Curtis: > Let's break it down... > Once a spiritual teacher, always a spiritual teacher, even after all these years, and after all the denials.
:-) Let's give Curtis an award: the greatest spiritual teacher still in denial. > Can somebody tell him we already got this memo. > In fact just tell him to turn over the Celestial > Seasonings box and if the message is already > printed there, everybody knows that. > > <achievable only through the> creation of justice> > > Hand him a copy of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle. > (Or the CLiff notes he may be a bit slow) We have > been pondering this concept for a long time so if > he wants to advance the discussion we are going > to need the kind of specifics that can reconcile > part of the world's fascination with Shirea law > and the part of the world that uses the law firm > of Greenberg and Betterman everytime someone gets > a hangnail from their Safeway cart. > > This is the main reason for wars so it is something > we are aware of. And what exactly do you mean by > "sharing" because we have already figured out that > pointing a gun at someone makes them eager to share > or you can hand them a bunch of Ipods,Cokes and > Lady Gaga's latest CD. So what specifically are > you adding to the party that I can't get from a > four year old quoting the Princess Ariel? > > So far the plan for him to make a big splash on > human terms hasn't panned out on the truth and > sanity scale. Perhaps if the lord of the world > would crack a book or two he might catch up with > the rest of the class. > > Let me give him some sincere advice. Skip all the > touchy-feely stuff, we already have that stuff on > our Kahill Gibran posters. What we need is a cool > eco safe way to produce energy. We could also use > a cure for all cancers. > > After he has solved both those problems we will > listen to his opinions about how we can get along > better. As an aptitude test he can start with > telling me how I can get my neighbor to stop > playing Grand Theft Auto at 2:00 in the morning > on nights when I have to get up for an early school > show. You know, without pissing him off so much > that he keys my car. And he can even weave in > how the concepts of justice and peace fit in with > his SPECIFIC solution. > > (For all those helping me keep score on this guy > the answer to the last one is imitating the rental > office's stationary in Word and posting a pointed > threat from management that shooting hookers in the > face with shotguns and blowing up cars at 2:00am > violates the terms of the lease and will result in > eviction. > > Let's see if Lord smarty pants gets that one right!)