eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
> high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
> potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
> fruits and veggies and lean meat.
>
> But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
> the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
> himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the Dome

[Sal Sunshine]

On Nov 19, 2011, at 8:10 AM, seventhray1 wrote:

> Loved that.  Nice looking group of ladies.

I agree lurk~~everyone looks well and healthy.
But if that picture is any indication of who is
still going, with one or two exceptions, most women
there look to be of "mature age," shall we say politely.
Which, if the case, gives a pretty good indication of
why so few still *do* go.  The younger adults have
little interest, most of the older ones who still do
the Sidhis are either on MD, Purusha, or stay at home.
Would be interesting to get a breakdown of who goes, by age.

Sal 

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u"  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> >
> > http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b7692b6854ca64548e80ab61
> 
> Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?

Actually poor people are often overweight because they
eat what's cheapest and most filling, which is typically
high in fat and calories and starch--spaghetti and
potatoes and hamburgers rather than whole grains and
fruits and veggies and lean meat.

But you've sort of glancingly touched on a false note in
the film. Obviously the guy has been able to provide for
himself--he's not starving to death--but we never see how.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
> I knew a Quaker during the later part of the Vietnam War.  He was
> performing alternate service as a security guard at a hospital.  I got
to
> know him very well.  He never mentioned the war, never mentioned his
> alternate service.  I got to meet his parents.  All nice people,
neither
> overly humble nor promoting their ways and their faith.  Few people
have
> influenced me in their lives as much as this young man and his family.
It
> wasn't any big thing at all.  More likely it was the way they carried
> themselves, their restraint in very tumultuous times in a very
tumultuous
> part of the country.  I learned from then to practice little "good
works"
> just by inspiration of being with them.  It was never stated but it
was
> obvious they had no desire to change or save the world.  Just
interject a
> little bit of good, a little bit of kindness into the world. 
Believing you
> can do or accomplish more gets one into the sin of huffing yourself
up.   I
> remembered my brief "Quaker upbringing" when I watched the video.

Nice post. It got me to thinking about my father, who was
raised in a Quaker family. He never spoke to us about its
tenets, philosophy, or anything about it, so anything I may
have picked up about what it would be like to be a Quaker
came from how he handled himself.

One example that springs to mind occurred after he had
retired from the Air Force and was running a Baskin-
Robbins ice cream store in Albany, Georgia. A family
pulled up outside -- mother, father, two kids, and the
black son of their maid, who was about the same age
as the family's kids. They sent the boy inside to buy
cones. He put his money on the counter and asked for
two cones...for the two white kids.

My father asked whether he wanted one for himself,
and the kid replied that they hadn't given him enough
money for that. So my father sent him back to the car
carrying three cones, his the biggest...and with sprinkles.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[wgm4u]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b7692b6854ca64548e80ab61

Amazing how heavy that guy is living on chump change, isn't it?

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
 
> I reposted this short film widely, and have been amazed
> at the response it's gotten. For me it just nailed the
> whole compassion and boddhicitta and "making a difference"
> thang.

One would be so much more impressed with your glowing
response to "the whole compassion and boddhicitta thang"
if you hadn't gone on to exploit it to do your usual
take-any-opportunity-to-put-people-down thang.

> It's an extraordinary film in my opinion because first we
> are set up (by playing to stereotypes) to think the worst
> of and expect the worst from the main character.

Actually we're set up to feel compassion for the main
character, to expect to have our hearts warmed by
somebody doing something kind *for him*, possibly even
something that will turn his life around.

The stereotype the film plays to initially is that we,
the audience, sitting well-fed in our homes before our
fancy computers, are the sort of people who will take
pity on the poor homeless beggar and generously share
with him a tiny piece of our material abundance, for
which he will be pathetically grateful.

 Many 
> people in the audience probably took one look at him and 
> reacted the way the store clerk did, with a snarled lip 
> and a subtle "moving away," as if to have as little contact 
> with him as possible. I would bet that a certain percentage 
> of viewers never got beyond the first part of that scene,
> expecting him to buy booze. Their loss.

And I'd be willing to bet that percentage was either zero
or very close to it. IOW, the person "expecting the worst"
is you--but of the audience rather than the main character.
 
> There are two things I love about it. The first is that,
> as hinted at in the title, he spends *every cent* of what
> he's been given, all of it to help other people. He doesn't
> keep even a penny for himself. But the next day, the cycle
> starts again with the same penny he gave away returning 
> to him. What goes around comes around.

And now we see another example of what the film did for
you. Instead of humbling you as it was designed to do
by measuring the degree of your own compassion against
the genuinely saintly compassion of the poor beggar, it
triggered your sense of superiority and led you to
fantasize about how much more compassionate you are than
other people:

> The other thing is that this film celebrates "small ges-
> tures" and the performance of small acts of kindness and
> compassion as a way of affecting change. I just can't tell
> you how tired I am of hypocrites who talk, talk, talk about
> how much they want to create world peace or get everybody
> enlightened or achieve some Big Lofty Goal, and then consis-
> tently treat the actual people they meet on the street every 
> day like shit.

But it doesn't strike you as hypocritical to gush over
a film illustrating the compassion of a beggar for
people he doesn't even know and then treat the folks 
you've known for years on FFL like shit.

> I thought this guy was as much of a hero as 
> I've ever seen onscreen, and I have nothing but praise for 
> Sharon Wright for writing, producing, and directing the film.

Something that impressed me was the long list of local
businesses the filmmaker thanked at the end for their
assistance. If you look at the technical credits, this
was a full-dress, professional production, and cooperating
with it must have required a good deal of inconvenience.
Kudos to those businesses for their compassion as well.

