[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'

2017-03-13 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
formative communal values This is an interesting read to plow through following the life-cycle of their group around their formative core communal values in mission work, separate from the sex and that abuse of power,.. The core mission work it seems has kept a group throughout even in its pr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread srijau
this is piling misconception onto wrong information false rumors, go back to what Maharishi is published saying and you will understand, btw he never had this idea that the Buddhist walking technique was a good idea. just the opposite he said it was a misconception that created a technique out

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread dionysiu...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm only new to the list, but found that comment interesting (having done the reverse of most TM grads by doing years of other modalities first and coming to TM recently.) I'm not sure what M means by 'witnessing', though most 'teachers' would probably mean developing an intermediary step con

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
3, 2015 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : M wasn't very fond of any other meditation opther than TM. However, I did hear him say that he liked one Buddhist technique called *walking meditation*. I'm not sur

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread upfron...@ymail.com [FairfieldLife]
Some Buddhist meditators are clearly serene from their meditation practices. It does seem unfair to the point of appearing dishonest to put down all other forms of meditation. In the ‘80s, after leaving the British TM HQ, being open-minded I also tried chanting for years on the beads (Krs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread salyavin808
ups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet.. A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Center From way back in that first Scientific American paper published about the physiological effect of medi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
t;dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet.. A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Center From way back in that first Scientific Amer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
developed witnessing. From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:00 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..   A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus.  8pm at Argiro Student Center &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
A Buddhist Rinpoche is talking tonight on campus. 8pm at Argiro Student Center From way back in that first Scientific American paper published about the physiological effect of meditating, it has long been a cultural position in TM that buddhist meditation is no good. Could even be h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Fascinating article about life on the roof of the world: Forgotten Land, Defiant People - Tibet - Luminous Landscape https://luminous-landscape.com/forgotten-land-defiant-people-tibet/ https://luminous-landscape.com/forgotten-land-de

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by biological processes it looks like H G Wells may have been on the right track after all. Funnily enough, they did this experiment in the '70s with the Viking lander and it had t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The methane could be coming from microbes underneath the ground. The rovers should find more interesting facts as long as they keep operating on the planet. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by biological processes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars?

2014-12-16 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As 99 per cent of the methane produced on Earth is generated by biological processes it looks like H G Wells may have been on the right track after all. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This will be rather amazing if true... Nasa finds evidence of 'life on Mars' http://ww

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Salyavin, IMO, the reason why NASA did not want to replicate the Viking experiment is due to the funding psychology in the US federal government. Specifically, the NASA managers want to set up an experiment that has a good potential for successful results. By getting positive results, they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hoagland, whose conspiracy theory it is, appears to be something of a crackpot. Look at the last of the links at the end, about India's moon mission: http://exopolitics.org/Exo-Comment-81.htm http://exopolitics.org/Exo-Comment-81.htm I'm highly dubious about the conspiracy theor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life on Mars

2014-05-17 Thread salyavin808
Interesting. The guy who designed the experiment that found life didn't say so at the press conference in 76 because he was a junior at NASA, but he was convinced his test had worked perfectly anyway and had found organic life 3 out of 4 times in 1976. Trouble was, there were two other experim

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread salyavin808
You could be right. I don't know how it works over there but in the UK the government will leak any morally dubious new policy that it wants to try and see how much outrage it causes. If it's only a few left wing bloggers that get irate they know the majority might approve or even just not car

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread Bhairitu
I think Buffet was trying to goad Americans into doing something about the situation. He also remarked that his secretary paid higher a tax rate than he did. Both he and Bill Gates were promoting raising taxes on the rich. But the wealth hoarders succeeded in convincing the underclass that th

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread doctordumbass
You misunderstood me - The experiment is taking place, *within* the 'coldly calculating policy', that you mention. The economic system is already amoral and bloodless, and designed to be so. This additional squeeze is simply to see how far it can go, before slipping profits from the US market, c

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-08 Thread TurquoiseBee
s.com Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world   Yes, for some reason the "conservative" party want the UK to become the 51st state of America. You'd think with the name they'd want to "conserve" what was good abo

