Alright, it's settled then - only two informants on this list has actually read Sam Harris's new book, Awake.
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 8:48 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Yes, I find his pseudo-curiosity, static and annoying. Needy, too. Sorry > about your upcoming banishment from the Canada folder. We'll get through > this together. Pinky swear. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : > > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : > > "And Jim also said of Barry 'Barry told a silly little story about some > western-bubbleized person having a good time, and then realizing instead > they were a victim of karma, with a mind full of thoughts'. This was a cut > and paste a friend sent to Barry from Sam Harris's book. It was an > illustration that we can have experience which we misinterpret as > enlightenment, but the story was part of a larger context in the book. I do > think Barry was making a veiled reference to Jim, for Barry thinks Jim's > enlightenment is faux enlightenment, and the story Sam Harris told was just > that." > > I cannot believe you needed to show us what the intent of that little > dipshit story was. Do people actually fake their enlightenment? Bizarre. I > can see why you miss much of what I describe. It is simply that you have a > low IQ. Not a big deal, but your ponderous nature at first appears like > intense intellectual cogitation, but I now realize is you, simply peering > through your own fog, at ordinary life. Barry has the same problem, as does > Vaj - all of you, so unfulfilled within. > > *Xeno, although seemingly benign, is a bit of a plodder as well. While I > sometimes appreciate his level tone and reasonably civilized manner I find > I just can't figure out the static and bloodless manner in which he > describes and analyzes things. If his posts are anything like he is in > person then he resembles wallpaper more than a living, breathing creature. > This post will probably relegate me to the fluff folder in the future, I'm > afraid. And I so liked being the sole poster in the "Canada" file.* > > > > >
