--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you see the difference between "You're trying to > > avoid becoming enlightened" and "I perceive that the > > way you're going about this is getting in the way of > > your enlightenment"? > > I know that this question was posed to Jim, but I'll have > a shot at it if you don't mind. > > It seems to me that the only difference between the two > statements is phraseology and the speaker's perception > of the "adultness" of the person being spoken to.
Actually the second version is more accurate. > The latter phrasing is the way one would say this to a > person you perceive as a child, or as someone who is > *likely to* misunderstand and overreact to the more blunt > expression of the same thing in the former statement. > > I suggest that the former statement can be actually seen > as being more *complimentary* than the latter, in that > the phrasing suggests that the person being spoken to > in such a fashion is regarded as an adult and is thus > able to handle the truth wthout candy coating. *If* that perception is correct. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
