[FairfieldLife] MUST WATCH -- James Taylor et al at 42 minutes

2009-01-21 Thread off_world_beings
Who says the 60's is out of style ! James Taylor holds true to form, and brings along some friends for the experience: At about 42 minutes in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQf5Y545J4 OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Whatever the cynics

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Supposedly some translations engines use Sanskrit as an intermediate language because it is unambiguous. The program will take text in a language and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Radical Creed Transcendentalism

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal L.Shaddai@ wrote: We're probably looking at years of reruns of the inauguration on FFL alone. Maharishi's barely gone a year and already we've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whitest Kids - Hitler Rap

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpRqvCps_MQ Hitler is now down with the Jews, Gays and Blacks. A new age has dawned today. Hail, Messiah! Hail, The One! Hey L.Shaddai, Remember when you were back on your course

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cute true story about perception (Snopes-certified)

2009-01-21 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But generally I'll hurry past a guitarist in case they start playing this:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Supposedly some translations engines use Sanskrit as an intermediate language

[FairfieldLife] And I have new respect for Springstien...

2009-01-21 Thread off_world_beings
And I have new respect for Springstien that I lacked before: See about 15 minutes in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfQf5Y545J4 OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: U2 sings their song form the days before LiveAid (Irish [Sir] Bob Gledof's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye-bye Bush

2009-01-21 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: For anyone who missed it, video of Bush's helicopter taking off from the White House for the last time and disappearing in the distance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ7zRVuo7jQ I had to go out this afternoon and didn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT and Consciousness-based Education

2009-01-21 Thread Vaj
On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:24 PM, grate.swan wrote: At some point some very secular, simple, effective, inexpensive method will emerge. With a good narrative. And that does have a marked effect on learning, retention, creativity, synthesis of ideas, etc. Within 10 years it could have 80%

[FairfieldLife] Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
[ A rap, probably interesting only to those who dig language or the principles of software design or both. Caveat emptor. ] I admit to being fascinated by the topic of whether Sanskrit would be a useful intermediate language for use in machine translation software, because I am fascinated by

[FairfieldLife] Online Video of Inauguration Sets Records

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
---Millions of cubicle dwellers across the country helped set records for Internet traffic on Tuesday as they watched online video of the inauguration ceremonies — or at least tried to. The overwhelming demand meant that some Web sites and data networks had trouble keeping up, forcing many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bye-bye Bush

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: For anyone who missed it, video of Bush's helicopter taking off from the White House for the last time and disappearing in the distance:

[FairfieldLife] Secular Meditation and Consciousness-based Education

2009-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:24 PM, grate.swan wrote: At some point some very secular, simple, effective, inexpensive method will emerge. With a good narrative. And that does have a marked effect on learning, retention, creativity, synthesis of ideas, etc. Within 10 years it could have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tom Barlow Sweepstakes

2009-01-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Yea that's me on the left at the bottom Magoo. Is that you with the t-shirt and the belt beside the woman with brown hair? (But really Shemp, what is your obsession with me?... When I read some of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: For example, the first stage would probably be searching for known patterns again -- in this case, idioms, phrases that consist of several words that, when placed together in a certain order, pretty much always mean the

[FairfieldLife] Privatized Public Schools: Cannon Fodder for the Military

2009-01-21 Thread raunchydog
With Obama's pick for Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, it looks like we could see a repackaging of Bush's No Child Left Behind. Bush designed NCLB to slowly destroy public education with the intention of privatizing failing schools, thereby increasing the disparity between the haves and have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
Turq, The last time I scanned the field of A.I., I came away thinking that your well-reasoned below approach has been used many times by the best of the best minds and found far more challenging an approach than expected. The A.I. industry's shop-talk admits that this approach requires the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Meditation and Consciousness-based Education

2009-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
At some point some very secular, simple, effective, inexpensive method will emerge. With a good narrative. And that does have a marked effect on learning, retention, creativity, synthesis of ideas, etc. ... I too did TM throughout college and I'd have to say it's primary

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tom Barlow Sweepstakes

2009-01-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Yea that's me on the left at the bottom Magoo. Is that you with the t-shirt and the belt beside the woman with brown hair? Yes.

