[FairfieldLife] Re: New England sanity...

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: ...not that crazy bible-belt shit. From the Bernie Sanders newsletter: Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform – packed town meetings. We proved something that

[FairfieldLife] Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
A backlash in the progressive base — which pushed President Obama over the top in the Democratic primary and played a major role in his general election victory — has been building for months. The fight over the public option involves real policy substance, but it's also a proxy for broader

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now

2009-08-22 Thread cardemaister
The Rig Veda, the most ancient Hindu scripture, says this: Truth is One, but the sages speak of it by many names. That *might* be from the famous(?) asyavaamasya-suukta (Rgveda I 164, by RSi Diirghatamas), whose 39th verse begins like this: Rco akSare parame vyoman yasmin devaa adhi vishve

[FairfieldLife] Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread cardemaister
(NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, or stuff...) Usama bin Ladin USA map in lad, in! Usain Bolt USA (athletics) in bolt??

[FairfieldLife] Re: Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: (NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, or stuff...) Usama bin Ladin USA map in lad, in! Usain Bolt USA (athletics)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at all you can dig up about him to attack him with] than any individual wingnut there - with the exception of a few clearly

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelsonriddle2001 nelsonriddle2...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: This goes to my earlier question. Is it reasonable to ask: Was my niece asking for it? Was she provoking it? The blame always seems to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [snip] What strikes me as uncool is feeling that a cool thing attributable to

[FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgment of Courts; and the worse than savage mobs, for the executive ministers of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: snip My guess is it's quite apparent to most readers here except maybe for a couple of the resident right wingers that you have a personal grudge problem, Ms Dog with regard to your Champion Hillary losing Funny thing, though,

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence against women isn't so far away. It's in our homes, quietly hidden in families too afraid or ashamed to tell anyone about it. I'm talking and it's damn painful. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now

2009-08-22 Thread sgrayatlarge
Like the great GK Chesterton said- When you don't believe in God, it's not that you believe in nothing, you believe in anything --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Subject: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now By Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEK Published Aug 15, 2009

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: snip My guess is it's quite apparent to most readers here except maybe for a couple of the resident right wingers that you have a personal grudge problem, Ms

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
Willytex is on Medicare... Medicare is for sick people. raunchydog wrote: Medicare is an insurance plan in case you get sick, it's not just for sick people. I'm enrolled in the government plan, almost everyone around here is, since it's an automatic payroll deduction. But I'm

[FairfieldLife] The Bagpiper's Story

2009-08-22 Thread TurquoiseB
This was posted on another board. I forward it just as it was there, for your amusement: As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu wrote: Reveals that the problem with American healthcare is the cluster fuck known as capitalism. Who said you had any health care? Is that what you call the 'free clinic' out there? Speaking of capitalistic 'cluster fucks', how did you work around that

[FairfieldLife] Texas to Revise History in Textbooks?

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
Texas to revise history textbooks: liberals out, Limbaugh and Gingrich in. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/21/texas-history-gingrich/ Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing experts produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:09 AM, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.comwrote: there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. Usually meditation will only briefly stay in alpha until it goes to deeper levels

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 5:39 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Vaj is back from yet another Buddhist retreat. Meanwhile thousands of Buddhist monks are learning TM, real

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:11 PM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj wrote: Ah yes, James Austin. Good stuff! Ah yes, James Austin, the same James Austin that cites Herbert Benson, who as everyone knows, first published the results of TM with Keith Wallace. According to Austin, scientists have mapped the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at all you can dig up about him to attack him with] than any individual wingnut

[FairfieldLife] Common Sense 2009

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Common Sense 2009 by Larry Flynt The American government -- which we once called our government -- has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this group of powerful elites, the people President Franklin D.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: Willytex is on Medicare... Medicare is for sick people. raunchydog wrote: Medicare is an insurance plan in case you get sick, it's not just for sick people. I'm enrolled in the government plan, almost everyone around here is, since it's an automatic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: snip Obama IS going to get a decent health care reform bill passed and the economy IS starting to gradually turn around despite your self-revealing and self- defeating

