---In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote:
Amazing. He still doesn't get it. Somebody might think about suggesting that
he ask another person to pose the question he did. Then I'll explain why the
question is disingenuous and hostile, just like those he asked me on Sunday
(which of course he will disingenuously deny). No surprise, of course, that
Xeno has taken Barry's side and decided to help him "stalk" me. What a
wonderfully spiritual dude, eh?
This whole question of "spiritual experiences" has me stumped. I have no idea
what this is all about. Is it a contest? Is it relevant to anything? Can one
evaluate a "spiritual experience" any better than they can evaluate any other
experience someone has? Is "spiritual" content any different than what
comprises the rest of life? I certainly don't think so. In my experience, it
all falls into the category of glorious, amazing, incredible, miraculous.
Really, it does. Is Rama's purported lift off any different than the miracle of
being able to digest food? Nope, not for me. If Barry wants a pissing contest
called "Who has had the most spiritual experiences?" then he obviously doesn't
have the grace, the fortune in his life to be able to lump it all into one big
lovely entity called "having a human body and being on this Earth at this time
in this way". My life is not compartmentalized nor do I categorize what I see
and do and think (or not think) and I certainly don't dwell on whether I had a
"spiritual" moment or not. It's downright laughable.
<< You said you would not have a discussion with me, but did attempt to
respond by making a 'comment', once. It is not necessary to have a discussion
with me to provide data; all you have to do is post references and remove any
content that I wrote, borrowed, or stole. I have been attempting to not
interact with you so as not to incite responses. But if you post information
rather than merely saying it exists, it would be easier for people to find it,
unless it does not exist, then obviously posting a passing reference to it
makes it difficult to discover it does not exist, and thus prove a lie. Unlike
Barry, I do read *some* of the posts you write, but not all. I do not recall
you ever talking about spiritual experiences, though that does not mean they do
not exist on FFL. What you need is an ally to comment on my post and you can
reply to her.
I am overjoyed you have not changed your mind, for it normally simplifies life
for me here, removing a deeply dark presence from my path. >>
