[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostel

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I made the mistake of goin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostel

2006-01-12 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I made the mistake of going to see "Hostel". > > > > Why? Because I'm a big Quentin Tarantino fan and he executive > > prod

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Night hawks @ MIU

2006-01-12 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > I remember some sort of irritating species of birds that would swoop > > down around my head as I went to and from the frats. > > Red-winged blackbirds. Very territorial. They

[FairfieldLife] Re: Take a long walk off a short dock or suck eggs (you pissing skunks)

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Its a hoot that given the following "Oringial Post", that the most > > important and substantive thing in Tom's view, per "R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment, "the i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy writes: > Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the > ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that > can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is > the intention of

[FairfieldLife] Re: new MAPI catalog: Raam Raj Production

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just received a catalog in the mail from MAPI. It sells organic cotton clothing and > bedding and the brand is called Raam Raj clothing. In large letters onthe front cover it > says: Raam Raj Production. There

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I assume most view laughing with someone as a good thing. > > I think satire is an attempt to get everyone laughing. The target may > see themselves in the satire, but can take refuge and think "well at > least

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > i

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/12/06 8:19:28 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Râja Nader Râm, Jan 12th 2006: > > > > > > His Divine Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > > > Wow. In both of those titles,

[FairfieldLife] Re: WOW!! Dow breaks 11,000. Mahalakshmi very happy with ...

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/12/06 4:51:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > And there are plenty of signs that theings are not all great. > Check > > to see the supply/demand for things like drug reh

[FairfieldLife] Re: WOW!! Dow breaks 11,000. Mahalakshmi very happy with ...

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/12/06 5:25:55 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Always possible, but not likely.Tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy don't > lead to better economies according to most economic mod

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlightenment)

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 2. Is having an ellipsis hurled at you an attack? > > No, but having a closed parenthesis followed by an asterisk followed > by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Take a long walk off a short dock or suck eggs (you pissing skunks)

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its a hoot that given the following "Oringial Post", that the most > important and substantive thing in Tom's view, per "Recent Post" > is past posts of his were referenced where he refers to others as > "pissing s

[FairfieldLife] Re: I might switch back to a Mac?

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2006, at 5:00 PM, a_non_moose_f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Râja Nader Râm, Jan 12th 2006: > > > > His Divine Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > Wow. In both of those titles, only one word

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlightenment)

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This is like one of those slap-your-forehead realization > > > > > moments in which you "get" something that has eluded you > > > > > for years, something that explains a recurring phenomenon > > > > > you neve

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "demaris4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > The only difference between enlightened action and > > unenlightened > > > > > action is that the enlight

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-12 Thread demaris4
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > The only difference between enlightened action and > unenlightened > > > > action is that the enlightened one acting knows what he/she is > > > > doing; can feel the gunas in transition along ev

[FairfieldLife] Take a long walk off a short dock or suck eggs (you pissing skunks)

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
Its a hoot that given the following "Oringial Post", that the most important and substantive thing in Tom's view, per "Recent Post" is past posts of his were referenced where he refers to others as "pissing skunks" and admonishes others to "Take a long walk off a short dock or suck eggs" (paraphras

[FairfieldLife] Take a long walk off a short dock or suck eggs

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
a_non_moose_ff wrote: > And Tom still feels a need to vent out at people who disagree with > him, in more courteous tones than "laughing at him", by calling them > "pissing skunks" and to, paraphrasing, "eat shit and die". > Tom T: > Continuing to repeat a lie does not make it so. The last 4 line

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlighten

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Akashanon writes: snipped > And Tom still feels a need to vent out at people who disagree with > him, in more courteous tones than "laughing at him", by calling them > "pissing skunks" and to, pa

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlighten

2006-01-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Akashanon writes: snipped And Tom still feels a need to vent out at people who disagree with him, in more courteous tones than "laughing at him", by calling them "pissing skunks" and to, paraphrasing, "eat shit and die". Tom T: Continuing to repeat a lie does not make it so. The last 4 lines of t

[FairfieldLife] Whole lotta laughin goin on

2006-01-12 Thread Sal Sunshine
Sure glad to see everybody laughing so much. Are we all having fun yet? :) Sal > > That's a topic I participated in, but it was Barry who viciously > > attacked you with his laughter. Better watch out, dude...Judy has declared that laughing at someone is by definition an attack, and that only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: > > I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure > vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be > enlightenment. Vaj, I'm going to have to ask you to elaborate on this a bit. I can see how seeing one's lover as the Deity would indicate a lofty lev

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scorpionland sots

2006-01-12 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Man sues chatroom pals: I was humiliated beyond what 'no man could endure'