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Doug... are you trying to tell us that  you're a child molster that just needs to be accepted? --- On Sat, 8/22/09, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com wrote: From: It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Common Sense 2009

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Common Sense 2009 by Larry Flynt The American government -- which we once called our government -- has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: (NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Doug... are you trying to tell us that  you're a child molster that just needs to be accepted? --- On Sat, 8/22/09, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com wrote: I'd not be surprised if Doug is a child

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call! Pity then that you didn't wake up but joined, or perhaps you've been there all along, Buddhism; perhaps the most stagnated and formalized of all the major and dry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Meanwhile thousands of Buddhist monks are learning TM, real meditation, as taught by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Thailand and Cambodia. Vaj's pitta is on the rise ! Nabby, they've been reporting that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at

[FairfieldLife] ‘Corporate Psychopaths Love Mocking the Pre sident’

2009-08-22 Thread Robert
‘Corporate Psychopaths Love Mocking the President’ We all sure like to hate them... The right-wing psychos... The Rush-bo’s, Shawn-bo’s and Cheney-bo’s... But who are the people, behind them? Well, they are the ‘Corporate Thieves’... Stealing America’s Soul... Piece by piece, year after

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? Travis isn't talking about just alpha which anyone can demonstrate doing

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence against women isn't so far away. It's in our homes, quietly hidden in families too afraid or

[FairfieldLife] Ganesha Chaturthi - Birthday of Ganesha - Sunday, August 23rd [22 Attachments]

2009-08-22 Thread michael
- Weitergeleitete Mail Von: Hubert hubert012@ Gesendet: Samstag, den 22. August 2009, 21:34:39 Uhr Betreff: Fwd: Ganesha Chaturthi - Birthday of Ganesha - Sunday, August 23rd Thanks to Graham for this message The Puja is at 2.45 p.m. European time, Sunday, August 23rd on Maharishi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:04 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call! Pity then that you didn't wake up but joined, or perhaps you've been there all along, Buddhism; perhaps the most

[FairfieldLife] The Difference Between Bush Lincoln'

2009-08-22 Thread Robert
One's face showed the pain of war, and the stoic sense of purpose... The other one's face, showed no remorse, no depth, nothing is there at all! Well, maybe still the arrogance... R.g.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? Travis isn't talking about just alpha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: Willytex is on Medicare... I like to pay out-of-pocket for most services - I like to manage my own health care, whenever possible. Until the shit hits the fangod forbid.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:29 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden... Thanks, Judy. She's living with a

[FairfieldLife] 50% tax is not 50% of income dumbass----------- was/// Obama uses faith

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: So, Off, you live in Britain where you get over 30% of your paycheck deducted for taxes. Off wrote: You are completely brain-washed. It is about 1-3%. Well, I thought your

[FairfieldLife] The true meaning of the *only begotten*.

2009-08-22 Thread wgm4u
Christ is God's Infinite Intelligence that is present in all creation, the Infinite Christ is the 'only begotten son' of God the Father, the only pure Reflection of Spirit in the created realm. That Universal Intelligence, the Kutastha Chaitanya or Krishna Consciousness of the Hindu scriptures,

[FairfieldLife] Is Willytex a complete idiot or not? ----------------- was////Obama uses faith

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: You are an idiot. So, Off, where you live, you get lots of government handouts but you have to pay really high payroll and other taxes, but I'm an idiot Put

[FairfieldLife] Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex no_re...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: Willytex is on Medicare... Medicare is for sick people. How ironinc. I'll tell you what's ironic, Off. You're probably laid-off, but I'm still working,

[FairfieldLife] PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer.

