--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
<jflanegi@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB
<no_reply@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig"
<sparaig@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > You enjoy laughing at people who argue about topics
> > > > > > > you raise that you don't care about?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You may have a hope of getting it after all. :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [Researching how to implement a troll filter in the Safari
> > browse]
> > > > >
> > > > Reminds me of a lowlife I went to school with who used to
enjoy
> > > > starting fights over CB radio...
> > >
> > > It's so funny when he goes on and on about how
> > > wonderful it is to be able to change states of
> > > attention from moment to moment. He hasn't
> > > changed his state of attention as long as I've
> > > known him, going on 13 years now.
> > >
> > He has accused me several times of being angry when I haven't
been,
> > and ascribed motives to others which don't track either. I can
> > appreciate where he's coming from, but it isn't Self-
realization.
> > Rather it is the edge of twilight leading to the dark night of
the
> > soul. Or stagnation.
>
> Both. He's desperately trying to *hold off* the
> dark night of the soul, which is why he ain't
> going anywhere. But the light is on the other
> side.
>
That's my take on it too.
