--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > Good post which I don't really have time to reply properly > > > to, but I would say that your point that new-agers are "gullible > > > and trusting" and have let go of their critical faculties applies > > > when they are talking about such things as astrology, psychics, > > > healers and saints. I don't think it extends to the political > > > world where new-agers (at least the ones I know) > > > > That seems to imply a conscious choice "I'll be gullible about > > astrology, but I will be really skeptical when it comes to > > politics". > > Not at all. What New Agers are skeptical about > is what they can see in front of their noses; > what they're gullible about is what we don't or > cannot know. >
Not at all. :) The point is that the facade of some nicely packaged political or social solutions, is not obvious, its not something most do or can know up front. Pretty packaging for TMO initiatives, Pretty packaging for political platforms, pretty packaging of astrology. "Theya are ALL so pretty!" It all sounds nice. And all are, or can be absorbed, and accepted gullibly -- for those who have high(er) degrees of the 4-5 tendencies that I enumerated. As I said, i think the gullible are the last to know they are gullible. They cannot turn it on or off. IMO, the point is well demonstrated here when you read some wide-eyed laudations of this or that candidate. Some such drip with gullibility, IMO. For some, the gullies, I don't see rigorous analysis or natural skepticism getting cranked up when political ideas and platforms are put under their nose. YMMV. "Gullies" is an interesting descriptor. Gullies get really inspired by "Seagull" stories -- and are prone to pledge substantial sums "for a permanent residence for our king here in FF" based on such stories. Only to go, a few months later, "Gee whiz, they pulled the wool over our eyes AGAIN. Oh well, I am sure they won't do THAT again. La de Da! Life is Bliss". And then in the next breath go on to talk about their favorite political candidate and how the candidate is so in tune wit the laws of nature and has SUCH a good Jyotish chart -- they are sure to be the next president. For such gullies, I simply don't see rigorous analysis or natural skepticism getting cranked up when political ideas and platforms are put under their nose.
