date:20130327

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig

LOL when I did that, my own text looked horrible. Sooo,,, its back to utf-8 as 
the default and I'll just run filter when I need to copy paste from safari to 
safari.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"  wrote:
>
> I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to Western ISO as you suggest.
> 
> L
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
> >
> >  From the source of the message here's what it was doing: 
> > "=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few 
> > others but only when using email. Yahoo seems to catch this and format 
> > properly on the web site. But in Thunderbird even reading the email in 
> > HTML it still displayed the special characters and rather hilariously 
> > the Euro symbol. Anyway doing a search on "weird characters in Mac 
> > emails" there's quite a few articles and one blog suggested instead of 
> > setting Character set to "Auto" set it to Western ISO.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig

I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to Western ISO as you suggest.

L

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
>  From the source of the message here's what it was doing: 
> "=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few 
> others but only when using email. Yahoo seems to catch this and format 
> properly on the web site. But in Thunderbird even reading the email in 
> HTML it still displayed the special characters and rather hilariously 
> the Euro symbol. Anyway doing a search on "weird characters in Mac 
> emails" there's quite a few articles and one blog suggested instead of 
> setting Character set to "Auto" set it to Western ISO.

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread doctordumbass

Funny thing about memory - it can be accessed much more easily *w/o* holding 
onto it. Then if needed, a little focus, and off the shelves it pops. When I 
worked and visited nursing homes the residents most apt to lose their minds, 
were those who favored certain memories to the exclusion of others. More 
practical to have it all available, but not held, or run as a tape, rather 
accessed only if needed.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@  wrote:
> >
> > Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your 
> > sorry ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that 
> > when the photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? 
> > LOL - What a douche.
> 
> Maybe he always wanted to be a proctologist but being the layman he is had to 
> practice on the unsuspecting. Or maybe his finger is the biggest thing he's 
> got. Whatever the case, I'll make sure to keep my distance and never turn my 
> back on him.
> 
> You have a pretty good memory Doc, but my advice is to let these sordid 
> images go. I hope Barry remembered to wash his hands before his next meal 
> after that little impromptu examination.
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so 
> > > > I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > > > 
> > > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > > > 
> > > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> > > 
> > > Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the
> > > humorless, especially if they have a history of
> > > holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guilty of Reductionism

2013-03-27 Thread John

Buck,

MMY stated that everything in the universe is based in consciousness.  Dr. John 
Hagelin explains the physics of this statement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcWntw9juM



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> 
> Are we primarily matter, or are we primarily consciousness? Is the body a 
> machine that creates conscious experience, or is conscious experience the 
> result of the interaction of a field of consciousness with brain functioning? 
> University professors teach:  "Participants will learn how the brain creates 
> consciousness,,"
> Talk about 'in the head'.
> !OmMyUnifiedField!,
> -Buck in the Dome
>

[FairfieldLife] There was Time Before the Big Bang But With No Space

2013-03-27 Thread John

A German physicist said so.  Is she right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACS1_5jyvHE

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues

 Me:
> > I have my fans.  Some of them lurkers.  What kind?  Very funny people who 
> > share my tastes.


Ann
> I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be 
> "very funny people".>

I was speaking about specific lurker people who happen to be very funny. We 
enjoy each others humor like this.  I enjoy their humor, that is why I 
characterized them as funny.




 


I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a feather flocking 
together' theory.--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" 
 wrote:
>
> I wasn't sure there was anything to say to this and maybe there isn't. But 
> I'll start a response here and see where it goes - with me and with you.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking 
> > > > up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > > > 
> > > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > > > 
> > > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> > > 
> > > Dear Curtis,
> > > Playful it was not.
> > 
> > Like I said not my audience.  To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was 
> > nothing but playful.  This conversation is not playful.
> 
> Nope, not yet it isn't. It could become so, who knows? But in giving you some 
> feedback about how I felt about what you thought was extremely funny and 
> playful I was not feeling or looking to be so. I was simply letting you know 
> that I didn't find the little segment funny. I didn't attack you or call into 
> question your manliness or human beingness or intelligence or comment on your 
> looks or your art. I just responded to your post.
> 
> And without a doubt there are people who "enjoy this kind of humor" and find 
> it nothing but "playful". There are also those who find fart jokes, ethnic 
> humor and bigotry funny. Everything can be funny to someone. The fact that I 
> didn't laugh or smile while reading it says more about me than you, so you 
> can relax.
> > 
> > < I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if 
> > there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a 
> > musical chord).>
> > 
> > I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was 
> > referring to, as a courtesy to you.
> 
> Courteous Curtis. Thank you, but the music wasn't part of the content of the 
> joke, or, if it was could you show me where because obviously other than the 
> title referring to a chord, I didn't see any references to music. But then I 
> didn't get your pianist joke either.
> > 
> > < I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't 
> > always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the 
> > hardest, I wonder.>
> > 
> > I have my fans.  Some of them lurkers.  What kind?  Very funny people who 
> > share my tastes.
> 
> I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be 
> "very funny people". I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a 
> feather flocking together' theory.
> > 
> > < One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and 
> > all that.>
> > 
> > I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body.
> 
> Where? I heard it wasn't a body but a man ascending. But then, maybe I read 
> the wrong Wikipedia version. I'll do a little more investigating.
> > 
> > 
> > I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't 
> > enjoy my humor. 
> 
> Why not? I know you are secure in your confidence that you are a funny man. I 
> didn't realize you didn't want feedback on what you throw out here, in fact, 
> I understood differently. Maybe it is just that you don't like to get 
> feedback when it is not positive or reinforcing, I don't know. But in the 
> future, if I can,  I will applaud you for the things I like  and stay 
> respectfully silent after reading the things I don't. 
> 
>  >Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in 
> concepts like "what sort of audience". 
> > 
> > Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you 
> > don't listen to blues music.  The feedback isn't going to change my 
> > preferences.  I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my 
> > tastes will too.
> 
> Undoubtedly you did and they have. What made you think I was trying to change 
> your mind on how you felt about what you wrote? That maybe I wanted a 
> confession or three Hail Mary's? You do take these things to heart, and it 
> did bother you but that was not my intention. Carry on, I know you like an 
> audience. That is what we do here, we all want some sort of audience but not 
> everybody wants feedback that doesn't reinforce what they put out there. 
> > 
> > Thi

[FairfieldLife] Dome report

2013-03-27 Thread Yifu

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-stephen-king-under-the-dome-moves-south-for-tv-20130306,0,1565730.story

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742

2013-03-27 Thread Buck



> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> >
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > Yes!  OMG!  It's what I've been trying to tell you all.  -Buck in the 
> > > > Dome
> > 
> > > > "Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings
> > > > The joy that from Thy presence springs;"
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland.
> > > > > .
> > > > > .
> > > > > THE BALM OF GILEAD,  by John  Willison, 1742.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   "A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and 
> > > > > rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the 
> > > > > Redeemer's glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many 
> > > > > crowns of victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his 
> > > > > friends and followers.  Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving 
> > > > > knowledge increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace 
> > > > > would be displayed, and Satan be bound up.  Then ministers and 
> > > > > ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead 
> > > > > souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, 
> > > > > and many sons and daughters born to God.  Such a day would heal 
> > > > > divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and 
> > > > > bring down Heaven to earth.  This would redress our grievances, 
> > > > > remove our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock.  It 
> > > > > would make true religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be 
> > > > > in disgrace, and iniquity as ashamed to hide its face.  Then sabbaths 
> > > > > and communions would be days of heaven.  Prayers and praise, 
> > > > > spiritual converse, talking of Christ and redeeming love, would be 
> > > > > our chiefest delight.  Oh, then, pray for such a time"
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Om Yes, let us work for such times for all!
> > >
> > 
> > And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful 
> > to how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony 
> > aimed at the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth?
> >
> 
> Yes certainly there are!  Yes it is so that there is virtuous and sinful to 
> spiritual life.
> -Buck in the Dome
>

Yes indeed like, as our virtuous Alex Stanley thus shows us here;
We quote Mr. Stanley:
 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote:
> > > "I probably would have enjoyed it, and I hope it was recorded.. 

But, with my life so completely focused on Vedic purity, I was in bed by 9pm 
and unable to attend.
Needless to say, and going to bed early greatly improves my quality of life."

[FairfieldLife] Guilty of Reductionism

2013-03-27 Thread Buck


Are we primarily matter, or are we primarily consciousness? Is the body a 
machine that creates conscious experience, or is conscious experience the 
result of the interaction of a field of consciousness with brain functioning? 
University professors teach:  "Participants will learn how the brain creates 
consciousness,,"
Talk about 'in the head'.
!OmMyUnifiedField!,
-Buck in the Dome

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Ann

I wasn't sure there was anything to say to this and maybe there isn't. But I'll 
start a response here and see where it goes - with me and with you.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
> > > on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > > 
> > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > > 
> > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> > 
> > Dear Curtis,
> > Playful it was not.
> 
> Like I said not my audience.  To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was 
> nothing but playful.  This conversation is not playful.

Nope, not yet it isn't. It could become so, who knows? But in giving you some 
feedback about how I felt about what you thought was extremely funny and 
playful I was not feeling or looking to be so. I was simply letting you know 
that I didn't find the little segment funny. I didn't attack you or call into 
question your manliness or human beingness or intelligence or comment on your 
looks or your art. I just responded to your post.

And without a doubt there are people who "enjoy this kind of humor" and find it 
nothing but "playful". There are also those who find fart jokes, ethnic humor 
and bigotry funny. Everything can be funny to someone. The fact that I didn't 
laugh or smile while reading it says more about me than you, so you can relax.
> 
> < I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if 
> there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a 
> musical chord).>
> 
> I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was 
> referring to, as a courtesy to you.

Courteous Curtis. Thank you, but the music wasn't part of the content of the 
joke, or, if it was could you show me where because obviously other than the 
title referring to a chord, I didn't see any references to music. But then I 
didn't get your pianist joke either.
> 
> < I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always 
> make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I 
> wonder.>
> 
> I have my fans.  Some of them lurkers.  What kind?  Very funny people who 
> share my tastes.

I like your self confidence characterizing those who enjoy your humor to be 
"very funny people". I guess that would be a good example of the 'birds of a 
feather flocking together' theory.
> 
> < One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all 
> that.>
> 
> I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body.

Where? I heard it wasn't a body but a man ascending. But then, maybe I read the 
wrong Wikipedia version. I'll do a little more investigating.
> 
> 
> I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't 
> enjoy my humor. 

Why not? I know you are secure in your confidence that you are a funny man. I 
didn't realize you didn't want feedback on what you throw out here, in fact, I 
understood differently. Maybe it is just that you don't like to get feedback 
when it is not positive or reinforcing, I don't know. But in the future, if I 
can,  I will applaud you for the things I like  and stay respectfully silent 
after reading the things I don't. 

 >Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up in 
 >concepts like "what sort of audience". 
> 
> Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you 
> don't listen to blues music.  The feedback isn't going to change my 
> preferences.  I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my 
> tastes will too.

Undoubtedly you did and they have. What made you think I was trying to change 
your mind on how you felt about what you wrote? That maybe I wanted a 
confession or three Hail Mary's? You do take these things to heart, and it did 
bother you but that was not my intention. Carry on, I know you like an 
audience. That is what we do here, we all want some sort of audience but not 
everybody wants feedback that doesn't reinforce what they put out there. 
> 
> This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt.  This 
> is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to 
> be offended.

Curtis, it is not about anybody getting hurt. It is not about being uptight or 
conservative. I simply found your Easter "message" had exactly the same tone as 
your Christmas "message" and I didn't find that wonderful either. Comedy is an 
amazing outlet for all sorts of things however, I will say that.
> 
> Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea 
> of what floats your boat in humor.

Nah, Barry might stick his finger up my ass and push that stick up a little 
further if I were to reveal anything that intimate. 
> 
> 
> 
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742

2013-03-27 Thread Buck




> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > Yes!  OMG!  It's what I've been trying to tell you all.  -Buck in the Dome
> 
> > > "Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings
> > > The joy that from Thy presence springs;"
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland.
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > THE BALM OF GILEAD,  by John  Willison, 1742.
> > > > 
> > > >   "A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and 
> > > > rich blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's 
> > > > glory, convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of 
> > > > victory and triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and 
> > > > followers.  Then gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge 
> > > > increase, ignorance and error vanish, riches of free grace would be 
> > > > displayed, and Satan be bound up.  Then ministers and ordinances would 
> > > > be lively, secure sinners would be awakened, dead souls would live, 
> > > > heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts subdued, and many sons and 
> > > > daughters born to God.  Such a day would heal divisions, cement 
> > > > breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring down Heaven to 
> > > > earth.  This would redress our grievances, remove our complaints, and 
> > > > unite, Christs's scattered flock.  It would make true religion and holy 
> > > > persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and iniquity as 
> > > > ashamed to hide its face.  Then sabbaths and communions would be days 
> > > > of heaven.  Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of Christ 
> > > > and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight.  Oh, then, pray for 
> > > > such a time"
> > > >
> > >
> > 
> > Om Yes, let us work for such times for all!
> >
> 
> And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful 
> to how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony aimed 
> at the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth?
>

Yes certainly there are!  Yes it is so that there is virtuous and sinful to 
spiritual life.
-Buck in the Dome

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tim Hildebrandt Memorial Service

2013-03-27 Thread Buck



>
> 
> 
> Subject: Tim Hildebrandt Memorial Service
>

Memorial service 1pm Thursday 
at Behner Funeral Home and Crematory

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013

2013-03-27 Thread Buck

Great description of awakening that Rick gives in the first few minutes.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
>
> 
> Hey All,  Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular 
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> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick
> > 
> > Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful 
> > entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which 
> > has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex 
> > has appeared on syndicated â¦ Continue reading  
> > 
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> > 
> > The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com 
> > 
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> > 
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[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Ann



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@...  wrote:
>
> Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your 
> sorry ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that when 
> the photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? LOL - 
> What a douche.

