--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > do.rflex wrote: > > > > Fascinating... and grim to consider. 'Alien' was superb. > > > > To me, the only *real* refuge any more is the Divinity within. I used > > to expect that active Divinity to somehow show up externally, > > collectively, in the lives and social constructs of the people in this > > world. > > > > I recall reading something by Kurt Vonnegut where he kind of said the > > same thing - that earlier in his life he had expected somehow that the > > world would turn around - and that he had come to realize that it > > never will - and that the same old crap that has gone on for eons will > > still be going on for eons to come in this world, like a never-ending > > soap opera - far after he had died. And the only thing he could do > > meanwhile was to be 'nice' to others. > And some of us like to make trouble for the "establishment." :) >
There are indeed fun ways to do it.