--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > On Behalf Of TurquoiseB > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:29 AM > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Thinking and Meditating Can > > Change the > > > Brain > > > > > > > > > All in all, I can only *commend* Rick once again > > > for having started this forum, in which a few of > > > the more open-minded seekers can exchange information > > > and learn from each other. It's just a pain in the > > > ass sometimes when the fanatics -- on either side -- > > > try to dominate it and turn it into a showcase > > > for their rock-solid, immovable belief systems > > > and the damage that's done to their psyches. > > > > > Odd comment here, for barry seems to be saying that only if we > > are uncertain of what we believe, and continually questioning > > everything, our psyches are by default damaged. granted this is a > > valid perspective for him, and he clearly enjoys it, but by > > trying to impose it on others, he becomes the fanatic that he is > > railing against. > > > I meant that he is saying that only if we are > uncertain of what we believe, and continually questioning > everything, our psyches are by default UNdamaged...
You *sure* that's what you meant? ;-) What you're describing, BTW, is an instance of Barry's Rules, in which doing X, Y, and Z is Not OK unless you happen to be Barry, in which case it's just fine.
