iranitea, I think we all, to a certain degree, like our opinions of others to be reconfirmed. It makes us feel safe to have an explanation because then we think we understand and can predict. See! I just did that too (-:
________________________________ From: iranitea <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Life On Ice Cream Island "If you're *completely* "in the present," how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want it in a dish or on a cone, how would you know what those options represent? :-)" Yes, and how would they know, who is their arch-enemy, the one who's always saying bad stuff? How could they act in a stereotype reactive way each time this comes up? Why would they *RE-ACT* at all? How would they know that it has already been posted 6 times before, obviously keeping a count, and even on AMT? Are they just waiting for it? I think yes. I think, some people are reading your posts backward. They start at the last paragraph, then go to the next, until they find what they perceive to be negative. Then they are happy, 1) they found something to react to, and 2) their opinions about you (and all of your friends) are re-confirmed. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Iranitea opines: > >> ...if Barry is allowed to report only what's going on >> in the present moment, he would have to write, 'I'm >> typing, I'm typing'... This is typical Neo-Advaita BS >> to think you couldn't have memories. In fact the >> memories are in the present moment..even brain >> researchers will tell you, that whatever experience >> you remember, it is being recreated in the brain, >> just quite similar to what it was at the time. If you >> always stay in the present, you can't even work, just >> imagine you are an accountant. > >Not to mention how you're going to select which flavor of ice cream you want at Berthillon. The list contains something like 50 flavors, including standards like vanilla and chocolate, but also including more rare concoctions like ice creams made from flowers -- violet, lavender, etc. If you're *completely* "in the present," how would you remember that you like chocolate but don't like tutti- frutti? When the guy asks you whether you want it in a dish or on a cone, how would you know what those options represent? :-)
