> > > Fear, plain and simple. > > > > I'd agree with fear in the sense of "fear of > > losing one's self (small s)." 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. > > So you see what I'm talking about when I say some of > the responses are hostile? Your posts aren't hostile > so I'll ask you because some of these posters really > come across as angry in either a direct or a passive > way. What strikes me as odd is that they claim they're > not angry at all. Am I going mad or something?
I don't think so. I feel a great deal of anger behind the responses to someone's honestly-expressed description of a personal experience, and I feel it often. And in my opinion, that anger tends to come from those who (pardon me being explicit here, but it's the truth) have only read about or heard about such experiences, and never had them themselves. > Some > "new" poster wants examples of what I'm referring to. > I'm not going to engage him because he has decided a > priori that he and others are not hostile. Then he > ends his post with a passive-agressive slam. There's > nothing wrong with being pissed-off, it's just that > you can't have a normal conversation with someone > peppering their posts with all this passive-aggressive > nonsense. I couldn't agree more. To tell the truth, that's why I replied as I did to the recent poster who wants people to jump through hoops to "prove" any claim they make here. IMO, life's too short to deal with pissants who want "proof" of subjective experiences. For me, life's too short to deal with pissants who want to quibble endlessly over *opinion*. If they want to quibble over things they consider verifiable facts, that's their business, as long as they don't expect me to play their ego-gotcha games. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/HcoraC/rbOLAA/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/
