Richard, thank you, I like to help people. I think the trick is to have
cognitive dissonance about cognitive dissonance and then the whole thing sort
of collapses on itself (-:
From: "'Richard J. Williams' [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apologies...
On 11/29/2014 3:42 PM, Share Long wrote:
>
Richard, it's probably good not to take it personally. ESPECIALLY when
they mean it personally.
>
Share, I don't take it personally - it's the cognitive dissonance that
concerns me. Every statement, when taken to extremes, will be found to be
self-contradictory. I just don't understand why Barry can't understand this
anymore - he is the one who alerted me to it!
"So when you see something that violates all the "rules" you have established
in your mind for How Things Work, your mind freaks out for a little while. It
goes into a 3 to 4 day period of profound cognitive dissonance." - Unc 7/25/03
>
PS If I've ever said anything negative about you, hope you'll forgive me.
>
You are one of the few respondents on this forum that has helped me with my
own cognitive dissonance.
>
From: "'Richard J. Williams' [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apologies...
On 11/29/2014 12:47 PM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Raunchy, I agree that Barry is a degenerate filth and a
rotten piece of shit.
But, he cleverly worded his statement in such a way that it
would seem to general readers, that true blue believers
would condone such an act (whether by maharishi or anyone
else).
In other words, he seems to be implying that true believers
are perverts or fools, as they would condone such an act. I
think this provoked Jim and Ann.
Nope. Folks didn't react to Barry because they were offended as "true
believers." They were offended as human beings repulsed by the vile image of
child abuse he invoked.
>
What Barry posted was probably intentionally nuanced, but I've got to say it
was a very strange metaphor to use on a public forum discussing spiritual
paths, considering how almost anything can be taken out of context and used
against him.
But, I've come to expect that from Barry - not for nothing did he call
himself the "Uncle Tantra" for a decade or more. It was almost like he was so
engrossed in winning a religious argument that he lost all sense of propriety
and common sense.
I can't take sides in this since, as far as I'm concerned, almost everyone on
this fourm has said something derogatory about me, but I'm not going to call
the cops on anyone. I'll let others be the informants and I'll just continue
to post information, or I won't.
>
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