[FairfieldLife] RE: Much Ado About Nothing

2013-11-07 Thread s3raphita
You won't believe this but I watched the movie yesterday! Really! Maybe there is something in the idea of synchronicity. I was going to recommend it to FFL also - under the title Shakespeare without Tears. The tricky choice with the Bard's plays is always whether you show them in period costume

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-07 Thread s3raphita
Re I found the emphasis on devotion to the guru in the TM movement always disconcerting: What emphasis? Maharishi was never a guru - he was a teacher of meditation. The guru-shishya tradition is the transmission of teachings from a guru to a disciple. In this relationship, subtle and

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Re No. I responded to an earlier question from you about my religious leanings a week or so ago; did you miss it?: So you did. Sorry. Re You could say I'm sympathetic to religions generally; I've read a good bit of theology because it interests me, but that's about it.: Sounds like me.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rare Picture of Vivian Leigh

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Interesting video link. The funny thing is, I've always found the Southern drawl one of the most appealing of American accents. I used to work for the BBC and I can tell you that whenever BBC Radio broadcast a play which featured an American character, listeners would always write in to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
skies but I also love cloudy ones. Just grateful for that polarity, for being human, for being alive. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:26 PM, s3raphita@... s3raphita@... wrote: Re And how about the California Dreamin music scene: Mamas and Papas, Beach Boys, etc: Yes. As a Brit

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

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Interesting video link. The funny thing is, I've always found the Southern drawl one of the most appealing of American accents. I used to work for the BBC and I can tell you that whenever BBC Radio broadcast a play which featured an American

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Re Then after starting TM I began to feel a need for a worship context and joined the church where I'd attended Sunday School, stayed a couple of years but wasn't inspired enough to continue, since I really wasn't into the Personal God aspect of the belief system (or Christ as savior). God as

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlD-nxiM2U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlD-nxiM2U ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re According to John Lennon, Cliff Richard's hit 'Move It',1958, was the first authentic rock and roll song. According to John, before Cliff and the Shadows

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rare Picture of Vivian Leigh

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
, noozguru@... wrote: On 11/06/2013 05:12 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re I tried to help my tantra teacher take some accent-reduction courses. Online there were some videos and they were able to boil down to a few points the way for someone from India to sound American

[FairfieldLife] RE: Is the Holy Spirit on vacation?

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Re An interesting speculative idea by MZ - that the Holy Spirit vacated the scene after the WWII Monte Cassino bombing. I've heard that idea before - but can't recall who said it. So who is MZ and why do you expect us to recognise the initials? Surely the Holy Spirit doesn't split when the

[FairfieldLife] How vulgar can you get?

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Two women wore 9/11 Twin Towers fancy-dress costumes and won a Halloween contest. Their outfits included models of the two hijacked planes crashing into the New York skyscrapers and tiny model people falling to their deaths. Funny old world we're living in. http://tinyurl.com/kro9mn7

[FairfieldLife] Who#39;s who on FFL?

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
Can I mention something else that's been bugging me about FFL? I am Seraphita. That is Seraphita = Seraphita = Seraphita. That's the name I selected when registering with FFL. That's the name I always use. Simple OK? But we know there are a lot of people who have a sign-on name but who

[FairfieldLife] RE: How to Scare Somali Pirates Away

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
The depressing thing is that Royal Navy ships have now been told *not* to capture Somali pirates as the crew may then claim political asylum in the UK with the consequent expense of bringing them back to Britain, housing and feeding them, paying their legal expenses as they plead their case in

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rare Picture of Vivian Leigh

2013-11-06 Thread s3raphita
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2W8aGgmn1A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2W8aGgmn1A ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re I tried to help my tantra teacher take some accent-reduction courses. Online there were some videos

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
Augustine of Hippo, who claimed to have been a dualistic Manichaen for ten years. The radical dualism of Manichaeism is evident in many Gnostic sects: Isn't the vulgar notion of Christianity held by most believers radically dualist? (Which isn't surprising as western Christianity flows from

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
://youtu.be/zVaBVZaS7So http://youtu.be/zVaBVZaS7So On 11/3/2013 3:40 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re According to John Lennon, Cliff Richard's hit 'Move It',1958, was the first authentic rock and roll song. According to John, before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: Yep, but we were talking about British imitation rock so Vince Taylor and Cliff Richard are two important pioneers in the UK. I'm guessing one reason they never

