I was mostly pointing out that Barry enables that which he most dislikes, and I, for one, find that spectacularly ODD. It is a common strategy for someone trying to recreate, and learn from, conditions in their past.
If I had to guess, I'd say that at one point in his life, an authority figure cowed Barry, making him feel inferior, and he's been trying to figure out how to overcome that feeling, ever since. So, he comes onto a forum, that discusses a technique he discarded, along with its founder, decades ago, and begins belligerently challenging those who still find value in such a technique. He sees himself now standing up to the authority figure in his psyche, that has long held him in submission. Its a freaky way to do self-therapy, though I see those like Barry, do this kind of stuff relentlessly, trying repeatedly for a different result, than the one buried deep in their emotional memory. Best of luck, Barry! --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I *warned* people about the monkeys throwing their > > own shit at the zoo visitors, didn't I? :-) > > To use your metaphor, you come to the zoo not just to > *gawk* at the animals but to *annoy* them by throwing > your own shit at them. That's what DrD is pointing out. > > And you then get furious when they respond by throwing > your shit right back at you. > > Grow up, for pete's sake. > > > > > > > > > Can't stop right now, though, I want to see the > > World Government of the Age of Enlightenment exhibit > > before closing time. Bunch of guys walking around in > > robes and crowns, followed at a discreet distance by > > women (the Rajinis) in saris, surrounded by hordes > > of guys in identical cream-colored suits and women > > wearing long, shapeless granny dresses. If that's > > not a zoo exhibit, I don't know what is. :-) > > > > > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > But, but, Barry, you haven't answered the question why you not only > > > *read* [your own posts] about a technique you abandoned forty years ago, > > > but why you bother to *write* about TM, at all?? > > > > > > I don't understand your need for this, and you side-stepped the question, > > > entirely, of why you POST obsessively about TM on FFL, in your non-answer > > > below. > > > > > > You are still a very curious person, in that regard. I will keep my eyes > > > open, but I really have never met such a person, obsessed with something > > > they supposedly ended decades ago. > > > > > > Perhaps you are like those people that build shrines to Elvis, or > > > something. But, that still doesn't explain your dedication to something > > > you obviously DON'T LIKE, for forty years. Do you enjoy pushing up > > > against the impenetrable wall of TM, just because being against > > > something, means contact, and a soothing of your loneliness? > > > > > > There are much easier ways to accomplish that, Barry, and they don't > > > include your preoccupation with your deep past. :-) > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Here, from one of my favorite Paris blogs -- always > > > > interesting, always quirky, always discovering new > > > > and hidden aspects of the City Of Lights -- is an > > > > article about a place that captures a little of > > > > what some of us find fascinating about FFL. > > > > > > > > Bhairitu calls it the Funny Farm Lounge, and that's > > > > as accurate as it is funny; there is seemingly no end > > > > to the weirdness that can be displayed here. But we > > > > could find weird almost *anywhere* on the Internet. > > > > > > > > What's fascinating about FFL to some of us who once > > > > did TM and were lost in its arguably non-mainstream > > > > and foreign-to-most-people's mindset, is that there > > > > are people who *still live there*. > > > > > > > > Fairfield Life is like a zoo, filled with people who > > > > still live in the cult mindset. That's worth visiting > > > > from time to time, just to peer into the cages and > > > > think, "There but for the grace of dog..." > > > > > > > > http://www.messynessychic.com/2012/03/02/the-haunting-human-zoo-of-paris/ > > > > > > > > Don't get too near the monkey cages. They throw things > > > > at the gawkers. :-) > > > > > > > > > >
