[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > Thank you, I use FFL Pub for pure entertainment - trust me though it doesn't come across in email communication. Sure I have a very intense, sarcastic biting way of communication and

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Ravi Yogi
Once again Joeyji you are paying too much attention to container, focus on the Vodka not on the containers whether Absolut, Skyy or Grey Goose, focus on the Soma not on the containers of Maharishi or Ammachi. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Damn, I was afraid of that! Well,

[FairfieldLife] Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
Walking this morning along a picturesque lake in Holland, I found myself remembering similar walks along a similar lake in Pound Ridge, NY. I lived on this lake for a couple of years, in the guest house of a $million+ house. There were, in fact, only five such houses around the lake, all of them wo

[FairfieldLife] The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread Ravi Yogi
Berkeley, CA, ,Mar 27, 2011 By Jim Archer Senior Correspondent San Francisco Chronicle Dr. Ravi Yogi, Psy. D, UC Berkeley, the leading crusader of TM's critic's angry, miserable, bitter and sorry lives of TM critics called for a press conference to highlight the plight of TM Critics. He rel

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Grace of God

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
Yep --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > The Grace of God. > > > > > image.jpeg > > > The Grace of God > > 29 December 1964, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi speaking to a course at Bad > Mergentheim, Germany > > Question: How do we make the grace of God come

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
Ravi Yogi: > The lives of TM critics - a research > article by Dr. Ravi Yogi... > Westchester, New York - "I was going to Westchester every weekend," said Boston resident Jim Picarello, a Lenz group member who defected. "I would drive down and stay in a hotel. Then Lenz said, 'You have may

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
turquoiseb: > I'm not like my neighbor in Pound Ridge; > I can't predict when this is going to > happen, only that it's going to happen... > This has got to be one of the most bizarre posts by Turq in years! This guy is one really distrubed spiritual teacher. If his predictions come true, m

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
> > The "ting" isthere is a reason why people bring > > this having-been-close-to-M up. There really is a > > shared understanding among those who spent significant > > time around the inside and around M. > > authfriend: > I have absolutely no doubt this is the case, nor do > I object in

[FairfieldLife] The Music Of Insanity - nuclear explosions 1945-1998

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
How many nuclear explosions do you think there have been on planet Earth? Did you instantly say "two?" Did you then rethink and say, "Oh, I forgot about those tests...there may have been a few more." Would you believe 2053? That's how insane the human race is. The graphic at the URL below is fa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A: Still repeating same lies about TM mantras

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:33 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Such vampires prey on the public's naivete. > > > Equating the teaching of 20 minute twice a day relaxation technique with a > "vampire"? Sounds a little fundamentalist to me. I guess only "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Walking this morning along a picturesque lake in Holland, > I found myself remembering similar walks along a similar > lake in Pound Ridge, NY. I lived on this lake for a couple > of years, in the guest house of a $million+ house. There

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Walking this morning along a picturesque lake in Holland, > > I found myself remembering similar walks along a similar > > lake in Pound Ridge, NY. I lived on this lake for

[FairfieldLife] Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: judithbour...@email.com [mailto:judithbour...@email.com] Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 7:52 AM To: r...@searchsummit.com; jhar...@audioquest.com Subject: my comments on Bob Roth Hi Rick, You must have seen this clip with Bob Roth denying my book and some woman named Sandra Crow (do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 26, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Joe wrote: > The "ting" isthere is a reason why people bring this > having-been-close-to-M up. There really is a shared understanding among those > who spent significant time around the inside and around M. For me, it's the > reason why, when I view Bobby's ta

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Relative Utility" - Study Says Religion Could Disappear

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
I have a great idea Sal - Why doesn't Rick make you the Grammar Cop here on FFL? That way you can be the final arbiter on whether or not posts actually see the light of day! You can join the self-proclaimed Posting Time Police too. Its an exciting prospect, don'cha think? The other benefit is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
You make an exemplary posting cop Turq. Bravo! I bet you were the runt that tattled on other kids in school too. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Regarding the claim that the TMO or its representatives > embarrassing themselves in public brings out a "feeding > frenzy"

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:53 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > He played that card a number of times. Once when referring to the spurned > Shankacharya in India as "very, very, very" unhappy that he wasn't selected, > and therefore critical of MMY. That was pulling rank in the way he presented > it (or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
Yeah, you got suckered into the Guru Game for what, 30 years? Not me dude. Seems like there are still a lot of you angry at yourselves on here. Too bad - hope you get over it before you leave. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > Berkeley, CA, ,Mar 27, 2011 > > By Ji

