[FairfieldLife] Re: Jewish brains

2015-01-31 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I love that Israeli accent. Unique in itself, but also with those subtle inflections. There's weird stuff among that circulates among the ultra orthodox. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Rabbi Mizrachi stated that the Arabs were created by Hashem or Yahweh to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Article for those who (foolishly) believe their own memories

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
We live in the past. Everything we consciously perceive is at least one-third of a second old. Memory is our most important sensory organ. According to my professor, the naive realist is unaware that he has no criterion of the reality or unreality of objects experienced. He has faith in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
feste, it came to me this morning that Richard is like the Don Quixote of yahoo groups (-: From: feste37 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!   I like Serious

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
So it's all about Richard. As far as I can tell, the charge of obsession falls completely on the shoulders of those who are so attached to their beliefs and so petty as to get uptight when they encounter ideas contrary to their own. Bitching about others having such ideas is weird, and IMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Spirit vs. Spirit of Holiness! [1 Attachment]

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
This sounds interesting - I've always been envious of people with a strong linguistic predilection. Most Europeans can speak two, three or more languages by the time they get to elementary school. Have you ever considered learning Tibetan? According to the Surveyor General of India there are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jewish brains

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Rabbi Mizrachi stated that the Arabs were created by Hashem or Yahweh to persecute Jews for not following the Torah. When the Jews stray from their duties, the Arabs will increase their animosity against them. If they follow the Torah completely, the Arabs may disappear. Rabbi Yosef

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jewish brains

2015-01-31 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Is the rabbi saying that holocaust was YHVH:s way to eliminate reformist Jews who accepted marriage between yehudim and goyim?? That could explain for instance the fact that Hitler survived numerous assassination attempts?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jewish brains

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
You make a good argument but you don't seem to realize that the Israelites were the Caananites- they was no battle at Jericho. So, you're thinking that God gave to the Arabs the land of Canaan, but the Canaanites, the original inhabitants, were ethnically cleansed by the Arabs, and that the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Maybe Rick let him back in because the bus was trying to be driven by the Three Amigos. :-D On 01/31/2015 08:07 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: feste, it came to me this morning that Richard is like the Don Quixote of yahoo groups (-:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
It's all about the cognitive dissonance, Share. The discomfort experienced when someone simultaneously, both at the same time, holds two or more conflicting cognitions - two or more opposing beliefs, ideas and their material values. Remember - every proposition, when taken to extremes, will

Re: [FairfieldLife] What we did today

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Let me explain a bit. I have a Walmart one mile away, Target is four miles away. Some people don't see that much difference between the two other than Target might treat it's employees a little better. I'm not much into ideological shopping. Seems if you want to shop liberal you need a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Article for those who (foolishly) believe their own memories

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
So can you remember easily what you had for breakfast yesterday? On 01/31/2015 03:35 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: */From the article:/* *False memories don't happen quite like /Inception — /they're more like a Wikipedia page that can be edited by you and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, I admire your courage. From: rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!   It's all about the cognitive

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jewish brains

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Steve, Rabbi Kraft is essentially saying the same thing as Mizrachi. But Kraft has a unique twist to the mystery of the Garden of Eden. That is, Adam dated the animals before Eve came. Rabbi Mordechai Kraft - Mystical Secrets In The Garden of Eden

[FairfieldLife] Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Are you machinelike or random?

[FairfieldLife] Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread Dominik Schuler espiderman...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
First thanks everybody for answering my question regarding Mother Divine again selling their property in Boone, NC after having re-acquired it.  From the internet I found that the Purusha Campus on Heavenly Mountain in Boone, NC was purchased by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation.

[FairfieldLife] TV review: Fortitude

2015-01-31 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Now that the second season of Broadchurch has turned out to be so bad, I went looking for something interesting and British  to watch, and stumbled onto Fortitude. T'would seem that the Brits have grown so fond of Scandinavian Noir TV shows like The Killing that they've started creating their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
noozguru, does it have to be either or? Can it not be both and? Or even neither? From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:57 AM Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread feste37
You can call it addiction if you want to be mean-spirited. Most of us have addictions of some kind or another. We can also think of them simply as our routine—things we like to do on a regular basis. In that sense I am addicted to checking my email, playing Lexulous on Facebook, checking into

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
None of us is a machine or random in here. According to rabbi Kraft, humans came from Adam and Eve. In Hebrew word analysis, Adam means both the spirit of Hashem and the mud from the earth. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Are you machinelike or random?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
It's impossible to be neither. One could be fluid between the two though. On 01/31/2015 09:34 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: noozguru, does it have to be either or? Can it not be both and? Or even neither?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Really? I read these traits in the posts here. Perhaps people don't understand the question. On 01/31/2015 09:41 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: None of us is a machine or random in here. According to rabbi Kraft, humans came from Adam and Eve. In Hebrew word analysis, Adam

