Re: [FairfieldLife] the earth is flat, says Muslim scholar

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Shit... can't argue with that!

 

  From: feste37 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:04 PM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] the earth is flat, says Muslim scholar
   
    I will probably be accused of Arab bashing or Muslim bashing, but this is 
really pretty funny, Mind you, how many of us on this forum could explain why 
he is wrong?

Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates: The Earth Does Not Revolve 
around Itself 
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Bandar Al-Khaybari, a preacher with the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs in 
Al-Madina, claimed that the Earth is fixed and does not revolve around itself, 
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[FairfieldLife] The Guy Is Certifiable

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Grump is nuts. I told you all he wants to do is win, to trumpet his greatness 
from his pinnacle atop the fallen bodies of his adversaries. Please, if nothing 
else, can you meditators put your attention on silencing this buffoon once and 
for all?
 

 
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-2016-race-it-s-war-n488061
 
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-2016-race-it-s-war-n488061

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[feste37]

I agree with you there, Mike. Best left to individuals. Here in Fairfield, as 
much as I can tell, there is huge enthusiasm among meditators for Bernie 
Sanders, less enthusiasm but some support for Hillary, and about zero support 
for any Republican. I have not encountered a single Trump supporter in the 
meditating community.
 

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

 When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.
 

 


 From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
 
 
   
 So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa presidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's candidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party and which candidate?  
 

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

 As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell people 
what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an administrative 
position on TM teachers and staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate 
political views? What do you feel about this?   
 

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

 This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
 

 Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of 
those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM 
teacher became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern 
that meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or 
cause, or person? 
 

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

 Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna? 

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

 ...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
 

 https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts 
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

 

 https://transcendental-meditation.se/ https://transcendental-meditation.se/

 

 











 


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Victoria Shaking

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Wait 'til you get a 6 or a 7 to see how well your house is built. :-D
https://youtu.be/Y9wTQsAgktg

https://youtu.be/wbQ4m-NqeF8


On 12/30/2015 06:45 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:


This is no big deal for you Californians but for us Victorians we were 
all ready to leap outside. This small quake was only about 4 km from 
where I live (my actual house) so it felt pretty substantial for a 
short while because it woke me up with the rattling then a big jolt 
(4.8). I was in bed as my husband was quickly putting his clothes on 
to go outside. I guess I better get a bit more reactive in future. LOL


There will be a run on earthquake preparedness kits today - we are so 
funny as a species.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-bc-south-coast-1.3384066

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.

 

  From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 

 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
   
    So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowapresidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator'scandidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party andwhich candidate?  

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

As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it theplace for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representativetranscendentalists to tell people what 
to think, or how to vote?Should the TM movement have an administrative position 
on TM teachersand staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate political 
views?What do you feel about this?   

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

This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of those 
who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM teacher 
became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern that 
meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or cause, 
or person? 

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

Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna?

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

...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

https://transcendental-meditation.se/


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Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

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

 I agree with you there, Mike. Best left to individuals. Here in Fairfield, as 
much as I can tell, there is huge enthusiasm among meditators for Bernie 
Sanders, less enthusiasm but some support for Hillary, and about zero support 
for any Republican. I have not encountered a single Trump supporter in the 
meditating community.

See, there are enlightened folks in FF. ;-) TM works!!
 

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

 When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.
 

 


 From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
 
 
   
 So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa presidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's candidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party and which candidate?  
 

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

 As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell people 
what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an administrative 
position on TM teachers and staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate 
political views? What do you feel about this?   
 

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

 This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
 

 Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of 
those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM 
teacher became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern 
that meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or 
cause, or person? 
 

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

 Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna? 

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

 ...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
 

 https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts 
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

 

 https://transcendental-meditation.se/ https://transcendental-meditation.se/

 

 











 


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Meditators tend to buck conformity and march to a different drummer, calling it 
*free thinking* and *cerebral *,pretty much a liberal mindset.

 

  From: feste37 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
   
    I agree with you there, Mike. Best left to individuals. Here in Fairfield, 
as much as I can tell, there is huge enthusiasm among meditators for Bernie 
Sanders, less enthusiasm but some support for Hillary, and about zero support 
for any Republican. I have not encountered a single Trump supporter in the 
meditating community.


