Joe, The arrogance in this case is in the mind of a defensive beholder who would rather find a way to be blind to the truth of the message.
And there is NO law of Karma. That's a delusion. One of many apparently inhabiting your irrational world view... Edgar On May 20, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > Nope; as in Sports, it's all in the follow-through. > > Arrogance is its own undoing, and does no justice to any SUPPOSED message. It > enervates it. > > Remember that! > > Any intended message falls to the ground. It's the "Law of Karma". Get hip to > it. > > Arrogance is not a good Business Model, as you must know. > > We don't have to "consider" what arrogance is. Paraphrasing the Supreme Court > Justice describing or hoping to define Pornography, "We know it when we > encounter it". > > A Bodhisattva is not arrogant. Only wisdom and compassion guides action. > Arrogance is not in the eyes of the beholder: it is in the background of the > actor. No arrogance, none beheld. > > Q.E.D. > > Bill! expresses and displays compassion, and says I display more sympathy > than he does. But "a Bodhisattva does what a Bodhisattva's GOTTA do", to > paraphrase John Wayne. That does not include coming from a position of > arrogance, ever. There's no time for it, and it does not arise. Only wisdom > and compassion arise, fitting and proper for the circumstances, EXACTLY. You > heard it here second! > > This works only when your practice is up to snuff. If you're thinking about > things... forget about it! > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > We are talking about the message, not the speaker. The authority of the > > message is its truth. It's truth is its authority. > > > > A true message is only considered arrogant by a closed, defensive and > > unawakened mind.... > >
