[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: 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] 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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] 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 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] 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 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: 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: 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] 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 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] 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: 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: 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] 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 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] 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 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

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 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,

[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

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 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

[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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

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

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] 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
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] 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

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