[FairfieldLife] Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Rick Archer
From a friend: A friend of mine is very interested in learning TM, though he cannot afford the current fee of $2500. Does anyone know of an independent TM teacher who can provide instruction for less, in the San Francisco Bay Area? It should still be the TM instruction, with puja, checking and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Whitest Kids - Hitler Rap

2009-01-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:47 AM, TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: Hey L.Shaddai, Remember when you were back on your course and I pointed out the sometimes manic nature of your posts while there and on program, and that you might want to look at that later to see whether it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I have an approach that I've never seen considered in my A.I. readings, and since I am a bear of little brain, I've discounted it greatly -- thinking, who could I be to have insight into this challenge when all these huge

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
Rick, Do you feel the puja etc. is necessary for the technique to get activated by Guru Dev or something of that ilk? Seems to me that an ancient ritual has a chance of helping (deluding?) a newbie to imprint on the technique, so that's a practical benefit, but do you actually think there's

[FairfieldLife] Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread arhatafreespeech
Time to temper the euphoria with commonsense and avoid delusion! Is the author a bit pessimestic? It's positive to be vigilant and, find ways to participate in 'giving back'. Arhata Is it just me?   Gerald Warner Telegraph.co. uk     Barack Obama

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
What's wrong with hope? After eight years, nay, three decades of shuck and jive presidents, along comes one who truly offers a different approach, and yet naysayers are panicking and tarring our new guy with a broad brush before he's even done with his first day in office. What's wrong with

[FairfieldLife] PAUL MCCARTNEY CONCERT

2009-01-21 Thread michael
  SAVE THE DATE! GLOBAL BENEFIT CONCERT PAUL MCCARTNEY FRIENDS | SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009 A once in a lifetime event! Teach one million kids to meditate Radio City Music Hall New York City Contact us today Concert.DavidLynchFoundation.org Guest stars to be announced soon!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread Arhata Osho
Hope is great. When one 'hits the field', it's passion to get the job done, meeting the challenges as they surely will come incessantly.  At the end of day and the beginning of the next - push the hope button.  People should enjoy the moment, but be vigilant for the shadowy and invisible rocks

[FairfieldLife] Tom Barlow, African-American

2009-01-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Yea that's me on the left at the bottom Magoo. Is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread raunchydog
Worship imbues the object of focus with vibration, feeling, sound, and resonance with unseen, unspoken mystical power, beyond the senses, whether it is the Catholic Eucharist, Native American dances and chants, prayers to Mecca, a pilgrimage to the Haj, yagynas, a fire ceremony, Buddhist rituals,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: What's wrong with hope? After eight years, nay, three decades of shuck and jive presidents, along comes one who truly offers a different approach, and yet naysayers are panicking and tarring our new guy with a broad brush

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Patrick Gillam
Rick, the friend of your friend wants to learn TM from Paul Brown. http://www.thequietpath.org/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: From a friend: A friend of mine is very interested in learning TM, though he cannot afford the current fee of $2500. Does anyone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Supposedly some translations engines use Sanskrit as an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: [ A rap, probably interesting only to those who dig language or the principles of software design or both. Caveat emptor. ] I admit to being fascinated by the topic of whether Sanskrit would be a useful intermediate language for use in machine translation software, because

[FairfieldLife] Gordon Brown brings Britain to the edge of bankruptcy

2009-01-21 Thread Arhata Osho
Is this contagious!? Gordon Brown brings Britain to the edge of bankruptcy Iain Martin says the Prime Minister hasn't 'saved the world' and now faces disgrace in the history books   They don't know what they're doing, do they? With every step taken by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: What's wrong with hope? After eight years, nay, three decades of shuck and jive presidents, along comes one who truly offers a different approach,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread shempmcgurk
This is one of the reasons why I always felt someone like Deepak Chopra should have begun his experience in the TMO as a Flower Boy on Saturday mornings. Chopra is very much someone who, deservedly, was a star pupil because he studied his ass off...but he was also the Dauphin-like golden boy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: As as software professional and developer/designer my first step would be to buy some time from linguistics experts. I would also brainstorm with other developers on solutions to the problem of language translation. Then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip As for the website Bhairitu pointed to, all that you have to do to see its True Believer nature is to do a mental search and replace on the text in it and replace every mention of Sanskrit with Hebrew. Then you'll see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From a friend: A friend of mine is very interested in learning TM, though he cannot afford the current fee of $2500. Does anyone know of an independent TM teacher who can provide instruction for less, in the San Francisco

