[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > >> [Attachment(s) <#12e6e9dc7658fae2_12e6d0384ce9b1ce_TopText> from Rick > >> Archer included below] > >>

[FairfieldLife] File - FFL Acronyms

2011-03-01 Thread FairfieldLife
BC - Brahman Consciousness BN - Bliss Ninny or Bliss Nazi CC - Cosmic Consciousness GC - God Consciousness MMY - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi OTP - Off the Program - a phrase used in the TM movement meaning to do something (such as see another spiritual teacher) considered in violation of Maharishi's p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, dehaahaMkaaraabhaava? Part 1

2011-03-01 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > Here's the third sentence of Bhojadeva's comment on > > YS II 47 (prayatna-shaithilyaananta-samaapattibhyaam): > > > > yadaa caakaashaadigata aanantye cetasaH

[FairfieldLife] Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
Interesting article, by Yasmin Mogahed, on Huffpost. I like it because it deals with one of the phenomena that has most struck me about Fairfield Life and similar cyberforums: how can people get so *obsessive* about "how they are perceived," and on a forum that is regularly read by maybe 20 to 30 p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > In the end the CIA simply gave up getting to Him. They saw > it was impossible having tried for years and years working > not only on their own but with other agencies as well, > particularily the germans. > > By the early 90's th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > In the end the CIA simply gave up getting to Him. They saw > > it was impossible having tried for years and years working > > not only on their own but with other age

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > My dogs are certified "pound pets," and thus > > their breed or mix of breeds is kinda uncertain. > > I actually posted a photo of them before, all > > dressed up in their Ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if it > sinks in: Maharishi is dead and gone. Trying to ascribe this > or that to him at this point is like trying to walk around > in a lost pair of shoes. Leaving the DSM-IV cr

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > Thank you, Turk. > > To be always questioning everything, to be starved for > substantive information, can become tiresome. Not quite as tiresome as being demonized for question- ing itself, but I get your point. :-) > The a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Table Bluff Hotel and Saloon

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > 1889 > http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/49787.jpg My kinda saloon. :-) I particularly like the "bear foot" chair. And doncha wonder whether the boar bar stool was reserved for the biggest bore?

[FairfieldLife] Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread blusc0ut
Since we are having this discussion here about splitting the mind, and the topic of Gurdjieff came up, as an example of practises *not* to do in TM theory/dogma, I think it's worth having a second look on it, what it actually means from a proponent of Gurdjeffs teaching. It is easy to misinterpr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > innumerable times He would simply not get in the car, on the boat or on the > plane, not because the bodygyards told him not to but because the timing > wasn't right or perhaps it was unsafe to do so. Very convincing argument: th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread Vaj
On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Tom Pall wrote: Hmm. I have to rehink the bit about Maharishi congnizing the vedas and discovering the true Vastu, Joytish, Ayurveda and yagyas. Also the sidhis. If he was omniscient, why on earth would he need two stalwart bodyguards? Sort of like when he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread Vaj
On Mar 1, 2011, at 6:41 AM, blusc0ut wrote: Since we are having this discussion here about splitting the mind, and the topic of Gurdjieff came up, as an example of practises *not* to do in TM theory/dogma, I think it's worth having a second look on it, what it actually means from a propone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

2011-03-01 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I just saw that picture. Those are not the type of dogs I > > had pictured in my mind that you would have. I had pictured > > something more like German Shepards. > > Sorta like you've been picturing me lately in your > mind as "intoler

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Worthy Puns

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:29 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > The ego is the part of us that loves power. It is the part that loves to be > seen, recognized, praised, and adored. Barry I submit that this is a somewhat (ahem) Age of Ignorance view. The ego might be that part, it is also the part of us that c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:29 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > The ego is the part of us that loves power. It is the part > > that loves to be seen, recognized, praised, and adored. > > Barry I submit that this is a somewhat (ahem) Age of > Ig

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
> > Sort of like when he said there were CIA agents at a meeting at the ?Indian > > Express?. What is it he said when someone asked why Maharishi didn't just > > point the CIA agents out? If Maharishi didn't know when someone would > > attack him or his plane > > In the end the CIA simply ga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

