[FairfieldLife] Re: Directory of Active Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
2013 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > I was wondering how the original pre-TM citizens of Fairfield and Jefferson > > county feel about it all. > > > > > > Jack, > Great sociological question ab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year FFL!!!

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
Dear Dr.; there are actually also quite a lot of people here in Fairfield invibed in these very same retirement values. Have Come about it in the same way through the movement and meditating. Most meditators are spiritual and not Rajas. Of course the monied people got all the attention over th

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Well, nowhere else for me to go, so I will begin digging the shelter for the apocalypse in my backyard, and in general fortifying the place. I have a van I could turn into a Mad Max machine - weld on some extra steel plate, beef up the suspension, bullet-proof glass all around, gun ports, and I'

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Yep, must've moved here around the same time you did (Nov.'93) - then things waffled around for a few years, until they exploded and imploded within a span of 3 or 4 years - The Bubble... The cycle seems to work here, as tough as it is to adjust to, because each cycle brings a significant wave

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread seekliberation
I saw it on the newsand i'm sure he's not complaining about something irrelevant or imaginary, and property taxes aren't the only tax that exists. My life is pretty good here in the United States for the last 20 years too, but that doesn't prevent me from recognizing a disaster when I see

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
I've been here 20 years and so far, so good! I don't know what the guy from the eastern part of the state is complaining about - Their property taxes are a third of what mine are. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doct

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread seekliberation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > California has always led the rest of the country culturally, and I am sure > we will be in better shape economically soon, now that Jerry Brown is > Governor, again. One of the few true civil servants, that guy. If he does fi

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread seekliberation
Below are two links to show the state debt is in the hundreds of billions, not 28 billion. What you are probably doing is mistaking annual budget for total debt. Much like people who spout that Clinton paid off the national debt and had a surplus. Clinton never paid off any national debt, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > ¨ > > I feel really grateful for TM and all my time in it, and I was lucky enough > > to manage grad school and a career a bit later. But I still get why some > > might

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry - film question

2013-01-01 Thread Alex Stanley
This guy, perhaps? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634897/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > Can you tell me the name of the movie director who is a Buddhist monk and > film director and I think interested in soccer? He made a lovely film about > a young man who left his vi

[FairfieldLife] Barry - film question

2013-01-01 Thread Susan
Can you tell me the name of the movie director who is a Buddhist monk and film director and I think interested in soccer? He made a lovely film about a young man who left his village to go to America and had a long and slow trip of it all. I can't find his name. Want to see more movies by him

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
Not to mention that housing prices are beginning rise again or recoup. Also when I moved here 20 years ago the U-Haul guy was so happy to see me because he now had another truck to rent to folks fleeing. It's a cycle. On 01/01/2013 04:55 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: > Ha! That was f

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Ha! That was funny - Barry2 and I posted responses with an identical timestamp! What I wanted to say too, is one thing that aids creativity is natural beauty, and we have that amazing Pacific coastline here, the bays, the rivers, estuaries, mountains, valleys, and it all seems to relax people.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year FFL!!!

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Thanks! I am 58, and did not plan to retire until 62, but the demands of life, family, work, and all were becoming truly impossible, unsustainable. So on the last Monday evening of November 2012, I built a spreadsheet using reasonable assumptions, and saw that permanent retirement was possible

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2013-01-01 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 29 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 2013 416 messages as of (UTC) Tue Jan 01 23:53:54 2013 39 Michael Jackson 33 doctordumb...@rocketmail.com, UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@".SYNTAX-ERROR. 27 nablus

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
So where did you get that 600 billion figure? It was only 28 billion as of last September. I'm just sitting here waiting for the place to collapse and it ain't gonna be any better in any other state when that happens or I will have neighbors I don't like or get along with. I don't exactly se

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
California has always led the rest of the country culturally, and I am sure we will be in better shape economically soon, now that Jerry Brown is Governor, again. One of the few true civil servants, that guy. Also, the Republicans here are almost nonexistent politically (30% maybe), so despite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lahiri!