 
> Change doesn't come from thinking you have to raise millions
> of dollars to make it happen. It comes from making it happen,
> no matter how much, or how little, you already have. 
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b7692b6854ca64548e80ab61

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[seventhray1]

I don't get this.  Someone exposes a vulnerability in the hopes of maybe
some healing and processing, and this is how you respond?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba  wrote:
>
> Whatever, Bob.
>
> Poor taste in video choice, only reflects the content of hot men.
> Judy or Denise would agree? Most men, would not.
>
> Nice try.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote:
> >
> > Oh mon dieu. Â Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Â Je suis desolee.
 Merci beaucoup.
> >
> > Warning: Â Read at your own risk
> >
> > I realize this is going to sound kind of schizophrenic but I am
retiring my name and rebranding. Â You can call me Emily or Em or
Em-dash or whatever else. I have taken pity on myself and have taken
Denise off the front lines for now - her own name is creating too much
angst for her. Â She doesn't want to represent at this time - she's
experiencing PTSD and is going to start EMDR in January (yes, and will
be meditating too). Â Somebody needs to have that poor girl's back
24/7 in the real world - she's been having a rough go. Â It occurred
to me that that person has to be me. Â Imagine that. I meditated
yesterday and visualized her as a child and she is quaking in her boots.
 And, bloodletting all over this forum is really not the right way
to go for her. I'm only going to do it this last time - hopefully. Â
I have also let her know that nailing herself to the garage door or
prostrating herself in front of her lawnmower won't improve her image in
the
> > neighborhood. Â So, Emily is stepping in to help her. Â
> >
> > Obbajeeba, I am not holding your poor taste in video that morning
against you in the slightest. Â I will say that I much preferred the
one with Ginger in it that Bob sent, care of his wife. Â I know you
didn't mean to set off such a reaction in me and it was a pretty good
joke, objectively, I do agree. Â I triggered heavily, which is
actually a good thing, and I blame it all on the voodoo (see video at
end of post). Â I might have even had a wet dream just prior to the
days' long rolling shame attacks that ensued. Â Kind of like an ocean
wave. Â They are happening a lot these days. Â I breathe through
them and allow them to wash over me. It was very kind of you to think of
me after I posted out and I don't want you to feel at all badly. Â
I'm moving forward and I do feel lighter :)
> >
> > To Bob's wife, I am extremely appreciative of your very fabulous
response and I am letting go of any guilt I might be harboring
subconsciously. Â I am definitely not a threat in any wayand I
look nothing like Cameron Diaz...so there is nothing to worry about
there either. Â Although I do hope to resemble Maria Bello in a
year's time. Â
> >
> > Bob is a lucky man, which we all know on this forum. Â After
hearing from you, he is even luckier than we might have imagined. Â I
unsubscribed soon after I posted and didn't see this until now. Â I
was thinking today that I should go back and check the thread but I've
been too frightened. Â I knew I lobbed one out there and then ran for
my marmot hole. I always underestimate this forum - I was kinda hoping
that if I didn't look, it wouldn't be there. Â Again, not so. Â
> >
> > I am almost convinced, not quite, but almost, on the TM. Â Yes, I
absolutely want the benefits exactly as you have described and never
have I heard them so well put, may I add. Â But, I'm not buying the
whole "value" line of reasoning at the price its being offered - not at
all - my subjective principles are at play :) Â And, the remaining
pennies in my piggy bank are being saved to buy me as much time off as I
can get in the coming year. Â I was hoping I could use the Leonard
Cohen mantra - the secret of the universe - if you haven't seen the
video I/Emily posted earlier, it's a good one - last two minutes for the
mantra. Â And he is so cute when he smiles. Â But, now its out
there and off limits. Â I keep forgetting.
> >
> > I have discovered that a buddhist monk kind of a guy is living
several doors down from where I live who is doing/teaching a meditation
group. Â I am getting his number, as for me, I want to believe in my
current state of disrepair that meditation is meditation is meditation
and that this practice will work as well as the next at this point in
time. Â My head is barely above water, after all. Â Yes, I will
pay, but its a nominal fee. Â I did my own thing yesterday for 30
minutes and it totally changed my day, so I know there is something to
this. Â Hours of classical music are also helping. Â My
expectations are low, so I'm sure they'll be met.
> >
> > We all have a story. Â I will keep this fairly brief but I was
sexually assaulted 1.5 years ago by get this, a husband. His wife, my
primary friend in the relationship, had left for their island retreat
with the kids (one of them mine) and I sat down with a glass of wine to
"shoot the sh*t" with her husband, who I hadn't seen in awhile, and who
was staying behind. Â In hindsi

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[Susan]

Thanks, Judy.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a 
> > > > > separation.   'To be or not to be' is the linkage between 
> > > > > going to be with saints and valid dome badges. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The numbers all show that.  
> > > > 
> > > > Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
> > > 
> > > Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the
> > > previous Monday morning.
> > > That's 316 extra!
> > > 
> > > Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the
> > > previous Monday afternoon. That's 387 extra!
> > >
> > DOug, what is it that is causing the increase in Dome numbers?
> > Have they relaxed their badge policiy, are more Ffld people
> > simply making the effort , lots of visitors in town, what?
> 
> Nabby and Susan, see:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/295032
> 
> Seems like there's a drive to get lots of people in the
> Domes on Mondays.
> 
> And it was over 2,000 in the afternoon of Monday the 7th
> *with* pundits and "special groups," whatever those are.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[seventhray1]

Thanks Em, for sharing.

