[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book on Meditating Fairfield, Iowa

2014-04-24 Thread dhamiltony2k5
“Geoff is a MIU grad who never got the sidhis. The Maharishi Effect, his memoir, is killer.” Weber did a lot to make his book interesting, "Transcendental Meditation in America: How a New Age Movement Remade a Small Town in Iowa." . http://www.uiowapress.org/books/2014-spring/transcendental-

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
LOL when I did that, my own text looked horrible. Sooo,,, its back to utf-8 as the default and I'll just run filter when I need to copy paste from safari to safari. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to Western ISO as you suggest. > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to Western ISO as you suggest. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > From the source of the message here's what it was doing: > "=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few > others but only when using email. Ya

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread Bhairitu
From the source of the message here's what it was doing: "=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few others but only when using email. Yahoo seems to catch this and format properly on the web site. But in Thunderbird even reading the email in HTML it still displayed th

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
I don't see any issues at all in the text you just quoted back to me. I copy and paste using Safari, which often embeds invisible characters during either/both stages of the process, so perhaps this is the issue. Sorry. I'll try to run it through a plain-text ASCII filter next time. L --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: new book on gurus

2010-01-16 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Lola Williamson wrote: > > I've recently joined this group.  I practiced TM for 10 years, was a teacher, > and then moved on to Siddha Yoga.  I wrote a book about my experiences with > these groups, whcih is also backed by research on meditation groups in

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book- by Cynthia Lennon

2006-04-02 Thread Robert Gimbel
>From my understanding, Lennon started heroin, in the beginning of the relationship with Ono. He had left her, and was living in Los Angeles, for several years, and was pretty much an alcoholic, during that time. It was more than a lost weekend; it lasted several years. After they got back togeth

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book- by Cynthia Lennon

2006-04-02 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If Lennon was such a crank, How did Yoko Ono take all the shit.? She didn't. She threw him out on his ass, remember? Remember his lost week-end with mai-pei? > > Maybe, Yoko Ono was the o

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book- by Cynthia Lennon

2006-04-02 Thread Jason Spock
      If Lennon was such a crank, How did Yoko Ono take all the shit.?        Maybe, Yoko Ono was the one who introduced Lennon to Heroin.??  Maybe Heroin toned him down.??  or was it Maharishi.?? Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:21:34 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'New Book on 1968 and a Turning Point'

2006-03-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > There doesn't seem any particular reason for Lapham publishing this book at this time. It can be read in an hour or two and does not press any claim for relevance. Which is nice, in a way. What th

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/1/05 8:33 AM, lupidus108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Whether it's "positive" or "negative" depends mainly on > >> the input I get from the people I talk to. > > > > > >> I'm still looking for sources to

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > At Geoff Gilpin's web site, > http://w

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Geoff Gilpin
it. From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob BriganteSent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:03 PMTo: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comSubject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book At Geoff Gilpin's web site, http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff-gb.htm , he says:"I w

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > At Geoff Gilpin's web site, http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff- > > gb.htm , he says: > > > > "I was born in 1953 with a ver

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Geoff Gilpin's web site, http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff- > gb.htm , he says: > > "I was born in 1953 with a very rare birth defect. Unlike most people, > I was > not born on any particular date or time

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Bob Brigante
At Geoff Gilpin's web site, http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff- gb.htm , he says: "I was born in 1953 with a very rare birth defect. Unlike most people, I was not born on any particular date or time, which means that I do not have an astrological sign. I have learned to accept this hand

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Llundrub
Good writing.  I thought the stuff on movement magickal thinking was really funny. - Original Message - From: Rick Archer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book Is that your best

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Geoff Gilpin
groups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vashtiramaSent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 2:46 PMTo: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comSubject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book Welcome, Geoff. I googled you before I had a chance to ask you about your time at MIU, and when I went here:http://www.skepticfiles

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book on 5/1/05 4:18 PM, Geoff Gilpin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is that your best approximation of a home page, Geoff? Heavens, no! I wrote that essay nearly 20 years ago and it makes me cringe now. That's the curse of being online for so lo

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Geoff Gilpin
12 PMTo: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book Is that your best approximation of a home page, Geoff? If so, please add itto the "Members Web Sites" section of the Links section. Thanks.on 5/1/05 2:46 PM, vashtirama at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> Welcom

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread George DeForest
. > vashtirama wrote: > > Welcome, Geoff. I googled you... > http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff-gb.htm > I found a good overview and got a sense > of what kind of approach you may take > in your book... Vashti...thanks for a great link! and, to Geoff...you are a writer! i like your writing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Rick Archer
Is that your best approximation of a home page, Geoff? If so, please add it to the "Members Web Sites" section of the Links section. Thanks. on 5/1/05 2:46 PM, vashtirama at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Welcome, Geoff. I googled you before I had a chance to ask you about > your time at MIU, and wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread vashtirama
Welcome, Geoff. I googled you before I had a chance to ask you about your time at MIU, and when I went here: http://www.skepticfiles.org/weird/geoff-gb.htm I found a good overview and got a sense of what kind of approach you may take in your book. I'll be looking for it in 2006. I had the same fe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Gilpin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My goal is to > > Make a few bucks on your "involvment" with this > movement... > > I hope it will make you feel happy, though it is > doubtful to say the >

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Peter Sutphen
> _ > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of lupidus108 > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:25 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Geoff Gilpin
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.comSubject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Gilpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:My goal is toMake a few bucks on your "involvment" with this movement...I hope it will make you feel happy, though it is doubtful to s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/1/05 8:33 AM, lupidus108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whether it's "positive" or "negative" depends mainly on >> the input I get from the people I talk to. > > >> I'm still looking for sources to interview for my book. If you have a > good >> story to tell about the movement, please con

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Gilpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My goal is to Make a few bucks on your "involvment" with this movement... I hope it will make you feel happy, though it is doubtful to say the least. You are not the first to try to capitalize on the name of

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book

2005-05-01 Thread lupidus108
Whether it's "positive" or "negative" depends mainly on > the input I get from the people I talk to. > I'm still looking for sources to interview for my book. If you have a good > story to tell about the movement, please contact me. I can offer whatever > degree of anonymity you require. T

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Book: Stripping The Gurus

2005-04-11 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Crappy research. Why? What would you add or remove? > > --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/maharishi.asp > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a messa