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

When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.



  From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
 
 So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowapresidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator'scandidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party andwhich candidate?  

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

As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it theplace for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representativetranscendentalists to tell people what 
to think, or how to vote?Should the TM movement have an administrative position 
on TM teachersand staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate political 
views?What do you feel about this?   

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

This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of those 
who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM teacher 
became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern that 
meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or cause, 
or person? 

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

Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna?

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

...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

https://transcendental-meditation.se/




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Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

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

 Meditators tend to buck conformity and march to a different drummer, calling 
it *free thinking* and *cerebral *,pretty much a liberal mindset.

Said like a true conservative, Mike.
 

 


 From: feste37 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
 
 
   I agree with you there, Mike. Best left to individuals. Here in Fairfield, 
as much as I can tell, there is huge enthusiasm among meditators for Bernie 
Sanders, less enthusiasm but some support for Hillary, and about zero support 
for any Republican. I have not encountered a single Trump supporter in the 
meditating community.

 

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

 When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.
 

 


 From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

 
   
 So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa presidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's candidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party and which candidate?  
 

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

 As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell people 
what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an administrative 
position on TM teachers and staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate 
political views? What do you feel about this?   
 

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

 This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
 

 Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of 
those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM 
teacher became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern 
that meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or 
cause, or person? 
 

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

 Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna? 

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

 ...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
 

 https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts 
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

 

 https://transcendental-meditation.se/ https://transcendental-meditation.se/

 

 











 


 













 


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

In previous election cycles, there was huge Ru support for Ron Paul, but it 
doesn't appear to me that support for Ron has shifted over to Rand. FF strikes 
me as a huge swath of Bernieville.
 

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

 I agree with you there, Mike. Best left to individuals. Here in Fairfield, as 
much as I can tell, there is huge enthusiasm among meditators for Bernie 
Sanders, less enthusiasm but some support for Hillary, and about zero support 
for any Republican. I have not encountered a single Trump supporter in the 
meditating community.
 

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

 When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate half the 
country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it won't increase 
initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is a no- win situation.
 

 


 From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?
 
 
   
 So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa presidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's candidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party and which candidate?  
 

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

 As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell people 
what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an administrative 
position on TM teachers and staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate 
political views? What do you feel about this?   
 

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

 This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
 

 Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of 
those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM 
teacher became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern 
that meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or 
cause, or person? 
 

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

 Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna? 

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

 ...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
 

 https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts 
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

 

 https://transcendental-meditation.se/ https://transcendental-meditation.se/

 

 











 


 

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[FairfieldLife] Giant Squid Video

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Usually giant squid are seen at deep sea locations but this one showed 
up in a Japanese bay.   I agree with the first comment that Fukushima 
may have killed off a lot of their food supply so they are coming to 
unusual places.  Calamari steak sandwiches anyone?
https://youtu.be/eOXkUrhclcc

Re: [FairfieldLife] > Taiwan Bans GMOs in School Meals Due to Health Risks

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

The ploy that some US companies who favored GMO labeling have been doing 
is putting "Non GMO" on products that have never been grown as GMO 
crops.  For instance I have a jar of coconut oil labeled "Non GMO".  I 
wouldn't be surprised if Monsanto wants their paid congress critters to 
pass a law banning such labeling.  F'ing Fascists!


On a funny note I was noting the my white corn (which is not GMO) chips 
is now carrying the label "Gluten Free".  Of course there is no gluten 
in corn and many companies have been taking advantage of the label for 
products that have never contained gluten.


On 12/30/2015 01:44 PM, email4you mikemail4...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
wrote:



image 





Taiwan Bans GMOs in School Meals Due to Health Risks 

Taiwan recently passed legislation which prohibits any food containing 
genetically modified ingredients from being served to children at 
school lunches.


View on naturalsociety.com 



Preview by Yahoo

http://naturalsociety.com/taiwan-bans-gmos-school-meals-health/

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

The TMO lost a lot of people when they supported Reagan (after he had 
been elected).  Many of us thought the TMO was daft by then anyway.


On 12/30/2015 10:14 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
wrote:
When the TMO starts telling people who to vote for, they'll isolate 
half the country, half the people that they seek to initiate and it 
won't increase initiation either. TMO getting involved in politics is 
a no- win situation.





