Honesty is good. But I don't believe in the notions of karma and reincarnation, unless karma meant actions we perform. But even then - I think being in service of truth and being aligned with the existence's will is what works for me - even if that means I am rude and insulting, I have an extremely low tolerance for bullshit, purveyors of bullshit who think they can peddle their bullshit unchallenged. My challenge this lifetime has been to properly channel this anger, it would overwhelm me with confusion, burden, guilt earlier but now I feed off it. I can now precisely target these peddlers of bullshit without letting my anger overwhelm me.
Anyway I digress - I don't think you or anyone else will reincarnate - animal or not. I am actually in line with Christianity here - I'm too narcissistic, Ravi has only been created once and will exist for the rest of the eternity, I will not accept anything else unless I can come back as a better me again and I will fight for it tooth and nail :-) But of course there is no proof of reincarnation of individuals, unless reincarnation meant manifestations of consciousness, as in consciouness incarnates again and again which then again implies there will be only one Ravi and Emily - all this is subject to modification though - who fucking knows. On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com>wrote: > ** > > > I try to be honest Ravi. It's hard here on FFL, but I have my afterlife > to consider and I take my karma seriously. I am getting older. I don't > want to be reincarnated as a rat. A cat would be O.K. A dog would be > fine, with a friendly owner who exercised me and fed me well (I mean how > much closer to God might I get?) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> > *To:* "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 10:57 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > Emily, Emily, Emily - duh - yes, of course you did - it was thumbs up from > you, I just reread your post. Very nice - no need for bait-and-switch > impending apologies as tools for negotiation and all kinds of phony > behavior, no need for the other to even ask for it, no need to dismiss > other person's feeling or deny that it even exists. > > Wow, good - thank you. > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > ** > > Ravi, Ravi, Ravi - I already did. Did you not read my post. Maybe I > wasn't clear enough. I could try again, if you think it would be helpful. > But, we should see if Curtis takes what I said at face value, which is > exactly the way it was written and intended for him. I always feel a pang > of guilt if I have unintentionally, through my own misinterpretation, > offended someone. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> > *To:* "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 10:44 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > Yaay - of course you will, how stupid of me to not think of that !!! Let's > work as a team - Ravi and Emily - The Apologizers > > So first order of business - How about Curtis - you think we should > apologize? For what? I say thumbs down. > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > ** > > Well, I will be in charge of apologizing to the men, most anyway, how > about that? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> > *To:* "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 10:34 PM > *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > "Ravi, I think you should be in charge of all apologies on this forum. " > > I don't apologize to men, most anyway - sorry. But yes - I do bend over > backwards to apologize to women, well most anyway. > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > ** > > Curtis, I actually wouldn't have interpreted it this way. Wouldn't have > even occurred to me, honestly. *You* are the one who asked me to pay > "particular attention" to that verse and then put forth the "gang rape" > description yourself as to how *you* had interpreted it, prior to showing > it to your girlfriend who had made the point that the song could have been > talking about "consensual" activities in where the woman was enjoying be > attended to "down in the pines" (and I paraphrase), which is a humorous and > more pleasant way to interpret it, I must agree. > > Carol also thought it was about gang rape and commented to that affect. > > I am glad to hear that there were and have never been any hidden messages > and meanings in what you've ever communicated to me. I like to be > understood as well and don't appreciate it when others' assume incorrectly > what I am posting about without asking me. This is why I asked you - no > harm meant, as I said in the rest of it that was embedded in my post back > to Xeno. I hadn't thought much about it until now - "gang rape" reminded > me of psychological rape - only because they both use the word rape and > then I was like, wait...should I have been offended? I was just riffin' - > don't take me too seriously Curtis. Your first appraisal of my tendency to > amuse myself on this forum is not too far from the truth. > > But, do you know the history behind the song? I like the song, as I do > appreciate and enjoy many styles of music. It was an interesting song and > very poetic. You note below that the lyric was a misinterpretation - by > you? > > Ravi, I think you should be in charge of all apologies on this forum. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 9:25 PM > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - were you trying to PR me? > > > Sensitive Ravi to the rescue. Right, got it. > > It was not a gang rape lyric, that was a misinterpretation. > > But that distinction will not interest you because you are a troll and > your posting intentions are unfriendly. > > You think you are "getting" a person Judy does not like and winning her > approval, but instead you are revealing yourself and your shallow agenda. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> > wrote: > > > > I think a lot of men have incredible difficulty expressing empathy but > this > > one seems very cold-hearted and dismissive, as if the person asking these > > questions had no right to these feelings and/or was irrational for even > > trying to communicate that, viz "I have no idea why you write any of > this" > > - I wonder if this is narcissism, disassociation and/or psychopathy? > > > > Anyway here's one way I would respond assuming I was innocent. > > > > "Dear Emily - I am so sorry to hear that you were disturbed by the gang > > rape lyrics. Looking back it was probably not a good idea to post it or I > > should have cautioned you that the lyrics had references to gang rape - > in > > this day and age one should always be aware that there could be some who > > would get affected by that, especially victims and family members of > > victims harmed by sexual violence. But rest assured Emily I had no > > intentions to PR you, my intentions was just to share some music with a > > fellow music-lover and in retrospect I should have known that some people > > may have found it offensive. I hope you are feeling better." > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:51 PM, authfriend <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, as much as Curtis asserts that his goal is "to be > > > understood by other people here," it doesn't seem that > > > he is willing to respond to the question Emily asked > > > him: Why did he make a point of calling her attention > > > to a verse about gang rape? Instead he just wipes out > > > her context as if it had never existed. > > > > > > Obviously she found it disturbing. Why wouldn't he > > > respond--unless that's what he wanted, for her to be > > > disturbed? > > > > > > Man, there are very creepy things going on on this > > > forum lately. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have no idea why you would write any of this. > > > > > > > > I shared music with you that I perform in my show. It has no meaning > > > directed toward you except I thought I was sharing interesting music > with > > > another music lover. > > > > > > > > To be clear: There are no hidden messages or meanings directed toward > > > you by any music I ever shared with you on this board, ever. There are > no > > > hidden messages toward you in anything I have ever written to you > here. I > > > have tried to be clear about what I meant at all times because my goal > is > > > to be understood by other people here. > > > > > > > > Lets chill on sharing music. It apparently isn't working. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" > <emilymae.reyn@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Curtis: Hey, I was just responding to Xeno on his psychological > rape > > > > > post and this spontaneously came off my fingertips: > > > > > "nor did I [feel psychologically raped] recently, when Curtis > referred > > > > > me to the gang rape lyrics of a song he posted. I probably should > have > > > > > then, come to think about it, but I just figured I had crossed his > > > > > boundary again, unknowingly, like I did the first time. I was > teasing > > > > > him; he got angry...." > > > > > God bless it, were you trying to publicly PR me? Did I not pick up > on > > > > > that? I'm kind of slow on the uptake sometimes, it's true. You > never > > > > > did explain to me why you referred me to the lyrics you did. If you > > > > > were, than I say "Fuck you, man, fuck you." If you weren't than > maybe > > > > > you could explain it to me. Am I right in my assumption above? > > > > > I know you ain't a country guy, in terms of music, but here's a > song > > > > > from George Jones - RIP, that may bring you back to a performance > > > period > > > > > that would be best left forever. > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onfce-UNmmE> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
