[FairfieldLife] Re: The King's Speech

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > But there is no f'ing control group. How do we know its > greatness was not just random!! Actually, there was a control group...almost all of the other films nominated for Golden Globe awards. I've seen them all. But as for the subje

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Umm..Dark night isn't meant to be taken literally here, it is a metaphor for the sadness, grief, the doubt, confusion that reigns during the period of purification of the "dark night of the soul". --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Vaj wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: the tip off

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thanks for sharing your experience, though it seems a little too sane and dare I say mature compared to the ice-cream or death stories we hear here..:-). But correct if I'm wrong, even though you didn't associate with the movement for long based on your interview you still continued the TM practice

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Unless of course TM causes unstressing. ;-) > > My concern, and this would not be unique to only TM but any meditation that > includes closing the eyes and thereby limiting the brain's exposure to > external light, would be that 20 min. or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrate New Years 17 Times in January Alone

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thank you. My favorite was - "15 -- Procrastinator's New Year -- If you are a procrastinator, you should be getting around to celebrating the new year today. Do it today. Or tomorrow. No hurry." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > > 12 -- Age of Enlightenment New Year's Day

[FairfieldLife] Celebrate New Years 17 Times in January Alone

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
12 -- Age of Enlightenment New Year's Day Today 19 -- Mahayana Buddhist New Year -- In Mahayana Buddhist countries, the new year starts on the first full moon day in January. Web: http://www.buddhanet.net/ festival.htm. Celebrate New Years 17 Times in January Alone John Kremer Posted: January

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: > > > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > > > >>> U > > h, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, > > wouldn't it have led the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thanks Jim..:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > LOL - An amazing threading of the needle Ravi, and very entertaining! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" > > wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Joe
> Advaita Army: > > Lt: Take that hill! > > Pvt RamanaRoy: I am the hill! > > Lt: Don't f with me boy, get your ass up on that hill > > Pvt RamanaRoy: Your anger is just my shadow self seeking liberation. Lt: WTF are you talking about Private! Take the damn hill! Pvt RamanaRoy: I can see you

[FairfieldLife] the tip off

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
It is sometimes the most innocuous things that can tip us off to something not being right for us - I was 28 when I first worked for the Movement, at Livingston Manor. Because of my good experiences meditating, I was into it; read the Gita 1-6 cover to cover, underlining "significant passages" b

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > >>> U > h, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, > wouldn't it have led these guys to avoid situations in > the first place in which PTSD would be most lik

[FairfieldLife] Re: The King's Speech

2011-01-18 Thread Joe
Thanks man! I wanted to see this one and you've given that final push...B and I are going to see it Friday night. Yeah, what a cast! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > Definitely the best film I've seen this year, and > that more than includes "The Social Network." Col

[FairfieldLife] The 5 Greatest Things Invented While High

2011-01-18 Thread tartbrain
Funny and interesting. http://www.cracked.com/article_16532_the-5-greatest-things-ever-accomplished-while-high.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+CrackedRSS+(Cracked:+All+Posts)

[FairfieldLife] Re: The King's Speech

2011-01-18 Thread tartbrain
But there is no f'ing control group. How do we know its greatness was not just random!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > Yes, excellent movie. Really a great flick. > > --- On Tue, 1/18/11, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > From: TurquoiseB > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] The King

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 18, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Peter wrote: > GODDAMN IT! I get so pissed-off at these pseudo scientists that do pure shit > research into TM. This is another fucking pilot study that means jack shit. > No control group so the results mean nothing outside of correlation. It does > not show causat

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 18, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Vaj wrote: > Beyond the decreased winter lighting of northern latitudes, imagine a > faux-enlightenment environment (like FF) that encourages "dark night" > experiences. Such foolhardy ideas could even more precipitously tip the > scales towards a truly suicidal dep

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Peter
GODDAMN IT! I get so pissed-off at these pseudo scientists that do pure shit research into TM. This is another fucking pilot study that means jack shit. No control group so the results mean nothing outside of correlation. It does not show causation between the lessening of the symptoms of PTSD a

[FairfieldLife] Re: a silent meditative state that underlies everything we are and everything we do

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
She invites you to post suggestions or stories on her Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/MeitalDohan interested? "Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature." Meital Dohan Interviews TM exponent Bob RothHello

Re: [FairfieldLife] The King's Speech

2011-01-18 Thread Peter
Yes, excellent movie. Really a great flick. --- On Tue, 1/18/11, TurquoiseB wrote: > From: TurquoiseB > Subject: [FairfieldLife] The King's Speech > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 5:32 PM > Definitely the best film I've seen > this year, and > that more th

