[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth

2009-04-26 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Sister Raunchcan I ask you something? Do you think that there is a > > possibility that your faith in Maharishi and in the "rightness" of his > > movement, might be a mistake? In other words, can you consider the > > possibi

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
In another post, Raunchy opined: > I understand your concern. I agree that unfounded beliefs > can be harmful. However, in all the years I have meditated, > I cannot think of one thing about it that has caused me > harm. If someone feels TM has caused him or her harm, > that is his or her expe

[FairfieldLife] Re: The shrink and the Zen master

2009-04-26 Thread ispiritkin
I see some of the same issues among meditators, and I 'spect the remedies are the same also. Not necessarily hours or years of psychoanalysis, but getting to the same point on the path, however one gets there. ~ Spiritkin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Totally, to

[FairfieldLife] Mary Jane?

2009-04-26 Thread cardemaister
How'd youse describe the smell of "Mary Jane"?

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@y

[FairfieldLife] The perception that is Love

2009-04-26 Thread Robert
The perception that is Love We have been as yet somewhat incomplete in our explanation of what we mean when we say "Love". Love to you - in your perception that is based on cultural tradition, social cues, literature, music and real emotion - is limited.   It's limited in part because your perce

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" wrote: > > > > > > > > I see the TMO is starting to

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > The Vedic Atom went to PAC Pal from Fairfield in late > summer of 1980. We were there just about 2 months until > Maharishi invited us to join him in India. We arrived > in India in November just in time for Diwali. The Atom > retur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Mason
= Posted through Grouply, the better way to access your Yahoo Groups like this one. http://www.grouply.com/?code=post

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Mason
These translations have now been reviewed, revised, polished up and included in a book, the first of three illustrated volumes on Guru Dev soon to available via www.paulmason.info Currently working on an AV package to be available as a DVD/CD including onscreen translations of all available audio m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

2009-04-26 Thread Paul Mason
The three volumes of the Guru Dev trilogy will be available through the following:- http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/GuruDevLifeStory.htm http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/AKtransrough.htm --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Vaj
On Apr 26, 2009, at 12:19 AM, I am the eternal wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 10:46 PM, geezerfreak wrote: See, "I am the eternal" (man, why didn't you just go all the way and call yourself GOD) the thing is, WillyTex really IS nuts. This is not just my opinion, by the way. Let's ask

[FairfieldLife] "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
We all know these phrases. Most of us *lived* by the phrase "On The Program" (presented in gold here to emphasize its goodness) or its converse "Off The Program" (presented in red here for obvious reasons) for years if not decades. But what are the actual DEFINITIONS of these buzzphrases? My defin

[FairfieldLife] The Banality of Bush White House Evil

2009-04-26 Thread Robert
The Banality of Bush White House EvilBy FRANK RICH function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1398484800&en=fa1eba5643a84cf9&ei=5124';} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/opinion/26rich.html'); } function getShareHeadline() {

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mary Jane?

2009-04-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > How'd youse describe the smell of "Mary Jane"? > Well, just learned(?) it smells like sage (salvia?) when burned... :0

[FairfieldLife] Shemp Alert! Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate - NYTimes.com

2009-04-26 Thread Rick Archer
The gist of the article is that scientists working for the oil, coal, and auto industries made it clear to executives that man-made climate change is real, but as with the tobacco industry, executives chose to lie to the public out of greed and short-sightedness. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/s

[FairfieldLife] Iowa gives Obama it's verdict

2009-04-26 Thread Hugo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/26/barack-obama-iowa-greener-america

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread Mike Doughney
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > There is, after all, nowhere one can go to obtain > a "formal" definition of what "On The Program" > means. It's not written down in any Human Resources > manual that contains the rules imposed on teachers > of TM and/or mere practitioner

[FairfieldLife] 'Bush's Neo's Tortured Zubaydah for False Confession'