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
Re Plus, the music industry mechanism really wasn't in place to allow for mass distribution of non-US acts at that time.: Good point. Re rock sounds *terrible* in French.: Yes, Johnny Hallyday certainly *looked* the part - but I can't recall a single song of his! The French did have some

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
.) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re Plus, the music industry mechanism really wasn't in place to allow for mass distribution of non-US acts at that time.: Good point. Re rock sounds *terrible* in French.: Yes, Johnny Hallyday certainly *looked* the part - but I can't

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
-n7YfRKqc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-n7YfRKqc ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Here's a corker of a song by France Gall giving it the full yé-yé treatment - Laisse tomber les filles (English: Leave the girls alone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

[FairfieldLife] RE: One for the movie freaks -- Unscripted

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
I saw the actor R. Lee Ermey in an interview and he mentioned that when his character, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, said: I bet you're the kind of guy who would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around Full Metal Jacket's director, Kubrick,

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
Should I assume that you are Roman Catholic? Or at least a fellow traveller? I understand Robin Carlsen became a Catholic convert - indeed a Catholic priest (?) after his adventures on the new-age circuit. Are you one of his former acolytes? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: Yep, but we were talking about British imitation rock so Vince Taylor and Cliff Richard are two important pioneers in the UK. I'm guessing one reason they never made a name for themselves in the States is because Americans didn't need

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
European country's and their own scenes. Romance languages didn't translate well into rock so you have the soft muzak rock those countries created. On 11/05/2013 10:37 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: Yep

[FairfieldLife] RE: India#39;s Mission to Mars

2013-11-05 Thread s3raphita
The cost of the Indian Mars satellite is about $70 million. I know that would buy a lot of baked beans but for a satellite to Mars it's damned cheap. For comparison NASA expenditure runs at about $10 billion a year. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: It appears that the

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-04 Thread s3raphita
of opposites could gain the upper hand over the other would be a vulgar error. On Sunday, November 3, 2013 4:10 PM, s3raphita@... s3raphita@... wrote: Re The Gnostic prophet Mani taught radical dualist cosmology; a struggle between the opposing forces of good and evil, spiritual light

[FairfieldLife] RE: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
Re According to John Lennon, Cliff Richard's hit 'Move It',1958, was the first authentic rock and roll song. According to John, before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.: Yes, that's right - nothing worth listening to in the rock'n'roll genre

[FairfieldLife] RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
Re The Gnostic prophet Mani taught radical dualist cosmology; a struggle between the opposing forces of good and evil, spiritual light versus the material world darkness. Humans are composed of two opposing elements in a battle for power. There is a soul, but it is influenced by elements of

[FairfieldLife] RE: NPD

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
NPD = narcissistic personality disorder ? How come he homed in on you? You looking lost and confused? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: NPD Heads-up. Seems there is a guy and a follower who showed up in town in the last few days with these kinds of traits.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Information on Narcissistic Personality Disorder

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
Some disorders have similar or even the same symptoms as Narcissistic Personality Disorder, such as: Histrionic Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Paranoid

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
effortlessly? -Buck ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re The Gnostic prophet Mani taught radical dualist cosmology; a struggle between the opposing forces of good and evil, spiritual light versus the material world darkness. Humans are composed of two opposing elements

[FairfieldLife] Alfred, Lord Tennyson stumbles across TM

2013-11-03 Thread s3raphita
The poet Tennyson (1809 – 1892) seemed to have had frequent experiences of transcending, starting from boyhood and lasting throughout his life. For example, he describes: . . . a kind of waking trance — this for lack of a better word — I have frequently had, quite up from boyhood, when I have

[FairfieldLife] RE: Astrology in the New Testament

2013-11-02 Thread s3raphita
Why was it written that Jesus was born in a manger? Pedant's Corner: it's not written. It says instead And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger. Imagine Mary straddling a feeding trough to give birth. ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: Astrology in the New Testament

2013-11-02 Thread s3raphita
Astrology is outside my field of expertise. (Along with a hell of a lot of other stuff, of course.) But your mentioning the astrological dimension brings up something else I've always felt strongly about. And that is: whoever the people were who wrote the Gospel accounts they were emphatically

[FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony

2013-11-02 Thread s3raphita
Yes Man Tran were good - a bit AOR maybe? - a bit commercial maybe? Here's some quality music. Pentangle in their heyday: http://tinyurl.com/od9g4u4 http://tinyurl.com/od9g4u4 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: Now you guys got me going here. Many years ago we saw

