Edg, i am sure you have a job waiting for you on The Food Channel. i've never seen someone so thoroughly skewer and roast a Turqy before...
--- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often > > difficult for me to "get" the levels of paranoia and > > fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether > > in the media or on forums like this one. > > Glittering generality R Barry. All Americans are besmirched by his > broad brush. He's THE scholar of such things, has read just about > everything any American has ever written donchaknow, and take it from > Mr. Expert: you can be assured that Americans can be easily ignored in > general -- except the one American in Sitges of course. > > Miss not that his nano-heart shows not the least compassion for those > who might actually have been so challenged by major stresses that > anyone, not just an American, would be facing some degree of PTSD. If > he would only show some compassion, maybe he'd get some compassion from > others pertaining to his knee jerk cruelty towards anyone he considers > is burdening the world by being in it with some sort of defect. > > Note that Laptop Barry I'mWright, "The World's Most Excellent Outdoor > Employee," feels that he's BEING VICTIMIZED by the world's walking > wounded, and, yeah, he's ready to clomp, stomp and call it a romp on > their asses if they but whimper a quiet sigh. > > Shove a big hairy spider down some five year old's tee shirt and see if > the kid will ever come near a spider again for an entire lifetime, but > you can be sure that Turqy the Odious Clod will be there to blame the > adult person for not having the wherewithal to escape the hold that such > a fear can have. He can be found ready to make fun of the person for > their truly believing that one must run from spiders. > > Just so, anyone on Earth is almost certain to have experiences that > would bring most humans to their emotional knees, and few have the > psychological tools to address the situation well enough to heal such > that no scars remain to skew their personalities. Over a lifetime, such > scarring mounts and tipping points are as if everywhere underfoot > waiting for a misstep that triggers their fullest expression. > > To her dying day, my mother was afraid of worms, snakes, caterpillars, > etc. Jump back ten feet afraid. Scream and run afraid. My mother was > legally blind but could see a little vague shapes, etc, -- and > every coiled rope was, indeed, a snake. My family just loved her for > this, accepted it, and, yeah, as kids, we'd pull her chain by pretending > to have a worm in our hands when we were too far away for her to know > for sure or not if we had one. She'd start screaming at us not to come > any closer and get very anxious. She thought it was funny too, but of > course, we teased her at our own risks, cuz if you did this trick, Mom > got mad FIRST before she laughed. > > But Barry Write-off would have us making fun of her. Why not, eh? He > makes fun of every sort of psychological difficulty of every poster here > -- how dare they post and present their broken minds here. > > > Having pursued a spiritual path for over 40 years, it > > is even more difficult for me to "get" similar levels > > of paranoia and fear when expressed by spiritual seekers > > who have been on similar paths for as long as I have. > > Oh he's got a closet full of tee shirts. Man are we lucky he deigns to > post for our enlightenment. How humble he is to note that he too has a > psychological dent -- he cannot "get" the paranoia and fears of others. > He admits to an inadequacy -- what a hero. > > > > I mean, there are people on this forum -- 30- and 40-year > > meditators who seem to believe that any man sitting at > > a cafe or bar is a "predator" secretly there to stalk > > poor defenseless women. > > I don't think the laptoppers are predators if they're targeting ladies > of their own age bracket, but yeah, a goodly percentage of these guys > are scouting for babes. Why not? I find no problem with it. But > can't we admit that this is going on at least? > > > There are people on this forum > > who seem to believe that people who express different > > opinions than their own are doing so with malicious > > intent...intent to *harm* them. And they react as if > > they *have* been harmed, by nothing more than someone > > expressing an *idea* that they don't like, or that is > > different than theirs. > > Barry wants us to believe that he is so mentally strong that he will not > be found to rail about the effects of words on his emotions? As if, eh? > All one has to do is post anything negative about Barry, and those words > will trigger him bigtime with a bristling negativity and he'll launch > his psychic nukes. > > > I find myself wondering two things. First, what the hell > > *happened* to these paranoid, fearful people to make > > them think this way and live their lives this way? > > See? He is saying that anyone with paranoia or fear must have had > something happen to them that he personally cannot imagine. Do we need > anything more from Barry to indicate that he has such a shut down heart > that even his otherwise-fully-operating imagination cannot come up with > the faintest grasp of how travail can becloud a mind? No wonder he's > okay with older men getting lucky -- he cannot imagine any damage > resulting. Again, if he had the least compassion for others, we'd be > more able to feel sorry for his own blindness, but nah, he simply > doesn't deserve it. Still, we have to be thankful that Barry gives us > the hardest challenge of all -- to forgive someone who cannot forgive. > We can use him for practicing our own compassion, but, icky, eh? > > Second, > > what must it be like *to* live like this, thinking that > > people around you are actively seeking to do you harm? > > Barry, just look in a mirror -- you think Judy is actively