--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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. > Right on
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