And Bingo was his name-oh! Hey Barry, I appreciate you wanting to talk cars, since all the cool guys do, but stick with bicycles for awhile. Getting involved with the internal combustion engine right off the bat is clearly taxing you. You are better off first understanding stuff like frames, wheels, chains, spokes and pedals, the basics, rather than trying to keep up with the rest of us auto mechanics in the FFL Garage. Then if you've learned a thing or two, we'll let you into the shop. But as someone who isn't interested in cars right now, go ride your bike for awhile, OK kid? :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > Just weighing in on the interview, I just watched most of it. > > Funny how the metaphor for Rick looking so clear in the video > > and him being fuzzy kind of expressed how I felt a lot of the > > time. > > Bingo. > > > I am left with the impression that these guys require you to > > meet them a bit more than half way on the assumptions train. > > Bingo again. > > > And he is perpetuating the assumptions his own teacher ran > > on him which he bought into. The big elephant in the room > > is the question of why we should confer on this guy any more > > or less of a status of knowing more about reality or truth > > than we already to in order to place ourselves into the > > relationship with him as teacher which he is inviting us to > > assume. > > That's part of what struck me about martyboi's story of > the restaurant encounter. We'll never know what was going > through his head, of course, but if *he* was thinking that > his smile was a "gift," it might have been an unwanted one. > > > Interestingly enough this is precisely the conditions of > > conferring authority on someone else that oils the wheels > > for a hypnotic session. Not to say he is hypnotizing his > > audience in some sideshow obvious way. But his language > > is the language analyzed in NLP as hypnotic in nature in > > that it invites the listener to take the rather vague non > > sensory phrases, and find something in themselves that > > fits or makes sense. > > I agree. Interestingly, for me, his rap in satsangs and > in these interviews would probably not work on those > who hadn't paid their dues for years listening to similar > cadences and suggestions. > > > The difference from this and poetry which uses some of > > the same linguistic patterns is the context that he has > > a deeper insight from the beginning than you do. And if > > you are sort of unconfident about your view of reality > > or are just unhappy with your internal state, this might > > have more appeal than it had for me. I found little to > > buy into about what he was talking about since I couldn't > > find any evidence for his view of reality being an > > improvement on my own. > > Bingo. Especially because he didn't seem to actually > *interact* strongly with Rick. I got the feeling of > "Every question is the perfect opportunity for the > answer we have already prepared." >
