--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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:
> > > > >     \-&#716;ga-th(&#601;-)ri&#331;,
> -&#716;ge-th(&#601;-)ri&#331;\ 
> > > > > 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.
> 
> The people on the four listservs have no involvement
> with the situation. They are the ones who want me
> to continue the series. Me, I'm bored with it --
> Sagittarius.
> 

Which listservers are these?


> > > 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.
> 
> Good answer.
> 
> > How do YOU feel when you run across quotes of words 
> > you said in the past?
> 
> Same answer. Depends on the quote.
>


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