[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment

2013-03-12 Thread Susan
Wait, is this the same person who is related to MMY and is the head of the TM org in India? The one who is in the photos we see of events in India? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: In a modern world the TM-movement still does not have sexual harassment

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Brain: More Complex Than We Think.....

2013-03-08 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Regarding the phrase 'all the laws of nature'; while in science we have various equations and hypotheses that we think correspond to the way nature functions, I have never heard within the movement any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for TM Cheerleaders

2013-03-05 Thread Susan
MMY definitely said many times that TM was the fastest technique to reach enlightenment and by far the best technique around. He also said that if someone could not do TM, then Yogananda's Kriya meditation was the next best thing, altho a much slower path. He ofen said TM was a jet to

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to get health care in America...go to prison

2013-02-26 Thread Susan
The most recent issue of Time Magazine is devoted entirely to one topic (first time ever an issue is about 1 topic) and one author: Steven Brill on the cost of health care in the USA. It is truly a fascinating and mind blowing issue. Brill spent 7 months researching and writing the issue.

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to get health care in America...go to prison

2013-02-26 Thread Susan
do not. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: The most recent issue of Time Magazine is devoted entirely to one topic (first time ever an issue is about 1 topic) and one author: Steven Brill on the cost of health care in the USA. It is truly a fascinating

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary 2016

2013-02-13 Thread Susan
She has cognitive problems and functions with tons of support and aides 24/7. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Who I'd like to see

[FairfieldLife] Black Mirror (was Re: Utopia)

2013-02-13 Thread Susan
So, how do you get access to seeing Black Mirror? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 02/13/2013 02:28 PM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: I would have missed the whole thing [Utopia] if it wasn't for someone I know who saw

[FairfieldLife] Black Mirror (was Re: Utopia)

2013-02-13 Thread Susan
Here is what I see each day: young mothers pushing their babies in strollers and being totally, entirely engrossed in texting. No eye contact with the child, no talking to them, no connection at all. Instead, they spend long periods of time texting and checking their personal, portable, black

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shivabalayogi Maharaj

2013-02-13 Thread Susan
Here is my response to this: This could be good, or not at all. Fruitarian? That is a concern that makes me concerned about other decisions this young man has made. Four hours a day of meditation, for years? Does he get out, exercise, get natural light in his eyes? Might need a medical

[FairfieldLife] Re: Uber-narcissists who would fit right in on FFL

2013-02-10 Thread Susan
This does not sound like narcissism, but psychosis/paranoia/schizophrenia or something in that ballpark. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: These folks remind me of people like Robin, who assume that they're actually interesting enough that people would want to tune into

[FairfieldLife] Re: TV review: House Of Cards

2013-02-10 Thread Susan
I just finished last night. You are right - they avoid the plot manipulation (creating a cliff-hanger at the end of each episode). The story flows. Really nice. the theme music is very nice, altho I got tired of the long intros. I have Netflixed the original British version, which I am

[FairfieldLife] L Ron ads

2013-02-10 Thread Susan
At the top of my FFL message board for the last 2 weeks are frequent ads for L Ron Hubbard's web site. Do others have this happening? Is this selective advertising where they consider FFL people a good audience? If so, they are way off base.

[FairfieldLife] Re: L Ron ads

2013-02-10 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: At the top of my FFL message board for the last 2 weeks are frequent ads for L Ron Hubbard's web site. Do others have this happening? Is this selective advertising where

[FairfieldLife] Re: The top five regrets...

2013-02-09 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Buck I admit that when I left the Catholic Church behind I also left behind idealizing sacrifice, the idea that in order for one person or group to gain, another has to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hitler was a Vegetarian?

