Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?   MJ, I'm paraphrasing what Krishna said to Arjuna, who was reluctant in fighting his relatives in the battle of Kuruk

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I let Richard back in because he said people were talking about him and he wanted to respond.  And you believed him? As I've said before, Rick believed Ravi Chivukula when he claimed to be enlightened, too. Has he run amok?  His

[FairfieldLife] Weally entertaining drum clinic!?

2015-03-25 Thread he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Bernard Purdie performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfWpUvtJhs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfWpUvtJhs Bernard Purdie performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfWpUvtJhs This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. View on www.youtube.com ht

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.   Come on now Feste, be reasonable and be honest. All the things you lay at my and Barry's door,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wozniak: Future of AI is Scary

2015-03-25 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Maintain a distinction between 'generating wealth' and 'making money'. Pro-market capitalism generates wealth. Pro-business capitalism only makes money for a few. "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Barry, you are far too modest. Let your hair down a little and declare to the world the great service you provide as "Cult Slayer". Never mind you must distort most opposing points of view to make your point. I would say a more accurate term for what you do are is, "Reaction Vampire"

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
A typical distortion. Never takes long. Take away Barry's distortions, what have you got? A few clever links now and then. But the distortions? That's his own "clever" way to draw you into a meaningless discussion. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As I've said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ravi probably implictly claimed that he was "enlightened" (even though most people on this planet have no clue what it is) Rick acted in good faith. Perhaps he is much wiser man now. Should Ravi's interview still stand? Why did Rick dump it out? If some muck comes out on other interviewees

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Tex might not be deranged, it might jist be his vata that's deranged. Le's send him over to Vlodrop where they can lock him in the basement to calm his vata, then he'll be real normal. From: salyavin808 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:13 AM Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That *does* sound like a promising idea. Keep him away from people, the internet, and fire extinguishers and I'm sure things will sort themselves out quickly, just as they did for the last person they locked in a basement to "cure" them. From: "Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [Fairfi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Do you believe Krshna was an actual personage on the earth or a religious myth? If real, was he just a man or an avatar of Vishnu? From: "jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Relax Steve. None of the discussions here can actualy change reality. If you have disagreements, attack the idea and not the person. For some strange reason you have been complaining about his behaviour for the past one year. I think Judy's posts were giving you guys a "high" for years. Y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" Relax Steve. None of the discussions here can actualy change reality.  If you have disagreements, attack the idea and not the person. That's certainly what a non-cultist would do. For some strange reason you have been complaining about his behav

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Jason, I guess you realize that you are proving my point. Yes, Rick acts in good faith, Whether he "believes" someone is enlightened is immaterial to the discussion. It is a distortion by Barry, evidently accepted by you. Rick's interviews are from people who are on some stage of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for your advice Jason. I'm sorry if you don't care for the content of my posts. And again, you have a knack for proving the points I am trying to make. I get it that individuals here find fault in the TM Organization. I find plenty of faults myself. But for those who have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Barry, you go around like a manic person plastering this label on anyone who disagrees with you. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From: "jason_green2@... [FairfieldLife]" Relax Steve. None of the discussions here can actualy change reality. If you have disagreements, attack

[FairfieldLife] Vasant Swaha: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 03/25/2015

2015-03-25 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
If you are not doing so already, please consider donating a few dollars a month to help offset basic expenses associated with hosting, MailChimp, etc. Of course, larger donatio

[FairfieldLife] For all Spiritual seekers

2015-03-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To be kind, Barry's behavior is completely predictable. Turns out that one's behavior *is* a predictor of how one thinks and feels. Who knew? FFL is "Barry's World" now, almost exclusively. It's his club. He has a viciously mean personality that no one else here can match. [Look how he treats

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wozniak: Future of AI is Scary

2015-03-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
"Communism is an interesting idea that has never been tried." "What some people think are communist countries are family businesses. North Korea as an example." On 03/25/2015 04:45 AM, jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Maintain a distinction between 'generating wealth' and 'ma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
Rick wants to know if you are talking abut me or about Barry - we are both from Texas. Go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Tex might not be deranged, it might jist be his vata that's deranged. Le's send him over to Vlodrop where they can lock him in the basement to calm

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]
You must be talking about me - is it something I said? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I let Richard back in because he said people were talking about him and he wanted to respond. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : And you believed him? Has he run amok?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This discussion seems more about what you consider your moral compass to be, and that I should adopt your ideas about good and evil. While I have some sense of ethics, I have no moral compass. Good and Evil are in the eye of the beholder who thinks these ideas are real. I hold they do not exist

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yeah, I know, but I have some time to kill. There was one hour segment on CNN last night on atheists, not very in depth, but evenly presented. Examining the stigma of atheism - CNN Video |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Examining the stigma of atheism - CNN VideoCNN's Kyra Phillips examines

