[FairfieldLife] Re: Billy is not one of my favourite drummers, but...

2011-08-11 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > . > > > Billy Cobham > > Born - 05/1944 | Nationality - Panamanian | > Genre - Jazz/Fusion > > > Cobham's breakthrough with the Mahavishnu Orchestra around 1970 was a > defining moment in drum history. With his massive do

[FairfieldLife] Billy is not one of my favourite drummers, but...

2011-08-11 Thread cardemaister
. Billy Cobham Born - 05/1944 | Nationality - Panamanian | Genre - Jazz/Fusion Cobham's breakthrough with the Mahavishnu Orchestra around 1970 was a defining moment in drum history. With his massive double bass drum kit and unbelievably furious rolls he seemed almost to mock the puny ef

[FairfieldLife] 'How to Flush Billions of $$$'

2011-08-11 Thread Robert
Just one example of wasted resources:   http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/marines-stealth-jet-struggling-to-lift-off/

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > This sort of reminds me of what I would often hear growing up > from friends, or older guys. "I read Playboy for the articles" > I would be willing to bet that the main reason someone would > patronize a brothel, or a bar within a

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

2011-08-11 Thread obbajeeba
and somebody that is remarkable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6okRuOLc8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiS8YokFzeY --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price wrote: > > somebody you can never get enough of: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmuF3jiufww&feature=related > > > and of co

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread emptybill
Very simple. For every $100 given you call it $200. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wgm4u@ wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > do.rflex:

[FairfieldLife] Re: De-Enlightenment is delusion

2011-08-11 Thread emptybill
Thank you for proving my point. Your response demonstrates that you are not a Shaiva, as you have referenced in the past but rather you are a Shaita. Shaita 's a very special type of Crow-Shait only found among Mainers. Your definition also proves that you adhere closely to the "Barry-atric-I" s

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread sparaig
Well, if the authors of what you quoted think that TM has a path in the sense it was originally used. then they needed to get checked also. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Er, what "path?" >

[FairfieldLife] Mushroom Lake

2011-08-11 Thread Yifu
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Lou-Beach/Lou_Beach_LG_Mushroom-Lake.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > We got to talking about why we all came here regularly to drink (none > seemed terribly interested in the establishment's main product), and of > course everyone mentioned the obvious -- the decor, and its Old World > elegance. We're talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread emptybill
And you'll not get one ever again in your lifetime. It is now only going to be displayed online. However, you better keep your hard copy because SS may require it if hackers can compromise the SS system. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 08/11/2011 09:33 AM, richardwill

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bob, Mark and Robin

2011-08-11 Thread Mark Landau
Thank you, Curtis, not at all F'ing it all up... On Aug 11, 2011, at 9:13 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > I've been trying to catch up with all that has been laid down by you three > lately on devices, smart phones, ipads, computers while on the road. All I > can say now is to thank you guys for

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-08-11 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 06 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 13 00:00:00 2011 781 messages as of (UTC) Thu Aug 11 23:07:31 2011 50 authfriend 48 Yifu 47 whynotnow7 42 Denise Evans 39 Bhairitu 37 turquoiseb 37 richardwillytexwillia

[FairfieldLife] For those interested in the Light-Radiance of Yoga

2011-08-11 Thread emptybill
Luminous Heart of Inner Radiance: Drawings of the Tögal Visions By Robert and Rachel Olds, $34.95 Tögal is an ancient spiritual path, a dynamic visionary process arising from your heart and the very basis of all manifestation. The rainbow-colored visions of Togal are primordial; they are the

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

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
I'd like to suggest that FFL post nothing but pictures and music for a week...give up the words.just one week, no, that's too long, 2 days, just two daysnomake it 3 days Nothing but pictures and music(O.K., and comments on pictures and music) --- On Thu, 8/11/11, Tom Pall wr

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

2011-08-11 Thread Bob Price
somebody you can never get enough of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmuF3jiufww&feature=related and of course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXDm5x7tVjg From: Tom Pall To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:01:38 PM Subject: Re

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Corpus Christi

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
Ha!   --- On Thu, 8/11/11, Yifu wrote: From: Yifu Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 11:34 AM   Praise "Corpus Christi" - the Bod

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Om mani padme hum

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
Yeah...I'm too big picture for all thathas to do with compassion on the face of it and has a nice tune and sung by a woman with a nice voice...that's all I care about. It makes me happy. "Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to o