2013-02-09 Thread Susan
I lIked the Lierre Keith youtube video. Thanks --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 02/09/2013 02:30 PM, John wrote: If that's the case, eating meat cannot be blamed for violence in society today. FWIW, Hitler was apparently trying to maintain the concept of Aryan

[FairfieldLife] VtRe: TV review: House Of Cards

2013-02-08 Thread Susan
Nice review Barry. I am on episode 10, seeing 2 each evening. What a terrific series. I hear 2 more seasons have been signed. I always admired Spacey but after this he is near the top of the list. Just an amazing look at politics, power, greed, the media, ambition, and socio psychopathology

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people who brought it up

2013-01-29 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Damn it Barry - I know a lot of people on here revile you and I admit when you express disdain or contempt you tend to do it like Jon Jones does his opponents in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people who brought it up

2013-01-29 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: One of the reasons I brought this topic up is to point out to people who've never thought about such things the unchallenged assumptions that they still carry around with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people who brought it up

2013-01-29 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Hi Susan, I think this shaming and kicking people out has ended.  Friends currently in the Dome:  a recert gov who recently attended several John Newton and Paul Wong events; an active counselor who's been on IAA from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge: Talk about the issue, not the people who brought it up

2013-01-29 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: My opinion is that they developed the buddy system and all the other precautions because there had been a few

[FairfieldLife] Re: When I stopped believing my own lie…

2013-01-26 Thread Susan
Wow, have fun. I think in schools the curriculum even for art is pretty much set. And it does not involve spending loads of time in any one unit. Also, kids get graded, to some extent, on their work, so that adds a layer of tension. But you are right, this time to draw and experiment, with

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Trivia

2013-01-25 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: I know this is extremely trivial, but do you remember what was the best or most fun meal you ever had on a TM course or at a TM facility? The Ranch salad dressing at Cobb Mt mmm

[FairfieldLife] About Gandhi (Re: Light therapy with gems in Maharishi Ayurveda)

2013-01-20 Thread Susan
Edge you are an incredible writer, and have an interesting story to tell as well. Pulling yousrelf roots and all out of Ffld - how excruciating to lose the community and connections you had developed over all those years. You were known there. So, like any human, you looked for another,

[FairfieldLife] About Gandhi (Re: Light therapy with gems in Maharishi Ayurveda)

2013-01-20 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: Edge you are an incredible writer, and have an interesting story to tell as well. Pulling yousrelf roots and all out of Ffld - how excruciating to lose the community

[FairfieldLife] Re: the most scary article you will read today

2013-01-15 Thread Susan
Yep --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 wrote: from Truthdig.com I like Chris Hedges. He is such a doomsday merchant. The Myth of Human Progress Posted on Jan 13, 2013 By Chris Hedges Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Steve, About PTSD

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Like I said, the research the TMO has touted for decades is iffy at best, especially research on anything after TM, meaning the sidhis on down to the present moment, given the lack of proof that TM and TM related programs have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
That is an interesting idea. I am about to begin reading Jim Holt's Why the World Exists, and he interviews a bunch of philosophers, and religious people and scientists, one being Penrose. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason wrote: --- Emily Reyn wrote: A saw a

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Steve, About PTSD

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
Michael, I am not sure if you saw the second part of my post. Did you read the book Transcendence by Norman Rosenthal, MD who is working with vets and TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: Susan thank you for your feedback on the numbers you taught, I really am

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faux feminists are part of the problem, not part of the solution

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
Barry, I think you have mentioned this before - about how Rama really encouraged women to become independent and strong. This good. And things are changing so for young girls these days at least in the West. But the fact remains that many men are indoctrinated by their culture to treat women

[FairfieldLife] Re: Faux feminists are part of the problem, not part of the solution

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: Barry, I think you have mentioned this before - about how Rama really encouraged women to become independent and strong. This good. And things are changing so for young

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment NOT SO WELL STATED BUCK

2013-01-13 Thread Susan
Nice, Xeno. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Buck, I think you have misinterpreted this discussion badly, though you have a decent intent. I think what Barry wrote in response to Michael Jackson was point on. In this discussion Barry was being

[FairfieldLife] Re: MSAE graduate on youtube

2013-01-11 Thread Susan
He's doing a take-off on some new agish types, right? This is a joke, right? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote: From TMFree, apparently a graduate of MSAE who's got his own little thing going. Thoughts anyone? http://youtu.be/T1V_JD9rODk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ecowarrior Gives Up

2013-01-09 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: From yesterday we learned that 2012 in the US was 1 degree warmer than usual and a temperature rise that shocked climatologists. I think we're doomed. Americans don't want to give up their luxurious lifestyle (even though fewer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ecowarrior Gives Up