[FairfieldLife] Michelle Pfeiffer escaped from a cult

2013-11-02 Thread s3raphita
Michelle Pfeiffer, the actress, has disclosed that she was once part of a “cult” which believed humans can exist without food or water. http://tinyurl.com/odb3y4c http://tinyurl.com/odb3y4c

[FairfieldLife] Before the British Invasion

2013-11-02 Thread s3raphita
During the 1950s when rock 'n' roll reigned supreme young British rockers tried to imitate their American heroes with pretty cringe-worthy songs. One guy who came closest to pulling it off was Vince Taylor. He eventually became a victim of drugs and alcohol. At one point, in front of a large

[FairfieldLife] RE: Gettin#39; off on the wheel

2013-11-01 Thread s3raphita
I added the Stephan Braun and Inertie clip to my Favourites list on YouTube. They should really make the Cyr wheel an Olympic event. Athleticism plus artistry = beauty. Bet the Greeks would have loved it. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: I've never

[FairfieldLife] RE: Girl from the North Country

2013-11-01 Thread s3raphita
Re I can still remember the first time I heard I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Goose bumps!: The Beatles' I Wanna Hold Your Hand was released in October 63. Twelve months later The Kinks released All Day and All of the Night. How short the age of innocence! Shouldn't FFLifers be drawn to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Girl from the North Country

2013-11-01 Thread s3raphita
song is Things We Said Today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-Z7vakj4s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-Z7vakj4s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-Z7vakj4s On Friday, November 1, 2013 6:53 PM, s3raphita@... s3raphita@... wrote: Re I can still remember the first time I heard I Wanna Hold

[FairfieldLife] RE: Sgt. Pepper and TM?

2013-10-31 Thread s3raphita
Re As for increased creativity, however, most serious rock critics consider their two previous albums (Rubber Soul and Revolver) to be better than Sgt. Pepper.: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] RE: Sgt. Pepper and TM?

2013-10-31 Thread s3raphita
+Podcastid=4372is_corp=0 http://www.kgoradio.com/common/page.php?pt=Pat+Thurston+Podcastid=4372is_corp=0 It's the Sunday 5PM podcast. On 10/31/2013 11:02 AM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re As for increased creativity, however, most serious rock critics consider their two

[FairfieldLife] RE: Sgt. Pepper and TM?

2013-10-31 Thread s3raphita
the #1 greatest album of all time. http://www.archer2000.net/sbs/awardsrs500.html http://www.archer2000.net/sbs/awardsrs500.html On 10/31/2013 1:02 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re As for increased creativity, however, most serious rock critics consider their two previous

[FairfieldLife] RE: NBA Finals, Game 7, as seen by a Brit

2013-10-30 Thread s3raphita
The commentator is more interested in making himself sound like a smart aleck than in giving us an enlightening running commentary on what's actually taking place. But then, basketball completely goes over my head - it's all tactics and no strategy, isn't it? What could be really

[FairfieldLife] Fantastic Audrey Hepburn lookalike in commercial

2013-10-30 Thread s3raphita
The ad agency sought out a Hepburn double. Once identified, her face was scanned using a facial-action coding system to extract the muscle movements and textures needed to build a more faithful, CG Hepburn. Upon the completion of live shooting along the Amalfi Coast, the team further refined

[FairfieldLife] Audrey Hepburn lookalike in ad

2013-10-30 Thread s3raphita
The ad agency sought out a Hepburn double. Once identified, her face was scanned using a facial-action coding system to extract the muscle movements and textures needed to build a more faithful, CG Hepburn. Upon the completion of live shooting along the Amalfi Coast, the team further refined

[FairfieldLife] RE: Audrey Hepburn lookalike in ad

2013-10-30 Thread s3raphita
Follow the YouTube link and select 1080p HD and larger screen size to feel the quality. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: The ad agency sought out a Hepburn double. Once identified, her face was scanned using a facial-action coding system to extract the muscle

[FairfieldLife] RE: NBA Finals, Game 7, as seen by a Brit

2013-10-30 Thread s3raphita
Here's an explanation of cricket by an american ..are these guys really athletes? : Yes, comedian Reg D Hunter is very popular over here. I'm pretty sure he's far better known in the UK than in his native USA. Re the athletes comment: that's one of the great advantages of games like

[FairfieldLife] RE: Prism for you alone (heh heh)

2013-10-29 Thread s3raphita
What's the story with all the info on display when you click View Source in the top right corner of a message? Should we be worried? Your example shows this mass data: Return-Path: punditster@... X-Sender: punditster@... X-Apparently-To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com X-Received: (qmail

[FairfieldLife] RE: What do 70% of Americans believe in?

