--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You certainly don't read very carefully Barry. Maybe that hampster > analogy does fit. > >
lol oy, my belly, lol > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Akasha_108 wrote a lot of stuff -- 322 lines of stuff, in fact, > > about the issue in the subject line. While I appreciate the effort, > > what he/she is talking about strikes me as pure theory, and I really > > can't getit up for an argument about pure theory right now. > > > > IMO, if one is NOT *living* every day, 24/7, at the level at > > which "I am not the doer" is an ever-present reality, then anyone > > who tries to present that view AS reality is merely defending an > > idea, and is possibly somewhat attached to that idea. > > > > Me, that's not my perception of reality. Therefore I cannot pretend > > that "I am not the doer" represents reality. I am open to the > > possibility that it might be, someday. I am also open to the > > possibility that even then it might be nothing more than Just One > > More Passing State Of Attention. > > > > Because I'm basically a pragmatic sorta guy, I have to go with the > > pragmatic approach. My perception is that I have free will; > > therefore it is in my interest and in the interest of dharma for me > > to exercise it. > > > > I think that a lot of people who hold to predeterminism and the "I > > am not the doer" idea as an ideal are possibly just trying to escape > > responsibility for their actions and responsibility for their own > > self discovery. They *want* everything to be run by some outside > > agency (or "internal outside agency"). I tend to label this > > approach to self discovery as the "Beam me up Scotty" theory of > > enlightenment. :-) > > > > I'm not like that; I'm basically an occultist, willing to make my > > own decisions and take responsibility for my own self discovery. I > > like looking at things that way. Other people's mileage may vary, > > and that's cool... > > > > Unc 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/
