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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:08:37 GMT -5
"second hand quote" LoL Is that anything like second hand smoke?   It may be a quote that gets all twisted and shouted from being out in the hot sun, but I'm not sure.  tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:11:09 GMT -5
It may be a quote that gets all twisted and shouted from being out in the hot sun, but I'm not sure. tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol The smoking man is me. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:26:26 GMT -5
tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol The smoking man is me. I don't think so max. cig men always struck me as the peeps who are 100% certain about their positions. yet curiously, I think 99.999% certain is fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:29:48 GMT -5
I don't think so max. cig men always struck me as the peeps who are 100% certain about their positions. yet curiously, I think 99.999% certain is fine. Uncertainty is also a position. Don't mind me, I know I'm off point here. It's just something that popped in the teeny noggin recently. Who is the smoking man? That question is more interesting to me than what to do with him. |
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 15:36:02 GMT -5
It may be a quote that gets all twisted and shouted from being out in the hot sun, but I'm not sure. tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol and you tied the koan into the current discussion ... nicely done birdman ... |
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 15:37:54 GMT -5
I don't think so max. cig men always struck me as the peeps who are 100% certain about their positions. yet curiously, I think 99.999% certain is fine. Uncertainty is also a position. Don't mind me, I know I'm off point here. It's just something that popped in the teeny noggin recently. Who is the smoking man? That question is more interesting to me than what to do with him.  we could talk and mentate about that all day long ... what do we do with koans instead? ... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 15:44:21 GMT -5
I don't think so max. cig men always struck me as the peeps who are 100% certain about their positions. yet curiously, I think 99.999% certain is fine. Uncertainty is also a position. Don't mind me, I know I'm off point here. It's just something that popped in the teeny noggin recently. Who is the smoking man? That question is more interesting to me than what to do with him. don't mind me either. ;-) I don't know, but it seems like with there being at least some slight gap of uncertainty, that one has the possibility to step away from an erroneous position, whereas absolute certainty would stop one dead in their tracks. I'm not a name dropper, but perhaps silver has a list. hehe |
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Post by silence on Aug 20, 2013 17:18:01 GMT -5
YES, I often ask myself if I simply have a need to look for babies, to see good in everyone. And maybe that is true. All I can say is that I've always been this way and it doesn't seem like that is ever going to change, not at my age. It is possible that's just how I am "wired." I dunno. The reason it is "about you" is simply because you gave me the opportunity -- a post of mine prompted a post from you, in which you assassinated Reef's character by calling him a malignant bastard. And all I had done was post a link to a thread in which Reefs was posting Adya quotes. My intention isn't even to defend Reefs -- though I do have a pang for including him in the first place. The reason I included him was because I was thinking about how I never pursued nondual teachers, they found me instead, as if I have been led. And yesterday that happened again, I followed that Burt the Bunny link, found the RH forum, started reading through the threads, and discovered Adya for the very first time, in a thread started by Reefs. I can assure you, I'm not going to swallow bs at my age, either. And the very idea that what reefs is doing here on a daily basis has any merit is bs. Do you see him applying ANY of these thousands of quotes, from Ramana- to Niz- to Adya he's posted? Here? Show me an example. Just one. I'll save you the time. There isn't one here. Not one example. Will you just get up the courage to ask Reefs on a date already? |
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Post by silence on Aug 20, 2013 17:19:06 GMT -5
Greetings.. YES, I often ask myself if I simply have a need to look for babies, to see good in everyone. And maybe that is true. All I can say is that I've always been this way and it doesn't seem like that is ever going to change, not at my age. It is possible that's just how I am "wired." I dunno. The reason it is "about you" is simply because you gave me the opportunity -- a post of mine prompted a post from you, in which you assassinated Reef's character by calling him a malignant bastard. And all I had done was post a link to a thread in which Reefs was posting Adya quotes. My intention isn't even to defend Reefs -- though I do have a pang for including him in the first place. The reason I included him was because I was thinking about how I never pursued nondual teachers, they found me instead, as if I have been led. And yesterday that happened again, I followed that Burt the Bunny link, found the RH forum, started reading through the threads, and discovered Adya for the very first time, in a thread started by Reefs. It is amazing what can be seen when we're not looking 'for something'.. when we're looking for something, we tend to overlook other things, and.. in the case of 'good', that is an arbitrary value that changes with the differences in people's values.. Be well.. You are truly fascinating. |
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Post by topology on Aug 20, 2013 17:31:32 GMT -5
I can assure you, I'm not going to swallow bs at my age, either. And the very idea that what reefs is doing here on a daily basis has any merit is bs. Do you see him applying ANY of these thousands of quotes, from Ramana- to Niz- to Adya he's posted? Here? Show me an example. Just one. I'll save you the time. There isn't one here. Not one example. Will you just get up the courage to ask Reefs on a date already? I support this action. |
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Post by ???????? ???????????? on Aug 20, 2013 18:23:15 GMT -5
tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol The smoking man is me. Fúck off. I do two packs a day. What about you? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 18:29:59 GMT -5
Fúck off. I do two packs a day. What about you? Who cares how much you smoke the real smoking man was on the X-Files... |
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Post by enigma on Aug 20, 2013 20:21:08 GMT -5
It may be a quote that gets all twisted and shouted from being out in the hot sun, but I'm not sure. tsk tsk .. you missed my oblique reference to a koan we get to observe in real time daily. lol You mean the cigarette man?? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 20:55:11 GMT -5
Will you just get up the courage to ask Reefs on a date already? Another one of your delusions of adequacy? |
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Post by Reefs on Aug 20, 2013 21:45:45 GMT -5
Ironically, I had just been thinking about suggesting a disparagement thread. I was going to title it "The Foodfight Thread," and suggest that anyone who has a beef with someone's understanding, postings, level of attainment, clarity, motivation, etc. could go there and sling food (mud) to their heart's content. If we had such a thread, then some of us could ignore that thread completely, and enjoy following a single line of investigation, commentary, etc. without having to wade through endless personal attacks. One of the reasons I was happy to see an unmoderated thread show up was for the value of winnowing out a lot of posts that I knew wouldn't interest me. A foodfight thread would be fantastic if everyone would agree to it. Of course, I realize that there might have to be a separate "Foodfight with Enigma" thread because he attracts such vitriolic antipathy. Ha ha. If everyone could agree on such a thread, then the moderator, poor guy, would have the task of transferring any personal attacks that showed up in all of the other threads. Seriously, as it is now, I sometimes have to wade through endless pages of boring back-and-forth bickering while searching for a post I saw (but didn't have time to respond to) that deserves a serious response. This is certainly something that I would vote for if enough forum members expressed an interest in it. I like the idea but the moderation would be heavy, methinks. It'd be a constant task. If there's someone that wants to sign up for that work, I'd endorse them. It should be someone who is 24/7 on the forum. So I can only think of Top and Silver. Silver, however, would have to move most of her own posts then so I guess Top is the only choice at the moment. |
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we could talk and mentate about that all day long ... what do we do with koans instead? ...
