--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > And you are mindreading again. > > > See what great results and powers TM brings! > > > > > >It turns out you are making the same move many Christian moderates make > >which is actually more interesting to me. I understand Sam Harris's > >concerns much better concerning people who take make a show of being > >rational while holding a class of beliefs safe from scrutiny. Especially > >when it is this sub-class of beliefs that is actually driving much of a > >person's behavior as they do in your case. > > That's quite a useful point, IMO. However, devils advocate (I am on retainer) > -- must every area of our life be held to rigorous scrutiny?
No. < You like blues and indian griddle cakes (no derision, I just can't recall the name). Does one need to scutinize that more than "I really like them"? > This is a different class of personal preferences than the beliefs Judy and I were discussing. > > Very little of our life is subject to rigorous scientific studies, etc. Or > even systematic rational analysis. I agree with the first but not the second. There is nothing irrational about me like a certain form of music. If I claim it would cure your cancer if you listen to it, then it enters the realm of WTF? < If one analyzed everything, one would be in analysis paralysis. > False alternative. The slippery slope fallacy. I'm not advocating that. <Sometimes ya just gotta lay back and enjoy.> Sure and some time you have to sit up straight and enjoy. There are a lot of possible positions. <The other day I wrote about non-proximeous darshan. Will that hold up under harsh rational and scientific scrutiny? Probably not -- without expending huge effort. > I think it might be a project enough to define what you mean by those terms. > > Can I just enjoy the effect without knowing or caring if its actual contact > and response -- or all inner ritam darshan. I don't care much, either way. > Its enjoyable, humbling, and perspective giving -- regardless of the > underlying mechanics. I'm not sure what you are claiming here. < Me, I don't care much how car runs. Could be black magic or greek gods pushing it -- for all I care. It works.> My car has been F'ing up lately so I'm in the world of caring to avoid high repair bills. Enjoy your bliss while you can. < Good enough for me in 97% of my life. I rationally focus on the other 3%.> I don't know if my proportion is the same or different honestly. Whatever I have going is working for me, glad to hear you reporting the same! >
