[FairfieldLife] Re: Artificial body swapping

2008-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
s place. If you ever run across it, you should catch it. Thanks again. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > In today's New York Tim

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightened Robin 3: The First Three Years of Enlightenment

2008-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Cogent and well said, Mr. Williams; you must have been quite an initiator in your day. Really well said. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve wrote: > > That can throw you off unless > > you can get past it... > > > All you hav

[FairfieldLife] Re: 2,700-year-old pot stash

2008-12-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:44 PM, satvadude108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 20 of this company's Big Bud seeds were mi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightened Robin 3: The First Three Years of Enlightenment

2008-12-04 Thread Marek Reavis
ing how he said what he said. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I missed this little gem. Comments below > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightened Robin 3: The First Three Years of Enlightenment

2008-12-05 Thread Marek Reavis
002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really don't know what you are talking about. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Steve, my reply to Mr. Williams was in regards to how well I felt > he'd > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: 2,700-year-old pot stash

2008-12-05 Thread Marek Reavis
own. ** > I have recollections from the 70's of correlating some dullness > in my TM meditations subsequent to indulging. Guess I just > presumed that would still be the case. The effects on the > Mindfulness methods I have been practicing are what is > unknown to me. My curr

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Attention Vampire: An occult theory of energy management

2008-12-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Really excellent discussion all around; and this last post is really well said. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > fair enough. the way that i think about enlightenment is probably > > different than most views on it, in that it has its v

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Attention Vampire: An occult theory of energy management

2008-12-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Great rap, Edg. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Duveyoung wrote: > > Do you see a difference between "attention vampires" and "spiritual > vampires?" Seems to me that attention is prior to spirit. > > Bhairitu wrote: > > Well the concept th

[FairfieldLife] Women's surfing @ NYTimes

2008-12-10 Thread Marek Reavis
5-minute video on the end of 7-time world champion, Layne Beachley's, tenure at the top of women's pro surfing and the emergence of 16-year old Carissa Moore as one of her likely successors: http://tinyurl.com/62479j And the article accompanying it talking about some other great surfers, too, at:

[FairfieldLife] This morning. . .

2008-12-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Took off work this morning with the expectation that I could get out and get in a couple hours of surfing before the big waves come in this weekend (>25-foot swells, so far beyond my abilities as to be inconceivable), but as it turned out, there was nothing firing at any of the surfbreaks I checked

[FairfieldLife] Re: This morning. . .

2008-12-12 Thread Marek Reavis
The little boy in > me thinks that would be fun, but the Marek in me says don't rile up > what you wouldn't want riled up in you. The Golden Rile Rule that > knows only too well that what goes around . . . > > Thanks for the snapshot of your heart. > > Edg > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: David OJ: Attorney's Letter re TM & Religion

2008-12-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Although the meditation itself is not (or at least doesn't *have* to be done as) a religious practice, the puja certainly is and every initiator is schooled and tested on exactly what the Sanskrit words mean and what internal feelings those words are supposed to evoke in the initiator. To say

[FairfieldLife] Re: David OJ: Attorney's Letter re TM & Religion

2008-12-13 Thread Marek Reavis
Cobb Mtn. is in Lake County, adjacent to Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma counties, among others. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:02 AM, lurkernomore20002000 > wrote: > > "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > >> The man is dead not even a yea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-13 Thread Marek Reavis
Nablusoss1008, I disagree with your point of view, here. In my opinion, Paul is a fine man whose research and writing has been of inestimable value in understanding both Maharishi and Guru Dev. His criticism of Maharishi is neither mean-spirited nor without foundation. Furthermore, regardless of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-13 Thread Marek Reavis
m. But I feel that Paul's point of view, though different than your own, may actually be in concert with the greater spiritual agenda you believe that Maharishi and Guru Dev were expressions and proponents for, as well. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-13 Thread Marek Reavis
you do. I see you both as flowing in the same large current. I don't see him as a phony at all. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > It seems clear to me that your own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
blues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Nablusoss108, again I disagree with your fundamental premise here, > > namely that "all" Paul wants is to make money from his writings. > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
I understand, and we differ on this. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > > I don't see him as a phony at all. > > Fine, that's your u