2013-01-09 Thread Susan
! Thanks, and good for a laugh, which is always the goal. Come to think of it, going from 0-60 in under 5 seconds is exactly what I need. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: From yesterday we learned that 2012

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews

2013-01-06 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: I recall this one, rare, time when some bigwigs were coming into La Guardia airport in NYC, and I was on staff at a TM facility in the Catskills. There were a couple of limos there, should Maharishi come to visit, though he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews

2013-01-06 Thread Susan
in angels, but if they exist, the TMO places were and still are swarming with them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: I recall this one, rare, time when some bigwigs were coming into La Guardia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews

2013-01-06 Thread Susan
. One person reported seeing a massive Hanuman (moneky) on the roof of a builidng in Heavenly Mountain years ago. A few non TM visitors who were looking at real estate mentioned it too!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews

2013-01-06 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: And yet, all teachers had been told not to have someone in the car meditating since

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re- John M Knapp - Johnny Profane + TV reviews

2013-01-06 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: There could be many explanations for what a person experiences when entering a building that have nothing to do with metaphysics or religion. Simple expectation is one. If you have in your mind that certain building will

[FairfieldLife] Barry - film question

2013-01-01 Thread Susan
Can you tell me the name of the movie director who is a Buddhist monk and film director and I think interested in soccer? He made a lovely film about a young man who left his village to go to America and had a long and slow trip of it all. I can't find his name. Want to see more movies by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2012-12-31 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Hi WB, I know that, also - I worked for the TM guys, on staff, for a total of three years, and bought into *everything*. Everything. Well, almost everything...my guardian angels stopped me literally on the verge,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2012-12-31 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: What, Richard, what? I don't get to express an opinion? Of course I'm an asshole -- everyone is. And remember these opinions are from a brain that did 30 years of TM, 44,000 hours in the chair, 2,000 taught -- how

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2012-12-31 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: ¨ I feel really grateful for TM and all my time in it, and I was lucky enough to manage grad school and a career a bit later. But I still get why

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven on Earth for Marshy's Kin Folks

2012-12-31 Thread Susan
, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: I agree. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: Hi WB, I know that, also - I worked for the TM guys, on staff, for a total of three years, and bought

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lincoln

2012-12-30 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: How do you know it was a vision of your past life? It might even have been some genetic memory. Or even just picking up on the energy of someone else who was there in that spot hundreds of years earlier, if such energy can

[FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 -- The Year Of Unnecessary Dread

2012-12-30 Thread Susan
I also wonder about the student debt problem - so many student loans won't be repaid since the graduates won't be getting jobs. This lack of repayment (in addition to the sad unemployment) of all this money has got t hurt something, somewhere. So, what is worth owning if all goes kaput? ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?

2012-12-29 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: Once again, your post tends to remain rather vague in describing exactly what HoE is supposed to be like. First off, yes

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the TMO's concept of 'Heaven on Earth'?

2012-12-28 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: With his energy being what it is it is hard even for me to have hard feelings towards him when I watch a video - beautiful words he expresses, but he really doesn't say much - just in essence that heaven on earth

[FairfieldLife] Re: had any lately ha ha

2012-12-28 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Not THAT any!  Had any support of Nature lately?  Emily asked about support of Nature and I was thinking about it and feeling befuddled.  Realized that I tend to agree with Ken Keyes idea that everything in life is

[FairfieldLife] Re: had any lately ha ha

2012-12-28 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: I have had some experiences where what I was thinking or expecting actually happened in a woo woo ish way. And times when it felt scarily as if I could

[FairfieldLife] Re: Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good hat!

