--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Are and Spraig playing stump the teacher? That is so cute.
> > > > > Whatever distinction you are making has no relevance to my
> > > > > life or my point.
> > > > > It is a desperate attempt to make it seem like I somehow never
> > > > > understood TM like you guys do. If that makes you happy to
> > > > > believe that, I couldn't care less.
> > > >
> > > > Says Curtis, launching an ad hominem attack ("shooting
> > > > the messenger") instead of admitting that he got it wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Such integrity!
> > >
> > > Compare and contrast the state of consciousness,
> > > compassion, courage, and just plain humanity of
> > > this statement and its "defender of the TM faith"
> > > author to those TMers sitting in a hotel in a war
> > > zone in Israel, putting their beliefs -- and yes,
> > > integrity -- on the line.
> > >
> > > Interesting comparison, eh?
> >
> > Notice Barry does not compare *Curtis's* state
> > of consciousness, compassion, courage, and just
> > plain humanity--not to mention his willingness
> > to put his own beliefs and integrity on the line--
> > to the Israeli TMers. IOKIFAAT.
> >
> > And of course there's no consideration of the
> > context. Curtis questioned the value of the
> > "experience of transcending," suggesting that
> > it's been vastly overrated, when, as a former
> > TM teacher, he ought to know--as Lawson pointed
> > out--that no experience during TM is of any
> > greater value than any other, including random
> > thoughts.
> >
> > That *does* suggest that Curtis was not
> > meditating properly, if he thought there was
> > supposed to be great value in the experience
> > of transcending.
> >
> > This error, uncorrected, might well have
> > served to discourage folks who would otherwise
> > have been in a position at some point to
> > demonstrate their courage and humanity by
> > joining a group practicing the TM-Sidhis in a
> > war zone.
>
> Have you ever considered taking the Which Harry
> Potter Character Are You? quiz at:
>
> http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=hpcharacter
>
> I'm bettin' on Hermione.
>
> You're trying to berate someone and make them
> publicly confess the error of their ways because
> they didn't speak the exact words that were in
> the textbook.
>
> That just makes you a grumpy schoolmarm, not smart.
>
There's plenty of ways of expressing mathemtical ideas, but if you end up
saying that 2 is
an even number, its wrong, no matter how you put it.
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