[FairfieldLife] 'To Kill An Irishman' [was Re: Yes, Virginia, there IS a more self-indulgent]

2011-08-10 Thread whynotnow7
uble? 3) How did he redecorate his office? 4) What subject was he always reading about? Not that I'm calling you a liar, dude...;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > --

[FairfieldLife] Re: GOP Has Highest Disapproval Rating 20 Years

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
I'd like to see as big a field this time around as possible. However unless Obama does something to even halfway meet his rhetoric, its probably Mitt in the next election, with anyone's guess what Congress ends up looking like. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Tue, A

[FairfieldLife] Re: What does "enlightened" mean?

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
HA HA! A perfect trajectory Ravi. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > Here's a concise definition of Enlightenment from Dr. Ravi Yogi's classic - > Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Enlightenment, Rebel House Publishing, > Chapter 9, Page 108 - > > "Enlightenm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
Mao was the superstar of the Chinese in the late sixties. We used to buy Mao buttons and Mao's Little Red Book when I was in HK at that time. Every time I'd read a passage from the book, it sounded good in print. But if you took a trip to the border, there were these little yellow cylindrical ce

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes, Virginia, there IS a more self-indulgent director than David Lynch

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
groups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes, Virginia, there IS a more self-indulgent director than David Lynch

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > > "This is why we have critics. Someone has to have the courage > > > to tell viewers that they're watching crap,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Carefree Dancing Sausage

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
Etch-A-Sketch! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > by Jonathan Dunder, 2006: > I'll have to admit, sausages taste good but I've given up eating them. (Can't > tell what's in it!...; besides I'd think twice before eating a cow). > http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/2/12527.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes, Virginia, there IS a more self-indulgent director than David Lynch

2011-08-09 Thread whynotnow7
"This is why we have critics. Someone has to have the courage to tell viewers that they're watching crap, because they are clearly unable to discern this for themselves." I have found that often what critics think about a movie is the direct opposite of what I experience. Good recent example is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick - Have you given up?

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
Everyone gets to hang out here. It is exposure to many points of view, some contradictory, and others more in sync, on any given day. Yeah, a lot of us did TM, but its all about the journey, and lots of people have different paths. I like the expression, 'Everyone lives an amazing life'. --- I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
Q: What has red curly hair and lives in a test tube? A: Bozo the Clone. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 8, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > Thanks Curtis - some of us never had cultish mindset like you guys and > > don't have to carry this burden fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Butter

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
an might kick your ass for it... > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Excellent! Would you suggest new shoes fresh off the rack, or perhaps > > something "seasoned" by the wearer first? > > > > A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Butter

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
y use ladies shoes and be sure to remove the > heel if it has one before serving. High heels are slightly less gamey than > flats. Jimmy Choo's are particularly tasty prepared this way. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: US National Debt Is Out of Control

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
27;d think they were a protected class or something. Oh wait, they are. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Exactly. What a fantasy that businesses no matter t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Butter

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
much water to > cook with water, you want to concentrate the flavors. They taste like Summer > man, don't banish them forever till you try this. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > I literally ate en

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devendra

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
Yes, in retrospect...lol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans wrote: > > Beautiful > > --- On Sun, 8/7/11, whynotnow7 wrote: > > From: whynotnow7 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Devendra > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sund

[FairfieldLife] Re: Test: URL in Yahoo Mail with Plain Text

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
five to rotate the chair. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > How can you tell a plane in the Polish Air Force? > > > > Hair under the wings. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Butter

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
I literally ate enough zucchini to last a lifetime. Never touch the stuff now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 08/08/2011 09:11 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 7, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > >> When I moved back to my hometown in the 1980s I would go ac

[FairfieldLife] Re: US National Debt Is Out of Control

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
Exactly. What a fantasy that businesses no matter their size, will refuse to hire new workers in the face of increasing demand. And to think raising taxes will create a hardship especially for the investor class, who basically *own* you and me, is such BS. Many of these investors are rich enou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paean to Ingegerd Engfeldt

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
Why not shit or get off the pot? it seems you enjoy your self styled "throne" a little too much. After 40 plus years, isn't your butt getting a little sore?? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Butter

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
I remember working in the kitchen at a large TM facility. The pizza trays had just come out of the oven, late as usual. As they were being wheeled out to the hungry course participants (TM teachers learning the sidhis "programme"), the entire baker's rack hit a crack in the floor and toppled ove

[FairfieldLife] Re: US National Debt Is Out of Control

2011-08-08 Thread whynotnow7
I agree that the quickest way to create a spending economy is for the government to create work programs and provide additional unemployment. Without a domestic market, we cannot recover. Nobody has a cent to spend. The prevailing "wisdom" appears to be that we wait for pent up consumer demand t

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Duality is not a Mistake'...