2009-04-26 Thread Robert
Bybee gave the green light, torture followed: Zubaydah was water-boarded at least 83 times in August 2002... Why so intense? Because they wanted a 'False Confession'. They wanted him to lie to them about the supposed 'Saddam Connection'... They were obsessed with 'The Saddam Show'... So, we see,

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > See, "I am the eternal" (man, why didn't you just go > all the way and call yourself GOD) the thing is, > WillyTex really IS nuts. This is not just my opinion, > by the way. > > Let's ask Judy. Judy...want to speak up on the state > of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:07 AM, geezerfreak wrote: You worked at Pac Pal? So did I, but that was right before terms like "vedic atom" were being used. (How many parents got calls from their kid announcing that they were now part of a "vedic atom?") "The Council of Supreme Intelligence". So 50'

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > I had to do some fast talking to, for instance, > get approved to become a teacher of special > techniques. Did you by any chance teach a weekend special techniques course at Livingston Manor in 1976? Are you a big tallish guy with dar

[FairfieldLife] The Ultimate TB Test (was Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews)

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > My point, Lawson, is that you dodged > the question, as did Judy. She said > something completely different, and > *claimed* that she had answered the > question. Here's what I said to Geeze, before I had even seen Barry's demand: > We

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:51 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Is it possible that you turned down someone's application because the unidentified voice on the other end of the phone said to out of spite, or because he thought that they might have once seen another spiritual teacher or done some- thing Off The Pr

[FairfieldLife] Movies To Look Forward To

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
"Timo's Movie Trailers," a torrent feed of movie previews, had been silent for a while. It made up for it today, and here are a few that look well worth seeing: Taking Woodstock -- Ang Lee's movie about the "back story" of the Woodstock Festival. Unmissable. Outrage -- Academy Award-nominated doc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 26, 2009, at 4:28 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Perhaps you have a different way of explaining why you agreed to such an artificial lifestyle if you were NOT "following orders" and trying to fit into Maharishi's culture. As you said earlier, "I report, you decide." Please "report" on this seemi

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:51 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Is it possible that you turned down someone's > > application because the unidentified voice on > > the other end of the phone said to out of spite, > > or because he thought that they

[FairfieldLife] The Ultimate TB Test (was Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews)

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > My point, Lawson, is that you dodged > > the question, as did Judy. She said > > something completely different, and > > *claimed* that she had answered the > > question.

[FairfieldLife] The Ultimate TB Test (was Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews)

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
Oooops. What was supposed to be a "paste in the right version and delete the wrong version" turned out to be "paste in multiple versions of the post." My bad. Here's the only one that should have been posted: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Your name is not on the list of TM teachers > > in good standing. There is no "geezerfreak" > > on the list. > > > > What else do you want to know? > > geezer wrote: > Not a thing Willy boy. > > Boo, in case it's not obvious this > fella is nuttier than a fruitcake. You paid good money for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/182746-Quantum-gods-don-t-deserve-your-faith And she was a bit off in what she said. Also see my comment on her blog. Lawson

[FairfieldLife] The Ultimate TB Test (was Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews)

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: [...] > My point is that I don't think either > of you, or *anyone* on the original > list of TM defenders, can type the > words: > > "There is a possibility that the TM > critics here are right and I am wrong." > Ah jeeze, I'm the guy t

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of geezerfreak > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 11:01 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth > > Sister Ra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp Alert! Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate - NYTimes.com

2009-04-26 Thread shempmcgurk
...this is one of the reasons why the New York Times is on the brink of bankruptcy. This is a propaganda piece, through and through. Here's just one "gem": "The coalition was financed by fees from large corporations and trade groups representing the oil, coal and auto industries, among others.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: [...] > It always fascinated me that people would excuse all sorts of outrageous, > even illegal behaviour. Partly they were scared of rocking the boat but > mainly because they thought Marshy could > do no wrong and that reality was sometimes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/182746-Quantum-gods-don-t-deserve-your-faith > > And she was a bit off in what she said. Also see my > comment on her blog. I would if I could fi

