--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sallysunshine01" <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:10 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > --- I > > > > > > > > n FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> RESPONSE: Admittedly it is "a desperate situation to be in", but you > > > >> know how we missionaries think: maybe only one of the natives converts > > > >> to Jesus, but think of that: ONE SOUL SAVED FOR ETERNITY. So I must > > > >> push on here, Tom, hoping that something equivalent to the One Percent > > > >> Effect will eventually kick in, and people, without knowing why, will > > > >> find themselves in accordance with everything I say. Sure, it seems > > > >> like a pipe dream right now; but as Maharishi says, even if you have > > > >> to drain the ocean one drop at a time, you still must go on. I shall > > > >> go on. I am the Don Quixote of FFL. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > So, what would you say to this Catholic Priest who teaches TM to > > > > children? > > > > > > Are they his children? If so, I'd say, "Right on!" > > > There's got to be some normal ones out there. > > > > > > Sal > > > > RESPONSE: I may have misconstrued your comment here, salsunshine, but I am > > getting a little worried about how many times I have to point out that I > > reaching into my irony survival kit. > > Actually, my comments above were in response to Lawson's > question about the priest. But as long as I have you on > the phone, MZ...as far as you're being the Don Quixote of > FFL~~well, I'm afraid there's a few that got there before > you. But hey, there's lots of windmills to tilt at. So > welcome aboard. > > > I was doing this here. Therefore, any question that is being (ingenuously) > asked of me based upon what you have quoted, is misplaced. I am mocking the > assumption that I aim to judge or teach or convert anyone. Because that is > not what I am about at all. > > Duly noted. > > In order to continue in the ordeal and miracle of being alive in my > self-consciousness I find I have to respond to people according to what keeps > the show on the road. Certain bloggers here seem to believe I am out to > persuade or convince them that I am right and everyone else is wrong. That's > not it at all. I am just defending my own belief system and subjecting > itdeliberatelyto the test of being challenged by ideas and beliefs that are > different from my own. > > Great. In that case you're in the right place. > > > I always have a sense of balancing between two poles: utmost sincerity, > > all-purpose irony. > > I would personally suggest leaning more towards the > irony side, but maybe that's just me. > > As I have said in a previous post, in this post-modern world you have to have > both these things going for you simultaneously. If I didn't, I would't dream > of taking on the bright, earnest, and serious (and sometimes hilarious) > persons who post on this blog. > > Yes, well, you have to actually post here for a week or 2 in > order for us to decide if your sincerity level is up to par. > Utmost may not be quite good enough. But we'll decide all that in > our next meeting of the Supreme Council of FFL. > > Sal
RESPONSE: Oh Sally: just the right tone for me. Thanks. How about inexpressible sincerity? Yeah, when it comes to sincerity I don't put ANYONE ahead of me. But then when it comes to going off the deep end with Maharishi, it's hard for me to put myself second to anyone either. I mean for out-and-out delirium and adoration. Goddamn it, Maharishi was for me (until disillusionment set inwhich was agony) the very greatest Romance I could have conceived. After he broke my heart I react nastily to all would-be Loversthat is, anyone purporting to tell me about the blissful intentions of the Eastern gods. I am hoping my audition makes it when that SC of FFL meets. Jai Guru Dev* *There. The purest irony I have ever put down on paper. Those three words. I am trying to explain why here on this terrific blog. I beg the indulgence of my readers a little longer. Should I, because of your position, be especially nice to you, Sally? >
