************* The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] ************ Thanks for the reply Pete - I like your point of view and mine may possibly change as I progress up the levels but my current view remains intact and I'll continue spraying poison on cockroaches and defend myself and family against criminals.
I'll also hand out cyber-slaps if I feel the necessity. Regards, Martin On 5/Jan/2011 23:48, Pete McLaughlin wrote: > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] > ************ > Martin > The things we believe to be unquestiionabley true are the ones we will > have to most trouble timebreaking with TROM. This is why it is important to > thank those opponents to your goals that cause you misemotion or cause you > take action i.e. effort against them. They are bringing up what you need to > timebreak so you can see it. > I was never inclined to be a soldier so I may not be as dedicated to > strategy and tatics of military conflict as you are, but I have read Sun > Tzu's "The Art of War" because it resonates with my reactive minds need to > take effective action agains agressors. I understand the game. I have > spent a lot of time defining who I am fighting against and why so I could > timebreak the beingnesses, postulates, counter postulates, emotions and > efforts out of life's conflicts. Despite this I still have a first reaction > to some aggressors like government bureaucrats, bankers, lawyers and courts, > cops etc that I should shoot them first and talk later. > I have much to work on here. > > "I'm very uncertain on how to reason away life's necessities to protect > itself." > > Your point is excellent. It at first seem unlikely that I can choose not to > play a game with murders, robbers, bankers, etc and they will not bother me. > however, the more I work at timebreaking my compulsion to meet aggression > with aggression the more I find that my lack of interest in playing the game > results in the game not occurring. It is easier to see this when the game > is one of just trading insults with another person. They say "your mother > wears army boots" and you ignore that comment and say well, Hi to you too, > and how are you doing this bright sunny day? The next origination from this > other will not be as insulting as the first. > It would probably be harder for you to accept that all victims of crime > are actively looking for someone to hurt them before the crime occurs. In > my experience this is exactly the case. > > Anyway, these are interesting ideas to kick around and see if they work for > you. I expect there are hard financial times coming in the form of a new > Great Depression with 35% unemployment etc.. I could buy a lot of guns and > ammo and shoot everyone who comes near or raise a large garden and start a > neighbor hood garden club where we all try to raise different edible crops > and trade with each other to get greater variety of things to eat. I am > choosing the second course of action in the expectation that the criminals > will go elsewhere where people want to be victims and other neighbors who > want to be self sufficient will come to trade for food with me. We will see > how this works out. > > Sincerely, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Martin Foster > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 12:44 AM > To: The Resolution of Mind list > Subject: Re: [TROM1] Opportunities to time-break > > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] > ************ > On 4/Jan/2011 18:26, Pete McLaughlin wrote: Snipped: >> I understand your need to do something about people who oppose your goals >> for the trom list but your need is just a compulsion to take a role in >> another's game. You need to be able to let others play games with others >> without your needing to interfere. > ------------------------------------ > Pete - This life, last life and most of my lives before I soldiered. > I've always been a warrior. > > In the CoS I was often used by the old GO Guardian Office to preempt > attacks on the Church. I never found any so called SP's -- LOL > > Recently - due to the crime in our area I drew up admin scales to > establish neighborhood watches. The crime has consequently reduced. > > I'm very uncertain on how to reason away life's necessities to protect > itself. > > I do, slightly, see your and Lester Levenson's point's of view. > > Ant, on the Ivy list, assisted me years ago in restraining a tendency of > mine to be very acerbic with those who in a battle of wits failed to arm > themselves, - (You see - there I go again) > > I'm obviously back on Level-4. The eight classes of overwhelm > > Oh shit - I have so much to time-break on level 4 - I think it will take > a few eternities. > > Martin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Trom mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom > > > _______________________________________________ > Trom mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3359 - Release Date: 01/04/11 > 21:34:00 > _______________________________________________ Trom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom
