[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama in Primetime: American Stories, American Solutions

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here is the full video of Obama's prime time nationwide address. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA > * The Nielsen numbers were amazing for this show: 33.6 million watched. http://tinyurl

[FairfieldLife] France. Sex. Problem?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/fashion/30cliente.html "Prostitution is the last sexual territory owned by men," she said in an interview. "Men are in control of pleasure and have the right to buy it. Women do not. A lot of my friends a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama in Primetime: American Stories, American Solutions

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "pranamoocher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for that nauseating piece of garbage, regurgitated again. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" do.rflex@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Here is the full video of Obama's prime time nationwide addr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama in Primetime: American Stories, American Solutions

Thanks for that nauseating piece of garbage, regurgitated again. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here is the full video of Obama's prime time nationwide address. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proof MMY taught *Yoga-lite* for modernity!

---"The only thing that blanks out is the little ego which takes on the form of the big Ego or God almighty, the one and only (no I'm not talking about Obama :-). ...right, but Jerry was specifically talking about the existence of relative bodies. From his pov, everything relative simply dissolve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, Bob, that was feste I was responding to. > > It's the Halloween jynx... > > Sal > [http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/29/fashion/30ugly-600.jpg]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

Enlightenment is outside of thought so it doesn't really matter what you think about it. Thoughts are thoughts and consciousness is utterly and totally outside, transcendent to anything in space or time. When "you" (language artifact) become enlightened everything flips upside down and all space

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems an appropriate question for this forum. Whatever > our differences, its members have probably spent an average > of 30 years each being fascinated by enlightenment and the > pursuit of it. And we still are, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proof MMY taught *Yoga-lite* for modernity!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---I agree. The technique is a half-baked loaf, better than nothing; > but even the philosophy has internal contradictions due to MMY's > ready acceptance of Advaita Vedanta. If one only defines E. only > through "Be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Proof MMY taught *Yoga-lite* for modernity!

---I agree. The technique is a half-baked loaf, better than nothing; but even the philosophy has internal contradictions due to MMY's ready acceptance of Advaita Vedanta. If one only defines E. only through "Being"; then (as Jerry Jarvis personally told me), one can "look forward to" (after bec

[FairfieldLife] Here is another Badboy

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[FairfieldLife] Re: My other next laptop ? -- advice?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > I think the future is clearly in SSD, once they get over the > > manufacturing quality control issues and have more capacity. SSDs are > > durable, fast, qu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My other next laptop ? -- advice?

bob_brigante wrote: > I think the future is clearly in SSD, once they get over the > manufacturing quality control issues and have more capacity. SSDs are > durable, fast, quiet, run cool: > > http://tinyurl.com/5m4c8a My ASUS Eee-PC has an SSD drive. The only moving part on the machine is the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: DO NOT recommend MUM to this family. The reputation of the school is poor. They do not have a good attitude towards students who are struggling psychologically. It cost too much for what you get. There are plenty of better options. From

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:35 PM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to the MUM website all students and teachers practice TM: http://www.mum.edu/tm.html DO NOT recommend MUM to this family. The reputation of the school i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > According to the MUM website all students and teachers practice TM: > > http://www.mum.edu/tm.html > > > DO NOT recommend MUM to this family. The reputation of the school is > poor. They do not have a goo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

> > Shame on you Dawn for only envisioning a small slice of the mandala of > humanity as "enlightenable"! > ** The light in enlightenment is unlimited consciousness, and it's available when the mind is sattvic (pure, transparent). Until the mind, the sixth sense, no longer blocks fu

[FairfieldLife] Proof MMY taught *Yoga-lite* for modernity!

By teaching only six limbs of Patanjali's Ashtanga (eight) Yoga MMY thought to teach TM as a science only, avoid the pitfalls of divisive Religion, and seduce America and the World into accepting all of Indian/Vedic culture. In doing so however many failed to get the full benefits intended by Patan

[FairfieldLife] Re: My other next laptop ? -- advice?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know anything about Lenovo laptops? > > > I have a ch

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:50 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: No. Sorry. I've seen it otherwise: cutting to the raw heart of America. Utterly with compassion. Paradoxically in trailer-trash drunkenness--but nonetheless, to the heart of the matter, for the time. That it's borne good fruit (good

