[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Yikes. Thanks, card. No, it's not much help, but I > appreciate your going to the trouble. > > "aalaya" meaning "receptable" would make sense in > connection with the subconscious, in the sense of > a sort of storehouse, a place wher

[FairfieldLife] Poem for the New Decade

"Conscientious Objector" by Edna St. Vincent Millay I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor. He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

Thank you, John and emptybill! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently > > Osho

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

Murqaba. Wiki it for a summary intro. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate? > > > > Hugo wrote: > > Doug did two posts ago. I would've thought with all > > the books you read you might have got the hang of it > > by now. > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently > Osho used it to refer to the subconscious, but I'm looking for > a more literal translation; can't find anything on t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently > > Osho used it to refer to the subconscious, but I'm looking for > > a more l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another indication that Sarah Palin can become the next president

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:53 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another indication tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> On his commentary for "Gossford Park" Robert Altman said he specifically >> put enough "fucks" in the dialog to get it an R rating. He didn't want >> the movie spoiled for older folks by teenagers. >> > > >

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 26 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 02 00:00:00 2010 291 messages as of (UTC) Thu Dec 31 00:09:05 2009 35 authfriend 27 WillyTex 27 Bhairitu 25 ShempMcGurk 22 TurquoiseB 20 "do.rflex" 18 dhamiltony2k5 15

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > ShempMcGurk wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > >> Language not only never bothers me, I find it > >> an effective "filter" to limit an audience to > >> those who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

Yikes. Thanks, card. No, it's not much help, but I appreciate your going to the trouble. "aalaya" meaning "receptable" would make sense in connection with the subconscious, in the sense of a sort of storehouse, a place where you put stuff that you don't want to have out in the open. But none of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jyotish Blue Moon

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , azgrey wrote: > > > > Can any of the Jyotishi's here tell me if there is any > > significance to the occurrence of a Blue Moon? We had a > > full moon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit help, please

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently > Osho used it to refer to the subconscious, but I'm looking for > a more literal translation; can't find anything on the Web. > > And should both terms be capital

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jyotish Blue Moon

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , azgrey wrote: > > Can any of the Jyotishi's here tell me if there is any significance to the occurrence of a Blue Moon? We had a full moon Dec 3rd and I believe it will be full here again shortly before midnight on Ne

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jyotish Blue Moon

   I've never heard of anything Jyotish about a "Blue Moon."    But you have heard something Jyotish about an eclipsed moon:    http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2009Dec31P.pdf   "Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love."    - Amma  ---

[FairfieldLife] Sanskrit help, please

What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently Osho used it to refer to the subconscious, but I'm looking for a more literal translation; can't find anything on the Web. And should both terms be capitalized? Is the phrase a proper noun? (This is for an editing gig I'm working on.)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > >> Language not only never bothers me, I find it >> an effective "filter" to limit an audience to >> those who can get past it to what lies beneath. >> Not a word of either Deadwood or The Wire e

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957

1974 Maharishi's Year of Achievement of the World Plan The Discovery of the "Maharishi Effect": one percent of the population practicing the Transcendental Meditation program in any city reduces negative tendencies, such as crime, accident, and sickness rates, and increases positive tendencies th

[FairfieldLife] Re: 12 days, $661 million and counting....

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > As a kid I loved to read the hockey scores in the morning paper. As a young > man I loved nothing more than to read and cheer on Wayne Gretzky as he broke > every imaginable record in the NHL. It was a fun, daily exercise in > s

[FairfieldLife] 12 days, $661 million and counting....

As a kid I loved to read the hockey scores in the morning paper. As a young man I loved nothing more than to read and cheer on Wayne Gretzky as he broke every imaginable record in the NHL. It was a fun, daily exercise in statistics. Well, as a 54 year old, I am getting extreme pleasure out of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate? > > > > Hugo wrote: > > Doug did two posts ago. I would've thought with all > > the books you read you might have got the hang of it > > by now. > > > Who said I read any books about medit

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

> > > > Fight terrorism with meditation. > > > > > If you can get the terrorists to meditate > > you might be onto something. Until then... > > > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate? > Well, by Sharia –Islamic Law, `Yoga' is one godless influence that gets regulated out. That there proly

[FairfieldLife] Day Of The Triffids - spoiler alert - was Re: Gomorra etc etc

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > PaliGap wrote: > > > > Right now I really like "Breaking Bad". Have not seen > > mention of it here by the resident film and TV buffs. > > I guess Yahoo Groups search isn't that good then since I've been talking > about it since it's f

[FairfieldLife] Re: "America is a Rich Country", Barack Obama (debates).

