Re: [FairfieldLife] Our group hug

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Aw, Emptybill, that's so sweet.  Hey, you started something nice, did you not?  Or, was that Judy?  Ha.  All that opera simply catapulted this poor unenlightened soul right out of her holiday blues.  I will forever be grateful to you - all that tragic opera drama (and yes, I also did listen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Aw, that's so sweet.  I like raunchydog all the time, but then again, she's part of the cult I'm in.  Share, is that one of the criteria - do I have to like the people in the cult you've assigned me to?  Or, can I think they are a bit overbearing at times with tactics I don't approve of to k

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
A, that's so sweet.  Can I have a glass of wine to with it?  And here I've been, reciting the Lord's Prayer to ward off the evil spirits.   From: seventhray1 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 9:05 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Awwsome, that's so sweet.  Ravi, I've never heard this before.  You pay more child support than anyone I know; there is something to be said for that.   From: Robin Carlsen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 9:55 PM Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Aw, that's so sweet.  You are such a chatty, multi-talented, famous, musical Cathy.   From: Bhairitu To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 7:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] New Video: Talk a Lot   Here's my latest music v

[FairfieldLife] To Judy from Emily

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Dear Judy, I want you to know that I don't usually appreciate soprano's but, I have grown and changed over this last year and I thoroughly appreciated the beauty and voice of Anna Netrebko.  (I really want to add a "v" in there somewhere.)  How fascinating that the mad scene was "based" on rea

[FairfieldLife] Six types of suutras!

2012-12-09 Thread card
Dr. Måns Broo (mons brew) has written a book about yoga-suutras, in Finnish, called Joogan filosofia (philosophy of yoga). I'll try to translate what he writes about the six kinds of suutras: According to miimaaMsaa-philosophers, there are six types of suutras: (1) definition (saMjnaa), (2) key

[FairfieldLife] Wind-Up Toys On Parade

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ > wrote: > > > > See what I mean? Obsessed, pure and simple. You LIVE to 'get' Judy. > > Nonsense. Every so often I just like winding her up and letting > her "get" herself, th

[FairfieldLife] Karma, Dudes!

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
Either that, or a new contender for the Darwin Awards - police drone crashes into SWAT team: http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/12/police-drone-crashed-into-swat-team-2510076.html

[FairfieldLife] Documentary Highlights Value of TM for Teenage Girls

2012-12-09 Thread merlin
http://www.tm.org/blog/meditation/documentary-value-of-tm-for-teen-girls/

[FairfieldLife] Operant Behavioral Training

2012-12-09 Thread Buck
Horsemen before there was `clicker' or horsewhisperers… "We can add that Sigfinnur often rode walk in between the fast parts. Then he lighted his pipe and told stories, sometimes exaggerated, sometime plain lies. His horses soon got used to the sound of the matches and learned that the smell of to

[FairfieldLife] The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread emptybill
I figure after the pin pops off my grenade we will have about 3 seconds to go "oh shit". That last impression should make quite a nice imprint. It will instantiate all the warm, loving relationships we enjoy here on FFL. Even better, that "oh shit" will cause us to avoid needless bickering in our

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > I figure after the pin pops off my grenade we will have about 3 seconds > to go "oh shit". > > That last impression should make quite a nice imprint. It will > instantiate all the warm, loving relationships we enjoy here on FFL. > Ev

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
Excellent bhairitu! I'm amazed by how you got the actual FFL message list to scroll on the computer, and I appreciate your nod to Barry and Buddha, and to Rick and Alex at the end. I even think I recognize RD in there somewhere. Also, I get the message (or I think I do). I gotta go back to see i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread Share Long
Can't help feeling sad as I think how the people, including Juliette, in Raunchy's life will miss out on all the extra benefits because she doesn't have, psychologically speaking some of those cojones she often talks about.  She doesn't have the cojones to actually go and see John Newton for her

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > Excellent bhairitu! I'm amazed by how you got the actual FFL > message list to scroll on the computer, and I appreciate your > nod to Barry and Buddha, and to Rick and Alex at the end. I > even think I recognize RD in there somewh

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
emptybill: > Willy will announce to everyone, "It was better in the > Gupta empire 'cause they knew that Shakya the Muni > already had done it all and had just returned back to > the mantra … the Saraswati mantra." > In ancient India this was called Yoga, a way to free oneself from suffering,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Share Long
EmptyB I love you but what the heck opera are you talking about?  Raunchy's fainting goat opera?  And what the heck does my line mean?  I LOVE how it all turns out you  sweetie pie old codger.  God, you are older than me, right?  Anyway, didn't you get my big hug?  Hopefully that will bring some