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
I am rethinking if I may actually did feel insulted by Barry "laughing" at me. :) = http://www.courttv.com/news/2006/0112/chatroom_suit_ctv.html Mike Marlowe fully admits that he sometimes gave George Gillespie a hard time in that AOL chatroom. But never in his wildest imagi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread wayback71
Alright already I humbly suggest folks, it's time to move on. Maybe go to law school. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Judy writes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy writes: > Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the > ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that > can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is > the intention of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy writes: > Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the > ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that > can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is > the intention of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > More inserts follow: > > > > [SNIP] > > > > > anon2 replies (directed at TurqoiseB): > > > > > What I was trying to convey was some explanation for why > your efforts failed to help the person you were attempting to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Judy writes: Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is the intention of the attacker, not the effect on the attackee. Tom T: The thought stopper for me in this was who and how is the i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scorpionland sots

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scorpionland sots

2006-01-12 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > The Russians and Indians drink the strongest variety of > Alcohol. Indians follow the British

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scorpionland sots

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Russians and Indians drink the strongest variety of Alcohol. Indians follow the British idea that they have to be drunk to have fun and they think it gives them licence to indulge in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact  he is a monk and has not disrobed. However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the  creation   stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure   vision, it's not

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread anonymousff2
BTW, I really want to thank Barry for coming up with the subject heading: "The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment." Now *THAT* I think is funny. As well as enjoyably rich in ambiguity. It could be the title of a parable on how the Truth is right in front of your face; or even IS your face. Meher Ba

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread anonymousff2
More inserts follow: > > [SNIP] > > > > anon2 replies (directed at TurqoiseB): > > > > What I was trying to convey was some explanation for why your efforts failed to help the person you were attempting to help. > > > > a_non_moose_ff: > > > HAHAHAHA. Now thats funny. > > > > anon2: > > For so

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > [SNIP] > > > anon2 replies (directed at TurqoiseB): > > > What I was trying to convey was some explanation for why your > > > effor

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread anonymousff2
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [SNIP] > > anon2 replies (directed at TurqoiseB): > > What I was trying to convey was some explanation for why your > > efforts failed to help the person you were attempting to help. a_non_moose_ff: > HAHAHAHA. Now

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > > > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > > > > incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least > > > > > can't help

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scorpionland sots

2006-01-12 Thread Jason Spock
      The Russians and Indians drink the strongest variety of Alcohol.  Indians follow the British idea that they have to be drunk to have fun and they think it gives them licence to indulge in outrageous behaviour.       Thousands of wife-beating cases in india happen only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > And then there is the one-on-o

[FairfieldLife] new MAPI catalog: Raam Raj Production

2006-01-12 Thread wayback71
I just received a catalog in the mail from MAPI. It sells organic cotton clothing and bedding and the brand is called Raam Raj clothing. In large letters onthe front cover it says: Raam Raj Production. There are no pictures of MMY anywhere, although the return address on the back lists Maha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > And then there is the one-on-one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > And then there is the one-on-one put

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > And then there is the one-on-one put down. Not the most refined > > behavior. But for it to be an attack, to draw blood, the in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And then there is the one-on-one put down. Not the most refined > behavior. But for it to be an attack, to draw blood, the insultee > has to play victim and accept it as an insult. "For it to be an attack" and "for

[FairfieldLife] Guru Dev biography on sale

2006-01-12 Thread bbrigante
for the next 5 days, the Guru Dev biography is on sale: http://21stbooks.com/page/21stbooks/prod/eo0002 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LA

[FairfieldLife] Laughing With, At and At/With

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
I assume most view laughing with someone as a good thing. I think satire is an attempt to get everyone laughing. The target may see themselves in the satire, but can take refuge and think "well at least I am not that bad" and laugh. With friends, we often make a joke at their expense --laughing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > > > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > > > > incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least > > > > > can't help

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
> > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > > > incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least > > > > can't help but raise a smile. > > > > > > That's a topic I participated in, but it was Barry w

[FairfieldLife] How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a TimeScientists find that meditation not only reduces stress but also reshapes the brainhttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1147167,00.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment, "the in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > > in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > That the simple statment, "t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* > tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so > incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least > can't help but raise a smile. That's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everyone agrees that the intellect is essential > in the attainment of higher states. Not to nitpick, but not everyone agrees with that. :-) The intellect is considered valuable by some paths that have the goal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* tool in > > the attainment of higher states" was found so incorr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Fabulous, was: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/12/06 8:20 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A very popular TV-comedy "Absolute Fabulous" was shown in Norway > > last night, where they had some crazy things about the Beatles and > > Maharahis sex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* tool in > the attainment of higher states" was found so incorrect by some > readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile. So > much t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humor