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Big O

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip raunchydog isn't angry anyway, she's mocking the excess of the day, and rightfully so. I hope I'd have had the grace to be embarrassed by it if I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: snip What else would Sanskrit scholars be looking at if it wasn't spiritual texts, Turq? That seems to be the only stuff that survived. Not according to Briggs: Besides works of literary value, there was a long philosophical

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: This is one of the reasons why I always felt someone like Deepak Chopra should have begun his experience in the TMO as a Flower Boy on Saturday mornings. Chopra is very much someone who, deservedly, was a star pupil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread yifuxero
--(has a 415 telephone #): ...TM teacher available at http://www.thequietpath.org - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: This is one of the reasons why I always felt someone like Deepak

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tom Barlow Sweepstakes

2009-01-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:30 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: A Google Image search of Tom Barlow brings up the following mugs. Will the real Tom Barlow...? Choose the FairfieldLife Tom Barlow and you can win an all-expenses paid trip for two to Swanton, Vermont: Second prize is 2 trips... Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] MUST WATCH -- James Taylor et al at 42 minutes

2009-01-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 21, 2009, at 2:38 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Who says the 60's is out of style ! James Taylor holds true to form, and brings along some friends for the experience: That's our boy. Still sounds great. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: This is one of the reasons why I always felt someone like Deepak Chopra should have begun his experience in the TMO as a Flower Boy on Saturday mornings. Chopra is very much someone who, deservedly, was a star pupil

[FairfieldLife] Warning About Real Virus!

2009-01-21 Thread Dick Mays
SNOPES confirms this as a true virus. THERE IS AN EMAIL WITH SUBJECT LINE OBAMA ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FLOATING AROUND WITH A TROJAN HORSE ATTACHMENT. DO NOT OPEN FOR ANY REASON!!! DELETE IMMEDIATELY. THE TROJAN STEALS ALL PASSWORDS AND USER IDS!!! It's real, all right! Check out the full

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread pranamoocher
Have no fear- The Great Obama will provide whatever instruction is necessary. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From a friend: A friend of mine is very interested in learning TM, though

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
do.rflex wrote: The training at TTC included clear, specific explanations by Maharishi about what indeed takes place as the mantra is given - which my own experience teaching has repeatedly confirmed. So, are you equally comfortable the to give an official-as-decreed-by-MMY second lecture in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
Edg, in my opinion the adherence to the Gotta do the puja thang comes from many sources. One is the overall Maharishisez EQUALS gotta mindset that was drilled into us for so many years or decades. Another is the fact that many teachers really *did* feel a buzz from doing puja. I never felt much

[FairfieldLife] We are the ones we have been waiting for.

2009-01-21 Thread Dick Mays
http://www.newsweek.com/id/180457 LETTERS White House Advice The author of 'The Color Purple' cautions Obama not to lose himself, or his soul, to the burdens of the office. By Alice Walker | NEWSWEEK Published Jan 19, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Jan 21, 2009 Dear Brother President:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: do.rflex wrote: The training at TTC included clear, specific explanations by Maharishi about what indeed takes place as the mantra is given - which my own experience teaching has repeatedly confirmed. So, are you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip As for the website Bhairitu pointed to, all that you have to do to see its True Believer nature is to do a mental search and replace on the text in it and replace every mention of Sanskrit with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Language translation as playing checkers

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: As as software professional and developer/designer my first step would be to buy some time from linguistics experts. I would also brainstorm with other developers on solutions to the problem of

