It is late at night. You hear a noise downstairs. It is a burglar, but after a while, he finds nothing that he recognizes as having value, and walks out. Throw him a blanket so that he doesn't go away empty-handed....
Lawrence > On Aug 17, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Steve High <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great. Now we're gonna have an argument between Hindus and Buddhists. This > should be interesting. > > >> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> The signal to noise ratio has taken a nosedive. I'm sure this is just a >> momentary thing, and the key individuals driving the noise will quickly come >> to their senses. >> >> I'm going to take the liberty of mixing lots of metaphors. Imagine we're in >> a room at someone's home and it's at a party. The people in this room are >> Vortex. In other rooms there are other things going on. We're having an >> interesting conversation. The libations flow freely, and then people start >> getting a little tipsy. A conversation gets a little heated. One or two >> people maybe don't know when to let go of something. They surely have good >> intentions. But they're getting a little loud. >> >> Now imagine in the kitchen one room over there is a sleeping Buddha, who >> owns the house and is throwing the party. Not only is he serving as the >> goodly host of the party, but, like Shiva, in previous ages he has also laid >> waste to civilizations and exiled the profligate, the wicked and the ones >> who lack self-restraint. Let's let him continue in his deep sleep, for the >> consequences of his waking are a little unpredictable. Let's carry on our >> conversation at a more moderate pitch, respecting the general inclinations >> of the people in the room, even if we feel we've been provoked. >> >> Eric >