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread emptybill
Hey, you'll be there in the middle on the right side. Not everything is revealed to my pravritti-aloka jñana. Likely I'm being obstructed by one of Robin's demons ... maybe by old Rahu. Anyway, you'll probably be passed-out face-down in the cake. Won't that be a delightful sight! --- In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Buck
> > I think we all need a group hug. > > > > Here ... let's all gather 'round and > > pray for forgiveness. Let's do it now ... > > and the grenades on my vest are just > > for looks. > > > > Honest. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > I figure after the pin pops

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
I like cake...feed me, feed me! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Hey, you'll be there in the middle on the right side. Not everything > is revealed to my pravritti-aloka jñana. Likely I'm being obstructed > by one of Robin's demons ... maybe by old Rahu. > > Anyway, y

[FairfieldLife] And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and you brew it however you do, (I use one of those Bailetti Italian numbers you see on the stove in every Sofia Loren movie) and then the magic begins. Having tasted versions of "Christmas" blends through the years, I alwa

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread awoelflebater
Bravo Emptybill, bravo. Can I kiss you? You just about made my day. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > I figure after the pin pops off my grenade we will have about 3 seconds > to go "oh shit". > > That last impression should make quite a nice imprint. It will > inst

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Can't help feeling sad as I think how the people, including Juliette, in > Raunchy's life will miss out on all the extra benefits because she doesn't > have, psychologically speaking some of those cojones she often talks about.  > S

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" > wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater >> wrote: >> >>> Then talk TO him, don't talk ABOUT him. Grow a spine and >>> address people directly, not through oth

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
laughinggull108: > LaughingGull will whine, "Hey, I'm over here, I'm over > here...jeez, what does it take to get noticed around > here, huh, huh?" > It may take many years of posting for you to get any recognition on discussion groups like this. Until then, you'll be considered if not call

[FairfieldLife] Fifteen Minutes

2012-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Looks like PSY's 15-minutes of fame are just about over. LoL! http://tinyurl.com/bgr2c5k

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
Beware of group hugs. It's usually an enticement to indulge in Bacchanalian orgy. We can't have that on FFLife so, fuggedaboutit. Emptybill has been especially devious luring us into a group hug. It turns out his group hug is a terrorist plot to make us all soft and squishy before he pops a pin

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > laughinggull108: > > LaughingGull will whine, "Hey, I'm over here, I'm over > > here...jeez, what does it take to get noticed around > > here, huh, huh?" > > > It may take many years of posting for you to get any >

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
Curis, if this was your one and only post to FFL, it would be enough, it would be enough. You got the gift man! Happy holidays! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and you > brew it howe

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
Curtis, if this was your one and only post to FFL, it would be enough, it would be enough...you got the gift man! Happy holidays! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and you > brew it h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Share Long
yes, Emily I regret hurting your feelings.  However, I don't agree that I completely dismissed and ignored you.  It's possible in the deluge I missed some posts of yours and of others as well.  I guess I don't understand because if someone told me I was in a cult, it wouldn't bother me.  I know

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
And so it is. I've missed your spirit -- Christmas or otherwise -- around here, and thus happy for the drive-by. Loved the Three Wise Men as Parliament-Funkadelic, and "the bastard child of a rapist ghost." At least here in the Netherlands they celebrate a *real* Saint Nicholas. True, he was a bis

[FairfieldLife] Winston saw it like a prophet

2012-12-09 Thread emptybill
Winston Churchill predicted the future – many times November 30, 1874 is the birth-date of the greatest statesman in history. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan deemed him so. Just his indomitable leadership in World War II rallying a beleaguered Britain to triumph over Nazi tyranny would

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
Much appreciated. Merry Krishnaamas back atchya. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > Curtis, if this was your one and only post to FFL, it would be enough, it > would be enough...you got the gift man! Happy holidays! > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "c

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > Wow, and Share thought she was getting the gears. It's amazing > you're still standing. That list is a little disingenuous; almost all (maybe all--I didn't check every single item) of it is from one poster, Edg, who has had it in for w

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and you > brew it however you do, (I use one of those Bailetti Italian numbers you see > on the stove in every Sofia Loren movie) and then the magic

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks man. Funny how the Italians have a word for grappa enhanced coffee, they call it caffè corretto as if it needed to be corrected! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > And so it is. I've missed your spirit -- Christmas or otherwise -- > around here, and thus happy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Qualities of the Unified Field

2012-12-09 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > You know, these 'qualities' are like those bold words in old comics when you > use them qualities like Patanjali would in meditating right there upon the > Unified Field. Faint intention and awareness on 'Integrity' and BAM! !WOW! > You sh

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > laughinggull108: > > LaughingGull will whine, "Hey, I'm over here, I'm over > > here...jeez, what does it take to get noticed around > > here, huh, huh?" > > > It may take many years of posting for you to get any >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > Wow, and Share thought she was getting the gears. It's amazing > > you're still standing. > > That list is a little disingenuous; almost all (maybe all--I > didn't ch

[FairfieldLife] OMG: yatna?