[FairfieldLife] Ding Dong the Bush is Gone

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
Everybody sing along now: Ding dong the Bush is gone, the wicked, wicked Bush is gone. Ding dong the wicked Bush is gone! Ding dong Dick Cheney's gone, the wicked wicked Cheney's gone. Ding dong the wicked Cheney's gone! BTW, I head the sun came once Bush flew away from the White House. ;-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ding Dong the Bush is Gone

2009-01-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 21, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Everybody sing along now: Ding dong the Bush is gone, the wicked, wicked Bush is gone. Ding dong the wicked Bush is gone! Ding dong Dick Cheney's gone, the wicked wicked Cheney's gone. Ding dong the wicked Cheney's gone! BTW, I head the sun

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
Okay, I'll play along with your game once more. Do you give full knowledge about the mantras when you give a second lecture? Edg -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: do.rflex wrote: The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit translator wanted

2009-01-21 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip As for the website Bhairitu pointed to, all that you have to do to see its True Believer nature is to do a mental search and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tom Barlow Sweepstakes

2009-01-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:30 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: A Google Image search of Tom Barlow brings up the following mugs. Will the real Tom Barlow...? Choose the FairfieldLife Tom Barlow and you can win an all- expenses

[FairfieldLife] Get Lost tonight

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
Just a heads up that the new season of Lost on ABC starts tonight. I know there are a number of fans here. Also the second half of Fringe's season on Fox started last night and I thought that episode was quite good. Fringe is also another J.J. Abrams creation. The final episodes of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Lost tonight

2009-01-21 Thread yifuxero
OK, but Criminal Minds is on tonight at 9 PM, followed by CSI NY. And tomorrow the first episode without Grissom, the character now played by Larry Fishburne.--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Just a heads up that the new season of Lost on ABC starts tonight.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Okay, I'll play along with your game once more. Do you give full knowledge about the mantras when you give a second lecture? That's better. I haven't initiated for a long time, but when I did, I'd answer questions openly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Meditation and Consciousness-based Education

2009-01-21 Thread wvosteen
One secular, simple, effective, inexpensive method that is scientifically varified is from Heartmath (heartmath.com). They sell a simple biofeedback, heart monitor that signals when your heart rythms are in entrainment called the Emwave. http://www.emwave.com/ With minimal coaching, one can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
Not sure you answered me, cuz, I want to know if you, as I did, outrightly lied about the mantras utilizing a variety of diversions, subtrafuges, misdirections, spinnings, and lies. I assured my audiences that these mantras were known for their life-supporting effects and had been refined

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Lost tonight

2009-01-21 Thread Bhairitu
That's what DVRs are for. I can watch CSI OnDemand anyway so don't need to record it. The Comcast DVR has two tuners (which most DVRs have these days) plus I have an HDHomeRun box on my network with two digital tuners so I can record shows to any computer on the network and play them back

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Not sure you answered me, cuz, I want to know if you, as I did, outrightly lied about the mantras utilizing a variety of diversions, subtrafuges, misdirections, spinnings, and lies. No. I didn't. And I think it's shameful

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread Duveyoung
Instruct me then: How would you answer the below questions from a first lecture audience: Hi! My brother's an initiator and so I have an insider's viewpoint that has led me to ask these questions: Where did these mantras come from? Who invented them? How are they used and why? Did Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Samurai Obama

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
Scroll down: http://gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/obama/obama.html (Site is slow to load, but worth the wait.) H/t Andrew Leonard of Salon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Instruct me then: How would you answer the below questions from a first lecture audience: Hi! My brother's an initiator and so I have an insider's viewpoint that has led me to ask these questions: I'd likely have

[FairfieldLife] Doubt

2009-01-21 Thread TurquoiseB
Here's a spiritual exercise for you. You all know the actress Meryl Steep. You know her from her many roles, and the skill she has exhibited in them. Most of those roles have been sympathetic, people you can empathize with and love. Now imagine her as horror incarnate, the incarnation of all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it just me?

