[FairfieldLife] Freak Show

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Does it get any better than this? Who's next to endorse the guy, Martin Shkreli ? "Mr Trump’s effort to claw evangelicals away from Mr Cruz got a big boost on Tuesday when he received the endorsement of Jerry Falwell Jr, the evangelical president of Liberty University, a Christian college in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ollie, real fair point. There are certainly a lot of cultivated spiritual folks here in TM with their feet on the ground; outwardly successful in life and then also a whole spectrum of others who are not, about like everywhere else. In ways our demographics as meditators are not different

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders Will Raise Taxes If Elected

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, he said to fund healthcare. Now, just so happens that Bernsie has many other great spending plans as well, free this, free that, and so on. So, you think he won't raise taxes on the middle class to fund those other programs as well? He will tax the rich , the middle class and the poor. This

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump's "New York Values"

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I was just watching Bill O'Rielly and he asked Cruz if he thought the *New York values* comment was a mistake and Cruz said absolutely not. Cruz said that *The Donald* defined *New York values* himself , in an interview with Tim Russert. He said,  being from New York,that he supported all aborti

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 27-Jan-16 00:15:07 UTC

2016-01-26 Thread FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 01/23/16 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 01/30/16 00:00:00 175 messages as of (UTC) 01/26/16 23:17:47 28 awoelflebater 28 Mike Dixon mdixon.6569 15 steve.sundur 15 jr_esq 13 dhamiltony2k5 12 Bhairitu noozguru 11 emptybill 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is MEDITATION making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The post-founder TM movement from the highest levels in honest deliberation very wisely changed on this whole thing using the best of modern science that is known, practiced and learnt around modern mental well-being now to figure it out. In TM this was the working out in policy clarificat

[FairfieldLife] Free Speech

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/area-high-schoolers-among-protesters-booted-from-trump-rally/article_2007cc6b-15c1-5c1b-b23a-238639285210.html http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/area-high-schoolers-among-protesters-booted-from-trump-rally/article_2007cc6b-15c1-5c1b-b23a-23863928521

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Possible Disturbance on Super Bowl Sunday

2016-01-26 Thread Dawn maya_moon_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
NFL team owners win while taxpayers foot stadium bills |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | NFL team owners win while taxpayers foot stadium billsThe Rams are moving to Los Angeles but St. Louis taxpayers are still on the hook paying for the Edward Jones Dome in. St. Louis. | | | | View on www.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders Will Raise Taxes If Elected

2016-01-26 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On people with incomes over $250K. Are you in that tax bracket? Probably also need to raise the threshold on Social Security to help fund it and he has been in favor of that for years. He also believes in auditing the federal reserve and voted for it recently giving pause to the cons who don

[FairfieldLife] Bernie Sanders Will Raise Taxes If Elected

2016-01-26 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He said so himself. But will he survive the election by such proclamation? Walter Mondale made the same proclamation when he ran against Ronald Reagan a generation ago, and lost. Bernie Sanders: "We Will Raise Taxes. Yes We Will." http://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-raise-taxes-yes-025300

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks - ha-ha, the drill sergeant. Nothing like being yourself, is there? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program alon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is MEDITATION making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"the ice is melting" - lol. I just looked at it and yes, the language is unlike anything I have seen before from the movement - very straightforward and practical. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I haven't read all of this yet, but from what I have seen this must rank as the mos

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yeah, a lot of people still hung up on who Maharishi was or wasn't. It doesn't matter, imo. There is a technique to do, and that's it. No beliefs necessary. A small group will insist otherwise, both pro and con, but it is incorrect. Nothing, except the mantra imparted is part of the basic progra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is MEDITATION making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread feste37
I haven't read all of this yet, but from what I have seen this must rank as the most mature approach the movement has ever had to this issue. Huge progress has been made, and people have been educated. If this document is any guide, the movement seems to be moving away from its old dogmatic and

[FairfieldLife] Paranoia

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmRi927TPI |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Admitted drug dealers get high and call the Idaho cops | | | | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   |

