--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Unc is correct that my natural skepticism can interfere > > > > > with my life. > > > > > > > > Where did he say that?? Seems to me he's been > > > > saying your "problem" is that you're a True > > > > Believer, not a skeptic (and blaming it on > > > > your reaction to your mother's illness, to boot, > > > > which, even if that were true, which I don't > > > > think it is, would be about as scummy as it gets). > > > > > > He said something like that in the thread where we discussed > > > whether or not I trusted my own observations about things like > > > Yogic Flying. > > > > Oh, right, different discussion. If we're skeptical > > about levitation, it's because we don't really want > > to be enlightened, so we shouldn't trust our own > > observations, we should trust those of the Awakened > > Ones. > > I'm not sure that that is QUITE what he said
No, I'm just referring to the contradiction he's gotten himself bogged down in generally. He mocks you for not trusting your own experience, then turns around and mocks me for trusting mine. There's no real thought behind what he says, just a matter of what he can use as a putdown at any given moment. >, but it WAS an > interesting discussion: he's certain that he's witnessed "real" > levitation, even though others in the room may not have > seen anything at all, letalone anyone floating. But he uses the caveat that whatever happened may not have been on the physical plane. That's what irritated Shemp, if you'll recall. > It's an interesting contrast with Yogic Flying > demos where most people (including most Yogic Fliers) are convinced > that there's only hopping going on, while I read at least one > reporter claiming that the TMO was, for some strange reason, trying > to deceive people by claiming that no levitation was taking place > when it so obviously was.... Love it! But did he then go learn the TM-Sidhis? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
