Vaj wrote:
>
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:
>
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I may be misjudging this, but I'm sensing a "I'm taking my
>> > football and going home" reaction in Rory's and Jim's desire
>> > to drop out because they were shut down for a week. Not that
>> > it's their football, but somehow they seem miffed. As if they
>> > were asked to take a timeout from the game and their response
>> > was, "I'm quitting altogether. I didn't want to play this game
>> > anyway."
>>
>> I didn't see it that way. What I got from their posts is that taking a
>> break let them reflect and see how futile it is for them to argue with
>> those who haven't "died" in the dark night and had their perspective
>> flipped inside out. My guess is that they're looking at the status quo
>> knee-jerk reactions to today's posts and thinking they made the right
>> choice in bowing out.
>
> Dying in the dark night? Samadhi is death, and I'm sure more than a
> few here have experienced this, but not everyone has long, drawn out
> "dark nights".
And there's nothing more boring on this list than speculations about
enlightenment. :D