(and thanks to Judy for the simple tip about cutting or copying links
that aren't linkable onto the search bar on the top)


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn 
wrote:
>
> Oh mon dieu. Â Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Â Je suis desolee.
 Merci beaucoup.
>
> Warning: Â Read at your own risk
>
> I realize this is going to sound kind of schizophrenic but I am
retiring my name and rebranding. Â You can call me Emily or Em or
Em-dash or whatever else. I have taken pity on myself and have taken
Denise off the front lines for now - her own name is creating too much
angst for her. Â She doesn't want to represent at this time - she's
experiencing PTSD and is going to start EMDR in January (yes, and will
be meditating too). Â Somebody needs to have that poor girl's back
24/7 in the real world - she's been having a rough go. Â It occurred
to me that that person has to be me. Â Imagine that. I meditated
yesterday and visualized her as a child and she is quaking in her boots.
 And, bloodletting all over this forum is really not the right way
to go for her. I'm only going to do it this last time - hopefully. Â
I have also let her know that nailing herself to the garage door or
prostrating herself in front of her lawnmower won't improve her image in
the
> neighborhood. Â So, Emily is stepping in to help her. Â
>
> Obbajeeba, I am not holding your poor taste in video that morning
against you in the slightest. Â I will say that I much preferred the
one with Ginger in it that Bob sent, care of his wife. Â I know you
didn't mean to set off such a reaction in me and it was a pretty good
joke, objectively, I do agree. Â I triggered heavily, which is
actually a good thing, and I blame it all on the voodoo (see video at
end of post). Â I might have even had a wet dream just prior to the
days' long rolling shame attacks that ensued. Â Kind of like an ocean
wave. Â They are happening a lot these days. Â I breathe through
them and allow them to wash over me. It was very kind of you to think of
me after I posted out and I don't want you to feel at all badly. Â
I'm moving forward and I do feel lighter :)
>
> To Bob's wife, I am extremely appreciative of your very fabulous
response and I am letting go of any guilt I might be harboring
subconsciously. Â I am definitely not a threat in any wayand I
look nothing like Cameron Diaz...so there is nothing to worry about
there either. Â Although I do hope to resemble Maria Bello in a
year's time. Â
>
> Bob is a lucky man, which we all know on this forum. Â After
hearing from you, he is even luckier than we might have imagined. Â I
unsubscribed soon after I posted and didn't see this until now. Â I
was thinking today that I should go back and check the thread but I've
been too frightened. Â I knew I lobbed one out there and then ran for
my marmot hole. I always underestimate this forum - I was kinda hoping
that if I didn't look, it wouldn't be there. Â Again, not so. Â
>
> I am almost convinced, not quite, but almost, on the TM. Â Yes, I
absolutely want the benefits exactly as you have described and never
have I heard them so well put, may I add. Â But, I'm not buying the
whole "value" line of reasoning at the price its being offered - not at
all - my subjective principles are at play :) Â And, the remaining
pennies in my piggy bank are being saved to buy me as much time off as I
can get in the coming year. Â I was hoping I could use the Leonard
Cohen mantra - the secret of the universe - if you haven't seen the
video I/Emily posted earlier, it's a good one - last two minutes for the
mantra. Â And he is so cute when he smiles. Â But, now its out
there and off limits. Â I keep forgetting.
>
> I have discovered that a buddhist monk kind of a guy is living several
doors down from where I live who is doing/teaching a meditation group.
 I am getting his number, as for me, I want to believe in my current
state of disrepair that meditation is meditation is meditation and that
this practice will work as well as the next at this point in time. Â
My head is barely above water, after all. Â Yes, I will pay, but its
a nominal fee. Â I did my own thing yesterday for 30 minutes and it
totally changed my day, so I know there is something to this. Â Hours
of classical music are also helping. Â My expectations are low, so
I'm sure they'll be met.
>
> We all have a story. Â I will keep this fairly brief but I was
sexually assaulted 1.5 years ago by get this, a husband. His wife, my
primary friend in the relationship, had left for their island retreat
with the kids (one of them mine) and I sat down with a glass of wine to
"shoot the sh*t" with her husband, who I hadn't seen in awhile, and who
was staying behind. Â In hindsight, he must have been drinking
heavily throughout the day (he had a very high tolerance and it was hard
to tell). In hindsight, they had invited me to their wedding anniversary
at Teatro Zinzani the year before as they "weren't enjoying just
spendi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whstle Pig at the summit of Hallett Peak

[seventhray1]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
>
> http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/55615.jpg
>
Nice Glamour shot.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pika in Rocky Mountain National Park

[seventhray1]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
>
> http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/55611.jpg
>
Honey Badger would go through about three of those before breakfast.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marmot in Rocky Mountain National Park

[seventhray1]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey  wrote:
> Also known as "whistle pigs" due to the interesting calls
> they make. Comedians of the scree slopes.
>
Yea, for my money, it's still the honey badger.  Every time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah in the Dome

[seventhray1]

Loved that.  Nice looking group of ladies.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" 
wrote:
>
> From Facebook: Oprah Winfrey, looking good, practicing TM in the dome.
> http://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey?sk=photos
>
>
>
>
[http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318598_10150437809787220\
\
> _22433917219_8176691_2056404035_n.jpg]
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[merudanda]

"More likely it was the way they carried themselves, their restraint in
very tumultuous times in a very tumultuous part of the country."
remind me of a similar argument in my "therapy-like-helping out-session"
toward Catholic missionary in China and Far-East under the enormous 
existence threatening pressure by the Vatican to  get their numbers of
converts

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:42 AM, turquoiseb
no_reply@yahoogroups.comwrote:
>
> I knew a Quaker during the later part of the Vietnam War.  He was
> performing alternate service as a security guard at a hospital.  I got
to
> know him very well.  He never mentioned the war, never mentioned his
> alternate service.  I got to meet his parents.  All nice people,
neither
> overly humble nor promoting their ways and their faith.  Few people
have
> influenced me in their lives as much as this young man and his family.
It
> wasn't any big thing at all.  More likely it was the way they carried
> themselves, their restraint in very tumultuous times in a very
tumultuous
> part of the country.  I learned from then to practice little "good
works"
> just by inspiration of being with them.  It was never stated but it
was
> obvious they had no desire to change or save the world.  Just
interject a
> little bit of good, a little bit of kindness into the world. 
Believing you
> can do or accomplish more gets one into the sin of huffing yourself
up.   I
> remembered my brief "Quaker upbringing" when I watched the video.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Spirit leaving the world in 1944? (Monte Cassino bombing)

[merudanda]

hi
mystical sender of white miraculous bird , ... [:x]
pity nobody responded to these much more finer  direct points   done in
comparison to
"Monastery destroyed after translation slip by British intelligence
officer
http://tinyurl.com/3bdckck  ":
:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages/290391?threaded=1&m\
=e&var=1&tidx=1
http://tinyurl.com/7tkhrl7
and
MZ having  a most peculiar view of God  "witnessing" the actual death of
the supernatural context of creation. Is trying to get mystical
experiences after the Allied Bombing of Mt Cassino, really ambiguous at
best? The Nietzsche/Hopkins pose of a "stylesheet"  defended by  with
arguments sought out after  the event?