2011-03-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:38 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > Fanatics are nothing if not entertaining. :-) Except in his case. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
We've never seen an addiction this popular, or this addictive ever. People are sleeping with their device, and responding to shit in the middle of the night. It's more pervasive with the 15-25 year-olds. We were already addicted to media before social media. I guess this is how humanity

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Interesting article, by Yasmin Mogahed, on Huffpost. I like > it because it deals with one of the phenomena that has most > struck me about Fairfield Life and similar cyberforums: how > can people get so *obsessive* about "how they are pe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > Since we are having this discussion here about splitting > the mind, and the topic of Gurdjieff came up, as an example > of practises *not* to do in TM theory/dogma, I think it's > worth having a second look on it, what it actually means >

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if it > > sinks in: Maharishi is dead and gone. Trying to ascribe this > > or that to him at this point is like try

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Pall
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:18 AM, authfriend wrote: > Just for the record, the person (moi) who mentioned to > blusc0ut what a TM teacher had said about Gurdjieffians > as an example of what TMers should not do was not > endorsing what the teacher said about them and explicitly > expressed doubt a

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread Joe
It appears Jim's answer is no. Jim, is that your final answer? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Did you ever actually > > *meet* Maharishi? Were you ever in the same room with > > him, or spend days,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > We've never seen an addiction this popular, or this addictive ever. > > People are sleeping with their device, and responding to shit in the middle > of the night. > It's more pervasive with the 15-25 year-olds. I work wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > It appears Jim's answer is no. Jim, is that your final answer? I think that's a valid assumption, don't you? And isn't it fascinating that, as far as I can tell, the only two people who have objected to me posting the DSM-IV criteria for dia

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
Re-evaluation. Normal human process. I am grateful to have had my 14 years in the TMO. It matched who I was at the time. There is a recovery process from all the brainwashing... and that's okay. Had there been no TMO, I probably would've become an est-hole (ie Werner Erhard's seminars) o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Pall
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:22 AM, wayback71 wrote: > I work with middle school aged children, and I can tell you that The Big > problem right now is lack of sleep in many of our students. Most kids these > days by middle school have their own flat screen TV's in their rooms, a cell > phone and ga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Asana, loosening effort and sanyama on the heart

2011-03-01 Thread Vaj
On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:21 PM, emptybill wrote: He probably meant Shavaasana rather than shivasana. Yes, that's right. Probably the most relaxed, easy and effortless asana -- after all what is more effortless and stable than the position of a corpse? Vyasa's comment alludes to it hidden

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread whynotnow7
"Maybe he doesn't want these criteria used when assessing whether Maharishi was enlightened, a sociopath, or a bit of both because he doesn't want people using the same criteria when evaluating him." Evaluate me all you want. At least I am alive - lol, unlike Maharishi, and you have, unlike Mah

[FairfieldLife] Poll: Wisconsin Voters Turn On Gov. Walker, Back State Unions

2011-03-01 Thread do.rflex
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is rapidly losing support from his constituents as he continues to push budget proposals that would cut collective bargaining rights and benefits for most of the states public employee unions, according to new data from a PPP poll

[FairfieldLife] Haven't the wealthy suffered enough already?

2011-03-01 Thread do.rflex
Don't the schoolteachers and janitors understand that sacrifices must be made! Take a look: http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2011/03/01/this_modern_world/story.jpg

[FairfieldLife] The Death of the Middle Class - What Changed?

2011-03-01 Thread do.rflex
What Changed? by John Cole Here's an email that I think is worth publishing in full: Hi John, I am a long time Balloon Juice reader since before the days of "THE DFH'S WERE RIGHT!" conversion. I occasionally post as "Cintibud" but since I d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Haven't the wealthy suffered enough already?

2011-03-01 Thread jpgillam
I like the way state governments can fail to adequately fund their workers' pensions, and when the problem becomes critical, it's not the problem of the states, but of the workers. (I use the word "like" in the sense that it's reprehensible.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex"

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Death of the Middle Class - What Changed?

