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Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

646.0. "elitism" by ULTRA::LARU (Let's get metaphysical) Mon Feb 01 1988 14:28

�    however I believe the participants/audiences of the other conferences 
�    are a bit different than the participants here in terms of approaches 
�    to life and spiritual things in general...
    
    
    I sometimes fall prey to this attitude, and I get real uncomfortable,
    'cause I think it's pretty elitist.  I often read notes in this
    and other files and think to myself "That's not the way it works,
    you ignorant, narrow-minded little twit!"....  and then I realize
    that I am the narrow-minded one...  I think that we are all seeking,
    each on our individual level, and that NO ONE not even [name your
    favorite avatar or Nobel prize-winner] knows THE ONE TRUE PATH.
    
    It's pretty funny, because I've just learned how to _spell_
    enlightenment, am now busy trying to learn to pronounce it,
    and then sometimes have the audacity to think that somebody else is
    _obviously_ misinformed.

    I guess it's true:  Wisdom lies in realizing how little you know...
    
    Anyway, this is not a dig at you Cindy...  I just think that we
    shouldn't get caught up in thinking that we are _different_ from
    the rest of the world.  I think that's a trick that ego uses to
    maintain itself, and prevents us from getting where we really want
    to go.
    
    
	    momentarily humble/bruce
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646.1DefinitionCLUE::PAINTERIt's all relative....maybe.Mon Feb 01 1988 14:4821
              
    From my blue DEC-issued dictionary:
    
    different - adj. 1. Unlike; dissimilar. 2. Distinct; separate. 
                     3. Unusual; distinctive.
    
    While every person on the face of the earth is still human (and
    part of the same), every person is also different to some degree 
    (even identical twins because they each encounter different life 
    situations unless they spend every moment together for the rest 
    of their lives).
    
    Therefore, the word different does not mean 'better' or 'worse'
    or 'elitist', nor was there an implication in this direction.
                                                                   
    And if the responses to the topic are identical to the responses
    to the same topic in the other conferences, then I will stand
    corrected.
    
    Cindy
646.2A bit more clearCLUE::PAINTERMea most maxima culpa = Oops!Tue Feb 02 1988 10:4013
    
    Bruce,
    
    Having thought about this last night, I would like to say that I
    see a bit more clearly the point you were trying to make.
    
    There are so many times when people (all of us at some point) attempt
    to make themselves 'superior' to others, thus making the others
    feel 'inferior', and this is when we all get into problems.
    
    Sorry about that.
    
    Cindy