--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > which is the ride, not the destination.
So its about style over substance? (cheap shot I know,but in my warped mind, a chuckling one.) > > Don't sweat it Tart. There may only be some "there" there for a select few. > And if it is only this select few who gains admittance into heaven for all of > eternity, With "72 virgins"? (which I think may be oversold. I mean at least some of them I would think are virgins for a reason, "Get that disgusting thing away from me." ) Or does the secular version of heaven have 108 virgins and 1008 like totally perfected, experienced sexual beings. (which means the majority are gay, of course. Sort of, in a vague way, like white folk don't have rhythm thing.) > And if those who can't appreciate the lofty nature of these exchanges spend > eternity in a place with the climate of Iraq in the Summer (but because of > the fires it is a dry heat so DC is still worse than hell in August) then so > be it. I can relate, having spent a summer sleeping in the no AC attic on top of the DC center. (Don't get excited about the juxtaposition of AC / DC, it was just random.) That was the same summer as the Watergate break-in, but, um, I have no recollection, and um, to the best of my ability, I do not remember any Mr. Gordon Liddy. (Also that summer TM made the front page of the WSJ, I spit out my coffee, um I mean herbal tea, at that greasy spoon around the cornor when I saw that.) > I'll send you some postcards (written on asbestos) to entertain you from time > to time. I will look forward to it -- if it makes it through the brain barrier so to speak. The mergence of Infinite Emptiness with Blazing Radiance, the eternal Buddha / Shiva Mind, doesn't easily receive postcards. It's this crazy rule the PO has: infinite, unbounded, non-localized is hard to deliver to (no wonder some go postal when they are tasked with finding that address.) (By the way, play some Getz / Gilberto / Jobim on your ipod connected mega speakers for those 72 virgins. It is guaranteed to make true believers out of every last one of them.) > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Not said with any agenda, snarkiness or irony, rather a sincere question, > > but what do you, raunchy and judy obtain from these dialogues. I would > > answer for myself, but to be honest, after repeated attempts, I cannot get > > past the first paragraph of the half dozen or so exchanges I have attempted > > to fathom. > > > > In reading any new author or exchange, I, at least in the back recesses of > > my mind, am asking, "is there any 'there' there?" I am sure there is, as > > you and others testify. But each long densely packed paragraph that I > > attempt, my (perhaps lazy) mind rebels and asks "Oh Lord, where is the > > 'there' there". I feel like I am at the beginning of an intellectual wild > > goose chase -- and abort the mission. > > > > Sometimes I think they are advanced zen or dochzen masters in disguise, > > playing with us, taunting us, and the sole purpose of their dialogues is > > the totally and completely still the readers mind. That has happened to me. > > Twisted,flayed, stretched and twisted, parched in a desert dry of any > > familiar meaningfulness, after a paragraph my mind (and this is my limited > > mind, mind you, not a generalized observation, "holy shit, I totally give > > up, I want to go home Right Now and rest in the vast void, beyond this > > intense cacaphony of dense mind states. Abort ALL systems, Abort mind > > immediately." > > > > I have faith in Curtis' intellectual skills and background (and more > > broadly his artistic/intuitive sensitivities) in that if he is finding > > value in the exchanges, there must be some "there" there. Though to be > > honest, at times I can't follow him too far down, what appears to me to be > > a rabbit hole, in his long discourses with a few other sparing partners. > > But in whole, I enjoy his insights and style. > > > > That said, and I ask sincerely, can one or all of you provide some some > > cliff notes, a cartoon version, a list of key points, an annotated version > > (like needed to read James Joyce or Sarte) of what themes, ideas, insights > > that you find of value in these dialogues. (This is not a loaded question.) > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ditto on that. Sending my thanks to both of them for an intriguing and > > > enlightening discussion. > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> > > > wrote: > > > > I've been quietly lurking, reading most of Curtis and Robin's posts. > > > It's a lot to wade through but it's worth the effort. Their conversation > > > invites me to get in synch with their thought processes and experience > > > the unfolding of their deeply felt, yet, uniquely intellectual > > > approaches to reality. The brain power between them could light up a > > > city. > > > > > > > > The only sport my Dad enjoyed watching on TV was boxing, so very early > > > on I learned to cheer evenly matched opponents. Busker Boy Curtis in > > > Boxer-Blue shorts vrs. Fancy Pants Robin in Cardinal Red pantaloons are > > > evenly matched heavy weights. Jabs, hooks, one-two punches, he's up, > > > he's down and so far it's a draw! Thanks for tickets to ring-side, guys. > > > Ding! > > > > > > > > > >