Maybe he always wanted to be a proctologist but being the layman he is had to 
practice on the unsuspecting. Or maybe his finger is the biggest thing he's 
got. Whatever the case, I'll make sure to keep my distance and never turn my 
back on him.

You have a pretty good memory Doc, but my advice is to let these sordid images 
go. I hope Barry remembered to wash his hands before his next meal after that 
little impromptu examination.
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so 
> > > I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > > 
> > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > > 
> > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> > 
> > Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the
> > humorless, especially if they have a history of
> > holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar

2013-03-27 Thread Yifu

vid on "My Guru - Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFCK7d0RyO4
.
[page 475 - Yogananda quotes Sri Yukteswar as saying]:
"My child" his voice rang out, vibrating into my very soul-firmament, "whenever 
you enter the door of nirbikalpa samadhi and call on me, I shall come to you in 
flesh and blood, even as today".

"With this celestial promise Sri Yukteswar vanished from my sight.  A 
cloud-voice repeated in musical thunder: "Tell all! Whosoever knows by 
nirbikalpa realization that your earth is a dream of God can come to the finer 
dream-created planet of Hiranyaloka, and there find me resurrected in a body 
exactly like my earthly one. Yogananda, tell all!"
.
On page 473, Yogananda says "Angelic Guru," I said, "your body looks exactly as 
it did when last I wept over it in the Puri ashram.".
[Sri Yukteswar replies]:

"Oh, yes, my new body is a perfect copy of the old one.  I materialize or 
dematerialize this form any time at will, much more frequently than I did while 
on earth.  By quick dematerialization, I now travel instantly by lighy express 
from planet to planet or, indeed, from astral to causal or to physical cosmos." 
My divine guru smiled.  "Though you move about so fast these days, I had no 
difficulty in finding you at Bombay".

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
>
> Yogananda claims that his dead Guru Sri Yukteswar appeared to him in a 
> Resurrected, physically manifested body in 1936.:
> http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap43.php
> ...[excerpts from Autobiography of a Yogi, Chapter 43]:
> 
> Y explains: "As prophets are sent on earth to help men work out their 
> physical karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet 
> as a savior. [Hiranyaloka]. The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed 
> spiritually; all of them had acquired, in their last earth-incarnation, the 
> meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death. 
>  No one can enter Hiranyaloka unless he has passed on earth beyond the state 
> of sabikalpa samadhi into the higher state of nirbikalpa samadhi".
> .
> [Footnote, page 458 states]: "In sabilkalpa samadhi the devotee has attained 
> realization of his oneness with Spirit but cannot maintain his cosmic 
> consciousness except in the immobile trance state.  By continuous meditation 
> he reaches the superior state of nirbakalpa samadhi, in which he may move 
> freely in the world without any loss of God-perception."
> "In nirbikalpa samadhi the yogi dissolves the last vestiges of his material 
> of earthly karma.  Nevertheless, he may still have certain astral and causal 
> karma to work out, and therefore takes astral and then causal reembodiments 
> on high-vibrational spheres".
>

[FairfieldLife] The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar

2013-03-27 Thread Yifu

Yogananda claims that his dead Guru Sri Yukteswar appeared to him in a 
Resurrected, physically manifested body in 1936.:
http://www.crystalclarity.com/yogananda/chap43.php
...[excerpts from Autobiography of a Yogi, Chapter 43]:

Y explains: "As prophets are sent on earth to help men work out their physical 
karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet as a savior. 
[Hiranyaloka]. The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; 
all of them had acquired, in their last earth-incarnation, the meditation-given 
power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death.  No one can enter 
Hiranyaloka unless he has passed on earth beyond the state of sabikalpa samadhi 
into the higher state of nirbikalpa samadhi".
.
[Footnote, page 458 states]: "In sabilkalpa samadhi the devotee has attained 
realization of his oneness with Spirit but cannot maintain his cosmic 
consciousness except in the immobile trance state.  By continuous meditation he 
reaches the superior state of nirbakalpa samadhi, in which he may move freely 
in the world without any loss of God-perception."
"In nirbikalpa samadhi the yogi dissolves the last vestiges of his material of 
earthly karma.  Nevertheless, he may still have certain astral and causal karma 
to work out, and therefore takes astral and then causal reembodiments on 
high-vibrational spheres".

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2013-03-27 Thread FFL PostCount

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

 From the source of the message here's what it was doing: 
"=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few 
others but only when using email. Yahoo seems to catch this and format 
properly on the web site. But in Thunderbird even reading the email in 
HTML it still displayed the special characters and rather hilariously 
the Euro symbol. Anyway doing a search on "weird characters in Mac 
emails" there's quite a few articles and one blog suggested instead of 
setting Character set to "Auto" set it to Western ISO.

On 03/27/2013 03:28 PM, sparaig wrote:
> I don't see any issues at all in the text you just quoted back to me. I copy 
> and paste using Safari, which often embeds invisible characters during 
> either/both stages of the process, so perhaps this is the issue. Sorry. I'll 
> try to run it through a plain-text ASCII filter next time.
>
>
> L
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>> On 03/26/2013 02:11 PM, sparaig wrote:
>>> http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708
>>>
>>> "Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian 
>>> research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the 
>>> tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the â€œholy-warâ€� dance of the 
>>> Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The 
>>> girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gitaâ€™s two 
>>> polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with 
>>> India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on womenâ€™s rights 
>>> violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more 
>>> about their own culture, their relationship and themselves. When their 
>>> hosts uncover the womenâ€™s secret love-life, they turn against them and 
>>> the research team's existence is threatened. Will the Indian "holy-war" 
>>> become a personal one between locals and outsiders, men against women, 
>>> polygamists against lesbians, Indians against Americans? The answer lies in 
>>> the Himalayan nights..."
>>>
>>> The professor discusses Maharishi and the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath with 
>>> fellow Indians at one point.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anoop Chondola is a an anthropologist and linguist specializing in Indian 
>>> studies. He learned to meditate from the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath who 
>>> was the direct successor of Gurudev. His family has close ties to the 
>>> organization of scholars and religious leaders who chose Gurudev to be the 
>>> Shankaracharya, so he has an interesting perspective on things.
>>>
>>> L
>> Lawson, what character set are you using on the Mac? You and I suspect
>> other Mac users display what are often extended characters on other
>> machines that what they probably saw on their screen. Example:
>> â€œholy-warâ€�
>>
>> I think that Vag once said it was an incorrect character set that was
>> causing the problem.
>>
>
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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013

2013-03-27 Thread merudanda

hey meMe
Wow what a"floaty "  premature  immaculations of a  delusional
system of laughter as carbonated holiness  by our beloved
Batgap-ji-Aananda ??
ah oops want to say love it -Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan"  wrote:
>
>
> Hey All,  Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular
segment, telling his story and experiences.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > blog updates from
> >
> >
> > Buddha at the Gas Pump
> >
> >
> >  

> >
> >
> > published 03/27/2013
> >
> >
> > 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com

> >
> > Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick
> >
> > Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a
successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded
Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human
consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated â¦ Continue reading 
 â'
> >
> > The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of
Skeptiko.com
  appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump
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> >
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in
> > > > > Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of
> > > > > King Richard III?
> > > > 
> > > > > A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare
> > > > > and of course the Tudor dynasty.
> > > > 
> > > > Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur
> > > > for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out
> > > > with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have
> > > > been something.
> > 
> > 
> > These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes 
> > you believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or 
> > would spend his time with predictions ?
> 
> You posted the bloody

bloody ?

 thing Nabby, you can hardly expect
> people *not* to wonder whether this guy is actually an 
> enlightened

What makes you think Creme is enlightened ? He certainly never hinted such a 
thing.

 know it all or whether he just reads the papers 
> like you and me.
> 
> This how you put extraordinary claims to the test, sort the
> wheat from the chaff etc. we're getting twitchy for some
> revelations instead of this Daily Mail headline stuff,
> especially as we can't ask the great saviour

Who ? But it you want to post a serious question to Mr. Creme, which I doubt 
you would be able to, you can always send the editors a letter.

 directly as he
> seems to have forgotten his watch *again*. Dead tardy these
> gurus

You are probably the only one on this planet who considers Creme to be a guru.

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013

2013-03-27 Thread Susan


Hey All,  Rick Archer is the one being interviewed on this particular segment, 
telling his story and experiences.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
>  
> 
> 
> blog updates from
> 
> 
> Buddha at the Gas Pump
> 
> 
>    
> 
> 
> published 03/27/2013
> 
> 
> 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com 
> 
>  
> 
> Mar 26, 2013 07:01 am | Rick
> 
> Rick is host of this show. Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, is a successful 
> entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has 
> become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has 
> appeared on syndicated â¦ Continue reading  
> 
>  â'
> 
> The post 166. Rick Archer, Interviewed by Alex Tsakiris of Skeptiko.com 
> 
>   appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump 
> 
>  .
> 
>    
> 166_rick_archer_alex_tsakiris.mp3 
> 
>   36.8 MB
> 
> comments 
> 
>   | read more 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>    
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> *  
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> 
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> 
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Voodoo Chile Whenever wherever whatever......

2013-03-27 Thread merudanda

hey...and
you forget this Sgt Gas Mask announcement [:D]
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8LJ-iGCjVc

And if you try  curtisblue's  martini variation of Chinese shaojiu you
may see her double
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFAup16-Bk

And if there's a thing that you need For you and your blood I would
bleed And if ever you yearn for the love in me Whenever wherever
whatever, baby Whenever wherever whatever. [:x]
And he said "Fly on, fly on"
Because I'm a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo chile
Hey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrcv-Xala4

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> click here:
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded
> 
> &v=NfOHjeI-Bns
>
>
>
> jimi would love this! give her a fuzz tone and a wah pedal and i think
she
> could tour.and
She is trying she's trying
She is trying she's trying She is trying she's trying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD-vDoqV16U

When you come over to Korea?I'll pick you up
Love forever and a day, baby
>

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread doctordumbass

The rest of this is the usual drivel, but for your own safety, please don't use 
this nugget of yours in Santa Cruz, or the rest of the Bay Area, ever:

"I'm enjoying digging into some serious, ***hang-ten*** high tech again..." 
(emphasis cringingly mine)

It just creeps me out, and reminds me of wrinkly knees and Depends.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I
> did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.
> 
> Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au
> contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> same, but with completely different things. 
> 
> In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). 
> 
> Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's "Day Job,"
> meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend 
> *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi-
> tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual
> growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career
> presented a marvelous opportunity to practice "being
> spiritual in the world," meaning to 1) do a good job at
> it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing
> a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus
> accomplishing measurable things in the material world. 
> 
> As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about
> him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his
> students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot
> of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off.
> They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their 
> chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies
> or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know
> formed their own companies and became millionaires; most
> of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes
> hated 1%, even in this economy. 
> 
> NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What
> money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel,
> to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go
> diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation
> for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may
> be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good
> advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he
> was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had
> the freedom it brought them. 
> 
> I was never in the "gotta make millions" camp, that just 
> not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a 
> result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep
> such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks
> if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed
> taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other 
> fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying 
> digging into some serious, hang-ten high tech again more.
> It gives me an opportunity to excel, and *that* gives me
> an opportunity to progress in my spiritual path. 
> 
> For me, and for many who feel similarly, there is no 
> difference between our Day Jobs and the rest of our lives, 
> or our spiritual lives. It's all a continuum, 24/7, every 
> moment of which gives us the opportunity to progress. Call 
> me crazy, but I think that's a more sensible approach than 
> that followed by people who believe they're only progressing 
> towards their spiritual goals when they're meditating or 
> "on courses." 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > >
> > > turq on Lenz: When we went on "courses" we stayed in five-star 
> > > hotels and dined at five-star restaurants.
> > > me to turq: what is significance of 5 star establishments in 
> > > this context? Why put word courses in quotes?
> > 
> > 1. We never *had* "courses" in the sense in which you
> >

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig

I don't see any issues at all in the text you just quoted back to me. I copy 
and paste using Safari, which often embeds invisible characters during 
either/both stages of the process, so perhaps this is the issue. Sorry. I'll 
try to run it through a plain-text ASCII filter next time.


