Ben, I admire that you have hung on here in this forum after all the slings and arrows you have taken. But I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned people being more "advanced" on this forum. Most of us have been deeply immersed in very authentic spiritual pursuits for decades. Most are not flaky, new-age dilettantes. So we are not easily impressed by your metaphysical forays. It has been thought about before. Your writing is not bad, it just is a little too speculative for this audience.
--- Ben Gilberti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look, I don't mind you guys having a good laugh at > my stupidity, > boorishness, arrogance, or god knows what other > flaws that somehow are > all coming into lurid evidence in this particular > forum for some reason. > But I've been posting things on internet forums for > over 15 years now > and I guess all these other forums have been > humoring me into the > self-flattering illusion that they actually enjoy > the stuff I post. > > I don't know. I'm guessing that I'm really not as > offensive or annoying > as you're pretenting I am. I mean I'm not hateful > or mean or vicious or > critical or insulting or covert. > > I work up these little essays, it's a hobby of > sorts, I've been doing it > for many years. Sometimes they bomb, but often > people enjoy them. On > occasion they start discussions, but not always. I > don't know, it can't > be all that awful because folks rarely complain. I > sometimes get > nuked, but most often it seems to be a pleasant > experience all around. > > Right now in fact I have another short essay I > finished and already > started to post in places. But I'm hesistant to > post it here because it > seems you're going to roll your eyes even before > reading it. > > Maybe you're all unusually advanced in comparison to > most, where most > others find new ideas in my stuff where perhaps it > would be virtually > impossible for me to come up with anything you've > long thought about and > are already long sick of. > > I'm obviously babbling and have no point to make or > argument to sell. > But I always figure when relations are awkward any > expression is better > than stone silence. I'm stopping simply because I > don't know where else > to go with this or what else to say. I'm not upset > or hurt or junk like > that. I'm just flailing wildly on the notion maybe > I'll discover > something that will enable a more fortunate > presence. > > And I've signed everything Much Love for 15 years. > Too gooey? > > Fine. > > -- Ben > > That better? > > > > Ma > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:12 PM, feste37 wrote: > > > > > Ben's style is to admit to his errors and then > make the same ones > all > > > over again in his next post. > > > > Maybe next time around we'll get the Cliff's Notes > version. When I > > read posts like that, I really start to feel like > I must have ADD. > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
