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   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   glitch wrote:   
      
   > On 09/06/2010 01:42 PM, Allen Barker wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 09/06/2010 01:35 AM, glitch wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 09/06/2010 01:33 PM, Allen Barker wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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@l20g2000yq   
   .googlegroups.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...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> well it did. it becomes easy after a while. or   
   >>> maybe my brain has just got used to having you in it.   
   >>>   
   >>> ummm what?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Ummm, if you had more peace without the internet, why   
   >> stick with it?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > it's not like i went from the internut web   
   > to a big life of outdoor spontaneous activity   
   > or something.  well i did start travelling   
   > and went overseas which was unlike me, but in   
   > general i simply became even more of a hermit.   
      
   where did you go overseas?  did you come see the big cheeseburger?   
      
   Robert   
      
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