2012-12-09 Thread card
What is your favorite translation of 'yatna' in tatra* sthitau yatno 'bhyaasaH (w/o s: tatra sthitau yatnaH; abhyaasaH)? *there = in yoga / citta-vRtti-nirodha / samaadhi** ** yogash citta-vRtti-nirodhaH; Vyaasa: yogaH [=] samaadhiH

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Thanks man. Funny how the Italians have a word for grappa enhanced coffee, they call it caffè corretto as if it needed to be corrected! I hear that. :-) Here's some Krishmas Cheer for the wannabee Hindus in the group. Fits righ

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread emptybill
Yeah, me too. "All we are saying ... is give piss a chance". But who needs internet forums anyway? When, I get my 27 houris too pleasure me endlessly, I won't even remember FFL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > I think we all need a group hug. > > > > > > Here ..

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Duveyoung
Two thumbs up for this piece. Nice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and you > brew it however you do, (I use one of those Bailetti Italian numbers you see > on the stove in every So

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks Edge, Merry Christmas. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Two thumbs up for this piece. Nice. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatran) and > > y

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Name the time and place. I'll bring 16 ounce boxing > > gloves, a professional boxing referee paid in full, > > and I'll show you a new state of consciousness. > > awoelflebater: > Wow, and Share thought she was getting the gears. It's > amazing you're still standing. > LoL! Fan mail fro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Michael Jackson
This picture is so funny - it is the perfect advertisement for the TMO From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:11 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > Hey, what about ME? I think I was the one to start making 'fun' > of John right from the get-go. Aren't I in trouble too? With your snarky cynical immaturity, you are surely beneath being dignified with even a mere mention. After

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Wow, and Share thought she was getting the gears. > > It's amazing you're still standing. > > authfriend: > That list is a little disingenuous; almost all (maybe > all--I didn't check every single item) of it is from > one poster, Edg, who has had it in for willytex for a > long time. > Sh

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
Hearty laugh of the week Richard...thanks! Ditto on the later post continuing your "fan" mail. Now I understand why you look the way you do, and I'm so sorry. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > laughinggull108: > > LaughingGull will whine, "Hey, I'm ov

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Curtis - The only known manuscript of Stille Nacht in the handwriting of either the composer or lyricist:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Can't help feeling sad as I think how the people, including Juliette, in > Raunchy's life will miss out on all the extra benefits because she doesn't > have, psychologically speaking some of those cojones she often talks about.  > S

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > EmptyB I love you but what the heck opera are you talking about?  Raunchy's > fainting goat opera?  And what the heck does my line mean?  I LOVE how it > all turns out you  sweetie pie old codger.  God, you are older than me, >

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > yes, Emily I regret hurting your feelings.  However, I don't agree that I > completely dismissed and ignored you.  It's possible in the deluge I missed > some posts of yours and of others as well.  I guess I don't understand > bec

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread laughinggull108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: > > Hearty laugh of the week Richard...thanks! Ditto on the later post continuing your "fan" mail. Now I understand why you look the way you do, and I'm so sorry. [My Photo] >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/08/2012 09:13 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> Here's my latest music video "Talk a Lot": >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmllQDYRMI >> >> Enjoy! >> > Yes, indeed! I thoroughly enjoyed your video, fun lighthearted music. Thank > you. Lov

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug - FFL Erwache!

2012-12-09 Thread emptybill
http://uploads0.wikipaintings.org/images/henryk-siemiradzki/bacchanalia.\ jpg Yeah, Raunchy. Nice painting of how it really is. BTW, that's me on the far-right side (of course) dancing, clashing the cymbals and waxin

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
I am once again thinking there might be something in this Jesus thing after all. I must assume, Curtis, you do not believe that Jesus was God. Christmas therefore is not the celebration of God's birthday as a newborn infant. If I have this right--No need to respond. You certainly make me think

[FairfieldLife] What constitutes an "intelligent discussion?"