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
i don't think it's an experiment, more like a coldly calculated policy to hoard the money at the top witht the added joy of being able to blame those at the bottom for their own predicament. As Warren Buffet said: “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/7/2014 1:38 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > I just wonder what people in the US do when their unemployment runs > out and they can't get food stamps anymore and still can't find a > job? Do they go to the "underground economy?" Must be a big > "underground economy" out there. > That's about the ti

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/7/2014 12:15 PM, salyavin808 wrote: I'm ready to man the barricades any time! > Do you have homeless people over there where you live? Over here, we have homeless people living on the street. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread doctordumbass
Seems like a big out of control experiment, by the mega capitalists and investors, to see how far prosperity in the US can be compromised, before the US cannot even spend its ~40% global market share, for any product, or service. With unemployment in the US growing by 15 million people annually,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
Yes, for some reason the "conservative" party want the UK to become the 51st state of America. You'd think with the name they'd want to "conserve" what was good about this place but their ideas about what is "good" stopped in 1870. Their entire mission seems to be dragging us back to workhouses

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread Bhairitu
I just wonder what people in the US do when their unemployment runs out and they can't get food stamps anymore and still can't find a job? Do they go to the "underground economy?" Must be a big "underground economy" out there. On 03/07/2014 10:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: That's about the siz

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life in the real world

2014-03-07 Thread salyavin808
That's about the size of it. We've got a bunch of toffs in power who have no experience of life other than in the multi-millionaire mansions they grew up in. They started the recession so they could re-engineer society (and they used to admit it but that gets bad PR so they lie about it now) and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life before birth?

2014-02-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: > > Some interesting research with an interpretation I'm highly dubious of: > > http://www.psmag.com/kickers/findings-kickers/intuitions-immortality-con\ ception-life-birth-73776/

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Bhairitu
I commented on this yesterday but apparently the pond scum at the NSA didn't like my response. But an EMP attack may not work as predicted. Think about all the folks who can't get a cell phone signal in their homes. Probably too much metal in the house and it might act as an Faraday cage. My

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Share Long
emptybill, what the heck am I supposed to be smoking?! As for prattle, someone's gotta do it! My karma, I guess (-: On Monday, December 9, 2013 9:05 AM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" wrote:   One lives down South in a major city. The other works at a Rocky Mt. winter resort. One has to put on a

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread emptybill
One lives down South in a major city. The other works at a Rocky Mt. winter resort. One has to put on a jacket sometimes. The other works at a ski shop. Warmth is built in for both. I'd be more worried about roaming zombies coming over the wire in a major city. If an EMP blasts occurs all bets

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread emptybill
Finally we find out how to get only a one word statement from the professor.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Prattle. On 12/8/2013 8:13 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Do less. Think less. Understand less. Be less. Don't worry - be happy. Smoke another one. Hmmm ...

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Yep, from the outside, it may look like, "do less", is part of the equation. No worries, nearly empty bill, and doobie bro'; necessary thought always survives (as the only mechanism available, for fulfillment of desires).

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Do less. Think less. Understand less. Be less. Don't worry - be happy. Smoke another one. Hmmm ...

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Try...Thinking...Less. It is not denial - it is peace, and it transcends any violence. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-10 Thread Share Long
bject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island   > ...isn't he also saying that if he did read the button > pushees, he would be affected ie have his buttons > pushed?! > There are three reasons Turq posts to FFL: 1. Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
> If you're *completely* "in the present," how would you > remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- > frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want it in a > dish or on a cone, how would you know what those > options represent? > We don't have the future, because it isn't here yet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread sharelong60
Richard, isn't he also saying that if he did read the button pushees, he would be affected ie have his buttons pushed?! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: > > > > turquoiseb: > > How "evolved" are people who "have to" react to everything > > said that pushes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
turquoiseb: > How "evolved" are people who "have to" react to everything > said that pushes their buttons? How "evolved" are they to > still *have* so many "buttons?" > Now this is funny - a guy reacts to his own post about button pushing, and then he lashes out because his buttons got pushed.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread Share Long
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island    "If you're *completely* "in the present," how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-07 Thread iranitea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-06 Thread turquoiseb
Iranitea opines:> > Yes, Doc, but he does it inevitably because this startegy is soo > successful. People never fail to obsess about it. What I do not > get is this: If you know - by experience- that the Turq always > ads a little spice in the last paragraph, which you don't really > like, why do y

