Re: Invasive tactics (was Re: The important)

";"'''--=+)([EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> He can't drag you anywhere unless you allow him to do it. What is really
at
> issue here ? Is it really the way Fooey posts, or is it the reactions that
> he gets ? These reactions are all voluntary. Fooey is not over at your
house
> with a gun at your head forcing you to respond to his posts. You have
taken
> what he has done personally and the only one who will derive grief and
allow
> voluntary self-sabotage is you by taking things personally. Even if
someone
> intends something towards you personally, you are never forced to accept
it
> as such. It is not necessarily Fooey's actions that are suspect here but
the
> motivational reasons behind your and other's complete and utter
willingness
> to be affected by what he does. What type of juice are you getting out of
> this volleying back and forth of what others do to you ?

This may also have something to do with why we post on usenet at all.

I am replying with a quote:

"Like the Lotus which cannot grow not on high ground but only in low marshy
land, those who have entered nirvana by cutting off all klesa (defilement)
will not develop into Buddhahood; whereas sentient beings in the mire of
klesa eventually will. Like paddy seeds that cannot grow in space but only
in manured fields; those who have cut off all klesa cannot progress into the
Buddha Dharma whereas beings whose klesa are endless may one day do so. Thus
all kinds of klesa are the seeds of the Tathagata. This is like a man who
cannot obtain precious pearls if he does not dive into the sea. Likewise, a
man who does not dive into the sea of klesa will never find the pearl of
savajna."

??? <Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra>