[FairfieldLife] Learning from the Sin of Sodom?

The TMO may not approve of this. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28kristof.html?em

[FairfieldLife] How comic book "culture has influenced the English language

>From the definition for "milquetoast" at dictionary.com: "Word History: An indication of the effect on the English language of popular culture is the adoption of names from the comic strips as English words. Casper Milquetoast, created by Harold Webster in 1924, was a timid and retiring man na

[FairfieldLife] Global Warming: the crisis du jour

February 28, 2010 We Are Doomed -- AgainBy John Dietrich Global warming is far from the first apocalyptic prediction, or even the first based on computer models. The belief that the world is coming to an end appears to be a universal concept based on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: > I really wonder what Jerry has to say about the whole raja/royalty thing. > You would be unlikely to get a real response in front of a group but one to > one, over a glass of vino, what would he say? > > Does anyone know? > > I think the movie *Being

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 5:26 PM, mainstream20016 wrote: > > > > "This was a great time for TM. Maharishi had a fantastic > > organization in the States. Jerry Jarvis was our national > > leader and, in my opinion, the most popular leader in the > > history of the TM movement other than Maharishi.

[FairfieldLife] For those who missed the video

http://nosedef.blogspot.com/ Watch the David Lynch Force My Video Of Him Making An Ass Of Himself Off Youtube Video -- I've got nothing against God. It's his fan club I can't stand.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 11:34 AM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > Amazon used to provide all of "What falls away" as searchable > and have, in the past, linked to it. But now they only give > samples, so I can't. But it is clear Farrow thought she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

MMY was somewhat notorious for not paying attorneys, for always trying to find a way to wiggle out of any commitment made involving an attorney. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf O

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maher on Buddhism and Tiger

true! Traditional Buddhism is obsolete and retreatist, possibly good for Monks with shaved heads; but not too useful in Wichita. For that reason, Nichiren Daishonin appeared in 13-th century Japan with "True Buddhism" - an improvement over Traditional Buddhism. Some major tenents of TB (no...n

[FairfieldLife] Hendrix's unreleased “Valleys of Neptune”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/arts/music/28hendrix.html (...) On March 9 “Valleys of Neptune,” the first album of previously unreleased studio recordings by Hendrix in more than a decade, comes out, the inaugural product of a deal announced last year between Experience Hendrix, the company

[FairfieldLife] An interview with Nancy Cooke de Herrera including the India TTC

>From off-list: Could you post the following link to FFL...it's an hour-long interview made in 2003 with Nancy Cooke de Herrera in which she talks about the India TTC that the Beatles attended and dispells some of the rumors from that course. http://tinyurl.com/yfprvbv

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 27 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 06 00:00:00 2010 154 messages as of (UTC) Sun Feb 28 23:26:50 2010 16 tartbrain 15 TurquoiseB 13 curtisdeltablues 12 nablusoss1008 12 lurkernomore20002000 12 authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

Willy, Whereas Jay Latham's "Galaxy of Fire" apparently profusely praises Jerry Jarvis, it is more than a tad deceptive to quote Latham's book immediately after extensively identifying down to the ISBN, "Thirty Years around the World". Please identify the page numbers of "Thirty Yea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Liberals and atheists smarter?

Why would liberals and athletes be smarter than, say, conservatives and sedentary people? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in > Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds > > The study found that yo

[FairfieldLife] Is this the face of Ram?

Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_antiquities <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_antiquities\ > I've done some partial work on adjusting the AP photo back to what the sculpture might have

[FairfieldLife] Liberals and atheists smarter?

Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds The study found that young adults who said they were "very conservative" had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas those who said they were "very liberal" averaged 106. Young adults w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Canadian Single Payer Health Care - NBC News

ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35617509#35591774 >> >> > > > Let me preface my comment by saying I really don't have a stake in the > healthcare debate one way or the other (the current system is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Special Message Letter from Lou Valentino regarding earthquake in Chile

“Wall Street indexes predicted nine out of the last five recessions” (Paul Samuelson) On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > LOU VALENTINO’S PREDICTIONS OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY FOR 2010 COME TRUE > > > > Dear Spiritual friends and astrological clients, > > > > When you rea

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Fagan Need your help on this one --

Kramer: Who says I want a noodle? George: All right, look. I'm getting the Chow Fung. You don't have to have any. Kramer: All right. I'll get pea pods and you can't have any of my pea pods. George: Fine. Kramer: Get extra MSG. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Charlie Wilson, RIP

Former Congressman Charlie Wilson died a couple of weeks ago. If you want to better understand the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban and Al-Queda, the inner workings of congress and the CIA, and how one person can make a huge difference, I recommend reading "Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinar

[FairfieldLife] John Fagan Need your help on this one --

    Subject: Fwd: Need your help on this one -- Dear friends, We try not to disturb you often, but the USDA and Secretary Vilsack, in collaboration with Monsanto, are about to lift a court-ordered ban on Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) "Roundup Ready" alfalfa. This GMO would have d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Joe > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:18 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any pa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Insight on Obama/America from Russell Simmons followed by another article of his, Why I Meditate

When he was still back in Tibet, the Dalai Llama talked in this same way as Simmons does below about peace. That didn't stop over a million of his fellow Tibetans from being killed by the Chinese and as a result of imposed policies upon them. No, what would have prevented even one death was fea

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

On Feb 28, 2010, at 11:34 AM, ShempMcGurk wrote: >> Subject: Maharishi threw the Beatles out >> Author: Willytex >> Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental >> Date: March 17, 2006 >> http://tinyurl.com/ykvndqr >> > > > At that link, Willy, you write, in part: > > "Chopra's account sounds pre

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Canadian Single Payer Health Care - NBC News

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:04 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > << Canadians sit beside the most powerful nation on Earth and always > feel totally ignored. so when they can show that they are superior to the > Americans in some way, this takes precedence over everything else. > > > Who's the president of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Canadian Single Payer Health Care - NBC News

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35617509#35591774 > Let me preface my comment by saying I really don't have a stake in the healthcare debate one way or the other (the current system is too socialistic for my tastes).

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:18 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Insight on Obama/America from Russell Simmons followed by another article of his, Why I Meditate

Russell Simmons Russell Simmons Founder of GlobalGrind.com Posted: October 12, 2009 09:20 AM The Indictment of America

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > That maharishi could dump someone who had been so > > incredibly important to the TMO, someone who had > > followed his every command and who helped bring untold > > thousands

[FairfieldLife] From Dr. John Fagan: Need your help on this one --

Dear friends, We try not to disturb you often, but the USDA and Secretary Vilsack, in collaboration with Monsanto, are about to lift a court-ordered ban on Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) "Roundup Ready" alfalfa. This GMO would have disastrous effects on US and global agriculture. If you

[FairfieldLife] Canadian Single Payer Health Care - NBC News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35617509#35591774

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" wrote: > > > > >Duveyoung wrote: > > Uns_stressor, whew, you've got some bad karma coming your > > way. If you're so willing to spread lies about reality... > > > I'm looking for an intelligent debunk/explanation of > theories put forward,

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

>Duveyoung wrote: > Uns_stressor, whew, you've got some bad karma coming your > way. If you're so willing to spread lies about reality... > I'm looking for an intelligent debunk/explanation of theories put forward, but I won't expect it from you.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > TurquoiseB: > > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis > > > did not get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO. > > > > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, the tigers > > that she and her son (The Beatles' "Bun

[FairfieldLife] The State of the Union Address that Could Have Been

Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For 220 years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They've don

[FairfieldLife] The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged

The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged - by Frank Rich ...The leaders embraced by the new grass roots right are a different slate entirely: Glenn Beck, Ron Paul and Sarah Palin. Simple math dictates that none of this trio can be elected president. As George F. Will recently pointed out

Re: [FairfieldLife] Maher on Buddhism and Tiger

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:57 AM, tartbrain wrote: > But before Tiger moves on there's one more apology he really should make, > and that's to Buddha, for dragging him into this mess and proving once > again, that whenever something unspeakably tawdry, loathsome and cheap > happens, just wait a fe

[FairfieldLife] Where "now" is

"One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group of people to agree on where 'now' actually is." --Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director, San Francisco Symphony

[FairfieldLife] My fantasy

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > A torrent has been showing up in my list of available > eyepatch films available for download lately, [snip] This is about the umpteenth time that Zelig the Thief has made reference to the illegal download activities he engages in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: [snip] > > This is an officially "off the record" moment, > related to me over dinner by Nancy Cooke de > Herrrera herself, before the release of The > Beatles' "White Album." [snip] I strongly suspect, Zelig, that at this poin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

TurquoiseB: > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis > > did not get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO. > > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, the tigers > that she and her son (The Beatles' "Bungalo Bill") > shot after they left their TTC course in Rishikesh > to hunt th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 9:26 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis did not > > > get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Say Hey Jerry Jarvis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Nice piece! This is up there in the heights in which Curtis dwells. #2 morning smile > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: > > > > WILLIE MAYS > > The Life, the Legend > > By James S. Hirsch > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 9:26 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis did not > > > get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO.

Re: [FairfieldLife] What's Going On?

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM, tartbrain wrote: > <<> what's going on? > > > Maharishi predicted the shit would hit the fan during the phase transition. What's been blamed on Invincible {America|Britian|Deutschland über alles} is just a sign that the Age of Enlightenment is almost here.