*From:* "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 


*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:36 AM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa 
presidential caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's 
candidate? Meditators should turn out and favor which party and which 
candidate?



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

As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell 
people what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an 
administrative position on TM teachers and staff who would use the 
TM-lectern to advocate political views? What do you feel about this?



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

This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does 
that confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?


Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what 
of those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle 
them if a TM teacher became particularly publicly politicized, 
advocating from the lectern that meditators support and vote for a 
particular mundane political party, or cause, or person?



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

Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna?


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

...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?

https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

https://transcendental-meditation.se/

[FairfieldLife] > Taiwan Bans GMOs in School Meals Due to Health Risks

[email4you mikemail4...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

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| Taiwan Bans GMOs in School Meals Due to Health RisksTaiwan recently passed 
legislation which prohibits any food containing genetically modified 
ingredients from being served to children at school lunches. |
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| View on naturalsociety.com | Preview by Yahoo |
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http://naturalsociety.com/taiwan-bans-gmos-school-meals-health/

[FairfieldLife] the earth is flat, says Muslim scholar

[feste37]

I will probably be accused of Arab bashing or Muslim bashing, but this is 
really pretty funny, Mind you, how many of us on this forum could explain why 
he is wrong?

Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates: The Earth Does Not Revolve 
around Itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Jp_XCvVto 
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Jp_XCvVto 
 
 Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates:... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Jp_XCvVto Bandar Al-Khaybari, a preacher with 
the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Al-Madina, claimed that the Earth is 
fixed and does not revolve around itself, d...
 
 
 
 View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Jp_XCvVto 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 
 
  

 

Re: [FairfieldLife] the earth is flat, says Muslim scholar

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Oh boy, the rise of the idiot squads. I'd like to hear him explain how 
the microphone in front of him works.  BTW, there are many in Iran 
including people who work at MEMRI who would think he is a joke or 
telling one.


On 12/30/2015 06:04 PM, feste37 wrote:


I will probably be accused of Arab bashing or Muslim bashing, but this 
is really pretty funny, Mind you, how many of us on this forum could 
explain why he is wrong?


Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates: The Earth Does Not 
Revolve around Itself 





image 


Saudi Preacher Bandar Al-Khaybari Demonstrates:... 

Bandar Al-Khaybari, a preacher with the Saudi Ministry of Islamic 
Affairs in Al-Madina, claimed that the Earth is fixed and does not 
revolve around itself, d...


View on www.youtube.com 

Preview by Yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Normal Kids, Rich Kids, Poor Kids, the MSAE and MUM kids..

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Iowa town struggles with mental health awareness Suicide in Fairfield: Iowa 
town struggles with mental health awareness - Little Village 
http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/
 
 
 
http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/
 
 
 Suicide in Fairfield: Iowa town struggles with mental he... 
http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/
 When you live in a small town, you have a connection to just about everyone. 
With a recent string of suicides in my community in Fairfield, Iowa, it has 
felt person...
 
 
 
 View on littlevillagemag.com 
http://littlevillagemag.com/suicide-in-fairfield-iowa-town-struggles-with-mental-health-awareness/
 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 
 
  


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

 In communal meditating Fairfield, Iowa finding cultural expectations for high 
achievement through perfection-isms and possibly finding exhibited distress 
('behavioral dysfunction') like with Silicon Valley kids, in anecdote some 
meditating kids in Fairfield, Iowa may have been examples of cultural high 
pressures in achievement this way too. 
 

  With Silicon Valley kids evidently it is around producing material wealth, 
with meditating kids who may individually strive for what is held out 
formatively as a perfect coined, “The Whole Enchilada” as an all of an all of 
perfect health, perfect education, perfect design, ideal society, 'number-one' 
spiritual experiences, and fortune-making. One might expect to find feelings of 
dissonance with reality and find distress. 
 Would make an interesting study in social science.
 

