Damn, I'm good.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Tart, *not* wishing to argue with you or diminish what you say in any > way, just presenting a Deva's Advocate position the same way Curtis > might, do you notice that the "personalized feedback" I have highlighted > below, along with my occasional comments in brackets, is a lot like > "cold > reading" of pretend psychics or stage magicians or charlatan > astrologers? > > That is, no actual "personal" information is conveyed at all. Instead, a > general statement that could apply to anyone is presented, leaving the > person to whom it is presented to "project into it" whatever "meaning" > they wish to. In other words, each of these statements can be seen as > fodder for confirmation bias, and not "personal" at all. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: > > > > My experience and observation was that MMY was quite involved in > acknowledging and providing feedback on experience. First, in every > flower line [* Just pointing out that "waiting in a flower line" is in > itself setting up confirmation bias. You're standing there for minutes > or hours waiting, waiting, waiting, priming yourself for "something good > to happen." Who should be surprised when it does? *] (4-8 per day) he > would stop at at particular person and say "*Hmm, enjoying", "Hmm, very > good*" or something similar -- which appeared to be an acknowledgment > and encouragement of their particular state or experience at that time. > For example, as MMY entered into the lecture hall, a woman (said later) > she was seeing the heavens open up, and hordes of angels or such descend > as MMY entered the hall) and he stopped and said "*Hmm, its beautiful, > yes*". > > > > And he acknowledged personal situations. At the beginning of my TTC he > asked each of us to come forward, to approach him (I think we gave him a > flower, or simply bowed our heads) and he said to me "*ah, you made > it*". Prior to that, while I had been on two courses with him, up to > that time there was no reason for him to know who I was - I had not met > privately with him or been at the mic for questions. But it had been a > big production to get to TTC -- and he somehow knew that and > acknowledged it. > > > > Some years later, a friend who had been teaching in a distant land > came back to see him and the first thing MMY said was "*Hmm, so you have > been bored, yes?*" My friend was very clear in his mind that MMY was > referring to his many dalliances with local women. [* Again, no specific > information was conveyed, merely a vague, generic statement that could > have meant anything, but was interpreted by the student to "mean" > whatever he determined it "meant." *] > > <snip> > > And sometimes, *it was just a look he gave - and that was all that was > needed. Or, he would just start lecturing on a point that was on > someones mind* (which may have been coincidental -- but happened a lot.) >
