--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > > "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > TurquoiseB > > > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect that all techniques of > > > > > > self realization are placebos. > > > > > > > > > > If time and space don't exist or don't exist > as > > > the agency of > > > the > > > > > creation, then yes- all placebos. However, > > > immersing ourselves > > > in > > > > > time > > > > > and space as tools to explore self > realization, > > > then techniques > > > are > > > > > just that, shortcuts. If I can wait three > weeks > > > to drive a nail > > > > > through a pine two by four with my hand, no > > > technique needed, > > > > > otherwise I'll use a hammer. > > > > > > > > And couldn't this possibly be because most of > the > > > > people around you, for most of your life, have > > > done > > > > their best to convince you that a hammer is > the > > > > "right" tool for pounding a nail? I've met > nutcase > > > > martial artists who can pound a nail into a > > > two-inch > > > > board with their hands. It's not the most > > > practical > > > > of skills :-), but for them it takes no less > time > > > > than it would take you to do the same thing > with > > > > your "society-approved" hammer. > > > > > > > Not at all- I'm saying that techniques save time > or > > > decrease space. > > > In this case, I can learn to use a hammer more > > > easily and in a > > > shorter time than learning how to drive a nail > with > > > my hand. > > > > Whatcha building guys, a tree fort? > > > Yep, and its at least two stories tall! :-) Nifty! Can I come over? > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