L

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> On 03/26/2013 02:11 PM, sparaig wrote:
> > http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708
> >
> > "Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian 
> > research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the 
> > tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the âholy-warâ dance of the 
> > Mahabharata and its link to polygamy and local heroes (or villains?). The 
> > girls begin to question the holiness of the Bhagavad Gitaâs two 
> > polygamist avatars while watching the dance, even as they fall in love with 
> > India and their friendly hosts. While gathering data on womenâs rights 
> > violations, caste discrimination, and animal cruelty, they discover more 
> > about their own culture, their relationship and themselves. When their 
> > hosts uncover the womenâs secret love-life, they turn against them and 
> > the research team's existence is threatened. Will the Indian "holy-war" 
> > become a personal one between locals and outsiders, men against women, 
> > polygamists against lesbians, Indians against Americans? The answer lies in 
> > the Himalayan nights..."
> >
> > The professor discusses Maharishi and the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath with 
> > fellow Indians at one point.
> >
> >
> > Anoop Chondola is a an anthropologist and linguist specializing in Indian 
> > studies. He learned to meditate from the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath who 
> > was the direct successor of Gurudev. His family has close ties to the 
> > organization of scholars and religious leaders who chose Gurudev to be the 
> > Shankaracharya, so he has an interesting perspective on things.
> >
> > L
> 
> Lawson, what character set are you using on the Mac? You and I suspect 
> other Mac users display what are often extended characters on other 
> machines that what they probably saw on their screen. Example: 
> âholy-warâ
> 
> I think that Vag once said it was an incorrect character set that was 
> causing the problem.
>

[FairfieldLife] Just plain dumb [was Re: G-sus?]

2013-03-27 Thread doctordumbass

Translation, from His Holiness, Cu*t, for short: Ann, you are simply not funny, 
not part of the kool kats klub. KOOL people get it - Hip to the Trip. Not you. 

And C, Going After Easter? Really?? Seriously? 
Have you and Bubba taken down Santa Claus already?? 
Manhandled the Tooth Fairy to the ground? 
Ensured that everyone knows that Lucky Charms are mostly sugar, and there is no 
actual barber pole at the North Pole? 

WTF? 

I've mentioned it before to yer brain challenged bud, but you need to hear it 
too: You make dumb people look like fucking geniuses with this rehashed, 
retreaded, low-grade crap.

At least find some new jokes. Try a little harder.   

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
> > > on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > > 
> > > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > > 
> > > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> > 
> > Dear Curtis,
> > Playful it was not.
> 
> Like I said not my audience.  To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was 
> nothing but playful.  This conversation is not playful.
> 
> < I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if 
> there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a 
> musical chord).>
> 
> I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was 
> referring to, as a courtesy to you.
> 
> < I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always 
> make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I 
> wonder.>
> 
> I have my fans.  Some of them lurkers.  What kind?  Very funny people who 
> share my tastes.
> 
> < One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all 
> that.>
> 
> I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body.
> 
> 
> I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't 
> enjoy my humor.  Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be 
> summed up in concepts like "what sort of audience". 
> 
> Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you 
> don't listen to blues music.  The feedback isn't going to change my 
> preferences.  I wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my 
> tastes will too.
> 
> This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt.  This 
> is not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to 
> be offended.
> 
> Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea 
> of what floats your boat in humor.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> > > > > career path for him.
> > > > > 
> > > > > "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> > > > > Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we 
> > > > > have to do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till 
> > > > > they invent the guillotine?"
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> > > > > would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of 
> > > > > the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like 
> > > > > Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> > > > > 
> > > > > "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> > > > > 
> > > > > "WHAT was that you said?"
> > > > > 
> > > > > "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> > > > > creations."
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Dumbass"
> > > > > 
> > > > > "What?"
> > > > > 
> > > > > "I said real class dad."
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent." 
> > > > 
> > > > Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
> > > > watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
> > > > worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about 
> > > > G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 
> > > > 'er when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have 
> > > > endless material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm 
> > > > not even slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just 
> > > > a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > http:/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Born Gay?

2013-03-27 Thread Mike Dixon

Charlie Lutz had an interesting explanation. He said as souls evolve, they 
alternate taking births as male and female. The soul takes birth as a male 
three times then takes birth as a female three times and then back to male and 
so on. The first birth in a series in one sex, the soul will exhibit 
characteristics from the previous sex. In other words as a soul takes his first 
birth in a series as a male he will be somewhat effeminate and lack the full 
expression of testosterone. The second birth as a male, he will have the full 
expression of testosterone, not exhibiting any femininity and the third birth 
as a male, he becomes the *man's* man, exuding testosterone and all that is 
expressed by it. Then the soul takes birth as a female and what do you get? The 
Bull Dyke! The next birth, a feminine woman and the next, the petite,  dainty, 
feminine woman. Then back to male, carrying over traits from the previous 
births. In other words, the first birth in a
 new sex is an awkward transition that everybody goes through in their 
evolution. As cultures evolved, they didn't place much value on these 
transitioning souls. The males were worthless as warriors and nobody needed 
interior decorators. Dykes didn't care to be mothers and nurture their young, 
or anybody else's. As religions evolved, they discouraged the karma during 
these transitions, a good reason for monks and nuns.

 From: Ann 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:20 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Born Gay?

--- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, wgm4u  wrote:
>
> Or, is it due to decisions made in a previous life? (Reincarnation).

for a guy who is homophobic you are pretty interested in the subject.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread doctordumbass

Jealous of the stick, B? What was that picture years ago on here, of your sorry 
ass standing next to a petite Asian woman, and you remarking that when the 
photo was taken, you had yer finger stuck up her butt?? Remember? LOL - What a 
douche.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so 
> > I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > 
> > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > 
> > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> 
> Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the
> humorless, especially if they have a history of
> holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread laughinggull108

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

[snip]

> I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body.

As Larry the Cable Guy would say: "I don't care what anybody thinks, now *that* 
was funny." You are incorrigible CDB...and I'm glad you are.

[snip}

[FairfieldLife] Voodoo Chile

2013-03-27 Thread Rick Archer

click here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded

&v=NfOHjeI-Bns

 

jimi would love this! give her a fuzz tone and a wah pedal and i think she
could tour.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

Bingo!  You win the musical quiz of the day! ;-)

On 03/27/2013 12:55 PM, card wrote:
> G - C - Db - F ??
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>> Try Gsus7b5.  Sounds just like FFL. :-D
>>
>>
>> On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
>>> Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
>>> on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.
>>>
>>> First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
>>>
>>> Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
  wrote:
> Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> career path for him.
>
> "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> the guillotine?"
>
> "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
>
> "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
>
> "WHAT was that you said?"
>
> "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
>
> "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> creations."
>
> "Dumbass"
>
> "What?"
>
> "I said real class dad."
>
> "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent."
 Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
 watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
 worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
 There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
 sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when 
 it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly 
 religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. 
 Yea, that could be it.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
>>
>> http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
>>
>>>
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread card


G - C - Db - F ??


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> Try Gsus7b5.  Sounds just like FFL. :-D
> 
> 
> On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
> > on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.
> >
> > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> >
> > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >>  wrote:
> >>> Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> >>> career path for him.
> >>>
> >>> "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> >>> Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> >>> do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> >>> the guillotine?"
> >>>
> >>> "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> >>> would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> >>> meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> >>> Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> >>>
> >>> "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> >>>
> >>> "WHAT was that you said?"
> >>>
> >>> "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> >>>
> >>> "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> >>> creations."
> >>>
> >>> "Dumbass"
> >>>
> >>> "What?"
> >>>
> >>> "I said real class dad."
> >>>
> >>> "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent."
> >> Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
> >> watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
> >> worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
> >> There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
> >> sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when 
> >> it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly 
> >> religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. 
> >> Yea, that could be it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> 
> 
>  http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
> 
> >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] The settlement was too small

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

It should have been in the millions...

http://news.yahoo.com/man-wins-8k-disney-small-world-breakdown-002844103.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
> > on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> > 
> > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> > 
> > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> 
> Dear Curtis,
> Playful it was not.

Like I said not my audience.  To people who enjoy this kind of humor it was 
nothing but playful.  This conversation is not playful.

< I did not see one reference to music in your post however, and even if there 
had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred to (a musical 
chord).>

I was just explaining Card's joke thinking you might not know what he was 
referring to, as a courtesy to you.

< I guess since you can't know every member of the audience you can't always 
make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed the hardest, I 
wonder.>

I have my fans.  Some of them lurkers.  What kind?  Very funny people who share 
my tastes.

< One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with Easter coming and all 
that.>

I heard they cancelled Easter this year, they found the body.

I am always curious why you would take the time to express that you don't enjoy 
my humor.  Humor is just a personal preference, it probably can't be summed up 
in concepts like "what sort of audience". 

Your telling me you don't like it is the same as you telling me that you don't 
listen to blues music.  The feedback isn't going to change my preferences.  I 
wrote it to make myself laugh and the people who share my tastes will too.

This is comedy concerning ideas and mythology, no one is getting hurt.  This is 
not a Christian based site so someone would have to go out of their way to be 
offended.

Maybe you can post something that really makes you laugh so I can get an idea 
of what floats your boat in humor.

> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> > > > career path for him.
> > > > 
> > > > "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> > > > Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have 
> > > > to do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they 
> > > > invent the guillotine?"
> > > > 
> > > > "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> > > > would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of 
> > > > the meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like 
> > > > Fred Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> > > > 
> > > > "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> > > > 
> > > > "WHAT was that you said?"
> > > > 
> > > > "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> > > > 
> > > > "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> > > > creations."
> > > > 
> > > > "Dumbass"
> > > > 
> > > > "What?"
> > > > 
> > > > "I said real class dad."
> > > > 
> > > > "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent." 
> > > 
> > > Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
> > > watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
> > > worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about 
> > > G-sus. There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er 
> > > when you sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless 
> > > material when it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even 
> > > slightly religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little 
> > > needle shy. Yea, that could be it.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so 
> I was picking up on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> 
> First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> 
> Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.

Third rule of comedy: Never waste good humor on the
humorless, especially if they have a history of
holding grudges and having a stick up their butts.

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Ann



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
wrote:
>
> Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on 
> the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  
> 
> First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> 
> Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.

Dear Curtis,
Playful it was not. I did not see one reference to music in your post however, 
and even if there had been, I would not have recognized it for what it referred 
to (a musical chord). I guess since you can't know every member of the audience 
you can't always make everyone laugh. What sort of audience would have laughed 
the hardest, I wonder. One thing I will say, your timing was good, what with 
Easter coming and all that. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> > > career path for him.
> > > 
> > > "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> > > Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> > > do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> > > the guillotine?"
> > > 
> > > "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> > > would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> > > meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> > > Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> > > 
> > > "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> > > 
> > > "WHAT was that you said?"
> > > 
> > > "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> > > 
> > > "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> > > creations."
> > > 
> > > "Dumbass"
> > > 
> > > "What?"
> > > 
> > > "I said real class dad."
> > > 
> > > "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent." 
> > 
> > Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
> > watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
> > worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
> > There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
> > sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when 
> > it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly 
> > religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. 
> > Yea, that could be it.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Before Java

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

On 03/27/2013 10:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>> No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL
>> because there is a TM connection. I was thinking about
>> the problems I have with software development on a
>> certain device and thinking how dated that device is
>> though still being sold and how much better Android
>> devices are. Android being a Java based device
>> (implemented on top of embedded Linux) I recalled
>> the precursors to Java that didn't win.  
> You might be interested in the product I'm working
> on. Imagine this: an Integrated Development Environ-
> ment for building mobile apps of *all* types (Android,
> iOS, Blackberry, Win8, Palm, you name it) that is
> Eclipse-based, and which you can run on any platform
> (Windows, Unix/Linux. Macs) and build your basic app
> once, then just compile and deploy for each of the
> target environments, adding platform-specific
> enhancements in Java, Objective-C, and using
> WYSIWYG dev tools such as JQuery, Sencha, and
> Dojo. There's even a built-in app center from
> which you can deply and sell your apps.

I've probably already seen it or at least had it pitched to me (I think 
at least one is based in Europe).   I get emails on these all the time 
and installed two of the cross development platforms but they required 
learning a whole new set of classes and I'm either too lazy for that or 
don't want to invest the time in something that might be passe in a few 
years.  Bedroom software developers need to be wise in budgeting 
resources since many of the apps don't generate that much money to be a 
full time gig unless you're the one who had the wild idea that 10,000 
people had but only 3 actually developed it and you got the ring when 
the app merry-go-round came around. It's all luck (or karma).

