XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen
XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy
From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com
glitch wrote:
> On 09/06/2010 01:58 PM, glitch wrote:
>
>> On 09/06/2010 01:57 PM, Allen Barker wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/06/2010 01:45 AM, 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@l20g200
yqe.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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you trying to approach the internet differently,
>>> at least, since you said that you had more peace
>>> without it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> that's the idea ya. i have to contact
>> the world you know. it's not just the
>> internet i was avoiding, so it helps.
>
>
> i felt like a quiet old person who
> was overwhelmed by all the shit. but
> luckily i'm not a quiet old person.
> actually my brain is half digital.
what's the other half?
Robert
= = = =
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