[FairfieldLife] Swami Beyondananda

Swami Beyondananda: The Cosmic Comic, Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOKVeApb4g Swami Beyondananda The Upwising Begins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hz3FmOJIhM

[FairfieldLife] Buddha Boy Speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG54_bRp2CY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

[FairfieldLife] uncomfortable meditations

TM can make someone acutely aware of even very subtle imbalances in the nervous system. only someone who is meditating for sometime would usually be able to feel this. if otherwise ok according to the birth chart, even a very small diamond could help to remedy this if other simpler measures like

[FairfieldLife] The Buckin' Cult Of Personality (was Re: 1961)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > Best of luck, > > -Buck > > Dear Buck, > > Since we're talking the cult of personality and all, and because I'm as > much of a cult personality fanboy as the next guy, I have to ask -- are > you the same "Buck" as General "Buck"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Saints win!

Entertainment highlights: Queen Latifa, sings "America the Beautiful" Oh Baby! Carrie Underwood, American Idol sings "National Anthem" ho-hum. The Who. WOW! http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/02/super-bowl-2010-carrie-underwood-queen-latifah-and-the-who-go-for-it.html MVP Drew Brees,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Saints win!

Ed Lavendera of CNN just did a live report from Bourbon Street, shouting into the microphone while being mobbed by hordes of people absolutely insane with joy. He couldn't stop grinning. Wall to wall people on the street, laughing and crying and whooping. What a beautiful sight. --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Saints win!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Sonofagun, they did it! > > How *fabulous* for New Orleans. Party time! > Booya!

[FairfieldLife] Saints win!

Sonofagun, they did it! How *fabulous* for New Orleans. Party time!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl Ads

I understand. We're not much of a sports watching family, but it's a little tradition for us. We don't go to a party. We watch it at home and have some bean/cheese/jalapeno dip. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > I never watch the "Stupor Bowl". ;-) > > raunchydog wr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Super Bowl Ads

I never watch the "Stupor Bowl". ;-) raunchydog wrote: > The Who rocks the Super Bowl at Half Time. What a show! Vote for your > favorite Ads after the show: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/adblitz > > Favorites: > Wear the Pants--Dockers > KGB > truTV > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl Ads

I'm liking that Audi pc/green commercial --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > The Who rocks the Super Bowl at Half Time. What a show! Vote for your > favorite Ads after the show: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/adblitz > > Favorites: > Wear the Pants--Dockers > KGB > t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl Ads

Oh yea. That's nice. Just saw much of it. Do you think that might have been to allay concerns that they were up to it. Damn, it made me proud to watch them at half time. I kind of feel that I showed up my kids and all the stuff they're into. Talkin bout my generation! --- In FairfieldLife@y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl Ads

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > The Who rocks the Super Bowl at Half Time. What a show! Vote for your > favorite Ads after the show: I liked their acoustic press conference performance even more than their big show: http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/02/04/the-who-rock-th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Super Bowl Ads

I loved them. Thought they did great. My teenage kids really enjoyed them too. I think the commercials have been very mediocre. So far I've liked the flower delivery commercial best. FTD or whichever it was. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > The Who rocks the Su

[FairfieldLife] Super Bowl Ads

The Who rocks the Super Bowl at Half Time. What a show! Vote for your favorite Ads after the show: http://www.youtube.com/user/adblitz Favorites: Wear the Pants--Dockers KGB truTV

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > The more interesting chart is the inner one because it shows relatively > little or no significant difference in cyclones and earthquakes. > > Floods, of course, will only be of concern in populated areas...and populated > areas i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

The more interesting chart is the inner one because it shows relatively little or no significant difference in cyclones and earthquakes. Floods, of course, will only be of concern in populated areas...and populated areas increased with the increase of world population. Also interesting is the e

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Feb 13 00:00:00 2010 162 messages as of (UTC) Sun Feb 07 23:51:16 2010 18 curtisdeltablues 14 WillyTex 13 authfriend 10 "do.rflex" 9 nablusoss1008 9 TurquoiseB 8 lurkerno

[FairfieldLife] Chicago Bears, "Superbowl Shuffle"

I guess this video from 1985 would be nostalgia for most; I'd never seen it before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU Pretty cool for its time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > > 2. it's an olfactory thing: basic TM technique makes > > your body excrete some pheromone like stuff ("burning" > > of kRSNa-karma??), that irritates other people. > > > > Hey, Carde, I've never heard of this body excretion stuff y

[FairfieldLife] Some thoughts on the movie "500 Days of Summer."

