--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > May I suggest, that while you brought up the phrase in your > > > > > post, that the phrase can also transcend your own particular > > > > > situation. And in a more universal application of the phrase, > > > > > (as I intended it, though perhaps not clearly expressed) it is > > > > > funny to me. No interpretation involved. Its an authentic > > > > > reaction to the phrase. > > > > > > > > OK. I think you're suggesting that it's something of > > > > an infinite regress, that one can be overshadowed by > > > > the desire not to be overshadowed. > > > > > > No, thats not quite the angle that struck me as so funny. The > > > deliciousness of the phrase is more a "mu" experience, a > > > la "whats wrong with this picture." > > > > What's wrong with the picture of somebody not > > wanting to be overshadowed? You've got me > > curious--can you articulate it? > > Perhaps. But not nearly as well as "getting the joke", not as well > as laughter articulates it. > > Independent of your use of the phrase, just consider and contemplate > for 5-10 minutes the phrase "I just don't want to be overshadowed." > Without looking for it, see if within that time period, you have a > "background/foreground" optical illusion type moment.
If that isn't the infinite-regress aspect I suggested, I suspect I'd have to not be overshadowed to get it, at least without more clues. When it's in words, "without looking for it" is inoperative for me, like "Don't think of an elephant." My intellect can *sometimes* translate a linear expression into something mu-like, though, or at least get me close enough to the mu-level that I can make the leap. It happens just often enough that I'm inclined to press for intellectual clues when there's a mu-thing I'm not getting on its own level. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "What's wrong with this picture?" is a good clue, but it isn't quite enough. Don't want to spoil it for you, though, so... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
