--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "was in a very, very, *very* low state of attention-"
> 
> That's a new one.  Is this like when a chick points to her eyes and
> says, "My eyes are up here buster"?

Haven't you read Barry's recent posts about evaluating
the level of one's state of attention?  Better hop to it.



> 
>  The one positive aspect to it was that it exposed
> > the ugly depths of this person's habitual state of
> > attention.
> 
> Is this the same as having a lower state of consciousness?  Or is it
> more like slouching?
> 
> Or should I just sod off now?
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 
wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > I would think the more relevant question to the
> > > technique I've been talking about is what did YOU
> > > think of seeing your words alongside the others in
> > > that post, and presented as if you and your words
> > > represented TM and Maharishi?
> > 
> > You didn't ask me, but I'll tell you: I thought
> > the person who presented the quotes, shorn of their
> > context, as if the posters and their words
> > represented TM and Maharishi, was in a very, very,
> > *very* low state of attention--far lower than the
> > posters themselves when they wrote what he posted,
> > and lower even than when he penned the vicious attacks
> > that many of the posters were responding to.
> > 
> > The whole project was bottom of the barrel, state-
> > of-attention-wise, including his bleating and chest-
> > beating about it on FFL, which so clearly revealed
> > the real motivation behind it: to intimidate TM
> > supporters, especially his critics, into shutting up.
> > No, wait, the real motivation wasn't just bottom of
> > the barrel, it was way *beneath* the barrel.
> > 
> > The one positive aspect to it was that it exposed
> > the ugly depths of this person's habitual state of
> > attention.
> >
>


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