[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
I'll not go into details, save to point out that 1) Chopra never did a puja before teaching, at least when he taught me, and 2) TMers and Sidhas apparently got somewhat different instructions. I have no idea what non-TMers were told to do as there were none on the Fairfield course I was at. L.

[FairfieldLife] The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Given the definition given by the Big M for enlightenment > and all the glorious things that the enlightened are and > can do, you would think these TM enlightened would be > doing marvelous things in the world, especially in the > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
Chopra has a thinner skin than MMY did, as far as I know. Of course, MMY never went into a live AMA forum on reddit.com, so its hard to know what he would have done, but someone started playing the auto-chopra.com (don't remember the URL sorry) back to him as though it were comments from reader

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/ You'll think a simplistic AI is totally enlightened... ...or something. [Apparently fooled Chopra] L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... wrote: > > Chopra has made it very clear he would be nothing without Maharishi, there > would certainly have b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/ > > You'll think a simplistic AI is totally enlightened... > > ...or something. > > [Apparently fooled Chopra] What makes you think that Maharishi was doing anything other than this same parroted pattern-

[FairfieldLife] Ah, France

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
Sitting with my coffee on the balcony of my Airbnb apartment in Avignon, I notice that the pharmacy across the street has a 24/7 condom machine (lower left). [https://sphotos-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/q71/s720x720/1170722_65\ 1820558175414_2030770069_n.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > Chopra has a thinner skin than MMY did, as far as I know. Of course, MMY > never went into a live AMA forum on reddit.com, so its hard to know what he > would have done, but someone started playing the auto-chopra.com (don't > rememb

[FairfieldLife] Rare footage of Maharishi addressing a group of followers

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcE5aDTszrY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
It might be the case. I always thought MMY was pretty good at stringing sentences together, at least in short bursts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > http://

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Thu 15-Aug-13 00:15:08 UTC

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
That's what I'm sayin' (-: From: Seraphita To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:09 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Thu 15-Aug-13 00:15:08 UTC   That's better - now we're talking! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] ksinoeh? (nain-ilevn)

2013-08-15 Thread card
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread750749/pg1 I seem to recall having participated in that thread as B. Mullquist. At least I saw with my own eyes that "prediction" by xino. I was extremely anxious at the end of August 2001, what shall happen in the US of A, because transiting Pluto was

[FairfieldLife] Re: ksinoeh? (nain-ilevn)

2013-08-15 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread750749/pg1 > > I seem to recall having participated in that thread > as B. Mullquist. At least I saw with my own eyes > that "prediction" by xino. > > I was extremely anxious at the end of August

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Marathon

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
Jeez, Ann, just because Robin and BP aren't *speaking* on FFL these days, I don't think that's any reason to call them Dumb and Dumber! YMMV From: Ann To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 10:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: M

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > If you're interested in the debate with materialists, you > > could do a lot better than Chopra. He's not what I would > > call a rigorous thinker. > > > > You might try

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Awww, Come on Sal, why you don't like Deepak? I know I have enjoyed his writing - especially his first fiction novel, Return of Merlin which he supposedly wrote the bulk of during the year when he was looking after the Big M subsequent to his being poisoned. I loved that novel. _

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: (snip) > > You might try Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos: Why the > > Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost > > Certainly False." > > > > Nagel got in a lot of trouble with the big-time materialists; > > the book reall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Do you mean no puja before the Primordial Sound thing when he was still hand and glove with the Movement? From: sparaig To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
Lame-o. My answer was shorter, better, funnier, and TRUE! Fail for Barry. And please explain how a JVM works. I ran the technical training for VMware, and just curious if you know. Your "explanation" of why you get uninterrupted YouTube videos at work, "due to having a T1 line", was frankly hila

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Do you mean no puja before the Primordial Sound thing when he > was still hand and glove with the Movement? Chopra never became a TM teacher, FWIW. He wouldn't have been considered qualified to do the TM puja by the TMO. >

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
I know there are a lot of people on FFL who dislike you Turq, but I love your writing - if one day I can write as well as you I will have achieved something great. From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:01 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
Just *one* more sip of coffee, Michael, for you. You are a hundred times the writer than this guy is. YOU could get published, whereas Barry has nothing to say - he is in a writer's rut, and has been for years. YOU could actually make money at it, whereas Barry never will, except as a tech write

