[FairfieldLife] Re: Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" > > wrote: > > > > > > I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The > > > universe

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Judy deals with life

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > How anyone -- anyone! -- can form an opinion about a show > > > that they t

[FairfieldLife] Safari now available windows

2007-06-11 Thread bob_brigante
Looks like a better browser than IE7, but does not support Yahoo's newest mail, so I have to use both IE7 and Safari: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/technology/12apple.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Note: I am forwarding a response from Swami G to the last post. There is a mixture of comments from me and also the poster. Me = T ( short for Tanmay which is my spirital name given at diksha), *= the poster, and G = Swa

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Judy deals with life

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > Hi, I agree with the ultimate perfection of what you have said here. > > On the other hand I also enjoy the play of moving from that false- > > in

[FairfieldLife] Please help and forward to your friends

2007-06-11 Thread Rick Archer
Robin lived in Fairfield for some time & is a midwife volunteering her time, for many years, in Indonesia. My dear friends, I wanted to share this email with you. It is from Robin Lim who runs two clinics I Bali. Please forward this on to everyone you know. It is such a worthy cause! I will p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I agree with the ultimate perfection of what you have said here. > On the other hand I also enjoy the play of moving from that false- > intellect to the Real, again and again and again. There seems to be > a na

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So...you were dependent on Maharishi for answers for awhile, and now > > you are dependent on someone else for answers? > > ANSWER IN CAPS SO YOU FIND MY TEXT, That's weird, Ron, 'cuz I didn't find anything..

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" wrote: > > > > > > Loving what *IS* may be different than loving what is - > > Yes, what appears to be the remnants of dualism. I'm finding as we > inquire into and inte

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Judy deals with life

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > You haven't watched any of the "Sopranos". I've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't deny my own experience. > > I am a TM teacher who has directly experienced Guru Dev during TM > initiations and otherwise. I know of at least 7 other people, three of > them TM initiators who have said they

[FairfieldLife] How Judy deals with life

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > [snip] > > > > You haven't watched any of the "Sopranos". I've pretty > > well seen all 86 episodes. > > > >Go watch, say, 15 of them and THEN com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, we've often found Byron Katie ("Loving what IS") to be very > useful in helping the divisive mind to catch up with Us :-) > http://www.thework.com/index.asp

[FairfieldLife] Judy asks a hard question

2007-06-11 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Judy writes: snipped The thing about Brahman, as Ken Wilber points out, is that It is "One without a second," One without an opposite. If you say It is X, that means It is not not-X, which gives not-X an existence independent of Brahman; it gives Brahman an opposite, a second. TomT: Brahman is tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Loving what *IS* may be different than loving what is - Yes, what appears to be the remnants of dualism. I'm finding as we inquire into and integrate our self-righteously scripted reactions around warmongers, liars, fa

[FairfieldLife] Judy asks a hard question ( was: Re: What Does The self Fear Most?)

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mathatbrahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---That's why Brahman is a paradox. Can't be fit into "either - or". The thing about Brahman, as Ken Wilber points out, is that It is "One without a second," One without an opposite. If you say It is X, that mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Ron
> I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-) * I doubt it. I've come across Swami G several times in the past few years, and it's always been in a context of conflict. She has a very dualistic and fundamentalist mindset about spiritual rights and wrongs G dualistic and fundamentalist ?

[FairfieldLife] Judy asks a hard question ( was: Re: What Does The self Fear Most?)

2007-06-11 Thread mathatbrahman
---That's why Brahman is a paradox. Can't be fit into "either - or". In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Judy: "First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind > > ceasing to exist

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Kenny H
I thought the ending more aptly simply reflected all of life-you never know what is going to happen next and this ending, with all the possibilities presented, and then cutting to black, was just that-the great mystery/surprise of what might happen next. KH --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Ron
Note: I am forwarding a response from Swami G to the last post. There is a mixture of comments from me and also the poster. Me = T ( short for Tanmay which is my spirital name given at diksha), *= the poster, and G = Swami G: T: Coming from my Guru, it was said there is a tradition where a Guru