2013-01-01 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 01/01/2013 02:25 PM, card wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/ > >> > > Hmmm... "wrong" house system?? > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Chivukula" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ > wrote: > > > > > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing

[FairfieldLife] Re: The year off to a good start!

2013-01-01 Thread Alex Stanley
Just more of the same ol' same ol' for me, although US Cellular did finally get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S2. I can't say as I've noticed any difference, but the upgrade was totally smooth. I didn't even have to re-login to Google; it remembered my login and reinst

[FairfieldLife] Re: How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread seekliberation
California is the epitome of the direction this country is going in. It has the highest debt of any state, with a total of over 600 billion, and 1 out of every 9 people are on food stamps. The scary part about it is that a lot of people there are moving to other states now. They are typical

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lahiri!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/01/2013 02:25 PM, card wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/ >> > Hmmm... "wrong" house system?? > > You want "whole house" not Placidus. Your chart?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ravi and his Grandmother

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Such a blessing to behold her; so sweet to see him looking so happy.  From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 4:22 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ravi and his Grandmother   Ravi and his Grandmother For

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lahiri!

2013-01-01 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/ > Hmmm... "wrong" house system??

[FairfieldLife] Lahiri!

2013-01-01 Thread card
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/

[FairfieldLife] Ravi and his Grandmother

2013-01-01 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Ravi and his Grandmother For those that did not click on the link in his email, or read his email.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > Yes you have talked about it before. Well Kerala's too humid whereas > Hyderabad is well inland. I vowed in 2007 after 3 trips and an 18 month stay > to not return to Ammachi's ashram in India again. I did enjoy parts of my > stay

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
I really like that photo of you with your grandmother Ravi - you do not look so stern. It looks balmy there, with temperatures in the mid 70s to the mid 80s °F. It is 35°F here, and will be 11°F (about -12°C) tomorrow morning. See, I am a frozen human being no matter how you look at it.

[FairfieldLife] The year off to a good start!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
I went on my morning walk at the waterfront park. On the back half of my walk I heard ambulance, police and fire sirens. Thought maybe someone might have had a heart attack downtown. As I got closer to the end of my walk I noted that the ambulance was actually at the entrance of the park and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 01/01/2013 11:03 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > >> On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > >>> Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India > >>> with my family -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@ wrote: > > > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to shar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/01/2013 11:03 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: >>> Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with >>> my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to sh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: It's Cronenberg!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/01/2013 10:49 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> My new year's eve movie was "Cosmopolis" which I rented on DVD. > Mine was a clean, ripped-from-Bluray copy of "Cloud Atlas," > which was definitely an improvement from the first time I > saw it. S

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year FFL!!!

2013-01-01 Thread nablusoss1008
Happy New Year Dr. ! How is it possible to be retired, I thought you were a youngish man ? AND; still have the Jaguar ? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Happy New Year, 2013, to all! Wishes for peace, prosperity, love, harmony and > spiritual growth to eve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Thanks Jim - wish you the same as well. That picture was shot by my nephew, I included it because I liked it. My iPhone 5 - as you can imagine is real attractive to the kids and they spend lot of time on it :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Happy New Year, Ravi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Thanks dear Em - there's a dramatic contrast in the Indian culture now. I'm surrounded by kids in this apartment complex and kids even as young as 8 spend lot of time on Facebook and YouTube. My older sister was relating a hilarious incident about how an 8 year old complained to her about her ol

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'? 2Xeno

2013-01-01 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Xeno, I'm thoroughly enjoying the back and forth you're having with Edg.  > Thank you both.  I'm replying to 3 of your posts here, no particular order.  > Mostly I'm commenting but have one question at the end.  > > I too apprecia

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with > > my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share > > here, starting with the picture here. > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Thanks Ann and Steve. My maternal grandmother is my only surviving grandparent - though I wasn't attached to her it was hard to watch her but I did enjoy the time I spent with her - she's been asking me to visit India for a while. On Jan 1, 2013, at 10:21 PM, "seventhray27" wrote: > Nice pic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Scientology to the rescue once again

2013-01-01 Thread Emily Reyn
They are one of the worst in terms of trashing and trying to destroy the lives of people who leave the Cult.  There was an article in the New Yorker last year by a member of the inner circle who left that was fascinating, yet devastating in what was evident between the lines.  Katie Holmes did t

[FairfieldLife] Re: It's Cronenberg!

