[FairfieldLife] Re: Message of Maharishi

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > from Maharishi Mehi, a Sant Mat Guru: > > "Maharshi Mehi's Messages To The World -- > "O, the people of the world! This charming and lovely world howsomuch > fascinating it may be, but it is illusory, transitory and perishable like the >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Career Opportunities for the Post-Enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
"I'd rather invent something new.(post-enlightenment)" - TurquoiseB "The vasanas not inmical to realization are not weeded out by the best of Jnanis because they cannot seek new ones to crowd the old out. Therefore old ones continue until they are exhausted. The attitude of the Jnani depends on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mushroom poetry

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.jazjaz.net/2009/07/30-enchanting-pictures-of-mushrooms-toadstools-and-fungi.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > Let's hear some mushroom porn! Yummie...my mouth is watering; can't wait to > eat some of those mushrooms > > http://mushroominfo.com/mushroom

[FairfieldLife] Mushroom poetry

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
Let's hear some mushroom porn! Yummie...my mouth is watering; can't wait to eat some of those mushrooms http://mushroominfo.com/mushroomchannel/tag/mushroom-poetry/

[FairfieldLife] Message of Maharishi

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
from Maharishi Mehi, a Sant Mat Guru: "Maharshi Mehi's Messages To The World -- "O, the people of the world! This charming and lovely world howsomuch fascinating it may be, but it is illusory, transitory and perishable like the structure of smoke, so say all but you think it is fine and pleasant

[FairfieldLife] 100 Gurus

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100gurus/4108455770/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
But who is is He Man and who is Skeletor? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > "This forum is like that battle in the Bhagavad-Gita." > > Is that the best you can do? Let's get even more grandiose and call it, "FFL: > Battle For Spiritual Truth And The Future Dominio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 7:46 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > ANdrew accused me of revertin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Teacher Syndrome

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
There will be always a cult of followers who would take the words of a teacher literally, but why should it cause us to completely negate the concept of a teacher and the importance of a belief. I was married to a cult follower. It was because of her that I was introduced to spirituality and my tea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > I did not know about this fellow, and my knowledge of the history of the > Wikipedia edits is cursory, just based on my following links in replying to > the previous post; I have never edited a Wikipedia article, but I

[FairfieldLife] Primping Faerie

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.fantasygallery.net/chang/art_7_Primping-Faerie.html

[FairfieldLife] Metal Knights World of Forever

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.fantasygallery.net/chang/art_9_Metal-Knights-World-of-Forever.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness

2011-08-05 Thread Ravi Yogi
Doubt has a use by date, truth is beyond belief. So it is useful to just adopt a set of belief rather than spend the entire lifetime in doubt for the fear and discomfort with adopting a set of belief, spending the lifetime changing beliefs to standout and make fun of others who do adopt beliefs. So

[FairfieldLife] Salvation for the world: fungi

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
I'm convinced of it: salvation for the world will come through the diligent use of compost, fungi, and hydroponics. http://skeletonart.com/Detailed/492.html

[FairfieldLife] Magic Kingdom

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.fantasygallery.net/fishel/art_3_magic-kingdom.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread obbajeeba
Sitting on both sides of the track, The Mahabharata does just that. Now where is the butterthe Gopi's... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > "This forum is like that battle in the Bhagavad-Gita." > > Is that the best you can do? Let's get even more grandiose and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread authfriend
P.S.: I have to say I find it *astonishing* that anyone would wonder why it's important to expose liars and refute lies, especially on a supposedly spiritually oriented newsgroup. If spirituality is about anything, it's about being and living as authentically as possible, IMHO. --- In FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > I do not know Vaj, I do not know Barry, although we cross > paths here, but I did meet John Knapp very briefly, more > than a decade and a half before he left the TM movement, > and I really did not have much of an impressi

[FairfieldLife] statement of Reich-Marshal Germann Goering

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
born in 1893, Jan. 12-th. That date...Jan 12-th. Wasn't somebody else born on that day? Can't remember. Statement of the Reich-Marshal: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blgoering.htm

