Nice post, nice intent. Thanks for the breath of fresh air, and of reality, Rick. My condolences to Margi Gunn and my hearty bon voyage to Dick, neither of whom seem to need either my condolences or my wishes for their continued well-beling. They both seem to be doing fine.
But some of the other posters on FFL? Man, I'm starting to worry. I mean, this is theoretically supposed to be a forum for 20-to-40-year meditation practitioners, people who should, to hear them talk about their respective spiritual "resumes," have learned a little something along the Way, and have a little something to offer to others, who might just be starting out along their own Way. And what do we have instead? The Out-Of-Control Ego Wrestling Hour. Tonight's matches, beamed to you directly from the famous Hot Ghee Wrestling Pits in Fairfield, Iowa, will feature some of the sport's biggest egos, in a smack-down championship match to determine whose is biggest. In Ghee Pit #1, we've got the TM Ego Team, vs... well...vs. just about every other forum of spirit- ual practice on the planet. In one of the other semifinal matches, in Pit #2, we've got the I'm- More-Moral-Than-You-Are-And-If-You-Don't-Agree- I'll-Lynch-Your-Immoral-Ass Team, up against...well, anyone who feels that they have the right to determine their own approach to morality. In Pit #3 we've got the match between the potential authors. In one corner is the noted author of "I'm OK and You're Not," the supposed future bestseller about everything that's wrong with the world of spiritual practice, with no distracting suggestions for what could be more right. She's up against the author of "Secret Knowledge Imparted to Me By All of the Famous People In History Who Were Lucky Enough To Meet Me," in which the author tells us the inside scoop on Nazi Germany, 9/11, the building of the pyramids, Noah's Ark, and other events she witnessed first-hand. *That* should be a crowd-pleaser. The fourth semifinal match, in Ghee Pit #4, is between the God Freaks and the Atheists. This one will draw a big crowd, because all of the God Freak fans are terrified that the Atheists might win, and then they'd have to come up with an explanation for why God would allow such a travesty to happen. The winners of each of the semifinal matches will face each other in followup matches over the next week, to determine once and for all which team has The Biggest Ego Of All. Meanwhile, Rick will continue to post a few *real* posts like Margi's, trying to remind people what they *could* be doing instead of Ego Wrestling. Marek and Hugo will continue to post intelligent, well-thought-out stuff, and no one will notice. And a few people will actually, from time to time, post something spiritual. The sponsors apologize in advance for these dis- tractions. We're doing our best to eliminate them, and to bring you only the top-flight Ego Wrestling that you came here to see. With any luck Mister Morality will win the overall championship, and he'll organize a lynching and we can get rid of these wusses once and for all and then Fairfield Life will be All Ego Wrestling, All The Time, the way the audiences seem to want it to be. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Rick et al, > > My husband and life partner died suddenly three weeks > ago. I could feel his bliss at being free while I was > doing chest compressions, wondering if I shuld bring > him back or just let him go into the wonderfulness he > was experiencing and sharing with me. Nature took care > of things for him. > > I just want to say that life can end in the blink of > an eye, and we shouldn't waste out time playing > one-upsmanship verbal games and insulting each other > frequently the way so many people seem to do on > Fairfield Life. Life in the relative world is > difficult enough without having so called friends > putting us down. There are so many better uses of our > time, for service to others, for personal silence or > contemplation, for meditation and program, for > enjoying the beauty of the Creator's work. We can > unstress or dump our bad feelings by pounding the > couch instead of verbally or electronically pounding > each other. > > I find that my time is better spent doing other things > right now. > > Rick, thank you for your condolences and please post > this note if possible. > > Thanks. Love, Margi Gunn