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
that, too. From one cretin to another. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > As far as I can tell, everyone acts from good intentions, and that's > > n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: 'Which god you like?' - USA 1959

2008-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > You're correct, there is quite a lot of meanness in the world in which > > I work. My days are steeped in stories of murder, torture, rape, > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who done it (?)

2008-12-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Great exposition, Vaj; a total keeper, really concise, nicely articulated. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2008, at 7:01 PM, The Secret wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > >> Actually the science appears solid and is getti

[FairfieldLife] Edg: re Trikkes

2008-12-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Edg, saw a T8 Trikke on the local Craigslist and picked it up for $99 last night. It had only been ridden for 15 minutes according to the 60- ish chiropractor I purchased it from. I logged another 30 minutes on it last night in the rain on a nearby asphalt basketball court and appreciated the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Edg: re Trikkes

2008-12-19 Thread Marek Reavis
l in fairly short order. Once you get your mojo > chops, you'll want that extra traction/grip. From then on, you're > doomed. I'm on my fifth Trikke. What city are you trikking in? > Eureka, Arcata? > > Smiling here. > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Melissa Etheridge on Rick Warren

2008-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
It was (IMO) unfortunate that Obama chose Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation, and I agree with Jason Linkins who characterized the choice as being an extraordinarily tone-deaf one considering the totally unsurprising reaction it has generated for all LGTBs who helped elect Obama. Never

[FairfieldLife] Edg, re: Trikke

2008-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Edg, I wanted to give you a preliminary report on the Trikke. Because of lots of rain I only had the opportunity to take it out 2 more times, 30 minutes on Friday, and another 60 minutes tonight; so that's only a total of 2 hours or so. Before I go any further, it should be noted that toni

[FairfieldLife] Re: Edg, re: Trikke

2008-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Very cool, Arhata, have you tried it? As you can tell, I'm a neophyte, but definitely impressed by the thing. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > I had a friend Jim , on Venice Beach who introduced that in the > early 2000's! > Arhata > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Edg, re: Trikke

2008-12-24 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: **snip > > It's a fine thing that newbies can see this almost as clearly as oldies. > But, let me praise your write-up for it's conceptual clarity. Can I > post this to the general trikking community and to the company? It's > good. **

[FairfieldLife] Snow prints

2008-12-28 Thread Marek Reavis
On an entirely different subject: http://2pie.blogspot.com/2008/12/snow-prints.html Very cool.

[FairfieldLife] Self-control and Religion

2008-12-30 Thread Marek Reavis
>From the New York Times, 12.30.08. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/science/30tier.html "Sacred values come prefabricated for religious believers," Dr. McCullough said. "The belief that God has preferences for how you behave and the goals you set for yourself has to be the granddaddy of all ps

[FairfieldLife] Re: Self-control and Religion

2008-12-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Edg, comments interleaved: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > From the New York Times, 12.30.08. . . . > > > > "Sacred values come prefabricated for religious believers," Dr. > > M

[FairfieldLife] Wonderful Idea

2008-12-30 Thread Marek Reavis
>From the Guardian, 12.22.08 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/22/diy-adjustable-glasses- josh-silver or, http://snipurl.com/99xrk It was a chance conversation on March 23 1985 ("in the afternoon, as I recall") that first started Josh Silver on his quest to make the world's poor see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, Rick, you might not like this post

2009-01-01 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: **snip > Holy Cow! Happy New Year Edg! > > The closest I ever came to seeing what you are saying, was back in the > early '80's... > When a friend of mine, who lived in Fairfield, at the time, Marcus > Lehrman, well he kind of saw through

[FairfieldLife] What were the chances?

