Chris,
"Advanced" just means not (as) prone to trivialize (misunderstand, misconstrue)
as others. What else could it mean?
If that is "mean", and that's the way you take it, you may be trivializing it.
We're adults here, and have racked-up a history on these boards, and know
something about the backgrounds we've disclosed and woven into posts.
Merle might also bluntly advise you, "Lighten up!" I hope she does.
--Joe
> Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote:
>
> I think the inescapable meanness in your words here show very well that
> there is no permanent essence attached to persons or to awakening.
> Sometimes Merle's words show she gets it, at that time. Sometimes your
> words show that. Everyone that writes here has I think missed the mark
> from time to time. Thatâs a good lesson-we aren't really separate from one
> another and sometimes we join the dance eyes open and sometimes eyes
> closed, so our partners make way for us. I respect your long history of
> practise and achievement, but with language like "every" and "compared"
> and "more advanced" I think you show us that no amount of practise is
> enough.
>
> You may hold to an essential difference between yourself and Merle and I as
> less advanced, but today I do not see that dividing line.
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