> > --- , Emily Reyn wrote: > > > > Dear Bob, given what Siduri says, I would suggest that you get the > pedicure.  Mean girl love, Emily > > Dear Emily, > > > > > Siduri is a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh. She is an > "alewife", a wise female divinity associated with fermentation. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***Fermentation, with the correct formula of herbs and oils, is one of the > secrets of longevity. > > > >In the Old Babylonian version of the Epic, she attempts to dissuade > Gilgamesh in his quest forimmortality, > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***The secrets of immortality include: create something, and don't die. > > > >urging him to be content with the simple pleasures of life > >
--- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***The simple pleasure of enjoying the total internal reflection of a > diamond depends on the > complex process creating the proportions of a brilliant cut. > > Which I suppose requires skill? BTW, Did this Gilgamesh of ancient Sumerian texts speak of alien spacecrafts, land and take-off at a site in Baalbek in Lebanon? Maybe this is more likely to be in Bhairitu's alley or maybe Nabby's alley. > >(Gilgamesh, whither are you wandering? > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***Its my experience that self invention is addictive (you could also check > with Voldemort). > > > >Life, which you look for, you will never find. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***I'm not sure we "put away childish things" although I'm convinced > "Love suffers long and is kind..." > > > >For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life > withheld in their own hands. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***One of a number of reasons I'm disappointed that Robin no longer > graces this forum is that > he was one of the few I found here that understands a life well lived > requires death to be examined; > I was also curious to hear his thoughts on money, could they be related? > > > >Gilgamesh, fill your belly. Day and night make merry. Let >days be full > of joy, dance and make music day and night. And wear fresh clothes. And > wash your head and bathe. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***I'm working to rectify my truncated childhood. > > > >Look at the child that is holding your hand, >and let your wife delight > in your embrace. These things alone are the concern of men.)[1]Siduri's > advice was recorded in the Old Babylonian version of >Tablet X referred > to as the Meissner fragment. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > ***If men could follow these suggestions perhaps the relative barbarity > of gassing and shelling would no longer > be so much of concern of a for us. > > --- "bobpriced" <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > I'll be visiting the SPA today. > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > From: bobpriced bobpriced@ > > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > >Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:15 PM > > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> --- "bobpriced" bobpriced@ wrote: > > >> > > > >> > As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm > wondering > > >> > if anyone > > >> > would be kind enough to translate this one for me, particularly > the last > > >> > paragraph. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > --- "Jason" wrote: > > >> > > >> Hey Bob, it's so nice to have you here. You add color and > > >> an extra dimension to this group. > > >> > > >> I think you scared Barry which is why he doesn't reply to > > >> you. > > >> > > >> We are geneticaly hardwired to see symmetrical faces and > > >> clear skin as attractive. It indicates the genetic health > > >> of the individual, resistance to infections etc. Perhaps it > > >> does irk him a bit when a woman gets attrracted to a baldy > > >> like MMY. > > >> > > >> There are 6 categories of immune systems in humans and it's > > >> reflected in facial features and smell. You are attracted > > >> to someone with a complementary immune system. You are not > > >> attracted to someone with a similar immune system. > > >> > > >> It's a mechanism by nature to prevent in-breeding. It also > > >> ensures that the ofspring are healthy and have better immune > > >> systems. > > > > > > > > >Thanks Jason, I plan to read more about this; it could explain why > all the wives are brunettes and I'm blond and our children are all > Eurasian, and why > > >mosquitoes within 100 miles want to make a meal out of me and never > lay a glove on them. I'm thinking it may also explain why I'm attracted > to multilingual women who speak English as a second or third > language; unlike that ungrateful sod Murdoch (remember she almost took a > pie in the face for him)---who, just after filing for divorce, was > overheard telling a friend that after 15 years of marriage he realized > had never understood what Wendi was saying---I happen to believe that > not speaking the same first language as your spouse has some real > advantages. I mean, just this morning, the wife asked me if I would > consider getting a pedicure as she is getting fed up with the scratches > I'm leaving on her lovely long legs in the night. After standing there > for a minute, I decided to quote her from my favorite "overcoming the > monster" plot: > > > > > >"Gilgamesh said, 'I dreamed again. We stood in a deep gorge of the > mountain, and beside it we two were like the smallest of swamp flies; > and suddenly the mountain fell, it stuck me and caught my feet from > under me. Then came an intolerable light blazing out, and in it was one > whose grace and whose beauty > > >were greater than the beauty of this world. He pulled me out from > under the mountain, he gave me water to drink and my heart was > comforted, and he set my feet on the ground.'" > > > > > >The wife's comment was: "What if I pay half?"   > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > --- Michael Jackson mjackson74@: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > That is interesting - I don't understand why you deplore > > >> > > > the act because of who he did it with? You know the > > >> > > > women and don't like them or what? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > --- turquoiseb@: > > >> > > > >> > > I'm going to steer your thread in a slightly different > > >> > > direction, if you don't mind. For me, one of the most > > >> > > puzzling things about the whole spiritual-teachers- > > >> > > boning-their-students thang is that often I really, > > >> > > really don't "get" the attraction, from the woman's > > >> > > side. > > >> > > > > >> > > Call me guilty of being a lifelong straight guy, but > > >> > > I simply don't understand women who would find Maharishi > > >> > > Mahesh Yogi sexually *attractive* enough to want to have > > >> > > sex with him. Charismatic, maybe, depending on your stan- > > >> > > dards for that concept. The next thing to god in their > > >> > > minds, possibly. > > >> > > > > >> > > But sexually attractive? I just don't get it. > > >> > > > > >> > > With some *other* teachers, of both sexes, I can definitely > > >> > > see them being considered sexually attractive by their > > >> > > students. I mean, like all of her male followers, I sprung > > >> > > a woodie for Gangaji when I met her. :-) And I've certainly > > >> > > met male spiritual teachers who would be swooned over even > > >> > > by women who had no idea they were spiritual teachers, > > >> > > because they were hot! > > >> > > > > >> > > But I honestly don't get it with Maharishi. I can see many > > >> > > reasons for a woman devotee wanting to have sex with him, > > >> > > most of them closely tied to the word "devotee," but I > > >> > > find it difficult to imagine many of them wanting to > > >> > > bone him because he was...uh...just so bonable. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
