--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > we're just noting its incredible irony > > > because spiritual growth is usually equated with > > > greater compassion and understanding > > > > Yes. Absolutely. Compassion and understanding are the qualities that > > are just so clearly abundant on FFL, they just fly off each posting, a > > list of long-time seekers of spiritual growth. > > > > Let us take Dr. Pete, who can't possibly be a real psychologist. > A real psychologist would not be calling Tom his nigah. Tom never > used that term. Also, "Dr." Pete spoke of Tom's character. Character > is defined as something that doesn't change. You can get over many > things, but character is typically used in the psych biz to denote > that which is persistent. So Tom is forever doomed and damned because > of his character. Supposing. Just suppose that Tom was using this > forum to unstress. That would be unusual in such a group where even > something as trivial as getting the date or spelling of something > wrong is bait for everybody to pounce on the poster and play "Now > I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch", wouldn't it? > > Supposing Tom has done what he really says he's done: used years of > rolfing, this EMDR thing he described, CCP and yagyas to get through > the unstressing of a childhood of continuous horrors few of us could > possibly imagine? Suppose that he's telling the truth. That he and > Ben did not hit it off and it does take two to not hit it off. > Suppose that this new thing he's pursuing which he reports allows him > to do full program for the first time in many years without feeling > bad. "Dr." Pete is allegedly in the business of curing people. But > "Dr." Pete's diagnosis is that Tom has shown his character. He is > forever doomed to be a sonofabitch. Tom can't be cured. Tom is > beyond any of the hope and comfort of every and all religions, because > though they offer forgiveness, redemption and go and sin no more, > that's not something available to Tom. Because of Tom's character. > > But wait. Tom isn't just a sonofabitch. He's a classic seeker. > He'll never find. He'll never progress. He'll never get anywhere. > Because he's a classic seeker. Did Amma just drop in on you one day > and that's why you now follow her? Oh. But that's not seeking, is it? > > Tom says his politics leans more towards those of the Aryan > Brotherhood. It's bad to be a racist. You put someone in a category > that in your eyes they can never, ever redeem themselves from. Being > a racist is bad. Diagnosing someone from posts and heaping derision > upon them on the other hand, is good. Right? >
You reveal far more about yourself through this "anonymous" post, than you do about Pete. Ironic, isn't it? ------------------------ 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/