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

MUM is actually a very positive place that has alot to offer in comparison to the hellholes of teenage idiocy that pass themselves as institutions of higher learning (as long as you compensate for some of the remaining blind patches).  --- On Thu, 10/30/08, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:10 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > >> Yeah, that's fine--but what about "divine asses"--no, not people > > who > >> egoically act themselves out as not-all-that-divine asses, > > hurting > >> some o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does going to MUM make sense?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Setting up contacts of psychological/psychiatric support nearby off > campus, independent of the institution, would be a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:10 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: Yeah, that's fine--but what about "divine asses"--no, not people who egoically act themselves out as not-all-that-divine asses, hurting some or (very sadly) many--but those who feigned assholiness and instead use(d) outrageousness to aw

[FairfieldLife] [FairfieldLife] Christians *LITERALLY* Worshiping at Golden Bull at Wallstreet

Here’s a view from another kind of Christianity: "[M]ystical experience and the God realized in that experience are of thehighest possible consciousness.  The language of superconsciousness may beused, but that is not to convey the idea of a stage that is absolutelyunconscious.  On the contrary,

[FairfieldLife] Christians *LITERALLY* Worshiping at Golden Bull at Wallstreet

File under: God, Mammon and Hypocrisy Golden Calf of the Bible And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, T

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

"A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern."   Joshu Washes the Bowl, The Gateless Gate No. 7, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, compiled by Paul Reps, translated by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki, p. 176.  --- On Thu, 10/30/08, curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

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[FairfieldLife] Re: My other next laptop ? -- advice?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrote: > > > > Does anyone know anything about Lenovo laptops? > > I have a chance to buy a new one from a reliable local company, 15 inch > > screen, 2.8GH

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

there is nothing that excuses that sort of anti-social and rude behavior. it is arrogant, mean-spirited and destructive, and anyone doing it as some sort of "enlightened" exercise to wake someone up is delusional, at best. i hope you are not condoning this? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Short, fun op-ed in the NY Times

--- Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Oct 29, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > > > FLY ME TO THE DEITY > > > > By TUNKU VARADARAJAN > > > FLY ME TO THE MOON > > By FRANK SINATRA > > Fly me to the moon > Let me sing among those stars > Let me see what spring is like > On jupiter and mars... >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

Vaj wrote: > Yeah, that's fine--but what about "divine > asses"... > Rude boy gurus? "We would likewise not attempt to evaluate any author's polemics in situations where the "righteous anger" may have been provoked, and may be justifiable as an attempt to "awaken" the people at whom it is di

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Vaj wrote: Yeah, that's fine--but what about "divine asses"--no, not people who egoically act themselves out as not-all-that-divine asses, hurting some or (very sadly) many--but those who feigned assholiness an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

TurquoiseB wrote: > What do you think? > "Ah, all I have to do is ring the little bell, and the slobbering dog shows up right on cue." Read more: Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental From: Mike Doughney Subject: Re: Question for expert Doughney Date: Wed, Feb 18 2004 http://tinyurl.com/5z

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Bhairitu wrote: On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:03 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: -snip- What do you think? I think if the model of enlightenment allows the enlightened to be asses then I want no part of it. Hear,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Vaj wrote: Yeah, that's fine--but what about "divine asses"--no, not people who egoically act themselves out as not-all-that-divine asses, hurting some or (very sadly) many--but those who feigned assholiness and instead use(d) outrageousness to awaken others to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countdown To Sanity

TurquoiseB wrote: > In short, we can get back to the normal, everyday > level of insanity that is Fairfield Life, and put > the stench of this extraordinary, election-fueled > uberinsanity behind us. I don't know about the rest > of you, but speaking as a minion of Satan, I look > forward to i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

Sal Sunshine wrote: > On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:03 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: > >> - >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB >>> wrote: >>> -snip- What do you think? >> >> I think if the model of enlightenment allows the enlightened to be >> asses then I want no part of it. > > He

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: I think if the model of enlightenment allows the enlightened to be asses then I want no part of it. Hear, hear, Ruth! Best answer I've heard so far. My personal take is that most of this enlightenment talk is mega- boring, but maybe that's jus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

> > "I never emulate white men and brown men > > whose fates didn't speak to my own. It > > was into my father's image, the black man, > > son of Africa, that I'd packed all the > > attributes I sought in myself, the > > attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois > > and Mandela." - Barack Obama > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: My other next laptop ? -- advice?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know anything about Lenovo laptops? > I have a chance to buy a new one from a reliable local company, 15 inch > screen, 2.8GHz, 128bit, 200 GB at 7200 rpm, Windows XP installed at > aroind $2,200, 3