2011-08-07 Thread whynotnow7
So, Sri Seventhray, are you saying that where there is incense, there is agni? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans > wrote: > > One part of the Amma immersion weekend I loved was the hours of > meditation and music

[FairfieldLife] Re: Test: URL in Yahoo Mail with Plain Text

2011-08-07 Thread whynotnow7
My favorite religious joke of all time: St. Peter is standing at the gates of Heaven, like he always is, letting some in, sending others away, and this continues for a long, long time. Eventually Jesus comes by, and decides, nice fellow that he is, to give St. Peter a break. "I know the drill S

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devendra

2011-08-07 Thread whynotnow7
You sound pretty pissed off, to say the least. No one except you, is compelling you to do anything, about anything. What IS the problem? Oh, and welcome to FFL.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Edward" wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Test: URL in Yahoo Mail with Plain Text

2011-08-07 Thread whynotnow7
How can you tell a plane in the Polish Air Force? Hair under the wings. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > > > The link provided had a very anti-polish joke in it and it > > went on and on and on.. LOL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devendra

2011-08-07 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > "In the end I thought I was going mad, alone in the caves", 'he said.' > "Maharishi gave me no assistance , no guidance. he just laughed and told me > to go on". > > Jim and Rory; if Maharishi placed you in a cave like that, what w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
ldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > ...I am not seeing a "Go" key on my keyboard...Is it some combination like > > F6+G+O?? > > I bet you don't have a box labeled "Message #" on your > keyboard either, do you? > > D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
...I am not seeing a "Go" key on my keyboard...Is it some combination like F6+G+O?? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > How do I access t

[FairfieldLife] Re: So, does TM work?

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
I enjoyed Andrew's comment that Barry can be played like a kazoo, but it is Barry who thinks he is making the music. So true! Why is it some people, like Barry, get so blinded by their own reflection that they then assume they are so much smarter than everyone else? I see it happen again and aga

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
Oh...I though they were messages on the alt usenet site...Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > How do I access that archive please? > > The FFL archive

[FairfieldLife] Re: Department of "Jealous Much?" Dept.

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
Barry only admires people who have a following, much as he wishes he did. He tries to paint himself as some kind of rebel, but the guy is as conventional as American cheese. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
How do I access that archive please? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" > wrote: > > > > whynotnow7: > > > No wonder Turq likes him so much. Birds of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-06 Thread whynotnow7
No wonder Turq likes him so much. Birds of a feather. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > > I did not know about this fellow, and my knowledge of the history of the > > Wikipedia edits

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality, the followup

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
I know a few folks who are looking for work. Are the "voracious, all-consuming greed factories" hiring? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > * * Beautiful, Mark! Having myself undergone a "dark night of the soul" for > several years, during which horrific time I lost th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
I notice Coupons are everywhere on-line now, kind of the latest fad. If you get above 8 kalas, or are even an avatar, do you get an additional say 10-25% off on all existing coupons? Would be a cool sales gimmick, "Avatars eat for free!" Seriously, thanks for the grounded and informative reply t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
"This forum is like that battle in the Bhagavad-Gita." Is that the best you can do? Let's get even more grandiose and call it, "FFL: Battle For Spiritual Truth And The Future Dominion Of The Universe Itself". or, alternatively, a bunch of fools talkin' smack.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalas

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
"Vaj", What technique are you doing to get obviously and progressively less bright? While we are on the subject, what great advances have the brilliant people in the Tibetan Autonomous Region contributed to the welfare of the world? All I can come up with is (1) Yak butter, (2) helping rich whit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
Maharishi saw that couching TM in terms of modern science was the way to sell it to the West (and perhaps create an endless puzzle for fools like you to get lost in), but essentially measuring metabolic markers to determine spiritual states isn't the point. The point is to get on with it, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
HA HA like you're one to talk(!). You understand attachment very well though. Non-attachment, not so much. You keep thinking it is some kind of mood or a 'tude. It isn't. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > May I point out that anything having to do with > Andrew Skolnic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Career Opportunities for the Post-Enlightened

