Richard, I agree with what you say, that we all go down the rabbit hole to some
extent. And it's good to just accept that that's part of being human.
On Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:43 AM, "'Richard J. Williams'
pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>Edg, I just wanted to do a drive-by and say that I've been appreciating your
>recent rants. They've been very honest and very real and obviously far too
>real for many here.
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>I haven't bothered to chime in with, "Yeah, what
he said..." yet, but not because I haven't felt
that. I just knew that the shaming thing would
start and I didn't want to be even a peripheral
part of another re-run of that silly soap opera,
so I've been staying out of it.
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>But you're a writer and we all know how writers
need occasional feedback. So mine is "Good
stuff. Keep it up, Bro."
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On 9/13/2014 6:40 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
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>Seconded with gusto, I've always liked Edg's style and passion. It's easy to
>forget that he lived it more than most of us and his opinions carry weight for
>that reason alone.
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>It's easy for certain others to try and dismiss it as "all his own fault or
>taking it seriously" even though they take it seriously themselves! Talk about
>cognitive dissonance in action! Falling down the rabbit hole one more time...
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It's probably accurate to say that we all fell "down the rabbit
hole" to a certain extent, but some a lot more than others. The
important point is what we each did with our experience. Did you
enjoy?
We don't know exactly why some people latched onto the TMO for
prestige, for money, free rent and/or bread to eat. We don't know
what they did after they got kicked out.
All we know is what they want to reveal in this discussion. There's
probably a lot more to these stories than what meets the eye. Maybe
some things are better left unsaid. Go figure.
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>What the hell don't we understand about "this isn't about us" ? ? ?
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>I'm not even a messenger; just a kibitzer in the
crowd, and some of you want me shamed outta here or
whatever -- how rare is the truth sought here when
all of us are so vulnerable to being correctly
dismissed as damaged goods? See someone's flaws and
have at it hoss -- but don't call your lust to
thrust a personality dynamic of a "knower of
reality." Geeze, learn a lesson from Maharishi
here...at least he knew how to handle hostility
coming from someone on the mike -- almost always
graciously....(I can think of a couple exceptions,
but . . . )
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>It's not important if anyone here approves of any
statement, or not. What's important is that THIS
RECORD of the minds of a few survivors of the TMO be
at least registered here.
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>Over the years here, although I've changed my mind,
yes I have, due to some of the arguments here, let's
face it, this place is not about attempting to
formulate statements upon which we all can agree.
Instead, we get so much head bashing. Let this be
on the record too sayeth moi -- let the whole
messy-ness of it, the soul swampy steam coming off
of it, let it all be recorded here.
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>If I am a miscreant out to propagandize to a few
minds here -- let it be recorded.
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>This...all of this....done by true believers lo
these many decades.
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>Hey it's sci-fi now but an actuality that's coming
soon enough is that there's going to be a tech that
will make use of all this jabbering of ours -- and
who the fuck knows what wisdom can be mined herein
by some A.I. engine around the corner, eh?
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>Some sooperdooper A.I. that would rule the world
would at least be able to buddy up with the likes of
the sorry spiritual drunks almost passed out in the
corners of Rick's Place. We'd be on our knees
e-praying in about ten minutes flat once an A.I. god
told us we were "special."
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>Who can't be easily pegged by their postings here?
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>Everyone's put out all this data about themselves
without even thinking twice about how it could all
be put into a dossier with which A.I. can grok a
person 100%.
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>Or the NSA. No diff.
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>I just wanted to and will continue to lay out my POV
-- 29 years before the mast and the ship went down.
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>And my story is true for about 95% of all the folks
that once invested in the technique -- it just
didn't pan out.
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> It's not about me; it's about all the other
me-types -- the
universal-anyone-who-can-think-a-thought-can-do-it
technique simply had no pizzazz and the audience
evaporated.
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>Ta ta and thanks for all the.........you thought I'd
say "fish," right? You're mind readers! ! ! ! !
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