[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > The TMO is so unnatural in its language. Always this stilted, > > formal spiritually bombastic language that leaves simplicity > > and authenticity far behind. Really too bad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Peter, have you ever experienced beauty so overwhelming > your heart is just bursting? Of course, you have. I think this sentence expresses what Pete was reacting to. What is being expressed when one tries to put an overwhelming sen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Steep Drop in US Circumcisions

LOL From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 20 August, 2010 7:17:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Steep Drop in US Circumcisions --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > How important do their dicks have to *BE* to

Re: [FairfieldLife] A negativity about Buddhism that even Vaj cannot naysay.

lol From: Peter To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 20 August, 2010 5:45:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A negativity about Buddhism that even Vaj cannot naysay. Yes, after I saw this I ran out and killed myself. I feel much better now! --- On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hmmmmmmm

but he did rape a girl, regardless. From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, 21 August, 2010 9:10:49 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Hmmm Roman Polanski, about to release a film that blows the whistle on CIA "sleeper agent" recruitme

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > Don't get me wrong, I think TM is great, but the language makes us sound > > like Victorian fops. > > Om My Dear Dr. , Oh those meditators, they seek it here they seek it there why those meditators they find it everywher

Re: [FairfieldLife] Meditation isn't the only thing rewiring your brain

Hahahahahha. My brain never felt better! From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 20 August, 2010 11:56:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Meditation isn't the only thing rewiring your brain The Internet is also doing it: http://www.guardia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmmmmmm

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail wrote: > > but he did rape a girl, regardless. You can say that *Polanski* raped a girl. You *cannot* say that about Assange, not at this point. The most you can say about him is that one or two people in a Swedish prosecutorial office claim

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Well, if the point is to communicate to others to help them understand the benefits of TM, this is not the way to do it. It also grates on my sensibilities that values clear communication and the intent of actually making a point when communicating. Much of TM speak seems to be made up of sensel

[FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > Palin and all says its "hallowed ground" and a community center > would be an insult to families who lost loved ones in 9/11. But > there is a strip club two blocks away, and another 3 blocks away. > Not a peep by any anti-community cen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Well said, Doc. Ya just can't say it any better, more accurately, or more succinctly than that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Well, if the point is to communicate to others to help them > understand the benefits of TM, this is not the way to do it. > It also grates on m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Clearly you are forgetting about the Victorian fop market. The TMO has a lock on that. (and is fop redundant here?) Actually, I read a small bit -- the intro -- and I can see/speculate how some strata in some cultures would find the language and presentation appealing. Have you taught in a fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > Clearly you are forgetting about the Victorian fop market. The TMO has a lock on that. > > (and is fop redundant here?) > > Actually, I read a small bit -- the intro -- and I can see/speculate how some strata in some cultures would find th

[FairfieldLife] Brian Wilson does Gershwin

I've actually always liked Brian Wilson. He was crazy as a loon, but seemed to me to be the only one in the Beach Boys with any talent. And a marvelous talent it was, too. I'll give this one a listen. Brian Wilson Says Reimagining Classic and New Gershwin Tunes Is Proudest Moment

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Peter, have you ever experienced beauty so overwhelming > > your heart is just bursting? Of course, you have. > > I think this sentence expresses what Pete was > rea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmmmmmm

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > You can say that *Polanski* raped a girl. You *cannot* > say that about Assange, not at this point. The most you > can say about him is that one or two people in a Swedish > prosecutorial office claim he did, and that they have as > yet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Maybe Barry has never experienced going weak-in-the-knees > bhakti and he doesn't have much patience for those who do. Maybe Barry is experienced enough to have learned that there is absolutely no difference between going weak-in-th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"