Just love old documentary especially  reminder of long gone "Italian
years" Some documentaries about "Padre Pio" first years...with rare
footage



Padre Pio: The Story Of The Saint

*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 3 (the jubilee -
...1933)   

*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 2 (the stigmatas -
1919)   

*  Padre Pio, the fist years - part 1 (the beginning -
1910)   


http://tinyurl.com/3zpgn6w
http://tinyurl.com/3k4g4nl
http://tinyurl.com/3vf4lls
History:The Bombing of Monte Cassino
TIME:Monday, Feb. 28, 1944
http://tinyurl.com/yepd6x6

Visiting a Carthusian monastery (Italiano/subt. in Eng.)

*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 1   

*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 2   

*  Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 3   


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
>
> re: the Monastery of Monte Cassino and its bombing in 1944. Consider
the notion that the Holy Spirit has quit operating in the world after
the bombing.
> ...
> 1. First, it's noteworthy that the Monastery was rebuilt by 1964.
>
> 2. Second, if the Holy Spirit left, then there should be no further
"genuine" Catholic Saints living in the world after the 40's.
> But Padre Pio lived until 1968. If he was a "genuine" Saint, anywhere
near the status of various other Saints, it seems to me the original
premise would be undermined.
>
> 3. The display of supposed Supernatural phenomena is a requirement for
Sainthood in the Catholic Church, and Padre Pio (according to witnesses)
manifested numerous healings, bilocations, and a few levitations.
>
> 4. The fact of the decline of the Catholic Church in recent decades
may attributed to certain failings among celebate Priests that have come
to light (but it's an easy assumption that those failings were present
in previous centuries).
>
> 5. The 60's witnesses an expansion of Consciousness in the West,
influenced by LSD and the Presence of some very powerful Gurus coming
from India.  The M-field of such "Eastern" teachings may be seen by some
to have irreconcialable conflicts with entrenched Christianity,
particularly Catholocism. One might compare the conflict to a "Clash of
Civilizations", but pertaining to religious/Spiritual mattersnot
political and economic.
>
> It remains to be seen how this clash will work itself out. The clash
involves some key concepts in either camp which are mutually exclusive;
one such concept: the identity of "GOD", or if there is a God. One
version of "the truth" must rule, since both can't be true.
>
> My prediction: the idea that The Trinity = God will fall by the
wayside, as more people embrace concepts such as Dharma, Karma,
Reincarnation; and abandon the idea of a God since there's (a) no need
for such a concept and (b) even if it were true, where in the Hell is
She/He?
> ...
> Wiki on some miracles of Padre Pio:
> In the 1999 book, Padre Pio: The Wonder Worker, a segment by Irish
priest Malachy Gerard Carroll describes the story of Gemma de Giorgi, a
Sicilian girl whose alleged blindness some believe was corrected during
a visit to the Capuchin priest.[33] Gemma, who was brought to San
Giovanni Rotondo in 1947 by her grandmother, was born without
pupils.[33] During her trip to see Padre Pio, the little girl reportedly
began to see objects including a steamboat and the sea.[33] Gemma's
grandmother did not believe the child had been healed.[33] After Gemma
for

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a 
> > > > separation.   'To be or not to be' is the linkage between 
> > > > going to be with saints and valid dome badges. 
> > > > 
> > > > The numbers all show that.  
> > > 
> > > Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
> > 
> > Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the
> > previous Monday morning.
> > That's 316 extra!
> > 
> > Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the
> > previous Monday afternoon. That's 387 extra!
> >
> DOug, what is it that is causing the increase in Dome numbers?
> Have they relaxed their badge policiy, are more Ffld people
> simply making the effort , lots of visitors in town, what?

Nabby and Susan, see:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/295032

Seems like there's a drive to get lots of people in the
Domes on Mondays.

And it was over 2,000 in the afternoon of Monday the 7th
*with* pundits and "special groups," whatever those are.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:58 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote:

>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> >
> > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a separation.   'To
> be or not to be' is the linkage between going to be with saints and valid
> dome badges.
> >
> > The numbers all show that.
>
>
> Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
>
>
>
Yes of course.  Oprah and her entourage number lots of people.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[merudanda]