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is MEDITATION making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Our own meditators out in the larger meditating community from our long life experience with the TM organization will decry, “They'll Never Change”. Well, the movement changed on this. The TM movement moved on this. That took a lot of work in progress. Culture change will follow in time. --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is MEDITATION making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is the new guideline around mental illness not only for the campus meditating community in Fairfield, Iowa but the whole of TM now in effect: http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-health.html http://portals.mum.edu/Customized/uploads/guidelines-for-mental-heal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. I don't believe you, or you don't get out much

[FairfieldLife] Trump's "New York Values"

2016-01-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I didn't know what this meant, so looked it up. Here's one take. Those that have lived in New York could confirm or denymakes sense though. http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/18/cruz-is-right-about-trumps-new-york-values/ http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/18/cruz-is-right-about-trumps-n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump's cry for help

2016-01-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I agree with you on this. On the other side of the political spectrum, I think Bernie's popularity is partly of a similar tone. Bernie has been honest about the need for a "revolution" (e.g., remaking the face of Congress). Donald isn't the guy for the job though. He's an exceedingly lonel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump's cry for help

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think Trumps *popularity*says more about what many think of the current crop of politicians. We've been seeing for years now, what people think of Congress. Their approval rating has tanked.Trump is a reaction to that. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Trump's cry for help

2016-01-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think Stephen Colbert is right on the money here. Trump is begging for someone to take him down; he knows (if only subconsciously) that he doesn't have what it takes to be President. The required sacrifices and compromises aren't ones he wants to make or would even be able to make. As a meg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
The problem with TM is that if you want something more then TM isn't it. It's essentially "yoga lite". And that may work well for a lot of people as a relaxation technique. There are some very powerful things in yoga and some things that are overlooked by TM. Also from the theory of mantra s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. The issue seems to be those who have forsaken

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Possible Disturbance on Super Bowl Sunday

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From what I have read about the stadium, the threat will be greatly diminished by the inability of any terrorists to find parking. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : With the weapon being what? A Coldplay wardrobe malfunction? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Possible Disturbance on Super Bowl Sunday

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMTzhPKSffU From: "steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Possible Disturbance on Super Bowl Sunday   Good point.  Did you see what the Denver

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don’t see the problem as anything to do with TM or its instruction, nor have I encountered anyone doing the program along with a normal career and family life who has encountered any problems. The issue seems to be those who have forsaken everything, in order to chase enlightenment by cop

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Glad to hear it - Thank you for your efforts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Jeez Ollie, that is an extremely comprehensive comment and perceptive. Thanks for noticing. It is all a terribly interesting problem for those of us who live here. There is quite a lot in play right

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much to offer. We all know the background of Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is meditation making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
But, compared to the spiritual awakening and enlightenment that meditation can bring to a human incarnation, what is this down-side risk (likelihood) otherwise and how to manage that risk? Moderation is the golden rule? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I notice the article s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Possible Disturbance on Super Bowl Sunday

2016-01-26 Thread j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
With the weapon being what? A Coldplay wardrobe malfunction? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Based on the placement of the said planets, I'm thinking the culprits will more likely pose to enter the stadium as women reporters an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is mindfulness making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I notice the article says mindfulness 'and other' meditations. The title is too narrow? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Is mindfulness making us ill? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/23/is-mindfulness-making-us-ill?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Leadership

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What you mention about someone with anger issues mucking up the whole meditating community, is an odd effect from a technique that has so much to offer. We all know the background of Maharishi not seeing a need for an integration of the study o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein - close but no cigar

2016-01-26 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : After sending the post about time travel being impossible 'cos we ain't seen time travellers . . . it occured to me that time travel could be theoretically possible but maybe it is prohibitively expensive - using up half the energy in the Unive

[FairfieldLife] Is mindfulness making us ill?

2016-01-26 Thread eustace10679
Is mindfulness making us ill? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/23/is-mindfulness-making-us-ill?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Version+CB+header&utm_term=152812&subid=1476098&CMP=ema_565b http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/23/is-mind