On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:43 AM, tartbrain wrote: > Palin and all says its "hallowed ground" and a community center would be an > insult to families who lost loved ones in 9/11. But there is a strip club two > blocks away, and another 3 blocks away. Not a peep by any anti-community > center islamic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > Maybe Barry has never experienced going weak-in-the-knees > bhakti and he doesn't have much patience for those who do. > IMO he's just jealous. He's put himself in a box. You can't experience bhakti without letting go, letting down your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Raunch, what in God's name are you talking about? I'm not talking about moments of divine love and profound spiritual insight. I'm talking about how the TMO speaks to its own members and, unfortunately, to the outside world. Victorian foppery in all its glorious splendor! --- On Sun, 8/22/10, r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmmmmmm

t came to be issued, and then withdrawn: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100822/en_afp/swedencrimeintelligenceinternetwikileaks_11 http://tinyurl.com/23ctjra Which pretty much confirms what I said: > The accusations were almost certainly trumped up, but > there's no reason to believe the arre

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > Peter, have you ever experienced beauty so overwhelming your heart is just bursting? Of course, you have. That's how some folks feel about Maharishi. Sometimes only poetry and flowery words of exultation can express one's gratitude for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Raunch, what in God's name are you talking about? You seem to have lost the thread, Peter. Raunchy was responding to Barry-- I'm not > talking about moments of divine love and profound spiritual > insight. --who was dumping on people who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I've actually always liked Brian Wilson. He was crazy as a > loon, but seemed to me to be the only one in the Beach Boys > with any talent. And a marvelous talent it was, too. I'll > give this one a listen. IMHO, pleasant enough, but not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > The TMO is so unnatural in its language. Always this stilted, formal > spiritually bombastic language that leaves simplicity and authenticity far > behind. Really too bad. Some of your posts make me think -- as do others' -- in that on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > >> I've actually always liked Brian Wilson. He was crazy as a >> loon, but seemed to me to be the only one in the Beach Boys >> with any talent. And a marvelous talent it was, too. I'll >> give this one a listen. >>

[FairfieldLife] Gushy Love Poetry: is it "better" if the poet is gushing for God?

The other day, driving around the Provençal countryside, I decided to play an Oldies mix on my MP3 player. It was fun listening to some of my favorite love songs from the past, to see how they resonated with me in the present. Some "stood the test of time," some did not. One of them that did was th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > >> I've actually always liked Brian Wilson. He was crazy as a > >> loon, but seemed to me to be the only one in the Beach Boys > >> with any talent. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

I recall some years ago when the TMO ran a full page ad in Time Magazine. At that point I had been out of the TMO for probably 15-20 years or so. And even I couldn't follow most of what was written! It was one long string of private buzz words and 'inside speak" that no one outside the TMO had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Of transcendent by experience. Writing, someone else taking a whack: "Transcendent states are those which take the mind out of the envelope of personal or at times, even transpersonal awareness and into a pure field of infinite silence. Here, the subject/object process no longer resides. In th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"

Greg Gutfeld has beaten you to the point. He's raising money to put up an Islamic friendly gay bar next door to show tolerance for everybody. From: Sal Sunshine To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 8:04:07 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Precisely. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Well, if the point is to communicate to others to help them understand the > benefits of TM, this is not the way to do it. It also grates on my > sensibilities that values clear communication and the intent of actually > making

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

My older sister read the same ad and called me up and yelled at me! She wanted to know why somebody would waste all that money publishing an ad that was filled with quantum physics metaphors that made no sense. I told her to call Maharishi. I think Maharishi thought people would be impressed wit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Well, if the point is to communicate to others to help them understand the > benefits of TM, this is not the way to do it. It also grates on my > sensibilities that values clear communication and the intent of actually > making a point wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Greg Gutfeld has beaten you to the point. He's raising > money to put up an Islamic friendly gay bar next door to > show tolerance for everybody. Mmm? And he'll follow that immediately with Catholic- friendly gay bars, Baptist-friendly

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:35 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal My older sister read the same ad and called me up and yelled at me!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

In '71 , at the U of Mass, M told the course that the Germans had told him to dazzle the people with scientific jargon. From: Peter To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 10:35:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"

You're not being very tolerant. From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 10:45:21 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: September 11 is "Burn a Koran Day"   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Greg Gutfe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Ahhh, it's the German's fault. Thank you. I was always under the impression that major TMO decisions emanated from MMY. So now it can be revealed. It was the Germans all along! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > In '71 , at the U of Mass, M told the course that the Germ