"Change doesn't come from thinking you have to raise millions
of dollars to make it happen. It comes from making it happen,
no matter how much, or how little, you already have."
Correct. Eloquently put, that was the way I was looking at it too
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> > thanks [:x]
> > As the film opens, our unidentified homeless man sits in a store-
> > front with his stereotypical cardboard sign stereotypically
> > begging for whatever change he can accumulate. Before long, he
> > heads off with change in hand to the neighbourhood country store.
> > "Heading to the liquor section," You might think.
> > An emotional punch, without being sappy or overly melodramatic
> > weaves an intertwining story of multiple fates, giving us only
> > glimpses of the lives involved, but these glimpses are all we
> > need to feel the heart put into creating this film.
> > Reminiscent of Kurt Kuenne's award-winning Validation,
> > The Student's Companion to Social Policy by Pete Alcock,
> > Margaret May, Sharon Wright
> > http://tinyurl.com/cta865q
> > In particular, people who have the mindset for social change are
> > deterred by limitations, and they embrace the belief that small
> > actions do matter.It can be so incredibly simple. A hug. A kind
> > word. A small, meaningful gift. A coin. An unexpected act of
> > mercy.
>
> I reposted this short film widely, and have been amazed
> at the response it's gotten. For me it just nailed the
> whole compassion and boddhicitta and "making a difference"
> thang.
>
> It's an extraordinary film in my opinion because first we
> are set up (by playing to stereotypes) to think the worst
> of and expect the worst from the main character. Many
> people in the audience probably took one look at him and
> reacted the way the store clerk did, with a snarled lip
> and a subtle "moving away," as if to have as little contact
> with him as possible. I would bet that a certain percentage
> of viewers never got beyond the first part of that scene,
> expecting him to buy booze. Their loss.
>
> There are two things I love about it. The first is that,
> as hinted at in the title, he spends *every cent* of what
> he's been given, all of it to help other people. He doesn't
> keep even a penny for himself. But the next day, the cycle
> starts again with the same penny he gave away returning
> to him. What goes around comes around.
>
> The other thing is that this film celebrates "small ges-
> tures" and the performance of small acts of kindness and
> compassion as a way of affecting change. I just can't tell
> you how tired I am of hypocrites who talk, talk, talk about
> how much they want to create world peace or get everybody
> enlightened or achieve some Big Lofty Goal, and then consis-
> tently treat the actual people they meet on the street every
> day like shit. I thought this guy was as much of a hero as
> I've ever seen onscreen, and I have nothing but praise for
> Sharon Wright for writing, producing, and directing the film.
>
> Change doesn't come from thinking you have to raise millions
> of dollars to make it happen. It comes from making it happen,
> no matter how much, or how little, you already have.
>
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> >
http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
\
> > 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> > >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[Tom Pall]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:42 AM, turquoiseb wrote:

I knew a Quaker during the later part of the Vietnam War.  He was
performing alternate service as a security guard at a hospital.  I got to
know him very well.  He never mentioned the war, never mentioned his
alternate service.  I got to meet his parents.  All nice people, neither
overly humble nor promoting their ways and their faith.  Few people have
influenced me in their lives as much as this young man and his family.  It
wasn't any big thing at all.  More likely it was the way they carried
themselves, their restraint in very tumultuous times in a very tumultuous
part of the country.  I learned from then to practice little "good works"
just by inspiration of being with them.  It was never stated but it was
obvious they had no desire to change or save the world.  Just interject a
little bit of good, a little bit of kindness into the world.  Believing you
can do or accomplish more gets one into the sin of huffing yourself up.   I
remembered my brief "Quaker upbringing" when I watched the video.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>
> thanks [:x]
> As the film opens, our unidentified homeless man sits in a store-
> front with his stereotypical cardboard sign stereotypically 
> begging for whatever change he can accumulate. Before long, he 
> heads off with change in hand to the neighbourhood country store.
> "Heading to the liquor section," You might think.
> An emotional punch, without being sappy or overly melodramatic 
> weaves an intertwining story of multiple fates, giving us only 
> glimpses of the lives involved, but these glimpses are all we 
> need to feel the heart put into creating this film.
> Reminiscent of Kurt Kuenne's award-winning Validation,
> The Student's Companion to Social Policy by Pete Alcock, 
> Margaret May, Sharon Wright
> http://tinyurl.com/cta865q
> In particular, people who have the mindset for social change are 
> deterred by limitations, and they embrace the belief that small 
> actions do matter.It can be so incredibly simple. A hug. A kind 
> word. A small, meaningful gift. A coin. An unexpected act of 
> mercy.

I reposted this short film widely, and have been amazed
at the response it's gotten. For me it just nailed the
whole compassion and boddhicitta and "making a difference"
thang. 

It's an extraordinary film in my opinion because first we
are set up (by playing to stereotypes) to think the worst
of and expect the worst from the main character. Many 
people in the audience probably took one look at him and 
reacted the way the store clerk did, with a snarled lip 
and a subtle "moving away," as if to have as little contact 
with him as possible. I would bet that a certain percentage 
of viewers never got beyond the first part of that scene,
expecting him to buy booze. Their loss. 

There are two things I love about it. The first is that,
as hinted at in the title, he spends *every cent* of what
he's been given, all of it to help other people. He doesn't
keep even a penny for himself. But the next day, the cycle
starts again with the same penny he gave away returning 
to him. What goes around comes around.

The other thing is that this film celebrates "small ges-
tures" and the performance of small acts of kindness and
compassion as a way of affecting change. I just can't tell
you how tired I am of hypocrites who talk, talk, talk about
how much they want to create world peace or get everybody
enlightened or achieve some Big Lofty Goal, and then consis-
tently treat the actual people they meet on the street every 
day like shit. I thought this guy was as much of a hero as 
I've ever seen onscreen, and I have nothing but praise for 
Sharon Wright for writing, producing, and directing the film. 

Change doesn't come from thinking you have to raise millions
of dollars to make it happen. It comes from making it happen,
no matter how much, or how little, you already have. 


> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> >
> http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
> 92b6854ca64548e80ab61
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[Susan]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a separation.   'To 
> > > be or not to be' is the linkage between going to be with saints and valid 
> > > dome badges. 
> > > 
> > > The numbers all show that.  
> > 
> > 
> > Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
> >
> 
> 
> Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the previous Monday morning.
> That's 316 extra!
> 
> Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the previous Monday 
> afternoon. 
> That's 387 extra!
>
DOug, what is it that is causing the increase in Dome numbers?  Have they 
relaxed their badge policiy, are more Ffld people simply making the effort , 
lots of visitors in town, what?