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Pardon me, I haven't read every post of this thread, but I think I > > get the general gist of it. And would like to contribu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact > > > he is a monk and has not disrobed. > > > > > > However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the > > > creation > > > stage of medit

[FairfieldLife] Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
That the simple statment, "the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states" was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile. So much talk on this list, particularly by neo-advaitans or pseudo-advaitans, is about the great val

[FairfieldLife] Humor

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pardon me, I haven't read every post of this thread, but I think I > get the general gist of it. And would like to contribute my two > cents: > > There's that famous talk between Maharishi and the comedian Andy >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > anon2 wrote: > > > > But if someone who does not give you an "at home" feeling > starts laughing "at" you, they are just emphasizing the gap between > the two of you, increasing the discomfort level. If their goa

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Nose Glasses of Enlightenment

2006-01-12 Thread anonymousff2
anon2 wrote: > > > But if someone who does not give you an "at home" feeling starts laughing "at" you, they are just emphasizing the gap between the two of you, increasing the discomfort level. If their goal was to help you laugh at yourself, they will have failed. Patrick Gillam wrote: > > Wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact > > > he is a monk and has not disrobed. > > > > > > However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the > > > creation > > > stage of medita

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlighten

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TorquioseB writes: > > 1. Do you think that a person who is enlightened > > would perceive being laughed at as an attack? > > Judy responds: > Yes. > > Tom T: > As Neil DOnald Walsh once wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
> > Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact > > he is a monk and has not disrobed. > > > > However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the > > creation > > stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure > > vision, it's not a problem. It will

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared > >> that he ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Rick Archer wrote:on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declaredthat he has taken

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlighten

2006-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TorquioseB writes: > > 1. Do you think that a person who is enlightened > > would perceive being laughed at as an attack? > > Judy responds: > Yes. > > Tom T: > As Neil DOnald Walsh once wro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has decl

[FairfieldLife] Diksha News

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Dear Friends, Karuna, from Holland, called. Many of you met here when she was here on a visit and gave deeksha with us. She gave the following news. Bhagavan asked Jacques Uijen, from Holland, to look for a facility to hold the 21 day process in Holland. This is the first time there will be a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared that he has taken a (sexual) consort. He has also claimed a certain degree of realization. Quelle horreur! Well t

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlighten

2006-01-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
TorquioseB writes: > 1. Do you think that a person who is enlightened > would perceive being laughed at as an attack? Judy responds: Yes. Tom T: As Neil DOnald Walsh once wrote, "there is only one of US". Once awakening occurs that is one of the basic understandings that is unadvoidable. Given t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Fabulous, was: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/12/06 8:20 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A very popular TV-comedy "Absolute Fabulous" was shown in Norway > > last night, where they had some crazy things about the Beatles and > > Maharahis sex

[FairfieldLife] Good News

2006-01-12 Thread Ingegerd
BETTER HEALTH E-NEWSLETTER January 2006 News items from around the world about better health as published in December/January at www.globalgoodnews.com the news service of the Global Country of World Peace. --- 1. INDIA: Government

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared > that he has taken a (sexual) consort. He has also claimed a > certain degree of realization. Quelle horreur! Yahoo! Groups Spon

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
Would they need to seek anything else?If it is what it claims, there would not need to be anymore seeking, as it would contain the entire path. After obtaining stable experiences, they'd be able to teach on their own.On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:01 AM, uvulonicus wrote:perfect for the seeker addicted t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Rick Archer wrote:on 1/12/06 8:28 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:"The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we die."Our mission at Diamond

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread uvulonicus
perfect for the seeker addicted to seeking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, > inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach > enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we di

Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University on 1/12/06 8:28 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we die." Our mission

[FairfieldLife] Absolute Fabulous, was: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/12/06 8:20 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A very popular TV-comedy "Absolute Fabulous" was shown in Norway > last night, where they had some crazy things about the Beatles and > Maharahis sexlife. I do not want to go into details. > Ingegerd Why not?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ego in Enlightenment and Enlightened Ironie

2006-01-12 Thread mrfishey2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "To recap, I find it odd that you were taking exception to someone who made the observation that descriptions of life are less than the experience of life, itself. "As I said, this same observation is shared b

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] This explains so much (was Re: Ego in Enlightenment)

2006-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. Do you think that a person who is enlightened > > > would perceive being laughed at as an attack? > > > > Yes. > > Cool. Then if you ever realize enlightenment, > nothing will change for you. Sounds like a v

[FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
"The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we die."Our mission at Diamond Mountain is to provide you with everything you need to lead a wise and good life, and to become no

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