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:03 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: -snip- What do you think? I think if the model of enlightenment allows the enlightened to be asses then I want no part of it. Hear, hear, Ruth! Best answer I've heard so far. My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

- > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > -snip- > > What do you think? I think if the model of enlightenment allows the enlightened to be asses then I want no part of it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

> > "As I've already pointed out, being Muslim > > is not qualified by practice nor quality > > of observance, but entirely on patrilineal > > descent and affirmation. Obama Jr. can only > > make his claim about his father legitimate, > > if he ignores the reality of his Muslim > > status, an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

boo_lives wrote: > > Check out the real quotes: > > http://tinyurl.com/5cdneq

Re: [FairfieldLife] My other next laptop ? -- advice?

Ahhh, those ubiquitous Mexican computers, [North] American made -- Dell. Lenovo has been around for many years, both the company and the name, was the Asian manufacturer and distributor for IBM. Publicly, IBM said it wanted to spin off the laptops or PCs generally to generate capital, Lenovo was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > > > Vaj wrote: > >> 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin... > >> > > "I never emulate white men and brown men > > whose fates didn't speak to my own. It > > was in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

On Oct 30, 2008, at 5:23 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: >> >> No, that's not it at all. >> >> From certain states and stages, certain signs are known to exist > by >> those who've been thru the trip before. Otherwise you're just > left >> guessing what the lineholders meant in a nebulous kind of w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shemp wrote: > > ...and another 38% think he's a Muslim! > > > "As I've already pointed out, being Muslim > is not qualified by practice nor quality > of observance, but entirely on patrilineal > descent a

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everybody knows that the criteria for enlightenment is > spontaneously speaking Chinese and having a permanent > erection. Simple. Moo goo gai pan. Cool. Now I'm enlightened. > --- On Thu, 10/30/08, enlightened_dawn11

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everybody knows that the criteria for enlightenment is spontaneously speaking Chinese and having a permanent erection. Simple. > > Huang ho! Kappusivai, sano ryssä! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMFc0zfVAvo

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everybody knows that the criteria for enlightenment is spontaneously speaking Chinese and having a permanent erection. Simple. > aka doing the "peeking duck"...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

On Oct 30, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin... "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Resveratrol may protect against fatty liver disease

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, may prevent against the > development of fatty liver disease associated with chronic alcohol > consumption, according to a study published in the American Journal > of Phy

Re: [FairfieldLife] criteria for enlightenment

Everybody knows that the criteria for enlightenment is spontaneously speaking Chinese and having a permanent erection. Simple. --- On Thu, 10/30/08, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] criteria for enlightenmen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

Shemp wrote: > ...and another 38% think he's a Muslim! > "As I've already pointed out, being Muslim is not qualified by practice nor quality of observance, but entirely on patrilineal descent and affirmation. Obama Jr. can only make his claim about his father legitimate, if he ignores the real

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 4:40 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > > i did not say enlightenment is without attributes. has anything you > > have achieved in your life been so? amorphous, ungrounded, nebulous? > > of course not.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poll: 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin

Vaj wrote: > 23% of Texans think Obama is a Muslin... > "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

On Oct 30, 2008, at 4:40 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: i did not say enlightenment is without attributes. has anything you have achieved in your life been so? amorphous, ungrounded, nebulous? of course not. as i said, enlightenment is a self referral state- you will be able to discern whether o

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

a couple of other things i noticed when i reread your response, yifuxero, was that sadhana does not end when enlightenment is achieved. the idea is actually laughable- how could you possibly stop devoting your self to your Self once you have achieved Yoga? no duality- the enlightened life IS sa

Re: [FairfieldLife] criteria for enlightenment

On Oct 30, 2008, at 3:48 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > some on this list think criteria for enlightenment is essential. > i'll ask them one rhetorical question: who comes up with the > criteria? The original realizers in your line typically!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:44 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: The traditional criteria are very precise at doing what they've done successfully for thousands of years. Nothing has changed accept the modern era where people are sold on these ideas or meet up with any of the many fake teachers and

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

i did not say enlightenment is without attributes. has anything you have achieved in your life been so? amorphous, ungrounded, nebulous? of course not. as i said, enlightenment is a self referral state- you will be able to discern whether or not you are there. by your self. sure, take what kn