2012-12-25 Thread Susan
Yep, lookin good, as is the tanghka in the background! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: You know your family loves you when they give you a hat like this! [https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/581389_532878386\ 736299_383617112_n.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather in Fairfield

2012-12-20 Thread Susan
@... wrote: Susan, by the Grace of the Unified Field it is raining buckets outside right now. Great lightening and big thunder, in December? That's anthropocentric global weird weather for you. This rain will frost in later tonite and probably allow for a seeding of new crop in less than three

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather in Fairfield

2012-12-19 Thread Susan
dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wrote: Buck, Share, anyone -Is there any climate change, warming, bigger storms, droughts going on out there? Or expected by people who believe in such things? And let's just not count any anticipated effect from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather in Fairfield

2012-12-19 Thread Susan
not doing nothing that converts and consumes resources causing global climate change. People spending their days in more spiritual practice is the answer. -Buck in the Dome --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday TurquoiseB

2012-12-18 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Happy Birthday Barry. You add so much genuine life's color to the joint. I hope this year fulfills all your multifarious interests. Yeah biatiches, I just said

[FairfieldLife] Weather in Fairfield

2012-12-18 Thread Susan
Buck, Share, anyone -Is there any climate change, warming, bigger storms, droughts going on out there? Or expected by people who believe in such things? And let's just not count any anticipated effect from the pandits and the chanting for now, what about the science?

[FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas

2012-12-10 Thread Susan
Really nice words, MJ. It is good you had and have some good experiences along the way. Altho they can make you overlook things, as you said. The first thing TM did for me was make me transcend so powerfully that I got worried I might not be able to come back. It stlll helps me with stress.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Nonprofit group plans to reopen former Co-Ed Theater

2012-12-07 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: FW: Girindra Selleck was the only participant tall enough to reach the area on the old Co-Ed marquee to put up the new lettering stating that a new theater is coming in 2013. Handing the letters to him is Neil Cunningham,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Too Funny

2012-12-06 Thread Susan
I was at a lecture in Arosa Switzerland when Dr Wineless spoke. He was brilliant but quirky, and MMY kept saying his name wrong, then, too. Some of us got the giggles and it was one of those times we just could not stop laughing and had to try to keep quiet. I had to leave the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The End of the World as we Know It

2012-12-05 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: Emily - just catching up on the last day or so on FFL. Most scientists agree that we humans have made climate change happen much faster

[FairfieldLife] Re: The End of the World as we Know It

2012-12-04 Thread Susan
fields. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Wow Susan, let us not change the topic.  Curiously, do you think that we are just contributors to a planetary cycle already

[FairfieldLife] Re: The End of the World as we Know It

2012-12-03 Thread Susan
There has been lots of regularly reported info out for at least 8 years now. No one reads it, or has taken it seriously, even though there is plenty of scientific data behind it and has been. This is the most significant problem of all for humanity and for this planet, but people have focused

[FairfieldLife] Re: 3 ques to Judy Emily anyone else interested

2012-12-02 Thread Susan
Share, I think you should drop this topic and move on. Just my opinion, and of course if it means a great deal to you, fine. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: 1.  Do you think that any benefits can come from Judy Share and Emily continuing to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jennifer Lynch's Chained

2012-11-28 Thread Susan
A novel about the experience of an abducted girl kept in a soundproof room for years (and she has a baby there) from her point of view is Room by Emma Donoghue. Intense and well written. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: For a counter Wunnerful Wednesday

[FairfieldLife] Rise of Sea Levels and impact on US cities

2012-11-25 Thread Susan
In today's NY Times, in an article by James Atlas titled Is This the End? There is an interactive map on the second page giving effects on about 20 or 30 large coastal cities in USA. You can alter the sea level rise up to about 25 feet. NYC's Mayor Bloomberg has been dealing with this for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rise of Sea Levels and impact on US cities

2012-11-25 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 11/25/2012 05:54 AM, Susan wrote: In today's NY Times, in an article by James Atlas titled Is This the End? There is an interactive map on the second page giving effects on about 20 or 30 large coastal cities

[FairfieldLife] MovieThe Sound of My Voice, question

2012-11-24 Thread Susan
Just saw it on DVD from Netflix. On the DVD we viewed, the movie ended with Peter leaving the museum, holding the hand of the little girl. He is taking her outside to meet Maggie, which was not the agreement. Then the screen went blank and black, finito. It was abrupt. OTH, when I checked

[FairfieldLife] Re: MovieThe Sound of My Voice, question

2012-11-24 Thread Susan
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: Just saw it on DVD from Netflix. On the DVD we viewed, the movie ended with Peter leaving the museum, holding the hand of the little girl. He is taking her

