Re: Invasive tactics (was Re: The important)

Evelyn Ruut wrote:

> ";"'''--=+)([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>

One Need Only......Read......Your Posts......To See.......The Muddy
Depths.......Of  Such........Hypocrisy........