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
Raunchy, Your post showed such a tolerance for my different view, respect for me a person who holds such different views, and without a shred of making me wrong for holding them, I am moved. Love and respect back at ya. I have no doubt that given some almond chocolate biscottis and something

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
> Trying to dialog with him is useless... > L.Shaddai wrote: > Why don't we just add to the homepage > of FFL that the main purpose of the > group is to sling nastygrams at each > other? > Is this your "nastygrams" contribution? > That anyone who joins has nothing better > to do with his/h

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Doughney" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > There is, after all, nowhere one can go to obtain > > a "formal" definition of what "On The Program" > > means. It's not written down in any Human Resources > > manual

[FairfieldLife] Re: The GOP: divorced from reality - by Bill Maher

2009-04-26 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > > > The Republican base is behaving like a guy who just got dumped by his wife > > > > > > "It's sad what's happened to the Republicans. They used to be > > the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/182746-Quantum-gods-don-t-deserve-your-faith > > > > And she was a bit off

[FairfieldLife] The Ultimate TB Test (was Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews)

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Oooops. What was supposed to be a "paste in > the right version and delete the wrong version" > turned out to be "paste in multiple versions > of the post." My bad. Here's the only one that > should have been posted: Took you four trie

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > Nicely said Raunchy. Curtis comes off to me as a skeptic, rather than as a > cynic, but not closed minded. There is a difference between skepticism and > closedmindetudiness (to use a Curtis type word). Thanks for an uplifting post

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread Vaj
On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:25 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/182746-Quantum-gods-don-t-deserve-your-faith And she was a bit off in what she said. Also see my comment on her blog. Lawson The letter smay be off, but th

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Now I've Got You, You Son of a > > Bitch? > > geezerfreak wrote: > See, "I am the eternal" (man, why > didn't you just go all the way and > call yourself GOD) the thing is, > WillyTex really IS nuts. > You're still living in a trailer house in Fairfield, IA; trying to get into the women's

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Doughney" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > There is, after all, nowhere one can go to obtain > > a "formal" definition of what "On The Program" > > means. It's not written down in any Human Resources > > manual

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Turq, this is a fairly inclusive listing of the exclusion. Still goes on in ways in practice. Is less in scale only because there are so few who really want or need things from the movement now. Still are some parents who would like financial aid for their kids at the school. Still some who r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/1827

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: A great site

2009-04-26 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 8:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A great site > http://www.climatedepot.com/ > > 'Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Let's ask Judy. Judy...want to speak up on the > > state of Willy Tex's mental health? > > Judy wrote: > He's pretty strange, > You've been posting on the internet for what, fifteen years or more, and I'm the strange one? Maybe so - some people just feel better when they have someone to talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread raunchydog
When I agreed on to be on the Vedic Atom I freely, and willingly made a pledge, a commitment to Maharishi to take direction from him. The mission of the Atom was to establish a Capital of the Age of Enlightenment in cities assigned to the Atom. The process of forming an Atom took several days.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Let's ask Judy. Judy...want to speak up on the > > > state of Willy Tex's mental health? > > > > Judy wrote: > > He's pretty strange, > > > You've been posting on the internet for what, > fifteen years or more, and I'm th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread I am the eternal
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM, raunchydog wrote: > When I agreed on to be on the Vedic Atom I freely, and willingly made a pledge, a commitment to Maharishi to take direction from him. The mission of the Atom was to establish a Capital of the Age of Enlightenment in cities assigned to the Atom.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread Vaj
On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Hugo wrote: > Yep it's a well cherry picked quote indeed. Unfortunately > Lawson forgot to mention that MMY had a habit of contradicting > himself to suit his audience and for every quote like this I > could find hundreds that demonstrate he believed consciousness >

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > I might add, as a note to TM defenders like > Judy who never once met Maharishi that *this* > is what a TM Teacher Training Course *sounds > like*, and what you missed by never having > been on one. Note the careful preservation > of Mah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Hugo wrote: > > > Yep it's a well cherry picked quote indeed. Unfortunately > > Lawson forgot to mention that MMY had a habit of contradicting > > himself to suit his audience and for every quote like this I > > c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brazil Law and Brazil Love

