And yet Sagan's comment is very applicable to those TM TB'ers and others who
have gotten caught up in similar groups - they refuse to see the obvious.
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On Sat, 2/22/14, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Empathy versus cruelty
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014, 5:15 AM
Yep, lots and lots of distractions and addictions,
some very pervasive, like the materialist illusion you
mention. My comment was more general, about the ability, and
acceptance, of admitting a belief is in error. Information
is far more available, and fluid, than it used to be. What I
smelled in Sagan's words was a bit of obstinate, crusty
ego, and, imo, we don't have to get stuck as easily, to
old ideas, as we used to.
I don't know what happens when people wake up from the
materialist illusion, especially with the availability of
almost an endless variety of toys, for every economic strata
-- from private islands, to high political office, jets,
mansions, etc. for the ultra-wealthy, and Cuisinarts,
Toyotas, Disneyland, and a 30-year mortgage, for the
middle-class.
I spent many years, as a child, living without a dependable
source of electricity, so I don't take it, and its
derivatives, as a necessity for life's enjoyment, though
the convenience of it is obviously unparalleled.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...>
wrote:
Re
"an idea that is
dying out, with the older, ignorant
generations.":I think this old saw
"The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too
painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been
taken" still has a way to run. Most people today have
completely bought in to the whole consumerist ethic and
think that material goods will bring them fulfilment. What
will happen when the retail therapy stops working and they
realise they've been well and truly
bamboozled?
---In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
<no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Agreed,
Ann - this tired old saw about not being able to change,
once we know something, is outmoded and an idea that is
dying out, with the older, ignorant
generations.
