--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > So do I identify with "the wish to find out" more than I > do "the will to believe?" Well, duh. The latter is, to me, > about "settling," about deciding, "I've found the ultimate > truth, so now I can relax." I've never relaxed, and I hope > never to. I hope to keep challenging my beliefs and my > assumptions until my dying breath, and after.
Before this year's April Fool's Day is over, I should mention what has to be one of the most magnificent, most prolonged, and most hilarious pranks in the history of the Web. It took place primarily over the space of about 15 hours on alt.meditation.transcendental (it was actually about two weeks before April Fool's Day). It's in the form of a long thread, but once you start reading, it's addictive. A TMer who goes by the name Delia originated and conducted it, with able assistance from a number of other alt.m.t-ers. Delia did an absolutely brilliant job. It begins here: http://tinyurl.com/yoo72a (The connection to what I quoted above from Barry's post will become clear after you've read a bit of it.)
