Thanks, for the link, Turq, I'll want to read more stories. The roadrunner story was a great read.
--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela > Mailander > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Turq, Turq, Turq, > > that is a totally excellent understanding of the > > roadrunner as metaphor. I might have to dedicate > my > > next poem to you for that one. > > It's not my metaphor. I stole that one from > the Rama - Frederick Lenz guy I studied with > for so long. It just knocked my socks off the > first time I heard it, and does to this day. > > One of my Road Trip Mind stories was about > this wonderful metaphor, and my real-life > encounter with a real roadrunner. I still have > the stuffed Wile E. Coyote spoken about in the > story. He sits up on one of my bookcases look- > ing down at me as I write this. > > http://ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm27.html > > > When I just now saw Judy's first post of the week, > I > > thought "What do you bet it's a put-down of Turq?" > > > Too bad I didn't have millions to bet or some > wiling > > fool to bet with cause the odds were > astronomically in > > my favor. > > How could you expect anything less. Or, more > sadly, more? Two of my best friends have a > saying about a third friend we have in common. > He's a sweet guy at heart, but has some...uh... > ego issues. ( He produced the film "What the > bleep..." ) Their saying is, "We love Bill, but > he never fails to disappoint." > > > While settling into my ring-side seat, I'd like to > > suggest that she's right with some, though by no > means > > all, of her objections. > > Being in a fiesta mood, I will agree with you. > > > And even when she's right, > > she's missing your intention. > > Here I not only agree but offer you a high-five > for "seeing." I think the root cause is that she > is so out of touch with intention *itself*, esp- > ecially her own. > > > Even so, of course, > > there was absolutely no need for her final > paragraph > > in which she indulges in an unwarranted personal > > attack by means of a generalization about your > > supposed inability to understand research. > > Get used to it. I have. It's not going to change. > Because that would mean that Judy has changed. > And I think we all know by now that *that* is > never going to be allowed to happen. > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The roadrunner's going to keep getting away. > > > That's > > > > just the way things work in this cartoon > universe. > > > > > > Actually, there was one exception. > > > > > > If the roadrunner is enlightenment and Wile E. > > > Coyote is the seeker, there WAS one moment in > > > which he transcended the laws of this cartoon > > > universe and realized his dream. He *caught* > > > the roadrunner. > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJW7EF5aVk > > > > > > This is a potent metaphor for how close I think > > > scientists are ever going to get to "defining" > > > samadhi and enlightenment. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
