[FairfieldLife] Has Anyone Heard of Michael Troese (Old Adjunct Faculty)?

2009-02-21 Thread yateendrajee
Dear List: Please pardon the questions from an "old-timer"--after nearly thirty years of not thinking about my ties with MIU, these people (which in those days I didn't think much about) are coming back, and I find myself caring about them. I was very self-centered at the time I was a student, bu

[FairfieldLife] '77-Entering Student Wonders About What Happened '76 With the Music Dept.

2009-02-21 Thread yateendrajee
[From Cameron McIntosh, who attended MIU 1977-79] I happened to have gotten the last copy of the first "big" MIU catalog, and seemed to feel a connection with Eugene Maupin, a music professor pictured in the catalog. When I got to MIU in 1977, I heard that in 1976, there had been some sort of iss

[FairfieldLife] 1977-79 MIU Music Student Wonders If Anyone's Heard From Paul Jones

2009-02-21 Thread yateendrajee
[From Cameron McIntosh, a transfer student from Manhattan School of Music, who completed the first two years of core courses]. Paul was an Associate Professor of Music at the time I attended MIU (they were still hoping to put together a major). I've been thinking of him recently and became aware

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2009-02-21 Thread sanosh2002
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread Peter
I disavow any personal experience with said sucking. I am also not gay in case you were wondering, not that there is anything wrong with being gay or anything, but I am not gay, damnit! --- On Sat, 2/21/09, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > From: enlightened_dawn11 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation and Drug-use Pollicy

2009-02-21 Thread Kirk
This is bullshit. Doug, you're going whacky. When you see pot use as evil and against everything good then you have been living in a cocoon for way too long. - Original Message - From: "dhamiltony2k5" To: Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditatio

[FairfieldLife] Fw: 'Reagan's Cold Legacy'

2009-02-21 Thread Robert
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 10:49 PM Dear President Obama and Staff: Since 1981, the United States government, was systmatically downgraded, by the Reagan admistration. I knew someone who worked at the FAA, and she said, that all programs of self-developement, were ended, and sin

[FairfieldLife] Re: What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > I have certain FFL posters on block. However I just did a search on > JJ and can't see any posts saying that the conversations with Jerry > actually took place. > > More huff and puff on the part of the TM detractors? I've been w

Re: [FairfieldLife] For those who are tithing or more

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:42 PM, I am the eternal wrote: > > Americans are hurting more than ever. Open your check book. > > Two of my favorite charities are Habitat for Humanity and Feed the > Children. Both accept online donations. > > To check out t

[FairfieldLife] Tether Your Camel!

2009-02-21 Thread arhatafreespeech
Feb. 19 Sunrise Mount Rainier, Washington (can see down street here)     "TRUST IN ALLAH, BUT TETHER YOUR CAMEL FIRST."       This saying comes from a small story:     A MASTER WAS TRAVELING with one of his disciples. The disciple was in charge of taking care of the camel. They came in the ni

Re: [FairfieldLife] For those who are tithing or more

2009-02-21 Thread Vaj
On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:42 PM, I am the eternal wrote: Americans are hurting more than ever. Open your check book. Two of my favorite charities are Habitat for Humanity and Feed the Children. Both accept online donations. To check out the efficiency of a charity, go to http://www.charitynavig

[FairfieldLife] Re: For those who are tithing or more

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
Hmm. I have CNN articles on the brain. Feed the Chidren is not on my list. Feeding America is. Feeding America used to be known as Second Harvest. Feed the Children is one of the charities that takes in a lot of money but delivers very little of it an aid. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:42 PM, I a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation and Drug-use Pollicy

2009-02-21 Thread Arhata Osho
Pot users are some of the world's biggest deniers. Don't ya think, given the incredible strength of the concentrated drug delivery in the modern hybrid pot plant, there evidently ought to be at least a 30 day drug-abstinence policy prior to being able to learn

[FairfieldLife] For those who are tithing or more

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
Americans are hurting more than ever. Open your check book. Two of my favorite charities are Habitat for Humanity and Feed the Children. Both accept online donations. To check out the efficiency of a charity, go to http://www.charitynavigator.org/ There's hunger in America where there hasn't b