[FairfieldLife] Re: MovieThe Sound of My Voice, question

2012-11-24 Thread Susan
Just added Another Earth. A movie that might be int he same vein and I found amazing but not necessarily fun at all is Melancholia. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: Thanks, Barry. Really

[FairfieldLife] Re: MovieThe Sound of My Voice, question

2012-11-24 Thread Susan
, Susan wrote: Thanks, Barry. Really interesting film. And, I could see this happening in real life. Brit Marling is lovely, isn't she? And she co-wrote it. I am going to get another copy from Netflix just to see the last scene. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply

[FairfieldLife] Re: Black Thursday

2012-11-24 Thread Susan
Sounds fine Buck, and have a good time. But will broadcasting this on FFL put your dome badge in jeopardy? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent:

[FairfieldLife] Re: An absolutely fascinating article about boredom

2012-11-20 Thread Susan
Interesting, I was just talking with neighbors about how kids these days never have the opportunity to be bored. They have computers, cell phones, video games. I have always thought that the summer boredom I felt sometimes as a child was healthy. I had to figure out what to do, and did.

[FairfieldLife] Re: If anyone has ever fallen in love with you, you might be a yogi.

2012-11-18 Thread Susan
Edg, you are on a roll!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: God, Edg, this one is staying in my inbox.  I'll read it now and then.  Sometimes envy you for having written it.  Sometimes yearning for such to come out of me.  But always being moved in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The DaVinci Codebreakers

2012-11-17 Thread Susan
This was interesting. Not knowing much about secret societies and Freemasons, it was good to read that these secret societies were really places to talk freely about ideas and beliefs that were not acceptable to authorities or the Catholic Church. And loads and loads of people in the 1700's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris on the death of science

2012-11-14 Thread Susan
Nice find, Yifu. I particularly like the very articulate and clear manner in which Harris describes the following: Subjecctively speaking, there is only consciousness and its contents; there is no inner self who is conscious. The feeling of being the experiencer of your experience, rather

[FairfieldLife] Re: WikiSpirituality

2012-11-11 Thread Susan
I get your point but would add that this idea (that spiritual seekers often are just exposed to words rather than the presence or direct instruction from a talented teacher) also applies to most religions, not just spiritual types. The founder died hundreds or thousands of years ago, so

[FairfieldLife] Re: CULT to Judy and TurqB

2012-11-11 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Judy, no one is out for Robin's blood and you know it.  Using extreme language and attributing extreme motives to others is one of your usual tactics for deflecting from and creating confusion around the valid issues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Helvetia (Switzerland) By Night

2012-10-28 Thread Susan
Arosa is at time 0.46 and 2:38. Thanks --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@... wrote: A three-minute-plus time lapse video by Alessandro Della Bella (what a beautiful name). Well worth the time. http://vimeo.com/52123602

[FairfieldLife] Re: Helvetia (Switzerland) By Night

2012-10-28 Thread Susan
reason. What an absurd and shameless position to take--although I believe your deepest philosophical commitments require that you stay away from the fray. [I just let lit lie, for the most part.] But for you to imply (I am sure Susan had a raunchy goat of ecstasy when she read what you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Helvetia (Switzerland) By Night

2012-10-28 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo groups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: WRT Edg duvey, I did not like what Barry wrote, and I think he and Barry have disliked each other for many years now. That is not true, Susan. Edg has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Helvetia (Switzerland) By Night

2012-10-28 Thread Susan
@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: Dear Susan, Just to let you know: I don't believe in the truth of your experience of Barry Wright. You have brain-lock there. Your needs to like and admire him overrule reason and reality. If you truly felt some inner justification for your

[FairfieldLife] In praise of Barry (Re: Coup de foudre)

2012-10-25 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 no_reply@... wrote: This is one thing I like about Barry: that he tells this story. He is almost certainly being ridiculed for it, and he knows it, but he doesn't care. He really doesn't care. See how little guarded he is. In this case it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bhakti As A Learned Experience

2012-10-19 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: For some reason, I find myself still tripping on a phrase used on FFL yesterday. *Not* on the person who wrote it, but on the content, the idea expressed. The phrase was Now my love for Maharishi was of course the highest

[FairfieldLife] Re: IQ vs. Religiosity

2012-10-18 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Are there only these 5 facets? About 30 years ago Howard Gardner at Harvard proposed that there are multiple intelligences, 9 in all that he delineated, including spatial, artistic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal.

