[FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffl...@... wrote: > > > It was not until an emergency effort to repair the > > Hubble telescope was successful and the photos of > > the Big Verginas became less fuzzy and out of focus > > that the Pleiaidians lightened up and allowed the > > Earth to survive. > > Last week, a friend mentioned channellings from Sirius. I > told him exactly why I felt there was likely no intelligent > life on Sirius, or on the Pleiades, or on Arcturus, etc. My > view, by the way, is based on 41 years of interest in > astronomy. Look for my upcoming post on why there are no > Pleiadians. > > Before I post, though, can anyone tell me why none of the > space brothers ever hail from Scorpius or Sagittarius? And > why that is so unusual? Scorpios and Sagittarians are assholes. Everybody knows that. If someone channeled them, they'd still be assholes. Turq the Sagg :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
It was not until an emergency effort to repair the Hubble telescope was successful and the photos of the Big Verginas became less fuzzy and out of focus that the Pleiaidians lightened up and allowed the Earth to survive. Last week, a friend mentioned channellings from Sirius. I told him exactly why I felt there was likely no intelligent life on Sirius, or on the Pleiades, or on Arcturus, etc. My view, by the way, is based on 41 years of interest in astronomy. Look for my upcoming post on why there are no Pleiadians. Before I post, though, can anyone tell me why none of the space brothers ever hail from Scorpius or Sagittarius? And why that is so unusual? "Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love." - Amma --- On Sat, 3/21/09, TurquoiseB wrote: From: TurquoiseB Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 2:34 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffl...@... wrote: > > > > Call me an idiot, or someone who has "missed the point," > > > but I really don't GET this quest for importance. > > > > I think it has to do with a misplaced quest for immortality, > > which we intuitively know (albeit hazily) we already are but > > which, failing to locate that which is truly eternal, we try > > to secure by glomming on to ephemeral things. > > Yeah, either that or the obvious, that chicks dig important > guys. Gotta give you that one. That's probably the reason that Krishna tried to make himself more important, too. Who ya gonna go home from the prom with, the guy who brung ya, or the guy with the longest flute? :-) To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffl...@... wrote: > > > > Call me an idiot, or someone who has "missed the point," > > > but I really don't GET this quest for importance. > > > > I think it has to do with a misplaced quest for immortality, > > which we intuitively know (albeit hazily) we already are but > > which, failing to locate that which is truly eternal, we try > > to secure by glomming on to ephemeral things. > > Yeah, either that or the obvious, that chicks dig important > guys. Gotta give you that one. That's probably the reason that Krishna tried to make himself more important, too. Who ya gonna go home from the prom with, the guy who brung ya, or the guy with the longest flute? :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Call me an idiot, or someone who has "missed the point," > > but I really don't GET this quest for importance. Maybe > > I've read too much Zen poetry written by guys who not > > only were comfortable with their unimportance in the > > Grand Scheme Of Things, but managed to turn it into > > art. Maybe I'm just aware of my own limitations, and > > comfortable with the fact that I probably am NOT very > > important in the Grand Scheme Of Things. Maybe I'm just > > not as evolved as the folks who believe that they saved > > planet Earth from imminent destruction by bouncing on > > their butts on slabs of polyeurythane. > > This is called the "More Unimportant Than Thou" Syndrome. snip,, I find it to be difficult to be anonymous- is that some similar type of nutcase?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > Call me an idiot, or someone who has "missed the point," > but I really don't GET this quest for importance. Maybe > I've read too much Zen poetry written by guys who not > only were comfortable with their unimportance in the > Grand Scheme Of Things, but managed to turn it into > art. Maybe I'm just aware of my own limitations, and > comfortable with the fact that I probably am NOT very > important in the Grand Scheme Of Things. Maybe I'm just > not as evolved as the folks who believe that they saved > planet Earth from imminent destruction by bouncing on > their butts on slabs of polyeurythane. This is called the "More Unimportant Than Thou" Syndrome. Paint all other spiritual seekers with a garish shade of Self-Importance, then paint yourself a nice subdued shade of Unimportance, and guess what? You'll "stand out" very well indeed. In your own mind, at least. Thought experiment: If some genie were to appear and hand you the cure for cancer, and he told you all you had to do to end cancer forever was to send it anonymously to the National Institutes of Health, BUT that once you'd sent it, you would die instantly and never get to see the outcome nor get any recognition for your sacrifice--nor even get to spend any time congratulating yourself--would you do it? I'd like to think I would. I'll bet many of us here would do it in a heartbeat. Maybe even Barry would. People who follow a famous spiritual teacher may well do so because they think his/her teachings have the greatest potential to do good in the world, not because they want to Feel Important or think it's a way to ensure their memory survives them. We'd be perfectly happy to know that on our collective tombstone will be engraved "Who?" and that even it will crumble into dust in a few generations, if it means there will be less suffering for humanity.