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Just *one* more sip of coffee, Michael, for you. You are a > hundred times the writer than this guy is. Have to agree. Barry's a hack writer--showy, but shallow. Michael, I was hors de combat when you posted them, so I didn't get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ah, France

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
Wow, just like any truck stop on the interstate highway system, here in the US. Those French are all class. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Sitting with my coffee on the balcony of my Airbnb apartment in Avignon, > I notice that the pharmacy across the street has a 2

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
MJ's stories engage me, and have a timeless quality to them. There is no obvious purpose to them, except for enjoyment, and bringing the reader in. He also has an exceptional ear for the flow of dialogue. Big Fan! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Just *one* more sip of coffee, Michael, for you. You are a hundred times the > writer than this guy is. YOU could get published, whereas Barry has nothing > to say - he is in a writer's rut, and has been for years. YOU could ac

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
pinky-swear. You just reminded me of one of my favorite jokes: Scene: Mid-1970's. Fierce winter at the White House. The Secret Service, patrolling the grounds, finds someone has written, "Fuck Nixon!", in yellow snow. The President demands an explanation. "Well Sir, the handwriting is Pat's, bu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Hmm good question Seraphita. Dunno what the Movement did with PST after Deepak left. I know they had various Indian healers come round and do some expensive healing stuff, cost was based on what kind of healing you wanted. Had some TM friends who did it, cost them about $1400.00, per person. Th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rare footage of Maharishi addressing a group of followers

2013-08-15 Thread Mike Dixon
Sounds like the House of Lords. From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Rare footage of Maharishi addressing a group of followers   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcE5aDTsz

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > pinky-swear. You just reminded me of one of my favorite jokes: > > Scene: Mid-1970's. Fierce winter at the White House. The Secret Service, > patrolling the grounds, finds someone has written, "Fuck Nixon!", in yellow > snow.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > If you're interested in the debate with materialists, you > > > could do a lot better than Chopra

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Duveyoung
Barry is not a hack writer. He introduces us all to new concepts on a DAILY basis. He creates wonderful phrases that nail down his nuances. He communicates! He knows his own mind. He is brave. He's in fucking Europe and taking its pulse -- how many others in your life do you have as an on-t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I know there are a lot of people on FFL who dislike you Turq, but I love your > writing - if one day I can write as well as you I will have achieved > something great. Actually MJ, you write purty darn well. Don't covet what Bar

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Just *one* more sip of coffee, Michael, for you. You are a hundred times the > writer than this guy is. YOU could get published, whereas Barry has nothing > to say - he is in a writer's rut, and has been for years. YOU could ac

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Barry is not a hack writer. > > He introduces us all to new concepts on a DAILY basis. He creates wonderful > phrases that nail down his nuances. He communicates! > > He knows his own mind. > > He is brave. > > He's in fucking Eur

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hyperlinks

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
Obbajee, free health tip: gargling with tumeric and salt really works to relieve minor sore throat and keep it from becoming major. I think tumeric is some kind of miracle herb, also good for reducing inflammation which is the latest designated body no no. However don't get it on clothes even th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hyperlinks

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
Obbajee, I miss the Gita words! Any way you might continue with that? Plus, it might offset the influence of that Beastly Number! Which you were very brave to accept IMHO (-: From: obbajeeba To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Seraphita
Thanks for that response. PSM sounds intriguing. There are so many techniques to choose from these days. Once upon a time TM was the only game in town - if your home town was in the north of England at any rate. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Hmm good question Se

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I know there are a lot of people on FFL who dislike you Turq, > but I love your writing - if one day I can write as well as you > I will have achieved something great. Well, if you liked this rap, know that you inspired it. I read y

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
Edg, I'm going to respectfully (because you are a very fine writer) disagree. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Barry is not a hack writer. > > He introduces us all to new concepts on a DAILY basis. Speak for yourself. I don't often find a new concept that I think is of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
Thanks for the nice comments, Edg. I promise to keep being a bastard. And for your information, I dash off things here and send them without editing them because most of the time I'm just having fun with them. That, and the audience I'm writing for doesn't meet my standards for deserving edited co

