RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis/Edge Questions/Chicken Sandwich and Sex

2010-08-08 Thread pranamoocher
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: Edge, I haven't ignored any of your question regarding SSRS, I don't see them!!! Go ahead, like I mentioned a few weeks ago, and start a separate thread with these burning questions you have (and apparently answers too!) Also, when you ask somebody a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: SNIP > > > I agree, and I'm not doing that. As far as I can tell, MMY was in an > extraordinarily high state of consciousness (with apologies to Curtis). That was hilarious Rick! This is so totally awesome, I have reached spiritual-cu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-08 Thread emptybill
"Oh, you are talking about me! Yes, in 1986 I was on the rebound because my poor "I" was utterly missing." Thus spake Suzanne Segal. "I had to read a lot of Buddhist literature to figure out what was going on." A free soul, I ejaculated!" Thus spake Yogananda. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Looking an initiator, Ward Flynn

2010-08-08 Thread Tom Pall
Ward Flynn taught out of the Palm Beach TM Center in 1973 then disappeared. I'd like to get in touch with Ward. Anyone know of his whereabouts?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help Finding a TM Teacher - Gail Berry

2010-08-08 Thread feste37
Gail Berry lived in Fairfield for many years. I think she taught at MSAE. But I have not seen her for a long time and think she probably does not live here any more. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > Anyone know her? > > > > I am looking for a lady teacher Ga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-08 Thread Peter
Really "Edg (sic.)", you crack me up, man. I'll answer you "questions" below. --- On Sun, 8/8/10, Duveyoung wrote: > From: Duveyoung > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a > congregation? > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, August 8, 20

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-08 Thread Peter
Well, it's a good thing we all know now that Edg is not angry. --- On Sun, 8/8/10, emptybill wrote: From: emptybill Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 8:07 PM

[FairfieldLife] 'As Tear Go By by Marriane Faithful'

2010-08-08 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPPJ5dolxU&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-08-08 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 07 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 14 00:00:00 2010 126 messages as of (UTC) Mon Aug 09 00:09:33 2010 17 Rick Archer 14 nablusoss1008 9 raunchydog 9 authfriend 8 cardemaister 8 Peter 6 tartbrain 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis/Edge Questions/Chicken Sandwich and Sex

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 8, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Peter wrote: > > > Edge, I haven't ignored any of your question regarding > > SSRS, I don't see them!!! > > That's because they're not there, Peter. > Deciding to have a little fun tonight, (and > let me te

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-08 Thread emptybill
"I'm not always pissed off -- as my posts herein prove -- and even when I'm turning out another screed, I do so as a writer trying his best to create with aplomb and really put some neat flourishes onto my insults." Edg, You're just a comedian with a hopped up sense of rage. It may not be in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread emptybill
You have your good reputation to protect. I only have my own ass to shelter. Besides I have protectors and their action mantra-s. One is known as the protectress of mantras. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Apparently my reputation proceeds me! > > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, emp

[FairfieldLife] Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-08 Thread Duveyoung
Why would anyone give this guy a free pass after he mimics Maharishi down to his giggle and then comes to the one town where that Maharishi's followers are and sets up business there to ride the coattails and grab some bucks? Why would any "previously true believing in TMer" deign to put up with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis/Edge Questions/Chicken Sandwich and Sex

2010-08-08 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 8, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Peter wrote: > Edge, I haven't ignored any of your question regarding SSRS, I don't see > them!!! That's because they're not there, Peter. Deciding to have a little fun tonight, (and let me tell you, it was a blast) I did a search for Edg's posts re SSRS, all the one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis/Edge Questions/Chicken Sandwich and Sex

2010-08-08 Thread Peter
Edge, I haven't ignored any of your question regarding SSRS, I don't see them!!! Go ahead, like I mentioned a few weeks ago, and start a separate thread with these burning questions you have (and apparently answers too!) Also, when you ask somebody a question, make sure it's a question and not a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Masters and libido