2009-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
A little video of lucky (if unlikely) breaks. I particularly enjoyed the cops and robbers one. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7cmf3_chance_fun

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the chances?

2009-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
this video. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > A little video of lucky (if unlikely) breaks. I particularly enjoyed > > the cops and robbe

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote:[in reply to:] Do you think that the universe has a way that we have to behave and then it approves and gives us "nature support"? **snip > unmistakably. however most people understand that to be a code of > b

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
ne. Thanks again. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Comment below: > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] From the NYTimes, 1.7.09

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
800 bus atheist ad campaign in London. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/world/europe/07london.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM stabbing lawsuit

2009-01-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Boo_lives' explanation seems the most likely to me. Whenever you're preparing for trial you're constantly evaluating how your witnesses will come across to a jury. Mr. Morris' demeanor and mannerisms would be very off-putting, I would imagine, particularly to a Jefferson County jury pool to w

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM stabbing lawsuit

2009-01-09 Thread Marek Reavis
wanted to believe me unless > I was the one to pay for a full audit by professional CPAs. Is this > how it often works -- that it's too much trouble to go after some > crimes? > > What kind of reasoning do you think police used in this case such that > it has not yiel

[FairfieldLife] An easy to watch video

2009-01-11 Thread Marek Reavis
http://vimeo.com/1250929?pg=embed&sec=1250929&hd=1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Speaks of Guru Dev

2009-01-11 Thread Marek Reavis
This is a point of view that resonates with me, too. Guru Dev was the love of Maharishi's life and his rememberances of the instances of such an overwhelming relationship subject to confabulation. But the two versions are reconcilable, if I remember correctly. Didn't Maharishi say that when h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Speaks of Guru Dev

2009-01-11 Thread Marek Reavis
against him. Give it a rest. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > This is a point of view that resonates with me, too. Guru Dev was the > > love of Maharishi's life and his rememberances of the instances of &

[FairfieldLife] Humboldt County #1 in California. . .

2009-01-12 Thread Marek Reavis
in shark attacks. Bummer. But all in all, only about a dozen or so in the last 18 years, and everyone survived. http://www.times-standard.com/ci_11433846?source=most_viewed

[FairfieldLife] Re: abandoning thought

2009-01-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Very well put, Ruth. I enjoy meditation and am a big fan of Maharishi, but it is undeniable that we know very little of the concrete value of either meditation (as taught by Maharishi) or the existence of the so-called "higher" states of consciousness he described that would purportedly result

[FairfieldLife] PC vs. Mac

2009-01-13 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/linkdump-january-2009/

[FairfieldLife] Clinton wows senate committee

2009-01-13 Thread Marek Reavis
HuffPost, 1.13.9 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/clintons-exhaustive- prep_n_157693.html At the opening of Sen. Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings for the post of Secretary of State on Tuesday, the ranking Republican on theSenate Foreign Relations Committee offered a bit of perfun

[FairfieldLife] Re: abandoning thought

2009-01-14 Thread Marek Reavis
This has been an excellent thread, thanks to both of you. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > Curtis: > > > > > > That seems like a position I can relate to. > > > The question comes, where do

[FairfieldLife] Marek -- dispassion or ???? (Re: How old is your brain)

2009-02-26 Thread Marek Reavis
k, something you said really drives home > something I was just ranting about to Doug: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Most people who've been participants in the criminal justice > > system as defendants, hav

[FairfieldLife] Cache of 13,000 year old stone tools

2009-02-27 Thread Marek Reavis
Found in a guy's backyard in Boulder, a buried cache of beautiful clovis tools. Short video from the University of Colorado/Boulder. http://tinyurl.com/aoh54w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's rather cryptic answer

2009-02-27 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: **snip > (I'm also not saying there is such a thing as karma, > or even that it could work as I outlined. I don't > know, nor do any of us. Basically, it behooves us > to STFU--mentally as well as vocally--about our or > anybody else's sp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cache of 13,000 year old stone tools

