Well pull up a chair Sal, Turq and I (having solved the big questions of the universe) are about to pound a few and sing until the bouncer delivers our karma and kicks us out!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:18 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Thanks Sal, I figured that you would understand. On re-reading what I > > wrote, I was wondering why I sound like a bit of a pompous dick. > > (Immediately rejecting the option that this is what I actually am!) > > Well, whether you are or not, the post was still right on. :) I > actually don't think the post sounded like that at all. > > > I realized that this issue has a lot of charge for me. Of all the > > mistaken opinions I gained in my association with MMY, I consider my > > belief in so called "Karma" to be the worst of the lot. As I said, it > > is one thing to use it to prop yourself up when the S hits the fan, > > but applying it to others really gets my hackles up. > > Yep. > > > If I was able to look beyond my own issues with this topic I might > > have more generously thought that this mental re-frame technique > > worked so well in Bob's life that he wanted to share the insight to > > help. If this is the case then my initial response was too harsh. > > Fortunately for Bob, he "knows" that I will get what is coming to me > > if this was the case! > > Exactly. The whole notion becomes amongst other things simply a way to > create and maintain various revenge fantasies--either one's own or > somebody else's. If everyone is getting what they supposedly deserve, > there's never any impetus to deal with personal issues responsibly, > move on, or do anything for anyone else. I think the lives people live > who follow this philosophy speak for themselves--they seem, at least on > the surface, pretty lonely and without many meaningful relationships. > > > > Happy New Year to you and your brood Sal. > > Thanks, Curtis--we all survived! >