Re: [FairfieldLife] 100 million Mexicans can't be wrong

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:29 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123518102536038463.html People in Phoenix or Tuscon might say this is bad, but they don't share the longest border with Mexico nor do they have a major US highway running up from Mexico with thousands of trucks

Re: [FairfieldLife] What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Peter wrote: > Nothing was ever posted. Maybe it was, but the evil genius Vaj used his > Buddhist powers and sucked the info into the Void. > I assure you Vaj is no genius. The way he's acting he could get involved with the wrong people on a dark street some nig

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation and Drug-use Pollicy

2009-02-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Don't ya think, given the incredible strength of the concentrated drug delivery in the modern hybrid pot plant, there evidently ought to be at least a 30 day drug-abstinence policy prior to being able to learn to meditate. Like, you can just see it in pot users. Two week pot-abstinence simp

[FairfieldLife] Re: What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
so you agree that Vaj sucks? ;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Nothing was ever posted. Maybe it was, but the evil genius Vaj used his Buddhist powers and sucked the info into the Void. > > > --- On Sat, 2/21/09, I am the eternal wrote: > > > From: I am the eternal

Re: [FairfieldLife] What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread Peter
Nothing was ever posted. Maybe it was, but the evil genius Vaj used his Buddhist powers and sucked the info into the Void. --- On Sat, 2/21/09, I am the eternal wrote: > From: I am the eternal > Subject: [FairfieldLife] What did Jerry Jarvis say? > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sa

[FairfieldLife] Earth on crack: global warming

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/19/earth-cracks-warming.html

[FairfieldLife] 100 million Mexicans can't be wrong

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123518102536038463.html

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-02-21 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 2009 130 messages as of (UTC) Sun Feb 22 00:04:56 2009 14 TurquoiseB 13 "Richard J. Williams" 8 Kirk 7 Sal Sunshine 6 yifuxero 6 enlightened_dawn11 6 dh

Re: [FairfieldLife] The End of the World?

2009-02-21 Thread Bhairitu
cardemaister wrote: > [This might be old news...] > > http://www.westender.com.au/news/409 > > The end of the world? > > Noted Author Jared Diamond Predicts 49 Percent Chance of Civilization > Collapse - by Mike Adams, NaturalNews > Jared Diamond is no doom-and-gloomer; he's a Pulitzer Prize winnin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread Bhairitu
I am the eternal wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Like I've said many a time once someone gets to the White House they >> have a "come to Jesus" meeting about what they really can do and how >> their campaign promises go by the wayside. It will be this way until we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Racism row over chimp cartoon sparks debate

2009-02-21 Thread pranamoocher
The Hood is Eternal. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/19/chimp.cartoon.react/index.html > > http://tinyurl.com/attszq > > Reactions are as varied as they are strong to Tuesday's New York Post > cartoon that depicted the police shoot

[FairfieldLife] The End of the World?

2009-02-21 Thread cardemaister
[This might be old news...] http://www.westender.com.au/news/409 The end of the world? Noted Author Jared Diamond Predicts 49 Percent Chance of Civilization Collapse - by Mike Adams, NaturalNews Jared Diamond is no doom-and-gloomer; he's a Pulitzer Prize winning author of thoughtful, carefully

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faculty at Buddhist girls' school find benefits of Transcendental Meditation

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
this is pretty funny-- makes our resident pet Dalai Lama, Vaj, look like the foolish jackass he is...oh wait, the entire world, even Buddhists in Thailand are wrong, and Vaj is right! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > http://snipurl.com/cdsfr [www_globalgoodnews_co

[FairfieldLife] What's Going on? Henry Makow (Rense.com)

2009-02-21 Thread Arhata Osho
http://www.henrymakow.com/democracy_socialism_the_perost.html   http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/

[FairfieldLife] Racism row over chimp cartoon sparks debate

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/19/chimp.cartoon.react/index.html http://tinyurl.com/attszq Reactions are as varied as they are strong to Tuesday's New York Post cartoon that depicted the police shooting of a chimpanzee. Two police officers, one with a smoking gun, are near the chimp's bullet-pier