2009-02-27 Thread Marek Reavis
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Found in a guy's backyard in Boulder, a buried cache of beautiful > > clovis tools. > > > > Short video from the University of Colorado/Boulder. > > > > htt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cache of 13,000 year old stone tools

2009-02-28 Thread Marek Reavis
le other lively awareness. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > Found in a guy's backyard in Boulder, a buried cache of beautiful > > clovis tools. > > > > Short video

[FairfieldLife] On the similarity of sex and surfing

2009-03-01 Thread Marek Reavis
Have to say that there is an incredible cascade of synaptic firing while surfing. It's sex on the level of the spermatoza; some impossibly big and absolutely crucial thing is happening, bigger than you can possibly imagine, and you're totally part of it, even the focus of it in your own little

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis re Guitar

2009-03-02 Thread Marek Reavis
I've been guiltily following this thread and now feel the impulse to weigh in with my own meager measure of advice. Responding to some great advice Curtis gave me last year, as well as frustration with my longstanding inability to make music, I went to one of the local music stores and had the

[FairfieldLife] Ninja Bear

2009-03-02 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia05NGd3-dU

[FairfieldLife] Check out this guy's portfolio

2009-03-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Clark Little, a fellow who takes photos similar to the ones Rick posted of the celestial pictures of Iowa; but Little finds his heaven in the barrel, which is perfectly understandable. http://www.clarklittlephotography.com/main/gallery_images?type=2

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminate Congress?

2009-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Appealing in many respects, but scary, too, inasmuch as it would allow what William Burke referred to as "the tyranny of the majority", which the current system of republican government and the checks and balances of the three branches of government in the US Constitution, keeps more or less at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation and Drug-use Pollicy

2009-03-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Sal. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > >> "Marek Reavis" > >> wrote: > >> > >> Most people who've been participants in the criminal justice > >> system as defendants, have had pretty

[FairfieldLife] 3 Delightful Links

2009-03-19 Thread Marek Reavis
First, from Improv Everywhere, a great performance art group; this one more subtle than some other of their work, but nonetheless, a real gem. http://improveverywhere.com/2009/03/18/subway-art-gallery-opening/ or, http://snipurl.com/e59ka Next, a YouTube link to LED-augmented, extreme sheep he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Broken down in Striped Butte Valley

2009-03-24 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgreeneiv/641082502/ > ** Death Valley is one entirely beautiful place. I've backpacked several times at the north end, east of Big Pine around the big Eureka sand dunes and the Panamint Range. Cosmic.

[FairfieldLife] Barcelona in 1908

2009-03-29 Thread Marek Reavis
A charming 7-minute YouTube video taken from a trolley car along different routes in Barcelona about 100 years ago. http://tinyurl.com/c4t8f2 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJdwzY1o7k8

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barcelona in 1908

2009-03-29 Thread Marek Reavis
ogress has been made over the intervening years. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A charming 7-minute YouTube video taken from a trolley > > car along

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paxil (anti-shy drug)

2009-03-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Kirk wrote: > > > Vaj, still it! > > I can tell you the two things aren't similar sensations. Well, > > maybe similar but they effect different parts of the brain. But > > keep dreaming. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raam Navami - Friday, 3 April

2009-04-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Perhaps they will share videos of the TMO's celebrations of Lord Rama's birthday at the David Lynch concert. That would put a lid on all the controversy. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, michael wrote: > >   > > > > > >         >   > > Tomorrow, Friday, will be Raam Navami - Ra

[FairfieldLife] Hawk Cam

2009-04-09 Thread Marek Reavis
A small videocam strapped to a hawk. Almost 8 minutes long. The final swoop and dive hits the spot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APViUODDhT0

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hawk Cam

2009-04-09 Thread Marek Reavis
wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A small videocam strapped to a hawk. Almost 8 minutes long. The final > > swoop and dive hits the spot. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APViUODDhT0 > > Nice vi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment according to Dattareya

2009-01-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Nablusoss1008, interesting video, do you subscribe to this fellow's point of view? Do you remember when Maharishi used to speak about the softening of the breath that occurs as the person grows in enlightenment? While I was watching this guy I remembered that and realized that I'd completely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ruth - Curtis - Turq - Marek -- copywrite morals?

