--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Just *one* more sip of coffee, Michael, for you. You are a hundred times the > writer than this guy is. YOU could get published, whereas Barry has nothing > to say - he is in a writer's rut, and has been for years. YOU could actually > make money at it, whereas Barry never will, except as a tech writer.
What the hell is this Dr? First the "Is it safe?" post and now this that I just read after posting my own MJ writing kudos. I think sometimes we share the same wavelength (is that the same as a wavicle?) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > I know there are a lot of people on FFL who dislike you Turq, but I love > > your writing - if one day I can write as well as you I will have achieved > > something great. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:01 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Prerequisites for Enlightenment > > > > > > > > Â > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > Given the definition given by the Big M for enlightenment > > > and all the glorious things that the enlightened are and > > > can do, you would think these TM enlightened would be > > > doing marvelous things in the world, especially in the > > > area of saving the rest of us from ignorance. I eagerly > > > await their coming out and heppin' the rest of us > > > ignorant folks out. > > > > Michael, I think your understanding in this vitally important area is > > flawed by an improper understanding of the relationship between the > > enlightened and the...uh...not so much. > > > > The "real story" of why so many have failed to become enlightened > > themselves as a result of the beneficence of the enlightened is much like a > > section I have to create often when doing tech writing. The unenlightened > > have failed to become All That They Could Be because they didn't RTFM, or > > skipped over the Prerequisites section. > > > > In the Prerequisites section of technical documentation, one lists all of > > the things one has to have in place or have done before installing/using > > the new-fangled software or hardware that the manual is about. Like, before > > installing and running a Java-based program > > on your computer, there is a prerequisite that you have to have installed > > Java first, and that it has to be functional and capable of launching a JVM > > (Java Virtual Machine) for the new-fangled program to run in. Not to > > mention...uh...*having* a computer in the first place, and turning it on > > using the little red switch. > > > > These are all *prerequisites* that must be met before the new-fangled > > program will work, and transform your life into the wonderland that our > > marketing and sales reps told you it would become if you just bought our > > product. > > > > The User's Manual for Enlightenment is notoriously badly written, when you > > can find it at all, and contains many Class-A bugs that have never been > > addressed, even though the software of enlightenment is now up to Release > > 3,784.256.11. In *all* of those releases, the > > shitty tech writers have failed to write a Prerequisites section. For your > > edification, and that of other hapless seekers, I shall seek to rectify > > that situation now: > > > > > > PREREQUISITES FOR BEING HEPPED' TO BE ENLIGHTENED > > BY SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY ENLIGHTENED > > > > > > * You need to be somewhat alive, and sentient. To date, very few of the > > enlightened have ever been able to hep a rock or an amoeba to become > > enlightened. > > > > * You need to be OPEN to being enlightened. This is usually > > demonstrated by being willing to pay those who claim to be able to hep you > > great deals of money. > > > > * You must accept without question that the person you have just paid > > to enlighten you is enlightened themselves. THIS IS CRITICAL. Failure to > > follow this prerequisite may result in not only a failed installation of > > the enlightenment software, but in a series of nasty tantrums thrown by the > > enlightened person. Be warned. > > > > > > * When the enlightened person tells you what is WRONG with you that > > makes you so unenlightened, and thus SO not like them, you should agree > > with them quickly and publicly. Failure to admit that 1) you have a > > problem, 2) that the enlightened person, being...uh...enlightened and all, > > is more capable of seeing this problem than you are, and 3) they can FIX > > your problem if you just pay them enough attention and money may result > > again in improper installation of the enlightenmentware, not to mention > > more tantrums. > > > > > > * Never, never, NEVER ask the enlightened person who is benevolently > > sharing their valuable time and energy to hep you become so like them WHY > > you'd want to do so. This is a demonstration of having failed to accept the > > base conditions that allow an enlightened person to make a living without > > having to work. Bad juju. Don't even *think* of asking WHY you'd want to > > become so like them. Doubts are BAD. Just *accept* the basic premise that > > they're better than you are, and put your energy into becoming more like > > them. > > > > * Similarly, never never NEVER ask the enlightened person to walk their > > enlightenment talk. For example, if they've said that the enlightened are > > beyond petty things like anger and jealousy and spite, never never NEVER > > point out to them that they've been acting that way themselves on a regular > > basis. Doing this might result in the enlightened person writing you off as > > a lost cause, and you missing out on the enlightenment boat forever. > > > > > > * When the enlightened person tells you to do something, well, like the > > Nike commercials say, JUST DO IT. Don't ask questions, just do what you've > > been fuckin' told to do. That's what the enlightened *expect* of you, and > > Not Meeting Their Expectations has been identified as the #1 cause of > > failure to become enlightened like they are. > > I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture. It's NOT that the > > enlightened have failed in any way because so few of their students have > > become enlightened themselves. Not, not, NOT. It's the students' fault, > > because they never read the Prerequisites section. > > > > Now you have. Go forth and select an enlightened person to hep you, and > > good luck becoming as cool as they are. When you have, then you can go > > forth and multiply, and hep others the way they have hepped you. > > >