2010-08-08 Thread emptybill
This problem seems more to do with being in a Western society. The Indian context is different for a "spiritual" teacher and much more ethically strict. Even a slight transgress can get your teaching negated in much of the subcontinent. In the context of strict Indian mores, if a sanyasin is alone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raj Patel: The Nation: We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
While I agree with Patel's fundamental points about capitalism and our future, I have to say he's done a pretty sloppy job with this jeremiad as far as the facts are concerned. A few comments: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > Soon after > launching its clean-up operat

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 3:29 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > Good question. If he was flawed, then his criteria may well have been > misguided. I was waiting for the time when Rick found a flaw in Guru Dev; now he even dares to say so. It's an underlying thingy in everything Rick Archer do

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:18 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Duveyoung
While you're at it, why not, in a loud voice at a big meeting, ask SSRS him, "since you market yourself as a Maharishi clone, and as one who would naturally have been in a position to know about any sexual activities of Maharishi since you saw him daily, would you please here and now and forever

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
=-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > Here's a thought: How would it look different if > > TM *were* the "best" (specifically, the most > > efficient technique currently easily available to > > householders f

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 1:15 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis The next time I see SSRS, if I have the opportunity, I'll ask him about MMY

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Peter
--- On Sun, 8/8/10, Rick Archer wrote: From: Rick Archer Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 2:05 PM From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Beh

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 12:52 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis Walking one's talk is certainly important, but a judging a person's level o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:56 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis > >

[FairfieldLife] Raj Patel: The Nation: We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
The Nation: We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP SpillBy Trisha on 08/6/2010 in featured We Have Yet to See The Biggest Costs of the BP Spill

[FairfieldLife] New government cooperation in the United Kingdom

2010-08-08 Thread merlin
http://globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=128111487344434191   New government cooperation in the United Kingdom

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > I'm more than happy with the results that my association with Maharishi > brought me. Was there a level of PR (aka "bullshit") that MMY and the TMO > promoted? Of course, but I simply ignored this because it had nothing to do > with me. M

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of seventhray1 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:39 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Here's a thought: How would it look different if > TM *were* the "best" (specifically, the most > efficient technique currently easily available to > householders for developing higher states of > consciousness)? Would no TMer ever the

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:56 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis "But even if they did, [levitate] I would consider that mastery less importa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 8, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > Could these beliefs have been wishful thinking? Could many of his statements > about perfection merely been said to urge on the short attention spanned > troops? He obviously did not enjoy perfect health and when his Type II (I > assume) diabete

[FairfieldLife] Yahoo Groups Outage

2010-08-08 Thread Tom Pall
"Hello, everyone: I wanted to give you a heads-up. On Monday, August 9 from 2-5pm Pacific Standard time, (22:00 - 01:00 GMT) Yahoo! Groups will conduct some tests to comply with our annual Business Continuity Planning Certification (BCP). BCP ensures that, should we suffer a major technical outag

[FairfieldLife] Masters and libido

2010-08-08 Thread shanti2218411
Re Maharishi difficulties with staying celibate and/or not sexually exploiting female disciples. A number of other "enlightened masters" have apparently also had this problem.This list would include; Swami Rama Amrit Desai Ramesh Balsekar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aunt Toby Busts the Billionaires

2010-08-08 Thread Bhairitu
raunchydog wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool wrote: > >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/business/global/05legal.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general >> >> > > Thanks, gullible. Good article. We've lost so many manufacturing jobs in > America there isn't a pot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Bhairitu
I didn't respond to any of the "what do you think of MMY today" because I had sort of talked about it in my raps on him being a "typical Indian" in my belief that most people here probably have an illusion of what Indians and their culture are about. And years ago I said that MMY and TM was a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: snip > > True. OTOH he may have rationalized what he said by having in mind that > level of reality which is "perfectly healthy" even though the body is > falling apart. He was taking on the karma of the world doncha know, like when his

