--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Rory, I'll bet you a buck you can't express what
> > > > you want to say here without resorting to the use
> > > > of terms implying intentionality, conscious choice
> > > > ("deciding," "making," "denying," "believing").
> > >
> > > Quite right; enlightenment consists (in part) in taking
> > > responsibility
> >
> > And then one can claim authorship of one's
> > enlightenment. *I* did it!
> >
> > <snip>
> > > I do wonder why you associate the idea of intentionality and
> > > responsibility with disrespect and hostility
> >
> > No, I was mistaken. I just now had a rush of brains
> > to the head and realized it's not hostility, it's a
> > need to defend one's sense that one should be able to
> > take personal credit for one's enlightenment.
>
> Is that anything like the need to believe
> that one isn't? :-)
Yes, in the sense that both are illusions those
who purport to be enlightened entertain.
> You're the one being hostile, Jude.
I just got done saying it wasn't you guys.
Sometime you *really* ought to learn to read, Barry.
We're
> just trying to relate our experiences. I
> think you're just pissed off because they're
> happening to other people and not yourself.
I've made it crystal clear what it is that pisses
me off, and that ain't it.
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