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Junior wrote: > > This is a good article for everyone. The > > downside is that the politicians are not > > about to say, "Let's raise taxes to pay > > for the debt." That would be political > > suicide. Hence, taxes are polit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: [snip] > > Language not only never bothers me, I find it > an effective "filter" to limit an audience to > those who can get past it to what lies beneath. > Not a word of either Deadwood or The Wire ever > "rang false" to me. [sni

[FairfieldLife] Re: Still the best YouTube clip of All Time - and only 5 seconds!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ron R" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw > ...and almost 18 million hits! If that damn chipmunk was wearing a "Drink Coke" t-shirt, do you realize he could have made millions?

[FairfieldLife] Dorian Gray

I watched the new version of this tonight, and have to say that I was underwhelmed. The period stuff is cool and all, but overall it seemed to suffer from a bad script (Oscar Wilde is rolling in his grave) and direction bad enough that you feel that *Colin Firth* is overacting. :-) Rebecca Hall is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > You surprise me Schemp! > > Deadwood was certainly a 'cusser (another series I enjoyed). Deadwood is arguably one of the two or three best TV series ever created. > In The Wire I had to concentrate so hard to follow the > street lingo

[FairfieldLife] Dr Adam Pressman introduced two video clips of David Lynch's trip to India

Global Family Chats 2009 To download the Windows Media Player files, right click on the link and select 'save target as'. The link for any day should be working approximately 24 hours after the chat finishes. Global Family Chats December 29th Dr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

PaliGap wrote: > > Right now I really like "Breaking Bad". Have not seen > mention of it here by the resident film and TV buffs. I guess Yahoo Groups search isn't that good then since I've been talking about it since it's first season. I had to pick up my socks after every episode. Probably o

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Movement SPOILER Alert

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > Maharishi... > > > "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds > discuss events. Small minds discuss people." > -- Eleanor Roosevelt ;-) Both the Turkey and the Vaj are obsessed with people, in this lifetime it

[FairfieldLife] Still the best YouTube clip of All Time - and only 5 seconds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

[FairfieldLife] Poll: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton America's Most Admired

A USA Today/Gallup poll finds that President Barack Obama is the country's most admired man, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman. Among Republicans, Obama came in second to George W. Bush,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Year

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > My favorite all-time NY Post frontpage headline was from about 25 years ago. > It had a photograph of Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi in drag, with > lipstick, and the headline was: "Qaddafi goes daffy!" > > Of course, the photo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > [snip] > > > > How does it compare to The Wire? > > > [snip] > > > I really wanted to see the entire DVD series of "The Wire". > > So I rented the first disc from Netfl

RE: [FairfieldLife] Another indication that Sarah Palin can become the next president

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:53 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Another indication that Sarah Palin can become the next president The following linked-to s

[FairfieldLife] Another indication that Sarah Palin can become the next president

The following linked-to story says that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman for 2009, according to a poll. But the big news is that Sarah Palin came in second (15% to Hillary's 16%). Quite significant because if she is as stupid and as hated as many in the media would have us believe, she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: [snip] > > How does it compare to The Wire? [snip] I really wanted to see the entire DVD series of "The Wire". So I rented the first disc from Netflix and watched the very first episode. It was fantastic in every way...except

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Year

My favorite all-time NY Post frontpage headline was from about 25 years ago. It had a photograph of Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi in drag, with lipstick, and the headline was: "Qaddafi goes daffy!" Of course, the photo was photoshopped (a term that didn't exist at that time) and it wasn't li

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Golden ratio

Funny that the article doesn't even give the ratio which is 1.61:1. the 3x5 postcard is 1.66 and was the aspect ratio of the earliest European movies created by the Lumiere brothers (I have a DVD of these). For some reason lost in antiquity Edison chose 4:3 or 1.33.1 which became the academy ra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

Just by co-incidence, I saw this movie on DVD about 3 weeks ago. It actually has all the elements for a movie that I like: the "documentary" style, as Barry aptly put it, mafia/crime story, etc. And I would say that Barry's review correctly describes the movie. But for some reason, it didn't "

Re: [FairfieldLife] Headline of the Year

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:51 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > [image: > Ballz[1]]Great > balls of fire. That's the classic New York Post headline under the mug > shot of Umar Farouk Adbulmutallab, who was detained by authorities a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

I'll keep an eye open for it. There is a new studio trend in DVDs and Blu-Rays from the elitists to further class warfare. I rented "Jennifer's Body" on Blu-Ray last night. This is the follow-up film from Diablo Cody the writer of "Juno" and got a little trashed by critics. I was wondering w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jyotish Blue Moon

I've never heard of anything Jyotish about a "Blue Moon." I music however it is based on a I-VI-II-V progression. ;-) azgrey wrote: > Can any of the Jyotishi's here tell me if there is any significance to the > occurrence of a Blue Moon? We had a full moon Dec 3rd and I believe it will > be f