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
boo_lives wrote: > Yeah, mmy's religious views have nothing to do > with his translation and commentary on the Gita... > Listen to me 'boo' - the Marshy's religious views and your actions as a follower of the Marshy cult have nothing to do with 'TM practice'. Why are you making this stuff up -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
geezerfreak wrote: > Trying to communicate with him is a > complete waste of your time. > What is it about 'you sucked as a TM teacher' that you don't understand? You took a perfectly good yoga relaxation technique and turned it into the 'cult of the Marshy', tried to make it into a 'creation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dutch is a funny language!

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
How the Dutch understand their funny language: http://snipurl.com/cdte6 [timesofindia_indiatimes_com]

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Vedic Medicine school Switz

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
http://www.maharishi-university-of-vedic-medicine.ch/

[FairfieldLife] Barbers speak Sanskrit??

2009-02-21 Thread cardemaister
[Panini] Re: where is Madur??‏ Lähettäjä: panini2...@googlegroups.com käyttäjän Lähetetty: 21. helmikuuta 2009 21:27:46 Vast.ott.: panini2...@googlegroups.com Dear It's not Madur but Mattur (a place near shimoga).Even the barber's here speak sanskrit. Sanskrit is a way of

[FairfieldLife] Faculty at Buddhist girls' school find benefits of Transcendental Meditation

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
http://snipurl.com/cdsfr [www_globalgoodnews_com]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal > wrote: > > Although I didn't at all like Maharishi's statement "Damn Democracy" I > > can definitely see where he's coming from. > > What has democracy brought us ? When eve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > Disgusting. > > > > > > This thread has devolved into "where's the best Mexican food?" > > > > > > I understand gallows humor, but I don't understand the caustic and > > > haughty sniping at these poor kids who are now in a h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > wrote: > > > > So, you're guilty of promoting the Aryan caste > > system in the name of TM instruction. If so, you > > really sucked as a TM teacher, that's all I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread do.rflex
>From the article: "The Justice Department argues that Bagram is different from Guantanamo Bay because it is in an overseas war zone and the prisoners there are being held as part of a military action. The government argues that releasing enemy combatants into the Afghan war zone, or even divert

[FairfieldLife] What did Jerry Jarvis say?

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
I have certain FFL posters on block. However I just did a search on JJ and can't see any posts saying that the conversations with Jerry actually took place. More huff and puff on the part of the TM detractors?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > Although I didn't at all like Maharishi's statement "Damn Democracy" I > can definitely see where he's coming from. What has democracy brought us ? When everybody has a vote it means destruction, delusion. It means that fools run

Re: [FairfieldLife] Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Like I've said many a time once someone gets to the White House they > have a "come to Jesus" meeting about what they really can do and how > their campaign promises go by the wayside. It will be this way until we > do a reboot and start over with

[FairfieldLife] Sidha Kitty Cats

2009-02-21 Thread do.rflex
Photos: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/iftk2/01/37_koshke_54522.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/iftk2/01/10_koshke_31484.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/iftk2/01/23_koshke_76172.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/iftk2/01/16_koshke_60338.jpg http://img.p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Banksters are out to get you

2009-02-21 Thread Bhairitu
When one of the "big boys" in this case George Soros says things are really bad then they are really bad. He's saying it is worse than the GD. http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE51K0A920090221 Would-be writers here might enjoy trundling over to: http://urbansurvival.com And read

Re: [FairfieldLife] Take that, Bongo Brazil: the morphing into Bush is now complete

2009-02-21 Thread Bhairitu
Like I've said many a time once someone gets to the White House they have a "come to Jesus" meeting about what they really can do and how their campaign promises go by the wayside. It will be this way until we do a reboot and start over without those few powerful families that run the world. D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > Curtis wrote: > > (Oops I was one of THEM!) > > > Are you saying, Curtis, that you taught the 'caste > system' as part of the TM practice? If so, you sucked > as a TM teacher! The so-called caste system has nothing > to do w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Duveyoung
"boo_lives" wrote: > I remember in 80s I had a friend who worked in the home of one of the rich donors in town and who described all the emotional dysfunction and abuse that went on within the family, and this couple was often on stage in the dome for all the big powwows. snip . . . that the famil

[FairfieldLife] No Birds Allowed !