[FairfieldLife] "Tooth Fairy" - The Pre-Review :-)

A torrent has been showing up in my list of available eyepatch films available for download lately, and I had been ignoring it until now. But finally I grew curious and looked it up on the IMDB and discovered who its star was, and now it's downloading away in the background. The star is a guy nam

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit mantra for dreaming pleasant dreams which will come true

TurquoiseB: > Me, I'm gonna go for hard work and seeing > it pay off over time... > It would seem that you've still got quite a few samskaras to burn off Turq, in this life! Have you ever considered performing tapas? But in fact, dreams are just about all you have to work with. You've given n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > > That maharishi could dump someone who had been so > > > incredibly important to the TMO, someo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Say Hey Jerry Jarvis

That is good. This is the way I prefer to reflect on Jerry. Don't really care about all the inner dynamics of his discipleship. Whether in his heart he was a petty tyrant, whether deep in his heart he had MMY's worst traits in disguise. I liked him, admired him, and respect that he was and st

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > That maharishi could dump someone who had been so > > incredibly important to the TMO, someone who had > > followed his every command and who helped bring untold > > thousands

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 years

> > Maybe, but he was also *excluded*--persona non grata. > > Maybe you're thinking of Deepak Chopra? Curtis: > He was written out of the movement's first history books > for Shiva's sake! As if SIMS had never existed. > Maybe so, but not in this early Maharishi history: 'Thirty Years Arou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

On Feb 28, 2010, at 9:26 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: >> >> According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis did not >> get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO. > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, the tigers > that she and her son (

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 years

Thanks Nab. And thanks for giving me a smile this morning! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > You never knew Maharishi and probably never will. Still

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_(Sitchin)#Planets_proposed_by_Zecharia_Sitchin I see that I should have kept my mouth shut and merely cited the above deconstruction of this rank hucksterism. GAWD -- no wonder the Tea Party has no trouble getting members when folks like you glom onto insane

[FairfieldLife] Re: Say Hey Jerry Jarvis

Nice piece! This is up there in the heights in which Curtis dwells. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > WILLIE MAYS > The Life, the Legend > By James S. Hirsch > > A long time ago in America, there was a beautiful game called baseball. This > was before 30 major-lea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

> > He was the normal counterbalance to any little voice > > in your head that said "you're not in Kansas anymore > > Bucko"... > > Get a grip, Joe - it was Jerry that wanted to move MIU to Iowa! Barry: > I would phrase it more along the lines of, "He made > obeying every insane thing he was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis did not > get 'dumped' by the Maharishi or by the TMO. According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, the tigers that she and her son (The Beatles' "Bungalo Bill") shot after they left their TTC

[FairfieldLife] Say Hey Jerry Jarvis

WILLIE MAYS The Life, the Legend By James S. Hirsch A long time ago in America, there was a beautiful game called baseball. This was before 30 major-league teams were scattered in a blurry variety of divisions; before 162-game seasons and extended playoffs and fans who watched World Series game

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > The concept that there's a brown dwarf star orbiting our sun >with a period of 3,500 years is so easily dismissed that you >should be at least duct taped to a tree by hoodlums for the >crime of public inanity. > Aparently it is visi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

> > ...that told me that I should now view Maharishi's > > behavior as I would any other man. > > Judy: > For those of us who weren't privy to the inner workings > of the movement, what *was* the ostensible reason for > dumping Jerry? > According to Nancy Cooke de Herrera, Jerry Jarvis did not

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

The concept that there's a brown dwarf star orbiting our sun with a period of 3,500 years is so easily dismissed that you should be at least duct taped to a tree by hoodlums for the crime of public inanity. Any such orb would have been spotted by humanity's earliest naked-eye astronomers and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prediction: Fear-monger Al Gore will...

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > ...seize upon the massive earthquake in Chile and claim > that global warming was responsible. I think even you know that's silly, Shemp. He does have an op-ed in the NYTimes today that you might want to read, though. He actually ech

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 years

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > > > One thing that strikes me is the undercurrent is > > > some posts that if Jerry is back, h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Let's hear it for Jerry+Any particular question lingering for the last 30 ye

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > That maharishi could dump someone who had been so > incredibly important to the TMO, someone who had > followed his every command and who helped bring untold > thousands into the fold.that told me that I should > now view Maharishi's behavi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit mantra for dreaming pleasant dreams which will come true

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > Let's hope your hard work against TM and the TMO will > "pay off over time" Just as a question, Nabby, why do you perceive someone watching the TM movement destroy itself as being "against" the TM movement? If I were standing on a

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's Going On?

> tartbrain wrote: > I am not a doomsdayer. > > However, for me, the 8.8 quake in Chile takes us to >the outer range of "normal flow of events" -- or at >least gives me pause to consider that something outside >the pattern of normality. > There is a theory that a large planet is coming round

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit mantra for dreaming pleasant dreams which will come true

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: snip Me, I'm gonna > go for hard work and seeing it pay off over time. > Approaching 70 years of age and all you have are a few lucid dreams ! Let's hope your hard work against TM and the TMO will "pay off over time"