BS: New Age Speak

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 12:05 AM

Little Hawk, if you haven't turned off your computer yet, go find a copy of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World. This is as close as my reading has probably come to some of the stuff mentioned in these threads. It came out of one of my environmental philosophy classes.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 12:39 AM

Little Hawk, "Seat of the Soul" is one of my favourite books of all time. I liked it so much, and I thought 'What's not to like?', so I lent it to a friend of mine, thinking I was doing something nice for him, and I was surprised to find that he not only didn't like it - it frightened him! He gave it back and said he didn't want to see it again. It certainly jolted me into remembering that we are not all in the same place on the path!

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: GUEST,daffy dill
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 01:11 AM

Bil D

Pulling the wool over your eyes has made my day.. or is that night?

Daffy

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Two_bears
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 03:32 AM

Little Hawk, there's also the saying "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." I find it doesn't pay to take daylia at her word as far as getting along. It only works as long as she gets her way, and it takes very little for her to start the nonsense again. As we can see already on this thread.

If you have something to say about Daylia; you should say it to her.

Two Bears, you and daylia should get together.

Together you'd equal one wit.

If you want to throw insults around at Daylia and myself; BE MY GUEST! because suct insults say nothing abouy either Daylia or myself; but those statements speaks volumes about your character.

Read the material at the following link here. Do you think I was being a half wit here too? I did not take the name Two Bears until 1999.

ANL - 2B

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Two_bears
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 03:36 AM

Little Hawk, "Seat of the Soul" is one of my favourite books of all time.

Jenny: I also read "The Seat Of The Soul" by Gary Zukav, and enjoyed it very much. Did you read his earlier work "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"?

ANL - 2B

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 04:37 AM

No, Two bears, I have heard very good reports about it and would very much like to read it, but I haven't yet. It's definitely on my 'must read soon' list.

I first saw Gary Zukav on Oprah, and was impressed by his calm manner and the love shining through. It made me happy just listening to him.

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Pied Piper
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:39 AM

"I am therefore I think"
PP
God of the Gaps
Paleys Watch
Feminist whit

Yawn Yawn.

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: GUEST,youGUESTit!
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:21 AM

Please know that I am always watching you, my children.

daylia, I have heard your cries in the night. Seems you have been naughty naughty NAUGHTY.
What's that you say?

Ahhhh ... then you shall know my Mercy.

And as for you, SRS, I have created this very special Treat with your needs in mind ... come and get it!

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 01:12 PM

You blither

Therefore you blather

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 01:24 PM

I'll pass on the guest link offerings and the 2B threads, thanks anyway.

BillD--I guessed that Daffy Dill was MMario. In one of his narcissus-istic moods. :)

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Two_bears
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 04:16 PM

I'll pass on the guest link offerings and the 2B threads, thanks anyway.

SRS

1. Show me one single thread that I have started?

2. If you are talking about threads I participate in; then why are you still here. Exit stage left already.

3. You called a friend and I half wits.

If you soncerely believe that; that's fine; but just because you say so; does not make it so.

I trust the readers to see through your anger and bitterness toward Daylia and myself. The good thing about Mudcat; is that they can click on your name, and read EVERY single insult and hate filled message you have thrown at me, and they can click on my name and see the posts I have left for you.

ANL - 2B

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:52 PM

Now look, guys....

I can provide a backyard, and appropriate weapons for this.

I'm thinking...water balloons, mud pies, that sort of thing.

I will even do it at no charge.

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:58 PM

Um...Guest you Guest it...cute bunch of pictures there. Are you the Great Feline??? If so, I prostrate myself in adoration before you!

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: GUEST,youGUESTit!
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 07:19 PM

No need for frumpling those fine Little feathers quite yet, friend Hawk. Had I but a fraction of those gifts, those talons, those abilities .... oh if you only Knew!

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 07:39 PM

All I see is a tiny little logo that says "Hotlinked Picture" and "Elfwood".

What is so fascinating about that?

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:08 PM

Two bears, again you mischaracterize the situation. Anger and bitterness don't describe me or my behavior; I don't, however, suffer fools gladly. It probably isn't polite to keep taking pokes at you two, but you stick you chins out there just asking for it. I never was good at resisting temptation like that. It runs in the family.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: GUEST,youGUESTit!
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:09 PM

try this

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:12 PM

Okay, I tried it. Same tiny little logo. Are you trying to bore me into insensiblity?