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Because our minds interpret what others say — they do not have direct access — it almost always comes across as a distortion, particularly if the participants have differing views of a subject. I think I am almost astonished at how wide that divergence is. Investigating the idea rather than the

[FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
1. Portland, OR 2. Seattle and San Francisco are tied here. This is the most godless city in America http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-the-most-godless-city-in-america-2015-03-24?siteid=yhoof2 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-the-most-godless-city-in-america-2015-03-

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Of course to ask "if you believe in God" is a bit simplistic. What is meant by "God"? Does it mean the "magic man in the sky who micromanages everything" or the "unified filed that underlies or is everything in the universe?" On 03/25/2015 12:49 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
xen, since you've asked, let's cut to the chase. let's take today's distortion, (imo), Do you think Rick believed Ravi's alleged claim that he was/is enlightened? Or is this a distortion on Barry's part of what Rick believes? Or is it, perhaps, some kind of "bait" for either for Rick

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The survey asked if a person was "religiously unaffiliated". A person who says yes to this question is not necessarily godless. It just means he or she is not associated with any churches. It does not say that he or she believes in God. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Of c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
MMY believes Krishna is an incarnation of Vishnu here on Earth. I personally have not researched the subject. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Do you believe Krshna was an actual personage on the earth or a religious myth? If real, was he just a man or an avatar of Vishnu?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That is interesting. I converse almost every day with someone who lives just 8 or so miles from that city, and he is indeed an atheist and a scientist. In other news: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/22/is-atheism-a-religion/atheism-should-end-religion-not-replace-it http://w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
All right then since you continue to quote Marshy (why I don't know, especially when you quote him to me since you know I think he was one big fraud) but since you do, do you accept Marshy as such an authority that you take his word for Krsna's status? Meaning that you believe what Marshy said a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Of course to ask "if you believe in God" is a bit simplistic. What is meant by "God"? Does it mean the "magic man in the sky who micromanages everything" or the "unified filed that underlies or is everything in the universe?" You forgot a bi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 03/25/2015 01:54 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Of course to ask "if you believe in God" is a bit simplistic. What is meant by "God"? Does it mean the "magic man in the sky who micromanages everything" or the "unified filed that underlies or is ev

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Thu 26-Mar-15 00:15:03 UTC

2015-03-25 Thread FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 03/21/15 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 03/28/15 00:00:00 222 messages as of (UTC) 03/25/15 21:08:10 39 richard 29 jr_esq 29 TurquoiseBee turquoiseb 27 Bhairitu noozguru 24 Michael Jackson mjackson74 13 anartaxius 10 Mike D

[FairfieldLife] Pastors turning to atheism

2015-03-25 Thread yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Special on CNN last night. They mentioned https://clergyproject.org https://clergyproject.org The site has stories of numerous Pastors turning to atheism, some closet atheists not revealing this to their flock. A few has "come out".. https://clergyproject.org https://clergyproject.org

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I agree: God = The Unified Field; which is apparently (imo) equivalent to "The Tao" - the Way the Universe works, especially as a whole; with the Totality holographically reflected into the parts. Cf. MMY's SBAL where (as I recall) he goes into the concept of Brahman which is composed of a. eve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, well, well.

2015-03-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : xen, since you've asked, let's cut to the chase. let's take today's distortion, (imo), Do you think Rick believed Ravi's alleged claim that he was/is enlightened? I would not know what Rick believed. I tried to watch the Ravi video some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's about the tradition of which MMY is a part of. Krishna is mentioned in the Gita and in the Srimad Bhagavatam. I believe there's wisdom contained in these books. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : All right then since you continue to quote Marshy (why I don't know, espe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wozniak: Future of AI is Scary

2015-03-25 Thread ultrarishi
I don't see the advantage of being the wealthiest person on a sinking ship. You may get a better cabin above the waterline, but in the end, you are still going to drown. This is how I see the world's economies today, be they capitalism, socialism, communism, etc. Very few are actually using t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The survey is deceptive in another way as well. What it really measures is how much people CARE whether other perceive them as "religious" or "non-religious."  These days, there is no perceived VALUE in "having a religious affiliation," whereas only a few decades ago you wouldn't have been able t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could it be...Satan?

2015-03-25 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, we've all seen you post things on this forum that leave no doubt that you believe that such mythical personalities as Krishna actually existed. You've actually said as much in the past, so there is no need to try to hide the fact now. What is more interesting, since you *are* trying to h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most Godless City in America

2015-03-25 Thread ultrarishi
That explains my life. Born and raised in San Francisco and then in 1993 move to the Portland Area.