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ozymandius Syndrome 3 - Where's Waldo?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > The recent posts about the Taste Of Utopia course > having saved the world, and Nabby's posts about the > relative importance of Maharishi and Guru Dev and > Maitreya -- and by extension *his* importance, for > having been associated with them -- has left me > thinking about Shelley's poem "Ozymandius." > > I met a traveller from an antique land > Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone > Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, > Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown > And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command > Tell that its sculptor well those passions read > Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, > The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. > And on the pedestal these words appear: > "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: > Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" > Nothing beside remains: round the decay > Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, > The lone and level sands stretch far away. > > Powerful metaphors here. About life and the trans- > ience of it. About the belief in things "which yet > survive" death, and the wrinkled lip and cold sneer > with which many believe that that *their* memory > and *their* acts and *their* importance will persist > after death, stamp'd on the memory of others they > leave behind, others not fortunate enough to be as > important as they were. And about how that belief > often turns out. > > Interestingly enough, all these posts have also > left me thinking about "Where's Waldo?" Remember > those books? The game was to pick out Waldo amongst > a crowd of people, a crowd of people *he did not > stand out among*. > > http://technology360.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/waldo.jpg > > Now think about another series of recent posts, in > which people waxed poetic about the famous people > they have run into in their lives. Although it was > a fun thread, and harmless, nonetheless it illustrates > the desire in human beings for *proximity to fame*. It's > as if we humans believe that being in the aura of a > famous person "amps up" their *own* aura and makes them > "stand out in the crowd" a bit more. Which brings up a > question -- would Waldo be easier to find if he were > standing next to Paul McCartney in the drawing above? > Or would he "stand out" if he were standing next to > Maharishi? You gotta admit that if he were standing > next to Maitreya that might make *Maitreya* easier to > find...he's been lost in the crowd for 30 years now. :-) > > Part of the appeal of spirituality in my opinion is > this desire to "stand out," to put one's stamp upon > the world such that we won't be forgotten when we die. > Finding a spiritual group with a charismatic leader, > one who is famous and rich or both, has a strong > emotional appeal to the members of that group. > > First, they're *no longer alone*. They're not Waldo, > just one more face in the crowd. They are instead part > of a group that is so important that they are saving > the world from destruction, or that is evangelizing the > message of a spiritual teacher who is *also* not just > another Waldo in the crowd. The group is *important*. > > Second, not only are they part of an *important* group, > they are in the aura of an *important* teacher, in many > cases *THE most important teacher*. And as a result they > get "charisma cooties" -- because the Blazing Brahman > of the teacher's aura (and importance) is so powerful, > their auras (and importance) becomes brighter, too. > Blazing Brahman is contagious. Stand next to it long > enough, and you begin to blaze, too. No more being > just another Waldo in the crowd then, nope. > > And all of this is completely understandable. We were > plunked down here on this blue-green ball in black space > without a User's Manual, and seemingly without much > importance. The blue-green ball seems not even to > *notice* when we die. No matter how hard we try to be > remembered and revered after our deaths, no matter how > big and ornate the tombstones we have our relatives put > up over our graves, sooner or later the granite is worn > down by time and all that's left is the same thing that > was left to Ozymandius, King Of Kings -- ruins. Ruins > that now provide as much of a wry commentary on our > lives and their *real* importance as did Ozy's words > to Harriet, trying to make her believe that he was the > best husband ever and that she should obey his every > word as his subjects did: "Look on my works, ye Mighty, > and despair!" > > Call me an idiot, or someone who has "missed the point," > but I really don't GET this quest for importance. Maybe > I've read too much Zen poetry written by guys who not > only were comfortable with their unimportance in the > Grand Scheme Of Things, but managed to turn it into > art. Maybe I'm just aware of my own limitations, and > comfortable with the fact that I probably am NOT very > important in the Grand Scheme Of Thi