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread at_man_and_brahman
> I believe that light, being the first expression from consciousness is > the constant for all the forces that follow, gravity, > electromagnetism, strong, weak, etc., all being variations on light > itself. Of course, you're aware that light, in the sense of the sense of sight, is a special c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-) I doubt it. I've come across Swami G several times in the past few years, and it's always been in a context of conflict. She has a very dualistic and fundamenta

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > > > > Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, Chase did > some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread suziezuzie
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" > wrote: > > > > I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The > > universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you > > created it,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, Chase did some > > very interesting things with "The Sopranos". And the thing that > > sta

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Ron
Hello, I am forwarding a reply from Swami G to some of the comments: G i don't know enough about Byron Katie to comment - so will stay silent on this. As far as the other comments are concerned - if they have gotten something from TM GREAT, if they remain in balance and not in confusion the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > > > The dynamite never bothered me at all, and many > > others. Really. It bothered a few people, and I > > guess they're the ones who had talked to the course > > leaders about it and been given a "G

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Coming from my Guru, it was said there is a tradition where a Guru was > appointed Guru by their Guru. Furthermore, Maharishi did not take full > Sanyas vows, or full vows within the tradition of GuruDev. Maybe he > was a sec

[FairfieldLife] Judy asks a hard question ( was: Re: What Does The self Fear Most?)

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy: "First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind > ceasing to exist; then you say when the mind ceases to exist at the > end of the mantra trail, there can be no finding of the Absolute. > Huh??" > > Ed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) > > The dynamite never bothered me at all, and many > others. Really. It bothered a few people, and I > guess they're the ones who had talked to the course > leaders about it and been given a "Go away, every- > thing is being taken care of" story. But, don't you see the metaphor of thi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
On Jun 11, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote: > >> >> How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's >> last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. > > > We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, Chase did some > very interesting things with "The Sopranos". And the thing that > stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter nastiness > and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > > wrote: > > > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I would never be so silly as to believe th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was anyone there for the exploding door trick?

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thinking about Cala Millor got me to remembering > things from that course, and I remembered the > exploding door incident. I was not present at > the time, but fellow course participants I ate > with most every night w

[FairfieldLife] Re: The murderous church of Rachel Carson

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Murderous Church of Rachel Carson > By Eli Lehrer > FrontPageMagazine.com | June 11, 2007 > In the wake of the book, however, DDT faced a near-total worldwide > ban. In the developed world, where alternative

[FairfieldLife] Was anyone there for the exploding door trick?

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Thinking about Cala Millor got me to remembering things from that course, and I remembered the exploding door incident. I was not present at the time, but fellow course participants I ate with most every night were, and here's how they described it: "This guy came down for a meal lookin' pretty fr

[FairfieldLife] MMY addresses Lynch weekend at MUM

2007-06-11 Thread bob_brigante
Maharishi continued his address to the Second Annual David Lynch Weekend held 25-28 May at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA by describing the plans for bringing Vedic Pandits to create peace in various parts of the world. He said, 'So ... people are being selected in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reversal of subtle pranas key to transcending...

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > I heard SSRS use these very words. MMY says much the same thing, of course. > > I've often found that the highest practices are often the most > > simple practic

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > wrote: > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > I would never be so silly as to believe that there > > > was such a thing as "one truth," let alone try to > > > ex

[FairfieldLife] Beacon Light of the Himalayas references

2007-06-11 Thread michael florescu
Hubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: The earliest known publication containing details of the philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is a book entitled 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas', long since out of print and as rare as hen's teeth. It was conceived as a souvenir of an event in South India, w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > "I'd class it at the same level of veracity as the guys > > on my TTC who said, when we complained about the dyna- > > miting next door to our hotels, "Maharishi has *definitely* > > been told about the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) > "I'd class it at the same level of veracity as the guys > on my TTC who said, when we complained about the dyna- > miting next door to our hotels, "Maharishi has *definitely* > been told about the dynamite, and he told me to tell you > that you shouldn't mind it. He's working on resolving