[FairfieldLife] John Dillinger with Thompson submachine gun

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00830/SNF23SPDD_380_830375a.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
Yes, Mark, that sounds good! Feel free to email me whenever you would like to connect. And it would be fun to meet; if you ever make it to Fairfield, please be sure to look us up. I meant a priori in that Realization is even prior to direct experience; experience is itself the "feedback" or the

[FairfieldLife] Johnny Eck Circus

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1925 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/50803.jpg

[FairfieldLife] portraits by Mathew Brady

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.mathewbrady.com/portraits.htm

[FairfieldLife] Battery No. 4 near Yorktown

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1862, by Matthew Brady http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/34502.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Eight Satyrs admiring the anamorphosis of an elephant

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
Simon Vouet, 1625 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/1/6697.jpg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > > Tommy Pall don't need no stinkin joke. > > That's Swami Tommy. And indeed I don't need no stinkin joke. A good one now and then are appreciated. If anyone can help me find it, I'm looking for the writeup about how God has a sense of

[FairfieldLife] Deceptive journeys

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://neosurrealismart.com/modern-art-prints/?artworks/tranquility-of-deceptive-journeys.html&fullsize

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
At least one is hiring to replace me. On Aug 5, 2011, at 8:57 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > I know a few folks who are looking for work. Are the "voracious, > all-consuming greed factories" hiring? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > * * Beautiful, Mark! Having mysel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "noah" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans wrote: > > > > He's the guy for me right now > > Denise, I could not agree with you more.Period. I adore him too, but he ain't gonna run, more's the pity. Don't get your hopes up.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > I did not know about this fellow, and my knowledge of the > history of the Wikipedia edits is cursory, just based on my > following links in replying to the previous post; I have > never edited a Wikipedia article, but I d

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you, 7th ray, nice, touching and somewhat hilarious, though in the context of his doing what he could to counterbalance what was happening in the world and the little I know of the toll it took on him, a little sad. How many eons have voices in the dark worlds been saying such things? On

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 08/05/2011 11:10 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > > He's the guy for me right nowthese two videos articulate my obsession > > with "equity" on the topic of taxes and the "war on the middle/working > > class" that is being waged. He als

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
I know a few folks who are looking for work. Are the "voracious, all-consuming greed factories" hiring? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > * * Beautiful, Mark! Having myself undergone a "dark night of the soul" for > several years, during which horrific time I lost th

[FairfieldLife] Lady Inferno

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/ladyinfernos.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Zebra woman

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
some stripes! http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/zebra-rose.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
I notice Coupons are everywhere on-line now, kind of the latest fad. If you get above 8 kalas, or are even an avatar, do you get an additional say 10-25% off on all existing coupons? Would be a cool sales gimmick, "Avatars eat for free!" Seriously, thanks for the grounded and informative reply t

[FairfieldLife] Power grab

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1912 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/28319.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
"This forum is like that battle in the Bhagavad-Gita." Is that the best you can do? Let's get even more grandiose and call it, "FFL: Battle For Spiritual Truth And The Future Dominion Of The Universe Itself". or, alternatively, a bunch of fools talkin' smack.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread seventhray1
Tommy Pall don't need no stinkin joke. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > No. Rory posted some groaner puns, and I wrote that as soon as Bhairitu could add pun detection to the post count script, pun posts would count as two posts. It was a joke. Obviously. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
"Vaj", What technique are you doing to get obviously and progressively less bright? While we are on the subject, what great advances have the brilliant people in the Tibetan Autonomous Region contributed to the welfare of the world? All I can come up with is (1) Yak butter, (2) helping rich whit

[FairfieldLife] 'The Tide is High.and I'm moving on...'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzp471BBXAI

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread seventhray1
You may have missed this one. But I think this soundtrack and presentation would go well with your little sermon. I enjoyed it and yes agree that it is overblown. But Charlie could deliver it well I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLci5DoZqHU

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 7:46 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > ANdrew accused me of reverting an entire section when I > > > first came into Wikipedia. He appolgized after I pointed > > >

[FairfieldLife] partial Sidhi

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
A partial Sidhi may be defined as an enhanced ability, perhaps "extra-ordinary" but by no means miraculous; that is facilitated by techniques such as mantras. Thanks to a certain Kali mantra, I've finally surpassed 4,000 entries (sequences and comments) in a certain mathematics encyclopedia: h