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
I did not realize that you have lived such a sheltered existence, Edg. Get out more, see the world, meet some real people. Then you will be embarrassed, I hope, by what you have written here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Barry is not a hack writer. > > He introduc

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
As Share prods me to end my beasty number ending in 666, in another post, I move along here, to this compliment to the Turq, from Michael. I agree with Michael. I enjoy Turq's big head writing. I only thrash at him (He who goes by the name of Barry, but I am not quite personal enough to call him

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > (snip) > > > You might try Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos: Why the > > > Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost > > > Certainly False." > > > > > > Nag

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
Spooky! Actually, I see you as a person who has done a lot of living, hands on,and stays grounded in her opinions, so we think alike. Not a lot of shit to tolerate, once you've actually shoveled enough of it.:-) Also makes it child's play to spot those like Barry, who pretend to keep their han

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
How coquettish of you, Obba. Ooops, don't lift that petticoat in front of the big strong man! Yes, smelling the scent of cheap cloying perfume in the air, and how you flutter your fan, so! Just another damsel in distress, eh??? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > As Share

[FairfieldLife] The Bhagavad Gita: In English Chapter 01 The 2nd Verse, 3rd, four letter word!

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Awww, Come on Sal, why you don't like Deepak? I don't like any of these guru types who make a fortune out of seekers, even if it is their own choice. I don't like the reliance on quantum physics as a prop for woolly thinking and

[FairfieldLife] My kinda joint

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
I almost bought a sign today at a street market, for the bar I've never owned but always wanted to. It is supposedly a real sign, from a restaurant in the Luberon. It failed. Can't imagine why. [https://sphotos-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q71/s720x720/1185364_65\ 1988918158578_1504698729_n

[FairfieldLife] The Bhagavad Gita: In English Chapter 02 The 2nd Verse, 3rd, four letter word!

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Hyperlinks

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
Share, I threw myself under the bus. I died for your sins. Thank you for recognizing my sacrifice. Please remove your shoes at the door when you enter. See you soon. Bring gold. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Obbajee, I miss the Gita words! Any way you might contin

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Barry is not a hack writer. > > He introduces us all to new concepts on a DAILY basis. He creates wonderful > phrases that nail down his nuances. He communicates! > > He knows his own mind. > > He is brave. > > He's in fucking Eur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > Didn't know he wrote fiction though, but I never liked fantasy > novels anyway, if I even get a sniff of a wizard I'm off - It's > sci-fi for me if I'm feeling speculative. Just as a question, did you ever read any of Roger Zelazny'

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
The beast hit me like a ton of bricks, that 666. Deepen to the darker side, for the dark is not dark enough for I! Shani,a temporary gaze on Surya, which combination, I shall not say. A hint, the Turq is kind of spelled like Turd. Lot's of blueberries come to mind! Blue biliary traced on end r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Oh my lord! That means you can't abide that English woman, Jo Rowling! From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:41 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi   --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > Didn't know he wrote fiction though, but I never liked fantasy > > novels anyway, if I even get a sniff of a wizard I'm off - It's > > sci-fi for me if I'm feeling specu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
That's awesome, I never knew that about Zelazny - Lord of Light is one of my favorites and obviously has echoes of the Movement. From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:07 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > Didn't know he wrote fiction though, but I never liked fantasy > > novels anyway, if I even get a sniff of a wizard I'm off - It's > > sci-fi for me if I'm feeling spe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Oh my lord! That means you can't abide that English woman, Jo Rowling! Deary me no, Harry Potter and the Gob of Shite. Admittedly I haven't read any of the books and why my (female) friends used to recommend them to me I don

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > wrote: > > > > > > Didn't know he wrote fiction though, but I never liked fantasy > > > novels anyway, if I eve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > wrote: > > (snip) > > > > You might try Thomas Nagel's "Mind and Cosmos: Why the > > > > Materialist Neo-Darw

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: (snip) > To use Judy's argument from earlier, is this aggression towards > him a sign that he's on the right track?* Not my argument, sorry.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
I don't mind him being here, at all. As I said before, with Barry around, every other aspect of my life seems so much brighter. The Cautionary Tale, himself. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Didn't know he w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > > wrote: > > > (snip) > > > > > You

