--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Living well is the best revenge. > > > > That is really the secret. > > > > Yesterday we saw a concerted effort by a couple of > > people to *bring down* the level of the group to > > their level, the level of anger and spite and fear > > and constant argumentation and constant attempts > > to "prove" many people here "wrong" and them "right." > > Actually, what we saw yesterday was a concerted > effort by several people, including moi, to figure > out a way to stop the constant baiting by a few > other people, primarily of TM supporters by TM > critics. > > Some first steps are already being taken along > those lines. > > > And the *reaction* to that effort, by at least a > > few people here, was to treat *them* as a non- > > sequitur and get back to appreciating the shiny > > moments in their day. > > > > So much of the TM movement, and of other spiritual > > movements, is about "selling futures." And people > > *buy* this shit. They go around saying things like > > "Life will be good when X happens." "The world will > > be at peace when Y happens." "I'll be enlightened > > when Z happens." And y'know what...if you watch > > the posts of the people who believe this and say > > this, and the mindstates behind them, X Y and Z > > never seem to happen, do they? Do you remember > > Judy or Lawson *ever* having written a post about > > how beautiful and fulfilling their day was? > > Can't speak for Lawson, but when I have a beautiful > and fulfilling day, my instinct is not to run to > this group, of *all* places, to share it, for > reasons that should be obvious. > > <snip> >
If I ever disappear for days at atime its either because I'm too sick to post or having too much fun to post.