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > > But they learned TM only after going to war and getting > > stressed out there. It may be that TM has a really calming > > effect on people with PTSD. > > Unless of course TM causes unstress

[FairfieldLife] Re: a silent meditative state that underlies everything we are and everything we do

2011-01-18 Thread yifuxero
thx for posting this! Who wrote it, Bevan? Some of the phrases hint a causation, such as "prime mover"; and of relativity, i.e. "field" and "quantum mechanical" (the last 2 being within the realm of physics subject to experimentation, thus not related directly to pure Consciousness which trans

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: > But they learned TM only after going to war and getting stressed out there. > It may be that TM has a really calming effect on people with PTSD. Unless of course TM causes unstressing. ;-) My concern, and this would not be unique to only TM but

[FairfieldLife] a silent meditative state that underlies everything we are and everything we do

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
A silent meditative state that underlies everything we are and everything we do The prime mover of lifeLane Wagger, Jan 19, 2011, 12.00am IST Read more: The prime mover of life - The Times of India

[FairfieldLife] With TM there's no need to suffer

2011-01-18 Thread Yifu Xero

Re: [FairfieldLife] With TM there's no need to suffer, says film director Martin Scorsese

2011-01-18 Thread ditzyklanmail
I would like to comment, but I shall not.Must be my quickened evolutionary tract that causes all these things to occur, which are border line suffering. lol From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 17 January, 2011 12:09:48 PM Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > >>> Uh, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, > wouldn't it have led these guys to avoid situations in > the first place in which PTSD would be most likely to >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:08 PM, wayback71 wrote: >>> U h, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, wouldn't it have led these guys to avoid situations in the first place in which PTSD would be most likely to occur~~you know, like war zones? > > But they learned TM onl

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-01-18 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 15 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 22 00:00:00 2011 329 messages as of (UTC) Wed Jan 19 00:08:44 2011 45 authfriend 32 whynotnow7 25 TurquoiseB 16 RoryGoff 16 Bhairitu 15 blusc0ut 14 cardemaister 14 Will

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:44 PM, shukra69 wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > >> > >> On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: > >> > >>> Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcende

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
Dear heaven, some compassionate soul please have pity on Stupider and Stupider Sal and clue her in as to *why* her statementw are so retarded before she makes yet another one. Where on *earth* did she get the mind-bogglingly idiotic idea that these vets had been TMers all along? --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > > I wonder if political theorists have calculated what > > percentage of the populace is generally endorsing > > some whacky, "fringe" policy, position or politician. > > D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
Good news, as far as it goes, from the NYTimes The Lede blog: "Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Aristidas Auguste... told Reuters that he had formally charged Mr. Duvalier with corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other crimes." But the judge gets to decide whether to prosecute. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > Thanks! I enjoyed the song, too. As to eat and be eaten, yes! As they say, > "Brahman is the eater (and the eaten)" -- The "Arrogant Worm" Ouroboros!:-) > Yep: attaa caraacaragrahaNaat (cara-acara-grahaNaat). http://www.swami-krishna

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:44 PM, shukra69 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: >> >> On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: >> >>> Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental Meditation >>> http://bit.ly/fV2OxB >> >> Uh, Dick, if TM were as great

[FairfieldLife] Re: crosshairs

2011-01-18 Thread yifuxero
http://crosswaylife.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/crosshairs2.png --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero wrote: > > > > > > Subject:  Crosshairs > http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/crosshairs.png >

[FairfieldLife] crosshairs

2011-01-18 Thread Yifu Xero
Subject:  Crosshairs http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/crosshairs.png

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread shukra69
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: > > > Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental Meditation > > http://bit.ly/fV2OxB > > Uh, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, > wouldn't it have led th

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread shukra69
Vaj the pathological liar, if he ever refers to evidence you will follow his reference to find it does not say what he claims or he just made it up. What sickness motivates such a person. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] The King's Speech

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
Definitely the best film I've seen this year, and that more than includes "The Social Network." Colin Firth won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his leading role, and more than deserved to, but the film itself is the very quintessence of "ensemble piece." Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > [Duvalier] has, amazingly enough, quite a few supporters in > Haiti, no doubt many of them among the rich and > powerful, and the rest among those who are in such > desperate shape they'll jump at any chance for a change. I wonde

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
Thanks! I enjoyed the song, too. As to eat and be eaten, yes! As they say, "Brahman is the eater (and the eaten)" -- The "Arrogant Worm" Ouroboros!:-) And as to surety, I am sure :-) that surety is always a good thing to examine. At the core, I find there is only one "thing" I can ever be utter

