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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Some clarifications from a thread on alt.buddha.short.fat.guy :   
      
   I said avatar type, not avatar. I don’t believe that those who   
   have been called avatars actually were.   
      
   So I guess I retract my claim to being the latest incarnation of Kamadeva.   
   (However I still claim to have matchmaking ability.)   
      
   See the Glossary on my mystic page for my definition of ootw.   
      
   OK, I will repeat it here:   
      
   ootw=Opener of the Way, and for humans an ootw is one who has undergone a   
   sun stare, thorn hill climb, and blue rose vision, while for cetaceans it is   
   probably still a sun stare and analogies to the thorn hill climb and blue   
   rose vision. I previously called an ootw an avatar type. An ootw is capable   
   of soul-aligning with any other someone given permission of the other   
   someone, which I relate to stories of Krishna making himself big or small. I   
   also call an ootw a primary ootw.   
      
   I also used to call an avatar type one similar to some who have been   
   called avatars, as well as many who have not (e.g. Moses and Jacob).   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;   
   And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)