Actually I'm a jazz musician who likes to write software.  That would 
make about 90% of the industry cringe except for that 10% consisting of 
visionary entrepreneurs who want someone creative and not just an 
"engineer."  And when it's like an artform then they might wind up 
prying my cold dead hands off the keyboard because artists never retire.

BTW, this month marks my 30th anniversary of programming computers. I 
bought a VIC-20 when they were $88 at K-Mart and two weeks later was 
writing code in assembler (BASIC was WAY too limited).  Often people 
inquiring about my services weren't even born yet when I got that 
computer.  And of course they know everything and I know nothing. :-D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

Move the B up to a C.  Minor seconds are the MOST dissonant interval.

Thanks.  Glad you enjoyed "Talk a Lot".  One could put all different 
kinds of subject replacing those words.  In fact the words started out 
as something different.

On 03/27/2013 10:30 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> I could only find G 7b5, very dissonant.
>
> This definitely not the world  of simple chords I live in!
>
> Since we are guitar geeking, check out this Malian guitar and ngoni.  I've 
> been working with some of this style lately.
>
> http://lofty.tv/?p=2202  Great travel story and examples.
>
> http://brooklynmusiclessons.com/category/tags/mali  Playing Ngoni and then 
> showing how to play it on guitar.
>
> I love Malian music.
>
> I keep forgetting to tell you that I hear your song about cell phones in my 
> head when I am out and about and see people walking around on the phone like 
> in your video.  It was really brilliant.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>> Try Gsus7b5.  Sounds just like FFL. :-D
>>
>>
>> On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
>>> Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
>>> on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.
>>>
>>> First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
>>>
>>> Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
  wrote:
> Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> career path for him.
>
> "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> the guillotine?"
>
> "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
>
> "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
>
> "WHAT was that you said?"
>
> "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
>
> "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> creations."
>
> "Dumbass"
>
> "What?"
>
> "I said real class dad."
>
> "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent."
 Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
 watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
 worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
 There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
 sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when 
 it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly 
 religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. 
 Yea, that could be it.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
>>
>> http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
>>
>>>
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Sex [was Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis]

2013-03-27 Thread doctordumbass

Agreed Em :-) Only one way to figure out the benefits of sex, and it isn't by 
listening to someone else talk about it.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
> physical health, that is. Â There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells 
> me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your 
> spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Â Personal experience is the 
> best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Â Smiley 
> face. Â 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > From: Share Long 
> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
> >explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
> >Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
> >path.Â  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
> >And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation 
> >or degeneration.Â  More than likely everyone here realizes that the 
> >different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er 
> >significance.Â  But probably in outcome?Â  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having 
> >their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: wgm4u 
> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", 
> >Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
> >Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina 
> >sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
> >
> >Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of 
> >shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
> >
> >To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
> >(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
> >
> >Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

Nope, wrong again.  ENERGY circulation, culminating in lower DANTIEN.  Which is 
higher than you know what.  Sigh...
Emily, what have we wrought?!
Oh well, happy spring (-:





 From: turquoiseb 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:04 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
knife", Jerrry Jarvis
 

  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Close, Curtis.Â  But in the practice I've done for a year, neither pretzel 
> legs nor thinking is involved (-:
> Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower dantien.Â  
> Perhaps Mr. Google can be of further assistance?
> Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google!Â  Second only to making 
> love with a loving, beloved partner.Â  
> As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the female 
> remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent.Â  Neh?

I think I saw an ad for this Taoist technique in the window of a shop in the
Chinatown near Butte aux Cailles:

> 
>  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> 
> 
> Â  
> I'm pretty sure the "Taoist practice" is a martini variation where  Chinese 
> shaojiu is substituted for the gin.  It is not violently shaken, as per 
> Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as 
> the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. 
> 
> Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the 
> back of your head and walk on your hands.  I mix those two up sometimes which 
> is a real ice breaker at parties. 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote:
> >
> > Can you share it? Ã‚Â Or, is it too personal. Ã‚Â 
> > 
> > >
> > > From: Share Long sharelong60@
> > >To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com> 
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> > >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > > 
> > >
> > >Ã‚Â  
> > >Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that 
> > >department.Ã‚Â  Wishing you the same (-:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@
> > >To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com> 
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> > >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > > 
> > >
> > >Ã‚Â  
> > >Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for 
> > >your physical health, that is. Ã‚Â There are mental benefits as well (my 
> > >brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or 
> > >forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Ã‚Â Personal 
> > >experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from 
> > >experience as well. Ã‚Â Smiley face. Ã‚Â 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> From: Share Long sharelong60@
> > >>To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com> 
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
> > >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> > >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >> 
> > >>
> > >>Ã‚Â  
> > >>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
> > >>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an 
> > >>idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a 
> > >>spiritual path.Ã‚Â  Perhaps these fall into the category called 
> > >>Regenerate below?
> > >>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or 
> > >>stagnation or degeneration.Ã‚Â  More than likely everyone here realizes 
> > >>that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their 
> > >>er significance.Ã‚Â  But probably in outcome?Ã‚Â  Yikes the Gods of Pun 
> > >>are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com
> > >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
> > >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> > >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >> 
> > >>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural 
> > >>Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or 
> > >>vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
> > >>
> > >>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of 
> > >>shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
> > >>
> > >>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or 
> > >>De-generate (gratuitous sex)

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long 
wrote:
>
> Close, Curtis.Â  But in the practice I've done for a year, neither
pretzel legs nor thinking is involved (-:
> Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower
dantien.Â  Perhaps Mr. Google can be of further assistance?
> Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google!Â  Second only to
making love with a loving, beloved partner.Â
> As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the
female remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent.Â
Neh?

I think I saw an ad for this Taoist technique in the window of a shop in
the
Chinatown near Butte aux Cailles:

> 
>  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with
a knife", Jerrry Jarvis
>
>
> Â
> I'm pretty sure the "Taoist practice" is a martini variation where 
Chinese shaojiu is substituted for the gin.  It is not violently shaken,
as per Taoist principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room
temperature as the preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth.
>
> Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around
the back of your head and walk on your hands.  I mix those two up
sometimes which is a real ice breaker at parties.
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote:
> >
> > Can you share it? ÃÂ Or, is it too personal. ÃÂ
> >
> > >
> > > From: Share Long sharelong60@
> > >To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it
with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >
> > >
> > >ÃÂ
> > >Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in
that department.ÃÂ  Wishing you the same (-:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@
> > >To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it
with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >
> > >
> > >ÃÂ
> > >Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself -
for your physical health, that is. ÃÂ There are mental benefits as
well (my brain tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual
experience or forwards your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.
ÃÂ Personal experience is the best teacher - lets hope David is
talking from experience as well. ÃÂ Smiley face. ÃÂ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> From: Share Long sharelong60@
> > >>To: "FairfieldLife@...@yahoogroups.com>
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
> > >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it
with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>ÃÂ
> > >>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most
familiar, explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical
health, an idea Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for
progressing on a spiritual path.ÃÂ  Perhaps these fall into the
category called Regenerate below?
> > >>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or
stagnation or degeneration.ÃÂ  More than likely everyone here
realizes that the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal
in their er significance.ÃÂ  But probably in outcome?ÃÂ  Yikes
the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com
> > >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
> > >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with
a knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > >>
> > >>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of
Natural Law! Don't know the deference between the significance of anal,
oral or vagina sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and
outcome.
> > >>
> > >>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy
power of shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
> > >>
> > >>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or
De-generate (gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
> > >>
> > >>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).

[FairfieldLife] Re: Before Java

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL 
> because there is a TM connection. I was thinking about 
> the problems I have with software development on a 
> certain device and thinking how dated that device is 
> though still being sold and how much better Android 
> devices are. Android being a Java based device 
> (implemented on top of embedded Linux) I recalled 
> the precursors to Java that didn't win.  

You might be interested in the product I'm working
on. Imagine this: an Integrated Development Environ-
ment for building mobile apps of *all* types (Android,
iOS, Blackberry, Win8, Palm, you name it) that is 
Eclipse-based, and which you can run on any platform
(Windows, Unix/Linux. Macs) and build your basic app
once, then just compile and deploy for each of the
target environments, adding platform-specific 
enhancements in Java, Objective-C, and using 
WYSIWYG dev tools such as JQuery, Sencha, and
Dojo. There's even a built-in app center from 
which you can deply and sell your apps.

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues

I could only find G 7b5, very dissonant.

This definitely not the world  of simple chords I live in!

Since we are guitar geeking, check out this Malian guitar and ngoni.  I've been 
working with some of this style lately.

http://lofty.tv/?p=2202  Great travel story and examples.

http://brooklynmusiclessons.com/category/tags/mali  Playing Ngoni and then 
showing how to play it on guitar.

I love Malian music. 

I keep forgetting to tell you that I hear your song about cell phones in my 
head when I am out and about and see people walking around on the phone like in 
your video.  It was really brilliant.





--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
>
> Try Gsus7b5.  Sounds just like FFL. :-D
> 
> 
> On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> > Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up 
> > on the playfulness of Card's clever joke.
> >
> > First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
> >
> > Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" 
> >>  wrote:
> >>> Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> >>> career path for him.
> >>>
> >>> "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> >>> Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> >>> do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> >>> the guillotine?"
> >>>
> >>> "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it 
> >>> would be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> >>> meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> >>> Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> >>>
> >>> "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> >>>
> >>> "WHAT was that you said?"
> >>>
> >>> "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> >>>
> >>> "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest 
> >>> creations."
> >>>
> >>> "Dumbass"
> >>>
> >>> "What?"
> >>>
> >>> "I said real class dad."
> >>>
> >>> "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent."
> >> Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
> >> watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
> >> worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
> >> There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
> >> sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when 
> >> it comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly 
> >> religious and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. 
> >> Yea, that could be it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> 
> 
>  http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
> 
> >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

Close, Curtis.  But in the practice I've done for a year, neither pretzel legs 
nor thinking is involved (-:
Emily, think energy circulation, culminating in...the lower dantien.  Perhaps 
Mr. Google can be of further assistance?
Second only to, the practice silly not Mr. Google!  Second only to making love 
with a loving, beloved partner.  
As Mariko the heroine in Sho-gun explains, it's important that the female 
remain in harmony even when her mate is away or non existent.  Neh?





 From: curtisdeltablues 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:52 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
knife", Jerrry Jarvis
 

  
I'm pretty sure the "Taoist practice" is a martini variation where  Chinese 
shaojiu is substituted for the gin.  It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist 
principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the 
preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth. 

Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back 
of your head and walk on your hands.  I mix those two up sometimes which is a 
real ice breaker at parties. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Can you share it? Â Or, is it too personal. Â 
> 
> >
> > From: Share Long 
> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com> 
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM
> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that 
> >department.Â  Wishing you the same (-:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Emily Reyn 
> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com> 
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
> >physical health, that is. Â There are mental benefits as well (my brain 
> >tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards 
> >your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Â Personal experience is 
> >the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Â 
> >Smiley face. Â 
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> From: Share Long 
> >>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comfairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com> 
> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> >> 
> >>
> >>Â  
> >>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
> >>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
> >>Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
> >>path.Â  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
> >>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or 
> >>stagnation or degeneration.Â  More than likely everyone here realizes that 
> >>the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er 
> >>significance.Â  But probably in outcome?Â  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having 
> >>their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: wgm4u 
> >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
> >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> >> 
> >>
> >>Â  
> >>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
> >>Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina 
> >>sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
> >>
> >>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of 
> >>shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
> >>
> >>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
> >>(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
> >>
> >>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

Try Gsus7b5.  Sounds just like FFL. :-D


On 03/27/2013 09:36 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on 
> the playfulness of Card's clever joke.
>
> First rule of comedy: Know your audience.
>
> Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.
>
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
>>
>>
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
>> wrote:
>>> Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
>>> career path for him.
>>>
>>> "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
>>> Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
>>> do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
>>> the guillotine?"
>>>
>>> "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would 
>>> be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
>>> meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
>>> Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
>>>
>>> "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
>>>
>>> "WHAT was that you said?"
>>>
>>> "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
>>>
>>> "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations."
>>>
>>> "Dumbass"
>>>
>>> "What?"
>>>
>>> "I said real class dad."
>>>
>>> "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent."
>> Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can 
>> watch "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, 
>> worldly-guy intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. 
>> There's gotta be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you 
>> sense you've got the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it 
>> comes to giving the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious 
>> and it still makes me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that 
>> could be it.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:


 http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html

>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues

I'm pretty sure the "Taoist practice" is a martini variation where  Chinese 
shaojiu is substituted for the gin.  It is not violently shaken, as per Taoist 
principles, but is gently poured into a glass at room temperature as the 
preparer merely THINKS of dry vermouth.  

Or it could be that thing where you learn how to put your legs around the back 
of your head and walk on your hands.  I mix those two up sometimes which is a 
real ice breaker at parties.  