[FairfieldLife] Vit C facts, fiction, and the law

2011-01-18 Thread yifuxero
http://www.tomlevymd.com/downloads/VC.NZ.Sept.2010.pdf

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > "the white-gold light which pours from their lips as they cite their favorite > scripture" > > Yeah, there is a distinctly different way of operating once the soul is > unencumbered. I used to do this thing where led by my unconsci

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV: "Being Human" and "The Cape"

2011-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/18/2011 12:20 PM, Vaj wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> I watched the pilot episode the US version of a British comedy/horror >> series called "Being Human" last night on Syfy. I liked it so much that >> I added the British version to my Netflix DVD queue. The serie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reading FFL on the can

2011-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/18/2011 12:24 PM, Vaj wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> i don't know if Vaj does this but I sometimes take to catching up with >> FFL with my new Android tablet while sitting on the can. The tablet is >> one of these cheap wifi only ones but still has capacitance to

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Most likely. And I probably went with a buddy or two down the short road to > town. Can't say for sure about this since we're talking, what, 35+ years ago? > I do remember that this was not in the depths of rounding, this was towards > th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reading FFL on the can

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Bhairitu wrote: i don't know if Vaj does this but I sometimes take to catching up with FFL with my new Android tablet while sitting on the can. The tablet is one of these cheap wifi only ones but still has capacitance touch screen and a little easier on the eyes

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV: "Being Human" and "The Cape"

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I watched the pilot episode the US version of a British comedy/horror series called "Being Human" last night on Syfy. I liked it so much that I added the British version to my Netflix DVD queue. The series is about a vampire, werewolf who rent a h

[FairfieldLife] Reading FFL on the can

2011-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
i don't know if Vaj does this but I sometimes take to catching up with FFL with my new Android tablet while sitting on the can. The tablet is one of these cheap wifi only ones but still has capacitance touch screen and a little easier on the eyes for surfing than the phone. This morning tryin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > Did you see the police came for Duvalier? Glad to see that. Not sure it means a whole lot. Apparently they haven't arrested him; they just want to talk to him and find out what's up his sleeve. Of course he'll tell them he just wants to

[FairfieldLife] TV: "Being Human" and "The Cape"

2011-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
I watched the pilot episode the US version of a British comedy/horror series called "Being Human" last night on Syfy. I liked it so much that I added the British version to my Netflix DVD queue. The series is about a vampire, werewolf who rent a house to find that it is occupied by the ghost

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
Did you see the police came for Duvalier? Glad to see that. And don't miss this: "Weary Haitians Shrug As Ragnarök Begins Outside Port-Au-Prince" http://onion.com/dIuJw7 http://www.theonion.com/articles/weary-haitians-shrug-as-ragnarok-begins-outside-po,18847/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Former Dictator Returns to Haiti

2011-01-18 Thread John
One wonders what made Duvalier go back to Haiti after living in exile for 25 years. Sounds like the government got his number, literally and figuratively. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/world/americas/19haiti.html?_r=1&hp

[FairfieldLife] Important movie coming in February

2011-01-18 Thread Rick Archer
http://iamthedoc.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fortunately in the US there is no need for this drug :-)

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > The Dutch language provides me with countless opportunities > > to laugh during the day. Maybe it's not that it's really > > "funny sounding," but it is to me. > > I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread WillyTex
Joe: > It's simple Cult 101: there will be no > questioning and no dissent allowed. Only > blind obedience will be tolerated. > You and Judith ripped me off for the book, but do you have to be a liar too?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fortunately in the US there is no need for this drug :-)

2011-01-18 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > The Dutch language provides me with countless opportunities to laugh > during the day. Maybe it's not that it's really "funny sounding," but it > is to me. I think Dutch sounds almost as "ooga-booga" as Finnish! :D

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Let's not forget, there are numerous TMers who've committed > suicide, including recent "enlightened TMers". So TM may not > be the best tool for prevention, in fact if you're > predisposed in any way towards suicide, it would be best to > avoid

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread WillyTex
> > I'll never forget the wording since I laughed so much > > about it later. Was it that I walked the 100 yards or > > so into town or the ice cream? I dunno. That point > > wasn't important to me at the time. > > TurquoiseB: > > I had been questioned about walking from my hotel > > to get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Your Starbucks coffee is the same size as your stomach