2011-03-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/01/2011 11:15 AM, do.rflex wrote: > What Changed? > by John Cole > > Here's an email that I think is worth publishing in full: > Hi John, > I am a long time Balloon Juice reader since before the days of "THE > DFH'S WERE RIGHT!" conversi

[FairfieldLife] Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
This is so far-fetched, it could be true, since truth is often stranger than fiction: http://www.zetatalk.com/call/c24.htm I also assume that Rakshasas are real. Just not physical to us, any more. The hindu dieties could also have been more than myth. If so, it would sure be swell to get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread Vaj
On Mar 1, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Michael Flatley wrote: We need routines that can promote heightened awareness in a few minutes. That would be practical. And we need something that can go into auto-pilot in the background of activity, or even sleep. My understanding is that 125,000 repetiti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Mar 1, 2011, at 6:41 AM, blusc0ut wrote: > > > Since we are having this discussion here about splitting the mind, > > and the topic of Gurdjieff came up, as an example of practises > > *not* to do in TM theory/dogma, I think it's wor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > This is so far-fetched, it could be true, since truth is > often stranger than fiction: > > http://www.zetatalk.com/call/c24.htm "The Devil is reputed to be a red creature with a pointed tail and two horns, most often carrying a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > Since we are having this discussion here about splitting > > the mind, and the topic of Gurdjieff came up, as an example > > of practises *not* to do in TM theory/dogma, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > It appears Jim's answer is no. Jim, is that your final answer? > > I think that's a valid assumption, don't you? Especially since he's said here many times that he never met MM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > > > Since we are having this discussion here about splitting > > > the mind, and the topic of Gurdjieff came

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > > > This is so far-fetched, it could be true, since truth is > > often stranger than fiction: > > > > http://www.zetatalk.com/call/c24.htm > > "The Devil is reputed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Double Attention and Two Minds

2011-03-01 Thread emptybill
This is all loose talk. Dividing the mind? Which mind? How? Who/what would that be doing the dividing? Are they/that/it … somehow different than the mind? How many "minds" do you suppose we have? Attention focuses upon it object. Whether course, subtle or causative, the object is the point of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread whynotnow7
I'd like to use one of my lifelines and ask the audience, Regis...ha-ha! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > It appears Jim's answer is no. Jim, is that your final answer? > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Biting the bullet on Expenses

2011-03-01 Thread WLeed3
From: lm...@cornell.edu To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 3/1/2011 12:02:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Fwd: Biting the bullet on Expenses The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so i

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: A wish . . .

2011-03-01 Thread WLeed3
From: lm...@cornell.edu To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 3/1/2011 11:59:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Fwd: A wish . . . A Wish To Live Forever I met a fairy today that said she would grant me one wish. "I want to live forever," I said. "Sorry,"

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread WillyTex
> > Leaving the DSM-IV criteria in place below, I have a > > question to ask of you, Jimbo. Did you ever actually > > *meet* Maharishi? Were you ever in the same room with > > him, or spend days, weeks, months, or years watching > > him interact with people, and thus be capable of > > determining

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Biting the bullet on Expenses

2011-03-01 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@... wrote: > > The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the > $3.5 trillion federal budget! > > I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same > thing with my personal budget. I spend about $

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > To be always questioning everything, to be starved for > > substantive information, can become tiresome. > > Not quite as tiresome as being demonized for question- >

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Barry uses never having met MMY as an > all-purpose mantra to discredit whatever a person he > doesn't like may say about MMY, whether having met > MMY is relevant or not. It occurs to me that the reason Barry gets so upset with TMers w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread Peter
14 years? Hell, boy, that ain't even gittin' warmed up! --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Michael Flatley wrote: > From: Michael Flatley > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if > Maharishi was just a guy) > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread emptybill
This is a straight copy from Childhood's End by Authur C. Clark. It must have snookered a lot of people. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" untilbeyond@ wrote: > > > > http://www.zetatalk.com/call/c24.htm > > "The Devil is reputed to be a red creature with a pointed >

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-03-01 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 26 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 05 00:00:00 2011 333 messages as of (UTC) Tue Mar 01 23:26:22 2011 46 authfriend 29 turquoiseb 28 Tom Pall 26 yifuxero 19 whynotnow7 17 Vaj 14 seventhray1 14 blusc0ut

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: FW: Sharpen A Knife with a Cup.

2011-03-01 Thread WLeed3
From: p...@triad.rr.com To: p...@triad.rr.com Sent: 2/28/2011 11:53:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: FW: Sharpen A Knife with a Cup. From: John Ward [mailto:hocuspocusfoo...@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:12 AM To: hocuspocusfoo..