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Peter wrote: > Once you experience the darshan of the Absolute, no matter how creaky that > vehicle might be that holds the door open, you can't really get the genie > back in the bottle. There is no thing to "see", i.e. have darshan of, if it's the absolute. Sou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > Walking this morning along a picturesque lake in Holland, > > > I found myself remembering similar walk

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Relative Utility" - Study Says Religion Could Disappear

2011-03-27 Thread hermandan0
It's an interesting idea, but indeed may not show much. Wouldn't the capacity for language be "hard-wired" into the human brain? The fact that feral children don't develop language skills doesn't invalidate that the capacity exists. Jill Bolte Taylor's articulation of her experience having a strok

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
Congratulations Vaj-rah-rah, you have achieved the rare sidhi of keeping your head in the clouds at all times. Since you have always appeared to be overly impressed with titles, I personally appoint you the Grand Court Jester of FFL!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
That was my response to Turq, not Ravi - time for a break. Amen to that, eh? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Yeah, you got suckered into the Guru Game for what, 30 years? Not me dude. > Seems like there are still a lot of you angry at yourselves on here. Too bad >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Peter
Ha ha! Vaj, why can't I have that chocolate cookie?   --- On Sun, 3/27/11, Vaj wrote: From: Vaj Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 9:16 AM On Mar 26

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > The "ting" is, most of these respondents, Barry, Joe, > and Curtis, probably spent less than five minutes > alone with MMY in his bedroom one-on-one. I spent four > hours with MMY at 433, so what? In light of the revelations in Judith's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Peter wrote: > Ha ha! Vaj, why can't I have that chocolate cookie? Because I'm the cookie Nazi and I say so!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Very funny post! > > Regarding the claim that the TMO or its representatives > embarrassing themselves in public brings out a "feeding > frenzy" in some people, I would agree. What I wouldn't > agree with is that this "feeding frenzy" is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > So if I am reading you right here, the market differential > here would be in "hope". Different people are going "long" > and "short" in "hope". I've been actually thinking about this word "hope" lately, and so will reply. I honestly th

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > The "ting" is, most of these respondents, Barry, Joe, > > and Curtis, probably spent less than five minutes > > alone with MMY in his bedroom one-on-one. I spent fo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > You must have seen this clip with > Bob Roth denying my book and some > woman named Sandra Crow (do you know > her? I don't.) saying I'm wacko. I thought he looked/sounded fairly uncomfortable when this woman got up and started dissing Judith. W

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Very funny post! Easy to be funny when one doesn't feel the need to adhere to anything resembling reality. E.g.: Of the 28 posts I've made so far this week, 20 of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: I guess no one wants to have their posts negatively characterized as a feeding frenzy which implies not only a lack of thought but also viciousness. Ravi is the only poster who bests fits that description these days IMO. YMM (and often

[FairfieldLife] Looking ahead in movies: "Thor" and "Sucker Punch"

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
I am not normally a big fan of movies made from comics or graphic novels. I've only seen a few that seemed to make that transition gracefully, like "From Hell" and "Sin City." But "Thor" might be interesting, if only for its "lineup." Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Natalie Portman, Chris H

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A: Still repeating same lies about TM mantras

2011-03-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > No. Equating teachers posing as enlightened adepts who pass on half-baked "knowledge" to new sets of teachers (who rarely bother to validate the supposed "wisdom" they've received) and to therefore multiply themselves, as mythologically similar

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A: Still repeating same lies about TM mantras

2011-03-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > In segment 9 of 14 TM spin doctor Robert Roth passes on the same old lies > about the TM mantras: > > 1. They're "Vedic" [none of the TM mantras appear in the Vedas, they're all > tantric and therefore non-Vedic]. > > 2. They have no meani

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > You must have seen this clip with > > Bob Roth denying my book and some > > woman named Sandra Crow (do you know > > her? I don't.) saying I'm wacko. > > I thought he looked/sound

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A: Still repeating same lies about TM mantras

2011-03-27 Thread metoostill
> The topic of dark yogis will come up here in the near future, as a major > academic work has just been published, and many of us off list are reading it > with great interest. Name of the academic work please?