2011-08-05 Thread whynotnow7
What to do now that we are more spiritually mature? The same things, only clearer, more successfully, a more complete experience, inclusive vs. exclusive. Other than that, nothing changes. I know you are trying hard to create a contrast between having reached your spiritual goals and still see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
k Landau > > 44 > > > 39 RoryGoff > > 43 (44 with the one just posted after Post Count) > > > 38 Buck > > 39 > > > 31 whynotnow7 > > 43 > > > 29 turquoiseb > > 32 > > > 26 Alex Stanley > > 24 Bhairit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > "MMY: When an ordinary man leaves his body it's a very great pain. When a > > realized man leaves the body it's the experience of greatest > > happiness-bliss. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Secular or God-based, what is the difference, really? Both make assumptions > > in order to create a path

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
d Buddhism. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > Secular or God-based, what is the difference, really? Both make > assumptions in order to create a path to ultimate freedom. > > > > The more important point is, imo, h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secular Spirituality

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
Secular or God-based, what is the difference, really? Both make assumptions in order to create a path to ultimate freedom. The more important point is, imo, how's that working for you, or me? Why can't we have our God and secularize it too? Perhaps enjoy our rational secular viewpoint at time

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-03 Thread whynotnow7
"MMY: When an ordinary man leaves his body it's a very great pain. When a realized man leaves the body it's the experience of greatest happiness-bliss. maskedzebra: Wrong. Maharishi has no direct or verifiable knowledge of this." Yet another opinion: Hi maskedzebra (I am assuming Grevy's...),

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand Down

2011-08-02 Thread whynotnow7
Damn, that is really good Mark - reminds me of Savitri by Sri Aurobindo. Hang in there buddy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau wrote: > > > > So here I go, opening myself up to new ridicule, being judged as a lou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Different experience of dying ignorant or enlightened

2011-08-02 Thread whynotnow7
"...he's always ready to die. Doesn't matter what. Always ready to die means: he is not ready to DIE, but he doesn't mind dying anytime." This is a helpful distinction. I don't fear death, actually see it more accurately as passing on, and yet I haven't understood the distinction before of bein

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Post Count Follies :-)

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
"I feel so ineffectually effing effeminate." I feel mostly like skin with hair on top and some stuff inside the skin. Its alive.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > > Yeah, I'm trying to emulat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi stopped using OM and started using Aaaa.

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
Free airfare! Too bad Dorothy didn't come from Maui! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > > In the interests of clarity, I should probably have used the revised > > transliteration, lengthening the pe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi stopped using OM and started using Aaaa.

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
I say give it a shot - how can you resist such a thing? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > > In the interests of clarity, I should probably have used the revised > > transliteration, lengthening the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
Well, even giving Vaj every benefit of the doubt, using the analogy for him of a fine sports car, say the Lamborghini Countach (V12, tops out at 214 mph), slamming that puppy into reverse (the aforementioned retardation) at that speed is going to cause issues, to say the least. Then forget about

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
gt; On Aug 1, 2011, at 2:57 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > Good stuff Mark - Now you just have to wait for your crown chakra to > > explode like a fountain, splattering bliss and light in every direction, > > blinding you with love, binding your head and heart in warm bliss, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
scratches arm, builds scale 747 out of toothpicks, you're welcome --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau wrote: > > smiles and laughs, thanks > > On Aug 1, 2011, at 2:23 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > [Maharishi] turned to me [on the flight] and said, "T

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
Good stuff Mark - Now you just have to wait for your crown chakra to explode like a fountain, splattering bliss and light in every direction, blinding you with love, binding your head and heart in warm bliss, and taking over your mind, your identity.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
M enjoyed the beauty of "hell" > :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > [Maharishi] turned to me [on the flight] and said, "This is hell." > > > > To which you replied (in the spirit of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
I am pretty sure it is stress in my nervous system. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > More warped humour from Jim ! I wonder from where all this comes :-) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: &

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Post Count Follies :-)

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
Aw, someone needs a hug - widdle beywee needs a hug. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > Robin > > > > You understand this, right? You say I am self-obsessed and > > > > boring. > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-08-01 Thread whynotnow7
yone > to smoke anywhere in the plane. We were in first class, but a lot of people > were smoking throughout the plane, including in our section. He turned to me > and said, "This is hell." > > On Jul 30, 2011, at 10:21 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > In Fairfie