[FairfieldLife] Re: A very touching 10 minutes, well spent

[merudanda]

thanks [:x]
As the film opens, our unidentified homeless man sits in a store-front
with his stereotypical cardboard sign stereotypically begging for
whatever change he can accumulate. Before long, he heads off with change
in hand to the neighbourhood country store.
"Heading to the liquor section," You might think.
An emotional punch, without being sappy or overly melodramatic weaves an
intertwining story of multiple fates, giving us only glimpses of the
lives involved, but these glimpses are all we need to feel the heart put
into creating this film.
Reminiscent of Kurt Kuenne's award-winning Validation,
The Student's Companion to Social Policy by Pete Alcock, Margaret May,
Sharon Wright
http://tinyurl.com/cta865q
In particular, people who have the mindset for social change are not
deterred by limitations, and they embrace the belief that small actions
do matter.It can be so incredibly simple. A hug. A kind word. A small,
meaningful gift. A coin. An unexpected act of mercy.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
>
>
http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b76\
92b6854ca64548e80ab61
>

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[Buck]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a separation.   'To be 
> > or not to be' is the linkage between going to be with saints and valid dome 
> > badges. 
> > 
> > The numbers all show that.  
> 
> 
> Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?
>


Super Monday 7th morning: 1076 compared with 760 the previous Monday morning.
That's 316 extra!

Super Monday 7th evening: 1323 compared with 936 the previous Monday afternoon. 
That's 387 extra!

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Aquinas was a zealous defender of the Inquisition"

[merudanda]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra  wrote:
snip
>
>
>   Was He Married?

=He cannot instruct us, he cannot empathize with us, he cannot have
genuine compassion, because he does not KNOW, really know, what it is
like to be completely human.?

S. Smith personally never got married herself.
In "The Hostage," for example, she clearly expresses her personal
aversion to marriage:
Of course I never dared form any acquaintance.
Marriage? Out of the question. Well for instance
It might be infectious, this malaise of mine (an excuse)
Spread
That? I'd rather be dead
The general impression the reader gets here is a conflict of disparate
voices, confused masks and inconsistent views.

In this context, Barbera and McBrien confirm that " [Smith's]conscience
and her temperament lead her to insist on "emptiness of an indifferent
universe".On the other hand,  "Stevie's attitude to the Christian
religion, like that of Emily Dickinson, was that of an agnostic who
could not entirely abandon belief in a God of Love"(Spalding)
see Movie review: "The Mill & The Cross"From: turquoiseb
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages/294576?threaded=1&m\
=e&var=1&tidx=1
http://tinyurl.com/7lrj9xd

She jumped. And what a jump that was!
Quite twice as long
And high
As it need be,
Now why
Did this cat jump at all, so force herself?
There was a path around the tank
She could have walked
("Can It Be?")


>
> Was he married, did he try
> To support as he grew less fond of them
> Wife and family?
>
> No,
> He never suffered such a blow.
>
> Did he feel pointless, feeble and distrait,
> Unwanted by everyone and in the way?
>
> From his cradle he was purposeful,
> His bent strong and his mind full.
>
> Did he love people very much
> Yet find them die one day?
>
> He did not love in the human way.
>
> Did he ask how long it would go on,
> Wonder if Death could be counted on for an end?
>
> He did not feel like this,
> He had a future of bliss.
>
> Did he never feel strong
> Pain for being wrong?
>
> He was not wrong, he was right,
> He suffered from others', not his own, spite.
>
> But there is no suffering like having made a mistake
> Because of being of an inferior make.
>
> He was not inferior,
> He was superior.
>
> He knew then that power corrupts but some must govern?
>
> His thoughts were different.
>
> Did he lack friend? Worse,
> Think it was for his fault, not theirs?
>
> He did not lack friends,
> He had disciples he moulded to his ends.
>
> Did he feel over-handicapped sometimes, yet must draw even?
>
> How could he feel like this? He was the King of Heaven.
>
> . . . find a sudden brightness one day in everything
> Because a mood had been conquered, or a sin?
>
> I tell you, he did not sin.
>
> Do only human beings suffer from the irritation
> I have mentioned? learn too that being comical
> does not ameliorate the desperation?
>
> Only human beings feel this.
> It is because they are so mixed.
>
> A god is Man's doll, you ass,
> He makes him up like this on purpose.
>
> He might have made him up worse.
>
> He often has, in the past.
>
> To choose a god of love, as he did and does,
> Is a little move then?
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> A larger one will be when men
> Love love and hate hate but do not deify them?
>
> It will be a larger one.
>
> Stevie Smith
>

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Yo Denise

[obbajeeba]

Whatever, Bob.

Poor taste in video choice, only reflects the content of hot men.   
Judy or Denise would agree?   Most men, would not.

