--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> 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.
You nailed it. I saw the weasel in Rick's post as well, and I gave him a pass on it. I admit to making nice with him at the time. I'm glad you caught the varmint. An excellent specimen, indeed. I agree with Rick's peephole into the universe concept so far as the play of opposites is concerned but not as an excuse for weakly weaseling, "Oh, it's just a game, so why should I care." I hope to I care with all my heart or I fear I would live with out a conscience to right what is wrong or aspire to be a champion for those less fortunate. Hillary is my champion. She has set the bar very high for women to follow. I only hope the Left has not set the bar so low in the gutter that the next woman cannot run a successful presidential campaign. > > 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. >