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

 MSAE School Anthem
 Fortunate are we to be born at a time such as this
Diving deep within the self we know that life is bliss
All the world we see, in the light of the unified field
As we grow in unity the truth of life’s revealed
So we give thanks for the gift of this knowledge Heaven sent
And sing the praise of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
 
Education is ideal, when the knower, known, and knowing unite

 Three in one reality makes learning pure delight.
Nature must be pleased, as a witness to wisdom’s rebirth
Young enlightened sages bringing peace to all on earth
So we give thanks, for the gift, of this knowledge Heaven sent
and sing the praise, of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
 https://superradiance.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/msae-school-anthem/
 

 

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

 Is there an abnormal behavior dysfunction clustering in meditating kids, or 
meditators? Evidently there was a small cluster a couple of years ago in 
suicide that possibly [anecdotal] had some commonalities of pressure and 
depression within it similar to the Silicon Valley cluster. 
 

  The aggregate numbers do not show meditators, kids or adults, as a whole to 
be outlaying from averages. Suicide happens on average throughout the 
Fairfield/Jefferson County, Iowa community in sub-groups evidently across 
demographic boundaries for varying and individual reasons. See the links 
further below to public health stats. 
 

 However, reading The Silicon Valley Suicides article points out some similar 
pressures related to perfectionism and cultural expectations of achievement 
that may be similarly peculiar to aspects of the meditating community in 
Jefferson County, Iowa.  Would make an interesting study.
 

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

 Read through these excerpts about the Silicon Valley Kids and substitute the 
word, “meditator” for the word “affluent” as used in the article. Substitute 
“Non-meditator” for “poor”, and substitute “Meditator” for “Rich”. One can come 
to see some cultural parallels in striving for achievement with perfectionism 
that can shake out as distressed feelings and behaviors.  
 

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

 Excerpts: 
 "..a presentation on affluent youth as a largely unrecognized at-risk group. 
 Her research suggests a U shaped curve in pathologies among children, by 
class. At each extreme—poor and rich—kids are showing unusually high rates of 
dysfunction. On the surface, the rich kids seem to be thriving. They have cars, 
nice clothes, good grades, easy access to health care, and, on paper, excellent 
prospects. But many of them are not navigating adolescence successfully.
 ..One of the two major causes of distress, Luthar found, was the “pressure to 
excel at multiple academic and extracurricular pursuits.
 In one study, for example, kids were asked to choose and rank their parents’ 
top five values, from a list of 10. Half of the values were related to 
achievement (“attend a good college,” “make a lot of money,” “excel 
academically”), and 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Dear Dear Older Meditators gone away,
 As things are happening inside at this very moment in time
 this is important feedback you are giving here. This is critical. 
 It is read.
 For some there is 
 The New Construct,
 The spiritual practice of
 Securing Safety in
 Meditation, Polyvagal Theory, and Peace within the TM movement.
 

 As one reporter living in the TM cortex that is close around to the vortex of 
Global things here, one can see now that some few of you are not even close to 
seeing the inner urge for spirituality that is at work here as the polyvagal 
connection of head and heart on ground zero here, like those of us who live and 
show up for meditations and meetings here in Fairfield, Iowa can see it. 
However to carry things through here we need your input at the least as support 
for changes that are happening right now. 
 From the tapo bhoomi, the land of meditation, of Fairfield, Iowa, - JaiGuruYou 
  
 

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

 
 

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

 This kind of crap is incredibly embarrassing. Pretty much why you'll never see 
me near a TM center. If you can't convince someone with logic,  then baffle 
them with bullshit.

 

 TM is 30 years ago for me. Seeing this kind of thing is amusing but nothing 
more than that. Even when I was at MIU and doing all the stuff with the most 
serious one pointedness I could muster, I still refused to do, for example, the 
meditation break for 10 minutes that was required in the middle of class. I 
remember telling Michael Caine that I wanted to continue to work and that 
stopping everything to close my eyes for 10 minutes was unnecessary and I 
wouldn't participate. What a little shit I was. Michael was such a nice guy he 
let me do what I wanted but I was a failure at following rules. I recall going 
to Torino's Pizza on the square and having a few beers (horrors) with some 
fellow students who didn't imbibe. I probably only did this as an attempt at 
some half-ass rebellious act since I don't even like beer. I just wasn't cut 
out to be an initiator, governor or participant in (you've got to be kidding) 
Mother Divine. Although I find saris are gorgeous to look at and the silk is 
scrumptious, seeing a Western woman wearing one seems totally ridiculous - 
especially within the context of somehow adopting this Eastern mystical ersatz 
dress-up game in an attempt to appear spiritual. 
 