2009-01-21 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_li...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: What's wrong with hope? After eight years, nay, three decades of shuck and

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-01-21 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 2009 506 messages as of (UTC) Wed Jan 21 23:53:25 2009 42 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 34 I am the eternal l.shad...@gmail.com 33 authfriend

[FairfieldLife] PK Treatments in India preferred by my European friends

2009-01-21 Thread I am the eternal
I've gotten some preliminary information back, more details to follow. Amma's ashram in Kerela is highly regarded and costs $3 a day for room and board and $3 a day for PK. Delhi used to be the place to go for PK, cost €90 a day (all inclusive rate), but now Hyderabad is preferred, cost is €70

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From a friend: A friend of mine is very interested in learning TM, though he cannot afford the current fee of $2500. Does anyone know of an independent TM teacher who can provide instruction for less, in the San Francisco

[FairfieldLife] received reply from Jerry J. (re: Edg.)

2009-01-21 Thread yifuxero
received e mail reply from Jerry Jarvis; in regard to the challenge posed by Edg that I forward his (Edg's) statements/opinions to Jerry. He says you (Edg) are welcome to talk to him personally about topics and insinuations as stated previously (basically in regard to what you feel was Jerry's

[FairfieldLife] 'Quiet Time' in the Classroom

2009-01-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
David Lynch Foundation http://www.stressfreesummit.org/video/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: do.rflex wrote: The training at TTC included clear, specific explanations by Maharishi about what indeed takes place as the mantra is given - which my own experience teaching has repeatedly confirmed. So, are you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: snip So, are you equally comfortable the to give an official-as-decreed-by-MMY second lecture in which you are required to shuck and jive the folks about

[FairfieldLife] Sacrifice

2009-01-21 Thread raunchydog
Digby 1/19/09 Andrea Mitchell: ...It does go beyond rhetoric. He needs to engage the American people in this joint venture. That's part of the call. That's part of what he needs to accomplish in his speech and in the days following the speech. He needs to make people feel that this is their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Edg, in my opinion the adherence to the Gotta do the puja thang comes from many sources. One is the overall Maharishisez EQUALS gotta mindset that was drilled into us for so many years or decades. Another is the fact

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sacrifice

2009-01-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:49 PM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: Digby 1/19/09 Andrea Mitchell: ...It does go beyond rhetoric. He needs to engage the American people in this joint venture. That's part of the call. That's part of what he needs to accomplish in his speech and in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:10 PM, wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: There were also many stories of people seeing these robed, older men walking around the room while puja was going on during initiations-of some saying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers?

2009-01-21 Thread billy jim
- or that the siddhi program doesn't use Sanskrit? I'm wondering where people got the idea that the various sutras should be used only in a Sanskrit form? Although trained as a TM teacher, I took my sutra training at a citizen siddha course. After receiving a couple of the sutras, a few of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers?

2009-01-21 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim emptyb...@... wrote: - or that the siddhi program doesn't use Sanskrit? * Siddhis instruction in India is in Sanskrit -- it's so close to Hindi that understanding is not a problem, evidently.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers?

2009-01-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim emptyb...@... wrote: snip it made perfect sense to me that they would not be practiced in Sanskrit. The focus of the sutras was their meaning - a meaning which was by definition independent of their articulated sound value in any language. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area?

2009-01-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:10 PM, wayback71 waybac...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: There were also many stories of people seeing these robed, older men walking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers?

2009-01-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim emptybill@ wrote: snip it made perfect sense to me that they would not be practiced in Sanskrit. The focus of the sutras was their meaning - a meaning which was by definition

[FairfieldLife] fluoride in water

2009-01-21 Thread Joe Smith
Anyone have any opinions on fluoride in the drinking water, it's benefits and health problems.Does Vedic City fluoridate it's water as well as MUM?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush already in Mid East

2009-01-21 Thread Arhata Osho
  

[FairfieldLife] Tracking Obama's Promises

2009-01-21 Thread raunchydog
While some candidates on the presidential campaign trail treat paint promises in glittering generalities, President Obama was often quite specific about what policies he'd implement as president, with exhaustive lists of promised policy plans [1] on his much-ballyhooed website. As part of our

[FairfieldLife] Re: Independent TM Teachers?

2009-01-21 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim emptybill@ wrote: snip by discussing the sanyama practice as a advance development through using meaning as a more subtle value than the beginning practice of sound without