for the third and i hope the final time, talk about a latent homosexual...
you even sound faintly jealous as you describe your fantasy in such rich detail, Barry. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > It occurs to me, uncharacteristically, that many of > us here have reacted to Nabby's enthusiasm about the > any-day-now coming of Maitreya less than graciously. > We have kidded him and poked fun at him for his > beliefs and the fervor with which he pursued them. > In this post I hope to present another view of that > fervor, one that I hope will help us to treat him > more appropriately in the future when the subject > comes up. > > Nabby, in my opinion, is strongly faith- or bhakti- > oriented. When it comes to Maitreya, he is a supplicant, > on his knees before his Master, ready to serve him in > any way possible. Nabby ceaselessly strokes Maitreya > in his posts, filling his own mouth with whatever is > necessary to serve Maitreya faithfully. > > And he gets flack for this. More than once he has taken > one (and sometimes two) on the chin for Maitreya. And > he never complains about this; he just sucks it up and > continues doing whatever Maitreya demands of him. > > If he is correct, and keeps pounding away at this holy > task, sure enough someday Maitreya really will come. > > Both Nabby and we will look up and see the expression > of serenity and ecstasy on Maitreya's face as he finds > his release into the world after so long. We'll prob- > ably see a similar look of ecstasy on Nabby's face. > > And when that happens those of us who have laughed at > Nabby in the past will be proven wrong, and will have > to say to him, "Nabby, you said a real mouthful." At > that point Nabby will probably reply, "Mmmmph mmmpph," > which is Creme-ese, for "My pleasure. I was just trying > to fill the emptiness in your lives the same way Maitreya > has filled the emptiness in mine." > > So cut Nabby a break. He's just sucking it up for the > team, being a real bhakti, and treating his Master the > way a Master should be treated. Just hope for Nabby's > sake that when Maitreya finally comes he'll settle for > that, and not ask for a Second Coming. >
