--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > What strikes me as odd in these discussions is the > > > degree of hostility. Why do people get so pissed-off > > > if someone talks about some sort of Realization > > > experience? > > > > Fear, plain and simple. > > I'd agree with fear in the sense of "fear of > losing one's self (small s)."
Exactly. When someone > writes of an experience they have had, I > usually get a non-verbal "hit" on what they've > written that has nothing to do with the words. > As Vaj has mentioned with regard to "Advaitaspeak," > *anyone* can talk the talk. What I'm looking for > is something that underlies the words that con- > vinces me that the experience the person is > talking about really happened. That "something," > for me, can only be felt intuitively. > > I guess my point is that I think *everyone* does > the same thing, and feels intuitively which of > the experiences discussed here are real and which > might not be. And it's that very intuition that > scares the shit out of them when they feel a real > one. > You put that well. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