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
As much of a fan of Zelazny as I am,  I have never read any of the Amber series - Lord of Light and Creatures of Light and Darkness were my favorites and I also was pretty fond of his early Shadow Jack character and Dilvish the Damned. I think every current and former practitioner of TM should r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
I liked the books quite a bit, having never had any problem with wizards myself, I like her style of writing too. From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:07 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
there are some great books on that list - I appreciate you sending that out - I had forgotten about some of them From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:46 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I liked the books quite a bit, having never had any problem with wizards > myself, I like her style of writing too. I don't like the insto-get-out clause that magic gives you. I saw the Lord of the Rings movies and almost really

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > Iain Banks does it in some of his sci-fi, one of his characters > will be in an impossible situation with no possible escape and > suddenly we find out that

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bhagavad Gita: In English Chapter 02 The 2nd Verse, 3rd, four letter word!

2013-08-15 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > from > It's better not to "isolate" prepositions, because in the original Sanskrit they usually correspond to suffixes, here of the ablative case ("from-case"), pañcamii vibhakti (the fifth "division" [of nouns])! 1. nominative, prath

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Tuning Into Vedic Radio

2013-08-15 Thread Bhairitu
It will be interesting to hear how that comes out. Another problem with the pundit's chanting is that a lot of it is in mixed meter. On 08/14/2013 08:28 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: > Good advice - you've also given me an idea, to try the auto-tune, with a > speech synthesizer I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Bhagavad Gita: In English Chapter 02 The 2nd Verse, 3rd, four letter word!

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > from > > > > It's better not to "isolate" prepositions, because in the original > Sanskrit they usually correspond to suffixes, here of the ablative case > ("from-case"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tuning Into Vedic Radio

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
Yep - As I have been doing this, I get more sensitive to building harmonies, both through rhythm, and melody - my ear demands better and better music, so I try to choose the chanting segments carefully. It is an interesting problem to solve, trying to keep up with my own evolving perceptions, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tuning Into Vedic Radio

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
and the endless list of plug-in apps! :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Yep - As I have been doing this, I get more sensitive to building harmonies, > both through rhythm, and melody - my ear demands better and better music, so > I try to choose the ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tuning Into Vedic Radio

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
Here is some interesting overlapping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy9Zk7hrqLo --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Yep - As I have been doing this, I get more sensitive to building harmonies, both through rhythm, and me

[FairfieldLife] Crop Circles 2009

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008
No mud or footprints were found in any of the Crop Circles. No straws broken, all bent at exactly the same place.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > As much of a fan of Zelazny as I am, I have never > read any of the Amber series - Lord of Light and > Creatures of Light and Darkness were my favorites > and I also was pretty fond of his early Shadow > Jack character and Dilvis

[FairfieldLife] A selection of Crop Circles from 2008

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008
No straws broken in any of these Crop Circles, all bent. No mud or footprints

[FairfieldLife] Entire Countries Are Banning GMO's. Still think they are safe?

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008
So you still think they are safe? Entire countries are banning the stuff... Why do you think that is? You think they are stupid? You think GMO is safe? You might want to star

Re: [FairfieldLife] A selection of Crop Circles from 2008

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
Thanks, Nabby, these are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen, a splendid collection. From: nablusoss1008 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] A selection of Crop Circles from 2008     N

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
It's a shame about the Maharishi and Deepak videos. One of my favorites of all time is called simply Rasayana. Two Maharishi gems from that tape: that as we meditate we more and more become a rasayana for the world; and as we meditate we're able more and more to extract the rasayana value from a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Prerequisites for Enlightenment

2013-08-15 Thread Share Long
One thing for sure about FFL, it's made me more sensitive to writing simply because there is such a great variety of writing voices here. Of course people vary in their writing skills and in what they enjoy writing about. But the biggest contrast from me is more about the tone of the writing, wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: A selection of Crop Circles from 2008

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Thanks, Nabby, these are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen, a splendid collection. Glad you enjoyed them Share. For some time Crop Circles were made with intricate "weavings" of the straws. This is one of them: > > > > > ___

[FairfieldLife] Too Hot for Iranian Politics

2013-08-15 Thread John
She won the election fair and square. But her opponents ruled she's too pretty to wield power in politics. http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/iranian-politician-deemed-too-pretty-to-hold-office-181459345.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Entire Countries Are Banning GMO's. Still think they are safe?