2009-04-26 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:17 PM, geezerfreak wrote: > > Ever been to that "poor little village down in Spain" Tex? Just askin'. > > > > Nobody "just asks" in FFL. Every question posed that way is a setup > to viciously mock the p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread Vaj
Some more recent article of Quantum mythology and pseudoscience: Geoff Gilpin, Authour of The Maharishi Effect writes an article "Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Miracles, Quantum Failure" on the Quantum mythos: http://www.geoffgilpin.com/pdfs/Quantum-Failure.pdf Gilpin's recent blog entry on

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'happiness' and 'unhappiness' are seen as meaningless words

2009-04-26 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > "The notions 'This is happiness' and 'This is unhappiness' do not arise > in the liberated ones. > When they have realised the truth that there is neither 'the world' nor > 'the self', and that the one is the all, 'happiness' and 'un

[FairfieldLife] Buddhism without beliefs

2009-04-26 Thread Vaj
Stephen Batchelor DocumentaryThis thirty minute documentary on Stephen’s work was broadcast on national television in Holland on 20 April, 2008 as "Boeddhisme Zonder Geloof" ("Buddhism Without Beliefs"). It is in English with Dutch subtitles. It was made by Jurgen Gude and Jaap Verhoeven for the Bo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

2009-04-26 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > The three volumes of the Guru Dev trilogy will be available through the > following:- > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/GuruDevLifeStory.htm > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/AKtransr

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: That's ENTERTAINMENT! Great read. I was struck with how disappointed so many teachers must be to be cast aside so casually. If I was in the movement this would cause real pain and conflict. Think teachers who invested so much into Mah

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Some more recent article of Quantum mythology and pseudoscience: This is fascinating, thanks for posting it. > > Geoff Gilpin, Authour of The Maharishi Effect writes an article > "Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Miracles, Quantum Failure" on

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@y

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > We all know these phrases. Most of us *lived* by the > phrase "On The Program" (presented in gold here > to emphasize its goodness) or its converse "Off The > Program" (presented in red here for obvious reasons) > for years if not decades

[FairfieldLife] How many would have died anyway?

2009-04-26 Thread shempmcgurk
At the end of "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos they do an "In memorium" of all the famous people who died that week. At the end of "In memorium" they list all the military service personnel who have died that week in Iraq and Afghanistan. What has struck me over the past two years whenev

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Doughney" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > There is, after all, nowhere one can go to obtain > > > a "formal" definition of what "On The Progr

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Ruth

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > I had to do some fast talking to, for instance, > > get approved to become a teacher of special > > techniques. > > Did you by any chance teach a weekend special > tech

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Raunchy: > > When I was on the Vedic Atom, I worked in the course > > office at PAC Pal and processed tons of applications > > for LA Sidhas applying for WPA's and the course in > > India with Maharishi. We did not have a list. An > > unidentified male voice on the phone calling from an > > undis

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many would have died anyway?

2009-04-26 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Glad you're still with us Shemp! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > At the end of "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos they do an "In memorium" > of all the famous people who died that week. At the end of "In memorium" > they list all the military service per

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Now I've Got You, You Son of a > > > Bitch? > > > > geezerfreak wrote: > > See, "I am the eternal" (man, why > > didn't you just go all the way and > > call yourself GOD) the thing is, > > WillyTex really IS nuts. > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 26, 2009, at 12:24 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: This line of reasoning seems far fetched and out of line. It is pure speculaton. We've heard from Raunchy that she acted in good faith. And now you're asking her if she thinks the course office was acting in good faith? Sort of l

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
raunchy wrote: > Of course there is a list. For years, I've > seen it at the Fairfield capitol whenever > I had to get my dome badge updated. > Did you see a 'geezerfreak" or a "boo_lives" on the list? They apparently thought I was nuts for even mentioning the list. Why did they want to keep the

