[FairfieldLife] WHY should anyone on this forum CARE what you think of them?

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
Because my work deadline is over and I have some free time this morning, I thought I'd have a leisurely breakfast in one of my favorite writing cafes and write, rather than rush in to the office. Be warned. :-) This warning may particularly apply to this post, because it's going to be one of

[FairfieldLife] MMY: Some knowledge of Hindi...

2013-07-11 Thread card
What was MMY's mother tongue? Right in the beginning, I joined the ashram, I came, and then I was amongst thirty or forty brahmacharis, and pandits and all that, all that. And they were very wise people, pandits of all the six systems of philosophy, and pandits of all the smrittis, shrutis, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help for the Insult-Challenged

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
LOL - You said, Jimbo. Lonely old creep. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: You all know who I'm talking about. The people on this forum who seem to live for insulting the people they don't like, but who don't seem capable of thinking up any new or

[FairfieldLife] Barry talking to himself, again [was Re: WHY should anyone on this forum CARE?]

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
I have some free time this morning, because I have no friends off-line. Wow, another thousand words, on top of the other million, on why YOU DON'T CARE. Impressive. Tell us another thousand times. Like I said earlier, the lonely bastard screaming Fuck You, to a rapidly diminishing and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Le Cafe des Affiches

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
piss of??? Strange guy, you. You have this perverse concept that someone is spiritually advanced when they can be cursed at, while remaining dead inside, or at least severely depressed. You need help. Any time you or anyone else insults me without cause, it feels wrong and I will react. You

[FairfieldLife] OK I've responded to you Barry

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
Time for you to STFU for the rest of the day, as usual.:-)

[FairfieldLife] From an Indian N-Freak (Kamal Mishra)

2013-07-11 Thread card
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[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: Teach yerself to snip, please! ;-) I had no idea these threads were this long! I will watch that.

[FairfieldLife] Re: OK I've responded to you Barry

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
It used to be a lot more work to boot you off FFL for awhile, but now you've gotten this bizarre idea about writing constantly about how you will never respond to me, and that is awesome! Shuts you right up! Anyway, that has been my goal all along, so thanks for helping out, chum! PS 'Chum'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help for the Insult-Challenged

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
Some seem to think they'll acquire some sort of hernia if they have to give from the gut, let alone the heart. Yes, very well said!! Fuck 'em. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: OK I've responded to you Barry

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: It used to be a lot more work to boot you off FFL for awhile, but now you've gotten this bizarre idea about writing constantly... Does anyone remember when Mr. Enlightened used to go over the posting limit every

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Michael Jackson
I'm surprised the TM purists have not taken you to task for suggesting the technique can be improved. From: Seraphita s3raph...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] How to improve TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Le Cafe des Affiches

2013-07-11 Thread authfriend
Hey, Barbar, you never did tell us what SERIAL FARTHING means. ;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: Thanks for these post Barry - I enjoy them. I enjoy writing them. If for no

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHY should anyone on this forum CARE what you think of them?

2013-07-11 Thread authfriend
Barrykins, I might take a shot at your challenge if you would undertake to rewrite this post and the immediately previous one so that they recognizably reflect reality. I don't think you can do it. Prove me wrong. We'll wait... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@...

[FairfieldLife] Barry talking to himself, again [was Re: WHY should anyone on this forum CARE?]

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
At the risk of responding to Barry (which we all know he neither likes or reads) I will respond to you Jim(bo!) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: I have some free time this morning, because I have no friends off-line. Wow, another thousand words, on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Le Cafe des Affiches

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: piss of??? Strange guy, you. You have this perverse concept that someone is spiritually advanced when they can be cursed at, while remaining dead inside, or at least severely depressed. You need help. Any time

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Help for the Insult-Challenged

2013-07-11 Thread Share Long
Addled Judy about Share's response: (And you're responding to Xeno in any case, not Nabby. Share clarifies her own response for Judy's sake: I'm replying to both. The smiley face was to Xeno for his humor. And hopefully Addled Judy, you can see that the PS was to Nabby. That it was a joke, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weed that causes burns is spreading across Iowa

2013-07-11 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@... wrote: http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/weed-that-causes-burns-is-spreading-across-iowa/-/9357080/20886136/-/qtia1q/-/index.html#.Ud2N0NMHuSs.mailto By Cynthia Fodor Weed that causes burns is spreading across Iowa They've

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Seraphita
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: I'm surprised the TM purists have not taken you to task for suggesting the technique can be improved. Perhaps they're flabbergasted by my temerity : ) Duncan Barford in his delightful (and amusingly-entitled) little book, Handbook

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Share Long
Xeno, here's the thing: almost always I like what you say and also I like how you say it. I like what you say because it resonates with my own experience. I like how you say it because I find your writing style easy to follow though your ideas are often profound. It's as if my whole brain

