--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "llundrub" <llundrub@> wrote: > > > > > > > > woolgathering > > > > > > Main Entry: > > > wool·gath·er·ing > > > Pronunciation: > > > \-ˌga-th(ə-)riŋ, -ˌge-th(ə-)riŋ\ > > > Function: > > > noun > > > Date: > > > 1553 > > > > > > : indulgence in idle daydreaming > > > > > > Possibly. But how do you feel now, after posting > > > that one word, as opposed to how you felt before > > > you pressed Send? > > > > > > I'm asking because you claim to be from a Buddhist > > > tradition, and what I wrote about is a traditional > > > Buddhist teaching, one that is still taught by > > > some teachers. I think it's a valuable teaching. > > > But you are free to think whatever you want, and > > > to react to it however you want. IMO what happens > > > to your own state of attention when you *do* react > > > either verifies or disproves the teaching. Watch > > > the rest of your day, and compare it to yesterday > > > or the day before, and get back to me, eh? > > > > How did you feel after you pressed send when you > > posted the "What TMers Believe" volumes I and II? > > Pretty good. None of the quotes in them, after all, > were mine. >
A question I once posed to my brother in a family counseling session concerning a decision he made involving me: Q:Did you ever get feedback from other people about what you decided to do? A:No... Perhaps it would be good for you to describe to someone who has no involvement with the situation what you have been doing and see how they respond. > 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? > I felt exasperated and concerned for you. > What are YOU going to feel if/when I post THINGS > TMers BELIEVE, Volume III, and if/when you find > one or more of your quotes in it? > Depends on what I said. If I still agreed with what I said, I would be proud of my statement. If I disagreed, I would be annoyed or even embarrassed at my previous lack of insight. How do YOU feel when you run across quotes of words you said in the past?