2013-01-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > My new year's eve movie was "Cosmopolis" which I rented on DVD. Mine was a clean, ripped-from-Bluray copy of "Cloud Atlas," which was definitely an improvement from the first time I saw it. Still a very challenging film, and still IMO not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Emily Reyn
Ravi, Happy New Year to you as well, and thank you for sharing these pictures!   It is so much fun to see a glimpse of other cultures and countries and families.  The very best to your entire family.  Em. > > From: Ravi Chivukula >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my > family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here, > starting with the picture here. > > http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks to Doc

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Happy New Year to you too, Doc, and happy retirement as well. I don't remember the cinder block garage at KC CAE but it sounds ghastly.  Glad you all eventually got rooms in the CAE.  I remember a lot of pastel colors (-: Also thanks for tip about chanting on Maharishi Channel.   _

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my > family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here, > starting with the picture here. > > http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/photos/73243621@N07/

[FairfieldLife] It's Cronenberg!

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
My new year's eve movie was "Cosmopolis" which I rented on DVD. This is David Cronenberg's latest and I was not disappointed. It is loaded with stars which as they liked to say in the "making of" extra which is BTW as long as the movie itself which clocks in a 1 hour 50 minutes, they will all

[FairfieldLife] Happy New Year FFL!!!

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Happy New Year, 2013, to all! Wishes for peace, prosperity, love, harmony and spiritual growth to everyone, and a continuing good natured ruckus here, as usual!! Cold and clear today - New Year's Day plans: Going to visit my father-in-law with my wife later on, for lunch, and then have dinner w

[FairfieldLife] How many stupid new laws does your state have today?

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
California has over 900. I think in order to make a new law you need to do away with two. America has too many laws and it is stifling things.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Micro$oft conspiracy?

2013-01-01 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/01/2013 02:06 AM, card wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> On 12/31/2012 02:10 PM, card wrote: >>> This mightily reeks like some kinda Micro$oft >>> conspiracy: >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless/2422313011/ref=zg_tr_tab_t_tr >>> >>> >> Micros

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread doctordumbass
Happy New Year, Ravi!! Why did you take a picture of the dandruff fighting shampoo billboard though?? An allegory for purity in the New Year perhaps? ;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread seventhray27
Edg, Thank you for that. A lot to contemplate. And again, part --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" wrote: > > > > > > Hey Edg, > > > > Nice post. I especially liked part > > > > That is something I've never thought

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" wrote: > > > Hey Edg, > > Nice post. I especially liked part > > That is something I've never thought of. Now, at the risk of sounding > stupid, is this sort of the encapsulated version of "Advaita". I've > never really understood it before,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my > family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here, > starting with the picture here. > > http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread seventhray27
Nice pictures Ravi. Thanks for sharing. God Bless your Grandmother! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here, startin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > Who were these "white trash rednecks"? Did these type of people have a > > tendency to want to become TM teachers? What makes you think types like > > these "would never

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a > > 'master' of it then this man has succeeded. But I guess > > you can't fault the guy for trying, there are certainly

[FairfieldLife] [New post] 151. Anita Moorjani

2013-01-01 Thread Rick Archer
New post on Buddha at the Gas Pump 151. Anita Moorjani by Rick

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'? 2Xeno

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Xeno, I'm thoroughly enjoying the back and forth you're having with Edg.  Thank you both.  I'm replying to 3 of your posts here, no particular order.  Mostly I'm commenting but have one question at the end.  I too appreciate Adyashanti's model of head, heart and gut.  I'm thinking those 3 low

[FairfieldLife] Happy New Year !!!

