[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-30 Thread maskedzebra
Dear Raunchydog, I missed seeing this altogether. Charming, and so glad you caught that line "Pulse pizzicati of Hosanna". I won't become tedious here and tell you all about Wallace Stevens, but I do want certainly to acknowledge the sparkling time we've had talking about LG [thanks for the vid

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Nov 27, 2011, at 6:02 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > how did that work? There was a golfball elevator, or it went down an inner > ramp? First one~~a miniature golfball elevator, that took it up and over (all while inside) and then would drop it out of the bottom on the other side. Really cool. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread whynotnow7
how did that work? There was a golfball elevator, or it went down an inner ramp? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2011, at 1:12 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > I haven't done it for a few years, though I used to go mini golfing with my > > daughter. The win

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > Is this just an example or do your kids really play golf? > I'm guessing no. Mine sure don't. Two of them now drive > but in many ways are still kids. I can't imagine them in > my wildest dreams on a golf course. Or me either, for that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Nov 27, 2011, at 1:12 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > I haven't done it for a few years, though I used to go mini golfing with my > daughter. The windmill, the fort, the bridge, all those cool little > environments. I'll have to see if she's interested again one of these days. Oh, miniature golf is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread whynotnow7
I haven't done it for a few years, though I used to go mini golfing with my daughter. The windmill, the fort, the bridge, all those cool little environments. I'll have to see if she's interested again one of these days. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > Not such a bad way to spend a lifetime, not at all. And I bet that living in Fairfield can be very nurturing in lots of ways and a nice way to live a life within a community - even if it is among those on the fringes of the TMO who still me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > What is interesting for our subset is that we "got real" in contrast > to the TM inspired ideals and optimism of our 20's. A big shift . And, I > am still grateful fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:56 AM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wayback71@ wrote: > > > > > What is interesting for our subset is that we "got real" in contrast to the TM inspired ideals and optimi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > What is interesting for our subset is that we "got real" in contrast to the TM inspired ideals and optimism of our 20's. A big shift . And, I am still grateful for my TM days and my TM practice. I had so bought into those ideals. I too a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > But I have become much more a realist as I grow up and older. Until > maybe 5 years ago I was a regular optimist. Now, much less optimistic, > and not sure if that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" > wrote: > > > > I found this article. kind of entertaining to read. > > > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/09/optimism-science-study-shows-optimists-block-out-info

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > But I have become much more a realist as I grow up and older. Until maybe 5 years ago I was a regular optimist. Now, much less optimistic, and not sure if that is part of getting older, or even some sort of mild depression, or just looking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote: > > I found it fascinating too, but I think there's another side to the coin. > I'm sure if there are parts of the brain that are inactive when an optimist > recieves criticism, then i'm sure there are parts of the brain that are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread seekliberation
I found it fascinating too, but I think there's another side to the coin. I'm sure if there are parts of the brain that are inactive when an optimist recieves criticism, then i'm sure there are parts of the brain that are inactive when a pessimist recieves some sort of positive inspiration. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread Susan
Very interesting article. I wonder if you are born this way or modify your brain circuits when growing up. I feel I was overly optimitstic as a child and young adult (early 20's) and part of this in my 20's was my TM bias that TM'ers were rarely going to face the "bad things" that non-meditat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra wrote: > > Of a green evening, clear and warm, > She bathed in her still garden, while > The red-eyed elders watching, felt > > The basses of their beings throb > In witching chords, and their thin blood > Pulse pizzicati of Hosanna. > > Wallac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread maskedzebra
Of a green evening, clear and warm, She bathed in her still garden, while The red-eyed elders watching, felt The basses of their beings throb In witching chords, and their thin blood Pulse pizzicati of Hosanna. Wallace Stevens --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are Optimists Dumber? (actual article)

2011-11-27 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote: > > I found this article. kind of entertaining to read. > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/09/optimism-science-study-shows-optimists-block-out-information.html Fascinating. Thanks for the find, and for posting it here