 However, I do kind of empathize with those who remain as the fossilized 
remnants of the old guard in their attempts to convince us with their sugary 
language that all is well and good in the land of natural law and the Veda as 
it thrives in Iowa. I mean, it's kind of pathetic but I respect their desire to 
make the world a better place and I believe their optimism to be rather quaint 
in a world where all hell is breaking loose. Still, their is goodness, beauty 
and mystery that surrounds us - I just don't think it is contained in the 
things TM is so fond of promoting.
 

 


 From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 7:01 PM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris
 
 
   ..." the settling of infinite softness and tenderness onto the physiology 
and personality; breathing from the level of Brahm itself; flying together on 
one unified wave of silence, awakening to the brilliance of all the Laws of 
Nature, calmness, evenness, and deep peace. It is like the exhortations of the 
Veda and Vedic Literature have become fully alive in Iowa through Maharishi's 
technologies of consciousness, especially Group Dynamics of Consciousness!" 

 

 Anyone want to make MJ throw up? Just post this over at FFL2. Even I had a gag 
reflex on this one...

 


 

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Transcendent Message of Peace

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

He didn't mention, 'Yogic Flying' ? 

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

 This talk is the apex of all that is the synthesis of modern human 
spirituality, East and West, and he did not even mention, ‘yogic flying’.  
There is something going on within the underlying plate tectonics of TM that he 
left ‘yogic flying‘ by the wayside in this very important talk delivered as a 
leading transcendentalist in the world.  It is a very comprehensive talk 
delivered with a lot of passion.   
 

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

 This holiday season take some time to listen to the full version of this talk. 
 It is a poetry of love,  pure modern transcendentalism expressed.
 

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

 This is the new day transcendentalist talking.  ..We are all 
transcendentalists or should be, a unity in diversity.  It is certainly time to 
meditate.-JaiGuruYou 
 

 ..Real peace can be created for the world, titled Proven Solutions to 
Terrorism and Conflict by Tony Nader, MD, PhD, M.A.R.R., and is available at:
 
 Proven Solutions to Terrorism and Conflict 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwCzBugu9Y
 
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwCzBugu9Y
 
 Proven Solutions to Terrorism and Conflict 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwCzBugu9Y For more information, visit this 
website: http://www.gusp.org


 
 View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwCzBugu9Y 
 Preview by Yahoo 
 

 
 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Morphology of Spiritual Communities, Morbidity and the Baby-Boom

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Spiritual Movements in Transition and their “Transitional-Elderly”,
 TM: a Movement of 'Elders-in-Transition'
 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/communal-studies-forum/esh_5TjbCpQ
 
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/communal-studies-forum/esh_5TjbCpQ
 

 “Elders-in-Transition”
 
 Elders transitioning from independent living to move to assisted or dependent 
living. 
 

 ..particularly with these elders-in-transition is that their mature, deeper 
and sustaining check-books also move away along with these elderly to 
relocation away with their boomer children or away to assisted living 
facilities. The evident consequent of those deeper check-books moving away is 
the loss of their ready support to their local Unity churches and the larger 
Unity movement. In trend, the baby-boomers are not necessarily as able or as 
interested in keeping up this financial support of churches behind their 
parents.
 

 XO

 
 

 

 

 

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

 Aging and Demographics: One Reality Check now for Baby-Boomers
 is that very few will make it to age 85.   A chart:
 
https://sites.google.com/site/ffhamfampage/our-company/bransonanalyticsageexpectancy
 
https://sites.google.com/site/ffhamfampage/our-company/bransonanalyticsageexpectancy
 
 


 

[FairfieldLife] Victoria Shaking

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

This is no big deal for you Californians but for us Victorians we were all 
ready to leap outside. This small quake was only about 4 km from where I live 
(my actual house) so it felt pretty substantial for a short while because it 
woke me up with the rattling then a big jolt (4.8). I was in bed as my husband 
was quickly putting his clothes on to go outside. I guess I better get a bit 
more reactive in future. LOL
 There will be a run on earthquake preparedness kits today - we are so funny as 
a species.
 

