After Katrina a follower of the Dalai Lama who I merely knew from the net
gave me twenty thousand dollars for helping us which we split with a family
which had their whole house blown down to the slab so yes there are rich
people who do reach out and help others. And poor people like me who just
On Feb 28, 2009, at 1:45 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5"
wrote:
... America. If there is a market for the drugs,
that means that the people who live in this "medi-
tating community" DID NOT FIND WHAT THEY
WERE LOOKING FOR IN MEDITATION.
Yeah, is
On Feb 26, 2009, at 9:35 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote:
Abuse becomes abusive abuser.
There is a reality there & it is not just benign.
What is the research? Anybody have it to look at?
Seems is very timely in many ways here and everywhere.
There are several studies which claim to show marij
On Feb 25, 2009, at 11:10 AM, grate.swan wrote:
The point is, it's effects on the brain are real and not necessarily
helpful for certain people in certain situations where quick memory
retrieval is necessary.
Yes? And?
Per my prior post -- some activities are not enhanced with cannabis.
Do
On Feb 25, 2009, at 4:49 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Here's what this article says about the Columbia
University "study." Note that they *started with*
33 patients who already had established symptoms
of psychosis, and then "worked backwards" to try
to establish the link to cannabis use. Sounds to
me l
On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:30 AM, grate.swan wrote:
In his books on meditation, Zen master and neurologist Jim Austin not
only goes into the bodies endogenous "drug" producing systems, he
also goes over the research on all the major recreational drugs as
well.
On marijuana he shares an interest
On Feb 25, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Kirk wrote:
Pot's not the problem it's fucking busy bodies who can't mind their
own
business that's the problem, and it's the harder drug pushers
that's the
problem. The fucking government is the problem and the thugs
called cops
are the problem. Pot is a god
Pot's not the problem it's fucking busy bodies who can't mind their own
business that's the problem, and it's the harder drug pushers that's the
problem. The fucking government is the problem and the thugs called cops
are the problem. Pot is a god given cure for many ills of mind and body.
It'
On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:49 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Pot has been used for thousands of years and has never been
anything but a boon to any culture -- until Hearst et al.
Actually, research being done at Columbia University for the
last 10 years shows that cannabis use (yes plain old marijuana)
inc
It seems those who speak do not know while those who know do not speak.
But some nice words.
On Feb 24, 2009, at 2:34 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote:
A better analogy is comparing mood altering drugs to marijuana.
Anti-depressants don't alter the mood and are not addicting in that
sense. Benzodiazepines like Xanax or Valium are psychoactive drugs
that work on the central nervous system, alt
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:28 PM, curtisdeltablues
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity
>> A better analogy is comparing mood altering drugs to marijuana.
>> Anti-depressants don't alter the mood and are not addicting in that
>> sense. Benzodiazepines like Xanax or Valium
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM, ruthsimplicity
wrote:
> Marijuana I have mixed feelings about. Face it, marijuana
> makes you stupid. Not many people can use it day in and day out and
> still function well. I can see some people may get some benefit from
> it in medical treatment, though there u
On Feb 24, 2009, at 10:25 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
I, too, dropped drugs during my whole TM period,
and during most of the time since. But on my
first trip to Amsterdam, I had a "What the fuck"
moment and decided to see what the staid but
efficient Dutch had managed to achieve in the
cultivation of
On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:42 AM, boo_lives wrote:
People I know who "see auras" all say that anti-depressants are about
the worst drug to take, and no-one is in jail for taking and selling
antidepressants, and anti-depressants are much more common among ffld
sidhas than pot. I won't even bother to
On Feb 24, 2009, at 10:00 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
So if you're asking me which should be illegal --
pot or TM -- it's a pretty clear call for me.
Some dopers get stupid and lazy. Some TMers
get not only stupid and lazy but elitist and
nasty and hypocritical about being those things.
If marijuan
No, he needs a fucking joint of some good KB.
- Original Message -
From: Sal Sunshine
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For
Growing Pot
On Feb 24, 2009, at 3:14
On Feb 24, 2009, at 3:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
You're being a bigot, Doug, and an ignorant one to
boot. Let it go. You're not going to win. Science is
going to win in the long run, and tolerance, and a
growing perception that among ALL of the drugs that
society uses to get through the day -- caf
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:59 PM, ruthsimplicity
wrote:
>
> How about Austin? I am going to be there next week.