Re: [FairfieldLife] A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Everyone'll tell you different, but I say no. Probably each person has to try it and determine for themselves. On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > So, it's a few days before my 50th birthday, and I just received a membership > letter from AARP. It's only $16 per year, but is it r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread noah
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans wrote: > > He's the guy for me right now Denise, I could not agree with you more.Period. these two videos articulate my obsession with "equity" on the topic of taxes and the "war on the middle/working class" that is being waged. He also

[FairfieldLife] Re: A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
For me, yes;...but I'm way older than you are and they can be helpful, although one of the downsides is that they clog your mailbox with junk advertising on various types of insurance you probably won't want. If you can put up with that, I'd say yes. Who knows when they might be of use? Various

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you for sharing this, and I agree. We do seem to be kindred spirits in many ways, though, of course, we part ways in certain areas. I'm glad we met. Perhaps our association will continue. Perhaps, too, we should talk on the phone sometime. I don't know if we could strike up a real frie

[FairfieldLife] A warm welcome to geezerhood

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stanley
So, it's a few days before my 50th birthday, and I just received a membership letter from AARP. It's only $16 per year, but is it really worth it?

[FairfieldLife] Akiane's painting of Jesus

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
Looks similar "on the surface" of Jesus when He appeared to me in His Radiant Form on Jul 17, 1996. I also was puzzled by the fact that this was the 100-th Anniversary of Ramana Maharshi's Self-Realization (took place in Madurai, Jul7 17, 1896). http://akiane.com/creating_painting.html ... But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
I did not know about this fellow, and my knowledge of the history of the Wikipedia edits is cursory, just based on my following links in replying to the previous post; I have never edited a Wikipedia article, but I do know that sometimes there are problems with the ideology impaired attempting t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rowing to Doha-Scene 12-(was conflict in fiction)

2011-08-05 Thread obbajeeba
Hey! Continue this thread Mr. Priced! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > "The cat," is its name, Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam? Does the cat take its > shoes off inside? "Puss in boots," or was that the Brunette? Do Rajas have > cats? > "Water and a board and we'll get

[FairfieldLife] Re: ZomGas 7 (could be "a visa for Jesus" - was Zombie in my Gas Tank)

2011-08-05 Thread obbajeeba
Oh you guys, I know Heysus is a mexican. I have proof. Really. But not sure if I should share it. A picture tells a thousand words. : ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: > > Steve, > > I think we're all in agreement that next time around Jesus will be a Mexican. > > On

[FairfieldLife] Nice threads

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1909 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/28283.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Massey Hill Boys

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
1913 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/3/28262.jpg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President-to Mark

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you, Denise, for this and your previous, lovely email. I wanted to respond sooner, but was concerned about over-posting. I also had to go out. What a generous heart you must have! It's not my plan, at this time, to go. I've always loved death and was inspired to write what I did in the c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
He must have been a good organizer for his lesser elections. He won them when he set his mind to it. But, for whatever reasons, IME, E & O, the way he ran/did not run his first presidential election was disastrous, almost comedic. I have no direct experience with his second one, but it sure d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Yifu
right, Vaj. Besides, the whole notion of "Who's highest" is scientifically probablematic in that the claimants would have to be capable of making the "taste test" among alternative Paths. An assumption that MMY was familiar with all Paths and thus able to say "Krishna is the highest" would be fa

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-08-05 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 30 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 06 00:00:00 2011 852 messages as of (UTC) Fri Aug 05 23:34:49 2011 50 authfriend 50 Buck 46 Mark Landau 45 RoryGoff 41 Yifu 38 turquoiseb 38 Bhairitu 36 whynotnow7 35

Re: [FairfieldLife] Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Vaj
On Aug 5, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > As I recall from my TTC, kalas are level of evolution. I believe there are 16 > of them. Krishna represents the highest. Humans can’t go higher than the 8th, > even if enlightened. Do I remember correctly? Can anyone correct and/or > elaborate?

