On 4/24/17, John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/24/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > >> lyberta, do look up eckart tolle's story, it's very very funny (and >> relevant). ok ok i can't resist telling the tale: he was an academic, >> in some of the worst (bitchiest) back-stabbing in-fighting for funding >> and "status" academic environments it's possible to be in, and it was >> really *really* getting him down. so one day he woke up and said to >> himself, intending to kill himself, "i can't live with myself". >> >> except, the academic in him went, "hang on a minute, what the hell? >> what the hell is the damn difference between this "I" and this >> "myself"?? in that stupid sentence! *I* can't live with my "self"?? >> wtf??" and the sudden and revelationary recognition of the incredible >> cognitive dissonance between two "things" - two "selfs" - in his mind >> which he *wasn't even aware were separate" resulted in what's known in >> the trade as a "kundalini whiteout". >> >> when he came to he found he was still sitting on the bed but he could >> perceive things in a totally new way. i won't go into the rest of the >> story but he's now one of the western world's best known "spiritual >> masters", so his books (including audio books) are well worth reading. >> > > I'm not sure how my feedback on this is valued, but : > Believe it or not, I'm not a fan of Eckhart not just 'cause I always > despised the definitive "all knowing" rhetoric used by both Church's > AND spiritualists, but because I felt Eckhart et-all frequently made > the habit of making individuals feel better about themselves by > demeaning and incessantly talking about how worthless and powerless > so-called "oppressive" forces are, literally as an abstract. Life's > meaning (in my opinion) is literally based around conflict as an > abstract (not just violence), so it kinda feels like their > interpretation of life is a bit pointless if one doesn't make being > spiritual a part of their identity (since to them conflict with one's > self seems to be the only conflict that has any meaning, and kinda > implies if a person views themselves as good human beings just the way > they are that they are living a life with nothing but pointless > conflicts). That's just my opinion xP >
Oops I meant to send that just to Luke, Not the whole list, sorry everybody for any bit derailing mt comments may be here xD Sorry _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk