On Jun 18, 5:59 am, "Serenity Smiles" <gentle.esse...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Do you think Mr. Gates could design an artists tool for messenger?? It > would be “awesome” to have the extra facility to be able to draw whilst being > able to call or message with someone. Now that would be a far more helpful > tool than extra emoticons. > > From: Lonnie Clay > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:20 PM > To: epistemology@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [epistemology 12159] Re: actual epistemology > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5zLvBengQ > > 20 Divas Queen of the Night Aria. > > As you listen to the above, consider that no matter how unfortunate your > circumstances, all but one person in the world (the most pathetic > unfortunate) lacks the ability to claim that there is nobody worse off than > them. Furthermore consider that no matter how high you might rise, there is > always someone higher, except for the one who is at the pinnacle. Guess what > happens when you reach the pinnacle? Consider Bill Gates, richest man in the > world in 2001 who saw the error of being such a self centered greedy person > and who now devotes his life to *wisely* disposing of his wealth to those > throughout the world who are in need, rather than grasping for yet more > wealth.
Well, with Gates it was a special case though. A lot of decided that if a person can make multibillion dollars a year selling netware to AT&T, then the only people that should work for the company is Disneyworld anyway. > > In summary, life has its ups and downs. Just because you are down at the > moment does not mean that there is no hope. If you are up, then there is no > assurance that you will not be down tomorrow. Strive to optimize your > situation with the resources at hand. Keep alert for opportunity when it > knocks, because it might not knock again for a while if you fail to see your > chance to go for it. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1UEMU1gBk > > Lucille Ball - Hey! Look Me Over! from "Wildcat" > > Lonnie Courtney Clay > > On Thursday, June 16, 2011 5:45:44 AM UTC-7, Awori wrote: > > Lonnie your advice is excellent! > > On Jun 16, 2011 3:40 PM, "Lonnie Clay" <clayl...@comcast.net> wrote: > > You live and breathe right? Take ten deep breaths. Muster your patience > and > > ask your conscience what is wrong with your approach to life. For example, > > the shouted call below for "support and protection" is revealing. Are you > > famished and dying of hunger? Are you dying of thirst? Are your lungs > > clogged up with so much phlegm that you cannot breath? Are you dying of > heat > > prostration or is your skin frozen with cold? Count your blessings before > > you count your losses. Life support operational? Is there a knife at your > > throat, or a gun in your belly? You complain of eczema, is that so painful > > as to be life threatening? For example my sister has Fibromyalgia and > > suffers constant intense pain throughout her body... > > > > Looking back over the preceding paragraph, it may appear that I am > > unsympathetic and callous. That is not true. I am taking the time to > > seriously think of how I can be of help when I am "mentally insane" and > live > > on $985 per month of disability pension, being one year's income in debt. > > You are welcome to send me an email at lonniecou...@gmail.com or to > > visit at 3395 Harrell Road Arlington TN U.S.A at any time for in person > > advice. It seems to me that what you need most is reassurance that life > has > > meaning, though it may be an impossibly tangled snarl of thread. Life DOES > > have meaning, primarily as a training ground for your soul in dealing with > > limited senses, mental resources, and physical resources in a "hard" > > environment. If it was going to be easy, then there would not be ANY point > > to playing the game, now would there? Check your score right now. How many > > assets physically accumulated, apparently little, who cares. How far have > > you come mentally since that first outraged scream of infancy at birth > when > > you discovered that you had to breathe for a living? I estimate quite far > > according to your posts which I have read. How much influence has there > been > > on the others living about you and what environmental impact have you > made, > > both positive and negative? > > > > Apparently you are not blind, or retarded, or crippled without hands since > > you are using a computer. How well have you utilized your bonuses and > > overcome your handicaps from birth. For example, my parents were from > > farming families, my dad never earned more than minimum wage until I was > in > > high school, my mother had to care for six children, of which I am the > > youngest, the family was always neck deep in debt to such an extent that > > doctor visits were made only for life threatening conditions blah blah > blah. > > But I struggled out of the pit to graduate Summa Cum Laude in Electrical > > Engineering in 1979, supported the rest of the family for 11 years then > > mooched off of my brother for the past 20. Mentioning my brother, who is > one > > year older than me, he flunked out of the