On Oct 1, 3:40=A0am, Day Brown <daybr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> cisco2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > Given all the Darkness they preach and teach, such as WAR, HATE,
> > BIGOTRY, and THEFT. I "might" be inclined to believe it. Yet I don't
> > believe in such racial profiling to begin with. We all have souls at
> > birth, and every soul starts with the same flicker of light. It's what
> > comes later that can snuff it out.
>
> Like all languages, Tocharian as words for "men" and "women". But it
> also has a special suffix, "-os", which denotes a sentient being. In the
> Bagavad Gita, Arjuna is told that some of what he sees are divinely
> created and animmated forms which only exist as a challenge to the
> fulflilment of his kharma.
>
> Cosmic robots; like the monsters in a video game. The Gita even calls
> them 'Avatars'. =A0The thing about an Avatar, as we see so often here,
is
> that while you may learn from one, they are programmed to act as they
> do, and you cant teach one anything.
Truly not all beings we see are 100% human. Even a rolling stone
has life in it.
>
> I sometimes respond to them despite the ad hominum and lame humor
> because there may be an interesting idea there anyway. I try to follow
> the principles outlined by Epictetus. First, when attacked, consider
> what lesson you may teach an innocent observer with your response. If
> there be none, then what you may teach your attacker. If zie be
> unteachable, then what you may teach yourself.
>
> As we see from Epictetus and the Vedas, the written word is durable, and
> an innocent observer may see what we write later. So, there may yet be
> rational minds to see what I posted as well as what others represent my
> work as, and draw their own conclusions. And of course, if they are not
> rational, there's no point in caring what they think.
Which is precisely why I try not to sweat it when it comes to Sassers,
and focus on the message being given. Sure they can get under your
skin if you let them, and when they say "who are you talking to" as
a distraction, I know all too well as you have said that the word
outlives the person who spoke it. If they be wise words, eventually
a wise man will stop long enough to read them.
Thanks for your post, it was well worth the reading.
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