--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I'll try again, briefly. To laugh *at* someone is, > > virtually by definition, an attack. Confirming that > > one is laughing *at* somebody is therefore equivalent > > to stating one's intention, so no minds need to be > > read. > > > > Please note that in this instance neither Lawson > > nor myself was the target of the attack; we were > > commenting on the hypocrisy of the attacker > > claiming it *wasn't* an attack on the person being > > attacked. > > > > (The attacker, needless to say, went on to attack > > both of us, not even under the guise of laughing > > at us; and among other absurdities, pretended that > > we were somehow "threatened" when we hadn't been > > the targets in the first place.) > > And all of this because I found something > that Anon said so funny that I laughed out > loud about it, and said so. What I found > so funny was the glorification of the > intellect by someone stuck in the intellect. > > And so, as it turned out, who on FFL chose to > turn my laughter into a big battle? The other > members of FFL who are classically stuck in the > intellect, so much so that they consistently > attempt to present being stuck in the intellect > as a pathway to enlightenment, that's who. The > whole scene really *IS* pretty funny, IMO. :-) > > I don't know about anyone else, but the > thing that *I* have learned from all of > this is that for some people the idea of > being laughed at is so painful and so scary > that it *always* feels like an attack to > them. That's essentially very, very sad, > because it implies that for these people, > laughing at one's *self* is probably equally > scary. Because being able to laugh at one's > self is, in my experience, essential to the > process of discarding it (realizing the Self), > I have come to the conclusion that the people > who consistently act like this have made a > conscious choice to *not* realize enlightenment > in this lifetime. They're that afraid of > losing the self. > > And because anyone who *has* glimpsed the Self > and spent some time free from self realizes how > silly this fear is, they will laugh at the people > who fear losing the self even more, which in turn > will make them even crazier than they are now. > > It's ALL very funny, in a weird sort of way. > > The laughter is going to win. The clinging > to self is going to lose. That's just the > way the world works.
Barry, Evern more baseless speculation on intentions and a posters inner world from you. You are becoming a master of vaccuous, baseless posts. I would speculate that may correspond to whats inside your head, but that would be idle specualtion. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
