[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > If you actually knew me you would remember my name, so you > either know me or you don't know me, "very likely" doesn't > enter into it. I was not a small player. And I, unlike you, > am willing to step from behind some smokescreen,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Judy, I hate to say it but "pot stirring" is my personal > specialty. You never have to worry about that on my account. > Nothing will ever stick to the bottom. Sure don't want anything sticking to *my* bottom, so stir away. > ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Judy, > > Not so. > > I don't personally know RWC so how could I have "personal > enmity" toward him? I am not actually critical of RWC himself, You sure coulda fooled me. You seem to have fooled him too. But just for the record, it'

[FairfieldLife] My dad's experiance with an angel

2012-01-19 Thread shainm307
Francis McVay On one of my Arizona adventures to find a treasure that I had for sure placed there in a past life, I failed to find it. I was pissed. I cussed God, Jesus, and others that I thought of, as I proceeded to walk back to my car. Immediately in front of me, an oval emerald green light

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Judy, I hate to say it but "pot stirring" is my personal specialty. You never have to worry about that on my account. Nothing will ever stick to the bottom. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Hey, awoelf, my pleasure. Nice to hear from you. I have a > pretty good memor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
If you actually knew me you would remember my name, so you either know me or you don't know me, "very likely" doesn't enter into it. I was not a small player. And I, unlike you, am willing to step from behind some smokescreen, tell you my name, my history and I posted a profile picture. What yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread authfriend
Hey, awoelf, my pleasure. Nice to hear from you. I have a pretty good memory, but it's mainly useful for knowing what to search for in Yahoo's archive of FFL posts, so it's a database-assisted memory, or a memory-assisted database, or something. Really glad to have you here, partly as an authentic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread emptybill
Judy, Not so. I don't personally know RWC so how could I have "personal enmity" toward him? I am not actually critical of RWC himself, rather I am challenging his views based upon my understanding of the classical Christian tradition, meaning both Catholic and Orthodox. I do not loath Catholici

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing a Tesla

2012-01-19 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Yesterday on my way back from Swami Abhayanand where I shot a > couple new videos for his YouTube channel I passed a Tesla sports > car. First time I've ever seen one and it was nice looking but > that's right, I passed it in my 98 Subaru

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:16 PM, awoelflebater wrote: > Perhaps we knew each other at one time? I'd suspect that's very likely. > If you are an American then for sure I would know you if you were witness to > "many cosmic confrontations" including confronting Robin. However, when being > confront

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Thanks Judy. You are always clear and concise, you kind of appear out of the blue like some musical, reasonable voice. You either have a really good memory or have a database of posts! I appreciate the clear synopsis of the last year or so. I never thought I would be discussing/debating my WTS e

[FairfieldLife] Me-Too Levitation

2012-01-19 Thread pranamoocher
Did anyone else see this video on YouTube, titled "Art of Levitation Unleashed by Nithyananda?" It looks like a direct copy of the TMO levitation technique, complete with skinny, flexible, lotus-sitting "hopping" and shaking about, with an Indian voice narrative that is very OOGA BOOGA sounding. T

[FairfieldLife] Passing a Tesla

2012-01-19 Thread Bhairitu
Yesterday on my way back from Swami Abhayanand where I shot a couple new videos for his YouTube channel I passed a Tesla sports car. First time I've ever seen one and it was nice looking but that's right, I passed it in my 98 Subaru Forester. Maybe the owner was "babying it" though I noticed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Don't get me wrong, I can respect your need for anonymity. It's not my personal style however, I tend to let it all hang out. Perhaps we knew each other at one time? If you are an American then for sure I would know you if you were witness to "many cosmic confrontations" including confronting Ro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Thanks for your message Susan, I appreciate it. I could write a book, maybe two on my years around him. I have not thought about it all as much as I have in the last week or so. It is amazing how much I do remember, as if it just happened. 25 years ago seems impossible. So much of it is seared

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Susan, if I could comment on a few of your details: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > > Dear Awoel, > > > > Since you are new here, in brief: Vaj and Robin have had > > a back and forth about Robin's l