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
I think of the ongoing dynamic, the engine propelling that which is me/not me forward, as taking responsibility for everything, yet having knowledge of nothing. Continuous acceptance of what I am sensing, feeling, thinking, being, and yet watching it unfold largely without judgment or reaching c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
the world) are contingent and > > temporary. > > > > > > \ > > .. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sharing Surfing

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Cool! I'm going to look for that. > > > > I've been watching a few TV series DVDs lately - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" by > > Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > I agree somewhat with your feeling about capitalizing He and She; > > indicating Absolutes. It can be overdone. O

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Post Count Follies :-)

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
"[Vaj] made it clear he'd deliberately overposted, then deliberately deleted random posts to make up for it." H...personally I lean towards him being as dumb as he appears on the face of it.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
I agree somewhat with your feeling about capitalizing He and She; indicating Absolutes. It can be overdone. On the other hand with both Buck and Nablusos, I see it more as a sign of their strong devotion to Amma and MMY. And just like "Mr" and "Ma'am" and "Sri" and "Ji", it has its place. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Mindfulness

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Mindfulness, as I mentioned in an earlier cafe rap, involves the use of > a bit of the forbidden E-word, effort. If you find yourself stuck in an > unattractive mindset or a bringdown set of afflictive emotions, you've > IMO often got t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sharing Surfing

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
Cool! I'm going to look for that. I've been watching a few TV series DVDs lately - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" by Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, and starring who else? A guy that just can't get out of his own way, fingernails on a chalkboard comedy, and "Castle", main character is a writer, t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Broaden your spiritual horizon

2011-07-31 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Broaden your spiritual horizon

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau wrote: > > > > > > > > Have you ever ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
Rory, In terms of your inclusion of CC, GC and UC within Brahman, I had been wondering what that feels like to experience - clearly doing one of "MMY's big three"; CC, GC, UC, out of the blue (in a context of inclusiveness vs. getting lost in the "higher" SOC). I was recently into about the fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
How about, "from peanut butter, to jelly"? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > Meditation leads life from ignorance to wisdom, from weakness to strength, > from disharmony to harmony, from hatred to love, from want to fullness, from > limitations to boundlessness, fro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance." Beautiful! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > > "I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand > stars how not to dance." > Now then, what is the mantra? The m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
Yep, I agree. Its not a matter of an absolute law to have posting limits, at all times, or not, but for this forum, now, I like it, it works, and the number of posts per week is large enough to accommodate what each of us enjoys saying. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
ust like all of > Us/them :-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > OK, yet I ask humbly for your dispensation that I be regarded as several > > iota larger than an "I-particle". > > > > --- In FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2011-07-30 Thread whynotnow7
Where did you find that amazing quote? I googled it and just came up with this post. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > > I will also add that having to dig through the various databases to find > > the deletion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
Hope springs eternal! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Mark Landau wrote: > > > Awww, let's make the limit 55. I always liked those master numbers... And > > doesn't that resonate with something to do with driving? > > > > > > > I delete

[FairfieldLife] For Nablusos, my warped sense of humor - Enjoy!

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
PARAPROSDOKIAN SENTENCES TO ENJOY A paraprosdokian (from Greek "παρα-", meaning "beyond" and "προσδοκία", meaning "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinter

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
OK, yet I ask humbly for your dispensation that I be regarded as several iota larger than an "I-particle". --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > Exactly so, Jim! You may speak for me anytime :-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
"I do enjoy "indulging in" reducing everything to the Self, or to IS-ness or Reality." How dare you!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > You are of course entitled to your own viewpoint. As whether rakshasas or > devas are "simple psychological projections" or not, I c

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Congratulations. You have realized enlightenment. Now leave."

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
"Saying all of this, I apologize in advance to those to whom I have given offense in the past by challenging *their* claims of having realized the Big E. I may not have believed your claims at the time, and may in fact not believe them now, but I *do* respect you having "gone public" with them.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Force Of Fate

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
Shows how much you know about astrology, Tom. Uranus belongs in the outhouse, and Pluto belongs in the dog house. Geez! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, John wrote: > > > Penelope's chart is unique and no other person can duplicate it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Three Gunas as Vedic Gods