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Believability Poll: Round Three

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > > And I believe your are fool. > > > > > > > > > > Attacki

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Quiet Time in the Classroom'

On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:57 PM, michael wrote: US: Students' experiences featured in education conference 'Quiet Time in the Classroom' by Global Good News staff writer Global Good NewsTranslate This Article 29 October 2008 The third annual National Summit on Student Health and Education,

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

--no. You could be on the wrong track. E "should" be defined both in terms of "Being" and the criteria which can be described in the relative sense. The list is not endless...; as Vaj says, there are traditional criteria mentioned throughout the ages. Some of these one may quibble about amongst

[FairfieldLife] 'Quiet Time in the Classroom'

US: Students' experiences featured in education conference 'Quiet Time in the Classroom' by Global Good News staff writer Global Good News    Translate This Article 29 October 2008 The third annual National Summit on Student Health and Education, 'Quiet Time in the Classroom' held in New York C

[FairfieldLife] Re: Change the word "Enlightenment" to "Barack Obama" and...

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 1:08 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > ...Barry Wright's recent treatise on enlightenment pretty much sounds > > the same. > > > > Check out my post (just uploaded to FFL) in which I did precisely

[FairfieldLife] It's in your hands ...

Friend -- The next 6 days are going to be the toughest we've seen, and I need your support to reach as many voters as possible. Donate $5 or more today to strengthen this movement for the final push. This campaign is in your hands. Thank you for everything you're doing, Barack

Re: [FairfieldLife] My other next laptop ? -- advice?

  Lenova used to be IBM's PC business. What I had heard about it was that a Chinese company bought out the PC business from IBM (which I think is both odd and sad being that the original "PC" was IBM's invention) and they used the name Lenovo for the new venture. That was a bit annoying to me,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > are samskaras remaining that need to get out of the system. And don't > buy into the fact that all samskaras need to be gone to be enlightened. > Obviously that is not the case. Oh yeah! viraama-pratyayaabhyaasa-pu

[FairfieldLife] criteria for enlightenment

some on this list think criteria for enlightenment is essential. i'll ask them one rhetorical question: who comes up with the criteria? could it be an organization like the tmo or a buddhist sect or a hindu guru, who insists that these criteria (that they came up with) must be met in order fo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Change the word "Enlightenment" to "Barack Obama" and...

On Oct 30, 2008, at 1:08 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: ...Barry Wright's recent treatise on enlightenment pretty much sounds the same. Check out my post (just uploaded to FFL) in which I did precisely that: I took Barry's post entitled "Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?", copied it

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Contributions to the Obama Campaign under Fictitious Names

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "First, I must warn readers that the "C" word is used below. > "C" as in "crime." > Is it homophonic with 'kant', as in Immanuel Kant?

[FairfieldLife] Guru Dev - on Living in the Forests

God's devotee can never stay dejected. While staying in the forests, we were always under the all-powerful nature of Paramatman [God]. There in the dense forests, where no facilities for living are easily available, all the needs of the devotee were met by Paramatman. How can a prince experience

[FairfieldLife] Resveratrol may protect against fatty liver disease

Resveratrol may protect against fatty liver disease October 2008 Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, may prevent against the development of fatty liver disease associated with chronic alcohol consumption, according to a study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointesti

[FairfieldLife] The Economist for Obama

"McCain supporters can try, if they like, to dismiss The Economist magazine's endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States as yet another piece of evidence that the liberal media is in the tank for Barack Obama. And they would be right -- if what they meant was Liberalism as advo

[FairfieldLife] The Bush Crime Family Film

Tuesday I saw "W" at the local cinema just to see how it played for me. I see a definite strong message there but it was not one that made me feel sorry for Bush. It was the NeoCon goal of empire which Cheney (played by Richard Dreyfess) explains to the cabinet. This has been the goal of th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Howard's Call To Action

off_world_beings wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , "bhairitu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Opie, Sheriff Taylor and Fonzie: >> http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d >> > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:31 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > > so much for the traditional criteria, eh? > > The traditional criteria are very precise at doing what they've done > successfully for thousands of years. Not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:31 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: so much for the traditional criteria, eh? The traditional criteria are very precise at doing what they've done successfully for thousands of years. Nothing has changed accept the modern era where people are sold on these ideas or meet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

curtisdeltablues wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> but enlightenment is not a state of mind. otherwise there could be >> no established state of enlightenment. enlightenment is a state of >> being. >> > > This is where I di