 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-bc-south-coast-1.3384066
 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-bc-south-coast-1.3384066

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris

[Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Yeah, but keep this stuff hidden from view of the public. Maharishi, in the 
beginning days, was so conscious of the movement's public image. He wanted 
everything to be neat and proper, from our appearance to our behavior. However, 
everybody had to be a little quirky, from wearing earth shoes that made some 
people think we had clubbed feat, to not shaking hands or wearing no leather. 
Waving of hands as we spoke and all of the TM speak, it just got ridicules. 
Outsiders started looking at TMers as neurotic freaks and wondering if TM has 
something to do with it.*We* shoot our selves in the foot when it comes to 
making people think that TM will be helpful in creating a better person. 
Sometimes I look back on my days with the movement and just have to laugh at 
how ridicules it all was and be thankful I left that crap behind me. I still 
adore M and like TM but I'm so glad I put the TMO behind me and to this day I 
will not be seen near a TM facility. Unfortunately too many people have taken 
the *Peter Pan* vow, I won't grow up and it stuck!

 

  From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 

 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:10 PM
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris
   
    


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

This kind of crap is incredibly embarrassing. Pretty much why you'll never see 
me near a TM center. If you can't convince someone with logic,  then baffle 
them with bullshit.

TM is 30 years ago for me. Seeing this kind of thing is amusing but nothing 
more than that. Even when I was at MIU and doing all the stuff with the most 
serious one pointedness I could muster, I still refused to do, for example, the 
meditation break for 10 minutes that was required in the middle of class. I 
remember telling Michael Caine that I wanted to continue to work and that 
stopping everything to close my eyes for 10 minutes was unnecessary and I 
wouldn't participate. What a little shit I was. Michael was such a nice guy he 
let me do what I wanted but I was a failure at following rules. I recall going 
to Torino's Pizza on the square and having a few beers (horrors) with some 
fellow students who didn't imbibe. I probably only did this as an attempt at 
some half-ass rebellious act since I don't even like beer. I just wasn't cut 
out to be an initiator, governor or participant in (you've got to be kidding) 
Mother Divine. Although I find saris are gorgeous to look at and the silk is 
scrumptious, seeing a Western woman wearing one seems totally ridiculous - 
especially within the context of somehow adopting this Eastern mystical ersatz 
dress-up game in an attempt to appear spiritual. 
However, I do kind of empathize with those who remain as the fossilized 
remnants of the old guard in their attempts to convince us with their sugary 
language that all is well and good in the land of natural law and the Veda as 
it thrives in Iowa. I mean, it's kind of pathetic but I respect their desire to 
make the world a better place and I believe their optimism to be rather quaint 
in a world where all hell is breaking loose. Still, their is goodness, beauty 
and mystery that surrounds us - I just don't think it is contained in the 
things TM is so fond of promoting.


  From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 7:01 PM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris
 
 ..." the settling of infinite softness and tenderness onto the physiology and 
personality; breathing from the level of Brahm itself; flying together on one 
unified wave of silence, awakening to the brilliance of all the Laws of Nature, 
calmness, evenness, and deep peace. It is like the exhortations of the Veda and 
Vedic Literature have become fully alive in Iowa through Maharishi's 
technologies of consciousness, especially Group Dynamics of Consciousness!" 

Anyone want to make MJ throw up? Just post this over at FFL2. Even I had a gag 
reflex on this one...

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Message from Dr. Bevan Morris

[awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 

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

 Dear Dear Older Meditators gone away,
 As things are happening inside at this very moment in time
 this is important feedback you are giving here. This is critical.
 It is read.
 For some there is
 The New Construct,
 The spiritual practice of
 Securing Safety in
 Meditation, Polyvagal Theory, and Peace within the TM movement.
 

 As one reporter living in the TM cortex that is close around to the vortex of 
Global things here, one can see now that some few of you are not even close to 
seeing the inner urge for spirituality that is at work here as the polyvagal 
connection of head and heart on ground zero here, like those of us who live and 
show up for meditations and meetings here in Fairfield, Iowa can see it. 
However to carry things through here we need your input at the least as support 
for changes that are happening right now.
 From the tapo bhoomi, the land of meditation, of Fairfield, Iowa, - JaiGuruYou 
   
 

 I think those in FF practicing their meditation and resolutely tromping off to 
the domes each day morning and evening is great for them. It is, apparently in 
their minds, making a difference if only just in how they personally feel. 
Their intentions are good, and they believe that what they are doing is 
benefiting, if no one else, at least themselves. But when I read the airy fairy 
messages telling us this and that about Brahman and cosmic softness settling 
into our physiologies and brains and the exhortations of the heavenly hosts are 
raining down on the cornfields of Iowa as a result of this tromping to the 
domes or doing a simple meditation technique then you have to take pause. 
 