>
Drive south across the Ann Richards (formerly Congress) Bridge from
down town. Choose a place on either side of the road. If you don't
see something you like, keep driving. If you
On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
I've seen or heard about a few "mental cases in FF," but I have yet to
conclude that TM triggers these folks past their tipping points. The
TMO policies might do that, but I still see the technique as restful
and healthful in the main.
It's fine
On Feb 21, 2009, at 10:11 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
Are you sure about this happening here, Barry?
I'm just asking because I'm surprised I haven't
heard of it myself. Anyone know who this was?
It's horrible, to put it mildly.
I am *not* sure. I heard it on one of the
TM-related forums I've been p
, February 20, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For
Growing Pot
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM, bob_brigante
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote:
Smoking pot makes ya lazy and stupid, that's why societ
You have posted before in support of ecstacy, so I'm not surprised of
> your salute to pot. You stick with drugs, I'll stick with TM, and on
> the day these bodies no longer function, I'm sure that your clear
> mind on that day will see how much of a mistake drug use is.
> Maharishi noted about dr
> As regards cannabis' value as an adjunct to a "spiritual" life, I would
> agree with both Kirk's and Grate.Swan's stated opinions on the subject.
Oh yeah, who would argue that kumbakonampranayama was deweloped for the
optainment of sidhi with marijuwanna?
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM, bob_brigante wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote:
>
> Smoking pot makes ya lazy and stupid, that's why society has enacted
> laws agin it (not that this alcohol-based society has a leg up on
> stupidity). These kids threw away the opport
On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:33 PM, bob_brigante wrote:
You have posted before in support of ecstacy, so I'm not surprised of
your salute to pot. You stick with drugs, I'll stick with TM, and on
the day these bodies no longer function, I'm sure that your clear
mind on that day will see how much of a mi
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:16 PM, bob_brigante
wrote:
> http://snipurl.com/ca3pq [www_zwire_com]
>
> Fairfield Ledger article on bust
>
North of Chico, eh? Herb Caen, who wrote *Don't Call it Frisco* and was a
long time writer for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a trip report on
Chico. I rea
Doug, you've finally lost it.
Can't say I didn't see it coming :)
- Original Message -
From: "dhamiltony2k5"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:29 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing
Pot
> This kind of illegal drug cultural behavior o
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:04 AM, sparaig wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote:
>>
>> The kids arrested included the sons of Fairfield's meditating mayor and
>> Board of Education member:
>> http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_11685597
>>
>
> When I was on my S
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:48 PM, grate. swan wrote:
>
> I have had experiences much as LShad describes. No thoughts -- and the
> famous lack of short-term memory aka being totally in the present. It
> seems the height of spiritual bigotry, parochialism and folly to
> believe one is quite superior
On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Joe Smith wrote:
It's not possible to transcend while stoned on pot because as any pot
head will tell you, there's this constant flow or stream of
consciousness-thoughts while stoned, the opposite of settled
awareness. The whole cycle of settling down, having a thou
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Joe Smith wrote:
> It's not possible to transcend while stoned on pot because as any pot
> head will tell you, there's this constant flow or stream of
> consciousness-thoughts while stoned, the opposite of settled
> awareness. The whole cycle of settling down, havi
> wrote:
>>
>>
> http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/02/13/several-maharishi-graduates-busted-for-growing-pot/
>>
>> http://is.gd/jOCY
>
> That's what happens when TM is taught in place of Religion! Ethics and
> morality don't magically appear after a few months (or years) of TM.
> MMY dropped Pat
Unless of course they had designed some special Vedic Transcendental
Weed.Wouldn't that be cool?
It would be the Bam.
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On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:12 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing
Pot
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, nablusoss1008 wrote:
> From: nablusoss1008
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing
> Pot
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:12 PM
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"
> wrote:
>
On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:43 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote:
Yeah, that Designer pot use and its addiction in society…
Is too bad.
The simple explanation is that:
Pervasive use of modern powerful pot is the larger spiritual societal
problem with people not meditating anymore. Folks just don't have
tr
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM, bob_brigante wrote:
> I can't believe anybody is so out of it that they would start a grow
> operation without being aware of utility co./cop cooperation in
> monitoring high electricity usage. Didn't these guys read one of the
> weed magazines while boning up on h
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