 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Can you share it? Â Or, is it too personal. Â 
> 
> >
> > From: Share Long 
> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM
> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that 
> >department.Â  Wishing you the same (-:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Emily Reyn 
> >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> > 
> >
> >Â  
> >Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
> >physical health, that is. Â There are mental benefits as well (my brain 
> >tells me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards 
> >your spiritual progress - well, that's up to you. Â Personal experience is 
> >the best teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well. Â 
> >Smiley face. Â 
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> From: Share Long 
> >>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> >> 
> >>
> >>Â  
> >>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
> >>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
> >>Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
> >>path.Â  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
> >>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or 
> >>stagnation or degeneration.Â  More than likely everyone here realizes that 
> >>the different er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er 
> >>significance.Â  But probably in outcome?Â  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having 
> >>their revenge on me for all my bad puns (-:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: wgm4u 
> >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
> >>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
> >>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> >> 
> >>
> >>Â  
> >>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
> >>Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina 
> >>sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
> >>
> >>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of 
> >>shakti (the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
> >>
> >>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
> >>(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
> >>
> >>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Emily Reyn

Can you share it?  Or, is it too personal.  

>
> From: Share Long 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:18 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that 
>department.  Wishing you the same (-:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Emily Reyn 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
>physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells 
>me this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your 
>spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best 
>teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  
>
>
>
>>
>> From: Share Long 
>>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
>>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
>>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
>> 
>>
>>  
>>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
>>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
>>Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
>>path.  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
>>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation 
>>or degeneration.  More than likely everyone here realizes that the different 
>>er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance.  But 
>>probably in outcome?  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me 
>>for all my bad puns (-:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: wgm4u 
>>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
>>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", 
>>Jerrry Jarvis
>> 
>>
>>  
>>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
>>Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina 
>>sex, as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
>>
>>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti 
>>(the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
>>
>>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
>>(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
>>
>>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: G-sus?

2013-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues

Well you know G sus is a musical chord (like G sus 9) so I was picking up on 
the playfulness of Card's clever joke.  

First rule of comedy: Know your audience.

Second rule of comedy: Everyone is not your audience.




--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"  
> wrote:
> >
> > Clever title.  Man, he looks unhappy like he just figured out "Dad's" 
> > career path for him.
> > 
> > "But dad, if we wait 2000 years I can get a nice lethal injection and 
> > Christians can wear hypodermic needles around their necks.  Do we have to 
> > do it in the days of crucifixion?  Can't we even make it till they invent 
> > the guillotine?"
> > 
> > "Sorry son we have already printed up all the promo materials and it would 
> > be a bitch to change them now.  Perhaps if you attended some of the 
> > meetings instead of spending your time riding on dinosaurs like Fred 
> > Flintstones, your input could have been considered."
> > 
> > "This is bullshit dad, you are such a douche."
> > 
> > "WHAT was that you said?"
> > 
> > "I said Kate Winlset, dad, has such a tush."
> > 
> > "Well we agree on that at least, I consider it one of my finest creations."
> > 
> > "Dumbass"
> > 
> > "What?"
> > 
> > "I said real class dad."
> > 
> > "Yeah all my British chicks sound classy, it's just the accent." 
> 
> Wow Curtis, (here comes that plate I was talking about but maybe we can watch 
> "Casablanca" tomorrow and I'll bring the "Duds") your smart, worldly-guy 
> intelligence really spikes when you start talking about G-sus. There's gotta 
> be something inside you that just LOVES to give 'er when you sense you've got 
> the opening. You just seem to have endless material when it comes to giving 
> the G-sus a good ribbing. I'm not even slightly religious and it still makes 
> me wince. Maybe I'm just a little needle shy. Yea, that could be it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://www.iltasanomat.fi/autot/art-1288551460454.html
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Before Java

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu

No this post is not necessarily for the geeks on FFL because there is a 
TM connection.  I was thinking about the problems I have with software 
development on a certain device and thinking how dated that device is 
though still being sold and how much better Android devices are.  
Android being a Java based device (implemented on top of embedded Linux) 
I recalled the precursors to Java that didn't win.  One was Taligent and 
I attended one meeting with that group and another was Kaleida where I 
also attended a meeting with it's development team.  Both of these were 
back in the early 1990s. Kaleida though may ring a bell here because 
that's where the TM connection comes in.  The CEO was Nat Goldhaber an 
early TM teacher (even the tech rags of the day mentioned this). I 
didn't meet with Nat, instead with some of his developers.  Nat left 
Kaleida the next year.

Anyway here's the Wikipedia on Kaleida which was supposed to be the 
solution for multi-media:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleida_Labs

And Nat Goldhaber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Goldhaber

and his blog:
http://wayofbeing.org/

Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

Emily I have a wonderful daily Taoist practice so am quite happy in that 
department.  Wishing you the same (-:





 From: Emily Reyn 
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
knife", Jerrry Jarvis
 

  
Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me 
this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your 
spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best 
teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  



>
> From: Share Long 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
>Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
>path.  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation 
>or degeneration.  More than likely everyone here realizes that the different 
>er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance.  But 
>probably in outcome?  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for 
>all my bad puns (-:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: wgm4u 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", 
>Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
>Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, 
>as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
>
>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti 
>(the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
>
>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
>(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
>
>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Emily Reyn

Dear Share, it might be time for you to get laid or lay yourself - for your 
physical health, that is.  There are mental benefits as well (my brain tells me 
this.) Whether it translates as a spiritual experience or forwards your 
spiritual progress - well, that's up to you.  Personal experience is the best 
teacher - lets hope David is talking from experience as well.  Smiley face.  



>
> From: Share Long 
>To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a 
>knife", Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
>explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
>Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual 
>path.  Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
>And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation 
>or degeneration.  More than likely everyone here realizes that the different 
>er avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance.  But 
>probably in outcome?  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for 
>all my bad puns (-:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: wgm4u 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", 
>Jerrry Jarvis
> 
>
>  
>Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
>Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, 
>as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.
>
>Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti 
>(the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.
>
>To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
>(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .
>
>Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).
>
>
>
>
> 
>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this book?

2013-03-27 Thread Emily Reyn

Yes, Ann is correct. I looked it up - means a "non-professional" - which is the 
spirit in which I used it.  

>
> From: Ann 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:19 PM
>Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read this 
>book?
> 
>
>  
>I think Emily, being a strong and independent sort of WOMAN, could easily have 
>written "layman" which is what we all usually default to. But she chose, quite 
>consciously, to use "woman" in there, just as I would have. It isn't 
>"divisive" or "prickly" it is simply giving the feminine its just recognition. 
>It is a measure of her thoughtfulness. At least, that is what I think. 
>
>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > I will look up the word laywoman - ha. Â That's funny. Â 
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> Yep, like Turq I too wondered when I read across that particular word and 
>> weighed it.  Emily was seeming rather hard on her own sex when it could have 
>> just as easily been about 'people'.  Seemed like it was too prickly and 
>> needlessly divisive in a usage, sort of like a construction of a  'Men Only' 
>> meeting in the Fairfield community the other evening. 
>> -Buck
>> 
>> > 
>> > >
>> > > From: turquoiseb 
>> > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:04 AM
>> > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proof of Heaven - has anyone actually read 
>> > >this book?
>> > > 
>> > >
>> > >Â  
>> > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> I just finished this book. It is quite accessible to 
>> > >> a laywoman such as myself and is quite fascinating 
>> > >> from many perspectives. Â 
>> > >
>> > >I have not read the book, and in fact have no 
>> > >interest whatsoever in reading or hearing about
>> > >people's NDE experiences; I'll find out what, if
>> > >anything, happens after death soon enough, when
>> > >I have a DE. 
>> > >
>> > >The only reason I'm writing is to comment on your
>> > >use of the word "laywoman." I understand the usage,
>> > >but am just pointing out that you might reconsider
>> > >the term because the last time I heard it, it was
>> > >being used by an Amsterdam prostitute to describe
>> > >what she did for a living. :-)
>> > >
>> > >Should anyone be so humor-impaired as to no longer
>> > >be able to recognize one, this was a joke. 
>> > >
>> > >As for NDE's, IMO more people should be concerned
>> > >with having NLE's than NDE's. That is, they're so
>> > >worried/concerned/planning for what happens after
>> > >death that they miss Life entirely.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
> 
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Now, teacher alleges Girish Chandra Varma raped her for 15 years / Victim, Girish Chandra Varma with sexual harassment threatens to commit suicide

2013-03-27 Thread Rick Archer

Now, teacher alleges Girish Chandra Varma raped her for 15 years
Rageshri Ganguly
 

, TNN | Mar 25, 2013, 09.21 PM IST

BHOPAL: In a surprising turn of events, a teacher of Maharishi Vidya Mandir
(MVM) Ratanpur, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment
  against
chairman of the group Girish Chandra Varma
 , went to
the Mahila Thana
  with her husband on Sunday to file an FIR
  of repeated rape in the same
case. 

Though the police did not register an FIR, the police station received her
written complaint. 

The victim alleged that the police were under pressure from Varma and she
would move court with a private complaint. 

In the fresh complaint, the teacher alleged that Varma not only repeatedly
raped her for 15 years from 1998, but also wanted her to bring students and
teachers of MVM   to him with
bad intention. Also, she had alleged that Varma had threatened her and her
husband with dire consequences, including death threats, if they did not
comply with his wishes. 

After coming out of thana, she alleged, "the attitude of the investing
officer of sexual harassment case changed after she received a call on her
mobile phone and she said that the investigation of the previous complaint
is still on and hence any action would be taken only after into the case of
sexual harassment." 

IO Seema Patel, on the other hand, remained tight-lipped.

  _  

Victim, Girish Chandra Varma with sexual harassment 
threatens to commit suicide

MUMBAI: The woman complainant who had charged Girish Chandra Varma of
Maharshi Group 
with sexual harassment and rape has threatened to commit suicide if police
failed to register an FIR. The woman had on Sunday approached the police
alleging that Varma, chairman of Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) group, had
raped her for 15 years. 

The couple also demanded that Varma should resign from the post of chairman
on moral grounds. The complainant and wife of Rajesh Sharma told media at a
press conference here on Monday that the only way left for her and her
family was to commit suicide. "Unless the police register an FIR under
sections of rape against Varma I would commit suicide in front of the chief
minister's residence within a week," the complainant said. 

"We would have to take the Geetika Sharma way ( suicide )to convince the
world that we are truthful," Sharma told the media. 

The couple also revealed the circumstances under which the victim was raped
repeatedly by Girish Chandra Varma, including the last time on January 1,
2013 in his Audi   car. 

The couple questioned that when the new rape law is in place, why the FIR
was not being registered. "In the name of investigation, police are just
dilly dallying since March 11. When I have detailed out the circumstances of
rape as asked by the police and have named Varma as the accused why an FIR
is not being registered in this case?," the complainant alleged. 

"It is also highly objectionable that police are accepting Varma's statement
provided to them in a CD rather than interrogating him face-to-face," she
said. 

The victim in her complaint has stated that Varma possessed some
objectionable pictures and videos of her taken during the rape, which he had
threatened to make public unless she complied with his demands. 

"Since our families knew each other much before my marriage, I tried to sort
out the matter at the women's panel. But since that has proved futile, the
police should file an FIR in this matter," she said. 

The complaint also alleged that Varma had used her husband's e-mail account
since October 2011 for sending mails and money transactions which later made
out as proof 
against her. "Also, my husband was made to sign on many blank papers while
he was his personal secretary, which is now being used against him," she
said. 

She reiterated that Mahila Thana
  investigating officer (IO) Seema Patel initially heard
her complaint on Sunday but then after a phone call received by her, refused
to even hear her complaint and also slammed the state women's commission
(SWC). 

'Defamation does not hold good' 

A police officer told TOI, on condition of anonymity that the defamation
case levelled by the complainant does not hold much water as the law says
that till an FIR has been registered, no rule says that the name should be
kept a secret. Also, the husband of the woman, Rajesh Sharma, had open

Re: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", Jerrry Jarvis

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

David Deida, the tantric teacher with whose teaching I'm most familiar, 
explains that sex can be used not only to improve physical health, an idea 
Taoists also espouse, but can also be used for progressing on a spiritual path. 
 Perhaps these fall into the category called Regenerate below?
And of course anything, not only sex, can be used for progress or stagnation or 
degeneration.  More than likely everyone here realizes that the different er 
avenues involved in coitus are not equal in their er significance.  But 
probably in outcome?  Yikes the Gods of Pun are having their revenge on me for 
all my bad puns (-:





 From: wgm4u 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:43 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Ignorance so thick you could cut it with a knife", 
Jerrry Jarvis
 

  
Nations operating under the influence of complete ignorance of Natural Law! 
Don't know the deference between the significance of anal, oral or vagina sex, 
as if they were all equal in their significance and outcome.

Ignorance of the purpose of life itself; and the sacred, holy power of shakti 
(the sex power) to either elevate or degrade man.

To Regenerate the  (Creative powers), Generate (Offspring), or De-generate 
(gratuitous sex), as the case maybe .

Thus has Religion been the harbinger of behavior (karma).