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
I think the key lies in how Rory defines himself; as an all inclusive entity. "Psychological" has nothing to do with it. He is making the point (if you don't mind me speaking up for you Rory...heh heh) that the world as it is assembled is essentially what we make it. There is nothing in the worl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
0:00 2011 > 888 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jul 29 23:52:53 2011 > > 54 Vaj > 53 authfriend > 50 whynotnow7 > 50 turquoiseb > 50 nablusoss1008 > 48 Mark Landau > 44 Ravi Yogi > 39 Bhairitu > 38 Bob Price > 35 richardwillytexwilliams > 31 curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count (Deletegate)

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
It wasn't really spacing out Alex. I live on the West coast and have been flying to the East coast every couple of weeks since January. Just lost track of the timezone differential. No big deal - I accept the rules in place. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count (Deletegate)

2011-07-29 Thread whynotnow7
Sounds like you are jealous Vaj. perhaps you should try dressing in drag, and we'll be more lenient on the posting limits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > How can it be considered covering up, when there's nothing th

[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Hi Nablusos, You know that expectation we all have when someone starts to > > say something, and then we finish the phrase in our minds, and they say > > som

[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
! Perhaps it is my utter comfort with, and love for both of them that makes the joke a funny one to me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Two of the jokes on st

[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
he > door the initiate was still meditating. The only thing we would > say was "Was it easy."? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Two of the jokes on standard TM speak I enjoyed the most: > > > > Instead

[FairfieldLife] Re: What are the funniest stories from your days in the TMO?

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
Two of the jokes on standard TM speak I enjoyed the most: Instead of saying, "Jai Guru Dev" at the conclusion of group meditation, saying, "Jai Edgar Hoover". Also, back when MUM was called MIU, I enjoyed calling it the "Maharishi International House Of Pancakes", or MI-HOP.:-) --- In Fairfi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's sandals and Marks resume

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
t be this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57vaKllPg7k > or this? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4X-VK7p_I > > A panel of FFL, who is? : ) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Obbajeeba, I wasn't sayi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's sandals and Marks resume

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
a good example of "In's and Out's."...and back "In." Typical. > Spiritual growth and investments in tax deductions for artists to keep their > name going, go hand in hand in the non profit world of music and art. > Mark is a creative being telling of his

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Double-Edged Sword

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
Eeyore speaks! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > What is the sound that causes the most disparate reactions in people? > Some can hear this sound and react with fury in the moment of hearing > it, and seemingly hold on to that fury for years, basing whole vendettas > on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's sandals and Marks resume

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
tedadams108, I think Mark will learn soon enough the difference between getting caught up in the ins and outs of spiritual drama, and what it actually takes to survive in the world. Better late than never... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 wrote: > > > > To Whom It May Conce

[FairfieldLife] Re: alternative theory regarding MZ

2011-07-27 Thread whynotnow7
Yes, a result of many tumbled houses of cards! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Jim, thanks that's beautiful. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > The key word is "story&

[FairfieldLife] Re: Resume/A Job

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
Do you have your profile on www.linkedin.com Mark? I have probably gotten 10-15 interview requests from them over the past two years. Also I'd recommend joining any active professional association focused on accounting, and attend the conferences. Also, get in touch with some contracting firms f

[FairfieldLife] Re: My meeting with J. Krishnamurti

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
The last time Vaj had sex (with himself, of course) was during one of his "dark retreats", huddled in the bathroom, door locked, sitting in the bathtub with the lights out -- "I'll be out in a minute honey! What?...nothing, I'm just doing yoga...no, of course not, I don't do that anymore since y

[FairfieldLife] Re: My meeting with J. Krishnamurti

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
"And my mind at times throws up the question: Does such an encounter leave some kind of a `seed' in one, or is it just another awesome experience?" I can't comment on your question of "spiritual insemination" (yikes!), though I can say that you had to be a willing conduit for the cosmic energy y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Bitching

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
I am recommending a 100% FULL REFUND of the FFL entrance fee for David. Wait...what? There isn't one? :-0 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Ah the seasonal return of the bitching about bitching post... > > I question the concept of you getting "mired" in anyth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
He wouldn't have much of an audience if they weren't. No need for "rehab".:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > > The RC/Catholicism story reminds me of Bernadette Roberts, who had a > > non

[FairfieldLife] Re: More "for"

2011-07-26 Thread whynotnow7
Why play word games? For example, I am no fan of hypocrisy. Or according to your way of thinking, I am for being against hypocrisy, which is against being for double standards. WTF? Instead why not culture your consciousness so that it is naturally uplifting and unattached? You remember, alter

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