--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This is like one of those slap-your-forehead realization > > > > > moments in which you "get" something that has eluded you > > > > > for years, something that explains a recurring phenomenon > > > > > you never fully understood. > > > > > > > > > > Judy really can't tell the difference between being > > > > > laughed at and being attacked. No WONDER she acts the > > > > > way she does. > > > > > > > > Laughed AT is an attack.Laughed WITH isn't. > > > > > > That you people don't realize how much this reveals > > > about you is a little scary. > > > > [...] > > Ah...as eloquent as always, I see. :-) > > Two followup questions: > > 1. Do you think that a person who is enlightened > would perceive being laughed at as an attack?
Yes. > Or is > the belief that someone laughing at you is an attack > completely an ingorance-based phenomenon? No. The difference between enlightenment and ignorance would be in the *response* to the attack. (And even among the ignorant, as I've noted already, there can be a difference between perceiving an attack --via laughing-at or otherwise--and feeling attacked.) > 2. Is having an ellipsis hurled at you an attack? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