[FairfieldLife] Facebook Linked To One In Five Divorces in the United States

2011-03-01 Thread Tom Pall
http://scienceblog.com/43196/facebook-linked-to-one-in-five-divorces-in-the-united-states/ http://tinyurl.com/4jad6ez on February 28, 2011 If you’re single, Facebook and other social networking sites can help you meet that special someone. However, for those in even the healthiest of marriages, i

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread yifuxero
I knew a Hare Krishna who said he chanted a million Maha Mantras ("Hare Krishna, etc...); but then quit, saying he preferred sex and drugs. ... Re: the autopilot angle, I recommend immersion in the following CD's which can be put on "auto" running all night while you're asleep, at a low volume:

[FairfieldLife] railcart trip to Nome with dogs

2011-03-01 Thread yifuxero
1912, trip to Nome, Alaska http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/49620.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > I knew a Hare Krishna who said he chanted a million Maha Mantras ("Hare > Krishna, etc...); but then quit, saying he preferred sex and drugs. Ha, ha, well I don't think it's that easy. Once you see the light there's no turning back,

[FairfieldLife] Slot machine spectators

2011-03-01 Thread yifuxero
1938, Pilottown http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/49864.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread yifuxero
Easy to quit? Actually, after the demise of AC Bhaktivedanta, a certain "Ramesh" took over the LA Temple for a while but then quit, going into real estate. And then, there's the chosen successor of Bhaktivedanta (forgot his name), convicted of murder; and a number of others convicted of "lesser

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > This is a straight copy from Childhood's End by Authur C. Clark. > > It must have snookered a lot of people. Er, well, no, it isn't. The passage I quoted and critiqued appears nowhere in my copy of the book. The *idea* is in the book

[FairfieldLife] How the rich have soaked the rest of us

2011-03-01 Thread Bhairitu
Good article from the UK Guardian that explains with graphs how the American rich have soaked Americans by shifting the tax burden: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/01/us-taxation-public-finance

[FairfieldLife] Pearljam

2011-03-01 Thread yifuxero
by Tom Tomorrow http://www.thismodernworld.com/portfoliofolder/backspacer.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > Exactly. My point is that many here are WAY strung > out on the "pat answers" they've been parroting for > decades, and at this point cannot live without them. > They react to those who suggest that the "pat answers" > ARE drugs exactly th

[FairfieldLife] Pinhead Roman Sarcophagus

2011-03-01 Thread Yifu Xero
-- Subject: Pinhead Roman Sarcophagus http://zippythepinhead.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=roman&Category_Code=cfps&Product_Count=6

[FairfieldLife] A checklist of Turq's psychological traits, cry for help

2011-03-01 Thread Ravi Yogi Chivukula
I haven't posted here in a while but Turq's messages look like a cry for help for me. He regularly posts provocative stuff in order to get others, that shows his exhibitionist behavior and need to be at the center of the attention. He definitely suffers from some kind of a personality disorder. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
Does it ring true that human development on earth was greatly quickened by genetic engineering? And does it make sense that we've always had visitors from elsewhere?

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of Turq's psychological traits, cry for help

2011-03-01 Thread Ravi Yogi Chivukula
This is interesting and fits Turq perfectly - PRAISE ME Mnemonic A mnemonic that can be used to remember the criteria for histrionic personality disorder is PRAISE ME:[10] [11]

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dark Rishi Experience

2011-03-01 Thread Michael Flatley
So from this, I see that many have come around to allowing for higher consciousness combined with negative behavior. Is anyone here familiar with the RA Materiel, or similar channelling? it's available on-line for free. Here's a brief summary: the two different orientations- service to self

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

2011-03-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Exactly. My point is that many here are WAY strung > > out on the "pat answers" they've been parroting for > > decades, and at this point cannot live without them. > > They r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting trivia on the actual "historical devil"

2011-03-01 Thread Ravi Yogi Chivukula
Michael, My answers below... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > Does it ring true that human development on earth was greatly quickened by genetic engineering? > Yes indeed !! We just have to to continue our miserable lives and through the combination of genetic eng

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dark Rishi Experience

2011-03-01 Thread Ravi Yogi Chivukula
Michael, My answers below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > > > So from this, I see that many have come around to allowing for higher consciousness combined with negative behavior. > Yes totally, the incursions from Planet Zinooka have been a great help in this regar