--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Let's face it: none of you would even be acceptable in > > > > a cult dome. What, are we, your last resort? > > > > > > LOL! > > > > > > That's really it, isn't it? There are a number of > > > people here who REALIZE that they would never be > > > allowed within a hundred yards of an "official" > > > TM butt-bouncing dome. And yet they look around > > > at the others who aren't allowed in and they say > > > to themselves, "I'm not as bad as THEY are. Maybe > > > if I make enough noise and insult these other > > > rejects enough times, they'll let me back in > > > to the clubhouse." > > > > > > Funniest image in a great long while, Vaj. Thanks. > > > > Classic projection. When confronted with one's own > > doubts about one's spiritual practice, teacher, or > > tradition, EXTERNALIZE them and project all the > > anger that one feels towards ones self for feel- > > ing these doubts onto those who are open about > > having them, or worse, onto those who LAUGH at the > > doubts and at those who feel threatened about > > having them. > > > > It goes both ways, you know. If you were as certain about your uncertainty as you claim, > you wouldn't bother posting about it.
The whole idea that one argues only for what one has doubts about is really, really silly either way. It may be true that some people argue for what they have doubts about, but it isn't some kind of absolute, as Barry would like to have us believe.