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Is Fully Prepared

2012-01-19 Thread shanti2218411
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > It appears that the US is pushing the envelope to make sure that Iran doesn't > close the straight. In other words, the US is willing to pursue a more > aggressive step as was taken in Iraq and Afghanistan. > > It all depends on what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread authfriend
Susan, if I could comment on a few of your details: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > Dear Awoel, > > Since you are new here, in brief: Vaj and Robin have had > a back and forth about Robin's long past actions for many > months now, maybe over a year. Robin's been here a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 19, 2012, at 6:00 PM, awoelflebater wrote: > > > Hi Vaj, > > Well, I don't mean to offend but that does sound a little like the Reader's > > Digest version of a confrontation. Just out of curiosity, where did you get > > this desc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 19, 2012, at 6:00 PM, awoelflebater wrote: > Hi Vaj, > Well, I don't mean to offend but that does sound a little like the Reader's > Digest version of a confrontation. Just out of curiosity, where did you get > this description? Did you have close friends involved or are you just curious

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-01-19 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 14 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 21 00:00:00 2012 527 messages as of (UTC) Thu Jan 19 23:33:08 2012 51 "futur.musik" 50 Yifu 47 Buck 33 turquoiseb 32 curtisdeltablues 31 nablusoss1008 29 Emily Reyn 28

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Susan
Dear Awoel, Since you are new here, in brief: Vaj and Robin have had a back and forth about Robin's long past actions for many months now, maybe over a year. Vaj says he knew of people involved with Robin and was himself around in Ffld when Robin was doing his WTS thing. Vaj feels Robin was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Hey, thanks Judy for the reminder. > > However, his last statement you quoted was an > explanation of his feeling that the Catholic/Christian > lineage was empty of power now, ala the Abbey 0f Monte Cassino. > The key words being ... "i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Hi Vaj, Well, I don't mean to offend but that does sound a little like the Reader's Digest version of a confrontation. Just out of curiosity, where did you get this description? Did you have close friends involved or are you just curious to know the inside scoop? I have to admit the whole thing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scientology magazine sure reminds me of TM publications

2012-01-19 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > http://www.vice.com/read/international-scientology-news > > Great find. And great commentary all the way through > by the author. He WAY stuck the landing with his last >

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Is Fully Prepared

2012-01-19 Thread nablusoss1008
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardatrwilliamsdotus" > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > A line has been drawn on the sand, > > > > figuratively speaking. What will Iran do > > > > next? > > > > > nablusoss1008: > > > Can they afford to spend money they don't > > > have, > > > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Thank you.  I don't share the TM background, but I get a lot out of the exchanges between previous and current TM'ers or maybe just meditators at large.  There is a clarity here that is appealing and a willingness on the part of many to question or subject themselves to direct and potentially u

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Puget Sound vs Iowa forecasting

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Thank you. It's a nice change from the rain, which is coming soon enough. I'm never worried about myself..it's those "other" drivers that don't understand the limitations of their vehicle relative to the road conditions I worry about.  From: John To: Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scientology magazine sure reminds me of TM publications

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > http://www.vice.com/read/international-scientology-news Great find. And great commentary all the way through by the author. He WAY stuck the landing with his last paragraph: "Final notes on ISN #52: Setting precedents in empowerment, li

[FairfieldLife] Re: Puget Sound vs Iowa forecasting

2012-01-19 Thread John
Emily, I just heard from NPR that Seattle is a winter wonderland today. Drive carefully. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > Cliff Mass is our resident expert meteorologist and discusses the convergence > zone.  Note the reference to Iowa :)  Our weather is anyth

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Justified" is back

2012-01-19 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/19/2012 09:28 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > Up for tomorrow night is the critically acclaimed "Bellflower" arriving >> on BD after a "long wait" spell. The filmmakers even built a special >> camera for it. > > > Wim Wenders, along w

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Is Fully Prepared

2012-01-19 Thread John
This could be part of the Obama Doctrine relating to the Middle East. http://gpsanalysis.com/?p=520 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardatrwilliamsdotus" wrote: > > > > > > A line has been drawn on the sand, > > > figuratively speaking. What will Iran do > > > next? > > > nab

[FairfieldLife] Puget Sound vs Iowa forecasting

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Cliff Mass is our resident expert meteorologist and discusses the convergence zone.  Note the reference to Iowa :)  Our weather is anything but "mundane" this past week.  Luckily, I have a 4-WD Jeep and it rocks.   http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017257378_convergencezone17m.htm

[FairfieldLife] Scientology magazine sure reminds me of TM publications

2012-01-19 Thread Duveyoung
http://www.vice.com/read/international-scientology-news