RE: [FairfieldLife] Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Pall Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:52 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Response to Curtis On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Rick Archer wrote: <> Apparently,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Knowledge of Past Lives'

2010-08-08 Thread pranamoocher
Lon Chaney. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert wrote: > > > > The sutra for knowledge of past lives...: > > Goes by the Name: 'Latent Impressions' > So, now see if you can guess, the most recent past life: > Of Jerry Javis... > The answer will be anounced in two days. > Tbe winner wil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > My observation on all this is that if the > > people in the movement are the proof of the > > pudding, then the pudding must be somewhat > > spoiled. > > Exactly.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread seventhray1
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote: > > What I'm saying is that Maharishi promised numerous benefits from the > > practice of his techniques, but neither he nor any of his students > > exemplified those benefits to the degree to which they were advertised.Rick, I know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > According to Ammachi, when she feels a person's pain and > sheds tears, she is not attached to the feeling. IMO a > person's actions are not necessarily a reflection of his > or her development of consciousness. You can try to figure > o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 8:27 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > My observation on all this is that if the > people in the movement are the proof of the > pudding, then the pudding must be somewhat > spoiled. Granted, people are flawed by > definition, and despite their flaws, TM people > hav

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Peter
I'm more than happy with the results that my association with Maharishi brought me. Was there a level of PR (aka "bullshit") that MMY and the TMO promoted? Of course, but I simply ignored this because it had nothing to do with me. Maharishi introduced me to the transcendent foundation of persona

[FairfieldLife] Stanton Bridge, nr Honey Street, Wiltshire. Reported 8th August.

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
Stanton Bridge, nr Honey Street, Wiltshire. Reported 8th August. Map Ref: APPROX This Page has been acces

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread marekreavis
Well said, Rick. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > My observation on all this is that if the people in the movement are the > proof of the pudding, then the pudding must be somewhat spoiled. Granted, > people are flawed by definition, and despite their flaws, TM peopl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pundit Assault

2010-08-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > The other day, in the middle of performing a yagya, one pundit beat the crap > out of another, so badly that he had to be airlifted by helicopter to the > hospital in Iowa City. Kicker: Hey-ahay, what are you looking at-ahay? Kickee

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of raunchydog > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 8:27 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Tom Pall
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Rick Archer wrote: <> > Apparently, it is quite necessary to confront and heal personality > deficiencies, and quite possible to avoid doing so despite having attained a > high degree of enlightenment. On the other hand, there were aspects to M's > teaching tha

[FairfieldLife] Rich brahmin-killer?

2010-08-08 Thread cardemaister
If a man is very rich, he'll be honored even if he is a brahmin-killer. If he is poor, he'll be despised even if he comes from a family as noble as the lunar dynasty. - Hitopadesha (Friendly advice): On how to break friendships

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 8:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > What I'm sa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > What I'm saying is that Maharishi promised numerous benefits from the > practice of his techniques, but neither he nor any of his students > exemplified those benefits to the degree to which they were advertised. How many people have

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of seventhray1 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 12:44 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > What I'm

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 12:50 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis Whatever "good" Maharishi accomplished by introducing TM, I have to look a

[FairfieldLife] Churchill ordered UFO cover-up, National Archives show

2010-08-08 Thread nablusoss1008
Churchill ordered UFO cover-up, National Archives show [Drawing of UFO sighting] Spotters often drew what they saw and sent pictures to the MoD The government took the threat of UFOs so seriously in the 1950s that UK intelligence chiefs met to discuss the issue, newly-released files show. Mini

[FairfieldLife] 'Knowledge of Past Lives'

2010-08-08 Thread Robert
  The sutra for knowledge of past lives...:   Goes by the Name: 'Latent Impressions' So, now see if you can guess, the most recent past life: Of Jerry Javis... The answer will be anounced in two days. Tbe winner will get a gold star placed by their name. ~Babaji