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
curtisdeltablues: > In light of the revelations in Judith's book > I would like to make it clear that I was NEVER > alone with Maharishi in his bedroom, ever. > Apparently MMY didn't even have a 'bedroom' at his house in Rishikesh. From what I've read, MMY had a porch with a view of the Ganges, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Very funny post! I always like it when people come up with a term, and then explain what it means by demonstrating it. :-) > > Regarding the claim that the TMO or i

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Relative Utility" - Study Says Religion Could Disappear

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > It's an interesting idea, but indeed may not show much. > Wouldn't the capacity for language be "hard-wired" into > the human brain? The fact that feral children don't > develop language skills doesn't invalidate that the > capacity exist

[FairfieldLife] My saturday in Boone, NC

2011-03-27 Thread Tom Pall
Spent yesterday in Boone, NC. A very pleasant, scenic place. The people I saw and met (white, thankfully, unlike Charlotte's 30% of the population being slovenly and rude blacks) where the salt of the earth. Friendly, honest, decent, unassuming. Like FF, men did not wear saggers which exposed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I guess no one wants to have their posts negatively > characterized as a feeding frenzy which implies not only a > lack of thought but also viciousness. Well, it al

[FairfieldLife] Blazing Shakti (was Re: MUM Q&A session...)

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Peter wrote: > > > Once you experience the darshan of the Absolute, no matter how creaky that > > vehicle might be that holds the door open, you can't really get the genie > > back in the bottle. > > > There

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
> > > The "ting" is, most of these respondents, Barry, Joe, > > > and Curtis, probably spent less than five minutes > > > alone with MMY in his bedroom one-on-one. I spent four > > > hours with MMY at 433, so what? > > > > > In light of the revelations in Judith's book I would like > > to make i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Looking ahead in movies: "Thor" and "Sucker Punch"

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > I am not normally a big fan of movies made from comics > or graphic novels. I've only seen a few that seemed to > make that transition gracefully, like "From Hell" and > "Sin City." But "Thor" might be interesting, if only > for its "li

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:43 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth Isn't that Sandy (Pumpkin) Crowe, wife of former Wester

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Very funny post! > > I always like it when people come up with a term, and > then explain what

[FairfieldLife] Re: My saturday in Boone, NC

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > Spent yesterday in Boone, NC. A very pleasant, scenic place. The people I > saw and met (white, thankfully, unlike Charlotte's 30% of the population > being slovenly and rude blacks) where the salt of the earth. Friendly, > honest, dece

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread seventhray1
I am not sure what the value is of posting a statement like this without any attribution as to who said it. What is the point? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > "He [the Maharishi] would display a perfect stage persona as the friendly enlightened teacher to his students, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Yeah, you got suckered into the Guru Game for what, 30 years? Not me dude. > Seems like there are still a lot of you angry at yourselves on here. Too bad > - hope you get over it before you leave. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My saturday in Boone, NC

2011-03-27 Thread Tom Pall
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, tartbrain wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > Spent yesterday in Boone, NC. A very pleasant, scenic place. The people > I > > saw and met (white, thankfully, unlike Charlotte's 30% of the population > > being slovenly and ru

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > But the TBs don't see this. They see the TMO lasting for > as close to eternity as they can imagine. They literally > *can't let go* of their investment in it. > > And many of them *know* intuitively that this is stupid. > That, in my o

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > From Lauren Slater's book, Opening Skinner's Box, page 113 > on Leon Festinger and a quote from his book, A Theory of > Cognitive Dissonance: "The psychological opposition of > irreconcilable ideas (cognitions) held simultaneously by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:42 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: >> >> On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Rick Archer wrote: >> >>> You must have seen this clip with >>> Bob Roth denying my book and some >>> woman named Sandra Crow (do you know >>> her? I d

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
That's the problem of "testimonials" -- its ironic that some TM critics use the same tired tactic as did some TMO studies. First, assuming the testimonial is true -- (I am not challenging that this sort of contrast did not occur, but then again there is no reason to take a 25 year old, snippet

[FairfieldLife] Re: My saturday in Boone, NC

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, tartbrain wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > > Spent yesterday in Boone, NC. A very pleasant, scenic place. The people > > I > > > saw and met (white, than

[FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
OK, everyone~~I want some opinions here. (I know, I know~~FFL is *not* the place for strong opinions, or really, opinions of almost any kind~~people here are simply too self-effacing for that. I get it. But bear with me anyway. :)) I will probably need a new computer in a few months (nothing's wr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:42 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > >> You'd think anybody with even a > shred of self-respect would kind of have some serious > qualms about getting u

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2011, at 10:42 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > >> > >> On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> > >>> You must have seen this clip with > >>> Bob Roth