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Share, Emily's frustration with you isn't it isn't about > labels, it's about lies and your lack of courage to have > an intelligent discussion with her that would allow her > an opportunity to defend herself against your allegations

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > This is, in some way, hideously blasphemous but nevertheless > very interesting. It didn't leave me feeling very Christmas-y > though. Here, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3HLVzNO5mM "Jauchzet, frohlocket," Bach Christmas

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee In the afterlife, I'll probably have to spend eternity drinking percolator robusta, but I stopped fresh grinding my coffee. I bought a Cuisinart coffee grinder at the Home Store in

[FairfieldLife] Re: What constitutes an "intelligent discussion?"

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
Your opinions are completely irrelevant on this topic, Barry and not any different from anything we've already heard from you a thousand times. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Share, Emily's frustrati

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
Ah, authfriend, just when Curtis nails Christ you bring in the Resurrection--just like you did last time. Resurrection in this instance being metaphoric. Curtis's piece was funny--because of his religious experience of not believing in the Baby Jesus. Seems no one can kill your spirit, authfrie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > Hey, what about ME? I think I was the one to start making > 'fun' of John right from the get-go. Aren't I in trouble too? And Ravi called Newton "fucking delusional," but he didn't get a gauntlet (or even a guantlet) thrown at him eith

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
I'm rolling a Cuisinart burr grinder from Bed Bath and Behind that makes it all very easy. But I am no stranger to the charms of the higher end pro ground bag. If you just keep it sealed up tight you can keep the God in. I try to balance food snobbery with the pain in the ass factor too.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > That's a mighty impressive collection of insults, Willy. It's > impressive in the sense that Judy wrote such colorful insults > *and* impressive that you actually collected and posted them. Not mine. They're all (or most) from Edg.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What constitutes an "intelligent discussion?"

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > My feeling is that if someone says something about me, Such as, "The bottom line is that hardly anybody pays much attention to Barry these days except to make fun of him." Followed almost immediately by seven or eight frenzied rants from

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > I am once again thinking there might be something in this Jesus thing after > all. > > I must assume, Curtis, you do not believe that Jesus was God. I believe he was a community organizer and a hippie. He might have been met a

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > This is, in some way, hideously blasphemous but nevertheless > > very interesting. It didn't leave me feeling very Christmas-y > > though. > > Here, try this: > > ht

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Ah, authfriend, just when Curtis nails Christ you bring in the > Resurrection--just like you did last time. Resurrection in this > instance being metaphoric. Curtis's piece was funny--because of > his religious experience of not beli

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 12/08/2012 09:13 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Here's my latest music video "Talk a Lot": > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmllQDYRMI > >> > >> Enjoy! > >> > > Yes, indeed

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > > > This is, in some way, hideously blasphemous but nevertheless > > > very interesting. It d

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Aw, that's so real.  Raunchy, Share is in too much fear me.  I am a formidable woman, after all.  She will never address any of my questions - she has written me off because it's less scary that way.  I don't think she likes me very much.  Or, maybe, her latest John Newton healing session wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread John
Curtis, Welcome back dude. I don't believe I've ever read a version of Christmas the way you just presented. It certainly is unique and eclectic. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > So you take your fresh ground coffee (preferably dark roast Sumatr

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > Ah, authfriend, just when Curtis nails Christ you bring in the > > Resurrection--just like you did last time. Resurrection in this > > instance being metaphoric. Cu

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Alex Stanley
I keep my coffee in one of those clear plastic canisters with a rubber gasket and a wire clamping mechanism. In other news, I'm sitting here in Petra's Jeep, by the side of the road, waiting for the inflator to pump up her tire. She drove off to an appointment and didn't notice the flat until a

[FairfieldLife] The perfect time to visit London.....

2012-12-09 Thread salyavin808
is when the British Museum is doing one of its major shows. This will be a treat. I love these people, they were us, but most likely smarter and a good deal fitter, and they lived in a young and pristine world where if you wanted something you made it yourself - no technology other than whatev

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > Curtis, > > Welcome back dude. I don't believe I've ever read a version of Christmas the > way you just presented. It certainly is unique and eclectic. > > JR Thanks for checking it out. The perspective that Joseph might not have been

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Global Country

2012-12-09 Thread Buck
> > > > > The Global Country of World Peace is a "nation without borders" promoting > > unity in consciousness and the reduction of the narrow nationalism that > > divides humanity from humanity. It is a home for peace-loving people > > everywhere. > > > > > > > > The domain of the Global Cou

Re: [FairfieldLife] And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Dang Curtis, so nice of you to provide such lovely links and a recipe for holiday coffee.  We have something in common - pre-ground coffee is a non-starter in my kitchen as well.  Tee Hee.  From: curtisdeltablues To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday

Re: [FairfieldLife] The results of our group hug!

