[FairfieldLife] Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-25 Thread John
We have much to be thankful for. At least for the time being, the US economy is holding its course. There's food on the table. So, life is good! JR

[FairfieldLife] The End of the Veda is not Vedanta

2009-11-25 Thread emptybill
I have a friend who was one of the original disciples of Prabhupad. This disciple was the one who installed my traditionally carved Shiva lingam with a mahaarudra-abhishekam and agni-hotra. He was trained in various pancharatri vidhi-s by a brahmana from Udapi. He is a liberal, I am a conservat

RE: [FairfieldLife] Compulsive Arguing = "Bored and Boring"

2009-11-25 Thread Paula Youmans
Just as a funny side note, I had put yahoo groups to no email a long, long time ago.never bothered to look and semi-forgot about it. Went back in and told it to start sending me emails again like..yesterday. All I can think is, "wow.shit's changed" LOL Hello again, to anyone who mig

[FairfieldLife] there is a Gyan Yuga coming in the midst of Kali Yuga

2009-11-25 Thread shukra69
http://www.srigurudev.net/maharishi/stories.html

[FairfieldLife] because Maharishi is here for the whole world

2009-11-25 Thread shukra69
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yves-mthp/2304639938/in/photostream/

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Poem from Maharishi

2009-11-25 Thread shukra69
Totally infatuated with Maharishi, like some preteen boy infatuated with a girl but cannot understand it so he torments her --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Premanand wrote: > > > Allegedly in 1941 Maharishi wrote a poem entitled "OM" just a f

[FairfieldLife] Plunder-How Public Employee Unions are bankrupting the Nation.

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
Don't ya just love Obama voters like the Public Employee Unions? Look at what they did to General Motors!!! With weak kneed management of course! http://www.amazon.com/Plunder-Employee-Treasuries-Controlling-Bankrupting/dp/0984275207/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259198392&sr=1-3

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-11-25 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 2009 355 messages as of (UTC) Wed Nov 25 23:48:02 2009 50 authfriend 42 "do.rflex" 32 ShempMcGurk 32 BillyG 31 Vaj 26 WillyTex 23 Bhairitu 22 TurquoiseB 10

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Motive behind the Man Made Global Warming Hoax.

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G4f98fBCfk&feature=related > > > > > > The Wall Street Journal > , New York >

[FairfieldLife] Re: In the name of religion . . .

2009-11-25 Thread sgrayatlarge
OM Shanti Shanti Shanti --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > Thousands take part in world's largest ritual animal slaughter > > "The goddess needs blood," said Chandan Dev Chaudhury, > a priest at the Gadhimai temple in the centre of the > festival site. > > > [A Hi

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Poem from Maharishi

2009-11-25 Thread Vaj
On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Premanand wrote: > Allegedly in 1941 Maharishi wrote a poem entitled "OM" just a few months > before joining Guru Dev's ashram, > > "OM" > Om Lead Me To Light > Om Dawn In My Sight > Om Take Me To Thine > Om Make Me To Shine Wow, that's a keeper! You should add it

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Motive behind the Man Made Global Warming Hoax.

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G4f98fBCfk&feature=related > The Wall Street Journal , New York Times , Washingto

[FairfieldLife] Re: I believe this demeans the TMO and TM Program

2009-11-25 Thread shukra69
looks very smart and professional , deserves praise --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > [free shipping email] > 55&v=2&key=58c9&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapi.com> Maharishi Ayurveda > Products I

[FairfieldLife] The Motive behind the Man Made Global Warming Hoax.

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G4f98fBCfk&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] A Poem from Maharishi

2009-11-25 Thread Premanand
Allegedly in 1941 Maharishi wrote a poem entitled "OM" just a few months before joining Guru Dev's ashram, "OM" Om Lead Me To Light Om Dawn In My Sight Om Take Me To Thine Om Make Me To Shine

[FairfieldLife] Re: Glenn Beck on Climate-gate, a must see!