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

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Bob Price wrote: > >> >> >> When I die I want to come back as one of Yifu's posts, they are the >> closest thing to fairy dust we have on FFL. >> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YmxY7V-3Qs > Sorry, I

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

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Bob Price wrote: > > > When I die I want to come back as one of Yifu's posts, they are the closest > thing to fairy dust we have on FFL. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YmxY7V-3Qs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
http://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/postmetaphysical-teleological This is interesting. --- On Thu, 8/11/11, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: From: richardwillytexwilliams Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
You forgot the "go figure".  There are a lot of "you" statements in what "you" write. What the hell path are you on or off? --- On Thu, 8/11/11, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: From: richardwillytexwilliams Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path To: Fair

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
Yes, they got away with it and we let them.  This country is not good at enforcing law or putting teeth into any law they do pass or passing anything that requires accountability in a way that is effective when it comes to corporate interests...because our politicians on both sides are all behol

Re: [FairfieldLife] Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
I'm not a carpenter or an architectbut I did plenty of hard labor when I was younger. I think I'm just getting at the idea that these people need something productive to do. --- On Thu, 8/11/11, Bhairitu wrote: From: Bhairitu Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Britain burns To: FairfieldLife@ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > Er, what "path?" > > curtisdeltablues: > Maharishi used the terms path of gaining complete > knowledge and path of enlightenment or perfection > plenty... > That's just fu*kin 'snake oil' jargon - there's no path up in the sky, only in nature is there a path and none are perfect.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > I get that report yearly, too. > > Bhairitu: > I'm not sure the boomers are going to live longer. > I have a theory that the those born who grew up > during the Depression era weren't as well fed... > 'Boomers' were born AFTER the Depression, and they have been very well-fed, and they are

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > Yep, the democrats are geniuses, especially > > when spending other people's money! > > sparaig: > So... how would YOU set up a retirement system > for the 50% of the american people whose IQ is > less than 100? > Social Secuity is not a 'retirement system'; it's old age and sickness insu

Re: [FairfieldLife] SOILENT GREEN

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:56 AM, johnt wrote: > > http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/193371/20110805/china-dead-baby-pill-stamina-booster-cannibal-placenta.htm > > It's just common sense. One child per family. The number of foreigners adopting the girls given up for adoption is dwindlin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations' A single shot could be one of the biggest advances in cancer research in decades, scientists say.

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:35 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ > > > > Uses "harmless" HIV to inject a gene into some white blood cells which > then > > go on to become serial killers of cancer. 5 pounds

Re: [FairfieldLife] iPhones cheaper to support, Android the worst

2011-08-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/11/2011 12:19 PM, Vaj wrote: > Research firm: iPhones cheaper to support > > by Galen Gruman > , > InfoWorld Aug 11, 2011 10:05 am > > /Editor's Note: This article is reprinted from /_/InfoWorld/_ >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > Er, what "path?" > > The original phrase is "off the program." With TM, there is no path. If you > think there is, you need to get checked. > > /me looks pointedly at a large number of former TM teachers who post on this > forum. Mah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Om mani padme hum

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Denise Evans: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YEq3St7CGs&feature=related > > Beautiful... > Yes, I like it, but apparently this phrase is nothing more than a pious attempt to formulate a prayer to the Goddess Laksmi, and is not Buddhist at all, not to mention non-ideational. So, is it a p

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying > > into the system, so that benefits can be given to > > older people, and call it 'Social Security'. > > > > Then, set up a postal system to deliver the Ponzi > > checks, but give the mail carriers their own separate > > retirement system.

[FairfieldLife] Re: New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations' A single shot could be one of the biggest advances in cancer research in decades, scientists say.

2011-08-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ > > Uses "harmless" HIV to inject a gene into some white blood cells which then > go on to become serial killers of cancer. 5 pounds of cancer cells melted > away in a few weeks. > Lots and lots an

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread sparaig
Er, what "path?" The original phrase is "off the program." With TM, there is no path. If you think there is, you need to get checked. /me looks pointedly at a large number of former TM teachers who post on this forum. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I want

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" > wrote: > > > > > > > > do.rflex: > > > "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." > > > > > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying > > into th

[FairfieldLife] Re: A hairy question

2011-08-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > > Once, a TV interviewer asked MMYa frivolous question, 'Why do you keep a > long beard?' > Maharishi surprised: > 'No, no, you don't need to meditate long, just 20 minutes morning and > evening is sufficient.' > ahh the good old time >