Nice try. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Oh mon dieu.  Excusez-moi s'il vous plait.  Je suis desolee.  Merci 
> beaucoup.
> 
> Warning:  Read at your own risk
> 
> I realize this is going to sound kind of schizophrenic but I am retiring my 
> name and rebranding.  You can call me Emily or Em or Em-dash or whatever 
> else. I have taken pity on myself and have taken Denise off the front lines 
> for now - her own name is creating too much angst for her.  She doesn't want 
> to represent at this time - she's experiencing PTSD and is going to start 
> EMDR in January (yes, and will be meditating too).  Somebody needs to have 
> that poor girl's back 24/7 in the real world - she's been having a rough go. 
>  It occurred to me that that person has to be me.  Imagine that. I 
> meditated yesterday and visualized her as a child and she is quaking in her 
> boots.  And, bloodletting all over this forum is really not the right way to 
> go for her. I'm only going to do it this last time - hopefully.  I have also 
> let her know that nailing herself to the garage door or prostrating herself 
> in front of her lawnmower won't improve her image in the
>  neighborhood.  So, Emily is stepping in to help her.  
> 
> Obbajeeba, I am not holding your poor taste in video that morning against you 
> in the slightest.  I will say that I much preferred the one with Ginger in 
> it that Bob sent, care of his wife.  I know you didn't mean to set off such 
> a reaction in me and it was a pretty good joke, objectively, I do agree.  I 
> triggered heavily, which is actually a good thing, and I blame it all on the 
> voodoo (see video at end of post).  I might have even had a wet dream just 
> prior to the days' long rolling shame attacks that ensued.  Kind of like an 
> ocean wave.  They are happening a lot these days.  I breathe through them 
> and allow them to wash over me. It was very kind of you to think of me after 
> I posted out and I don't want you to feel at all badly.  I'm moving forward 
> and I do feel lighter :)
> 
> To Bob's wife, I am extremely appreciative of your very fabulous response and 
> I am letting go of any guilt I might be harboring subconsciously.  I am 
> definitely not a threat in any wayand I look nothing like Cameron 
> Diaz...so there is nothing to worry about there either.  Although I do hope 
> to resemble Maria Bello in a year's time.  
> 
> Bob is a lucky man, which we all know on this forum.  After hearing from 
> you, he is even luckier than we might have imagined.  I unsubscribed soon 
> after I posted and didn't see this until now.  I was thinking today that I 
> should go back and check the thread but I've been too frightened.  I knew I 
> lobbed one out there and then ran for my marmot hole. I always underestimate 
> this forum - I was kinda hoping that if I didn't look, it wouldn't be there. 
>  Again, not so.  
> 
> I am almost convinced, not quite, but almost, on the TM.  Yes, I absolutely 
> want the benefits exactly as you have described and never have I heard them 
> so well put, may I add.  But, I'm not buying the whole "value" line of 
> reasoning at the price its being offered - not at all - my subjective 
> principles are at play :)  And, the remaining pennies in my piggy bank are 
> being saved to buy me as much time off as I can get in the coming year.  I 
> was hoping I could use the Leonard Cohen mantra - the secret of the universe 
> - if you haven't seen the video I/Emily posted earlier, it's a good one - 
> last two minutes for the mantra.  And he is so cute when he smiles.  But, 
> now its out there and off limits.  I keep forgetting.
> 
> I have discovered that a buddhist monk kind of a guy is living several doors 
> down from where I live who is doing/teaching a meditation group.  I am 
> getting his number, as for me, I want to believe in my current state of 
> disrepair that meditation is meditation is meditation and that this practice 
> will work as well as the next at this point in time.  My head is barely 
> above water, after all.  Yes, I will pay, but its a nominal fee.  I did my 
> own thing yesterday for 30 minutes and it totally changed my day, so I know 
> there is something to this.  Hours of classical music are also helping.  My 
> expectations are low, so I'm sure they'll be met.
> 
> We all have a story.  I will keep this fairly brief but I was sexually 
> assaulted 1.5 years ago by get this, a husband. His wife, my primary friend 
> in the relationship, had left for their island retreat with the kids (one of 
> them mine) and I sat down with a glass of wine to "shoot the sh*t" with her 
> husband, who I hadn't seen in awhile, and who was staying behind.  In 
> hindsight, he must have been drinking heavily throughout the day (he had a 
> ve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

[obbajeeba]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV_6oQUviAk

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PcoMrwEa5o
> 
> 
> 
> From: obbajeeba 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 5:28:51 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count
> 
> 
> 
> I will not post more than 50. I will not post more than 50. I will not post 
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> post more than 50.I will not post more than 50.I will not post more than 50.I 
> will not post more than 50.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount  wrote:
> >
> > Fairfield Life Post Counter
> > ===
> > Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 12 00:00:00 2011
> > End Date (UTC): Sat Nov 19 00:00:00 2011
> > 698 messages as of (UTC) Fri Nov 18 23:58:49 2011
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> > 59 authfriend 
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[FairfieldLife] Fairfield exodus (was Re: "Occupy the Domes!!")

[nablusoss1008]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> Yes, good observation.  There has already long been a separation.   'To be or 
> not to be' is the linkage between going to be with saints and valid dome 
> badges. 
> 
> The numbers all show that.  


Didn't they recently have 2000 in the Domes ?

[FairfieldLife] Mehmet's too vaata-pitta??

[cardemaister]

http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Transcendental-Meditation-Audio_2

[FairfieldLife] WANTED:Raja for invisible country,Gamburtsev Mountain Range

[merudanda]

Invisible  "Alps Under The Ice," Formation Mystery Solved
Gamburtsev 'ghost mountains mystery solved'
  [Jonathan Amos]  By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15749757

Here we present the first comprehensive view of the crustal architecture
and uplift mechanisms for the Gamburtsevs, derived from radar, gravity 
and magnetic data.


Religious evolutionist  declared the Bible  has already given "the  most
accurate general history of the ancient Earth, actually filling in  the
gaps and contradictions that arise in modern long-age science 
approaches " and are saying that Noah's flood floated Antarctica to it's
present location? Because "There  shouldn't be any mountains there,
according to conventional  science..Antarctica is a single crustal plate
colliding with nothing.   As one scientist put it, finding these
mountains is like opening an  ancient pyramid and finding a living
astronaut in it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cSHl0PRx6AE#t=9\
0s
http://tinyurl.com/85bx2zk
Genesis 8:5 "And  the waters decreased continually until the tenth
month: in the tenth  month, on the first day of the month, were the tops
of the mountains  seen."
Prayer:Father, You judged the whole world in the flood. Remind my faith
that You have judged me .
Other  are discussing Rodinia the name of a super-continent, a continent
which  contained most or all of Earth's landmass in the Neo-proterozoic
era  and Urantia or the Columbia (super-continent) or the
"Super-continent  cycle"  as  a shockingly unexpected intellectual
pedigree
Question remains :
Do  we have a Raja for this invisible country believed to be about the
same  size as the European Alps?
And what about some WPA and Yogic flyer  there to prevent some melt
down?

Antarctica would raise world sea levels by about 57 meters (187ft) if it
melted!
"Understanding  long-term ice sheet evolution is critical in order to
develop more  realistic models of variations of the ice sheet to climate
change," Ferraccioli said.The study appeared Nov. 16 in the journal
Nature.
East Antarctic rifting triggers uplift of the Gamburtsev Mountains:
http://tinyurl.com/7jf8hbj
  [Antarctic camp]
The survey required the scientific and logistical support of seven
nationsContinue reading the main story

Scientists say they can now explain the existence of what are perhaps
Earth's most extraordinary mountains.