2009-01-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > ruthsimplicity wrote: > > Reproducing an entire article without permission of the author is > > copyright infringement, even if you give the author credit. > > Ruth - Curtis - Turq - Marek, > > I would be grateful if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda

2009-01-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you for the links, Nablusoss1008. I agree with you that this Swami carries and projects far more authority and natural poise than the other guru, and there is some similar vibe with Maharishi's. I'm only familiar with Swami Ganapati Satchidananda in passing; there was a poster here a yea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda

2009-01-15 Thread Marek Reavis
noisy breathing I mentioned, and I agree that his shtick looked and sounded pretty hokey and even Simpson-esque. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > I'm only familiar w

[FairfieldLife] People who continue to meditate

2009-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Pasted below is an email I received today from an old highschool classmate whom I apparently initiated back in '73, and the first part of my reply to him. Interesting in light of my guessistimation the other day re how many people might still be out there meditating but not part of any associa

[FairfieldLife] Re: the song Stand By Me produced from street musicians around the world

2009-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Curtis, I listened to it 3 times in a row. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > http://www.flixxy.com/peace-through-music.htm > > This is really beautiful. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-27 Thread Marek Reavis
"Mistaking the intensity of belief for its epistemological justification is one of the most important traps to avoid in sorting out the natural human bias for believing that our POV doesn't need any more supporting evidence than its enthusiastic assertion." ** Curtis, this quote (above), not to m

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-27 Thread Marek Reavis
"I also acknowledge that I have an aspect of my mind that is an unchanging witness of my personality. It is an artifact of consciousness and a part of being human if you choose to spend enough time to notice it. I'll even acknowledge that meditating helps you notice this aspect of your mind more

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names & crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Pal, that (below) is a racist statement, plain and simple. It's reprehensible and you are entirely wrong in the sentiment you express. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: **snip > > And I'm sure it's no coincidence that black guys and black women in the US > all

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names & crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-28 Thread Marek Reavis
.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > Pal, that (below) is a racist statement, plain and simple. It's > > reprehensible and you are entirely wrong in the sentiment you express. > > > > Don't b

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
wee bit out of the > ordinary. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > > wrote: > > > > > > Pal, that (below) is a racist statement, plain and si

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
ified himself as such. Thanks for working to find some middle way, here. I hold no animus for L.Shaddai, and should he come to the unfortunate position in life that I was appointed to represent him in a criminal prosecution, I would do so gladly and with enthusiasm. But I do not endorse his vie

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names & crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
L.Shaddai, it appears from your comments (below) that you would rather not be considered a racist, and I'm in favor of that, too. It seems, however, that you have taken your limited life experiences with the African Americans that you have dealt with and extrapolated that far beyond its useful

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
ot necessarily without good reason) by all, and accepted by none. He has told me on more than one occasion how much he appreciates the work I do for him, and I consider that high praise and good reward for my time. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > O

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
It is, Sal, . . . most of the time. So far, so good. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > What Edg pointed out earlier, however, is true for all of us, I > > feel. As primates we are

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
icates he is a racist? > > Or is that all that you are referring to? I can't seem to find > another "original post" that he made that I can construe as > racist...perhaps it's there but I can't find it. > > If anyone knows, please tell me so I can look at i

