Ah, Judy's back from another long, relaxing, rejuvenating weekend away :-), firing off nine posts in a row, each distinguished by...uh, wait for it...I know it'll come as a surprise...her "correcting" someone on this forum and "setting them straight" about how the world "really" is and what the "truth" about things "really" is. :-)
Me, I just "think out loud." They're just thoughts. Opinions. And, as I've said *many times* here, I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH. I don't even *believe* in such a thing as "TRUTH." I'm just thinkin' out loud, trying to figure things out, rappin' about subjects that seem interesting to me. And y'know...the fascinating thing is that for the last few days, while Judy was away *getting* all rejuvenated and refreshed, no one here seems to have gotten upset at my musings and at my attempts to figure things out in my writing. No one accused me of trying to "exalt myself." Could it possibly be because I *wasn't*? Could the real story be that Judy sees things that way, and sees this phenomenon in other people (mainly me) because she's projecting what *she* does onto someone else? Again, I have no answers here, and no declarations of "truth;" I'm just thinkin' out loud. But what I *am* thinkin' is that a person who spends almost ALL of her posts "correcting" others, and pointing out where they are WRONG, DAMMIT, and then going on from there to point out all the terrible things that *being* WRONG indicates about their character just *might* be doing a bit of "exalting herself." I understand. Judy seems to have the classic inferiority complex that manifests itself in posing as being superior. She chose a profession in which she gets to pose as the expert and correct other people's writing all day, every day. And then, to "relax," she comes here and corrects other people's writing all night, every night. The bottom line of this lifestyle is that everyone else is consistently WRONG, and Judy is consistently RIGHT. Cool, I guess, if that's the kind of fantasy that gets you off and gets you over your feelings of insecurity and non-worth. But it doesn't really float my boat. So I think I'll continue to just "think out loud" here, with NO declarations that my words have anything to DO with "truth." They're just opinion, and pretty second-rate opinion at that. I'd steer clear of them if I were you. If you're lookin' for someone to tell you how to live and what to think, I'd go for someone who seems to enjoy doing that sorta stuff. If you're lookin' for a philosophy and a lifestyle to adopt, and someone else's path to follow, rather than mine, I'd suggest that you go with Judy's. She seems to enjoy presenting it here, as if it's RIGHT, and it may well be just the ticket to help you become as happy and as fulfilled as she is. I mean, look at what it's done for her... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > wrote: > <snip> > > > The problems with believing in the stories, as you say, > > > is that you can start taking them personally and then > > > feel personally diminished when someone doesn't buy into > > > them. And everyone chafes when they're made to feel > > > small. First the war of the stories, and ultimately > > > (maybe), actual war. > > > > Great last line, tremendous insight! > > > > Doesn't that just say it all? I live in an area that > > has seen the "War of the Stories" for centuries now. > > First it was the pagan stories vs. the Roman stories, > > and then the Roman Church's stories vs. the Cathars' > > stories, and then the Catholic stories vs. the Prot- > > estant stories. And of course it didn't take long > > for the "war stories" to become actual war. > > > > Even though I've poked a little fun at the Byron > > Katie thing lately, I do have to say that if folks > > in all of these times had done "the work" on their > > stories to determine if they were really true or not, > > they probably wouldn't have had to do "the work" on > > each other with knives and spears and swords and > > torture chambers and burning at the stake. > > And here we have yet another example of Barry's > apparently limitless capacity for unintended > irony. > > His flurry of posts this weekend geared to > instructing us all in How to Be Really Spiritual > Like Barry are all based on elaborate stories of > his own devising in which he has apparently come > to believe, but which bear almost no relationship > to reality, particularly those about what goes on > on FFL. > > It seems never to have occurred to him to do "the > work" on his own many stories "to determine if > they are really true or not." > > Just for instance, from another post of Barry's > in this latest batch of rants: > > > It just explains so *much* about TM and the TM experience > > and Fairfield Life and a few of the folks who hang out here > > to me. Those of us who don't necessarily believe that TM is > > "the best" say so, and the shit hits the fan. A few folks > > just *have* to try to turn it into a debate, and "win." > > And even if the person who says that they don't believe > > that TM is "the best" DOESN'T make any claim saying that > > *their* trip or philosophy is "best," that's what these > > compulsive debators HEAR. > > > > They claim that people who merely suggest that TM might > > *not* be "the best" -- or who suggest that there might not > > be such a *thing* as "the best" -- are "really" saying > > that *they* are the best. They accuse these other people > > of "exalting themselves," when from my point of view often > > the only thing the person did is say, "Uh, isn't your > > position that you're 'the best' and your defensiveness at > > any suggestion to the contrary a lot like exalting *yourself* > > a bit?" They try to turn even the most civil conversation > > and exchange of ideas into a debate, and then try to "win" > > that debate. And when they do -- at least in their minds -- > > they then move on to Phase II of the "Shankara tradition," > > which judging from this website seems to be *gloating* > > about having "won." > > It's hard to believe, but he really does not see > how compulsively and consistently he exalts his own > spirituality by making up stories about the behavior > of others that are designed to contrast unfavorably > with his own. > > Here's another especially egregious example: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor" > > <matrixmonitor@> wrote: > > > > > Of course, Vaj is the incarnation of the Buddhist Tantrik > > > Abhinava Gupta, who was so jealous of Shankara (MMY and TM). > > > Vaj, you should have regular exams to look for fistulas. > > > > I can't disagree with you here. :-) As I've said > > many times ( and as Judy and others claim I'm "lying" > > about and that they "see" the situation "better" > > than I do :-), I really don't believe much of *any- > > thing* is "true" or "Truth." > > Made up out of whole cloth. Barry fantasizes a > whole alternate reality, then comes over to the > real FFL to complain about it. >