2013-10-29 Thread s3raphita
Re Nobody is irredeemable, according to Christian doctrine.: Calvin might not have agreed - God has predestinated some to salvation, and others to destruction. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Very un-Christian of them. Nobody is irredeemable, according to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Lou Reed R.I.P.

2013-10-28 Thread s3raphita
://tinyurl.com/ocledzu ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: One of the best koans to ever appear during my time on FFL, imho... On Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:13 PM, s3raphita@... s3raphita@... wrote: Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony

[FairfieldLife] RE: An app for the STD generation

2013-10-28 Thread s3raphita
The implication of what you're saying is that the safest people to have sex with are porn stars - they have mandatory STD checks every month. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors,

[FairfieldLife] RE: An app for the STD generation

2013-10-28 Thread s3raphita
The thing is: would you really want to bed someone who took monthly tests to see what STDs he/she might have picked up over the past four weeks? It reminds me of a spoof condom ad I saw with the tag line: Let's face it, if she'd sleep with you, she'd sleep with anyone. Isn't life so much

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: An app for the STD generation

2013-10-28 Thread s3raphita
@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: The thing is: would you really want to bed someone who took monthly tests to see what STDs he/she might have picked up over the past four weeks? It reminds me of a spoof condom ad I saw with the tag line: Let's

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rue de l#39;Esperance

2013-10-27 Thread s3raphita
Re still are allowed to smoke their Gauloises and Gitanes on the terrace: I don't smoke any more but when I did I much preferred smoking indoors. The fresh air ruins the taste. And when the weather turns cold and wet that simply adds to the misery. Re Many of them these days are smoking

[FairfieldLife] Lou Reed R.I.P.

2013-10-27 Thread s3raphita
One of my all-time favourite rockers - at least during his Velvet Underground days - has dropped the body. And I only learnt recently he'd tried TM himself back in the day.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Lou Reed R.I.P.

2013-10-27 Thread s3raphita
, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote: He didn't like it as much as speedballs ... i.v. coke and smack. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: One of my all-time favourite rockers - at least during his Velvet

[FairfieldLife] RE: The curse of #39;Draculaquot;......

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
Re during the Roman Catholic Mass, the wine is changed into the blood of Christ and all are invited to partake: Not so. The wine is for the priests alone. The congregation has to be satisfied with the bread. The official Church doctrine is that as *both* the bread and the wine are

[FairfieldLife] RE: Can#39;t share this enough

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
of the spinning force of Prana, (Gods cosmic power, according to C. lutes) or evolution, unfortunately, (or fortunately), Hitler got it wrong, (ie. backwards). ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re I suggest

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Can#39;t share this enough

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
. lutes) or evolution, unfortunately, (or fortunately), Hitler got it wrong, (ie. backwards). ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Re I suggest you try to find another phrase than national socialism, because

[FairfieldLife] RE: Can#39;t share this enough

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Premier League champions Manchester United say Swastika-style logo is completely inappropriate http://tinyurl.com/pw8mzz9 http://tinyurl.com/pw8mzz9 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: My understanding

[FairfieldLife] RE: New Stealth Destroyer for the Navy

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
How does the destroyer protect itself against a submarine strike? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Its capabilities are impressive and highly technological. But is it necessary?

[FairfieldLife] RE: New Stealth Destroyer for the Navy

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
Re Historically, there are several methods of protection against submarines.: Thanks - I read through the article. I'm still unsure as to whether subs have the edge still or ASW methods are now up to the job. You know what they say about generals always fighting the last war . . . The

[FairfieldLife] RE: New Stealth Destroyer for the Navy

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODDjsK0BOg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODDjsK0BOg ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re Historically, there are several methods of protection against submarines.: Thanks - I read through the article. I'm still unsure

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rue de l#39;Esperance

2013-10-26 Thread s3raphita
Sitting in cafés in Paris was cool when everyone was allowed to smoke Gauloises and Gitanes and talk about Existentialism. Now the health fascists have banned the practice the conformists have won the day. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: That's what it says on

[FairfieldLife] transatlantic levitation

2013-10-25 Thread s3raphita
Tim Burgess, lead singer of The Charlatans, first heard about Transcendental Meditation at a party drinking Diet Coke: A friend said I looked bored. I wasn’t, I was having a great time, but she said I should try Transcendental Meditation. The words went into my ear like honey. I don’t know why,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Can#39;t share this enough

2013-10-25 Thread s3raphita
Re I suggest you try to find another phrase than national socialism, because historically it's almost exclusively associated with fascism, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.: True. On a related topic, I do wonder if the swastika can ever be rehabilitated. It has a long history across the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Meanwhile, back in Paris...