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-01-30 Thread Marek Reavis
[Curtis wrote:] "I just played a gig at a nursing home and I got major ogled. With my gray streaks in my hair I was a young chicken to these ladies, and when I sang my blues full of innuendo and life, their eyes sparkled as they caught mine. We saw the spark of attraction in each other, knowing

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-01-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Severe Punishment. [Only tangentially related to this thread.] http://tinyurl.com/beh26z

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-01-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Billy, I really appreciate your response. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Billy, to me one of the most powerful images in the Hindu tr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lie To Me

2009-01-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, I caught this, too, on Hulu and it's pretty great. You described the story setup and cast perfectly. Tim Roth really provides legitimacy to the character's brilliance and I was surprised how much I liked Kelli Williams. They play off each other well. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-02-01 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent post, great thread. Wasn't until I started to surf that I got an understanding of what a god might be. Being in the ocean (as often as I can manage), whose movement and totality operates on a scale far beyond mine, has transformed it (in my own head) from an impersonal "thing", into

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

2009-02-01 Thread Marek Reavis
time. > > Something there is that benefits me to recognize endlessness in any > guise. > > Do children have the same feeling when they gaze up at us from the > ankle-high POVs? Aren't we vast and beyondish to them? > > I know hardly anything, but I know why the o

[FairfieldLife] Doubt (was Re: V funny)

2009-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
"Certainty is an emotion, not a fact." ** This quote (above) reminded me of a question I always ask potential jurors during jury selection: Do you believe that a person can be sincere in their beliefs about what happened in an event, but be factually wrong? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shivaratri Stuff

2009-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
I'm with Kirk; Ben Collins and Puja.Net is simple and sincere. The whole intention is to provide the service (if you agree with the underlying premise of yagyas) at a reasonable cost to support the priests who are trained to do this stuff and to promote these ancient human rituals. I've been

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Name Game (was: new books on Maharishi ???)

2009-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > And, just to end on a light note, may I express > my appreciation for one of our new members' ID > and screen name -- ysoy10li. Being a Stooges > fan, I can appreciate that one. :-) > **end Once you made the Stooges reference, I got it.

[FairfieldLife] Fantastic DNA animation

2009-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Wonderful animation, really advanced my understanding of what DNA is and how it works. 7 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PKjF7OumYo

[FairfieldLife] Nina Simone - I Feel Good

2009-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6xtaa_feeling-good-nina-simone_music or http://tinyurl.com/68ze63 Worthwhile.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Finances

2009-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
This is some great stuff, I love the exuberance and vitality. I'm a big fan of psychedelic art, when it's really reflective of its source; this is wonderful to look at, get into, and enjoy. The bear on standup bass is one of many favorites. Thanks for that. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yah

[FairfieldLife] Oren Lavie - Ner Morning Elegance

2009-02-05 Thread Marek Reavis
A totally delightful video (3min37sec). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY or, http://snipurl.com/bctim

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oren Lavie - Ner Morning Elegance -- (oops), *Her* Morning Elegance

2009-02-05 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > A totally delightful video (3min37sec). > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY > > or, > > http://snipurl.com/bctim >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stairway to Heaven

2009-02-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow! Great app, great find, thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > "Stairway to Heaven," played by the Smule Team > iPhone Ocarina quintet plus guitar: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfrONZjakRY > > From the NY Times's "Circuits" email newsletter > by Davi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Significance of the Global Country of World Peace

2009-02-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Really fine, clear analysis, thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" wrote: > > > > All I am saying is that the TMO is reviving this past world empire in > > the guise of the Global Country, > > There never was a world empire aeons ago. There's no archeological > evi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Afro Cuban tune

2009-02-07 Thread Marek Reavis
What a fine way that would be to spend the afternoon, dancing like that. Group program. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > Delicious... > > Amor Verdadero: http://www.youtube.com/watch? hl=en&v=pVae3vTROq4&gl=US >

[FairfieldLife] A Pretty Great Short Video

2009-02-08 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySrsZuD4w0c (under 5 minutes)

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