[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
card: Teach yerself to snip, please! ;-) This is funny; a post consisting of two words, no comment, on one single line beginning with RE:, top-posted to 94 pages of unformatted comment on 'spiritually transmitted diseases', sent to the Yahoo! email. Can you imagine a recipient reading

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Share Long
Hi Seraphita, I like that bog standard phrase. Actually lots of spiritual teachers now talk about embodied awakening. As usual, there's all kinds of opinions about it, especially as it relates to chakras, though some don't talk much about chakras at all. For example, Saniel Bonder who came from

[FairfieldLife] The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series and this one is about two police detectives one from El Paso, Sonya North, played by Diane Kruger and one from Juarez, Marco Ruiz, played by Demian

[FairfieldLife] Fw: Christianity and Islam? Are they More the Same than not?

2013-07-11 Thread Arhata Osho
Are there any characters in either book who have credible, objective proof in modern times of having existed? It's best you have an alternative spiritual path!Each has wisdom, but none that isn't covered by spiritual writers of today, and from their experience, AND without the atrocious

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Michael Jackson
marshy did found his own religion, sort of a cut rate westernized version of Hinduism with himself subtly placed as a replacement for Bhrama. From: Seraphita s3raph...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:57 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just talk into your Android phone - they need to know all about you.

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/10/2013 06:54 PM, emptybill wrote: The NSA Has Inserted Its Code Into Android OS, Or Three Quarters Of All Smartphones Zero Hedge July 10, 2013 Big brother supervised fun never stops in Stasi 2.0 world. Over a decade ago, it was discovered that the NSA embedded backdoor access into

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
But the TM technique always insisted one concentrate (if concentrate is the right word) on hearing the subtle sound of the syllable - with no reference given to where ones vision (perhaps a better expression is inner vision) might be centred. mjackson74: I'm surprised the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series and this one is about two police detectives one from El Paso, Sonya North,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Share Long
I think this attitude is what causes world wars. And all the polarization on FFL. I'll stick with: the world is my family. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHY should anyone on this forum CARE what you think of them?

2013-07-11 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On 7/11/13 12:06 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Ravi never even *learned* TM, and is here only because he can get people to pay attention to him, something he never seems to have accomplished in real life. I mean, we're talking about a guy who has left breadcrumbs of his life in his posts here that

[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I think this attitude is what causes world wars. And all the polarization on FFL. I'll stick with: the world is my family. While I do not disagree with your characterization of the 'tude, you do have to admit that it

[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I think this attitude is what causes world wars. And all the polarization on FFL. I'll stick with: the world is my family. Share, this is the attitude of your friend Barry and the basis of his faux friendship with you.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: I think this attitude is what causes world wars. And all the polarization on FFL. I'll stick with: the world is my family. While I do not disagree

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 11:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series and this one is about two police

Re: [FairfieldLife] How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/10/2013 06:48 PM, Seraphita wrote: Franklin Merrell-Wolff (younger readers will have to look him up on Wikipedia as he's fallen into obscurity in recent years) claimed that he never learned a single meditation practice that he didn't have to tweak before he could get the maximum benefits

[FairfieldLife] The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread John
An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on an aircraft carrier without any human guidance. http://news.yahoo.com/navy-completes-1st-unmanned-carrier-132056652.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: But the TM technique always insisted one concentrate (if concentrate is the right word) on hearing the subtle sound of the syllable - with no reference given to where ones vision (perhaps a better

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on an aircraft carrier without any human guidance. http://news.yahoo.com/navy-completes-1st-unmanned-carrier-132056652.html I can just hear the recruiting commercial now:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On 7/11/13 12:19 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Getting someone to learn a technique probably does not work. The person needs some sense of purpose, internally on their own, to persist with a practice. Why are you we doing this? What do you we want? Why do you we think this might work to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread Share Long
You funny, Ann! turq and I are what I call frenemies. We know what we like and what we don't like about each other and we've expressed that here. I like that kind of balance in a frenemyship (-: From: Ann awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 10 Spiritually Transmitted Diseases

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
The technical term is called going to Hell in a hand-basket. Bon Voyage! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 12:25 PM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on an aircraft carrier without any human guidance. http://news.yahoo.com/navy-completes-1st-unmanned-carrier-132056652.html I can just

[FairfieldLife] Barry talking to himself, again [was Re: WHY should anyone on this forum CARE?]

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
Yeah, I completely agree with you, Ann. Once we give up on him, he is well and truly fucked. I mentioned that I treat Barry as if he is a universal and cosmic soul, but his fear and insecurity are such that he will probably never grow up, at his age. He is too high on himself, while being

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread doctordumbass
A genuine limited autistic opening??? WTF? There is nothing genuine about a dirty window opening momentarily. The window is sparkling clean and clear, and the soul migrates right through it, into the real world. Anything less is not really worth talking about. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on an aircraft carrier without any human guidance.

