--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sounds to me as if several people are buying into > > > > the pre-publication memes being spread by Dan Brown's > > > > publicists to pave the way for his next best seller. :-) > > > > > > To follow up, here's some information from Wikipedia. > > > I just think it's hilarious that people like some of > > > the folks who are so full of fear on this group are > > > working themselves up into a full-fledged obsession > > > based on the work of *publicists* who are spreading > > > memes to hype the sales of an upcoming book. :-) > > > > Uh-huh. Except that folks have been engrossed/obsessed > > with these "memes" for far longer than Dan Brown. Sorry > > to disappoint, but he didn't invent this group of > > conspiracy theories any more than he did those about > > Jesus and the Magdalene. > > > > *You* may be reading about this U.S. Freemasons stuff > > for the first time from Brown's publicists, but you're > > a bit behind the curve. > > > > Oh, and besides the post hoc propter hoc fallacy, you > > picked the wrong putdown. Conspiracy theories appeal > > to folks not because they're afraid but because they > > like to feel they're in on a big secret. > > Welcome back, Judy. I see you had a nice, relaxing long > weekend away, and that it did wonders for you. :-) > > Speaking of which, you may have noticed that in your > absence, a couple of people have posted about the > spiritual (or at the very least, personally inspiring) > experiences they had over the same period. Marek waxed > eloquent about the bliss of surfing, and I expounded > upon the bliss of wandering around in the dark. :-)
However, the bliss of wandering around in the dark didn't seem to stop you from ending your account of it with a putdown, nor did all that bliss keep you from making another nine posts containing putdowns. Only one of your posts so far this posting week hasn't involved a putdown. Last week, at least 27 of your posts were putdowns. > Surely *you* must have some inspiring stories to tell > of your own long weekend away. I thus pose two questions, > which, being the intellectually honest person you are, > you will answer and not snip, right? Actually, responding or not responding would have nothing to do with intellectual honesty. It would have to do with whether I feel like telling spiritually inspiring stories about myself. > * You left town for your long weekend on Thursday, and > thus had at least three full days away from home, right? Nope. For your own peace of mind, I'd suggest you not attempt to determine when I leave and when I come back on the basis of when I post. I know it's a matter of some anxiety for you to know when I'm not going to be around, but it would really be better if you tried to overcome it and just, you know, take it as it comes. I'll tell you this much: The two situations outside meditation in which I most often have deep experiences of my spiritual nature are when I'm out on the ocean, and when I'm listening to music. Each time I've been away this summer, I've had the opportunity to be in both those situations, and each time their spiritual potential was fulfilled.
