Edg, all these years on this forum and you still don't get why people respond to Curtis and don't bother to respond to you. He just lays shit out for the fun of it, for the fun of writing and for the fun of playing with words and ideas, and...uh...just for fun, period. Your response or non-response -- *anyone's* response or non- response -- is not part of the equation.
You throw stuff out that you find fascinating and then throw a succession of tantrums when no one CARES whether water lines up like Nazi troops parading in front of the Reichstag when you shine a light on it. When people don't react, you go all drama queen about it, as if by not finding it interesting, they are saying that they don't find YOU interesting. Uh...scratch that. That may be exactly what their silence is saying. :-) One gets the feeling that Curtis doesn't take himself all SERIOUSLY and that he doesn't demand that others do. You, not so much. Just the opposite, in fact. I've been trying to clue you in to this side of yourself since you first appeared here, and you still seem oblivious to it. Curtis' writings are like gifts. He just throws them out and allows people to enjoy them, ignore them, or (best) take them and run with them and have fun with them. Your writings (along with several others' writing on this forum) are like invoices. You throw them out and then demand payment, in the form of attention. Some of us have gotten used to marking them "Return To Sender" and sending them back unopened, that's all. "Seriousness is not a virtue." - G.K. Chesterton --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Who's the smart one here? > > I merely mentioned you in passing, and I get about two thousand megawatts of > Curtis placing words better than Shakespeare (that is: if Shakespeare were to > be somehow resuscitated and, you know, had to catch up on life for a few > years before he could be reasonably expected to write something more > insightful than you.) > > So even if Shakespeare were to be here tomorrow, I'm going to be reading The > Wisdom of Curtis for quite some time to come. > > Curtis rat-a-tats here so frequently that probably his nervous system could > by now -- being hardwired so thoroughly -- type out at least three more words > if his head were lopped off as he typed -- so passionately does he commit to > being him, the whole him and only the him he thinks we should all regard him > to be. > > That said, the man is a dolt. > > Like me. > > Like anyone. > > And that's because we're all such cowards. > > Cuz, you know, who WOULD want to believe in God? It's painful to begin with > and requires ones death for certainty. > > When I believe in God, it hurts. Cuz all my other parts will do anything to > keep me identified with them instead. Who doesn't blush when the concept > "God is omniscient" is presented? Who hasn't earned a lump of coal? > > Curtis is afraid of God just like all of us. We all know how we could have > saved the world, been saints, cured every problem, and then we decided TM was > ersatz instead, and so God had to be denied or else we'd be sweating the > after-life cuz we could be asked at the Pearly Gates just why we didn't do > that good shit we cudda done and instead spent thousands and thousands of > hours doing anything BUT. > > Being on FFL for instance. > > And Curtis cannot be squished into doing whatever it would take to get to > where my view of God would be thereby finally validated to him due to his own > nervous system having GROWN to such a stature that clarity finally was > achieved. Nor can he squish me into his POV. (And he will for sure make a > pun of "squish." Probably a dirty pun.) > > And now to get to an actuality that Curtis has yet to respond to even though > I've posted about it twice now. That is: the orderliness of water when > light shines on it and what that means if one considers the orderliness of > the WATER inside ONE'S OWN BRAINS. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XVBEwn6iWOo > > Curtis, my bud, come on, this video is made for you. You will eat this shit > up. And then we can see if I can toggle ya about divinity being real instead > of "light being actual." > > Edg > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > On the other hand, after a hard day of battle the combatants of the > > > Mahabharata would have dinner together around the campfires like actors > > > backstage shedding their assumed characters. > > > > > > I kinda like that concept. But, I'm not fit for it, CUZ I EVEN CARRY > > > GRUDGES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO BOTHERED ME IN MY NIGHTLY DREAMS. > > > > > > I'm trying not to contend these days, but there it is -- Doc, somehow got > > > me to reply. > > > > > > If'n I was agunna contend it'd be against Curtis, but that guy just slips > > > my grip every time I try to get him in a hammerlock about God. So, Ravi, > > > there's the righteous battle you should be egging me on to enjoin. > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > Hey I'm always up for that Edge. But right now lets have a little > > experiment. Let's see who can toss a peppermint soft mint right on the > > belly of the baby Jesus right now as you read this...go. > > > > I nailed him on the first try and it actually enhances his beatific > > splendor. It looks like a smart little red striped tank top, so I can't > > wait to hear if you...what was that? You are not seated within a soft mint > > lob of the baby Jesus on the 10th day of advent? > > > > Gotta