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: GUEST,youGUESTit!
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:12 PM

Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His work must be contemplated with respect.

- Mark Twain, a Biography

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:18 PM

Good quote!

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: *daylia*
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 09:06 PM

All manner of things seem to "run in the family" - hair color, musical talent, as well as all manner of violent behavior. Including verbal violence

I do like these principles of "Verbal Aikido":

Speech-attacks, like any other form of aggressive behavior, imply both a victim and a perpetrator. Philosophically speaking, there is little difference between this form of hostile word-use and a physical attack. Aikido, in the larger sense, concerns itself with identification and neutralization of both these types of aggression.

While practicing Aikido on the mat, we learn to recognize and harmonize with an opponent's attack in such a way as to avoid any harm to ourselves, and wherever possible, to avoid injuring the attacker. Aikido is, in this way, a self-defense which implies neither victory nor defeat. the terms "victory" and "defeat" belong to the field of competition and are operative where conflict of interest exists.

Aikido does not deal with reality in a mutually exclusive, dualistic manner. To define Aikido as "the art of no-defeat" is not a mere semantic game. We, as speakers of the English language and, consequently, children of Aristotelian thought, are accustomed to viewing the phenomenal world in terms of polar opposites, ie., "good-evil," "plus-minus," "off-on," etc. The power of this procedural mode has been dramatically demonstrated by man's vast attainments in the fields of science and technology which are based on the scientific method.

Nonetheless, there are many areas in which this method of perceiving reality is inappropriate, inefficient, and tension-producing. there are aspects of interpersonal relationships, for example, where viewing things in a binary, "either-or" fashion can defeat communication and perpetuate conflict.


Sounds so familiar   *sigh*


mew

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 09:26 PM

From the Thread List

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Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak - daffy down dilly
From: freda underhill
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 10:49 PM

hi guys

as this thread was initially commenting on the convoluted jargon of some new age speak, i came in as Daffy Dill ( a pretty daffy name, i thought) with a bit of verbage about Crocheting for Consciousness, empathy, brothers and sisters and rainbows.. i was surprised that people didnt twig that it was parody, but i guess its a mark of how thoughtful and non judgemental some of you are towards people here. of course, it took me years of hard work to pick up this jargon myself at various workshops, therapy groups and festivals, and self help books.

as there's another thread right now about members posing as guests, and as SRS has identified MMario as Daffy, I thought I'd better clarify - mea culpa. sorry MMario and best wishes to you all!

freda underthe weather (still recovering from jetlag on return from austria n the UK)!

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 11:39 PM

freda, it was clear that the daffy character was a role that someone was playing, and you threw in a good red herring with the mention of crochet! The posts were from someone familiar with the Mudcat venue. Cute!

daylia, like I said, you're piece of work. If the wordplay gets to be too much just baffle with BS if you can't think of a quick comeback. Just because someone doesn't like your manner of fuzzy logic and discourse doesn't make them an axe murderer.

Since my DSL is apparently out for a while for repairs, I am on dialup this evening. I'll leave the rest of you to duke it out, it takes too long for pages to load to keep fooling with this nonsense. Have a good weekend, all!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Sep 04 - 01:15 PM

i was surprised that people didnt twig that it was parody

What am I, chopped liver?

;-)

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: freda underhill
Date: 11 Sep 04 - 01:18 PM

..excluding you, carol (Never chopped liver) and Amos, but he had a big Clue.

x freda

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: *daylia*
Date: 12 Sep 04 - 10:00 AM

freda, or should I say "Daffy Dill" - that was wonderful! :-)

The very best of all things to you, my sister

daylia

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Sep 04 - 11:01 PM

No, the wooden ship model I have on the shelf here...THAT is a "piece of work". You oughta see it. Daylia is a piano teacher, and a work in progress, ever changing and evolving like any other human being.

Subject: RE: BS: New Age Speak
From: freda underhill
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 05:42 PM

whatever problems people have in the past, there is nothing to be gained by setting them in cement. i support anyone who attempts to move on and keep learning.

retrospective ranting is as useful as .. well, yes a bicycle for a fish.

freda (ranting).