--- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Llundrub" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Somtimes though, people simple don't read > whats > > > on the page. They > > > > hear what their innards think the person must > be > > > saying, based on some > > > > stereotype, or simplistic representation, the > > > person has been tagged > > > > with by the reader's mental and emotional > worlds. > > > > > > > > > > > > btw, welcome back vashti. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----Yeah, like how Ron merely read half of my > post > > > and then decided > > > to comment upon it. > > > > > > Ron ? > > > > You arrogant, self-centerd basta.....wait, I'm > sorry > > akasha, that's me I'm talking about! > > -Me > > > Ah, Brother Peter, your comments are indeed > insightful and wise. > > As I read it, you are commenting on the question and > paradox of > projection -- or projecting ones inner models and > biases onto the > words or motivations of another. Your comment, while > appropriately > making fun of my prior comments about your words (it > was your words > and style that I found arrogant, not you (were my > words clear on that, > hmm, if not I should, as always, strive to write > more clearly)) point > to an important question: what is NOT projection? > > It can be a hallway of infinite mirrors: did I see > arrogance in your > words because that is what I am, and can not help > but see that in > others? Is your humerous response because you see > some shortcoming in > me that is really a projection of your own > shortcomings? > > I own up to having arrogance within me, and any > number of other less > than virtuous qualities. Does that mean that i see > arrogance > everywhere and in everything? No, because that is > not the case. > > So the reverse side of the big question is: when is > an observation > projection and when is it insight? > > These questions recognize that all have filters, > even lasyavidya in > liberation provides certain filters that correspond > to personal > preference, ways of categorizing the world, people, > etc. > > My current take on this (perhaps stemming from > innate qualites that I > am projecting) is that all observations are not > necessarily > projections -- but most observations are subject to > subtle and even > quite blatant projections -- distortions built into > our own > interpretative filters. > > The intellect, daily sharpened, has a role in > looking hard at what is, > and unfiltering the internal filters, helping to lay > them aside. > > Thats why I mentioned the observation that people > often / sometimes > don't even read the words that are on the page. > Their filters kick in, > perhaps in a pitta moment, and all becomes a cloud > of dust, with light > now difussed and distorted in myriad of ways as it > tries to pass > thru, but instead is reflected off, the dust. > > Sometimes there is so much dust strewn about that > even a calm reminder > to "just look at the words" raises even more dust. > I have noticed > recently, and numerous times in the past, that a > simple request to > simply try to map the words in question to ones > reaction is met with > hostility and rebuke-- and humerously enough, no > actual attempt at > such mapping. > > Maya is the most subtle, and blatant of these > filters -- and refined > intellect has a role, not THE (exclusive) role in > extracting the real > from the unreal, the complete from the uncomplete. > > --- from the dustbin, Akasha Hmmm. Let's have some tasty gulab jamin and look at the ocean. > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