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

---Precisely! The Neo-Advaitins just say "Being...Being..." and claim Enlightenment. The relative benchmarks have to be there in terms what the body has gone through in the transition from CC to GC to UC. For starters, Lakshmanjoo lists at least 4 levels of awareness during sleep. Very few p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

so much for the traditional criteria, eh? seriously if the traditional criteria were all there was to it, those teaching and assessing such criteria would be enlightening people by the truckload. why isn't that happening? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 1:31 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Actually I was referring to Maharishi's explicit linking of these qualities. He was very fond of making such lists and we spent a lot of time around him doing just that. It was his claim that the state of enlightenment leads to miraculous a

[FairfieldLife] Change the word "Enlightenment" to "Barack Obama" and...

...Barry Wright's recent treatise on enlightenment pretty much sounds the same. Check out my post (just uploaded to FFL) in which I did precisely that: I took Barry's post entitled "Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?", copied it, and pasted it as "Is Barack Obama really all h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

On Oct 30, 2008, at 12:59 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: In making performance of the sidhis a verification of higher states Maharishi was doing a brave thing. It is my favorite part of his teaching, that he gave concrete benchmarks. He may not have lived up to his grand claims, but the system o

[FairfieldLife] Is Barack Obama really all he's cracked up to be? By Barry Wright

It seems an appropriate question for this forum. Whatever our differences, its members have probably spent an average of 2 years each being fascinated by Obama and His pursuit of the White House. And we are still fascinated by Him, or we wouldn't be discussing him every day. Whether we still belie

[FairfieldLife] Re: FOX News: Neil Cavuto on John McCain: 'you have no Convictions'

stunning. never thought i'd see the day...maybe mccain should drop palin and get neil cavuto as vp candidate. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > WOW! > > CAVUTO: Frankly, neither of your numbers adds up. But I've come to see > a consistent pat

[FairfieldLife] My other next laptop ? -- advice?

Does anyone know anything about Lenovo laptops? I have a chance to buy a new one from a reliable local company, 15 inch screen, 2.8GHz, 128bit, 200 GB at 7200 rpm, Windows XP installed at aroind $2,200, 3 year warrenty. What do you think? OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > sure. enlightenment is something we either buy into, or we don't. it > > is a state of being we aspire to, or not. those that feel a need to > > pursue it, to live the state of a free and integrated soul,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

> sure. enlightenment is something we either buy into, or we don't. it > is a state of being we aspire to, or not. those that feel a need to > pursue it, to live the state of a free and integrated soul, do so > because of some fundamental lack in their lives. why that is and > where it comes fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > wrote: > > > > but enlightenment is not a state of mind. otherwise there could > > be no established state of enlightenment. enlightenment is a > > s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > wrote: > > > > but enlightenment is not a state of mind. otherwise there could be > > no established state of enlightenment. enlightenment is a stat

Re: [FairfieldLife] FOX News: Neil Cavuto on John McCain: 'you have no Convictions'

On Oct 30, 2008, at 12:00 PM, do.rflex wrote: WOW! CAVUTO: Frankly, neither of your numbers adds up. But I've come to see a consistent pattern in Obama's. For the life of me, Senator Straight Talk, I see no such straight thing with yours. [...] You rail against big government, yet continue to

[FairfieldLife] FOX News: Neil Cavuto on John McCain: 'you have no Convictions'

WOW! CAVUTO: Frankly, neither of your numbers adds up. But I've come to see a consistent pattern in Obama's. For the life of me, Senator Straight Talk, I see no such straight thing with yours. [...] You rail against big government, yet continue to push cockamamie spending plans that make a mock

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but enlightenment is not a state of mind. otherwise there could be > no established state of enlightenment. enlightenment is a state of > being. This is where I differ from the traditional understanding of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Contributions to the Obama Campaign under Fictitious Names

"First, I must warn readers that the "C" word is used below. "C" as in "crime."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

but enlightenment is not a state of mind. otherwise there could be no established state of enlightenment. enlightenment is a state of being. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you think? > > I think you hit that post out of the par

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > What do you think? > a very interesting question at the top of your post. enlightenment is really all it is cracked up to be and a lot more. the difference is that when it is heard about or experienced temporar

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