[FairfieldLife] New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/27/2013

2013-03-27 Thread Rick Archer

 


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[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread salyavin808

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in
> > > > Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of
> > > > King Richard III?
> > > 
> > > > A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare
> > > > and of course the Tudor dynasty.
> > > 
> > > Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur
> > > for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out
> > > with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have
> > > been something.
> 
> 
> These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes you 
> believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or would 
> spend his time with predictions ?

You posted the bloody thing Nabby, you can hardly expect
people *not* to wonder whether this guy is actually an 
enlightened know it all or whether he just reads the papers 
like you and me.

This how you put extraordinary claims to the test, sort the
wheat from the chaff etc. we're getting twitchy for some
revelations instead of this Daily Mail headline stuff,
especially as we can't ask the great saviour directly as he
seems to have forgotten his watch *again*. Dead tardy these
gurus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Engineering

2013-03-27 Thread navashok



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John"  wrote:
>
> Dr. John Hagelin explains the nature of Dark Energy in terms of scientific 
> cosmology. 

Actually this was the wrong link. Here is the right one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DeI3ohVbY#t=365

[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> > >
> > > Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in
> > > Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of
> > > King Richard III?
> > 
> > > A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare
> > > and of course the Tudor dynasty.
> > 
> > Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur
> > for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out
> > with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have
> > been something.


These are written questions sent to the shareintl.org editors. What makes you 
believe that Benjamin Creme would be interested in King Richard III or would 
spend his time with predictions ?


> > 
> > [Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe
> > the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery
> > has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.]
> 
> It was Phillippa Langley
> http://www.emmines.co.uk/blog/2013/02/a-queen-in-a-carpark/
> 
> OMG, a comment there...
> 
> Was it a *hunch* that led Phillipa to Richard III's body?
>

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread Ann



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of
> the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many*
> different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived
> as being at "cross purposes" to how they perceive the
> group by some people here. 
> 
> One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk
> from experience about several different spiritual paths,
> and discuss the differences between them. So can others
> here, who have "branched out" from On The Program 
> TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me 
> that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual 
> practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so 
> often I'll throw something out to point out *how* 
> different my time spent with Rama or later with 
> Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. 
> 
> One would think that TMers could discuss such things
> without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not
> been the case here. When someone presents a different
> way of "walking the spiritual walk," some seem to feel
> the need to fall back on the "Yeah, but TM is better"
> response, and find a way to put the other practice
> or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when
> people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very*
> different from anything taught by the TMO) or views
> on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have 
> towards a teacher, etc. 
> 
> What ever happened to curiosity about the larger 
> world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off
> The Program by the TMO at some point? 

Every single person here has experience and knowledge of a number of spiritual 
teachings and other spiritual paths. What ARE you talking about? Have you mixed 
this forum up with others that you are on. For clarification, you are on FFL 
right now, not Facebook. (By the way, I saw your FB page the other day. Some 
cute pics of the dogs etc.) 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> > it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> > I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I
> > did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> > contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> > make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.
> > 
> > Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> > assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> > day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au
> > contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> > and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> > same, but with completely different things. 
> > 
> > In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> > importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> > spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> > especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> > seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> > There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> > on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> > which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> > then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> > is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> > it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> > enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). 
> > 
> > Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> > In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's "Day Job,"
> > meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend 
> > *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi-
> > tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual
> > growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career
> > presented a marvelous opportunity to practice "being
> > spiritual in the world," meaning to 1) do a good job at
> > it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing
> > a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus
> > accomplishing measurable things in the material world. 
> > 
> > As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about
> > him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his
> > students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot
> > of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off.
> > They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their 
> > chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies
> > or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know
> > formed their own companies and became millionaires; most
> > of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes
> > hated 1%, even in this economy. 
> > 
> > NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What
> > money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel,
> > to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go
> > diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation
> > for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalen

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread Ann


At the risk of being critical here (sigh, you make me do this Barry):

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> I should continue, explaining why I posted it.

You don't have to. We know why.

> First, I
>did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.

Barry, come on, we ALL know this. You can't, for one moment, think this is NEWS.
> 
> Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs.

Not possible. No one thinks this. Your case would be more likely to state that 
long-term TMers don't think ANYONE else's spiritual path is like TM because TM 
is the best.
 
> Au contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> same, but with completely different things. 

Please, this is not news or new for that matter.
> 
> In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). 

You are making this up. TM was always about integrating into life and whatever 
goals you pursue there, whether it be building and nurturing one's career, 
family life or art.
> 
> Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's "Day Job,"
> meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend 
> *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi-
> tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual
> growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career
> presented a marvelous opportunity to practice "being
> spiritual in the world," meaning to 1) do a good job at
> it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing
> a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus
> accomplishing measurable things in the material world. 

Oy, Barry, come ON. When are you going to start either telling us things that 
we don't already know or that are actually accurate?
> 
> As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about
> him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his
> students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot
> of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off.
> They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their 
> chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies
> or starting their own.

And these people couldn't have done this without Rama in their lives? These are 
former "losers" who found their skills, drive and success because they followed 
Lenz from hotel to hotel and power spot to power spot?

> At least a dozen students I know
> formed their own companies and became millionaires; most
> of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes
> hated 1%, even in this economy. 

What were these people doing before they got sucked into the cult with Rama? 
How did they have time to become such successful business people and still stay 
integral parts of the travelling band of five star gourmands? You can't build 
and run a company and be meditating in Sedona or gallivanting hither and 
thither at the same time as structuring a multi million dollar enterprise.
> 
> NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What
> money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel,
> to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go
> diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation
> for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may
> be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good
> advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he
> was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had
> the freedom it brought them. 

Money can buy you time (to do what you want) but it doesn't buy you 'freedom".
> 
> I was never in the "gotta make millions" camp, that just 
> not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a 
> result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep
> such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks
> if I choose to work in my chosen field.

And you wouldn't have done any of this if you hadn't met Lenz, is that what you 
are saying? What would you have been

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742

2013-03-27 Thread Buck



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Yes!  OMG!  It's what I've been trying to tell you all.  -Buck in the Dome

> > "Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings
> > The joy that from Thy presence springs;"
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
> > >
> > > Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland.
> > > .
> > > .
> > > THE BALM OF GILEAD,  by John  Willison, 1742.
> > > 
> > >   "A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich 
> > > blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, 
> > > convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and 
> > > triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers.  Then 
> > > gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and 
> > > error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound 
> > > up.  Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would 
> > > be awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong 
> > > lusts subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God.  Such a day would 
> > > heal divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and 
> > > bring down Heaven to earth.  This would redress our grievances, remove 
> > > our complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock.  It would make true 
> > > religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and 
> > > iniquity as ashamed to hide its face.  Then sabbaths and communions would 
> > > be days of heaven.  Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of 
> > > Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight.  Oh, then, pray 
> > > for such a time"
> > >
> >
> 
> Om Yes, let us work for such times for all!
>

And, that in the spiritual work there are not things Negative and unhelpful to 
how we live our lives in a spiritual journey of balance and harmony aimed at 
the growth and perfection of the soul while here on earth?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Balm of Gilead, John Willison, 1742

2013-03-27 Thread Buck



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> 
> Yes!  OMG!  It's what I've been trying to tell you all.  -Buck in the Dome
> "Great Unified Field, attend while Zion sings
> The joy that from Thy presence springs;"
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu"  wrote:
> >
> > Willison was a preacher in the Church of Scotland.
> > .
> > .
> > THE BALM OF GILEAD,  by John  Willison, 1742.
> > 
> >   "A day of the ministration of the Spirit would bring many rare and rich 
> > blessings along with it, such as the discoveries of the Redeemer's glory, 
> > convictions of the evil and vileness of sin, many crowns of victory and 
> > triumph to Christ, great additions to his friends and followers.  Then 
> > gospel-light would shine clear, saving knowledge increase, ignorance and 
> > error vanish, riches of free grace would be displayed, and Satan be bound 
> > up.  Then ministers and ordinances would be lively, secure sinners would be 
> > awakened, dead souls would live, heard hearts would be melted, strong lusts 
> > subdued, and many sons and daughters born to God.  Such a day would heal 
> > divisions, cement breaches, make us all of one heart and mind, and bring 
> > down Heaven to earth.  This would redress our grievances, remove our 
> > complaints, and unite, Christs's scattered flock.  It would make true 
> > religion and holy persons to be in esteem, vice to be in disgrace, and 
> > iniquity as ashamed to hide its face.  Then sabbaths and communions would 
> > be days of heaven.  Prayers and praise, spiritual converse, talking of 
> > Christ and redeeming love, would be our chiefest delight.  Oh, then, pray 
> > for such a time"
> >
>

Om Yes, let us work for such times for all!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread PaliGap



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
> >
> > Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in
> > Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of
> > King Richard III?
> 
> > A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare
> > and of course the Tudor dynasty.
> 
> Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur
> for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out
> with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have
> been something.
> 
> [Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe
> the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery
> has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.]

It was Phillippa Langley
http://www.emmines.co.uk/blog/2013/02/a-queen-in-a-carpark/

OMG, a comment there...

Was it a *hunch* that led Phillipa to Richard III's body?

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Why do you think he [Rama - Fred Lenz] did himself in? 

He *claimed* to some who were close to him that he 
was dying of some undiagnosed and undiagnosable 
illness, and that he just didn't want to waste away
in some ghastly hospital. I, however, got ahold of
the coroner's autopsy report, and there was no trace
of serious disease. 

My theory of The Big Why is very simple, and meshes
well with what people who were close to him said:
drugs. He'd gotten himself addicted to Valium, first
prescribed after an injury, but he liked the effects
of it so much that it had begun to affect both his
behavior and his judgment. On the Valium label it 
says in big, bold letters, "If you have been taking
this drug for some time, do NOT try to stop suddenly.
If you do, you risk side effects including depression,
psychotic symptoms, and suicide." So what did Mr. 
I-can-handle-it do? He tried to quit taking Valium
cold turkey. Three days later he was dead, a suicide.

> Were you still involved when that happened?

No, I had left a couple of years earlier, when the
focus of what it was like to study with him shifted
away from meditation and things that most (including
me) considered "spiritual," and began to focus on
mainly business and career success. Besides, it had
stopped being fun, so I split. Never regretted it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread PaliGap

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in
> Leicester, England,in September 2012, really that of
> King Richard III?

> A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare
> and of course the Tudor dynasty.

Who puts these questions? This latter is now de rigueur
for anyone with a newspaper or TV. But if Creme had come out
with Richard's location a few years ago - now that would have
been something.

[Jeez, I'm channeling Sal-Vin now. Having said that, I believe
the lady who was the driving force behind the body's discovery
has attributed her success to woo-woo, at least in part.]

Can't we ask...

Q[Supplementary 1]: Did he murder the princes in the Tower?

A:

Q[Supplementary 2]: Just who was Shakespeare anyway?

A:

[FairfieldLife] Book review: Maitreyas mission is our mission

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008

Book review "Maitreya's mission is our mission" [Share
International photo for March 2013  Maitreya's Mission, Volume
One, by Benjamin Creme]
Review of Maitreya's Mission, Volume One, by Benjamin Creme
by Carmen Font
Thomas Edison (1847-1931), who gave us the light-bulb, once said that
"opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work". Too often we tend to believe that the
greatest breakthroughs in human life are in most cases the result of
`genius' and `chance'. Even though these two factors
play a role in every achievement, hard work is always a prerequisite.
Working consistently, with a focused and sincere intention, provides the
necessary energy to invite an `opportunity'. By responding to a
window of opportunity, we participate in the creation or the unveiling
of an achievement. The bigger the achievement, the more effort it
demands. What we interpret as `hard work' often requires the
performance of arduous tasks, the sacrifice of the lesser for the
higher, a degree of physical or emotional discomfort and the avoidance
of our line of least resistance. Constructive hard work is never the
result of coercion or lack of purpose. Creative work is undertaken with
faith in the result, even when we cannot see the prize amidst the fog.
Thus hard work becomes a mission.

Maitreya reminds us in His Message Number 31 that "nothing happens
by itself. Man must act and implement his will". Whereas in His
messages Maitreya refers to His work and His call for humanity to
participate in it, it was not until the publication of Maitreya's
Mission, Volume One (MMI) that the rationale and the details of His
mission were laid out in full panoramic view. The first edition of the
book was published in 1986, with two subsequent editions in 1990 and
1993, and it included a compilation of questions and answers published
in the magazine Share International up to then. These questions and
answers are organized in topics in order to highlight each thematic area
of Maitreya's work. This proves to be an invaluable source of
inspiration for the reader, who gains a deeper insight into
Maitreya's endeavours. It is also a large window that reveals
changes in the world and their causes. So much so, that the book saw two
sequels, Maitreya's Mission Volumes Two and Three (MMII and MMIII),
which illuminate the continuing work-in-progress and humanity's
preparedness with regard to the Emergence of Maitreya and the Masters of
Wisdom.

