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   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Tang Huyen  wrote:   
   > On 9/4/2016 1:11 PM, Kitty P wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Wilson"   
   >   
   >>> Tang Huyen:   
   >   
   >>> salvifically.   
   >   
   >>>> You can't fool me, that's not a real word.   
   >   
   >> Obsolete   
   >   
   > Whether it is a word still in use or never in use,   
   > it should work fine in the context of salvation,   
   > fit right in to it, because no means in general   
   > and no word in particular, singly or altogether,   
   > can point to salvation, the last being beyond   
   > pointing to. Everything mustered for its sake   
   > is going to be provisional and conventional, as   
   > none is adequate, singly or altogether. It is no   
   > more than inchoate babbling in admiration in   
   > front of what is beyond admiration, and in   
   > some circles, reputable or otherwise, it is said   
   > to be just like selling water by the river, or in   
   > English, selling back to you the shirt you wear   
   > on your back. At best, it is intended as fakery   
   > to help you get rid of your own fakery, foolery   
   > to help you get rid of your own foolery, though   
   > it is often sold as helping you return to your   
   > nature, but if it is to help you return to your   
   > nature, why should you go through inane   
   > motions, like meditation, prayer, fasting,   
   > bowing and scraping? Why shouldn't you be   
   > able to get to it instantly, boom, just like that,   
   > if it is your inalienable right? Why should it   
   > not be delivered to you as on a platter, all   
   > ready for consumption? The whole show   
   > must be prestidigitation of the vilest kind.   
   >   
   > It can be argued that awakening is   
   > self-evident, but if it is self-evident, why   
   > does it need so much hard work to get to it?   
   > And right through all that hard work, it is   
   > said that it is nothing that can be gotten.   
   > Holy mackerel, what kind of vicious circle is   
   > this?   
   >   
   > Ah, but if you awaken, all is forgiven and all   
   > is grace. Now that's really rich! Is there any   
   > way to break though all that mindfuck?   
   > What is the redeeming feature of the whole   
   > show? You tell me!   
   >   
   > Tang Huyen   
   >   
      
   Letting yourself get distracted by every little thing.   
      
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