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-06 Thread iranitea

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread Michael Jackson
Maybe Barry is a history buff like me. From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island   Hey, Barry, don't you ever

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
Yeah, I've read this story at least six times on Usenet. You really do like ice cream, Turq! But, what is really funny is - what it's like to be on a TMO ATR over in Switzerland. But, at least YOU can say you learned yoga in downtown L.A. and on a beach hotel over in Spain. Go figure. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread turquoiseb
Iranitea opines: > > ...if Barry is allowed to report only what's going on > in the present moment, he would have to write, 'I'm > typing, I'm typing'... This is typical Neo-Advaita BS > to think you couldn't have memories. In fact the > memories are in the present moment..even brain > resea

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island

2013-09-05 Thread doctordumbass

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life without God

2012-02-28 Thread marekreavis
Great, positive exchange, thanks. If you're able to, there's great reward in living a good, honest, joyful life. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > A Minister loses his faith, inspired by Sam Harris. > > http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/life-without-god >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life Beyond Death

2011-11-25 Thread seventhray1
Thanks for the insights on one of my favorite subjects. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bartwalton@..." wrote: > > http://www.lifebeyonddeath.org > > The information on this site is a revealed body of information which was given to me as a "download" from the Spiritual Plane. I have no p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life is here to enjoy

2010-05-25 Thread John
Nabs, This is a good quotation as a reminder for everyone. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > Keep your desire turning back within and be patient. Allow the > fulfillment to come to you.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - more mundane than we think?

2010-04-08 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > Carbon Dioxide May Explain 'Near Death Experiences' > ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Near death experiences (NDEs), > reported to include sensations such as life flashing before the eyes, > feelings of peace and joy, and apparent encounters

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life-sized blue whale on the Web

2009-09-07 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > This is a *life-sized* image of a blue whale. You can > scan the creature's entire body by moving your cursor > around the image. Or drag the little red box in the > inset. > > http://www.wdcs.co.uk/media/flash/whalebanner/content_pub

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-06-01 Thread Duveyoung
below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Duveyoung wrote: > > > Vaj, my friend, we need to talk. I'm wondering how your mind works > > when it comes to deciding if others are speaking truths and/or are > > speaking truly. There's a big differenc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-06-01 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I mu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: [...] > (Sometimes I have the sense there's a whole 'nother FFL > going on that I never see, with a whole different set > of participants. On the FFL I *do* see, this other FFL > is repeatedly described by the TM critics, but it just > neve

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, my friend, we need to talk. I'm wondering how your mind works when it comes to deciding if others are speaking truths and/or are speaking truly. There's a big difference between these two concepts, yes? I'm worried that I'll piss you of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Duveyoung
Reality—Per Gary Zukav "Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on this thread that any example of not being content with Here And Now

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong Buddhists, > content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just vent their discontent > with the Here And Now of TM and TMers and/or the There And Then of MMY.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: snip> > Hindu teachers universally agree that even ordinary life is a life of > yagya -- that is, > desires are being "burnt" by fulfilling them. snip> > Edg Edg-A little off topic, but, I wouldn't say desires are being burnt by fulfilling

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: > (Sometimes I have the sense there's a whole > 'nother FFL going on that I never see... > There is a Buddhist 'Shamballa' inside every Marshy Golden Dome. There are many Buddhist analogues posted to FFL and to AMT. This has been one of my main themes for over eight years - 'TM'is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > "Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, > it may have a meaning of which I > disapprove." - Ashleigh Brilliant > > I'm not quite sure who or what Ashleigh > Brilliant is, or was, but I catch his > meaning, and I approve... > Oops! Somebody got confused. LOL! Nihilism:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Duveyoung
below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > >>> It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong > >>> Buddhists, content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just > >>> vent their discontent with the Here An

