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   Message 109,766 of 111,200   
   noname to Nobody in Particular   
   Re: A timeline   
   16 Sep 16 09:42:59   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Nobody in Particular  wrote:   
   > On 9/15/2016 2:55 AM, noname wrote:   
   >> Nobody in Particular  wrote:   
   >>> On 9/14/2016 12:25 PM, noname wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How come I have to disagree with everything?  It sucks.   
   >>>   
   >>> "have to"???   
   >>> Sez who?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Says the sloppy writer, who might better have written "happen to", or   
   >> better still, kept his fingers shut.   
   >>   
   >> There really isn't any difference between "happen to" and "have to" for the   
   >> "authentic?" individual.   
   >>   
   >> We happen to find ourselves existing in the reality where we exist, and we   
   >> do what is next according to our natures, some asleep and others not.  Some   
   >> people smile and kowtow, some  and go back to what they were   
   >> watching on TV.  Apparently it is my nature to point at what shows itself   
   >> to be false and point to the falsehood in hopes that people will figure it   
   >> out and see the obvious.   
   >   
   > Even if it sucks?   
   >   
      
   I'm easily confused by pronouns, what is the "it" you refer to?  Incorrect   
   information?  Incorrect information always sucks.  Pointing out bullshit?   
   Eh, bullshit-sayer is just a job, not a life.  People cling to their   
   bullshit long enough and all you can do is either shrug and walk away, or   
   slap them with a wet fish; if the fish don't work it's a FWOT to tell them   
   it's bullshit, they're fully vested in their bullshit and you're an   
   annoyance.   
      
   But regarding suckage, awakening is on the far side of liberation from   
   desire.  If the job sucks maybe your desires say do something un-sucky.   
   Liberation from desire is doing the job in front of you, whether it's   
   cleaning the toilet or raking in the cash.  The fact that people want to   
   polish the silver but don't want to clean the toilet is what slavery to   
   desire is about.   
      
   --   
   email: noname.1234567.abcdef@gmail.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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