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wayback71 Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth My question is - had she read the book? Has Bobby? I bet

RE: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:16 PM To: Yahoo Group Subject: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack OK, everyone~~I want some opinions here. (I know, I know~~FFL is *not* the place for strong opinions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > I don't know her, but she kind of seems to have lost > her way. That was easily, IMO, the lowest point of > the whole talk. You'd think anybody with even a > shred of self-respect would kind of have some serious > qualms about getting up i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > > Maybe Sandy Crowe crossed paths with Judith in Mallorca (1971-72), but not > after. > Memories are funny things. I remember some people, did not know them that well, but had conversations with them, and they don't remember me at a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread Joe
I notice the same thing recently with regard to Judith's book. Before it came out, many of the TB minded folk here denied the possibility of MMY being "other than chaste" with women in the strongest terms. Once the book came out (and other women began to come forward) the deniers were (in many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:16 PM > To: Yahoo Group > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack > > OK, everyone~~I want some opi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: ...by people not fully in on the higher end justifies the means damn the torpedoes, higher purpose. Just curious Do you think "the end justifies the means" is always false?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > > > > > Maybe Sandy Crowe crossed paths with Judith in Mallorca (1971-72), but not > > after. > > > > Memories are funny things. I remember some people, did not know the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: I think that the sort of people who would even post here at all distinguishes them from guys like Bob who would never spend this much time in the mud with the likes of us. With Nabbie's Creme deal and Richard's Richard deal, I can't really say

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > OK, everyone~~I want some opinions here. > (I know, I know~~FFL is *not* the place for > strong opinions, or really, opinions of almost > any kind~~people here are simply > too self-effacing for that. I get it. But > bear with me anyway. :)) > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread Duveyoung
Elvis was an ego midget. Love it!!! Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I think that the sort of people who would even post here at all distinguishes > them from guys like Bob who would never spend thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Analyzing the TMO using the "economic psychology" model

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
Yea, I like the analysis but I'll stick with hope. 'Faith' is too loaded a word to graph in this. Hope, like hope that Bobby could pull it off vs. hope that he won't pull it off. And at that, what someone is going to do about it in either direction. Buy long, hold, sell, sell short. There

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Memorial, Harry Pavelka

2011-03-27 Thread Buck
Om by the way, there is a community memorial service for Harry today (Sunday)on campus at 2pm in the Argiro Center. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > --- On Fri, 3/25/11, Rick Archer wrote: > > From: Rick Archer > Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: In Memorial, Harry P

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
Joe: > The 100% deniers here dwindled down to just one > AFAIK, WillyTex. Oh, and maybe Nabby. (Or did > Nabby go the "it doesn't matter" route?)... > It seems to me that the Judith supporters are the TBs - I can't recall anyone here 100% denying anything about Judith's paperback book, except

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > ...by people not fully in on the higher end justifies the means damn the > torpedoes, higher purpose. > > Just curious > > Do you think "the end justifies

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
The point is "here's corroboration for what you're saying", those on the outside saw the giggling guru, waxing and droning vedically on and on, but those that were on the inside saw a very different man who could change on a dime to Mr. Veda-biz. For some this obvious disparity was very disconce

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Judith Bourke: my comments on Bob Roth

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:30 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> I don't know her, but she kind of seems to have lost >> her way. That was easily, IMO, the lowest point of >> the whole talk. You'd think anybody with even a >> shred of self-respect would kind of have some serious >> qualms about getting

[FairfieldLife] National Invincibility Tour - Spring 2011

2011-03-27 Thread Dick Mays
From: Office of the President National Invincibility Tour April / May 2011 Dr. Bevan Morris Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace President of Maharishi University of Management Working with Maharishi for 42 years Dr. Bevan Morris will be touring the United States in April and M

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > OK, everyone~~I want some opinions here. > (I know, I know~~FFL is *not* the place for > strong opinions, or really, opinions of almost > any kind~~people here are simply > too self-effacing for that. I get it. But > bear with me anyway. :)) >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread WillyTex
turquoiseb: > I simply don't buy that someone can believe (or, > if they're too terrified to commit to having > beliefs, have a working supposition about) a > deterministic world in which none of their > decisions matter, and yet act as if they *did* > matter... > You've done a flip-flop ove

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > > > From Lauren Slater's book, Opening Skinner's Box, page 113 > > on Leon Festinger and a quote from his book, A Theory of > > Cognitive Dissonance: "The psychological op

