I log off for the evening, having written a little something about righteous anger as a drug, and as an addiction, and what do I find when I check FFL in the morning?
92 new posts, only 5 or 6 of which are *not* some form of people getting carried away behind (and getting off on) righteous anger. My congratulations to the 2 or 3 people who resisted the invitation to wallow in righteous anger about Nazis or TM blissnazis or the person they like to hate most on FFL or similar subjects, and found something positive to focus on. You're the only ones here in my estimation who aren't settling for the cheap high of baser emotions like righteous anger and mistaking that rush for a spiritual high. I've got to admit, as much as I poked fun along with Curtis at Cliff Rees' assessment of Fairfield Life, he was onto something. Over here, the sun is out, birds are singing, and my meditation this morning was clear and thoughtless. I have a wonderful day to look forward to, one that I will try not to pollute by reading this particular "spiritual" chat group. Just as a tip, the harder it is to tear yourself away from a rant, the more that rant -- and the state of attention it represents -- has you in its grasp, and the more you are a slave to that state of attention. My challenge? Just TRY to write something purely positive, without one word or sentence in it that puts down someone else or some philosophy or some idea. See if you can do it. I'm willing to bet real cash money that many of you cannot. Rick can. Ron can. Marek can and even Curtis can. But the people who obviously consider themselves superior to these folks can't. Try it. The harder it is for you, the more lost you have become in low mindstates and base emotions. Angela, we *get* it that you have a tendency to see everything in life filtered through your experiences growing up in Nazi Germany. But *can* you write about anything else? Something positive? I'm not convinced you can. Bronte, same challenge. Try to post something that isn't putting down some idea or some person who espouses that idea. Off, I can't even *remember* a post of yours that wasn't criticizing someone else. It's not even worth mentioning Edg and Judy; they are both one-trick-ponies when it comes to the subject matter of their posts. If they didn't have something to bitch about, they wouldn't have anything to say. Even Jim, who often *does* post postive things here, got sucked into this stuff. Try it. Try writing one post that doesn't rag on *anyone* or *anything*. See if you can do it. I am not convinced you still can.