--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > --- authfriend <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Yeah, the pathology of the TMO in a nutshell. Have > > > > profound experiences (like the Absolute having a > > > > personality!) and you are attacked and driven into > > > > silence. > > > > > > How profound can the experiences be if the person > > > having them is so bruised by a few negative comments > > > that he feels he has to withdraw into silence? > > > > I take them at face value. Why would someone's > > reactions to negative comments somehow negate or > > diminish such experiences? How do we know said parties > > are "bruised" and are wimpy-wimps because they > > withdraw into silence. When someone characterizes your > > experience as "sh*t" why would anyone speak about them > > again? Sharing experiences is not a debate. > > The thing that astounds me is that some folks > seem to feel that the personal experiences of > others *have* to be responded to critically, > or even negatively.
Who here "feels" this, Barry? Why? For me, for instance, > I have *zero* instance in the sorts of things > Rory was talking about; they don't map to my > life at all. Which was what the *single* "negative" reaction here was pointing out: Rory's experience did not map to the poster's own experience. But I perceive that they are *his* > experiences, that *he* considers them valuable, > and that he is unafraid enough of the negative > reaction that he *knows* by now he's going to > get here to share them. Given the paucity of negative reaction, I would certainly hope Rory was confident enough of the authenticity of his experiences that it wouldn't "drive him away into silence." > That deserves a pat on the back and support > from me, no matter how I feel about the content > of what he's sharing. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