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/27/2011 10:43 AM, PaliGap wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: >> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] >> On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine >> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:16 PM >> To: Yahoo Group >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] M

[FairfieldLife] Re: National Invincibility Tour - Spring 2011

2011-03-27 Thread wayback71
I heard from people who attended this a few months ago on the east coast that it was sweet and nostalgic. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > From: Office of the President > > > National Invincibility Tour > April / May 2011 > Dr. Bevan Morris Prime Minister of the Glob

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > OK, everyone~~I want some opinions here. > (I know, I know~~FFL is *not* the place for > strong opinions, or really, opinions of almost > any kind~~people here are simply > too self-effacing for that. I get it. But > bear with me any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Vaj wrote: > can't think of anything earth shattering in the newer Mac lines, except > perhaps the new Mac Mini, which recently had a major upgrade. One thing is > that the Mac you'd be buying has ports compatible with your existing > peripherals (for ex., Firewire

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Vaj wrote: > Actually it sounds like you could simply upgrade your hard drive (100-200 > bucks, installed yourself) if you're merely running out of space or you could > simply get an external drive. While you're at it, it's always worthwhile > upgrading your RAM if

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
You and the other guy here like you are very big into rules and inconsistencies and control, huh? Why don't you both go off and start your own cult? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > The point is "here's corroboration for what you're saying", those on the > outside saw the gi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > I also get irritated at the "in your face" updates that Windows > shoves at you when the machine boots. I shove those out of the > way to do some other day. This is Windows 7, I assume? > On Linux it's a little icon up in the right corner

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread Vaj
On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Joe wrote: > I notice the same thing recently with regard to Judith's book. Before it came > out, many of the TB minded folk here denied the possibility of MMY being > "other than chaste" with women in the strongest terms. > > Once the book came out (and other wome

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
I know what you mean Turq - nothing like cozying up to your old buddy...all alone somewhere in the dark...lips drawing closer. We'll be gone soon enough this week and then you will have Curtis all to yourself - All-to-yourself!! mmm, delicious thought ain't it? Guess I was spot on about you

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Q&A session on "David Wants to Fly" on YouTube

2011-03-27 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > You and the other guy here like you are very big into rules and > inconsistencies and control, huh? Why don't you both go off and start your > own cult? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > The point is "he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread whynotnow7
I am really pleased with my latest laptop - compaq with 3GB RAM, 160 GB HD, wifi, windows 7, all for 329 bucks including tax. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > I also get irritated at the "in your face" up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 27, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > What are you running out of? Screen space or disk space? Disk space, at this point. > I'm pretty sure that Mac minis can only run a single monitor, but Macbooks > and iMacs have ports to run external displays. And, if the problem is a full > h

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I notice the same thing recently with regard to Judith's book. Before it came > out, many of the TB minded folk here denied the possibility of MMY being > "other than chaste" with women in the strongest terms. > > Once the book came out (

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/27/2011 12:33 PM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> I also get irritated at the "in your face" updates that Windows >> shoves at you when the machine boots. I shove those out of the >> way to do some other day. > This is Windows 7, I assume? > >

RE: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack

2011-03-27 Thread Rick Archer
-Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 1:03 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Mac attack On Mar 27, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > OK, eve

[FairfieldLife] Re: National Invincibility Tour - Spring 2011

2011-03-27 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > I heard from people who attended this a few months ago on the east coast that > it was sweet and nostalgic. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > > > From: Office of the President > > > > > > National Inv

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > Great find, and great connection, wayback. Cognitive > dissonance is *exactly* what I've been getting at in > some of my determinism vs. free will raps. I simply > don't buy that someone can believe (or, if they're > too terrified to commi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The lives of TM critics - a research article by Dr. Ravi Yogi.

2011-03-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > You know, speaking for myself alone on this one, I don't > believe in lack of free will but also don't believe in > free will either. I just don't know. You're speaking for me as well as yourself, wayback. I agree with everything you've

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My saturday in Boone, NC

2011-03-27 Thread Tom Pall
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:12 PM, tartbrain wrote: > > > > I joke about the restaurant because I could almost smell and taste the lard > used in the pie crusts, biscuits, and the bacon or other drippings used in > the gravy, etc. > > But I agree with the general theme that some food choices are mo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding Frenzy

2011-03-27 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > BTW, Curtis, I hope you stick around for the rest > of the week. It'll be fun to have uninterrupted > conversations once the Three Goons post out. :-) > You old farts just remember Ravi Yogi's warning - don't let your pimps(egos) in

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