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

> > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate? > > Hugo wrote: > Doug did two posts ago. I would've thought with all > the books you read you might have got the hang of it > by now. > Who said I read any books about meditation? You're avoiding the question, Hugo. Do terrorists 'meditate' or not?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

Mike wrote: > ...would meditation make them *better* terrorists? > Instead of blowing up one's crotch he might be able > to blow up the plain. > Apparently al Qaida terrorists meditate all the time, except when they're training in the field. It is incumbent on all fundamentalist Muslims to m

[FairfieldLife] Headline of the Year

[Ballz[1]] Great balls of fire. That's the classic New York Post headline under the mug shot of Umar Farouk Adbulmutallab, who was detained by authorities after trying to detonate a package in his underwear on a flight bound

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get your NYC TM property cheap!

gullible fool wrote: > When has the TMO ever fulfilled any one of it's > various goals, I have to ask? > You are the TMO, so that doesn't say much about your ability to fulfill any goals. From what I've read, you guys sucked at being community organizers and spiritual teachers. Apparently you

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Movement SPOILER Alert

TurquoiseB wrote: > Maharishi... > "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

[FairfieldLife] Re: "America is a Rich Country", Barack Obama (debates).

Junior wrote: > This is a good article for everyone. The > downside is that the politicians are not > about to say, "Let's raise taxes to pay > for the debt." That would be political > suicide. Hence, taxes are politically kept > low while the debt goes up continually. > There's the America

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Fight terrorism with meditation. > > > > Hugo wrote: > > If you can get the terrorists to meditate > > you might be onto something. Until then... > > > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate? > Doug did two posts ago. I would've

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

would meditation make them *better* terrorists? Instead of blowing up one's crotch he might be able to blow up the plain. From: WillyTex To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 7:57:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

> > Fight terrorism with meditation. > > Hugo wrote: > If you can get the terrorists to meditate > you might be onto something. Until then... > Who said the 'terrorists' don't meditate?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade

John Manning wrote: > "And that is because he was not our president, > but theirs..." > The election is over - you're just going to have to get over it - Obama was elected - now deal with it. But, fer chrissakes, John, you could at least get out and send in your vote!

[FairfieldLife] Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade

Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade; Or, the Rise of the New OligarchsInformed Comment - December 22 ,2009 - Juan Cole By spring of 2000, Texas governor George W. Bush was wrapping up the Republican nomination for president, and he went on to dominate the rest of the decade

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jyotish Blue Moon

Who's Mary and does she like being felt-up? From: azgrey To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 29, 2009 10:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Jyotish Blue Moon   Can any of the Jyotishi's here tell me if there is any significance to the occurr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get your NYC TM property cheap!

> > While they were watching TV, > > I read five good books. LOL! > > Hugo wrote: > Whoop-dee-whoo. > Was that a good read, Hugo? LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

I saw only the first couple of seasons of "The Wire," and thus can speak only to them. Based on what I saw in them, it was WAY more "prettified" and "cleaned up for public consumption" than "Gomorra." Plus, "The Wire" was "prettied up" in that it follows the conventions of American film and TV. Th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

Yes, after that movie i didn't feel good for 2-3 days. Movie is actually good... but what it describes is horrible. 2009/12/30 PaliGap > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , > TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , > "PaliGap" > wrote: > > > > > > [snip] >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > "Gomorra" is shot in the slums of Naples, in an almost > > > documentary fashion. It chronicles five stories that are > > > unrelated except that they (of n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > [snip] > > "Gomorra" is shot in the slums of Naples, in an almost > > documentary fashion. It chronicles five stories that are > > unrelated except that they (of necessity) interface with > > the Camorra crime family that basically runs t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

[snip] > "Gomorra" is shot in the slums of Naples, in an almost > documentary fashion. It chronicles five stories that are > unrelated except that they (of necessity) interface with > the Camorra crime family that basically runs things in > that area of Italy. Slum life is gloomy in itself; ther

[FairfieldLife] Global Family Chat: New local TM-Teachers arrive in Mongolia, new Poetry Page

December 26th Global Good News has started a Poetry page. All poets are invited to send their poems reflecting Maharishi's knowledge or experiences during TM to globalgoodn...@maharishi.net. The Poetry page can be viewed at www.musicmall.globalgoo

[FairfieldLife] Gomorra -- the gnarliest "crime family" movie ever made

First, a caveat. I'm not sure I'm recommending this movie. In fact, I probably am not, even though it came to my attention because it wound up on several critics' Ten Best Films of 2009 list and won the Grand Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. I mention it only for those like Shemp who hav

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > > wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fine Art Of Not Knowing

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jyotish Blue Moon

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey wrote: > > Can any of the Jyotishi's here tell me if there is any significance > to the occurrence of a Blue Moon? We had a full moon Dec 3rd and I > believe it will be full here again shortly before midnight on New > Years Eve. aaahhoo! > > The