[FairfieldLife] iPhones cheaper to support, Android the worst

2011-08-11 Thread Vaj
Research firm: iPhones cheaper to supportby Galen Gruman, InfoWorld   Aug 11, 2011 10:05 amEditor's Note: This article is reprinted from InfoWorld. For more IT news, subscribe to the InfoWorld Daily newsletter. Spike in mobile malware doubles Android users' chances of infection Users already seem

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/11/2011 09:17 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > Bhairitu: >> To foment real revolution some folks should have >> been handing out maps to the oligarch's estates >> and the financial districts... >> > Yeah, that's the ticket - burn down the banks. But, > how is that going to increase empl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Bhairitu
What if they are lousy at "hard labor" and maybe good at things like computer programming, etc? I don't think you'd want me to build your house. I'm a lousy carpenter just like the Ben Affleck character in "The Company Men." But I can make a great software app for you. When people lose every

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: De-Enlightenment is delusion

2011-08-11 Thread Vaj
On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:25 AM, emptybill wrote: Ever done a Maha-rudra-abhishekam Vag? You don't need a pujari in a temple to do one. You just need proper instruction, a classically carved shivalingam and the correct mantras, and not long ones at that. But you won't find it in webinars. So

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/11/2011 10:08 AM, noah wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> On 08/11/2011 09:33 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: >>> do.rflex: "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." >>> Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying >>> into the sys

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bob, Mark and Robin

2011-08-11 Thread Bob Price
Thanks Curtis, on behalf of Andre and myself, dinner is on me and its always a pleasure opening your posts for the originally of your POV (your voice and authenticity are much appreciated as well). Its also an honour to be grouped with Mark and the Robin. From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > *Everybody's* got a path... > > Sal Sunshine: > I like to think of my particular path as being > wherever I find myself. What or who I find myself > drawn to, what I (not anyone else) feels > will make me a better friend, mother, person... > is my path. And that's plenty for me. > So, th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
> > The only piece I have to add is that path for me implies > > teleology. A path has a place it goes that is at the end of > > the path and could be called the goal of the path. My life > > doesn't look like that since I stepped "off the path..." > > turquoiseb: > Excellent distinction. Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
curtisdeltablues: > The only piece I have to add is that path for me > implies teleology... > But, there's really no 'path', except in nature. A 'spiritual' path doesn't exist in nature. If there is no end to a path, then there's really no intrinsic path in a 'spititual' world, or a final cau

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Barry, > > I enjoyed this as well as your piece on taking criticism of a > guru as criticism of a person personally. > > The only piece I have to add is that path for me implies > teleology. A path has a place it goes that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread merudanda
Message #284178 by Taoist Turques Bee framed and posted on my wall. 10 Lao Tse Q: Which author, taunted by detractors who said "No way" when he claimed that he could write a book about the spiritual path that wasn't a rehash of every other spiritual book ever written, replied "Way" --- In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: SOILENT GREEN

2011-08-11 Thread merudanda
Have seen the movie in the spirit of the environmental movement that began to flourish in 1970; the film stands up well enough over time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQNjJZFdLU&NR=1 "Method acting" is forced on Heston "naturally" since he knew that Robinson truly was dying and that this would

Re: [FairfieldLife] The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 11, 2011, at 7:29 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > *Everybody's* got a path. And IMO we can learn from all of them. To > believe otherwise -- and that one should mainly (or only) hang with > those who share your particular path -- seems to me to be an excellent > method for closing oneself off from

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
Barry, I enjoyed this as well as your piece on taking criticism of a guru as criticism of a person personally. The only piece I have to add is that path for me implies teleology. A path has a place it goes that is at the end of the path and could be called the goal of the path. My life doesn'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A new Enlightenment language

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
Hey now...I was born in the Flower Bluff naval hospital in Corpus Christi.   Spent the first 4 months of life living in the great state of Texas.  Does that make me a Texan?   --- On Thu, 8/11/11, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: From: richardwillytexwilliams Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A new E

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread noah
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 08/11/2011 09:33 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > > > do.rflex: > >> "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." > >> > > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying > > into the system, so that benefits can be give

Re: [FairfieldLife] Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
I thought that the "quotes" - as attempting to draw parallel were interesting for several reasons...but yes, young, unemployed, angry, bored, and out of control.  It's a sad statement. It's all about the employment.  Why say "religion" is an opiate of the masses. Just give me my living wage and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/11/2011 09:33 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > do.rflex: >> "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." >> > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying > into the system, so that benefits can be given to > older people, and call it 'Social Security'. > > Then, set up a po

Re: [FairfieldLife] Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > > http://news.yahoo.com/britain-burns-riots-spread-uk-cities-013736610.html > > > Quotes from the article: > > > "This is the uprising of the working class. We're redistributing the > wealth," said Bryn Phillips, a 28-year-old self-described

[FairfieldLife] Om mani padme hum

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YEq3St7CGs&feature=related Beautiful...

