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   crazyrainbow to All   
   Re: Telepathy   
   12 Oct 16 07:27:13   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: robert_smrdelj@gmx.de   
      
   Am 12.10.2016 um 06:53 schrieb {:-]))):   
   > crazyrainbow wrote:   
   >> Am 11.10.2016 um 15:00 schrieb {:-]))):   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> ...   
   >>   
   >> Maybe when they now start to drop the so "needed" atomic bombs! Maybe   
   >> tehn you'll probably see the need of fixing, but maybe when you survive   
   >> and the tumors start to grow on you, maybe thewn it is to late to fix   
   >> anything! (no need to mention environnmental destruction. if you maybe   
   >> think it doesn't concern me only maybe the next generation, because now   
   >> everything is still(!?) under control, isn't that kind od selfish thinking?)   
   >   
   > When the Sun expands and consumes Earth,   
   > all who remain as surface dwellers shall be consumed.   
   >   
   > The end of Earth as it now is does not bother me.   
   >   
   > Sooner than that, when the next ice age's glaciers crush cities   
   > that many of the Earthlings live in, if climate change did not   
   > slow the pace of the ice, by then it will be too late.   
   >   
   > Climate change does not bother me.   
   >   
   > I do not fear atomic bombs.   
   > I lived thru that era, in the 50s.   
   >   
   > There are millions of things that can be fixed each day.   
   > I fix what needs fixing when I am able. And if I can't,   
   > if it bothers me, then it bothers me.   
   >   
   > I have had cancers removed.   
   > And yet, quite often I'm full of joy and not in fear.   
   >   
   > When I am concerned, I am concerned.   
   >   
   > When I am at the center of a center, I remain   
   > unconcerned and simply respond.   
   >   
   > I used to ride on a see-saw, as a kid.   
   > We had one in the back yard.   
   >   
   > Going up and down is not unusual for me.   
   >   
   > Cycling occurs.   
   > Sometimes on two wheels.   
   > At times with no hands.   
   >   
   > Normally I walk to get around.   
   > Without shoes. As if that makes a difference.   
   >   
      
   Do you consider yourself some kind of (pseudo and selfdeclared)   
   enlightened (selfcentered) "egomaniac", or what should i read out of   
   your selfcentered posting? Because that's what i read out of it: pseudo   
   and selfdeclared enlightened selfcentered egomaniac.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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