Turq recommended this movie last fall. I rented it on Blu-Ray and watched it last night. First let me tell you trying to watch it was a "trying" experience (warning tech rant ahead). My 2+ year old Sony BDP-300 would not play it. Those damn "loading bars" would get to a certain point and th

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..Spirituality

> > And for guys like me who don't have issues with their practice >(because we don't have a practice) your subtext "Let it Be" works >fine. = a sophist. Non-meditator.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > > > This is sim

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate universes

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote Lots of points to agree with. Some of the differences I see between our POVs may be a matter of emphasis. Here are some thoughts: First the song. Living Color gave a ton of interviews when the song came out. They were actually being

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Taliban

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > > > Obviously, certain gay behavior as well as certain heterosexual behavior > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > This is simple and basic. > > > > > > Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

> > Of course I am no help in any "spiritual" issues because I don't >share a > spiritual perspective. (not that there's anything wrong with >that!) > > > > > > Well, for a lack of just not knowing (experience) that later is a large spiritual assumption on your part. Though proly right

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

> > 2. it's an olfactory thing: basic TM technique makes > your body excrete some pheromone like stuff ("burning" > of kRSNa-karma??), that irritates other people. > Hey, Carde, I've never heard of this body excretion stuff you've mentioned. What does it smell like to women?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > This is simple and basic. > > > > Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the > > consequences include the abnormal and extreme weather > > fluctuations that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > "How many simply blocked it out of their > awareness because they're friendly with Barry?" > > I'm gunna take a wild guess who this was aimed at. At > least you know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate universes

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > "the love inspired by a guru is no > different from the mindless devotion of the German > masses to Hitler;" > > If this refers to me posting the "Cult of Personality" > song in response to the Guru Dev is a divinity quote, you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: "How many simply blocked it out of their awareness because they're friendly with Barry?" I'm gunna take a wild guess who this was aimed at. At least you know I'm reading your posts. Of the 3 alternative options I can think of my favorit

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Taliban

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > > > Obviously, certain gay behavior as well as certain heterosexual behavior > > most definitely should be outlawed. > > > > And we all know which activities I am r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tibet temperature 'highest since records began'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > This is simple and basic. > > Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the consequences include the > abnormal and extreme weather fluctuations that we see as the trend of > increasing global temperatures continues upwa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > me: > > Hey it is Saturday night... > > > Couldn't get a date? > Married with children.

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Wants to Fly

I wonder whether the title "David wants to fly" is a play on the title of the Werner Herzog film "Little Dieter needs to fly" which is a 1997 document about Dieter Dengler who, born in Germany and who lived as a boy through WWII, joined the U.S. Air Force as a young man, went to Vietnam, and on

[FairfieldLife] Considering a new career [1 Attachment]

-- Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago? Diversity. It killed 13 at Fort Hood.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate universes

Judy: > My reaction to the quotes in the story from Palin > and members of her audience was *exactly the same* > as my reaction to what I'd read of the latest posts > from the TM critics on FFL right before I read the > Times article... > So, it's all about Curtis. "If Maharishi or Guru Dev ap

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "metoostill" wrote: > > I wonder was Tony: > > 5. or...[please fill in as appropriate] > > 6. It was along the lines that JohnR (who IMO repre- > sents pure, unadulterated, On The Program "TM thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternate universes

"the love inspired by a guru is no different from the mindless devotion of the German masses to Hitler;" If this refers to me posting the "Cult of Personality" song in response to the Guru Dev is a divinity quote, you may have missed what I believe is the point of the song. MMY quote from the o

Re: [FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

On Feb 7, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Vaj wrote: > "David Wants to Fly" opens at Berlin Film Festival, a young filmmaker's > experience of David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation Should be good--hope we get to see it over here in the good old US. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

Vaj: > Many people who were adversely effected by > TM and/or the TMSP... > So, you were adversely affected. > ...have had great relief the kundalinicare > people. > So, you're now considering getting help from some 'kundalini' people. And you're going to take a bus trip all the way to Tenne

[FairfieldLife] RFK Jr. is a true global warming visionary

Not! RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 12/21/09 1:51 PM EST Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet,

[FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

>From TMFree: http://tmfree.blogspot.com/2010/02/david-wants-to-fly-opens-at-berlin-film.html "David Wants to Fly" opens at Berlin Film Festival, a young filmmaker's experience of David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation Posted by Gina at 2/07/2010 10:50:00 AM A few years ago, a young film make