 Everyone just needs to step back, take it easy and drop the theatrics. Fact: 
an Eastern monk came to the West 50 years ago and brought with him a meditation 
technique. Many found him and his technique life changing. Some still practice 
TM and others believe it beneficial for those suffering life traumas or who 
live in stressful places (inner city school children, for example). 
 

 In addition, as with all charismatic people or with a widely-practiced or 
endorsed product, you suddenly find there is a movement and a slew of people 
who glom on and start creating other byproducts that are not necessarily 
consistent with how and with what initial intent something started out. From 
this come egos, power trips, power struggles, hierarchies, big business and, in 
most cases, corruption. With money comes greed and those who believe that they 
have rights to wealth or influence that they do not have rights to. Then come 
the aberrational things, the offshoots that range from other products or other 
services that were never part of the original plan, the purer form of the 
initial teaching. Suddenly there are Peace Palaces, yagyas, invincibility 
villages and god knows what else (I'm out of the loop, as you can tell).
 

 I left long before yagyas, investment schemes and Ayurveda came on the scene. 
The strangest it got was the siddhis and even they were tolerable. I was never 
asked to invest in anything except my mantra, the siddhis and my MIU education 
all of which served me well. I was never on any bandwagon, I became a persona 
non grata which was inevitable given my prickly abhorrence of rules and mood 
making so that was that. 
 

 For the casual onlooker the architecture, the claims, the language and format 
of the overblown media presentations is just plain weird. Rajas and men in 
suits and women in saris not to mention the treacley ads, the boring talking 
head videos or the publications dripping in blue and gold are terrible, an 
anachronism or just plain indications of bad taste, lousy marketing.
 

 I'm rambling here, but you get the gist.
 

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

 
 

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

 This kind of crap is incredibly embarrassing. Pretty much why you'll never see 
me near a TM center. If you can't convince someone with logic,  then baffle 
them with bullshit.

 

 TM is 30 years ago for me. Seeing this kind of thing is amusing but nothing 
more than that. Even when I was at MIU and doing all the stuff with the most 
serious one pointedness I could muster, I still refused to do, for example, the 
meditation break for 10 minutes that was required in the middle of class. I 
remember telling Michael Caine that I wanted to continue to work and that 
stopping everything to close my eyes for 10 minutes was unnecessary and I 
wouldn't participate. What a little shit I was. Michael was such a nice guy he 
let me do what I wanted but I was a failure at following rules. I recall going 
to Torino's Pizza on the square and having a few beers (horrors) with some 
fellow students who didn't imbibe. I probably only did this as an attempt at 
some half-ass rebellious act since I don't even like beer. I just wasn't cut 
out to be an 

[FairfieldLife] The Meditator Bloc Vote?

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

So, how would you feel that meditators should vote in the Iowa presidential 
caucus or the other primaries ? The meditator's candidate? Meditators should 
turn out and favor which party and which candidate?  
 

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

 As we all know, anyone who can think can meditate. Is it the place for 
[organizational] TM'ers as representative transcendentalists to tell people 
what to think, or how to vote? Should the TM movement have an administrative 
position on TM teachers and staff who would use the TM-lectern to advocate 
political views? What do you feel about this?   
 

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

 This brings up an important administrative question, should TM’ers who 
represent the TM movement express political opinion? Publicly?  Does that 
confuse/conflate the TM practice to politics?  
 

 Like, individual meditators may have and may express opinions but what of 
those who represent TM?   How would you administratively handle them if a TM 
teacher became particularly publicly politicized, advocating from the lectern 
that meditators support and vote for a particular mundane political party, or 
cause, or person? 
 

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

 Should TM'ers support the Sverigedemokraterna? 

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

 ...support the (right-wingish) Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden-democrats)?
 

 https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts 
https://www.facebook.com/Sverigedemokraterna/?fref=ts

 

 https://transcendental-meditation.se/ https://transcendental-meditation.se/