--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > The other day Judy mentioned that I must be "really > > pissed" because of something Raunchy said. > > Actually I said you were really pissed because I'd > reposted your account of Obama's telling you he was > going to repair the holes Bush had blasted in the > Constitution. > > > It surprised me a bit that she would think I would > > get upset by something someone wrote here. > > So it must also have surprised you that Raunchy and > I objected to your suggestion that we criticize > Obama only because we're angry that Hillary lost, > and that we would never criticize Hillary if she > were in office and doing the same things Obama is > doing. I mean, why on earth should that have > bothered us? You never had any intention of > insulting us, right? > > <snip> > > I think the Vedic literature is written the way it > > is, with so many expectation-shattering stories, to > > culture the perspective that one's own little peephole > > on the Universe does not afford a view of the whole, > > and that therefore one should not take oneself too > > seriously. > > Because if you don't take yourself too seriously, you > never need to take a stand on anything; you don't need > to take any risks or fight any battles. The injustice > and cruelty and suffering you see through your little > peephole just doesn't matter in the larger scale of > things; no need to exert yourself to remedy it. > > Q: If everything is perfect just as it is, why are we > working so hard to change things? > > MMY: That too is perfect just as it is. > > "...There is no room for timidity. The fact that you > might be wrong is simply no excuse: You might be > right in your communication, and you might be wrong, > but that doesn't matter. What does matter, as > Kierkegaard so rudely reminded us, is that only by > investing and speaking your vision with passion, can > the truth, one way or another, finally penetrate the > reluctance of the world. If you are right, or if you > are wrong, it is only your passion that will force > either to be discovered. It is your duty to promote > that discovery--either way--and therefore it is your > duty to speak your truth with whatever passion and > courage you can find in your heart. > > "You must shout, in whatever way you can." > > --Ken Wilber >
I love these quotes. Thanks, Judy. I admire your debating skills immensely. You are fearless. Taking a stand on principle against injustice and speaking passionately as well as rationally about your beliefs means debating opponents vigorously. Other than Curtis, very few people on FFLife have the courage to squeeze their truth through the sieve of ideas along with yours. Perhaps they are afraid their ideas will not survive the press. Sadly, they may never know the joy of confluence, the merging, and reconciliation of differences. Just know that whatever makes is through the sieve is golden.