say if we are both at the Pearly Gates together and there is only one > > opening left, I am gunna have to bring up this little absence of devotion > > on your part Edge. > > > > Now you can just contemplate who is the godless one in this discussion > > while I make a matching hipster hat out of a Jujube for the little divine > > tyke. Nothing says savior of mankind like edible clothing. No wait L'll > > JC, cock it a little to the side, oh yes that nails it, pure Seattle post > > ironic attitude! Now drift off to sleep, you've got a lot of sins to shed > > blood for. That's a good little Son O' God. > > > > Hey Joseph I think there is a loose board or something around the back of > > the manger, you'd better go check it out. Yeah I hear you are the right > > man for the job, that's right out that way, see you a bit later... > > > > Soooo Mary, how YOU do'n? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm glad you enjoyed it Edg because I was laughing hard after sending > > > > that > > > > response. I had to google "krishna's words to arjuna in kurukshetra" to > > > > get > > > > those lines. I felt your response was not as strong as I would like it > > > > to > > > > be but looking back it's a very good comeback. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Duveyoung <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hee hee, Ravi -- but you see, it's a heaping of coals upon the head to > > > > > show kindness to those who know not how to be kind. > > > > > > > > > > If Doc complains about any burning sensations, it's a tell. > > > > > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Edguna - such words are not worthy of a hero like you. Your duty is > > > > > > to > > > > > > fight. He has insulted you - take him down !!! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Duveyoung > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Um, Doc, um, er, thanks for the response, but I'm not certain of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > tone/vibe. If you are targeting me individually instead of the > > > > > > > generic > > > > > use > > > > > > > of the word "you" then, I gotta ask if you'll be kind enough, > > > > > > > while I'm > > > > > > > waving this here bigass white flag, to flesh out the summation, > > > > > > > cuz, I > > > > > > > never know when some truth about myself has been denied by me > > > > > > > until > > > > > someone > > > > > > > really intelligent backs me in a corner -- that's how I roll. You > > > > > think you > > > > > > > can do this service for me? It would grand of you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Edg, There is an alternative. Quiet your mind the fuck down, so > > > > > > > > that > > > > > you > > > > > > > are not filtering everything through it. Deal responsibly with > > > > > > > what is > > > > > in > > > > > > > your mind, not by denying it, judging it, or distracting away > > > > > > > from it. > > > > > Stop > > > > > > > being life's bitch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once you do that, examine each component, including this > > > > > > > > retarded > > > > > notion > > > > > > > that you are forever locked in mental slavery. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A fair amount of work and dedication to reach true peace of > > > > > > > > mind, and > > > > > > > non-attachment, though not nearly as much work as you expend, > > > > > > > dealing > > > > > with > > > > > > > who YOU thinks you is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_reply@> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yogis are fond of saying "Not this, not this, not this." (In > > > > > Sanskrit > > > > > > > it's "Neti, neti, neti." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The portent is that no sensual input can be God -- no image, > > > > > > > > > no > > > > > sound, > > > > > > > no whatever -- any representation of God to you from the senses > > > > > > > must be > > > > > > > just that -- symbols, not the real thingie. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So the yogi refuses to mistake the map for the territory. > > > > > > > > > Nothing > > > > > but > > > > > > > real actual God-God will do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, if you are not feeling holy and divine -- YOU'RE RIGHT! > > > > > > > > > Things, > > > > > > > attributes, qualities and any combination thereof needs must be > > > > > imperfect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The human mind's contents, for instance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And to expect perfection in the mundane is folly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, to reject everything as illusory is just too much work, > > > > > > > > > so the > > > > > > > yogi cheats. Turns out that if you merely reject the ego's claim > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > sentience, then you're home free, because it is the ego that > > > > > > > names and > > > > > > > frames all of creation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I just said, "The little voice in your head is not you; > > > > > > > > > it's a > > > > > > > liar." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, that needy little twit has to go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And when every thing's ephemerality has been established, > > > > > > > > > guess > > > > > what, > > > > > > > GOD REMAINS REAL! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