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Run to Mommy, run - see a geezer run. > > > ...I'm an operative for the CIA, hired > 35 years ago to infiltrate the TMO and > report back to the Supreme Council of > Intelligence on its activities around > the world. > So, you are on the CIA list.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk: I believe this is what is called baiting. And a little cheap IMO. > > >Sal: But fun nonetheless. :) > > Alright, lurk, here's a true experience of mine, > > just to show (at least IMO) what brainwashed groupies > > were in the TMO even years back (of which I consider > > myself to have

[FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > Let's ask Judy. Judy...want to speak up on the > > > state of Willy Tex's mental health? > > > > Judy wrote: > > He's pretty strange, > > > You've been posting on the internet for what, > fifteen years or more, and I'm th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Despondency

2009-04-26 Thread I am the eternal
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kirk wrote: > This is the first action I am engaging in today. > My best and only friend moved away. > Jobs suck. > My wife is extremely busy. > I suck. > The sooner I die the happier I will be. > You all enjoy your trite fun and games. > Woohoo Judy and Barry -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:25 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> http://www.sott.net/articles/show/182746-Quantum-gods-don-t-deserve-your-faith > > > > And she was a bit off in what she said. Als

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Doughney" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > There is, after all, nowhere one can go to obtain > > > a "formal" definition of what "On The Progr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > Good discussion! You reminded me of my own Ice Cream > Caper. In Arosa I once got in hot water when it became > known that I had been going into a small cafe to buy a > "Coup Denmark" (Hot fudge Sunday) once a week. I'm > serious! I had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > > Good discussion! You reminded me of my own Ice Cream > > Caper. In Arosa I once got in hot water when it became > > known that I had been going into a small cafe to buy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I see Bevan has been polishing his thumbscrews

2009-04-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 26, 2009, at 12:52 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Lurk: I believe this is what is called baiting. And a little cheap IMO. Sal: But fun nonetheless. :) Alright, lurk, here's a true experience of mine, just to show (at least IMO) what brainwashed groupies were in the TMO even years

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum gods don't deserve your faith

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > [...] > You do know that there are well-established, credentialed > physicists who interpret consciousness in quantum- > mechanical terms, right? It's not just Hagelin's idea by >

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > So, the mutterings of a beloved 85-year-old I KNOW those funny old people with their "mutterings"! I'm guessing that you don't hang out with people in their 80's who are with it? [at that time] man > are going to be used to prove wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Despondency

2009-04-26 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kirk wrote: > > > This is the first action I am engaging in today. > > My best and only friend moved away. > > Jobs suck. > > My wife is extremely busy. > > I suck. > > The sooner I die the happie

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > So, the mutterings of a beloved 85-year-old > > I KNOW those funny old people with their "mutterings"! I'm guessing that you > don't hang out with people in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Despondency

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kirk wrote: > > > > > This is the first action I am engaging in today. > > > My best and only friend moved away. > > > Jobs su

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > So, the mutterings of a beloved 85-year-old > > > > I KNOW those funny old people with th

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > So the fact that his health failed him is proof that his system doesn't work, > period? > > > Lawson Yeah, if it didn't work for him under his ideal conditions then I have no reason to believe it works for anyone. If you add this evi

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > And if he, with his ability to set himself up with > the most ideal possible life conditions according > to his own theory couldn't at least give us the > vitality of the average octarian farmer in the > Tuscan countryside knockin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread I am the eternal
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:55 PM, sparaig wrote: > > So the fact that his health failed him is proof that his system doesn't > work, period? > > > Lawson > Well this I never got. I had to have it explained to me by Judy and others. I could swear that I kept hearing *perfect health* when applied

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > So the fact that his health failed him is proof that his system doesn't > > work, period? > > > > > > Lawson > > Yeah, if it didn't work for him under his ideal

[FairfieldLife] Re: "On The Program" and "Off The Program"

2009-04-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:55 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > So the fact that his health failed him is proof that his system doesn't > > work, period? > > > > > > Lawson > > > > Well this I never got. I had to have it explained to

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