[FairfieldLife] Alternate universes

I have plenty of criticisms of Obama and the Democratic Congress, just as I do of MMY and the TMO. But this morning, after I had read the story in the NYTimes about the Tea Party convention in Nashville at which Sarah Palin gave the keynote speech, I suddenly realized something. My reaction to t

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Knowing: A Confession

Turq: > I hope that I keep wondering about stuff > as long as there is an "I" to wonder... > So, you're thinking there is a 'soul-monad' that reincarnates over time, but you don't even know who you are. If you don't know your 'self', how will you know your 'Self'? In a previous post, you c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

Many people who were adversely effected by TM and/or the TMSP have had great relief the kundalinicare.com people. The book Kundalini Vidya on their website is a must read for all long-term TMers. On Feb 6, 2010, at 11:01 PM, janosmelocco wrote: > > Another point: Curtis is also right. Perhaps

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

Turq: > ...prancing around like an out-of-control drag > queen in robes and a crown, and doing all those > other oh-so MALE things any TM saint *should* > be doing. > "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

me: > Hey it is Saturday night... > Couldn't get a date?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:34 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet > > By FRANK > RICH- > February 6, 2010 > > * A* funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mulle

[FairfieldLife] Re: Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

Do: > "...don't ask, don't tell." > So, why would anyone feel a need to ask anyone else if they are 'gay' or not, John? I already told you I'm not gay. Is that what you ask all of your friends - 'are you a homo'? You may get away with it on a news forum, where you can post anonymously, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

me: > Anybody have a name for the Mrs... > Mrs. Anthony Nader?

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

Curtis: > You seem really sincere and in real distress. > Here are my two cents. > > Your wife's issues have nothing to do with > your TM practice. > You are not equipped to answer any questions about 'spiritual practice', Curtis. > It is more likely that she is sensitive to your > disa

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

> > According to Zen Master Suzuki, all you have > > to do is 'sit'. This 'just sitting' IS the > > enlightened state. All you have to do is 'be > > aware of being aware'. > > > > It's that simple. > > Nab: > Let Suzuki sit thinking and imagine he is > enlightened, > Just sitting IS the en

[FairfieldLife] Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet By FRANK RICH - February 6, 2010 A funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:59 PM, John wrote: > Lastly, you may have to request a pandit to perform yagyas for your family > to correct this problem, if it cannot be resolved amicably. > > > All problems are the result of bad vastu. Get your house recitified to the latest vastu thinking and you a

[FairfieldLife] If your spiritual path conflicts with your relationship...

...which wins...what do you do? It seems to me that this is a topic worth discussing, since basically this question is at the basis of several important threads in recent weeks, not least of them the "Da King is married with children" thang. Clearly, within the TM movement there are many ponderin

[FairfieldLife] Subjective/Objective - which is the trump card?

Continuing my pondering of "What trumps what?," given threads in recent history I think the koan of whether one's subjective experience vs. experience of objective reality "wins" or *should* "win" is in order. But that's just me, sitting in a sunny cafe in February knowing absolute diddleysquat but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:14 PM, metoostill wrote: > Anybody have a name for the Mrs. or an address yet? Dying to know. There > were Popes in the middle ages who had children too, kept them in Vegas I > think, you know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. > Are you referring to OJ Simpson?

[FairfieldLife] On Knowing: A Confession

It's a warm, sunny, week-before-Carnavale Sunday in Sitges, and I am taking advantage of it in one of the ways I love best, sitting in a beachside cafe watching the passersby and taking advantage of my new laptop's eight-hour battery life to rap about a few things. The first, as seems fitting g

[FairfieldLife] The Buckin' Cult Of Personality (was Re: 1961)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0 > > > > The cult of personality. > > Dear Curt, > > Well, that certainly ain't no gandharva veda music. Kind of the opposite.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1961

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0 > > The cult of personality. > > Dear Curt, Well, that certainly ain't no gandharva veda music. Kind of the opposite. To the anti-christ of cult music spiritually . No wonder.

[FairfieldLife] Re: please advise me on technique - mantras, experiences

> > I am a practicing Indian astrologer BTW. > > Let me recap what my question is about. Somehow, my basic meditation > technique changed over the years, and since about 2001-2002 it has not > been good at all - sometimes I felt it was downright unpleasant and > destructive to my everyday life.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tony Nader living in Paris with wife and 2 kids

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "metoostill" wrote: > > Anybody have a name for the Mrs. or an address yet? Dying to know. Don't be silly. Raj Rajaswaris don't have names, or deserve them. They are women! > There were Popes in the middle ages who had children too, kept > them in Vegas I