--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yesterday was a real wake-up call for me. > I started the day with a great meditation > that left me happy and fulfilled, and > followed it up with laughing and joking > with friends over coffee in the corner cafe. > None of them meditate, but they rejoice in > life, and consistently find ways to share their > joy with others. There was not an ounce of > fear or disharmony around the table. > > And then I went home and logged onto FFL, and > it was like diving into a cesspool. I was > plunged into the words of 30-year meditators > who were advocating the use of nuclear weapons > on millions of people whose only crime was to > be born in a country and a culture the 30-year > meditators are terrified of. I read the words > of those who supported that stance for no other > reason than because it gave them another way to > slam someone on FFL they don't like. I saw again > the TMO's 'selective focus' in reporting the > 'News,' and trying to take credit for those > selective reports, while distancing themselves > from the bigger stories they can't see because > of the blinders they're wearing, and have been > wearing for so long. I was reminded of the way > that the TMO deals with those who don't believe > what they're supposed to, and how some of these > same 30-year meditators here see absolutely > nothing wrong with that. > > Suffice it to say that it was a real bringdown. > This morning the experience repeated itself. > Within moments I was right back in the shit > again, reacting and posting stuff just as > lowvibe as the things I was reading. I've now > deleted them. > > Enough already. > > My thanks to Rick for creating such a forum, > where people can do what they are not allowed > to do in the TMO -- express their doubts and > their questions along with their fervent beliefs. > At the same time, my apologies to Rick and > everyone here for my part in turning it into > a more contentious forum than it needed to be. > > My thanks also to Kirk, Vaj, Jim, Tom T., Sal, > Dr. Pete, Rory, George, Paul, Michael, Shemp, > cardemeister, and all of the others who have > consistently demonstrated that one can survive > the TMO with one's spiritual hopes intact, and > with some sense of style. You have all posted > many great comments and experiences for me to > ponder, and I have. > > I have also pondered the things that others > have said about my participation here, and have > come to the conclusion that they were correct. > I don't belong here; the nasty things that are > said get to me and all too often goad me into > participating in and perpetuating -- if not > deepening -- the nastiness. Kirk was right in > his decision to leave FFL, and for the right > reasons. He found many of the discussions here, > the way they are handled, and the mindset of > the 'handlers' too heartbreaking for him to > endure. He wisely moved on. I join him in that > decision, and in the quest for people who more > closely share my own sensibilities. > > Road Trip time. I'm taking August off from > reading and posting to *all* of the Internet > forums I have been participating in, not just > FFL. With any luck I will not return to any of > them. Thanks to all here for being one of the > catalysts to make me realize that I need to > hit the road. I wish you all well in your own > travels, wherever they may lead you. > > Unc/Barry
Sorry if it was time to bring up some real issues for you; And that your coffee shop experience of oblivion, was better; Than some real debate; Or that you can't dominate the conversation anymore; With your condescending attitude; So, you have to put your tail between your legs; And run away. Bye bye. > 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/