2009-02-21 Thread do.rflex
Photo: http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-11/bird-on-no-bird-sign.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
...and cue violins... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > > > I've seen or heard about a few "mental cases in FF," but I have yet to > > conclude that TM triggers these folks past their tipping points. The > > TMO pol

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > I remember in 80s I had a friend who worked in the home of one of the > rich donors in town and who described all the emotional dysfunction > and abuse that went on within the family, and this couple was often on > stage in the dome for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ruth wrote: > How about Austin? I am going to be there > next week. > There is no 'Mexican' food in Texas, Ruth.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread I am the eternal
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:59 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > How about Austin? I am going to be there next week. > Drive south across the Ann Richards (formerly Congress) Bridge from down town. Choose a place on either side of the road. If you don't see something you like, keep driving. If you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Scientific research has shown that most college > > students have smoked pot -- THEREFORE, its clear > > that college is a gateway to drug use. Ban colleges > > and universities I say! -- before we are swept up > > into a nation of druggies. > > > Judy wrote: > For many of us, drug use was a "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > and 3) as mind-locked in step with dogma as > > 1950s Americans who believed that rock n' roll > > and dancing were "gateway drugs" to sex. (They > > were, but so is life.)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > So, you're guilty of promoting the Aryan caste > > system in the name of TM instruction. If so, you > > really sucked as a TM teacher, that's all I'm > > saying, Curtis. > > Curtis wrote: > You are being a tiresome dick, Richard. > Hey, I'm just agreeing with you, Curtis - don't be so de

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Collins

2009-02-21 Thread Kirk
Of course the best thing to do if you're Buddhist and like supporting rituals is to ask your local gompa and send them the money, but they aren't cheap. I had a lama from Arizona, a very pious and good man, do a 12 full lama jinsek for Kurukulle for drawing good dharma prosperity to New orleans.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > So, you're guilty of promoting the Aryan caste > system in the name of TM instruction. If so, you > really sucked as a TM teacher, that's all I'm > saying, Curtis. You are being a tiresome dick, Richard. > > Curtis w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > The Jaimini Sutras never made a whit of sense > reading them straight up. But listening to them > during rest seemed to flip flop my consciousness > to and fro, as they drew me into a thread of logic, > dropped the thread into a void of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Collins

2009-02-21 Thread Kirk
That's true Vaj. I also have tried to support some of them. I can't really recommend Monlam due to the fact that I know a Nepalese lama and he himself has great doubts about them, not to mention I used them alot and there was never any sense of vibe that they were performing the ritual. But then

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Collins!!!

2009-02-21 Thread Arhata Osho
Buddhists avoid closeness with the opposite sex On Feb 21, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Kirk wrote: Please people if you like having a connection to the devas then if you're  going to try to find pundits Ben Collins is the best. His

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, you're guilty of promoting the Aryan caste system in the name of TM instruction. If so, you really sucked as a TM teacher, that's all I'm saying, Curtis. Curtis wrote: > When I taught TM I had a 300 member council of > governors breathing down my neck every second. > They made sure I w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Carnival Journal: Dollhouse As Philosophy

2009-02-21 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > I really don't know whether the series will survive. > Philosophically, at least in my humble opinion, it > rocks. It's high concept. But concept doth not a > successful TV series make. To be successful, a series > also has to have a story line that people want to > follow, an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > Curtis wrote: > > (Oops I was one of THEM!) > > > Are you saying, Curtis, that you taught the 'caste > system' as part of the TM practice? If so, you sucked > as a TM teacher! The so-called caste system has nothing > to do w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ben Collins

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
vajradhatu wrote: > Many Buddhist monasteries offer services and the > money goes to support the monasteries: > Do Buddhist monasteries perform 'yagyas' to the Hindu 'devas' for monetary gain? If so, this would be outrageous. This does'nt even make any sense. Are there any 'devas' in Buddhism?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of TurquoiseB > > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:33 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@ya