[FairfieldLife] New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations' A single shot could be one of the biggest advances in cancer research in decades, scientists say.

2011-08-11 Thread Tom Pall
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ Uses "harmless" HIV to inject a gene into some white blood cells which then go on to become serial killers of cancer. 5 pounds of cancer cells melted away in a few weeks.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread whynotnow7
I want to remind everyone that we are on dangerous ground here even broaching this subject, that particularly the code phrases and secret handshakes that are a hallmark of one who is *on the path* are not to be revealed. Its in the FFL guidelines somewhere - --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: A new Enlightenment language

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Denise Evans: > Why do I keeping getting the feeling you harbor > some hostility towards women? > Because he hates women, Jews, Christians, Mormons, Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, and all Texans?

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" wrote: > > > > do.rflex: > > "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." > > > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying > into the system, so that benefits can be given to > older people, and call it 'Social Se

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Rich Republicans Don't Understand

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
do.rflex: > "A bunch of smart people set up a kind of scam..." > Set up a Ponzi scheme that has young people paying into the system, so that benefits can be given to older people, and call it 'Social Security'. Then, set up a postal system to deliver the Ponzi checks, but give the mail carri

[FairfieldLife] A hairy question

2011-08-11 Thread merudanda
Once, a TV interviewer asked MMYa frivolous question, 'Why do you keep a long beard?' Maharishi surprised: 'No, no, you don't need to meditate long, just 20 minutes morning and evening is sufficient.' ahh the good old time

[FairfieldLife] Re: Britain burns

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
Bhairitu: > To foment real revolution some folks should have > been handing out maps to the oligarch's estates > and the financial districts... > Yeah, that's the ticket - burn down the banks. But, how is that going to increase employment? Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread richardwillytexwilliams
turquoiseb: > The joy of hanging with people who are off the path... > So, that's your path?

[FairfieldLife] SOILENT GREEN

2011-08-11 Thread johnt
http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/193371/20110805/china-dead-baby-pill-stamina-booster-cannibal-placenta.htm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A new Enlightenment language

2011-08-11 Thread Denise Evans
Well, I agree with you - I missed the "subtext", or maybe not.  We all perceive differently as it comes through our subjective filters.  I love most of the posts and appreciate the many sides of male and female.  Just my trigger on the word "whore" - I don't like that word and the post hit me as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-11 Thread hermandan0
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > curtisdeltablues@ wrote: > We are prone to mistake the fervor of our convictions for their > epistemological legitimacy. Great line Curtis! Deserves to be framed and posted on the wall. And as a corollary perhaps..."And the intensity o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
Great to hear from you man! I am not worthy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > curtisdeltablues@ wrote: > > We are prone to mistake the fervor of our convictions for their > > epistemological legitimacy

[FairfieldLife] Bob, Mark and Robin

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
I've been trying to catch up with all that has been laid down by you three lately on devices, smart phones, ipads, computers while on the road. All I can say now is to thank you guys for coming here and doing some genuine synaptic heavy lifting. I am happy to have a front seat in the process.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kentucky Gives 75% Tax Break To Creationist Theme Park

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > The state already has a Creationism Museum, and the complementary > amusement park includes biblical exhibits like the Tower of Babel and a > > full-size replica of Noah's Ark…complete with dinosaurs inside > (which creationists believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > The path. We spiritual types throw that word around a lot. And many >>of > us have the ability to tell who is "on the path" and who is "off the > path." Or at least some say they do. Me, I'm less convinced, because > many of the highest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-11 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > > > "So if you can associate my name with an negative emotion it might make > > > it lo

[FairfieldLife] Kentucky Gives 75% Tax Break To Creationist Theme Park

2011-08-11 Thread do.rflex
Kentucky Gives Creationist Theme Park 75 Percent Tax Discount For The Next 30 Years "The multi-million dollar tax breaks for the amusement park come at a time when Kentucky families are struggling from *eight rounds* of state budget cuts over the past three years. That includes cuts to educatio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin = (Barry square Barry) + MerriamWebster + Irony - Movies

2011-08-11 Thread whynotnow7
Thanks Ravi - I was just curious. Not really working an angle, as there is no ultimate answer for me to figure out about you, me, or anyone else, though I appreciate what you have told me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Thanks Jim. > My dad was in the Army so I hav

[FairfieldLife] My Moon!

