--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity <no_reply@> wrote: > > [...] > > > I find it odd that I am perceived as smug and dismissive. I am > > > confident enough in myself to know that I am neither. > > > > > > From my end, I find it frustrating when some TMers assume that my > > > thinking is flawed or I don't get certain metaphysical concepts. No > > > matter how often I say I get it, they never will believe me because > > > they cannot conceive that I understand but simply do not agree. The > > > problem with this is that it feels like I am being minimized, that my > > > opinion and feelings are not as valid as the believers' opinions and > > > feelings. > > > > > > > Thing is, MMY may not have grasped all that he was saying, either, > > so to assume that YOU have IS rather smug and dismissive. > > > > OF course, people (like myself, admittedly) who think they get what he > > was trying to say ALSO can be characterized that way. > > > > Lawson > > > I guess it is impressions created from strong POVs. Smug means > "Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or > with one's situation; self-righteously complacent." I don't feel that > way at all and do not believe that I create a general impression of > self righteousness or complacency. You don't either Lawson. > > I can say that MMY may not have grasped what he was saying because > there was not much to grasp.
MMY had a tendency to speak "off the cuff." I believe the first time he blurted "Damn Democracy" in a lecture, he was a startled as anyone else or so his expression suggested. This is my conclusion based upon my > review of the "evidence" and my own experience. It might not be yours. > That is fine. Just like I can accept that my sister is religious and > it adds much to her life. I am not religious in same sense and that > is fine too. > Shurg. I am not certain that you have honestly reviewed the "evidence" (noted little quote marks) even if you are unable to be honest with YOURSELF about that point. Lawson