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Richard was posting like FFL was Twitter. Maybe he has no followers on Twitter. FFL is not Twitter and using it like one can be annoying to most. On 01/31/2015 09:41 AM, feste37 wrote: You can call it addiction if you want to be mean-spirited. Most of us have addictions of some kind or

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV review: Fortitude

2015-01-31 Thread salyavin808
Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, it seemed to me that a lot of Brit cop shows started adopting Scandi elements and had to up their game to compete and were improved for it. Shame this one is on Sky and not free to air, BBC4 is the logical home for all things detectivy and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Are you machinelike or random? Yes.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TV review: Fortitude

2015-01-31 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, it seemed to me that a lot of Brit cop shows started adopting Scandi elements and had to up their game to compete and were improved for it.  Shame this one is on Sky and not free to air, BBC4 is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : None of us is a machine or random in here. According to rabbi Kraft, humans came from Adam and Eve. In Hebrew word analysis, Adam means both the spirit of Hashem and the mud from the earth. Are you in the process of converting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
salyavin, I'd say that in any moment, especially when it comes to writing, there are literally infinite possibilities. BUT...given that our neuron pathways are like dirt roads we are more likely to take a path that's been taken many times before. It's neurological and quite beyond psychology,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Carrots for sale, and my watch says 25:00 hours. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Are you machinelike or random?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
No, I'm not converting to Judaism. I just reacted to the words written by Bhairitu based on the issues raised by Carde recently and the cosmological models that have been discussed here for the past week or so. But it is interesting to know what the current Jewish rabbis are thinking about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TV review: Fortitude

2015-01-31 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, it seemed to me that a lot of Brit cop shows started adopting Scandi elements and had to up their game to compete and were improved for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The TM community there, having purchased or built homes got screwed by the movement's shenanigans because they expected Purusha and Mother Divine to be in their neighbourhood. Don't know what Shankar is doing. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, espiderman108@... wrote : First thanks

[FairfieldLife] Bruce Jenner is Becoming a Woman

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Is this something new to anyone here? https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/bruce-jenner-transitioning-woman-report-172422752.html https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/bruce-jenner-transitioning-woman-report-172422752.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Based on the theory of karma, there are no chance events - everything happens for a reason. Karma works on all levels, from a single bade of grass up to the highest devas. According to the theory of karma, the is causation and reaction - human excrement always flows downstream and gravity

[FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : No, I'm not converting to Judaism. I just reacted to the words written by Bhairitu based on the issues raised by Carde recently and the cosmological models that have been discussed here for the past week or so. But it is interesting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Now that's a thought-stopper! As Curtis and I (and Sal) have said many, many times -- and as the religious fanatics refuse to believe -- we come here for FUN. It's an alma mater kinda place, as Sal suggested. Here we can talk about things we *used to* take seriously but don't any more, and we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think Sri Ravi learned to be a huckster from one of the best - he was a Marshy sycophant before he realized he could be a bigger shot on his own then staying in Marshy's shadow. Dunno if the meditation is the same, or not. From: anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] For the Atheists

2015-01-31 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Stephen Fry explains what he would say if he was 'confronted by God' |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Stephen Fry explains what he would say if he was 'confro...Staunch atheist Stephen Fry left a television host stunned when he explained what he would say if he was “confronted by God”. | |

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Machinelike or Random?

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
So you are a random then. Which fits your online personality and since you are a creative person is what you want to be. The genesis of these terms is that random was applied back in the 1980s and 90s to the programmers that tended *not *to be methodical and engineering types but more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TV review: Fortitude

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 01/31/2015 11:27 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : *From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, it seemed to me that a lot of Brit cop shows started adopting Scandi elements and had to up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How do you know what I know about him? You are still in denial that your time at MIU was spent simply shoring up a fraudulent Movement that sucked people dry of their money and good sense, so your perception is warped about everything. Ravi is a huckster - Summary of Criticisms Against Sri Sri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
also I think the currently Heavenly Mountain idea is not going to work. If you are willing to be isolated you will go on Purusha. If you are an ordinary retired person you will not want this location.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bruce Jenner is Becoming a Woman

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It appears that his impending divorce has really screwed up his head big time. This will be a continuing fodder for the rumor circuit for the next few months. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : N. This has been developing for a while, I think he got *recruited*

[FairfieldLife] transgender in Mahabharata

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
Shikhandi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikhandi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikhandi Shikhandi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikhandi Shikhandi (Sanskrit: शिखंडी, Śikhaṇḍī ; Indonesian, Srikandi) is a character