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_Szcmtxvs&feature=related > Why am I not surprised that Billy gets his information from people like Glenn Beck? LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Glenn Beck on Climate-gate, a must see!

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_Szcmtxvs&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Culprits behind the Man Made Global Warming Scam

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > Hey Billy - have you seen this? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk > > The darn tune's got stuck in my head! Global warming advocates, er scientists, are hiding the decline? Listen up folks! I hear NASA is now being sued

[FairfieldLife] Thanksgiving wishes

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Arguing: Playing For Fun vs. Playing To Win

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
My dad was good at pool. Story goes he even beat Minnesota Fats once but I have my doubts about that. He was good at math and geometry so applied those skills. For some reason though I never tried I could win at pool during my early 20s. Now I'm lousy at it. During my first summer club gig

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Move over! Madoff scandal becomes 2nd biggest fraud in history

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > Reminds me I need to replace my 53" TV with a 55" > >> one soon (while I can still buy one in California)! >> >> > > > There's a new search engine that came out a few years ago called > www.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Tipping in Spain?

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> I was listening to Thom Hartmann on Droid phone during my >> morning walk and he broadcasting from Barcelona where he's >> attending a conference. He mentioned that in Spain there is >> no tipping. He brought up t

[FairfieldLife] Arguing: Playing For Fun vs. Playing To Win

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
I am easily distracted by fun. In my first year of college, I joined a fraternity for no better reason than that my father had been a member of it, and found that they had a pool table. I was lost. I really got *into* the Zen of playing pool, reading books about it written by the great masters

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread WillyTex
raunchydog wrote: > It's hard to imagine some one didn't > tell Obama to fact check his history > books about what happens to countries > determined to "finish the job" in > Afghanistan... > Afghanistan is just a line in the sand. History is the past and the future hasn't come yet. The realit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Move over! Madoff scandal becomes 2nd biggest fraud in history

2009-11-25 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: [snip] Reminds me I need to replace my 53" TV with a 55" > one soon (while I can still buy one in California)! > There's a new search engine that came out a few years ago called www.blackle.com whose raison d'etre is that because th

[FairfieldLife] Re: No Tipping in Spain?

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > I was listening to Thom Hartmann on Droid phone during my > morning walk and he broadcasting from Barcelona where he's > attending a conference. He mentioned that in Spain there is > no tipping. He brought up the subject because of the n

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'World's Biggest Animal Sacrifice' Begins

2009-11-25 Thread ShempMcGurk
Inaccurate reporting. And it shows a great hubris on the part of western reporters whose readership, I'm sure, are going to be smugly aghast and, certainly, eager to feel superior to the alleged barbarity of the backward Hindus. On a weekly basis, America alone consumes far, FAR more meat in t

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'World's Biggest Animal Sacrifice' Begins

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
Have there been any "peer reviewed" studies on the effects of animal sacrifice? Rick Archer wrote: > 'WORLD'S BIGGEST ANIMAL SACRIFICE' BEGINS > By Deepesh Shrestha > AFP > November 24, 2009 > > http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26397679-23109,00.html > > Up to a million Hindu devotees have ga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Move over! Madoff scandal becomes 2nd biggest fraud in history

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: > >>> Statistics con the final nail in Rudd's >>> climate change coffin... >>> >>> > Bhairitu wrote: > >> So what is it you're afraid of, Shemp? >> >> > Well, I'm afraid that Al Gore will have to > return his Nobel Peace Prize; he's now been > proven to be a fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Culprits behind the Man Made Global Warming Scam

2009-11-25 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" wrote: > > Michael Mann, James Hansen, Phil Jones, Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen > Schneider, Kevin Trenberth — these are but a few of the "big guns" > of global warming alarmism who are unfavorably exposed in the documents > that were posted on the

[FairfieldLife] No Tipping in Spain?

