--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
> > > Thanks for this. I haven't had such a good laugh > > > in days. > > > > I dunno... maybe my thinking is muddled, but Akashanon's comment > > didn't strike me as the least bit funny. > > My sense of humor is a little weird. :-) > > The whole idea of someone trying to claim that idealized > qualities of intellectual argumentation are a necessary > characteristic of enlightenment just cracked me right up. If I had said that, then that would be funny. You exhibit a beautiful example of cognitive error. You repeat what you think you read, but upon examination it is not what was on the page but some grand variation infused by things in your mind. A "rose-colored glasses" sort of thing, only in ts case, the glasses may have a different tint. > > I'm harder to please. I don't think than an intellect > the size of Mount Rushmore would be the least bit of > help when trying to convey the experience of non-dual > awareness. Can't be done. People who consider them- > selves intellectuals would just like to believe it can > be done. :-) The cognitive error congines. I said nothing about what you have just said. > I liken intellectual discussions of enlightenment to > masturbating in public. Nice, I guess, if you're into > that sorta thing, but kind of a waste of time and energy > if you're not. The cognitive error contines. And irony. Since you spend so much time discussing enlightenment, you appear to be talking about yourself. See recent post for an expansion of the thought on the role of intellect: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> 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/