2011-01-18 Thread Bhairitu
I like my coffee "bold" so I tend to like the bold flavored espresso from Starbucks. But they are getting overpriced so I also go other places as well as making my own Americanos at home. Being somewhat kapha I caffeine helps and beer doesn't. Downtown the Starbucks has a new competition and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread hermandan0
Nice post. I wasn't really suggesting you examine your surety (although, IME that's rarely a bad thing). I was just using it as a segue to a classic bit of satire that the question reminded me of. I'm sure the Worms would take a live and let live attitude to your view. Or eat and let, or be

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
"the white-gold light which pours from their lips as they cite their favorite scripture" Yeah, there is a distinctly different way of operating once the soul is unencumbered. I used to do this thing where led by my unconscious heart, I would use my intellect to create boxes for people. Then I w

Re: [FairfieldLife] PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: > Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental Meditation > http://bit.ly/fV2OxB Uh, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, wouldn't it have led these guys to avoid si

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
There was a marked difference between the degree of discipline on my TTC and the stories I heard about Governor Training courses that started about the same time. The siddhis really knocked loose all kinds of whackiness, from hoots and hollers to smoking to quitting the movement to join rock

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: > > > Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental > > Meditation > > http://bit.ly/fV2OxB > > Uh, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, > wouldn't it have led

Re: [FairfieldLife] PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: > Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental Meditation > http://bit.ly/fV2OxB Uh, Dick, if TM were as great as you'd have us believe, wouldn't it have led these guys to avoid situations in the first place in which PTSD would be most l

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
LOL - An amazing threading of the needle Ravi, and very entertaining! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" > wrote: > > > > > > You are far more tolerant than I, my son. I have a > > low threshold for boring these days

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread Joe
Most likely. And I probably went with a buddy or two down the short road to town. Can't say for sure about this since we're talking, what, 35+ years ago? I do remember that this was not in the depths of rounding, this was towards the end of that course when we were all feeling antsy and wanting

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > > > in 1977, my TM teacher training course leaders were > > adamant about being accompanied by a buddy at all > > times. Going somewhere unaccompanied was a good > > way to g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your Starbucks coffee is the same size as your stomach

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
I agree. I don't get why everything is "french roasted" nowadays. It is the trend, and it does taste over-roasted. Not only at Starbucks, but at the majority of coffee houses and restaurants (though not McDonalds - surprisingly good coffee there!). The one way I like that deep roast is with lots

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > > > in 1977, my TM teacher training course leaders were > > adamant about being accompanied by a buddy at all > > times. Going somewhere unaccompanied was a good > > way to

[FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly with San Francisco Friends

2011-01-18 Thread Rick Archer
http://comingtolifestories.com/2011/01/17/david-wants-to-fly-with-san-franci sco-friends/

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > in 1977, my TM teacher training course leaders were > adamant about being accompanied by a buddy at all > times. Going somewhere unaccompanied was a good > way to get dismissed from the course. And you never considered this demeaning

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
Terrific find, hermandan0. That's a fabulous song. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > Are you sure? The Arrogant Worms beg to differ! They say carrot juice is > murder. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM > > > Lis

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > In retrospect, it's the "little things" that are revealing > about a cult or group or nationalistic mindset, and that > cause revelations *about* that mindset in the people who > notice the little things. > > The ice cream incident is

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
perhaps you should have listened more closely and heard the Dutch waiting for the light whispering about the arrogant American assh*le who doesn't respect their traffic laws. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Whoa, calm down dude !! Joe was not so serious as you, he w

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread jpgillam
in 1977, my TM teacher training course leaders were adamant about being accompanied by a buddy at all times. Going somewhere unaccompanied was a good way to get dismissed from the course. Were you on the buddy system at the course below, Joe? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
You have mentioned this, what, three times already!? Get a grip dude. Its ice cream...in Switzerland...a million years ago. Both Joe's anecdotes were funny. OK? Are we done yet? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ringling Beats Animals

2011-01-18 Thread whynotnow7
Yes Vaj, you are the perfect one here to cognize Narcissus Consciousness - well done! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:36 PM, tartbrain wrote: > > > Thanks, but those types of phrases are not going to work in a > > corporate work situation in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > The fascinating thing is that all these years > later you still have people on this forum > pretending that interrogating a person over > eating ice cream is a normal thing, or a > good thing. Folks, note that the only person discussi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread authfriend
Well, it makes a better story if you say it was about ice cream, and the Gestapo guy's phrasing was hilarious, no question about it. I can just hear him barking it at you. But it was really about leaving the hotel when you weren't supposed to. The Gestapo guy mentioned the ice cream, I suspect, to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" geezerfreak@ wrote: > > > > The thing about the ice cream caper, is that when I was asked about it by one of the German TM gestapo (those who were there know exactly >what I am referring to

[FairfieldLife] Cindy B. -- one of the most "Vedic" drummers??