Re: [FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. "Your actions worked against their purpose." | elephant journal

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
God bless the human race. --- On Fri, 8/5/11, Rick Archer wrote: From: Rick Archer Subject: [FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. "Your actions worked against their purpose." | elephant journal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 12:23 PM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread emptybill
The 16 kalas (portions) or phases of the moon are a Jyotish measure originally used to apportion the best time to perform a yajña. This was taken over by the Vaishnava-s and applied to the various mythic avatara-s of Vishnu-Narayana as a means to understand the differing powers of these embodim

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President-to Mark

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
Geezus Mark, don't send out any more death poemsnot all of us are TMers.what the F@ck does that all mean?whaddya need?  Money?  How much.   I'm about to send out a check for 21,000 for half my daughters tuition and I'd be more than willing to send you some too.  But, you'd better offer me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > > > Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts "offer > > little content" then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be > > completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: > > I'm sure I'm not the first to tell you have the heart of a great sufi master. This is code for "You are totally posting drunk dude!" > Curtis, > > > > Thank you or this, you never disappoint. More below. > > > _

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Duveyoung: >... he just really never cared about us becoming > scholarly about TM's tradition lest we find out > what Maharishi "did to it." > Well, I guess Maharishi could do what he wanted to do with the 'TM Tradition', since he invented it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Duveyoung
I was told Guru Dev had to drop the body to get his 16th kala, but who knows anything about TMO gossip? Maharishi kept us in the dark about this for the most part -- a tell that he just really never cared about us becoming scholarly about TM's tradition lest we find out what Maharishi "did to i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > > I approved it this morning. > > > > > > > Yeah, I figured FFL's unmoderator wasn't going to do it. > > Thanks, I guess. > Your subscription request happened to ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
Can you find a mention of "samadhi" in reference to this study? I've never been able to. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > > > If it's to be done over and over, it needs to be > > > independently - not by MUM or the David Lynch Mob > > > or F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:01 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:18 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > Shall I invite Andrew to come critique everyone here? > > > > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Alex Stanley > *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 AM > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count a

RE: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Landau Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:29 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President OK, I'll bite. I don't hold him in the same league as Jimi a

[FairfieldLife] 'One Heartn One Love' let's get together and 'Be' ...alright!'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
'One Heartn One Love' let's get together and 'Be' ...alright!'   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MXekJ7-0k&feature=player_embedded#at=16

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts "offer > little content" then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be > completely empty of content,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Landau
OK, I'll bite. I don't hold him in the same league as Jimi and M, but I worked my butt off for Kucinich's first campaign, initially gratis and then on the campaign's payroll, so I had some decent interaction with him. What's her name here, Chris Griscom, is his friend/teacher. I helped open t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Alex Stanley > *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 7:26 AM > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count a

[FairfieldLife] Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
As I recall from my TTC, kalas are level of evolution. I believe there are 16 of them. Krishna represents the highest. Humans can't go higher than the 8th, even if enlightened. Do I remember correctly? Can anyone correct and/or elaborate?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/05/2011 11:10 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > He's the guy for me right nowthese two videos articulate my obsession > with "equity" on the topic of taxes and the "war on the middle/working class" > that is being waged. He also bring up the fact that there are no good > alternatives for Dem'

[FairfieldLife] A letter from an Oslo survivor. "Your actions worked against their purpose." | elephant journal

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/a-letter-from-a-survivor-a-must-read/

[FairfieldLife] 'Judy Collins w/Muppets~Send in the Clowns'

2011-08-05 Thread Robert
A truely heart felt video!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqx5_w-dnk

RE: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Rick Archer
Or Allen Grayson. Dennis Kucinich would be great if he didn't look like a space alien. Even if he looked like a movie star, he's probably too far ahead of the curve to get elected.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Curtis, Thank you or this, you never disappoint. More below. From: curtisdeltablues To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 10:07:03 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence   Nice rap, I'll take a shot at this having be

[FairfieldLife] Yeskia pokes fun at the Fruit (Apple?)