2013-01-01 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here, starting with the picture here. http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/photos/73243621@N07/8332978823/ I spent major part of the evening visiting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 -- The Year Of Unnecessary Dread

2013-01-01 Thread Emily Reyn
Have you incorporated as yourself?  I was in consulting, but wasn't a free agent.   > > From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 7:28 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 -- The Year Of Unnecessar

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'? 2Share

2013-01-01 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: >> >> What do we know about what experiences are like in the absence of a > body that are not second hand descriptions from some other source? I > recall the actor Kirk D

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?2Steve

2013-01-01 Thread seventhray27
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Yay and thank you! Just as long as you don't think I'm as perfect as I think you are. And yes, I'm sure you have quirks and flaws too (-: That's me, in spades! > > Thanks too for Les Miz rec. My ex told me it's a real tear jerker

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread seventhray27
Hey Edg, Nice post. I especially liked part That is something I've never thought of. Now, at the risk of sounding stupid, is this sort of the encapsulated version of "Advaita". I've never really understood it before, or had the motivation to try to figure it out. But you've come up with suc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?2Steve

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Yay and thank you!  Just as long as you don't think I'm as perfect as I think you are.  And yes, I'm sure you have quirks and flaws too (-: Thanks too for Les Miz rec.  My ex told me it's a real tear jerker and he's pretty Aquarian, by which I mean unemotional.  If he says it's a tear jerker, I

[FairfieldLife] Wondering what to do with your Christmas tree?

2013-01-01 Thread turquoiseb
Wonder no more. Shoot the sucker into space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDZbRankCs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Turq, thank you for compliment that I never would have been accepted as a student of Mr. Lenz.  I'm also sure we wouldn't have resonated (-: From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:22 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > Who were these "white trash rednecks"? Did these type of people have a > tendency to want to become TM teachers? What makes you think types like these > "would never enter the Movement again" due to the re-certification process? > What was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Duveyoung
Mjackson740, I think any "intent" is devolving, but if one is going to insist on being "one," (an individuality) then bhakti is probably a safe way to spend your "identity dollar." Ramana Maharshi says that the mantra must be accompanied by the devotional substrate-dynamic, so I'm going to go

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a > 'master' of it then this man has succeeded. But I guess > you can't fault the guy for trying, there are certainly > hordes of potential believers out there to convince, > then and no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Duveyoung
Feste37, My main bitch is that the promise was that we'd all get to be psychologically healthy, wise, deep, good, righteous, just, positive, supportive etc. etc. Jerry Seinfeld started off already accomplished -- he simply cannot be used as an example. I personally, if anything, after 30 ye

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread Ann
Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a 'master' of it then this man has succeeded. But I guess you can't fault the guy for trying, there are certainly hordes of potential believers out there to convince, then and now. If he was alive today I am sure FF would be on his list of sto

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'? 2Share

2013-01-01 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > What do we know about what experiences are like in the absence of a body that are not second hand descriptions from some other source? I recall the actor Kirk Douglas being asked about experiences he had after being in a h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > > > > > "re-certification" which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever > made - > > Always touching when someone from outside the Movement has the be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > Are you kidding? The schism has already taken place - there are former TM > teachers all over the place who either teach their own brand of meditation or > teach TM without the Movement and its "re-certification" which in my opinion >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community

2013-01-01 Thread Mike Dixon
But you're expecting them to swallow their pride and admit they are/were wrong. Maharishi always taught that the enlightened don't do anything wrong, are always right and all decisions are directed by Nature. You're asking them to admit they aren't enlightened or in tune with the master. But the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
> 9. Are these people SO weird that they don't even > *know* that they're weird? > No, they probably think that's the new normal. LoL! 10. A guy in a suit sitting in a New York apartment wants people to b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community

