--- In [email protected], "sharelong60" <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Yes, I was practicing up on my irony.
Your ironing you say? > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sharelong60" <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > Bob Price D, how you do stumble into brilliance > > > > Yep, Stumblin' Bob, we call him. > > > > (BTW, I think by "old embalming fluid salesmen," he was > > referring to Xeno.) > > > > , pointing out one of the most fun aspects of studying literature: > > different interpretations of the same piece! You with your vain and deluded > > king, me with my trembling in their boots subjects who consequently are > > willing to collude with their sovereign in his vanity and delusion. Does > > the child's utterance not sweep all characters up in one innocent > > observation? > > > PS I promise you on our sacred literary partnership that I have never > > > sold any fluids, embalming or otherwise. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "bobpriced" <bobpriced@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Price, I often enjoy when Ravi gets upset. All I'm asking for is a > > > > > little consistency. I realize it's very silly of me. > > > > > > > > ***I would say Raja Ravi is consistent about encouraging self > > > > awareness; I can see where that might seem inconsistent, to old > > > > embalming fluid salesmen---with little or no sense of humour. > > > > > > > > > PS I think that child was making a deep observation as in: you grown > > > > > ups are cracked! > > > > > > > > ***and here I thought it was about the Emperor's vanity, thanks for the > > > > clarification; what the hell was Hans Christian Andersen thinking. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCJt6aTiAc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@> > > > > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:06 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religious delusional beliefs & the > > > > > myth of the invincible, infallible Goddess > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Share, are you saying when the child said: "But he isn't wearing > > > > > anything at all!", he was making a fashion statement? > > > > > > > > > > I've never noticed Raja Ravi get upset, although he does quite often > > > > > seem to make a meal out of Xeno's vanity. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Share Long <sharelong60@> > > > > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 8:58:46 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religious delusional beliefs & the > > > > > myth of the invincible, infallible Goddess > > > > > > > > > > Ravi, I realize you weren't talking about physical vulnerability. But > > > > > why not? After all, you get quite upset when Xeno gets abstract! Of > > > > > course, some folks also got upset when Xeno got not so abstract. Go > > > > > figure! > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > > > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:39 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religious delusional beliefs & the > > > > > myth of the invincible, infallible Goddess > > > > > > > > > > Hi dear SHare - as Judy says, it's irrelevant, I was not talking > > > > > about physical vulnerability. Plus you are Saint Share - you are the > > > > > queen of vulnerability, always accountable, responsible to your > > > > > actions, your emotions - the epitome of my dream woman - > > > > > accountability, responsibility and self-honesty are thy attributes. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:08 AM, authfriend <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Â > > > > > >--- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Ravi, aren't we all forever vulnerable to reality? Right now I'm > > > > > >> breathing. Probably because my body is vulnerable to the reality > > > > > >> of its need for oxygen in order to function. OTOH, even in the > > > > > >> context of needing oxygen, what is THE reality? Some athletes take > > > > > >> less breaths in a moment than I do. Some yogis can suspend > > > > > >> breathing for a long time. People who have lived for a long time > > > > > >> in very high mountains don't need as much oxygen in their air. So, > > > > > >> even on this simple, physical level what is THE reality to which > > > > > >> it is good to be vulnerable? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Share, that is just so *profound*. I'm sure Ravi will be > > > > > >grateful to you for pointing this out to him; it's so > > > > > >very *relevant* to his point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