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
I was listening to Thom Hartmann on Droid phone during my morning walk and he broadcasting from Barcelona where he's attending a conference. He mentioned that in Spain there is no tipping. He brought up the subject because of the news item this week about the people arrested for not tippin

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > The very *concept* of compulsive arguing mystifies me. > It's like shouting to the world, "I HAVE AN EGO." :-) Some might think claiming that one is above all argument shouts "I HAVE AN EGO" to the world. Or more like "I AM AN EGO." > >

[FairfieldLife] 'World's Biggest Animal Sacrifice' Begins

2009-11-25 Thread Rick Archer
'WORLD'S BIGGEST ANIMAL SACRIFICE' BEGINS By Deepesh Shrestha AFP November 24, 2009 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26397679-23109,00.html Up to a million Hindu devotees have gathered in a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Move over! Madoff scandal becomes 2nd biggest fraud in history

2009-11-25 Thread WillyTex
> > Statistics con the final nail in Rudd's > > climate change coffin... > > Bhairitu wrote: > So what is it you're afraid of, Shemp? > Well, I'm afraid that Al Gore will have to return his Nobel Peace Prize; he's now been proven to be a fraud and a liar, bigger than even Bernie Maddof. Gore

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > I guess one could make a case for arguing being a > > form of entertainment. If the one making this case > > doesn't have a life, that is. :-) > > Don't forget we've got some bullheaded people here who can't > seem

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > I guess one could make a case for arguing being a > form of entertainment. If the one making this case > doesn't have a life, that is. :-) Don't forget we've got some bullheaded people here who can't seem to discuss issues. It's either their way or the highway. On some othe

[FairfieldLife] The Culprits behind the Man Made Global Warming Scam

2009-11-25 Thread BillyG
Michael Mann, James Hansen, Phil Jones, Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen Schneider, Kevin Trenberth — these are but a few of the "big guns" of global warming alarmism who are unfavorably exposed in the documents that were posted on the Internet by unknown hackers who penetrated the computer system of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Right now it is probably because it is "the holidays." This year > it may well be a very boring time of the year because people are > finding they don't have any money to spend for it. I think that > is making people uptight and hence yo

[FairfieldLife] In the name of religion . . .

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
Thousands take part in world's largest ritual animal slaughter "The goddess needs blood," said Chandan Dev Chaudhury, a priest at the Gadhimai temple in the centre of the festival site. [A Hindu devotee slaughters a buffalo as an offering to the goddess Gadhima] Hundreds of thousands

Re: [FairfieldLife] I believe this demeans the TMO and TM Program

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
Like many companies is suspect MAPI's business is hurting too. So they ramp up the ad campaign. I've been getting more emails from them as usual as I have from other companies who seem to be in "desperate times." MAPI also has more competition. I can buy Banyan Botannical products and bulk herb

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:53 AM, raunchydog wrote: > >> It's hard to imagine some one didn't tell Obama to fact check his >> history books about what happens to countries determined to "finish >> the job" in Afghanistan. It looks like we're in it for the long haul. >> >> >> http://ww

Re: [FairfieldLife] More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread Bhairitu
Right now it is probably because it is "the holidays." This year it may well be a very boring time of the year because people are finding they don't have any money to spend for it. I think that is making people uptight and hence you'll see more arguing going on. Most of the other groups I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: I believe this demeans the TMO and TM Program

2009-11-25 Thread raunchydog
MAPI missed the boat on Santa's sleigh. They should have gone for the whole enchilada and had Arjuna and Krishna driving the sleigh. [http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/arjuna_Krishna_chariot.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Re: I believe this demeans the TMO and TM Program

2009-11-25 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: I think it's the sanest thing they've done for a long time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: German Robin Hood receives suspended sentence

2009-11-25 Thread ShempMcGurk
We don't know the individual situations of each of the "poor" people the banker helped, but if it's happening in Germany, it's happening in a country with one of the greatest safety nets for its citizens on the planet. And who is funding that safety net? It's not poor people...it's the rich th