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY of Iowa if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer. OffWorld

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. Usually meditation will only briefly stay in alpha until it goes to

[FairfieldLife] TIME on food production

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
Good article. IMO, the things that make us unhealthy (obesity adds $147 billion a year to our doctor bills) should be taxed in proportion to the extent they do so, and that should pay for health care. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458-1,00.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. Usually meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: [snip] I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - [snip] I must say that's pretty impressive. Twice a week I swim about a mile in the lake (mostly breaststroke). I can do about one half

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days

[FairfieldLife] Cubic Centimeters Of Chance

2009-08-22 Thread TurquoiseB
This vacation has been good for me. I'm sitting here tonight at a friend's computer, long after the friend has gone to bed, pondering the changes brought about by small moments during this particular vacation. I would count as such small moments the times I realized that I didn't know it all,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: Cleaning house the other day I came across my copy of The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation the 1988 book by Michael Murphy and Steven Donovan published by Esalen Institute. I'm going to have to thumb through some of those studies again. ;-) Probably mostly out of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that is when I am not literally running up mountains, or cross-country skiing at the lodge. In winter, I drive to the lodge, ski for about 3 hours, then work in a local cafe

[FairfieldLife] Obama May Abandon Effort to Reach Health Deal With Republicans

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
Obama May Abandon Effort to Reach Health Deal With Republicans By Edwin Chen [220] Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Barack+Obamasite=wnewsclient=wne\ wsproxystylesheet=wnewsoutput=xml_no_dtdie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8filter=pge\

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:21 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: Hindus in a Buddhist monestary ? Well, please tell that to the Lamas running these monestaries; you are now a Hindu ! They would laugh so hard you would take to the nearest street for an all american Coke. While on Purusha I met several

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that is when I am not literally running up mountains, or cross-country

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-08-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 2009 84 messages as of (UTC) Sat Aug 22 23:54:34 2009 9 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 9 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Science of Abundance Hymn

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Om, Jai Guru Dev. A beautiful meditation hymn and powerful lesson. The Science of Abundance Hymn Come, Transcendence, come With energy divine, And on this poor, benighted soul With beams of mercy shine. Melt, melt this frozen heart; That stubborn will subdue; Each evil passion overcome, And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, Frontal alpha coherence is not reported

[FairfieldLife] Transcendental Vaipassanaic Meditation, TVM

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Satsang Fairfield, the Middle Way: Notes: The purpose of doing this type of vaipassana, which is not the classic way, what's done over the years, is to amalgamate the TM practice and vaipassana practice so that you're dealing with the transcendent and you're also dealing with observation, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that is when I am not literally running up mountains,

[FairfieldLife] Re: PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer.

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY of Iowa if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer. OffWorld We know what the answer to that question... The real question with Grassley, is what aspect of creative intelligence is he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
Hi RD: On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:50 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence against women isn't so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
I'm enrolled in the government plan, almost everyone around here is, since it's an automatic payroll deduction. But I'm on an employee group plan provided by my employer. I make a small co-pay, but I'm not sick, so I don't use the plan very much. You can't use both at the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
I like to pay out-of-pocket for most services - I like to manage my own health care, whenever possible. off_world_beings wrote: Until the shit hits the fangod forbid. Right, I'm fully vested, so never mind the bollocks. LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
This exchange illustrates perfectly what I've been saying for some time now. When Vaj is challenged, instead of rising to the challenge, he fades...and dances...and sings...and stands on his head...and twists and turns...and wiggles his ears...and thumbs his nose...but he NEVER RESPONDS TO THE

[FairfieldLife] John Douglas

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
From a friend: Hi Rick Here's the info on John Douglas. http://www.spirit-repair.com/ The website doesn't do him justice. In his seminars (if you go to workshops, you'll get a better idea) he explains the principles and procedures much more clearly. His cd's are expensive but they last

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Hi RD: On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:50 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Inglourious basterds and subtitles

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
I saw the movie today and thoroughly enjoyed it. What surprised me is that Pitt and the American actors only have supporting roles. The real stars — and the ones who have most of the screen time — are the German and French actors: Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, and the excellent Christoph

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread bob_brigante
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