RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:53 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues
 
  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "Rick Archer"  wrote:

The main thing is that you are capturing these moments on tape now. That is
the most important thing. I would like to see some yoga oriented sponsors
for your site sometime. That might free up some time for this project.
Good idea, once I build up enough traffic.

Igal rings a bell. I may remember him when I see the picture. Have fun
pinning down the infinite!
Thanks!
 

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:47 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues
 
  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , "Rick Archer"  wrote:

I'm looking forward to more of the videos. I think the nonverbal information
offered at least equals the verbal.

It may take a round of editing these down to make this more accessible.
Almost no good writing takes place without an edit and certainly loose
conversations like these could be tightened up.

Of course the edit is another take, a decision about how the thing is
presented and that may go against the grain of what you are trying to do.
But it would be nice to have a 5-10 minute intro with some of their
important points to see if it is worth the wait.

The concept is so compelling I think it is now down to packaging and letting
a person make informed decisions about time commitments. Eventually a
transcript will be nice so you can buzz through the content. Sometime I
would like to map out the structure of each person's belief structure. 

I spent a bit of time checking out the yahoo group answering the question
"what do awakened people like to talk about?" I need to read more to have a
more informed opinion. It is all very self-conscious at this point so
perhaps they need a bit of a trigger to get them going on something
interesting. It needs to come from someone with less of the "fart in church"
baggage of this writer!

I think this project has potential for wider interest if packaged in a way
that doesn't take a big upfront time buy-in.

High five for growing this idea Rick! There is a genius in the directness of
your premise: there are people in Fairfield who identify themselves as
"awakened." Let's interview them and see what they have to say. Brilliant!
Thanks Curtis. All good suggestions, but all time-consuming. Doing as much
as I can with very limited time. Tonight I'm interviewing Igal Moria (used
to be Igal Harmelin), in case you remember him.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

[Rick Archer]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 , tartbrain  wrote:
>
> I started to watch the 4 videos on you tube -- an then sampled the audios
on the blog -- listening to segments of about 10 contributors. While all
nice people, there was not much compelling material in the hour of so I
listened. Certainly there could be great gems hidden in the material I
passed over. But I got bored with most. 
I wouldn't be able to just sit and listen to most of them either, because
I'm too busy and too restless. But I listen to at least an hour a day of
stuff on my iPod. If you have one, go to
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump/id359034195 and
subscribe.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

[Sal Sunshine]

On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:24 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:

> What I can't figure out is, who would really want to talk about themselves 
> like this?  It's kind of like talking about your sex life.  It's sort of 
> personal thing.  Sometimes these types of experiences come up in 
> conversations here, but usually as side bar, not the main dish.  

Maybe their sex lives will be the subject of the 
next set of interviews.  Stay tuned.

Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

[Sal Sunshine]

On Apr 18, 2010, at 5:14 PM, mainstream20016 wrote:

> For more than two weeks I have repeatedly and closely listened to the BATGAP 
> episodes via iTunes downloads via a portable iPod. The BATGAP episodes are a 
> fascinating record of the personal histories and subjective perspectives of 
> persons who have courage to publicly discuss permanently established positive 
> shifts in awareness. Here-to-fore, an individual's declaration of a permanent 
> shift in awareness called into question the validity of the experience. Rick 
> Archer and the BATGAP interviewees promote egalitarian principles of 
> experience and expression of higher states of awareness. BATGAP is a vehicle 
> for positive cultural advancement by diminishing the influence of exploitive 
> individuals and hierarchical institutions that for control purposes employ 
> excessively exclusive principles of experience and expression by default and 
> discourage members' advancement. 

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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" 
>  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain  wrote:
> 
>> And the yahoo group -- I read a 20 or so posts. The posters are way into 
>> their heads -- it would appear from their posts. Dry expositions. 
>> While a small sample, i don't see the energy, vibrancy, life surging from 
>> their words.
>> 
> Hard to strike gold twice.  FFL with all it's problems has some good edg 
> (edge) and gets into some interesting discussions. But I think you've pretty 
> well nailed this Buddha at the Gas Pump.  And those interviews-I've only 
> listened to the Foster's piece, but there wasn't much there to make me want 
> to push on.  Then again, I don't have time to do a lot of speculative 
> exploring.
>