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Objective Is Your Subjectivity? A Quiz to Xeno

2012-10-14 Thread Susan
REally glad you are back, Khazana. And looking forward to more of your adventures. I ahve never been to India, so for me this is especially interesting and sweet. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 no_reply@... wrote: Barry, and also Marek, and whoever has been reading this,

[FairfieldLife] Re: today PS

2012-10-01 Thread Susan
Go Share. You seem very clear headed, aware of what is going on within, and sensitive to boundaries and what works for you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Thank you so much Curtis and Xeno and Steve and Bhairitu who was lighter the second time

[FairfieldLife] Re:to Raunchy -- writing for the Church of $cientology

2012-09-30 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: snip Hey Ravi, let me clarify the Rabbi remark as I applied it to Barry. Barry's custom is often to write about an idea, or present an article

[FairfieldLife] Re: to All -- writing for the Church of $cientology

2012-09-28 Thread Susan
Jennifer, I was therefore wrong in March to say Sal was a bully. Furthermore, since I had posted a funny video link on Susan Wayback's post, they reasoned that I must have *known* that Sal had been conciliatory toward Jennifer and therefore, she deserved my apology for slandering her. When I

[FairfieldLife] Re:to Raunchy -- writing for the Church of $cientology

2012-09-26 Thread Susan
to offer some refreshment to those attending a fundraiser for her, does it make sense for her to go out and spend money she doesn't have on champagne and wine, as Susan suggested was more appropriate? With perhaps some caviar and fine aged cheese? Uh, just to clear here since I am not sure

[FairfieldLife] Re:to Raunchy -- writing for the Church of $cientology

2012-09-26 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: snip Uh, just to clear here since I am not sure exactly the feeling behind the above words, my mention of wine and cheese was to say

[FairfieldLife] Re:to Raunchy -- writing for the Church of $cientology

2012-09-25 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: We may have to agree to differ on this, but it seems to me that the intellectual effort being expended in this thread is out of all proportion to the trivial nature of the matter under dispute. This is not a murder trial in

[FairfieldLife] Re: How you're *supposed* to live if you're lucky enough to be rich

2012-09-20 Thread Susan
Great find, Barry. What an amazing man, and a great field to put your money into. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The 20th richest man in America had a house in Santa Fe and lived a very quiet and inaccessible life there. But he always showed up at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Magical Egypt--The Temple of Man

2012-09-19 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Susan, Starting on February, 2005, the forum period changed to the subperiod of Mercury/Rahu and followed by Mercury/Jupiter. The change that you noticed was due to the fact that these planets are in the 8th house

[FairfieldLife] Re: Magical Egypt--The Temple of Man

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Hey John, do you have software to do a chart of FFL?  I inadvertantly gave my friend the wrong date of Sept 1.  Going to post 1, it should be Sept 5 2001 2:24 pm Fairfield.  Which probably means a little better for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eastwooding: PS to Ann I'm not going to shut up; it's my turn!

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Steve, I was asking why fight unfairly which only makes matter worse. Seems like you haven't noticed the *extreme* unfairness with which Curtis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Magical Egypt--The Temple of Man

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
Thanks JOhn and Share. John I was wondering about the environment on FFL. It was more civil and open and friendly for the first 5 years. Then things shifted and while there are many good interactions and information, there is also a toughness to the atmosphere. Can you see that? Does it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eastwooding: PS to Ann I'm not going to shut up; it's my turn!

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Magical Egypt--The Temple of Man

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Hey John, do you have software to do a chart of FFL?  I inadvertantly gave my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Magical Egypt--The Temple of Man

2012-09-17 Thread Susan
, just in case you might need it. After all, an armed Internet forum is a polite Internet forum. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: Thanks JOhn and Share. John I was wondering about the environment on FFL. It was more civil and open and friendly for the first

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Jesus=God?

2012-09-16 Thread Susan
and the Kane Chronicles and Kane is my favorite - have to get used to all the Egyptian names of gods and goddesses, but it's great. For those who like things a bit darker, the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud is egg-cellent. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote

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