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on > > this thread that any example of not being content with > > Here And Now has to be an exact analog of TMers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > Yes, there are stories in Indian scripture > about "pearly white teeth." And yes, Maharishi > occasionally would pay lip service to those > stories. But did he really believe them? I > think not, because his whole *life* was all > about t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > >> > > >> Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > This early morning in Sitges, watching the street > cleaners do their thing from this cafe table, I find > myself underwhelmed by this tendency to view the world > as something that "needs work" because it doesn't live > up to their fantas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed the restriction on > this thread that any example of not being content with > Here And Now has to be an exact analog of TMers not > being content with Here And Now. I mentioned the TM thang becau

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Barry, 3:34 a.m.: > One of the main differences I perceive between the TM > view of life and its possible "meaning" or "purpose" > and that of other spiritual traditions I tend to prefer > is that TMers -- on the whole -- seem illcontent w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 8:09 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: >>> It would be refreshing if FFL had some of these mythical Strong >>> Buddhists, content with Here And Now. FFL's Buddhists mostly just >>> vent their discontent with the Here And Now of TM and TMers and/or >>> the There And Then of MMY. >> >> I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > You write: > > > > > One of the main differences I perceive between the TM > > > view of life and its po

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > >> > >> Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content > >> with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best > >> of w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > You write: > > > One of the main differences I perceive between the TM > > view of life and its possible "meaning" or "purpose" > > and that of other spiritual traditions I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Vaj
On May 31, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best of what Here And Now presents them. In contrast, if you look even at the sampling

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content > > with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best > > of what Here And Now presents them. In contrast, if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Strong Buddhists and Taoists I've met seem content > with Here And Now, and do their best to make the best > of what Here And Now presents them. In contrast, if > you look even at the sampling of "TM thought" we see > on this forum, ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

2009-05-31 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > "Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning > of which I disapprove." - Ashleigh Brilliant > > I'm not quite sure who or what Ashleigh Brilliant is, > or was, but I catch his meaning, and I approve. > > One of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-28 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've used some other calculators with different results. I had an ant >> who recently passed away at age 94.>> >> > > Wow, thats pretty old for

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:20 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator My great grandmother chain smoked her whole life, never got sick, and died at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "bhairitu" wrote: > > > >> They don't take into account a lot of things. It s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I wonder if these seemingly "early" meditator deaths are > people gettin' while the gettin's good? Who knows what ominous future > lies ahead? > *** Well, if you hold AT&T stock, hell...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-27 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bhairitu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very >> narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited >> > answers > >> as to say "if you don't do it this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bhairitu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very > narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited answers > as to say "if you don't do it this way you're hosed." > ** If you goog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread bhairitu
They don't take into account a lot of things. It seems like a very narrow minded approach. To many of the questions have limited answers as to say "if you don't do it this way you're hosed." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Answer: 72 > > Sound

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life span calculator

2008-10-26 Thread off_world_beings
Answer: 72 Sounds about right. Good enough for me. But they were not able to take into account my fruit diet that I will do for 3 months a year, which can add 20 years to life. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://moneycentral.msn.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > > wrote: > >> > >> how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while > >> remaining conscio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- My feelings exactly. Bring them new incarnations on. > Or not. Whatever. > right on.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Vaj
On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , enlightened_dawn11 > wrote: > > > > how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while > remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just > curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
enlightened_dawn wrote: > how is the state of attention described, as the > one to adopt while remaining conscious through > the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious > how specific it gets, and which attributes are > mentioned. > Well, of course the historical Buddha didn't teach anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while > remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just > curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. I st

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread enlightened_dawn11
how is the state of attention described, as the one to adopt while remaining conscious through the Bardo and onto rebirth? i am just curious how specific it gets, and which attributes are mentioned. I can think and feel the death experience as one of complete disolution, in which relative mani

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > Life After Death > > I am sympathetic to the idea of reincarnation. But not to this > concept: > > *The last thoughts just before death are the most p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life after death - the Hindu explanation

2008-10-18 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Life After Death > I am sympathetic to the idea of reincarnation. But not to this concept: *The last thoughts just before death are the most powerful thoughts in creating the next life.* I think (but may be wr

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