XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: allendotelldotbarker@gmail.com   
      
   On 09/06/2010 12:56 AM, glitch wrote:   
   > On 09/06/2010 10:22 AM, halfawake wrote:   
   >> glitch wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 09/05/2010 04:38 AM, ՀͼℵψᏫℜത wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sep 4, 10:37 am, glitch wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 09/04/2010 10:33 PM, Jigme Dorje wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Sep 4, 7:54 am, "absentia obscuria" wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "???????" wrote in message   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> news:b9bbfb40-6c7f-4943-970f-73470370059a@l20g2000yqe.go   
   glegroups.com...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Sep 4, 3:05 am, Catawumpus wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> zenworm:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> today Halfawakes' sword is very sharp leaving no room to wriggle   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> He impaled himself?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> -- Catawumpus   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Welcome back.   
   >>>>>>> Did you bring your microscope?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> ^~`````````````````````````````   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> it's attached lens to lens   
   >>>>>>> to his telescope. what a   
   >>>>>>> view!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> It brings to mind Mister Mxyzptlk, a trickster, in the classical   
   >>>>>> mythological sense, who appears at the mention of his name. If he is   
   >>>>>> tricked into saying his name backwards, he will return to the 5th   
   >>>>>> dimension. Likewise, in the world of usenet, simply not acknowledging   
   >>>>>> or engaging his ego causes it to look elsewhere for fulfillment.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Such an entity cannot listen to others or carry on meaningful   
   >>>>>> communication with them. It can only feed its false sense of identity   
   >>>>>> by creating a sense of specialness, separation and superiority in   
   >>>>>> comparison to others. For such an entity to exist, others must be   
   >>>>>> "wrong" and "stupid" or otherwise inferior. It exists in a reactive   
   >>>>>> state, completely dependent on the world of form.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> For this god is a jealous god that can bridge no other gods before it;   
   >>>>>> that is how precarious its illusory existence is. What it requires to   
   >>>>>> survive is for the possessed person to be lost in thought, and to be   
   >>>>>> thereby rendered incapable of severing its complete identification   
   >>>>>> with it and thereby dwell in the stillness that is its very source.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> But it is a paper tiger because, while dysfunctional. it is illusory.   
   >>>>>> A simple shift in perspective from subject-object conscious voice in   
   >>>>>> the head to the observer of this trickster is sufficient to send it   
   >>>>>> back into the 5th dimension (which, fittingly enough, is an abstract   
   >>>>>> thought construct). You can't fight fire with gasoline. You can only   
   >>>>>> starve it by no longer feeding it with fuel.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> what's my name bitch.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "twitchy"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ^~   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> i get that way around lots of words.   
   >>   
   >> because you're such the quiet type.   
   >>   
   >> Robert   
   >>   
   >> = = = =   
   >   
   > i am. it took me a long time to adjust to the internet again. it truly spins   
   my mind compared to the   
   > peace i had without it. it takes will.   
      
   Ummm...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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