Om ha, ha, ha, ha. Xeno, evidently I struck your nerve. Classic. Typical ad hominem response to hit back at the messenger and not deal with the message. Would seems you are just one so sad no account sorry quitter himself for having fallen off the wagon as it drove on leaving you behind. I like these paragraphs for the study of how they can stir people. Worked even for you now. Thanks, -Buck
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote: And in addition Buck - You posted this last year as well. Your repetitious plagiarism, spamming, and typical lack of original thinking here rather ill suits communicating to those on this forum. There is a spark in there somewhere Buck - it shows very occasionally - why not work on letting that come through instead of this ponderous Bible thumping approach which was better suited to a previous age. You are making it appear that meditation has zero effect on a person's life. The dinosaurs disappeared 65,000,000 years ago. Time to catch up! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote: Buck wrote: > It is not that these meditators have lived, but that they have so > lived...that they offered > themselves willingly in a cause vital and dear to humanity; and what is > more, a cause they > comprehended as such, and looking at it, in all its bearings and its > consequences, solemnly > pledged to it all that they had and were.... This comprehension of the > cause, this intelligent > devotion, this deliberate dedication of themselves to duty, they suffered in > testimony of their > loyalty, faith and love, make these meditators worthy of honor today, not > merely that the cause > was worthy but that they were worthy. Excerpt from Civil War Brigadier General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 1884 Memorial Day Address: It is not that these men are dead, but that they have so died...that they offered themselves willingly to death in a cause vital and dear to humanity; and what is more, a cause they comprehended as such, and looking at it, in all its bearings and its consequences, solemnly pledged to it all that they had and were.... This comprehension of the cause—this intelligent devotion—this deliberate dedication of themselves to duty—these deaths suffered in testimony of their loyalty, faith and love, make these men worthy of honor today, and these deaths equal to the lauded deaths of martyrs. Not merely that the cause was worthy but that they were worthy.... http://dragoon1st.tripod.com/cw/files/jlc_words.html http://dragoon1st.tripod.com/cw/files/jlc_words.html