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" > wrote: > > > > I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The > > universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you > > created it,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote: > >> >> How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's >> last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. > > > We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite > feed. I even rewound it on the DVR to see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: [snip] > > My meditater wife has also seen Guru Dev's expression change in a > > photo we have of him, AND spoken [telepathically] with him - and she's > > o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Went to that site and checked it out. I also have read what you posted > from your Guru about Maharishi. > > While I'm not a great fan of Maharishi it is my understanding that TM > was not taught by Guru Dev but that

Re: [FairfieldLife] FFL Unresponsive

2007-06-11 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: > A new member signed up several days ago and at first opted to get the daily > digest but then changed it to individual emails, but she's still not getting > individual emails. Another member went on vacation and changed his setting > several days ago to "no emails," yet he's st

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I'm not a great fan of Maharishi it is my understanding that TM > was not taught by Guru Dev but that it was given to Maharishi by him. Even MMY does not actually say this literally. MMY speaks of guru dev as t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The > universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you > created it, everything out there. What happens when you die? Does that mean

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Peter
Ron, please forward this to Swami G. I my judgment of MMY was solely based on his behavior I too would doubt the legitimacy of him and his teachings. I agree with you, and there are many others also in the TMO that see his behavior as strange, to say the least. But while I have this surface e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
I wonder if this Guru would enjoy Byron Katie... :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your guru ends the message of trying to draw Maharishi down into the > > mud with: > > "I WELCOME YOU ALL WITH GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT." > > What a joke... > > > I f

[FairfieldLife] Judy asks a hard question ( was: Re: What Does The self Fear Most?)

2007-06-11 Thread Duveyoung
Judy: "First you say the Absolute can be found only by the mind ceasing to exist; then you say when the mind ceases to exist at the end of the mantra trail, there can be no finding of the Absolute. Huh??" Edg: Let the poetry begin. Shotgun time. Hopefully a pellet or two will hit the target. I

RE: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:43 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closu

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh. > > It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it? > We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL > until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things > to their level again. Poor Barry's ego.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > In the case of this situation with Maharishi, and the deathbed > instructions, I am simply no longer used to speculating about what > happened because in my camp here, I pick up the phone, or send an > email and the

[FairfieldLife] Unified Field Theory Part II

2007-06-11 Thread suziezuzie
I figured out the unified field theory. It works like this. The universe that you see is a creation of your own consciousness, you created it, everything out there. The reason why your universe doesn't interfere with mine is for the same reason that two flashlight beams of light crossing one an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Peter
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, > Chase did some > very interesting things with "The Sopranos". And > the thing that > stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat > the utter nastiness > and depravity of the mob. > > I'm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Peter
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > How many of you saw the final episode of the > Soprano's > > last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of > closure. > > > > > I thought it was genius. > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Peter
--- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter wrote: > > How many of you saw the final episode of the > Soprano's > > last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of > closure. > > > > > > > > > > > G

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Bhairitu
Peter wrote: > How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's > last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. > > > > > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, Chase did some > very interesting things with "The Sopranos". And the thing that > stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter > nastiness and d

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Birth of the Cyborg

2007-06-11 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip >> >> But does it come with a remote? >> > > And, more important, who gets to decide *which* > memories to implant? Therein lies the rub. > > Asimov's "

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
On Jun 11, 2007, at 12:27 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: I didn't see it, and haven't been following the series closely, but I just finished reading an article in which the creator of the series said that he ended the series that way on purpose, to *avoid* the "closure" that many people wanted If tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
On Jun 11, 2007, at 12:37 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: The ending was absolutely wonderful and I'm as pleased as punch to see that Chase shocked everyone with it. Best ending I've ever seen to a series! Naw, Six Feet Under had a better ending.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
Aside from being a really great "mob genre" series, Chase did some very interesting things with "The Sopranos". And the thing that stands out for me is the way he didn't sugar-coat the utter nastiness and depravity of the mob. I'm referring specifically to the tendency of Hollywood to glorify

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote: How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. We did. At first we thought there was a problem with the satellite feed. I even rewound it on the DVR to see if there was a glitch. So

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > wrote: > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > I would never be so silly as to believe that there > > > was such a thing as "one truth," let alone try to > > > ex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's > last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. I thought it was genius. The most perfect, best way to end it. I was on my feet cheering. As for yo