[FairfieldLife] I believe this demeans the TMO and TM Program

2009-11-25 Thread ShempMcGurk
[free shipping email] Maharishi Ayurveda Products International • 1661 Hwy 1 • Fairfield • Iowa • 52556 Subscribe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread Vaj
On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, Really now, just how long would it take before the military industrial complex removed Obama from office if he didn't keep war on the front burner? I'm aware it's unlikely to happen from Barack O'Ball-less--barring Michelle slapping

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread Duveyoung
Vaj, Really now, just how long would it take before the military industrial complex removed Obama from office if he didn't keep war on the front burner? Seeing how Obama has been handcuffed by wingnuts, lobbyists, BigBiz, bought and paid for Democrats, et al, and comparing that to my hopes fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
New York Times, November 24, 2009: President Obama has conducted a final meeting on his military review for Afghanistan, administration officials said, and he is planning to explain his decisi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread Vaj
On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:53 AM, raunchydog wrote: It's hard to imagine some one didn't tell Obama to fact check his history books about what happens to countries determined to "finish the job" in Afghanistan. It looks like we're in it for the long haul. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/us/p

[FairfieldLife] German Robin Hood receives suspended sentence

2009-11-25 Thread do.rflex
German banker admits transferring money from rich to help poorer clients [Euro notes] €7.6m from rich customers' accounts was 'loaned' to needier clients at a rural bank branch in Germany. Photograph: Stephan Hoeck/Getty Images/ Stock4B Creative In these financially troubled times, b

[FairfieldLife] Fw: Listen to how it was, Peter Wallace

2009-11-25 Thread Doug Hamilton
Subject: Fw: Listen to how it was I heard some of this. It is intriguing, joyful, inspiring and often more than that. The story of Maharishi, Peter and a flashlight in the jungles of India one night is incredible- enLightening! Listen online at khoe.org. World Radio KHOE, 90.5 FM will r

[FairfieldLife] Obama Warmongering in Afghanistan

2009-11-25 Thread raunchydog
It's hard to imagine some one didn't tell Obama to fact check his history books about what happens to countries determined to "finish the job" in Afghanistan. It looks like we're in it for the long haul. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/us/politics/25policy.html?_r=2&partner\ =rss&emc=rss [

[FairfieldLife] Re: Herbivore men and Carnivore women

2009-11-25 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Heard this on NPR this morn: > > Audio on site > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? > storyId=120696816&ft=1&f=1001 > In Japan, 'Herbivore' Boys Subvert Ideas Of Manhood > by LOUISA LIM > > >  > Louisa Lim/NPR > Yasuhito Seki

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing --be the angel you Are today

2009-11-25 Thread m 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwC0RTAC2Pg

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing --magik(love)to you

2009-11-25 Thread m 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zSzMFuItRw     Go Love today      

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- be accountable

2009-11-25 Thread m 13
OK great dialogue and excellent points     NOW   Let's mean it   I am going to pick one geez, one, how hard can that be? I 'm going to pick one of these things listed at the end of the post and DO it   Please, for humanity-please join me-do ONE thing TODAY and log back in and mention what you did.

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > I think there are a few reasons for this - > 1. people want to connect with other people, even if the > only way to do so is to disagree (negative attention is > better than being ignored for some people) I think you're correct abo

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > You all know how much I love to spot trends. :-) > > One trend I have noticed is that actual creativity > > (and, as a result, the amount of actual content in > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > You all know how much I love to spot trends. :-) > One trend I have noticed is that actual creativity > (and, as a result, the amount of actual content in > posts as opposed to the same old same old drivel) > waxes and wanes. NOT just o

[FairfieldLife] More about arguing -- the deja vu factor

2009-11-25 Thread TurquoiseB
You all know how much I love to spot trends. :-) One trend I have noticed is that actual creativity (and, as a result, the amount of actual content in posts as opposed to the same old same old drivel) waxes and wanes. NOT just on FFL; this seems to be a larger phenomenon. That is, at the same time