seeking to do > you harm. > > > It makes no sense to me, even though I have seen it in > > many different spiritual organizations over the years. > > Another tee shirt moment with Barry......sigh, he's our idol. > > > In some, there was a calculated cultist appeal to the > > "them vs. us" mentality, and that cannot help but foster > > both elitism and paranoia. > > He was involved with cults for decades, but oh, he's the expert now, and > if you are still in some sort of cult, well, you don't get to waste your > life like that -- not with Barry The Wonder Dud here to save us -- the > Wright Knight! > > But I've sometimes seen this > > in people who are *not* heavily involved in organizations > > I would describe as cults, or not involved deeply. For > > example, look at the ongoing fascination on this forum > > with "doomsday scenarios" and "conspiracy theories." > > What *is* that if not an expression of fear or paranoia? > > And yet it appears in people who are not part of any > > organized group that one would characterize as a cult. > > Ah, such humility. Here we see Barry working on his latest tee shirt. > Will he finally be able to arrive at clarity? Stay tuned. > > > On this forum we sometimes see the *effects* of having > > lived in a state of fear and paranoia like this for years. > > Barry the super-psychologist spewing clarity like Spring's flowers. He > knows from even a few posts that certain posters are easily written off > and not the deserving compassion. > > > The people who think like this tend to stand out. But > > what *made* them like this, when it didn't make others > > -- who have shared the same spiritual path that they > > have, and for just as long -- paranoid and fearful the > > way they are? > > Since others had the blessing at birth of having good genetics that > enabled them to rein their fears, those who were not so favored by the > luck of the draw from the gene pool must be ridiculed for their > inadequacies. > > > > > The Rama fellow I studied with had a theory about this, > > one that I'm not sure is correct, but which I will pass > > along. > > Barry mind is so cool that he can give us "possible truth" from someone > who committed suicide and make it seem like an answer to life's > stresses. > > His theory was based on "predilections." Some of > > us are inspired by -- and inspire ourselves by focusing > > on -- things that are positive and that generate positive > > emotions. For example, we might inspire ourselves to > > study a subject harder because we can envision the good > > we can do once we learn enough to teach or practice what > > we're studying. I would term that "positive imaging." > > > > But other spiritual seekers really don't think like this. > > Imagining a positive outcome does *not* serve to inspire > > them. Instead, they keep on keepin' on by imagining and > > focusing on the worst that could happen to them if they > > *don't* keep on keepin' on. Examples of this might include > > people who are literally *afraid* to stop meditating reg- > > ularly out of fear of "the Bad Things that will happen > > to them if they do." It includes people who seem to thrive > > more on guilt and fear -- for example someone who "toes > > the line" and "follows the rules" because again they keep > > imagining the Bad Things that will happen to them if > > they don't. I would tend to term this "negative imaging." > > Jung, step aside, Barry has spoken. Negative imagining is a sin -- not > a psychological challenge that needs addressing. > > > > > My suspicion is that people who fall into the latter > > category might be more likely to become the kinds of > > people who view the world around them as constantly > > threatening, and themselves as constant victims or > > potential victims. What you focus on you become, and > > all that. Imagine yourself a victim, and voila...you are. > > So, yeah, let's all get it that if someone thinks they're a victim, we > should victimize them for being so pathetic and in public no less. > Let's all be certain that only the rarest of circumstances could make > someone unbalanced. For instance, Barry himself is seeming afraid to > live in America because of the kinds of minds there....spidery minds, ya > see? Can't wait for Barry's autobiography, so that we can finally > understand how it came to be that Barry was the one expat ever in > history that had such clarity about his decision that no one could say > he was running in fear, but that he'd made a logical and life supporting > decision -- not a panic driven escape at any cost even if it means > tossing all your upbringing and disavowing fifty years of > identifications. I'm giddy with anticipation. > > > All I can say is that there is simply no question about > > which type of person -- which predilection -- I'd rather > > be around. Give me the person who views the world around > > them without fear every time. > > Shun the negativists! Be sure that they are not merely struggling with > tipping point triggers and are, instead, sickos doing their fear-thing > on purpose. And, hey, it takes a thorn to remove a thorn, so nobody > better chide Barry for being negative and fearful when it comes to > negative and fearful people. Barry has the Wright stuff: run from > folks who have been battered. > > Here's the real question: What happened to Barry? Once he was a > giggling little pink thing in someone's arms and now he's a gagging dink > thing up in arms. > > Oh, I'll use Barry for exploring the limits of my compassion on another > day. Think I'll use the 30,000 kids who will die today as my object of > consciousness to practice compassion instead. But, don't tell Barry, > he'll just use that as an example of my wallowing in paranoia and fear > and wanting to indulge in negativity instead of, you know, struggling to > bear and attempt to meet the horrors of the world with clarity. > > > > Edg >
