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   {:-]))) to noname   
   Re: Telepathy   
   11 Oct 16 21:39:54   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   noname wrote:   
   > {:-]))) wrote:   
   >> noname wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The world does need fixin.  Why does the world need fixin if it's perfect?   
   >>> It's continually generated by a perfect machine.  Its operators don't know   
   >>> how to run the thing so they've brought it around to where its product,   
   >>> called the world, needs fixin.  How do you fix that?  Show folks how to   
   >>> work the machine so their fingers don't get cut off and the present is   
   >>> better than the past, for a start.   
   >>   
   >> Sounds kinda like the living Master pickle jar in a way.   
   >>   
   >> As for me, personally, when I see what needs fixin   
   >> and I can fix what my needs tell me it needs, I fix it.   
   >>   
   >> A living Master once told me, when I asked him   
   >> about something he said he needed, if he needed it,   
   >> or if he wanted it, he said he needed it cuz he wanted it.   
   >   
   >What makes you think this guy was a living Master?   
      
   He has his shit together.   
      
   > Sounds pretty clueless to me.   
      
   That does not surprise me.   
      
   How do you know a living Master when you meet one?   
      
   Kinda sounds like a set-up for a joke, eh?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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