> > Your recollection is incorrect. I don't *know* that > > the experiences (of levitation, someone turning > > invisible, etc.) would have been captured on video > > or in a photograph. > > > > > Most of us wouldn't find that to be "real" in the > > > usual sense of hte word. > > > > "Most of us" can go suck eggs. What others believe > > or don't believe is real doesn't affect me in any way. :-) > > The question is, does "Barry really saw X" translate > into "X is real"?
Who ever claimed that it does? Who *cares* if it does? If it was real *for me* that is the *most* I can say. That's enough. I have no interest in convincing people that my reality should be theirs. You seem to. You seem obsessed with finding some objective definition of "reality." So I guess becoming comfortable with your own experience as defining your own reality wouldn't be enough for you. Cool, I guess, but see below: > > What you should ponder is how *you* would react if > > you had witnessed such phenomena -- often -- and > > yet had no objective evidence of their existence. > > > > Would you have the balls to believe your own exper- > > ience or would you doubt, and continue to doubt > > until "outside verification" made it *safe* for > > you to believe your own experience. > > > > If the latter, I would suggest that you're gonna > > have a long, long road to enlightenment. IMO, one > > of the things you have to do to realize it is learn > > to trust yourself. ------------------------ 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/