Gamburtsev  Mountain Range,(also known as the Gamburtsev Sub glacial
Mountains) a  sub glacial mountain range located in Eastern Antarctica  
3 km below  the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest body of ice on the
planet.  "About 34 million years ago, Antarctica began to glaciate,
forming on  the top of the range what could be the oldest ice on the
planet at 1.2  million years. A billion years ago, continents collided,
crushing the  mountain's rocks together, forming a gigantic root beneath
the mountain  range, which remained when the mountains eroded. About 250
million years  ago, the root warmed up and reformed the mountains, while
the ice sheet  prevented the mountains from eroding."


Related Stories
*  Antarctic ice built from bottom
  03 MARCH 2011,
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
*  Data to expose 'ghost mountains'
  18 DECEMBER
2009, SCI/TECH
*  Expedition set for 'ghost peaks'
  14 OCTOBER 2008,
SCI/TECH
*  Origin of Antarctic ice revealed
  03 JUNE 2009,
SCI/TECH
*  'Ghost peaks' mapped under ice
  25 FEBRUARY
2009, SCI/TECH
* and
Climate impact risk 'on the rise'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15745408
Stunning new WikiLeaks-related information: USA vs UFO "war" supposedly
taking place since 2004 near Antarctica. We've got the shocking details
in this can't-miss video.  [:D]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_GeE8Xtro8

[FairfieldLife] [old?] Oprah and TM

[cardemaister]

http://www.amareway.org/holisticliving/10/oprah-on-tm-oprah-winfrey-and-transcendental-meditation-in-fairfield/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moonlight Sonata - Gilel

[merudanda]

lol
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" 
wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaTG-LIQ7sY
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> >  
> > please do not ask : which key is the "any" key ?
> > http://www.douban.com/photos/photo/761695590/
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for posting. In the three years of piano lessons I took in
Jr.
> > High, Moonlight Sonata was one of my favorites pieces. It's easy
enough
> > for a beginner to do it justice, but never as beautifully played as
> > Gilel. It brings back memories of my piano teacher demonstrating a
new
> > piece to give me a feel for the music. From fortissimo to pianissimo
her
> > red nail polished fingers swooshed passionately over the ivories. I
> > loved her. She smelled good too.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@
wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKdFJYPx2U
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] WANTED:Raja for invisible country,Gamburtsev Mountain Range

[merudanda]

Invisible  "Alps Under The Ice," Formation Mystery Solved
Gamburtsev 'ghost mountains mystery solved'
[Jonathan Amos] By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent,
BBC News [Antarctic camp]
The survey required the scientific and logistical support of seven
nationsContinue reading the main story

Scientists say they can now explain the existence of what are perhaps
Earth's most extraordinary mountains.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15749757


Gamburtsev Mountain Range,(also known as the Gamburtsev Sub glacial
Mountains) a sub glacial mountain range located in Eastern Antarctica  
3 km below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest body of ice on the
planet. "About 34 million years ago, Antarctica began to glaciate,
forming on the top of the range what could be the oldest ice on the
planet at 1.2 million years. A billion years ago, continents collided,
crushing the mountain's rocks together, forming a gigantic root beneath
the mountain range, which remained when the mountains eroded. About 250
million years ago, the root warmed up and reformed the mountains, while
the ice sheet prevented the mountains from eroding."

Antarctica would raise world sea levels by about 57 meters (187ft) if it
melted!
"Understanding long-term ice sheet evolution is critical in order to
develop more realistic models of variations of the ice sheet to climate
change," Ferraccioli said.The study appeared Nov. 16 in the journal
Nature.
East Antarctic rifting triggers uplift of the Gamburtsev Mountains:
http://tinyurl.com/7jf8hbj

Religious evolutionist  declared the Bible  has already given "the most
accurate general history of the ancient Earth, actually filling in the
gaps and contradictions that arise in modern long-age science approaches
" and are saying that Noah's flood floated Antarctica to it's present
location? Because "There shouldn't be any mountains there, according to
conventional science..Antarctica is a single crustal plate colliding
with nothing.  As one scientist put it, finding these mountains is like
opening an ancient pyramid and finding a living astronaut in it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cSHl0PRx6AE#t=9\
0s
http://tinyurl.com/85bx2zk
Genesis 8:5 "And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month:
in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the
mountains seen."
Prayer:Father, You judged the whole world in the flood. Remind my faith
that You have judged me .
Other are discussing Rodinia the name of a super-continent, a continent
which contained most or all of Earth's landmass in the Neo-proterozoic
era and Urantia or the Columbia (super-continent) or the
"Super-continent cycle"  as  a shockingly unexpected intellectual
pedigree
Question remains :
Do we have a Raja for this invisible country believed to be about the
same size as the European Alps? And what about some WPA and Yogic flyer
there to prevent some melt down?

Related Stories
*  Antarctic ice built from
bottom 
03 MARCH 2011,  SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
*  Data to expose 'ghost
mountains' 
18 DECEMBER 2009,  SCI/TECH
*  Expedition set for 'ghost
peaks' 
14 OCTOBER 2008,  SCI/TECH
*  Origin of Antarctic ice
revealed 
03 JUNE 2009,  SCI/TECH
*  'Ghost peaks' mapped under ice

25 FEBRUARY 2009,  SCI/TECH
* and
Climate impact risk 'on the rise'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15745408

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moonlight Sonata - Gilel

[raunchydog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaTG-LIQ7sY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda  wrote:
>
>  
> please do not ask : which key is the "any" key ?
> http://www.douban.com/photos/photo/761695590/
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for posting. In the three years of piano lessons I took in Jr.
> High, Moonlight Sonata was one of my favorites pieces. It's easy enough
> for a beginner to do it justice, but never as beautifully played as
> Gilel. It brings back memories of my piano teacher demonstrating a new
> piece to give me a feel for the music. From fortissimo to pianissimo her
> red nail polished fingers swooshed passionately over the ivories. I
> loved her. She smelled good too.
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKdFJYPx2U
> > >
> >
>