2011-08-11 Thread cardemaister
November 12. ~20Sag40. Less than tree days after New Moon ( = nowhere near enlightenment??).

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-11 Thread seventhray1
Rav, you can disqualify him technical grounds, but I think Az got a pretty humuorus jibe (or jive) in. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi"

[FairfieldLife] Is criticism of Maharishi criticism of you?

2011-08-11 Thread turquoiseb
It's a viable question, in my opinion. Does an opinion expressed on this forum that runs counter to your memories of Maharishi (or imagination, in the case of the folks who never met him) "push your buttons?" Do you feel the need to "correct" the person who posted the "incorrect" or even "lying" op

[FairfieldLife] Re: A new Enlightenment language

2011-08-11 Thread seventhray1
Well, depending on which book you read, this is exactly how "Tink" viewed any rival for Peter's affections. This comes through a lot in the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson books. (which I definitely recommend, even if you have older children, and especially if you are taking a driving trip and wan

[FairfieldLife] Re: De-Enlightenment is delusion

2011-08-11 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Well said emptybill. I think this is right on the mark. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > RC: > > This is standard fundamentalism and is straight out of a Jack Chick > cartoon. "I was deceived by Hindoo demons posing as angels" is > laughable. > > You are still blaming

[FairfieldLife] The joy of hanging with people who are off the path

2011-08-11 Thread turquoiseb
The path. We spiritual types throw that word around a lot. And many of us have the ability to tell who is "on the path" and who is "off the path." Or at least some say they do. Me, I'm less convinced, because many of the highest conversations I've ever had were with people who were not on my partic

[FairfieldLife] Re: US National Debt Is Out of Control

2011-08-11 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > The defi

[FairfieldLife] American Indian organizations utilize T M

2011-08-11 Thread merlin
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/cultural-news-a.html?art=13125930963090584 American Indian organizations utilize Transcendental Meditation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: De-Enlightenment is delusion

2011-08-11 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:23 PM, maskedzebra wrote: After all, he's pretty persuasive with the monkeys and the parrots and the cats. Fruitflies too.

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Laffer Reveals Obama White House Meet; Fund: Perry Beats Romney

2011-08-11 Thread WLeed3
From: news...@reply.newsmax.com To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 8/10/2011 9:46:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Laffer Reveals Obama White House Meet; Fund: Perry Beats Romney Breaking News from Newsmax.com _Laffer: Obama Must Use Reaganomics to Save

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Time to Celebrate Wisconsin Win

2011-08-11 Thread wgm4u
*Real* change in Wisconsin!, it's a great day for Wisconsin and a great day for Republicans. Walker's budget has already saved TWO school districts (that I know of) whose budgets *were* in the red, (the Unions had a strangle hold on their health care options). Thanks to getting rid of collecti

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Time to Celebrate Wisconsin Win

2011-08-11 Thread WLeed3
From: listmana...@joemiller.info To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 8/10/2011 9:40:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Time to Celebrate Wisconsin Win Joe Miller: Restoring Liberty Bernanke, the Wizard Behind Obama’s Sham Economy By Mark W. Hendri

[FairfieldLife] Check out White House Photo Of Dead Troops Ceremony Sparks Protest

2011-08-11 Thread WLeed3
_White House Photo Of Dead Troops Ceremony Sparks Protest_ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/10/white-house-photo-of-dead_n_923952.html?icid=maing -grid10|htmlws-main-bb|dl2|sec1_lnk3|85393)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey wrote: > > Ravi, your quasi pseudo gangsta attitude of looking for Curtis > to bust a cap in yo ass left you vulnerable to the smoothness > of a true bluesman. Curtis performed the ancient art of a > backdoorman and slipped right in and banged your Belo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Can Subjectivity Ever Be Considered Objective?

2011-08-11 Thread Ravi Yogi
FYI - I have to say I totally loved this - Robin, the master of irony..:-). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra wrote: > > Turquoiseb: > > I have been 100% ironic from beginning to end. And you have missed this. > > That's a serious misperception of reality. That's a kind of [non-