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Collins

2009-02-21 Thread Vaj
On Feb 21, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Kirk wrote: Please people if you like having a connection to the devas then if you're going to try to find pundits Ben Collins is the best. His people have very close connection to West and East which is very important. People think pundits are all the same, o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Duveyoung wrote: I've seen or heard about a few "mental cases in FF," but I have yet to conclude that TM triggers these folks past their tipping points. The TMO policies might do that, but I still see the technique as restful and healthful in the main. It's fine

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > "Then one day she poured gasoline on herself and lit herself > > on fire." > > I knew this woman personally. > > She did set fire to herself, but the community came to her support > and she ended up being a VERY active member in term

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:11 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Are you sure about this happening here, Barry? I'm just asking because I'm surprised I haven't heard of it myself. Anyone know who this was? It's horrible, to put it mildly. I am *not* sure. I heard it on one of the TM-related forums I've been p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, you're saying that for years you 'covered up' for the TMO? This is outrageous! Why didn't you tell the police about someone pouring gasoline on themselves and lighting it? I've been reading TM forums for close to ten years and I've never heard anything about this incident. Are you guys ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-02-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 21, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Rick Archer wrote: On Feb 20, 2009, at 6:16 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: 51 authfriend Uh, oh...bye, bye Judy. :) Sal No, it was some Yahoo glitch. They sent out a post twice. Knew it was too good to be true...:) Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Carnival Journal: Loud, Sustained Booming Noises

2009-02-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 21, 2009, at 4:59 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I have now returned from our walk, and am about to put a cool movie on Repeat on the TV so that the dogs will have that to listen to and not the loud, sustained booming sounds when I go out in a few minutes to join the revelers. It seems the least I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: > (Oops I was one of THEM!) > Are you saying, Curtis, that you taught the 'caste system' as part of the TM practice? If so, you sucked as a TM teacher! The so-called caste system has nothing to do with TM. And the Marshy's religious views have nothing to do with anything but his o

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Banksters are out to get you

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
i am at my dining room table around noon today, sipping tea, writing my checks as i do on late Saturday mornings, and looking at the Winter outside, thinking of how the banks have been creating more and more ways for us to get into debt. as an example, remembering when i bought my first house

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Duveyoung
"Then one day she poured gasoline on herself and lit herself on fire." I knew this woman personally. She did set fire to herself, but the community came to her support and she ended up being a VERY active member in terms of being at pot lucks etc. She wore clothing to cover her massive scarring.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > I am *not* sure. I heard it on one of the > TM-related forums I've been part of over > the years...don't remember which one. The > woman's name that I knew was Karen Hudson, > but she would have had a different married > name... > Sounds to me like someone is making stuff up

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > Someone could put together such > > a book just from all the material posted on FFL. And certainly our > combined > > experience with him could result in such a book. > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
yep, the old guy is going right off the deep end, getting more and more abusive and hallucinatory with each of his posts today-- really flipping out! see ya Bar Bar... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > > I remember hearing, many years ago, about the sad > > fate of a woman I knew back in college. She had > > moved to Fairfield, toked on the TM Kool-Aid Bong, > > and settled down to a nice, "normal" life as a > > TM housewife. Then one day she poured gasoline > > on herself and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 2:34 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I remember hearing, many years ago, about the sad > > fate of a woman I knew back in college. She had > > moved to Fairfield, toked on the TM Kool-Aid Bong, > > and settled down to a ni

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marijuana and Samadhi

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Whatever appened to 'Vajranatha'? Did he change his name to 'Vajradhatu'? Apparently this guy can't make up his mind - is he a 'Nath' or a 'Dhatu'? Maybe he's confused. Why would 'Vaj the Nath' want to become 'Vaj the Dhatu'? And what's with the '108'? Is that how many initiations he's been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > And now a few people are even threatening > reprisals. Nabby's making up "smear stories" > about people here who dare to speak their > minds. If anyone is wondering; this is a complete lie. From a very angry and frustrated individual w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine >wrote: > > > Are you sure about this happening here, Barry? > I'm just asking because I'm surprised I haven't > heard of it myself. Anyone know who this was? > It's horrible, to put it mildly. Well yes, it was not successful. The person live