[FairfieldLife] The murderous church of Rachel Carson

2007-06-11 Thread shempmcgurk
The Murderous Church of Rachel Carson By Eli Lehrer FrontPageMagazine.com | June 11, 2007 One hundred years after her birth in May of 1907, it's difficult to underestimate Rachel Carson's influence. Unfortunately, it's all bad. That hasn't stopped her from remaining an academic deity to the c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's > last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. I didn't see it, and haven't been following the series closely, but I just finished reading an article in whi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread Ron
> > Your guru ends the message of trying to draw Maharishi down into the > mud with: > "I WELCOME YOU ALL WITH GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT." > What a joke... > I forwarded this comment to Swami G and this is the reply: G when it comes to the antics of Mahesh Yogi, this Guru is not laughing - whe

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > I would never be so silly as to believe that there > > was such a thing as "one truth," let alone try to > > express it. I'll leave that to you... > > > So, the "one truth" for you, Bar

[FairfieldLife] Sopranos

2007-06-11 Thread Peter
How many of you saw the final episode of the Soprano's last night? Rather lame, IMHO, with its lack of closure. Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.tool

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reversal of subtle pranas key to transcending...

2007-06-11 Thread martyboi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I heard SSRS use these very words. > I've often found that the highest practices are often the most simple > practices. >

[FairfieldLife] Yoga May [!] Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders

2007-06-11 Thread Eustace
Yoga May Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter Thu Jun 7, 11:46 PM ET THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Yoga's postures, controlled breathing and meditation may work together to help ease brains plagued by anxiety or depression, a new study shows. Brain s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reversal of subtle pranas key to transcending...

2007-06-11 Thread cardemaister
hetu-dvayaM hi cittasya vaasanaa ca samiiraNaH. tayor vinaSTa ekasmiMs tad dvaav api vinashyataH. tayor aadau **samiirasya jayaM** kuryaan naraH sadaa!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reversal of subtle pranas key to transcending...

2007-06-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > Barry. Read the context. This had to do with > something Rory said. I had to give some of > the backstory, or the connection wouldn't > have made any sense. > > I'm sorry it embarrasses you, but them's > the breaks, I'm afraid. > It's almost always about Barry.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would never be so silly as to believe that there > > > was such a thing as "one truth," let alone try to > > > express it. I'll leave that to you... > > > First, although [Bruce Cockburn] holds strong personal > b

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh. > > It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it? > We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL > until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things > to their level again. > > > I would neve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi . . .

2007-06-11 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello group, > > Since being in touch with Rick lately, I followed 2 threads- is that > what you call them? I read all the comments about Guru Dev's deathbed > instructions, and also comments about Maharishi's latest comme

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Birth of the Cyborg

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
On Jun 11, 2007, at 8:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: And who gets to determine what samadhi *is*, in terms of memory patterns? Would you want the TMO in charge of that project? :-) Or any other spiritual tradition, for that matter? I would not want a chip implanted period! Until meat-based lifefor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Birth of the Cyborg

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip > > But does it come with a remote? And, more important, who gets to decide *which* memories to implant? Therein lies the rub. Asimov's "Laws of Robotics" and how easily they wou

[FairfieldLife] Birth of the Cyborg

2007-06-11 Thread Vaj
A Step Toward a Living, Learning Memory Chip But does it come with a remote? I'll take the Samadhi 3000 with a bliss twist. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0306422B- E7F2-99DF-3809798634B2D416&chanID=sa003

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Does The self Fear Most?

2007-06-11 Thread TurquoiseB
Sigh. It's going to be another one of those weeks, isn't it? We were actually starting to have *fun* here on FFL until the Bringdown Twins decided to lower things to their level again. Back in the trash bin with Flay-again. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL P

[FairfieldLife] 'War w/Iran Inevitable?'

2007-06-11 Thread Robert Gimbel
John Hogue Rogue Scholar/Author: Friends, I began setting down predictions for this new year back in November of the last. Much has already happened and keeps happening at such a velocity that I cannot keep pace with the changes. Thus, before feverish history runs ahead too far for my f