--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > May I suggest, that while you brought up the phrase in your > > > > > post, that the phrase can also transcend your own particular > > > > > situation. And in a more universal application of the phrase, > > > > > (as I intended it, though perhaps not clearly expressed) it > is > > > > > funny to me. No interpretation involved. Its an authentic > > > > > reaction to the phrase. > > > > > > > > OK. I think you're suggesting that it's something of > > > > an infinite regress, that one can be overshadowed by > > > > the desire not to be overshadowed. > > > > > > No, thats not quite the angle that struck me as so funny. The > > > deliciousness of the phrase is more a "mu" experience, a la "whats > > > wrong with this picture." > > > > What's wrong with the picture of somebody not > > wanting to be overshadowed? You've got me > > curious--can you articulate it? > > I'd love to hear akasha's answer, but mine > would be, "It's a marvelous way of clinging > to the notion of unenlightenment. To want > to not be overshadowed, you have to believe > you are. And the funny thing is, the moment > you drop that belief, you aren't.
Yeah, that answer would be bull. Especially from somebody who admits he isn't enlightened. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