2013-08-15 Thread card
Based on a docu just sawn by me, e.g. KFC, McDonalds and SubWay are a much huger problem in India than GMO, or stuff... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_India --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > So you still think they are safe? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crop Circles 2009

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
Pretty! Oh Nabby, I believe those were done by my flight troupe from Glosodomonicongaricalfleetica. Yeah, I got telepathic word back just now, it was done my own planetary Glosodomonicongaricalfleetica team! The Earthy Owl "crop circle," (This one is special because we don't have this Owl cr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Too Hot for Iranian Politics

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn-n_FIGA8 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > She won the election fair and square. But her opponents ruled she's too pretty to wield power in politics. > > http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/irania

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crop Circles 2009

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > Pretty! > > Oh Nabby, I believe those were done by my flight troupe from > Glosodomonicongaricalfleetica. > > Yeah, I got telepathic word back just now, it was done my own planetary > Glosodomonicongaricalfleetica team! > The Earthy Owl "

[FairfieldLife] Crop Circles, 2004 and 2007

2013-08-15 Thread nablusoss1008

[FairfieldLife] A lesson on analytical thinking for Amma devotees

2013-08-15 Thread Ravi Chivukula
A funny post I had to make on the Amma Yahoo group. Probably relevant to lot of posters here as well - such as salyavin, Nabby, Buck. Important study materials for you and other clueless, illogical, irrational Amma devotees who wish to enter into a discussion here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Jackson
Ahhh, there we must disagree again, I did read all the Lord of the Rings books, beginning when I was 12 years old, and over the years I must have read them and the Hobbit 25 or 30 times. I despised the movies for many reasons. From: salyavin808 To: Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crop Circles 2009

2013-08-15 Thread obbajeeba
Thank you, Earthling. Take me to your master, because I don't trust you humans to go alone. You WILL join me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > Pretty! > > > > Oh Nabby, I believe those were done

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 16-Aug-13 00:15:06 UTC

2013-08-15 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 08/10/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 08/17/13 00:00:00 1242 messages as of (UTC) 08/15/13 21:59:00 153 Share Long 146 authfriend 136 doctordumbass 102 obbajeeba 76 RoryGoff 72 Ravi Chivukula 70 Ann 59 turquoiseb 53

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > wrote: (snip) > I'm much more interested in whether the materialists are > content that they have successfu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread seventhray27
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: I don't like the insto-get-out clause that magic gives you. Then you might enjoy the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson books starting with Peter and Star Catchers. That was what I liked about them. No easy outs. I mean, even the use of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread seventhray27
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > I don't like the insto-get-out clause that magic gives you. That was also what I liked so much about the C.S. Lewis series. The fact that the Penvensie children die in a train wreck. Or at least three that continued to believe in Nar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread doctordumbass
"Rendezvous With Rama", by Arthur C. Clarke is excellent. Rama is a massive space ship, and the story has no definitive ending, which I like. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Tired of paying rent? Why not build your own tiny solar-powered palace?

2013-08-15 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Chris and Malissa Tack's home in Snohomish, Washington is smaller than a studio apartment. But, its 140 square feet boasts all the modern conveniences that they need to live and work. Its 140 square feet comes complete with a sleeping loft, wine barrel shower, kitchen, and two collapsable workspace

[FairfieldLife] CFS, or how words manipulate what we see

2013-08-15 Thread turquoiseb
First, the test, riffing off the mention lately of the number of different senses required to appreciate music: [Spot the dogs (Image: Gandee Vasan/Getty)] For most people, just a swirl of black blotches on a white background, right? But what if I asked you to tell me about your dog Spot? Sudde

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Ahhh, there we must disagree again, I did read all the Lord of the Rings > books, beginning when I was 12 years old, and over the years I must have read > them and the Hobbit 25 or 30 times. I despised the movies for many reasons

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