--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Even your response to me is reactive and shallow, emotionally based. I see > right through you.:-)
C'mon Doc, can't you see it? This is Barry's way of "laughing at himself". See how good he is at it? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Sez the person so lonely and starved for attention that > > he MADE UP stories about being enlightened. > > > > Don't you GET it? NO ONE here believes you're enlight- > > ened. You have to go to Batgap to find people stupid > > enough to believe that. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Someone brought up CC, and how once attained, PC never leaves. It is > > > true, and PC also continues to grow and become even more established. > > > > > > But if it doesn't, and a person has surrendered to their ego, instead, to > > > serve as that foundation, there is one significant difference. A > > > foundation in PC is a foundation in silence, whereas a foundation in ego, > > > is a foundation in stories. > > > > > > In fact, not really a foundation at all, but a continually reinforced set > > > of stories that tend to hold the person expressing them, in place, in a > > > fixed context. He or she is always the hero of all the stories they tell > > > themselves. Can also work with them always being the victim, the point > > > being that identity is gained from self-told stories, ego, attachment, > > > vs. pure consciousness. > > > > > > I was reminded of this reading over TB's comments about himself in > > > relation to others. Always the coolest, the hippest, the most spiritual, > > > the most discerning, the most successful, the best taste, and the > > > greatest lover, and seducer of women (I kinda made the last one up). > > > > > > He is an excellent example of what I have identified above; stories, > > > stories and more stories come out of his mouth, intensely fortifying the > > > fables he has been telling himself for decades. > > > > > > Oddly enough, if one takes the "stories in my head and heart" route, as a > > > foundation for themselves, it becomes increasingly difficult to make any > > > spiritual progress, or progress towards liberation. Despite any > > > techniques practiced, the stories, and the attachment to them, win out. > > > > > > So, TB's insights about spiritual life, and even the dynamics of his > > > personality, tend to be shallow and self-congratulatory. He loves to make > > > his bed, and then indulgently climb in, and cover himself over with warm > > > layer after layer of stories. > > > > > > Funny thing - I often see him as asleep, and yet he believes otherwise, > > > dreaming deeply on his soft, luxurious mattresses of attachment. > > > > > >