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

Yeah, probably a bunch of X- Nazis  controlled by Bush's father. So, it's really Bush's fault... again. From: Joe To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 22, 2010 11:01:55 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal   Ahhh, it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> authfriend wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: >>> >>> I've actually always liked Brian Wilson. He was crazy as a loon, but seemed to me to be the only one

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 1:46 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin Dr. Pete can verify but according to a friend who is a professor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 1:46 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin > > > > > Dr. Pete can verify but acc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > I think LSD and other drugs messed him up a lot. It was > probably more than a vata derangement. It was a lot more than a vata derangement. Schizoaffective disorder is very serious. Drugs certainly wouldn't have helped, but they probab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > >> authfriend wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > >>> > >>> > I've actually always liked Br

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> authfriend wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >>> >>> authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: >>>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Yes and not only drugs but many other things or everything. Anyone > who has taken some courses on the subject or even read some books > on it knows that. It's the whole basis of ayurveda. > > Drugs like LSD

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 2:17 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin > > > > > > Rick Archer wrote: >

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 4:09 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pakistan floods

Update Pakistan Floods: http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/66706 So far FFLife has raised $200 for Pakistan. Let's see if we can reach $500. Please donate. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Today in a video statement, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced th

[FairfieldLife] physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

p. 36, Scientific American, Sept, 2010 DEEPAK CHOPRA: "I have read numerous pieces by him on why quantum mechanics provides rationales for everything from the existence of God to the possibility of changing the past. Nothing I have ever read, however, suggests he has enough understanding of qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

Krauss states: "When science becomes this strange, it inevitably generates possibilities for confusion, and with confusion comes the opportunity for profit. I hereby wish to bestow my Worst Abusers of Quantum Mechanics for Fun and Profit (but Mostly Profit) award on the following": --- In Fai

[FairfieldLife] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

great movie, much better than Polanski's stuff. Lead female: Noomi Rapace... http://www.imdb.com/media/rm349864704/nm0636426

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 4:09 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin > > > > > > Rick Archer wrote: >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

This is hilarious. Maybe this will sober-up some of the ridiculous pseudo-scientific balderdash that spews from the mouths of intellectually challenged ru's. On second thought, it won't do anything at all! --- On Sun, 8/22/10, yifuxero wrote: > From: yifuxero > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: ph

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> If you've ever taken any you > >> feel brain dead. They also found they can give the > >> patient a problem with obesity for the rest of their > >> live

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 21 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 28 00:00:00 2010 118 messages as of (UTC) Sun Aug 22 23:59:32 2010 15 tartbrain 14 yifuxero 13 TurquoiseB 12 authfriend 11 Bhairitu 7 raunchydog 7 Peter 6 Mike Dixon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

Damn straight. Thank you! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > > Yes and not only drugs but many other things or everything. Anyone > > who has taken some courses on the subject or

[FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

I Imagine the thin skinned Dr. Chopra will no doubt challenge Prof. Krauss as a low consciousness no nothing, however Dr. Chopra please consider his CV before you launch an embassasing attack: Prof. Lawrence M. Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist with wide research interes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

Sounds like a rakshasa to me! --- On Sun, 8/22/10, sgrayatlarge wrote: > From: sgrayatlarge > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 10:32 PM > I Imagine the thin skinned Dr. Chopra > will no d

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sgrayatlarge Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:32 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM I Imagine the thin skinned Dr. Chopra will no doub

[FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > p. 36, Scientific American, Sept, 2010 > > DEEPAK CHOPRA: > "I have read numerous pieces by him on why quantum mechanics provides > rationales for everything from the existence of God to the possibility of > changing the past. Nothi

[FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > » It is safe to say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. Richard > Feynman. There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there ever was such a time. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brian Wilson does Gershwin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > On Behalf Of Bhairitu > > Yes and not only drugs but many other things or everything. > > Anyone who has taken some courses on the subject or even > > read some books on