[FairfieldLife] Re: Knowing the Qualifications of a Teacher

2009-02-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > I think they're an important part of the mix. I > > find Nabby one of the most entertaining posters > >here, although not in the way he wants to be perceived. > > > Ind

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > and 3) as mind-locked in step with dogma as > 1950s Americans who believed that rock n' roll > and dancing were "gateway drugs" to sex. (They > were, but so is life.) Scientific research has shown that most college students have smoked p

[FairfieldLife] Ben Collins

2009-02-21 Thread Kirk
Please people if you like having a connection to the devas then if you're going to try to find pundits Ben Collins is the best. His people have very close connection to West and East which is very important. People think pundits are all the same, or erroneously they think Maharishi pundits have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Wow, that's a high horse you sit on and some mighty tough love. You guys have children that you've raised of your own? Been in a longterm marriage? Just wondering where you're coming from (?) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM,

[FairfieldLife] Pundita at Fairfield

2009-02-21 Thread Kirk
Any active yajnas going on in FF? Maybe I should ask the yajna office who is that again the Brittinghams? They were always very nice. Maybe they can give me a straight answer. Steve was my wife's initiator.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
> > I do NOT feel bad about "the village." > Turq, not really a lot of empathy in what you write here. You haven't or don't live in FF? But the larger essay is quite perceptive of aspects of the situation here. The human nature of it is extraordinary. -FFL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > > Someone could put together such > > > a book just from all the material posted on FFL. > > > And certain

[FairfieldLife] Honest and Forthright

2009-02-21 Thread dhamiltony2k5
> > Someone could put together such a book just from all the material >posted on > FFL. And certainly our combined experience with him could result in such a book. > > > Wouldn't it be wonderful to have an honest, non- > blissninny biography of Maharishi, told from the > same "There were grea

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM behind the scenes?

2009-02-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, you went to a sidewalk cafe last night. TurquoiseB wrote: > I don't know whether that is the scene behind > the scenes at MUM, but it very definitely is > the scene in Sitges this week. Last night the > streets were filled with women dressed just > like that. Of course, it being Sitges, the >

[FairfieldLife] Arabs/Muslims FAR ahead of US in Green Energy

2009-02-21 Thread Arhata Osho
GUESS WHO’S DEVELOPING OUR GREEN ENERGY FUTURE Thursday, February 19, 2009 Posted by Jim Hightower If you want to see the bold future of alternative energy, don’t look to the relatively timid plan coming out of the Obama White House. Instead, look

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
for every idea this drunk proposes, there is a ready answer, his own post 208801: "I *am* a bullshit artist..."-- Barry Wright --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ri

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM behind the scenes?

2009-02-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > http://noticias.aol.com/carnival > Each one of the 25 photos: a work of art! I noticed something: of the 25, only 2 or 3 were blonds and although they, too, were beautiful they looked a wee bit out of place.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > On Behalf Of TurquoiseB > > > > > > Wouldn't it be wonderful to have an honest, non- > > > blissninny biography of Maharishi, told from the > > > same "There were grea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > Someone could put together such > > a book just from all the material posted on FFL. And certainly > > our combined experience with him could result in such a book. > > Yup!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread enlightened_dawn11
who would pay other people to read it though? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > Someone could put together such > > a book just from all the material posted on FFL. And certainly our > combined > > experienc

[FairfieldLife] Marijuana and Samadhi

2009-02-21 Thread Vaj
One boy I am very fond of started thinking he was a great Aghori because I would permit him to take intoxicants with me. I decided he should be taught a lesson for his own good to prevent him from going overboard before he was able to gain complete control. Someone had given me some charas, and t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the honest and forthright

2009-02-21 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > Someone could put together such > a book just from all the material posted on FFL. And certainly our combined > experience with him could result in such a book. > Yup! Turq could gather the materials and write it and Judy could edit it! :)

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