[FairfieldLife] Re: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: On the topic of religious rituals - and to take this thread even further away from Mani - were there ever any group ceremonies (puja) performed at the various HQs where Maharishi established himself in Switzerland and Holland? And did those

[FairfieldLife] Translation issues

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
The online Infocenter for the product I've been working on just went off for translation into 10 languages. Next, we'll be bombarded by requests from the translators for us to explain to them exactly what we may have meant by the English we used, so they can translate it properly. Good thing. One

[FairfieldLife] Ford and Hitler

2013-11-08 Thread cardemaister
At the Nuremberg Trials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials, Baldur von Schirach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur_von_Schirach mentioned that The International Jew made a deep impression on him and his friends in their youth and influenced them in becoming antisemitic. He said: ...

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-08 Thread Michael Jackson
just hard-wired into the con artists who claim to be able to do it. On Fri, 11/8/13, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission: To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: just hard-wired into the con artists who claim to be able to do it. I am less harsh than you are, Michael, in that I suspect a lot of people who have such laudable goals mean well, at least at the beginning. What I think is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Much Ado About Nothing

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
turq, here's a fun interview with Nathan about his experience with Joss and gang. http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/fillion-on-joss-whedons-shakespeare-brunches.html On Friday, November 8, 2013 12:15 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Translation issues

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
Do Not Disturb, Tiny Grass Is Dreaming made me think of Stranger In A Strange Land and walking on the happy grass. Posting Fun, You Are the Best... On Friday, November 8, 2013 2:37 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   The online Infocenter for the product I've been working on

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread sharelong60
Xeno, I actually think there's a seesaw connection between devotion and what turq calls ego. I don't think either is a matter of all or nothing. At any given moment, I'm some percentage of each. And actually the conundrum is that it's only ego that's concerned about how egoic we are! Tricky.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread anartaxius
What you say is true of regular meditators and learning TM for the most part, but if working in the movement, devotion seems to be considered above all the other conceivable ways you could image what a spiritual path would be. Maharishi promoted this idea, because, I think, of his own

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-08 Thread authfriend
Barry wrote: (snip) Take the so-called Bodhisattva Vow. Essentially, it is declaring to oneself and to the world one's intention to not allow oneself to become enlightened oneself until all sentient beings are enlightened. Sounds good on the surface, but step back for a moment and consider

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
Xeno, I lived on MUM campus for 14 years either as a graduate student or as a staff member. I never felt pressured to feel devoted to Maharishi though I spontaneously felt devoted to the knowledge he taught. Nor did I ever get from Maharishi the idea that the path of devotion is the superior

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
People should have taken a leaf out of John Lennon's book - respectful but not in awe of Maharishi. When Lennon first arrived at the Rishikesh ashram during an awkward silence Lennon walked across the room and patted Maharishi on the head, saying, There's a good little guru which broke the ice.

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
Since no one else seems to be willing to deal with this, I will. : Thanks - sounds intriguing. I wish someone had taken candid-camera footage for the rest of us to enjoy. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread authfriend
Barry wrote: Since no one else seems to be willing to deal with this, I will. :-) The answer, of course, is Is the Pope Catholic? *Of course* there were mass pujas and celebrations performed to the various Hindu gods and goddesses in these locations. Which Hindu gods and goddesses were

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Xenophaneros , your comment here is absolutely fair observation to a reality in the culture of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Certainly as anyone gets closer to the middle of TM administration a judgment of devotion is part of a calculation in cultural fealty test. Certainly the

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
Re I still think this is true after 38-and-a-half years of TM; 36 years of TMSP; and 35 years of YF.: You must be a living saint by now . . . Does YF = Yogic Flying and so is it distinguished from TMSP = TM/Sidhi Program, suggesting that it's a more advanced sidhi? I've got back

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rare Picture of Vivian Leigh

2013-11-08 Thread authfriend
You already posted this, and I responded. Bhairitu wrote: No, you are taking the argument out of context to fit your mistake. You just can't stand to be wrong. One more time: You've forgotten who made the mistake. Here it is again, in red: Marshy was the way a number of teachers

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
Seraphita, I'm like most of the long term sidhas in FF, just a person bumbling along as best as we can, enjoying a lot, ranting and raving occasionally. living deep. Back in those days the sidhas and yogic flying were taught in 2 week blocks. So I took the sidhis in summer 1977 but didn't do

[FairfieldLife] Deepak Chopra: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 11/08/2013

2013-11-08 Thread Rick Archer
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Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
Seraphita, I've never seen anyone disappear (-: BUT, I've heard stories of people seeing people disappear. So that the only thing visible was just the blanket that had been on their knees. I heard that Maharishi explained that the invisibility technique wouldn't work because it could still be

[FairfieldLife] ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMB9OgMDpKc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMB9OgMDpKcfeature=youtu.be feature=youtu.be

[FairfieldLife] RE: ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
I see you're infested with grey squirrels. They were introduced to Britain by the Victorians and have spread across the country largely displacing the native and cuter red squirrel. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Translation issues

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
Looking at the menus at some Chinese restaurants around here can be a hoot too. :-D On 11/08/2013 12:36 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: The online Infocenter for the product I've been working on just went off for translation into 10 languages. Next, we'll be bombarded by requests from the translators

