>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate
> <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new data and new
> > concepts. For
> > example, maybe we often skip a poster which our theory predicts will
> > waste our time. BUT, my point of the orignal post was, when we
> > occaisionally read the post, do so with an open, fresh mind, like you
> > just met them, not be tied to the past and your prior evaluations of
> > them, and see if what they write today, the words in themselves, in
> > the CURRENT post, have any value.
>
> For example, if we have the view in our mind, prior to even reading a
> post, is that, "This poster is full of Sh*t. They only post BS, play
> games, distort and swims in logical fallacies." then guess what we
> will find in almost any post they make: i) BS, ii) games, iii)
> distortions, and iv) logical fallacies. The search for such often
> overwhelms any points of merit in the post.
>
> My suggestion is to simply turn off the voices of past theories and
> hypotheses about the poster, and ones apprasial of their motives, and
> simply read their words without any prejedice -- aka pre-judgement.
>
Not possible. Even the enlightened have history that colors their understanding of what
they read or hear.
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