2011-01-18 Thread cardemaister
I needed to listen to Cindy's solos a couple of times to be able to appreciate the highly fractal quasi-patterns in her playing! http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/cindyblackmanDL1.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Buck
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Who was the first to - ahem - fly ? > > Was eventual TM Sidhi administrator Gregg Wilson (husband of Georgina), > > the first? > > > > > Om, what did become of the Wilsons? > > Did they also

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ringling Beats Animals

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > But apparently gazing thru their own projections at the suffering of > others IS comforting though for some. > > In Narcissus Consciousness you can admire the beauty of You 24/7 and > those darn suffering beings need never intrude! ;-) Ha!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two quotes from Helen Keller

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I posted this awhile back...it's a clip from a 1930 newsreel > of Keller and Annie Sullivan, demonstrating how Sullivan had > taught Keller to speak. It's just incredibly charming, > especially at the very end. It shows her sense of hu

[FairfieldLife] Fortunately in the US there is no need for this drug :-)

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
The Dutch language provides me with countless opportunities to laugh during the day. Maybe it's not that it's really "funny sounding," but it is to me. This was an ad I saw in a magazine from the Sunday newspaper. [Daro Retard capsules] It seems to be a weight loss pill of some kind, and I gues

[FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly in San Francisco

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
It was interesting to find that several of the more scandalous aspects of the film were actually blocked from the film by lawsuits. Now ain't that sattvic! http://comingtolifestories.com/2011/01/17/david-wants-to-fly-with-san- francisco-friends/ LINK Nearly 30 friends gathered with overwh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review: The Social Network

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
Anyone stupid enough to use any of the "apps" on Facebook deserves to have his or her house burgled. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > > The empire strikes back!?? > The sheep are penned, let the shearing begin! > http://tinyurl.com/62dgky6 > Facebook change exposes us

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" wrote: > > > > > Who was the first to - ahem - fly ? > Was eventual TM Sidhi administrator Gregg Wilson (husband of Georgina), the > first? > Om, what did become of the Wilsons? Did they also 'retire' from the TM middle about th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ringling Beats Animals

2011-01-18 Thread Vaj
On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:36 PM, tartbrain wrote: Thanks, but those types of phrases are not going to work in a corporate work situation in guiding others to get out of the narrative in their head and to look at what is. But apparently gazing thru their own projections at the suffering of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review: The Social Network

2011-01-18 Thread merudanda
The empire strikes back!?? The sheep are penned, let the shearing begin! http://tinyurl.com/62dgky6 Facebook change exposes users' contact details A change to Facebook's developer terms means that users may have to share their phone number and address in order to use a third party application.

[FairfieldLife] PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread Dick Mays
Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with Transcendental Meditation http://bit.ly/fV2OxB

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > You are far more tolerant than I, my son. I have a > low threshold for boring these days. :-) > > Good that you're here, though. You, Curtis, and a > few others are all that makes the place worth it. > Dear Barry, Well as the self a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" geezerfreak@ wrote: > > > > The thing about the ice cream caper, is that when I was > > asked about it by one of the German TM gestapo (those > > who were there know exactly what I am referri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your TM folks might be concerned about your health

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Yes..I agree. Here are the dangers of Ice-cream. I think the TM folks were well intentioned when they confronted Joe..LOL.. http://www.dherbs.com/articles/ice-cream-52.html >From the article.. Well, lets look at it. First of all, ice cream is a da

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > A gracious approach, and a wise one. Pointed out > only because you are on a forum with others who > are not nearly so gracious. They'd have us believe > that their subjective experiences -- or the equally > subjective experiences of

[FairfieldLife] Your Starbucks coffee is the same size as your stomach

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
OK, I like coffee. But I usually limit myself to one decent-sized cup a day, made at home from good, freshly-ground and *not* over-roasted beans. I was taught about the evils of Starbucks by a coffee connoisseur (fourth generation, from a family of coffee importers), who pointed out that they inten

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-18 Thread Ravi Yogi
Once again stop being paranoid. There are always rules - if you don't like them them stay away or accept. I don't like rules and regulations either and there are plenty everywhere. In the past I would act paranoid like you as well and torture myself- now that I have handled my paranoia I treat it l

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Objective of the Siddhis

2011-01-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > I am sure of my own bhava (a priori creative "moodstance" > or "finest feeling level"), spacetime stories, and selective > perceptions, yes. By that, I mean, I am aware that these > things exist. I don't assert their absolute truth for

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