  [Share International photo for March 2013  Benjamin Creme speaking
at a conference] Benjamin Creme

In full co-operation
Maitreya's mission has never been and will not be a solitary one. In
every chapter of MMI we are gently reminded and made vividly aware of
the fact that the process of His Emergence and the changes in our modes
of living call for our full co-operation. A case in point is Benjamin
Creme's reference to Maitreya's contact with media
representatives in January 1986 who "agreed to make an announcement
that a man claiming to be the Christ was indeed living in the Asian
community of London. Under pressure from high religious and government
officials, however, this statement was withheld" (p.9, 3rd ed).
Given this rejection, by karmic law Maitreya became engaged in a much
longer process of emergence which did not involve the media at all. By
creating miracles of all kinds, by appearing to large sections of
humanity in various guises, a knowledge of His presence was slowly built
up and spread around the world. Thus, without infringing humanity's
freewill, Maitreya kept the reality of His presence before all those who
could believe in it. Even today in His appearances on television in the
USA, Mexico and Brazil He always appears `incognito' so that the
viewers can agree or not agree with His ideas, without simply accepting
His words to be those of the `Christ' or `World
Teacher'.

The late 1980s and early 1990s were momentous times for humanity.
Whereas the main political and economic developments of those years are
given special focus in MMII (for example, the end of Apartheid in South
Africa, the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the stock-market crash
beginning in Japan) MMI is concerned with the esoteric essentials of
Maitreya's Emergence and His teachings for the New Age. In the
introduction to the book, Benjamin Creme tells us about a "new mode
of communication" by Maitreya: through one of His close associates,
Maitreya gave "teachings and forecasts of world events, which one by
one are coming to pass" (p. 10), thus providing a constant influx of
information of a political, social and spiritual nature. Before we can
fully understand the dynamics of world change in the outer physical
plane, we need a better grasp of elementary esoteric rules. In this
sense MMI is the perfect sequel to Benjamin Creme's first book, The
Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom and an invitation
to further reading the successive volumes of Maitreya's Mission.

The

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:

Perhaps Lenz was the perfect teacher for those on the traditionally defined 
career path.Â  And other teachers are perfect for others on different dharma 
paths.


Share, here's how Rama and guru of the Turq ended his career; he committed 
suicide by throwing himself in the ocean wearing a dog-collar around his neck. 

That's quite a testimonial from a "perfect teacher", wouldn't you say ?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

dear Laughing Checker, someone told me that once a student mentioned to the 
teacher that some people thought his teaching was brain washing.  He replied, 
and here I'm paraphrasing:  some brains needs washing.  So dear Laughing 
Checker, since cavorting is a celestial experience for me, I don't think it is 
MY brain that needs washing with regards to that.  Et tu Brute?  As for your 
ordinary lay meditators, are they related to Emily's laywomen by any chance?!

 From: laughinggull108 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:52 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> dear Laughing One Jelly Bean please do not be hurt that Ravi has totally 
> forgotten the plot line of your Garden of Eden saga in which Xeno was NOT the 
> one with whom I was cavorting in the bushes.

Now hold on there just a daggone minute Missy Dirty Mind! 'Cavorting' in the 
bushes? Where do you come up with these ideas? Let's look at it again, this 
time with a pure mind: It had been a really long, long time since you had been 
checked (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), and seeker Steve, being the 'exceptional' 
checker that he is (of course, I wouldn't know from personal experience) was 
more than willing to oblige. The bushes along the river provided the privacy 
needed, and the springy patches of moss provided comfortable seats. However, 
the first attempt was interrupted (commonly referred to as checkus 
interruptus*) when seeker Xeno stumbled upon yours truly selling water by the 
river. As a result, seeker Steve was very anxious to get back at it because, 
being the 'exceptional' checker that he is, knows that coming out of a checking 
session too quickly and without completion can lead to a condition commonly 
referred to as Krishna butterballs* for the
 checker and lackus fulfillmentitus* for the checkee. (It's also worth noting 
that he tries never to end a checking prematurely.) However, nature was 
supportive in the end and both of you were able to have a nice, long 
uninterrupted checking in which seeker Steve, I guess one could say, checked 
your brains out. (And he chose to stay and meditate with you rather than 
quietly leave the bushes.) It is easy? You experienced how easy it is? Now this 
is how we will meditate morning and evening...

*these are sacred terms learned only on a qualified TTC, and are not available 
for use by ordinary lay meditators.

Raviji, like jelly beans, also comes in many flavors, including cinnamon.

> Obviously the San Diego sun and southern CA ambiance has addled his brain, 
> which he, meaning Ravi of course, doesn't even like us to talk about!Â  His 
> brain I mean.Â  Neuroscience and all that bullocks.Â  Anyway, more evidence 
> of this addling is his being stuck in the past with talk of psychological 
> rape and inauthenticity.Â  Dear LOJB, isn't that just so so LAST year?!Â  And 
> all the effing this and effing that.Â  One is sorely tempted to urge Nephew 
> to get some new material for gosh sakes!Â  It's a new year.Â  Even in Western 
> astrology.Â  Even in the Chinese system.Â  It's a new season.Â  It's almost a 
> new month.Â  Get with the new program, Newphew!Â  Sorry couldn't resist that 
> lame pun smiley faces all around.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: Ravi Chivukula 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]
> 
> 
> Â  
> "Everyone on this forum is just text on a screen to me."
> 
> Thank you Guru Xeno - this is what I like about you. You are at least honest 
> - and admit you are a cold-hearted, emotionless, distant, dead man basically, 
> of dead beliefs, of inane platitudes - having sexual orgies in your mind with 
> words, even your hard-ons while you are having sex with words might be just a 
> word in your mind called "hard-on". It really reflects in your writing - 
> everytime I read you it's astonishing, it's as if you are a zombie. And then 
> equally hilarious is when I see someone like Share react to you - it's as if 
> she actually had sex with you and you made her come. I'm always tempted to 
> ask you and Share to take your orgies offline.
> 
> Hail to Guru Zombie Xeno !!!
> 
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> >Â  
> >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, that was silly. I went to your link and typed in some text. I made it 
> >> longer and played with the percentage to keep or edit. All it did was 
> >> randomly leave in or take out stuff. I don't get why you need a program to 
> >> do this. Many of us do it naturally by the way we read, which is often 
> >> sloppy or, because of pre-conceived notions about things, we fail to take 
> >> in half of what anyone is actually saying. All of us are text compactors 
> >

[FairfieldLife] Fw: Mark Twain's Fan Mail for Whatever Wednesday

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

Plus Ravi, look how I've saved you!  Your buddy Emily is now into neuroscience 
too and though you've been so opposed to that in the recent past of 2013, I 
have now given you the impetus to leap beyond that er, is it ok if I call it a 
limit?  I do realize you have FEW limits of engagement, but dear Nephew, are 
you quite sure you have none?  Anyway with all love and gratitude for helping 
me get beyond my many limits.  Usually by making me laugh out loud.  I would 
miss you sorely if you left FFL.  

Jeez I hope salyavin and turq and all the others who don't like putting to So 
and So in the Subject line are appreciating my restraint in this matter.  It's 
a pain in the tukas IMHO!

 From: Ravi Chivukula 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]

oh dear Aunt Share - fear not, 'cause my mind ain't addled no more. Not after 
this post of yours Aunt Share - it's led to much illumination.

What I hear Aunt is that in-authenticity and psychological rape are a thing of 
the past - so 2012. This is wonderful Auntie - certainly you have been quite 
authentic with me in the recent past and it's good to know that I don't have to 
cringe anymore and will not have to hear any squealing, shrieking or moaning of 
yours in response to Xeno's or Curtis's posts.

Surely you have realized they are not as authentic as your dear nephew. You 
realize you are just a robotic POV to His Holiness Curtis and a text on a 
screen to Guru Xeno. You know the minute you are audacious enough to cross your 
limits - you will be humiliated, either His Holiness's - "toxic energy directed 
towards strangers on internet" curse or Guru Xeno processing any posts over 200 
words through a text compactor. Your erstwhile icons have limits of engagement, 
your nephew none.

This cavorting in the bushes, possibly with Steve or LG sounds totally good to 
me - they are nice guys, honest and open at least. And thank you for that 
consigning that phrase psychological rape to the dustbin - you don't know how 
many times I wondered when you would lob that at me - but I have been lucky 
Auntie, because even the 3-4 neurotic birches I have had the misfortune of 
trying to be loving, playful and/or vulnerable around Amma never even remotely 
came close to you. So this is all good news.

No - a new day has dawned in the long, bitter, embattled history of the Long 
Ladislaw feud, I promise Auntie - I will strive for new material from today on. 
Thank you, this feels really good.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:02 AM, Share Long  wrote:

>  
>dear Laughing One Jelly Bean please do not be hurt that Ravi has totally 
>forgotten the plot line of your Garden of Eden saga in which Xeno was NOT the 
>one with whom I was cavorting in the bushes.  Obviously the San Diego sun and 
>southern CA ambiance has addled his brain, which he, meaning Ravi of course, 
>doesn't even like us to talk about!  His brain I mean.  Neuroscience and all 
>that bullocks.  Anyway, more evidence of this addling is his being stuck in 
>the past with talk of psychological rape and inauthenticity.  Dear LOJB, isn't 
>that just so so LAST year?!  And all the effing this and effing that.  One is 
>sorely tempted to urge Nephew to get some new material for gosh sakes!  It's a 
>new year.  Even in Western astrology.  Even in the Chinese system.  It's a new 
>season.  It's almost a new month.  Get with the new program, Newphew!  Sorry 
>couldn't resist that lame pun smiley faces all around.  
>    
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Ravi Chivukula 
>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Cliff Notes Robin [previously Re: Men only]
> 
>
>
>  
>"Everyone on this forum is just text on a screen to me."
>
>
>Thank you Guru Xeno - this is what I like about you. You are at least honest - 
>and admit you are a cold-hearted, emotionless, distant, dead man basically, of 
>dead beliefs, of inane platitudes - having sexual orgies in your mind with 
>words, even your hard-ons while you are having sex with words might be just a 
>word in your mind called "hard-on". It really reflects in your writing - 
>everytime I read you it's astonishing, it's as if you are a zombie. And then 
>equally hilarious is when I see someone like Share react to you - it's as if 
>she actually had sex with you and you made her come. I'm always tempted to ask 
>you and Share to take your orgies offline.
>
>
>Hail to Guru Zombie Xeno !!!
>
>On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius 
> wrote:
>
> 
>>  
>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann"  wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, that was silly. I went to your link and typed in some text. I made it 
>>> longer and played with the percentage to keep or edit. All it did was 
>>> randomly leave in or take out stuff. I don't get why you need a program to 
>>> do th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread Share Long

turq, thanks for reply yesterday.  I am fascinated by what Lenz said about 5 
star places.  Whereas usually a person becomes successful and wealthy and then 
patronizes such places, it sounds like he was saying to patronize such places 
in order to accustom oneself to being successful and wealthy.  This is an 
example of the kind of reversed thinking that I enjoy hearing about.

I admit that my curiosity is not only or even mainly about Lenz though there 
are other spiritual groups like Taoist and tantric that I enjoy learning about. 
 In asking those questions my main curiosity is, just like it is for everyone 
here, about you as yourself and you as a window to understanding myself and 
others here on FFL.    

Though there are a couple of people who evoke a knee jerk reaction in me, you 
are not one of them.  There are others for whom I have a ONE knee jerk 
reaction.  There are a couple for whom I have a TWO knees jerk reaction ha ha.  
I usually hold off replying to those people until the charge has subsided.  
Usually but not always (-:       

I really liked what you said about the continuum of life and spirituality and 
all that jazz.  And I will add this.  A few years ago I was involved in Core 
Energetics and consequently read the Pathworks material.  In one article the 
channel explained that not everyone is here on Earth to have a career as their 
main focus.  Some are here to correct a major flaw or heal a major wound or 
focus on one relationship or something other than career as the world 
traditionally refers to it.  Perhaps Lenz was the perfect teacher for those on 
the traditionally defined career path.  And other teachers are perfect for 
others on different dharma paths.

Why do you think he did himself in?  Were you still involved when that happened?

 From: turquoiseb 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:43 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of
the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many*
different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived
as being at "cross purposes" to how they perceive the
group by some people here. 

One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk
from experience about several different spiritual paths,
and discuss the differences between them. So can others
here, who have "branched out" from On The Program 
TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me 
that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual 
practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so 
often I'll throw something out to point out *how* 
different my time spent with Rama or later with 
Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. 

One would think that TMers could discuss such things
without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not
been the case here. When someone presents a different
way of "walking the spiritual walk," some seem to feel
the need to fall back on the "Yeah, but TM is better"
response, and find a way to put the other practice
or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when
people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very*
different from anything taught by the TMO) or views
on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have 
towards a teacher, etc. 

