Very well said, Vaj.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > The interesting thing about taking a test to look at our own various > `quirks', like the Myers-Briggs - of course the infamous "Minnesota" - the > MMPI - or the more recent DSM III/IV questionnaires, is that you realize how > your own perceived flaws are really rather minor things in the big scheme of > things. In the scope and complexity of a normal human person they are really > no big deal. > > You realize that different people are really just that - "different". If you > look at it openly you realize that it's really just a smorgasbord of > relations...you can eat, or decide not to eat...our differences are merely an > opportunity at an open ended appreciation of life. > > Certainly in the complex interminglings of an email list, all these dramatic > exaggerations of so many selves rise into even more drama-laden net-social, > very theatrical sufferings. Those earlier personal "minor" sufferings become > magnified into a weird internet tabloid UPI feed. And people feed on this > weird stream. > > It's a pretty sad output. > > > > > What's really sad is that human discourse has devolved into this level of > interaction. >