2011-08-05 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S07KAn0ETjo People here in Finland believe it's Nokia that's behind the TabCo... I'm not at all sure about that!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
"They say I am dying, but I am not going away. Where can I go?" Ramana Maharshi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jsswtme-Dw&feature=player_embedded Dear Markdon't go anywherepost your PO address if you need assistance. --- On Wed, 8/3/11, Mark Landau wrote: From: Mark Landau Subjec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread maskedzebra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > I must have missed a post or two. That happens when you have to forward > posts to places that forward posts so you can read them. But I digress. > Is Alex going to start counting long posts as two posts?That doesn't > seem fair a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread emptybill
Nabs Nothing to know. It is called derealization and is a well documented mental/psychological change. Get it? It is an uncontrolled reversal of mental fixations. It often goes together with depersonalization. Wiki if you need to get a start on a definition. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders for President

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
He's the guy for me right nowthese two videos articulate my obsession with "equity" on the topic of taxes and the "war on the middle/working class" that is being waged. He also bring up the fact that there are no good alternatives for Dem's to Obama and the disappointment that so many have

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Mooji's Angelic Choir' absolutely assume...

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
I love the last video for Ramana Maharshi - beautiful and simple and universal --- On Thu, 8/4/11, Robert wrote: From: Robert Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Mooji's Angelic Choir' absolutely assume... To: fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 9:33 AM  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts "offer little > content" then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be > completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-) And by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice rap, I'll take a shot at this having been mentioned by name. And I hope you don't take my curmudgeonly response as a tarnish on the playful goodwill we groove on. It's just that the term innocence is really an overused and misused concept in spirituality, IMO, and is often used by people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
Thank you for your kind feedback, Tom. I see that if my posts "offer little content" then I still have some paring down to do. My goal is to be completely empty of content, and thus completely full of contentment :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > I must have missed

[FairfieldLife] ISO 9000 and something (was Long posts count as two?

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Tom, I expect better from you than gloating. You're just showing off because  Herr Edelstein has decided-due his perception of the slipping my FFL voice,  to focus his formidable attention exclusively on you. I could call  this a crime of passion but I know you'd just call me a Nancy boy  and tell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread RoryGoff
* * Beautiful, Mark! Having myself undergone a "dark night of the soul" for several years, during which horrific time I lost the golden light of God and Master and my own soul, and my own certainties and "special attainments," and where absolutely everything I believed in or held dear crumbled t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I'm a new meditator

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
"She" might have also been a total work of fiction. A joke played on FFL. ;-) On 08/04/2011 08:18 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > My feelings exactly, she might have already ran away? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" > wrote: >> >> >> Beth, oh Beth. You know that tool on your comput

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stocks Plunge as Economic Worries Continue

2011-08-05 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/05/2011 08:28 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > >>> Bhairitu wants to give even that away to the government! >>> > Bhairitu: >> Where did I say that? Stop making things up. >> > "Limit the size and lifespan of corporations back to what > it was before the Civil War..." > > http://groups.y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Latest photo of the Quorum of Twelve

2011-08-05 Thread Denise Evans
Great shot of the "good ol boys"I wonder how much direction Ggood 'ol Mitt Romney takes from the Mormon church. As an aside,  here is what Sarah Palin thinks of "good 'ol white rich men".  Monocle: Back to the running-mate question. Say the Democratic ticket is Clinton-Obama, a woman and a bl

[FairfieldLife] The magic of innocence

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
In a comment to our new meditator my favourite epicurean poet blues breaker got me thinking about the magic of innocence. I sometimes experience a sense memory of a time in my childhood when everything was in the future and therefore seemed possible.  I also have viid memories of my first love,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stocks Plunge as Economic Worries Continue

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > Bhairitu wants to give even that away to the government! > > Bhairitu: > Where did I say that? Stop making things up. > "Limit the size and lifespan of corporations back to what it was before the Civil War..." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/284536

[FairfieldLife] [FairfieldLife] Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Price
Turq, Thank you for another excellent post. Some comments below. From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 4:33:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Centered In One's I-Am-RIGHTness   On another forum, I am watching a bunch o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > Andrew is probably one of the most insightful > > people when it comes to ™ and valid criticism. > > It's that naked, raw insight that so disturbs > > ™-TB's... > > authfriend: > ROFL. "Raw, naked insight" unmixed with respect > for accuracy. > ROTFL!!! Subject: Andrew's notion of "Hist

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