What ever happened to curiosity about the larger 
world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off
The Program by the TMO at some point? 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I
> did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.
> 
> Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au
> contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> same, but with completely different things. 
> 
> In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). 
> 
> Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> In many Buddhist tra

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008

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

> 
> What ever happened to curiosity about the larger 
> world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off
> The Program by the TMO at some point?  

Many here did other forms of meditations before they started TM so your point 
isn't valid. To mix practises or jump from one tradition to another is 
counterproductive to spritual growth as so evident in your own life dominated 
by agression, particularily towards women.

[FairfieldLife] Questions and answers by Benjamin Creme

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008


Q. (1) Did the Syrian authorities use chemical weapons in Homs recently?
(2) Have chemical weapons been used against the opposition forces in
other parts of Syria?

A. (1) No. (2) No.

Q. What is your opinion of carbon emissions trading?

A. It is dishonest and does not help the fabric of the planet.

Q. Is nuclear pollution the worst aspect of environmental destruction?

A. Yes.

Q. (1) Just as there will be an emergency plan in the short term to feed
the starving and the malnourished, do the Masters have a blueprint about
what needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency with regard to the
terrible degradation we have caused to our planet? (2) What will be the
first emergency tasks to save our planet?

A. (1) Yes. (2) Clearly, a lessening of the `carbon footprint'
of everyone on the planet.

Q. Is the skeleton that was exhumed in a carpark in Leicester, England,
in September 2012, really that of King Richard III?

A. Yes, it was King Richard III, maligned by Shakespeare and of course
the Tudor dynasty.

Q. Given that Benjamin Creme wrote on page 19 of his book The Gathering
of the Forces of Light: UFOs and Their Spiritual Mission that the Day of
Declaration would take place within three years of Maitreya's first
television interview, and that we are now past the three years.
Obviously something has changed  that is fine, things do as we
know. Would Benjamin be kind enough to inform us of where things now
stand. Are the books being printed now still stating this three-year
timescale? I believe it is necessary to clarify this situation, because
people are going to ask us about it as we spread the message about
Maitreya.

A. Yes, things do change. Throughout my years of work I have been asked
with various degrees of manipulation, how soon Maitreya would appear
 in so many weeks, months, years, in my lifetime (given my mature
age) etc. It has always been quite difficult to satisfy this quite
natural question, which everyone wants to know. The fact is nobody
knows. I don't, my Master says He does not, even Maitreya does not
exactly.

Nevertheless, every time, pushed to the point by questions for some
date, I ask the Master, He always says in about three years, and at the
time He says it, it sounds logical. It sounds vague, not a hard set
date. Remember, that to the Masters, there is no such thing as time.

If you read the actual answer in the book you will see that it is less
cut and dried than you suggest: "Maitreya is emerging very soon. The
Day of Declaration could be anytime from a year to two or three years
after His first television interview. The Masters and Maitreya Himself
seem to think that the time will be relatively very short indeed. But
whatever the timing, these four spacecraft [Maitreya's
`stars'] will remain in the heavens, seen by an increasing
number of people. Hopefully the media of the world will become more and
more open to reporting on these `stars'."

Q. In a recent interview with Benjamin Creme (seen on YouTube), Mr Creme
stated that Maitreya is in a physical body He created for Himself, but
He can change His appearance at will, and can look quite hideous and
grotesque. The question in mind is, why would a being of light and love
wish to look hideous or grotesque?

A. If you knew the variety of appearances that Maitreya has adopted over
the years you would be amazed at the flexibility which He displays. He
can look like a young and beautiful woman, a gnarled old man, a
toothless jibbering clown, in a huge variety of clothes, sensible or
hysterical. He is still a being of "light and love" but adopts a
persona exactly fitted to the occasion and to the hopes  or
prejudices  of those who are blessed by His presence.

Q. What do you think of the 7th day Sabbath and why people keep Sunday?

A. Sunday, or the Sabbath, is meant to be a day of rest and if people
have worked hard they need a rest. I believe that all people need more
time for leisure, to find themselves and give of their best, that is
from a creative point of view. One of the mistakes of our modern
`civilization' is that so many people today spend most of their
working life in conditions of mechanical drudgery. Leisure is an
essential part of life.

Q. I watched a documentary about Babu (Ambilike Mwasapila), a 76
year-old protestant priest in the small village of Samunge, near
Loliondo, in northern Tanzania, who has given `miracle water' to
over 5,000 people since 2011.

In 1991 he had a dream in which he believes God spoke to him and showed
him a woman with AIDS, and told him which medicine could be given to her
to heal her from this disease. When Babu woke up, he wondered how a tree
could heal AIDS when even doctors can't heal it?

The roots of a Karanga plumtree called Enga Muriaga, is used to produce
the special drink: the roots are cooked in hot water over night and next
day the people are given a cup to drink. Babu says it is only a healing
water when you swallow the drink straightaway and don't carry it
home. People

[FairfieldLife] Humanitys historic choice

2013-03-27 Thread nablusoss1008

Humanity's historic choice by the Master , through Benjamin
Creme, 8 February 2013
The time for men to make their historic choice has arrived. Soon, men
will come to realize that they must make a momentous decision, one which
will determine the future for every man, woman and child, indeed the
future for every living creature on Earth: a choice between continuous
and ever expanding creativity on planet Earth, or a devastating ending
of all life, human and sub-human, on our planetary home.

Man, unfortunately, has discovered the secret of the awful power which
lies hidden in the nucleus of the atom and has harnessed it for war.
While humanity is so separated by competition, greed and lust for power,
the danger of extinction, by accident or design, is ever present. Men
must therefore find a safer way to live.

So potent today is the individuality of men and nations, so divided have
they become in their struggle for life, that they have lost their way
and must quickly find it to survive.

Thus the Great Ones, your Elder Brothers, have sought to show the only
way to peace. Only sharing and justice, We say, will bring the peace
which, in their hearts, all men desire. Simple indeed is Our
recommendation but, so far, difficult for humanity to grasp. Men have
divine free will and are the masters of their fate. Take, We advise, the
path of sharing and justice which are the garments of Brotherhood,
without which a man is not fully a man.

[This article from Share International magazine, March 2013 , is by a
senior member of the Hierarchy of Masters of Wisdom. His name,
well-known in esoteric circles, is not yet being revealed. Benjamin
Creme, a principal spokesman about the emergence of Maitreya, is in
constant telepathic contact with this Master who dictated his article to
him.]
(Read more articles by the Master)


http://www.share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2013/2013-03.htm

[FairfieldLife] Holi with Swami - Many Years Ago

2013-03-27 Thread martin.quickman

Holi celebrations are always colourful and one particular Holi celebration 
stands out in my mind. I had been lucky with my line number on that particular 
afternoon. It had been number one and as I was at the front of the line, I'd 
been seated at the very front and near to where the festivities were to take 
place.

http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/holi-celebrations-and-the-rose-darshan-experiences/

[FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread turquoiseb

Again, just as a followup, it seems to me that one of
the stated *purposes* of this group (to discuss *many*
different spiritual paths, not just TM) is perceived
as being at "cross purposes" to how they perceive the
group by some people here. 

One of the reasons I miss Vaj is that he could talk
from experience about several different spiritual paths,
and discuss the differences between them. So can others
here, who have "branched out" from On The Program 
TM and have dabbled in other paths. It seems to me 
that one of the most interesting aspects of spiritual 
practice is how those practices *differ*, so every so 
often I'll throw something out to point out *how* 
different my time spent with Rama or later with 
Tibetan groups was from the time in TM. 

One would think that TMers could discuss such things
without getting uptight, but that has sometimes not
been the case here. When someone presents a different
way of "walking the spiritual walk," some seem to feel
the need to fall back on the "Yeah, but TM is better"
response, and find a way to put the other practice
or emphasis down. For example, that has happened when
people bring up mindfulness practice (which is *very*
different from anything taught by the TMO) or views
on celibacy/sexuality, the 'tude one should have 
towards a teacher, etc. 

What ever happened to curiosity about the larger 
world of spiritual practice? Was that declared Off
The Program by the TMO at some point?  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I
> did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.
> 
> Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au
> contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> same, but with completely different things. 
> 
> In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them). 
> 
> Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's "Day Job,"
> meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend 
> *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi-
> tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual
> growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career
> presented a marvelous opportunity to practice "being
> spiritual in the world," meaning to 1) do a good job at
> it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing
> a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus
> accomplishing measurable things in the material world. 
> 
> As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about
> him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his
> students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot
> of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off.
> They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their 
> chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies
> or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know
> formed their own companies and became millionaires; most
> of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes
> hated 1%, even in this economy. 
> 
> NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What
> money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel,
> to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go
> diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation
> for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may
> be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good
> advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he
> was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had
> the freedom it brought them. 
> 
> I was never in the "gotta make millions" camp, that just 
> not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a 
> result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep
> such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks
> if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed
> taking some time off and doing part-time writin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Career As Path (was Re: Majorca Spain to turq)

2013-03-27 Thread Ravi Chivukula

Wow I had no clue Barry 

God - I need to look for a job ASAP, 'cause yeah I bristled as I whistled
reading your original post - thanks for this detailed explanation - you
know 'cause I had no clue, I was like I had to compartmentalize.

You saved my butt Barry - you really did. I am forever indebted to you man.
Did you ever try your luck as a Guru?

Love - XOXO.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:59 PM, turquoiseb wrote:

> **
>
>
> Since some seemed to...uh...bristle at me just telling
> it like it was about the time I spent with Rama, I guess
> I should continue, explaining why I posted it. First, I
> did it because Share asked, and in a way that seemed to
> contain no malice, only curiosity. Second, I wanted to
> make the case that *all spiritual paths are not the same*.
>
> Over the years I've gotten used to long-term TMers just
> assuming that everyone else's spiritual paths -- the
> day in, day out of it all -- was similar to theirs. Au
> contraire, Pierre. Maharishi emphasized certain things,
> and considered them valuable, and other teachers do the
> same, but with completely different things.
>
> In this particular example, what I was on about was the
> importance of career, and the place it holds in one's
> spiritual progress. I've found over the years that many,
> especially those from New Age or Hindu-based traditions,
> seem to "divide" their lives into separate compartments.
> There's their "spiritual life" -- the meditating, "going
> on courses," bouncing in the dome, and stuff like that,
> which they seem to consider their spiritual life, and
> then there is *everything else*, which many seem to think
> is almost antithetical to the "spiritual life," in that
> it keeps them from doing the things that'll get them
> enlightened (or whatever they hope it'll get them).
>
> Suffice it to say that this is *not* a universal approach.
> In many Buddhist traditions, for example, one's "Day Job,"
> meaning career and the 22-23 hours per day they spend
> *not* meditating is seen as just as important as medi-
> tating, and just as much an opportunity for spiritual
> growth. Rama was of that ilk. He taught that one's career
> presented a marvelous opportunity to practice "being
> spiritual in the world," meaning to 1) do a good job at
> it (because doing a good job is better for you than doing
> a shitty job), and 2) to practice *succeeding*, and thus
> accomplishing measurable things in the material world.
>
> As a result, whatever *else* may be legitimately said about
> him and his teachings and the impact that they had on his
> students, most of them followed his advice and put a lot
> of energy into developing their careers. And it paid off.
> They made *shitloads* of money, and excelled in their
> chosen professions, often rising to the tops of companies
> or starting their own. At least a dozen students I know
> formed their own companies and became millionaires; most
> of the rest still earn enough to put them in the sometimes
> hated 1%, even in this economy.
>
> NOT that this in itself is an overly laudable goal. What
> money does for one is give you FREEDOM. Freedom to travel,
> to take time off whenever you want to go to Bhutan or go
> diving in Bali, and money to spend on teaching meditation
> for free or whatever gets you off. As ambivalent as I may
> be about the Rama guy, I still think that this was all good
> advice, and it paid off for those who followed it. Once he
> was gone, they still had their careers, and they still had
> the freedom it brought them.
>
> I was never in the "gotta make millions" camp, that just
> not being one of my priorities in life. But, largely as a
> result of his prodding, I built up my skill set and my rep
> such that even today, at my age, I can pull in the big bucks
> if I choose to work in my chosen field. I thoroughly enjoyed
> taking some time off and doing part-time writing in other
> fields these last few months, but to be honest I'm enjoying
> digging into some serious, hang-ten high tech again more.
> It gives me an opportunity to excel, and *that* gives me
> an opportunity to progress in my spiritual path.
>
> For me, and for many who feel similarly, there is no
> difference between our Day Jobs and the rest of our lives,
> or our spiritual lives. It's all a continuum, 24/7, every
> moment of which gives us the opportunity to progress. Call
> me crazy, but I think that's a more sensible approach than
> that followed by people who believe they're only progressing
> towards their spiritual goals when they're meditating or
> "on courses."
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
> > >
> > > turq on Lenz: When we went on "courses" we stayed in five-star
> > > hotels and dined at five-star restaurants.
> > > me to turq: what is significance of 5 star establishments in
> > > this context? Why put word courses in quotes?
> >
> > 1. We never *had* "courses" in the sense in w

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