[FairfieldLife] akSara, Field of All Possibilities?

2013-07-11 Thread card
PACS: 03.50.De, 05.10.Gg, 12.20.m.INTRODUCTIONQuantum theory predicts that the vacuum of space in the universe is filled with low-energy electromagnetic waves, random in phase and amplitude and propagating in all possible directions. This is different from the cosmic microwave background

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 02:04 PM, John wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on an aircraft carrier without any human guidance.

[FairfieldLife] Global Warming

2013-07-11 Thread Rick Archer
In case there are some climate change deniers here who think that the slowing in the rise of atmospheric temperatures means the planet is not warming. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/jun /24/global-warming-pause-button

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Bridge mini review

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/11/2013 11:57 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 07/11/2013 11:03 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For some reason I neglected yesterday to mention that the FX series The Bridge debuted last night. Once again FX brings us another great series

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 12-Jul-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-07-11 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 07/06/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 07/13/13 00:00:00 411 messages as of (UTC) 07/11/13 22:28:08 48 authfriend 42 Ann 41 Share Long 34 doctordumbass 26 turquoiseb 25 Richard J. Williams 25 Bhairitu 21 obbajeeba 19 card

[FairfieldLife] For MJ - Live Music from Downtown Reno

2013-07-11 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Here's a video from my Reno trip MJ, your kind of music - Only Prettier http://youtu.be/YGDXZ6cfTWE And here's my kind, Whole foods Parking lot http://youtu.be/2UFc1pr2yUU

[FairfieldLife] Spotify's list of 10 misquoted songs

2013-07-11 Thread Bhairitu
How many of these did you misquote? In some cases the bands I was in liked to misquote and often with even worse misquotes. :-D http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/11/spotify-wrong-song-lyrics/2506899/

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Seraphita
That's why I put the word concentrate in scare quotes. Maharishi himself sometimes spoke of a half-effort being used in repeating the mantra. Why could one not effortlessly bring one's attention back to the Ajna chakra in exactly the same way one favours hearing the subtle sound of the mantra

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote: On 7/11/13 12:19 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Getting someone to learn a technique probably does not work. The person needs some sense of purpose, internally on their own, to persist with a practice. Why

[FairfieldLife] Worried about the size of your butt?

2013-07-11 Thread Seraphita
I don't know how many FFL readers are familiar with the late American esoteric thinker Richard Rose. His best-known book was The Albigen Papers. I always found his approach a little severe for my tastes - along with Gurdjieff who insisted on calling his route The Work! - which is, no doubt, why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-11 Thread Ravi Chivukula
On Jul 11, 2013, at 7:23 PM, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Future of the Air Force

2013-07-11 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/11/2013 02:04 PM, John wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: An unmanned aerial vehicle was able to launch and land on

Re: [FairfieldLife] For MJ - Live Music from Downtown Reno

2013-07-11 Thread Michael Jackson
I promise you I would never spend 10 seconds listening to the Reno video - but I loved the Whole Foods vid - downloaded it immediately - thanks Ravi! From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Worried about the size of your butt?

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: I don't know how many FFL readers are familiar with the late American esoteric thinker Richard Rose. His best-known book was The Albigen Papers. I always found his approach a little severe for my tastes - along with

[FairfieldLife] Four for Share

2013-07-11 Thread authfriend
349555 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: (snip) OTOH, thank you so much for your insights about apologizing. Xeno has no insights about apologizing. He makes it up as he goes along because he knows it impresses people like you. Robin didn't accept my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Four for Share

2013-07-11 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: 349555 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: (snip) OTOH, thank you so much for your insights about apologizing. Xeno has no insights about apologizing. He makes it up as he goes along because he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Worried about the size of your butt?

2013-07-11 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@ wrote: I don't know how many FFL readers are familiar with the late American esoteric thinker Richard Rose. His best-known book was The Albigen Papers. I

[FairfieldLife] Age of Aquarius

2013-07-11 Thread John
In the US national chart, the Moon is placed in Aquarius which coincides with the oft-mentioned Age of Aquarius in which the world is transitioning into. In the scheme of the Vedic Yugas, the world is now in the ascending mode of the Copper Age or the Dwapara Period, according to Shri

Re: [FairfieldLife] For MJ - Live Music from Downtown Reno

2013-07-11 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Come on MJ stop lying, no one cares if you listen to country music. I do realize that was not the best song to be recording, there were others I really liked like Hell on Heels. I wanted thanks for the Reno video, not the other one. Anyway I know you don't really care for the Whole Foods

[FairfieldLife] Re: Age of Aquarius

2013-07-11 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: In the US national chart, the Moon is placed in Aquarius which coincides with the oft-mentioned Age of Aquarius in which the world is transitioning into. In the scheme of the Vedic Yugas, the world is now in the ascending mode