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Need is for National Yagya

2012-01-19 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > Here's another idea - > open up a separate > place in Ffld to do Program > (Probation Hall) for all those > banned people who would really > like to meditate in the Domes. > Let them meditate and contribute > to world peace etc, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > Jon Stewart on SOPA: > > http://gothamist.com/2012/01/19/jon_stewart_sopa_will_drive_us_to_t.php So appropriate, too, that the clip above is shared by the non-copyright owner. > > From: raunchydog >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Jon Stewart on SOPA: http://gothamist.com/2012/01/19/jon_stewart_sopa_will_drive_us_to_t.php From: raunchydog To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!   "Going down the slippery

[FairfieldLife] Once more New Jersey leads the nation

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
Sorry...just couldn't resist. :-) Tax-Free Breast Implants: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Signs Bill Repealing Cosmetic Surgery Tax [Breast Implants New Jersey] Starting in July of 2013, New Jersey residents getting botox injections, breast implants, and other various nips and tucks wi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 19, 2012, at 1:29 PM, awoelflebater wrote: Hey Vaj, which stage? The official demon-expelling stage or the stage of life at WTS/the cult? Typically people were on a stage, up at the microphone conversing with Robin under hot lights, while he examined you with his alleged celestia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread emptybill
Hey, thanks Judy for the reminder. However, his last statement you quoted was an explanation of his feeling that the Catholic/Christian lineage was empty of power now, ala the Abbey 0f Monte Cassino. The key words being ... "it is as if". His view is characteristic of a vacillating mind, a ghostl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies!

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Ha ha ha.  No wonder I don't understand "new math." So that's 4 + 8 +1 + 2?   Just kidding. From: curtisdeltablues To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies!   Much appr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies!

2012-01-19 Thread Emily Reyn
Ah, Curtis, this is very funny.  I do love water, although I've been told I should be in a bath with epsom salts; I'm not sure what that would do to the tangled hair of all those Barbies :). Geez, now I'm *really* depressed. One thing I love about your writing is that it is often absurdly creati

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Hey, well done on finding that old article. And yes, I was there for all the good stuff. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater > wrote: > > > > Well, technically you are correct on WTS per se not being around until > 1986

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Justified" is back

2012-01-19 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > Up for tomorrow night is the critically acclaimed "Bellflower" arriving > > on BD after a "long wait" spell. The filmmakers even built a special > > camera for i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Hey Vaj, which stage? The official demon-expelling stage or the stage of life at WTS/the cult? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:12 PM, awoelflebater wrote: > > > Well, technically you are correct on WTS per se not being around > > until 1986. It w

[FairfieldLife] Re: The first anti-Stephen Colbert attack ad airs...

2012-01-19 Thread curtisdeltablues
That is brilliant on so many levels. Its funny I watch Jon Stewart religiously, but somehow, no matter how brilliant I can think his bits are, and how much I love them when I see them in short doses, I can't get through a whole Colbert show. I guess the schitck tires me out or something. It s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/19/2012 08:09 AM, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: > > Bhairitu: >> PIPA, the Protect IP bill, is also being shoved >> through the Senate. Our two California senators >> seemed to have turned into "Hollywood Whores"... >> > Oh my Gawd. You mean Hollywood has been supporting > political candida

[FairfieldLife] The first anti-Stephen Colbert attack ad airs...

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
...and fascinatingly enough, it's from his own Super-PAC. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/colbert-super-pac-release_n_1215494.html :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:12 PM, awoelflebater wrote: Well, technically you are correct on WTS per se not being around until 1986. It was a corporation I believe and it was dissolved in '84 or '85. I am just not sure what to call it after that because it was all still going on, big time. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Well, technically you are correct on WTS per se not being around until 1986. It was a corporation I believe and it was dissolved in '84 or '85. I am just not sure what to call it after that because it was all still going on, big time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Justified" is back

2012-01-19 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Up for tomorrow night is the critically acclaimed "Bellflower" arriving > on BD after a "long wait" spell. The filmmakers even built a special > camera for it. Wim Wenders, along with David Lynch one of this times few really interesti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Well, technically you are correct on WTS per se not being around until 1986. It was a corporation I believe and it was dissolved in '84 or '85. I am just not sure what to call it after that because it was all still going on, big time. And most of you know about WTS so that is what I have been ca

