--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A: Ah, then we seem to be talking the same thing. > > Its odd though, I keep saying "no labels, enjoy the (non)-trip" and > you keep saying "if you drop the labels, then you can enjoy the > continuum." Sounds the same to me. > > But the tone seems argumentative, in a friendly way. Perhaps its a > classic case of presuming (falsely) what the other is thinking.
Actually, I'm just having fun. I *only* engage in discussions of enlightenment for fun, because I honestly don't believe that anything more can or should be expected of them. They're just a bunch of hot air moving around, accomplishing nothing. And that's FINE, as long as you know that what you're doing is just moving around hot air, for the express purpose of having fun. If one of the parties believes that something's going to actually be settled or accomplished as a result of moving all that air around, for me it becomes less fun. > Actually, I think its more each of us responding to snippets, > without focusing on the forest -- what is this guys main point, > beyond his snippet response raps. I may be a harder case than that. I don't particularly CARE what the other person's point is in discussions of enlightenment, because I don't think that there are any points TO be made, other than having fun. This implies no disrespect for the person spouting their particular theories, merely a disbelief that the theories have anything whatsoever to do with reality. > > > I think clear terms can facilitate discussion. > > U: > > But what does the discussion facilitate? > > A: Well, it happens. its value -- maybe none. But you suggested > you have gained great value from recent discussions here. So you > tell me. Something someone said triggered a train of thought that resulted in a different way of seeing. That was fun. The new way of seeing -- the new theory about enlightenment and my own experiences -- is more fun for me to entertain, because it "covers more bases" than the previous incarnations of the theory. But it's still a theory, and thus, when talking about enlightenment -- WRONG. I *assume* that it is wrong. I entertain such theories merely for amusement purposes, not to convince myself that they are correct. ------------------------ 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/
