--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > Next time you think matter is an illusion, drop by my > > place and I can promise you I'll do something that will > > convince you that matter is not an illusion. I've done > > it before for "spiritual seekers" who tried to lay the > > olde New Age / spiritual line about the relative world > > (the world of matter) not existing on me, and *without > > exception* every one of them admitted afterwards that > > not only does it exist, it needs to be paid attention > > to much more than they were paying attention to it > > before. > > > > The technique is also very useful for curing seekers > > of the notion that they "create their own reality." > > The last time Barry made this boast, it turned out he > was referring to an incident in which he hit his brother > in the solar plexus, knocking the wind out of him, when > his brother was in the middle of a psychotic break. > > The sadism and sociopathy aside, this approach is along > the same lines as the "I refute it thus!" of Samuel > Johnson, who is said to have kicked a rock in outrage, > injuring his foot, after hearing someone espouse the > philosophy of Idealism (the idea that matter emerges > from consciousness rather than the reverse). > > It's not recorded whether the proponent of Idealism > laughed at Johnson's inability to grasp the implications > of the philosophy.
THE CORRECTOR, in her zeal to "Get Barry," leaves out the part of the story in which my brother had just beaten the shit out of our 70-year-old father, enough to require hospitalization. I felt a "wake-up call" was in order. After he sobered up and could breathe again, he agreed with me. But that was not one of the incidents I was refer- ring to. Nor the technique. :-)