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-19 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardatrwilliamsdotus" wrote: > > So, based on the evidence, the rite of the horse sacrifice > probably originated in Europe somewhere in the Northern > Caucasus (4000 BCE. > > Ratha is the Sanskrit name for chariot: Oh shucks! I believe in some North

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread raunchydog
"Going down the slippery slope of censorship is fraught with peril, both domestically and abroad. Supporters of the law get angry any time people bring up censorship, but as law professor Derek Bambauer has made clear, any effort to block content is a form of censorship. What we can argue is whe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
Bhairitu: > PIPA, the Protect IP bill, is also being shoved > through the Senate. Our two California senators > seemed to have turned into "Hollywood Whores"... > Oh my Gawd. You mean Hollywood has been supporting political candidates by lobbying in the U.S. Congress? This is just outrageo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
raunchydog: > Call your Congress Critters: > >From what I've read, most of those who urged you to spread the word and fight the bills are among the richest Americans - the one percent! Just follow the money. "The problem with this is that the entire site would be affected, not just that po

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow, a tangle O' Barbies!

2012-01-19 Thread curtisdeltablues
First Emily, let me join Judy in giving you a high five for articulating what is great about FFL. You seem to use it in a way I can deeply relate to. Your post made me think about how I view offensiveness so I will riff on that for a moment. What I am seeking is a level of mutual respect or a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:55 AM, awoelflebater wrote: Hey Vaj, not sure about the basement annex. Which Catholic church? I was confronted Jan. 1 1986. Big way to start the new year, I went out with a bang. But I came back, I always do. In Fairfield. Jan 1, 1986 - I didn't realize the WTS pers

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Is Fully Prepared

2012-01-19 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
> > A line has been drawn on the sand, > > figuratively speaking. What will Iran do > > next? > nablusoss1008: > Can they afford to spend money they don't > have, > Well, I hope so! It's about time someone did something about the fascists running Iran. That Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread awoelflebater
Hey Vaj, not sure about the basement annex. Which Catholic church? I was confronted Jan. 1 1986. Big way to start the new year, I went out with a bang. But I came back, I always do. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:56 PM, awoelflebater wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] BASF to Stop Selling Genetically Modified Products in Europe

2012-01-19 Thread merlin
BASF to Stop Selling Genetically Modified Products in Europe By JAMES KANTER Published: January 16, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/business/global/17iht-gmo17.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stop PIPA too!

2012-01-19 Thread raunchydog
Call your Congress Critters: Ask how the money they raise from Big Media, Pro-SOPA or Anti-SOPA groups will influence their vote. http://sopatrack.com/ Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-3) $209,050 from pro-SOPA groups $34,275 from anti-SOPA groups Call him now: 202-225-3806 Rep. Bruce Braley (D-1

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-19 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
cardemaister: > OMG: ashvamedha! > So, the 'Ashvamedha', which is Sanskrit for 'horse sacrifice', is mentioned in Rig Veda 1.162-163. Gawd! Since there is no evidence for horses in pre-Vedic India, we can assume that horses were introduced into India by the Sanskrit speakers that migrated INTO I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wow

2012-01-19 Thread Vaj
On Jan 18, 2012, at 11:56 PM, awoelflebater wrote: I was also branded an "evil being" at this point and sent packing. Were you one of the people who were confronted in the basement of the Catholic church annex?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Need is for National Yagya

2012-01-19 Thread Buck
Yep, well if the BODirectors of the TM-movement's SBSTrust or the BOTrustees of the university ever wanted to do something really productive with the meditating community, they proly should ought to 'retire' the University President and give that position and its job to someone who has a differ

[FairfieldLife] Hagelin on: What is the Field?

2012-01-19 Thread Buck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbRmJ_2nqyg&feature=player_embedded

[FairfieldLife] Lisa Cairns - New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 01/19/2012

2012-01-19 Thread Rick Archer
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump published 01/19/2012 104. Lisa Cairns Jan 18, 2012 09:39 pm | R

[FairfieldLife] OMG: ashvamedha!

2012-01-19 Thread cardemaister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvamedha The Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध aśvamedhá; "horse sacrifice") was one of the most important royal rituals of Vedic religion, described in detail in the Yajurveda (TS 7.1-5, VSM 22–25[1] and the pertaining commentary in the Shatapatha Brahmana ŚBM 13.1–