same engineering school I > attended > > (with my money paying his bills), got a job through a draftsman's training > > program (which I helped arrange), worked his way into CAD designing, from > > there into electrical designing, and is now a senior electrical designer > at > > a Fortune 500 chemical company and considered essential personnel to the > > extent that last year he was the LAST designer they had left after laying > > off the rest. Things are better now and he leads the pack. > > > > "Let your light shine forth" and stop cursing the darkness SS, because it > > only makes the ghosts laugh. Laugh at THEM and defy this darkness which > > seems to have you in a slump. Stop listening to the damn vampire doctors! > > Has a doctor solved your problems yet? NO, the occasional SYMPTOM of a > > problem may have disappeared, but your fundamental problem, as with so > many > > of the vast majority of people is that you never learned proper control of > > your body. Get a GRIP on it and activate your immune system. Eat > nutritious > > foods and stop poisoning your body with drugs, including those prescribed > by > > the witch doctor. Physical symptoms are a warning sign that you are losing > > your grip. Once again, get a grip on your body! Look UP out of the pit, > find > > handholds, and claw your way to higher ground. If you see somebody else in > > trouble worse than yours, render assistance and improve your karma, as I > > just did with you. You'll feel better about yourself, self esteem bolsters > > confidence, self confidence yields inspiration, and inspiration yields > > solutions. > > > > There there now, feel better? > > > > Lonnie Courtney Clay > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:09:48 AM UTC-7, Serenity Smiles wrote: > >> > >> Dear Lonnie, that is so sweet and yes I wish I could enjoy such things > >> as visiting Howletts Zoo etc but, I am not going to get hurt again > without > >> reliable support, my hands hurt because of inherited eczema and although > the > >> doctor said they would get better they do not. I need “human contact” > that > >> I can have faith in. This does not exist for me so achieving such > ambitions > >> are pointless at the moment. I need SUPPORT AND PROTECTION. > >> > >> *From:* Lonnie Clay > >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:55 AM > >> *To:* epis...@googlegroups.com > >> *Subject:* Re: [epistemology 12150] Re: actual epistemology > >> > >> Dear SS! Do not fret over the dead past, but set your mind upon the road > >> ahead, proceeding apace toward your destiny with alert senses and an > >> enquiring mind. From your current surroundings follow a pathway toward > >> enlightenment not by just reading the words of others or breaking new > ground > >> yourself, but through a combination of those strategies. Avoid the Scylla > >> and Charybdis traps of blind logic and unthinking superstition. Retain a > >> sense of optimism and refresh yourself frequently with pure entertainment > >> such as visiting a zoo or going to an amusement park. The denizens of > those > >> two locales will give you fresh perspectives. Don't ignore "facts", but > >> don't assume that the dogmatic worldview of those who lead a humdrum > >> existence is valid. Keep in mind that at one time the world was gripped > by > >> ignorance so profound that Galileo Galilei was tried for the equivalent > of > >> crimes against humanity today simply for believing that the Earth was not > >> the center about which the Universe revolved. The dogmas of science today > >> will be as laughably contemptible as the Copernican worldview within a > few > >> hundred years. Think about how your mind works, as I have discussed > >> elsewhere and above all, "Do as you please." > >> > >> Lonnie Courtney Clay > >> > >> On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:26:07 AM UTC-7, Serenity Smiles wrote: > >>> > >>> Mahayanin is the Tibetan side of Buddhism, gelug being the school I took > >>> refuge with, in or around 1995. This was through the guy Walker who > >>> steered > >>> me into this path by telling me my mind thought processes were best > suited > >>> > >>> to Mahayanin and he also felt that this was the best philosophy he had > >>> ever > >>> come across in his travels of the silk road, he too died in unknown > >>> circumstances I never saw the body so I leave that to emptiness. Being > >>> Buddhist we "dance with the dead" to recover their "lives". My life has > >>> been shadowed by musicians ever since David Bowie became famous, (one of > >>> the > >>> few people my father used to drive as a private taxi driver, the > infamous > >>> Max Moseley another), or that was when I first started to realise. Just > >>> who > >>> or how "I" was set up is still a mystery to me. I made Liberace as a > >>> possibilty about twenty years ago now, but this is when it got "heavy" > for > >>> > >>> me whether as I said because my "suitability" as a radical, green > liberal > >>> did not suit the conservative fascist elitist elements or even the > Masters > >>> > >>> because I was not strong enough mentally to withstand the secret > practises > >>> > >>> is still debatable. But have > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