2013-10-25 Thread s3raphita
nor any sign of Godzilla on the horizon: I see Marine Le Pen's National Front is marching ahead in the polls. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: I'm kicking back in a local cafe after a better-than-usual week before a major software release. Either this one went

[FairfieldLife] Russell Brand takes on the System

2013-10-24 Thread s3raphita
Russell Brand was on the TV last night prophesying imminent revolution. He was invited onto Newsnight to talk about why he had been invited to edit the left-wing magazine New Statesman for one week. It's a ten-minute rant. His heart's in the right place.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-24 Thread s3raphita
Re How do government pensions work in the U.K.?: Two words: Ponzi scheme ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Of course, in the U.S., the '50s-'70s was a period of significant rising prosperity for the middle class, very different from the case in the U.K., I

[FairfieldLife] RE: Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-23 Thread s3raphita
Interesting thread, but it's missing out on what is now the most important issue on the boomers: the contract between the generations is breaking down. The baby boomers are in danger of dumping too many problems on the younger generation. The bills are coming in but there's been a lot of

[FairfieldLife] Now only criminals can offer us hope

2013-10-23 Thread s3raphita
Suppose you are a struggling mother with young kids, on welfare or a minimum-wage job - and a smoker. It is a common practice to find touts on the streets in our inner cities offering branded cigarettes - Marlboro being the most popular brand - at 2/3rds the price of what you'd have to pay in

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re Judy and I assent to the ideas because I have the feelings; I don't have the feelings because I've assented to the ideas, and Spufford refers to Christians making truth claims, That contrast between ideas and feelings is misleading. I expect that when most people talk about faith they're

[FairfieldLife] RE: A hole in the head - the solution to your problems?

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
history and religion, [...] they found it entirely credible and compelling, judging it more realistic than anything they had previously read about Tibet. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Excellent! That brings me right back to my childhood when, here in the UK

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re When the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries arrived in Japan and found that the heathens had no fuckin' interest in what these smelly furriners were trying to sell them, they *often* resorted to violence. The Portuguese missionaries occasionally killed people to make an example of them, and

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Yes, we're following the distinction between what you say and when you quote Spufford. My approach is that *if* something like Christianity is true then deep down we must all really know it's true - even if we don't consciously recognise that fact. (Yes, the idea of unconsciously knowing

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re the information in question came from JAPANESE history books: What! Like the denials of wartime atrocities by the Imperial Army in China and elsewhere? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re And, to their credit, these monks were *honest*. They wrote down *exactly* what was presented into evidence, including the statements of the Cathars,: That's right. The lack of surviving info gives novelists and film-makers a field day for their imaginations to run riot. Another

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-21 Thread s3raphita
Re The fact that campaigns to make kosher slaughter and even circumcision illegal . . . : You are correct about the worrying rise in anti-Semitic violence in Europe - often carried out by Muslims. But Muslims would also be hit by a ban on circumcision. And if kosher slaughter is outlawed so

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: A hole in the head - the solution to your problems?

2013-10-21 Thread s3raphita
to scientific evaluation. Don't know much about ayurveda? It's just biochemistry. On 10/20/2013 04:08 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: All of us are born with holes in our skulls. For most of us the hole space is sealed up by growing tissue by our first birthday. For some

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-21 Thread s3raphita
Re Atheists, you'll be happy to know, is spelled correctly in the article.: Indeed - but only after a reader's comment alerted the sub editor to the error! Yes, I understand Francis Spufford's exasperation with Dawkins and co. Of course, part of the problem Christians have with the New

[FairfieldLife] RE: A hole in the head - the solution to your problems?

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: Seems a bit extreme. You can manipulate the metabolism to increase blood flow to the brain. That's something that ayurveda is good at. On 10/19/2013 07:30 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: A Hole in the Head is an hour-long

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
For those interested in the Christian faith can I recommend two books by Alan Watts. He made a name for himself with his books on Zen and eastern religions. Those books are all readable and rewarding - if approached with caution - but I've found his earlier works on Christianity both better

[FairfieldLife] RE: Neo-Vedanta, Maya, Two Vidya-s and Bhakti

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
Newark or Trenton? I gotta know to avoid the stink. Newark. A guide book I took with me when I last visited New York said that seeing Newark was like seeing what the world would look like after a nuclear war. I decided to drive through just to take a peek and got completely lost. It was

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
Re Here's one you might find of interest, Seraphita, albeit not an easy read: Julian of Norwich, Theologian, by Denys Turner: I read Turner's The Darkness of God. Excellent! His basic idea was that mystical experience is *not* some special experience - say an experience of nothingness (ie,

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
is largely based upon the insights of Rene Guenon. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: For those interested in the Christian faith can I recommend two books by Alan Watts. He made a name for himself with his books on Zen and eastern religions. Those books are all

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-20 Thread s3raphita
Re Turner's take on Julian may give you a somewhat different perspective on Christianity.: Thanks, I've added the book to Saved for Later on my Amazon list. Would you describe yourself as a Christian? If not, is there another label you would be happier with? I hate labels myself

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-19 Thread s3raphita
Re the doctrine of creation ex nihilo is a whole lot older than modern Christianity.: Indeed, the doctrine was dismissed by Parmenides in the 5th centruy BC with his remark Nothing comes from nothing. Can't fault that logic! There is a whole shed load of doctrines a whole lot older than

[FairfieldLife] A hole in the head - the solution to your problems?

2013-10-19 Thread s3raphita
A Hole in the Head is an hour-long documentary about trepanation - the process of boring a hole in the skull. It examines the development of modern trepanation as used by people in the UK, the USA, and the Netherlands for the purpose of attaining a higher level of consciousness. This

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-19 Thread s3raphita
Re And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Genesis 2:16-17). : Precisely! Man didn't die so

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-18 Thread s3raphita
Who is on those pictures, Daddy? He replied, The Virgin Mary and Jesus. She picked up the icon, kissed it and hugged it to her chest exclaiming, Oh, daddy, they love you so much! Then, he told me, We understood. It's all about affection. If it's really all about affection who needed

[FairfieldLife] RE: Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-18 Thread s3raphita
and slept with girls. I guess it's all a matter of what is right and what is wrong, not about the clothes you wear or if you sleep alone or not. Go figure. On 10/17/2013 10:37 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Thrill of the chaste - excellent title! Thanks for the link. Yes

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-18 Thread s3raphita
Re The writer is making a distinction between (Eastern) Orthodox Christianity and Western Christianity and how and why they diverged after the first roughly four centuries following Christ's death (and presumably his Resurrection).: Yep - and I'm making a distinction between what Christ

[FairfieldLife] RE: Most Educated Countries in the World

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
Richard Dawkins has mentioned a few times that he's worried that when he finally kicks the bucket someone will pretend that he had a deathbed conversion to belief in God. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ7VkDGuPc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ7VkDGuPc ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: Don#39;t try this at home!

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
Tom Mullica is the recognised master at this particular trick. Only it isn't a trick - he really is putting lighted cigs in his mouth and just putting up with the pain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJinjpC4hjM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJinjpC4hjM ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: new Sam Harris article

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
Your link just sends me to my own email site! I wanna hear what the great Sam Harris has to say! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=4vd84h8lf2fde#mail

[FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama get the Penn and Teller treatment in this hilarious and foul-mouthed rant. http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou

2013-10-17 Thread s3raphita
-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of-the-chaste-the-truth-about-gandhis-sex-life-1937411.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of-the-chaste-the-truth-about-gandhis-sex-life-1937411.html Ravi. On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita

[FairfieldLife] Think of the children

2013-10-16 Thread s3raphita
We’ve long been told our genes are our destiny. But it’s now thought they can be changed by habit, lifestyle, even finances. What does this mean for our children? Your bad habits – smoking, overeating – can be passed onto your offspring, and even further down the hereditary line. Or, put

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Most Educated Countries in the World

2013-10-16 Thread s3raphita
Re Thus, there is a strong argument for having a cohesive family unit in order to have a stable population in any country.: That makes good sense . . . but would you *completely* rule out a genetic component in this case? It's such a controversial minefield, and - rather like global warming -

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