2013-01-01 Thread Share Long
Loving your optimism, Buck.  Happiest of New  Years to you and your family.  Off to Dome (-: From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 6:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community   This was suggested almost 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2013-01-01 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount wrote: > > Fairfield Life Post Counter > === > Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 29 00:00:00 2012 > End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 2013 > 349 messages as of (UTC) Tue Jan 01 12:44:57 2013 > > 39 Michael Jackson > 12 mjac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > > > > > "re-certification" which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever > made - > > Always touching when someone from outside the Movement has the be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2013-01-01 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > > "re-certification" which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever made - Always touching when someone from outside the Movement has the best interest of the TM-teachers at heart ! Anyway, the re-certification had to imp

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2013-01-01 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 29 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 2013 349 messages as of (UTC) Tue Jan 01 12:44:57 2013 39 Michael Jackson 30 doctordumb...@rocketmail.com, UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@".SYNTAX-ERROR. 22 turquo

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
The immediate urgent priority for national and world peace is to join the Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 meditators practicing meditation in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the precarious escalation of conflict in the world. -Buck in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Guy walks into a bar (Was: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?)

2013-01-01 Thread seekliberation
Reply to the examples below: #6 - Doctor in Boone: My sister was engaged to one of the more prestigious higher ups in TMO history (but they never married). While she was there, her and my mom lived together. They told me of a doctor from somewhere out west, I think Colarado or California, wa

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Meditating Ccommunity...

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
FW: 2013 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > I¹ve love to see a public announcement like the following from the > Department of the Development of Consciousness (the people who give out the > badges): > > Dear Fairfield Sidhas and Governors, > > First, we would like to

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
This was suggested almost 12 years ago [2001] and could certainly work today [2013]: Dear Fairfield Sidhas and Governors, "First, we would like to publicly apologize for ever having excluded from the domes anyone who wanted to practice Maharishi's program there. We would like to welcome ev

[FairfieldLife] You're at 50 posts, MJ (was Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks)

2013-01-01 Thread turquoiseb
Just a reminder, cuz I don't want your enthusiasm for the sport of TMO-bashing to land you on the Silent Bench for a week. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > > Are you kidding? The schism has already taken place - there > are former TM teachers all over the place wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
> > Heaven on > > > > The Transcendental Meditation program, bringing the experience of > > Transcendental Consciousness, pure consciousness, nourishes all areas of > > life and purifies human awareness, rendering life worthy of reaching the > > altar of God—one's own God—through one's own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Qualities of the Unified Field

2013-01-01 Thread Buck
Freedom > > Unboundedness > > > > Self-Sufficiency > > > > > > Bliss > > > > > > > > Integrating > > > > > > > > > > Self-Referral > > > > > > > > > > > > Invincibility > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perfect Balance > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fully Awake > > > > > > > > Within Itself >

[FairfieldLife] Scientology to the rescue once again

2013-01-01 Thread turquoiseb
Just when you start thinking that no spiritual group can be more True Believer and fanatical than the TMO, especially when it comes to preserving the myth of its founder, along comes the Church of $cientology to remind you that, as cults go, the TMO is a lightweight. "No south-facing entrances" is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Micro$oft conspiracy?

2013-01-01 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 12/31/2012 02:10 PM, card wrote: > > This mightily reeks like some kinda Micro$oft > > conspiracy: > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless/2422313011/ref=zg_tr_tab_t_tr > > > > > > Microsoft has lots of money to hand out f

[FairfieldLife] Old Video of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar

2013-01-01 Thread martin.quickman
Always known as 'the spiritual Beatle', George Harrison earned further kudos for his support of the Krishna movement and together with Ravi Shankar, created a body of music to support that movement. http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/old-video-of-sai-given-darshan/

[FairfieldLife] Christmas and New Year's 2013 Updates from Prashanthi

2013-01-01 Thread martin.quickman
If you, like me, were unable to be in Puttaparthi for the seasonal festivities, here are two reports : New Years http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/blissful-mother-inspirational-quotations/ Christmas http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/from-prashanthi-nilayam-christ