2012-12-09 Thread Emily Reyn
Ah ha ha ha.  Very excellent.  So many great insults to read, so little time.   I'm on the run and must escape to my next hidey hole.  Ya'll have an exquisite day and I look forward to reading Edg's? list of insults tonight.   From: emptybill To: FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > This is, in some way, hideously blasphemous but nevertheless > > very interesting. It didn't leave me feeling very Christmas-y > > though. > > Here, try this: > > ht

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/09/2012 10:47 AM, raunchydog wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> On 12/08/2012 09:13 PM, raunchydog wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Here's my latest music video "Talk a Lot": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmllQDYRM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Michael Jackson
If I may be so bold to ask, why do you say Maharishi despised Christianity? I have never heard that. From: curtisdeltablues To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Video: Talk a Lot

2012-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
On 12/09/2012 08:17 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: >> Excellent bhairitu! I'm amazed by how you got the actual FFL >> message list to scroll on the computer, and I appreciate your >> nod to Barry and Buddha, and to Rick and Alex at the end. I >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:17 AM, authfriend wrote: > ** > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > > Hey, what about ME? I think I was the one to start making > > 'fun' of John right from the get-go. Aren't I in trouble too? > > And Ravi called Newton "fucking delusi

[FairfieldLife] Re: What constitutes an "intelligent discussion?"

2012-12-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > My feeling is that if someone says something about me, > > Such as, "The bottom line is that hardly anybody pays much > attention to Barry these days except to make fun

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yikes! Throwing down some guantlets

2012-12-09 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:17 AM, authfriend wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: >> >> >> > Hey, what about ME? I think I was the one to start making >> > 'fun' of John right from the get-

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > If I may be so bold to ask, why do you say Maharishi despised Christianity? I > have never heard that. I got the impression from a few sources. One was when they asked Maharishi on one of the early courses if they could put up C

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
Most definitely, this is true--not just objectively, either. He has a terrific secret animus against Christ and Christianity--I noticed this in all the hours I studied him live and in every video, every audio tape. *And he communicated this contempt to his teachers*--each and every one--even wit

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread doctordumbass
Ravi replied to me that he was still revving up - which I was OK with. The fellow is an alarm clock to wake up dreamers, and though I followed a teacher who was not in favor of alarm clocks, to each his own. Whether I agree with everything he says, or not, he is authentic and owns his own stuff,

[FairfieldLife] Re: What constitutes an "intelligent discussion?"

2012-12-09 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > Kinda weird that he'd take you to task for commenting > about a movie you haven't seen when he frequently > comments about a forum he hasn't read. Good line. :-) In response I would just say that sometimes after watching the trai

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread doctordumbass
Good for him! There is not a religion more disgusting in the way it has been endlessly used to conquer and kill indigenous tribes, plunder and rape other civilizations, and continues to this day as convenient cover for pedophiles and war mongers. Religion in general is a bad idea, and f*cking Ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: The perfect time to visit London.....

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > is when the British Museum is doing one of its major shows. > This will be a treat. I love these people, they were us, but most likely > smarter and a good deal fitter, and they lived in a young and pristine > world where if y

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > I keep my coffee in one of those clear plastic canisters with a rubber gasket > and a wire clamping mechanism. > > In other news, I'm sitting here in Petra's Jeep, by the side of the road, > waiting for the inflator to pump up h

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Second Open Letter to Bill Howell, author of CULT

2012-12-09 Thread Robin Carlsen
Dear Feste, I sense the genuineness of feeling here, feste--and the intelligence of your intention. Once someone appears to be having a different *perception* of one (from what was seemingly definitive in terms of what went before), there is always some confusion and momentary disorientation.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth

2012-12-09 Thread Buck
With reference to CULTURE, Heaven on Earth will be characterized by cultural integrity in which every nation will blossom in the richness of its natural cultural dignity. Life will be lived spontaneously in accord with the natural law of the land. No culture will overshadow any other culture.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Michael Jackson
Thanks to both Curtis and Robin for giving these answers - this is just something I had never heard and i appreciate knowing this - I was never a TM teacher, just one of the many RU's who meditated twice a day - it does not surprise me in a way, and in another way it does surprise me. I just wi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-09 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Well I think MMY's behavior is a little strange. Most of the Hindus I know, including myself naturally respect Jesus and Christianity since it is part of the Hindu conditioning of "to each his own". However I can identify with what Curtis crudely states as "Hindu triumphalism". It's natural that t

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