Terry sez: > BTW, MY should be awake and online soon. > It will be interesting to see what she has to say.
My only contact with MY these days is through indirect exposure. There has been a lot of that lately. Robert's Google search was informative. It ought to put to rest imaginative scenarios concerning the MY persona. My own impression of MY's posting activity is one that I suspect most here have already come to: "she" is in it primarily for the unique kind of exposure and notoriety it gives "her" out on the Internet. It's just one of the activities some of us do to prove to ourselves that we actually amount to something in a universe we unconsciously fear would just assume ignore our existence. To constantly express & post disagreeable opinions is a way to point to the "self" and say "See, I DO exist... and I'm unique!" It's a way to be noticed. Alas, there are obvious problems with such behavior if taken to an extreme. For example, becoming banned could be perceived as a badge of honor - a kind of consolation prize. (However, least I sound too uppety,I guess I could say that me resigning from Krivits' NET BoD was in a sense being banned as well... so go figger!) But let me get back to my spiel. If in subsequent years Rossi eCats actually DO start rolling off the shelves of stores like Home Depot I suspect MY will soon start searching around for another group (preferably linked to a controversial subject) so that she can continue to prove to an indifferent world that she actually does exist. I suspect "grasshopper" MY will probably not take the following advice in an agreeable fashion: Zen masters realize "self" doesn't exist, so stop constantly trying to prove to an indifferent universe that it does. It is a futile gesture that ultimately fails. I suspect a number of Zen masters would simply shrug their shoulders and say there are far more enjoyable things to do with consciousness as compared to constantly wearing a chip "self's" shoulder. Regards Swami OrionWorks
