Great post Curtis. Peg Leg Sam -- a classic. (No relation to Toothpick Sad Sam Jones I suppose -- (now thats an obscure reference)).
Sort of reminds me of what I envision MMY or others might say when asked to fly. "I could, but I don't really like flying." Which brings me to Rory and Jim. Guys, I appreciate your responses. And I have understood them I think, and appreciate the views you expressed. But you didn't directly answer my question. Not that you are obligated to. Jim, you sort of implied an answer -- that you weres peeved at Bush and Iraq -- and this expressed disatisfaction might be an agent for change. Which implies, to me, your ability to fulfill desires doesn't extend to big things like Iraq. So its a limited qualified type of desire fulfillment. Same with wholeness swallowing and healing particles -- though thats more Rory's story. Your wholeness appears not Whole or powerful enough to swallow and heal the traumatized particle of Iraq. Or some other constraint I am not aware of. Rory you were a bit more oblique in your answers, skirting the question. A first for you. :) Loving what is is fine -- though see my counter post that you inspired -- Loving What Isn't. Your response has more of a Peg Leg Sam quality perhaps. Perhaps you could heal Iraq if you desired, or your Wholenes swallowed that traumatized particle, but you choose not to. Its all just Perfect as it is. Nothing needs healing. --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MMY's out for his obvious failure in the fulfillment of his stated > desires is that "Nature" guided it or that the people's > "deservability" wasn't high enough. > > It reminds me of a story Peg Leg Sam the harmonica playing hobo told. > He was playing to draw crowds for a medicine show where the guy was > selling the legendary "snake oil". He told the people that it would > cure snake bites and it was 500 times thinner than water so it would > cure all ailments. He used to hold up a live rattler for attention > but this time when he was putting it back in the box the snake bit > him. As he was screaming for a doctor the crowd asked "why don't you > just use your magical snake oil?" The crowd caught on that he wanted > nothing to do with his own medicine and kept screaming for a real > doctor. The crowd ran them both out of town! > > People selling "fulfillment of all desires" are exploiting a beautiful > human ability to dream and have hope. Once you put in the stipulation > that "nature" can override your desires or that people might not > "deserve" the good you wish on them, you end up with a theory without > falsifiability. Same rigged system with fulfillment of prayers, if it > doesn't work it was God's will. Think anybody on a plane falling out > of the sky ever tried praying their way out of it? How did that work > out for them? > > Step right up, step right up... > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > > > Whether the surge "works" or not, I just > > > want this damned war to be over soon, and for us as a country to > > > recognize that it has solved nothing.:-) > > > > This is not a gotcha moment. I am trying to understand what you (and > > Rory -- its one body/mind/mouth) really mean when you describe your > > abilities -- and how far they reach. > > > > If you are able to "resolve" unwhole particles, nurturing , culturing > > or inducing wholeness in them, and hopefully "healing" traumatized and > > negativity imprisoned particles, Why don't you? Why don't you have > > wholeness, and/or your wholeness, swallow these errant particles -- > > making them whole? If you have these skills, why is the middles east > > not flourishing in peace? > > > > Same with your abilities to easily and swiftly fulfill all of your > > desires. Are you desires limited to a small domain of your localized > > relative life? Don't you desire lasting peace in the ME -- and > > throughout the world? Don't you wish for peace and prosperity in > > Darfur? Don't you desire to a ready and affordable solution to Global > > Warming? Don't you wish a light would turn on inside GWB? Don't you > > desire a cure for cancer? > > > > If you do desire these things, then it appears that your abilities to > > quickly and easily fulfill all desires is quite limited. > > >