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
Maharishi explained that the invisibility technique wouldn't work because it could be used for bad purposes.: That's the Catch-22. Only ordinary folks would want the super powers but are excluded by their ordinariness; only advanced saints could develop the super powers but by then they

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread Share Long
Seraphita my understanding of the TMSP, especially yogic flying, is that their purpose is to develop mind body coordination. I think such integration is very healthy spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. I'm aware of what some spiritual teachers think of sidhis in general. But in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
You are not even making any sense - the Bodhisattva vow is the vow taken by Mahayana Buddhists to attain complete enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, not to forsake enlightenment until everyone else is enlightened. How do you get things so mixed up? Go figure. Bodhisattva vow:

[FairfieldLife] Surrogates in India

2013-11-08 Thread jr_esq
They're apparently becoming a thriving business in the country, and have become the solution for infertile couples in the US and elsewhere in the world. One wonders about the ethics regarding this practice.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Let's see if this works

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
On 11/07/2013 07:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Three big pigs: Interesting, this worked with email but not on the web site. However when I click on the message with the Neo interface it wanted me to log in (it didn't do this

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Let#39;s see if this works

2013-11-08 Thread authfriend
FWIW, so far I've posted links to two YouTube videos via the FFL Web site. All I did was post the URLs. The first one appeared with the video itself so you could play it on the Web site. I thought that was pretty neat, possibly the one improvement over the Classic interface. The next one I

Re: [FairfieldLife] ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread Michael Jackson
nice video but a strange choice of music - it sounded like something you would hear in a STephen King movie right before the monsters pop out from behind the little kids running around On Fri, 11/8/13, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Surrogates in India

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
A rich friend did that with their second child because the wife had a hard time carrying the first one. They used a US surrogate though. On 11/08/2013 11:56 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: They're apparently becoming a thriving business in the country, and have become the solution for infertile

Re: [FairfieldLife] Let's see if this works

2013-11-08 Thread Richard Williams
Prairie dog herbivore - genus Cynomys. [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Three big pigs: bhgfbafh.jpeg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Let#39;s see if this works

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
There seems to be no rhyme nor reason why some YouTube links work and others don't. Your NBA videos worked but not the Slow Blues. I was thinking that maybe some of the folks linked via Share but I haven't explored that option yet on YouTube (which is always changing their interface). And

[FairfieldLife] Vastu Housing

2013-11-08 Thread Richard Williams
This is NOT my idea of vastu housing. [image: Inline image 1]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Let's see if this works

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
Your prairie dog picture isn't really embedded as part of the post because it is a link to the picture on your site. My picture is embedded in the post as code. Usually with Thunderbird and HTML is enabled there is a button that says "Show Remote Content" but

Re: [FairfieldLife] ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
Yeah, I kept expecting zombies or UFOs to show up. Fairfield looks more like a town you'd find in New England than in the Midwest. On 11/08/2013 01:10 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: nice video but a strange choice of music - it sounded like something you would hear in a STephen King movie right

[FairfieldLife] Lemon Bar Time?

2013-11-08 Thread Bhairitu
Embedded image test:

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Surrogates in India

2013-11-08 Thread jr_esq
That probably cost them about $100,000 since it was done here in the US. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: A rich friend did that with their second child because the wife had a hard time carrying the first one. They used a US surrogate though. On 11/08/2013 11:56

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Sat 09-Nov-13 00:15:04 UTC

2013-11-08 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 11/02/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 11/09/13 00:00:00 553 messages as of (UTC) 11/08/13 23:19:44 77 authfriend 62 Bhairitu 50 s3raphita 46 Share Long 36 awoelflebater 35 TurquoiseB 32 Richard J. Williams 26

[FairfieldLife] RE: Vastu Housing

2013-11-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Son, if that picture was a late afternoon heading towards sunset shade I'd say those folks were rectifying their unfortunate south entries. We are told their lives will change for the better now. What is your feeling about that? Would you put more money in to meditating or vastu? -Buck

[FairfieldLife] RE: ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread awoelflebater
Agree on the music, positively creepy. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: nice video but a strange choice of music - it sounded like something you would hear in a STephen King movie right before the monsters pop out from behind the little kids running around

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: ▶ Fairfield - YouTube

2013-11-08 Thread emilymaenot
Werner Elmker (who produced the video) is a Danish concert pianist who performs classical and original music. Anyone recognize the music? Perhaps the track for this video is one of his original pieces. The juxtaposition gives one an odd experience though - kind of like being transported to

[FairfieldLife] Stop Searching People#39;s A***holes for Drugs

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
David Eckert failed to make a complete stop when he pulled out of a Walmart store. A police officer then asked David to get out of his car and claimed he saw Eckert clenching his buttocks which supposedly was a sign that Eckert had drugs in his anal cavity. Eckert’s abdominal area was

[FairfieldLife] RE: Stop Searching People#39;s A***holes for Drugs

2013-11-08 Thread s3raphita
It seems that David Eckert has to pay the costs of the anal probes he endured! Can he claim the money back on Obamacare? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: David Eckert failed to make a complete stop when he pulled out of a Walmart store. A police officer then asked

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Stop Searching People#39;s A***holes for Drugs

2013-11-08 Thread authfriend
The guy has filed a federal lawsuit suiing the police and the hospital for violation of his 4th Amendment rights and is also suing the doctors for malpractice. The whole story has gone viral, and a second one like it has now turned up. The first guy is likely to get a fat settlement; what they