[FairfieldLife] Shiva is transgender

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
Ardhanarishvara

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
I met Sri Sri and he taught me his Kriya personally way back when. I never did it twice as it gave me insomnia. I think it is not altogther honest to do that puja without acknowledging Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, he never met Brahmananda Saraswati , his only connection is through Maharishi Mahesh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bruce Jenner is Becoming a Woman

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Now now, we mustn't blame the women in his life, as strange as they may be. Has to be something much deeper. Wonder if there is some Yagya for what he's going through. Isn't there one to correct the mistake of the intellect on the most fundamental level?  From: jr_...@yahoo.com

[FairfieldLife] Vishnu is transgender

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
Mohini

[FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Anyone know whose picture is used for that puja, Maharishi's or Guru Dev's? I've also seen some odd pictures using the holy tradition picture: http://bawandinesh.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/guru-parampara1.jpg http://bawandinesh.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/guru-parampara1.jpg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bruce Jenner is Becoming a Woman

2015-01-31 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, he should request a pundit to perform yagyas for Saturn, the lord of the major period in his life right now. In Nadi astrology, Saturn is related with the 5th, 8th, and 11th houses. This means that he is involved in a scandalous love affair. In this particular case, one can interpret

[FairfieldLife] They walk among us?

2015-01-31 Thread salyavin808
Do you remember the guy who strolled into the US govts computer network? It wasn't really a hack because they didn't even use passwords. But the CIA were so upset they wanted him - an autistic man - to be put in a US jail for 600 years as a lesson to others. Our hideous home secretary

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread feste37
That's a truly bizarre response, MJ: Feste - you are so needful of having someone from India to glorify you. . . . Once a wide eyed follower always a wide eyed follower. Huh? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : How do you know what I know about him? You are still

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sri Sri's Sahaj Samadhi technique is TM. He had to call it something else for legal reasons. It combines the original TM technique with the fourth advanced technique. Many of the Sahaj teachers are former TM teachers. I don't know if they offer the other TM advanced techniques as Sahaj

Re: [FairfieldLife] For [the Atheists

2015-01-31 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hear hear. My sentiments exactly. If He exists, God is a psychopathic thug. The part I least understand in the things that Believers believe is the jealous God routine. Thou shalt have no gods before me. WTF is that about? That's just pure human pettiness and ego, projected onto one's fantasy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Any experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living organization in Boone, NC?

2015-01-31 Thread feste37
You don't know a damn thing about the man and yet you assume the lowest of motives. Do you make a habit of always seeing the worst in people? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I think Sri Ravi learned to be a huckster from one of the best - he was a Marshy

[FairfieldLife] A California January

2015-01-31 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Two weeks difference: https://flic.kr/p/qHQmzo Today downtown and about 70 degrees. Problem is no rain which we really need! https://flic.kr/p/r1oRSg

[FairfieldLife] transgender Arjunna

2015-01-31 Thread srijau
inner traditions: Arjuna Becomes a Woman: A Transgender Tale from Padma Purana http://innertraditions.blogspot.ca/2011/03/arjuna-becomes-woman-transgender-tale_19.html inner traditions: Arjuna Becomes a Woman: A Transgender Tale from Padma Purana

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bruce Jenner is Becoming a Woman

2015-01-31 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
N. This has been developing for a while, I think he got *recruited* when he did that film with the Village People, Can't Stop the Music, back in the seventies. Poor guy had everything going for him then. Great looks, Decathlon gold medal winner in the Olympics, on the box of Wheaties and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Moderator! Texan Attack!

2015-01-31 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Thanks, Share - I was enabled by the best: the TurquoiseBee and the Author's Friend. Without them I wouldn't be the person I am today - they changed my life. It was a dark and rainy Saturday night when I first discovered them posting to Usenet using a dial-up line and a 14.4 bps modems and

[FairfieldLife] Article for those who (foolishly) believe their own memories

2015-01-31 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From the article: False memories don't happen quite like Inception — they're more like a Wikipedia page that can be edited by you and others, says Elizabeth Loftus, a cognitive psychologist at the University of California, Irvine. Once people believe something to be true, their imagination

[FairfieldLife] Holy Spirit vs. Spirit of Holiness!

2015-01-31 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Learning Biblical Hebrew (Intermediate Part 5) June 29th, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiz2W-6jl5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiz2W-6jl5g Learning Biblical Hebrew (Intermediate Part 5) June ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiz2W-6jl5g Mark Jacob goes over the basics of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Arizona cities incinerated by apocalyptic heat

2015-01-31 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That is just hilarious, Alex! Funniest thing I've seen in a long time! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote : http://youtu.be/iXuc7SAyk2s http://youtu.be/iXuc7SAyk2s