TheSongsofDistantEarth

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thusly, "Heat Seeking Missile".

Thus the expression "He's packin' heat".

I think you must be running a fever and you should take some aspirin and go lay down for awhile.

Now how would you know that it's an orange traffic cone, Scotty you old leg-puller? It's supposed to be someone bowing down in a gesture of honoring them, like you see the arms, and then these two big hands on the floor, I think it's kind of sappy, but what-evuh. I like this one: &:~) a smiling Swami.

Again, I say the thing we need to look at is her. Why did she do it? What were the events that led to her doing this? Can we find compassion for her? She must have been damaged somewhere along the line herself. If she was not damaged, and she is a sociopath and therefore has a defective brain and mind, does she deserve our compassion? Maybe not. Sociopaths feel no compassion or care for the well being of others, so they do not deserve it from us, and only perhaps deserve to be ostracized and punished.

Please...! Do not diminish the manifestation of theTao in Blasto! He is no embryonic grasshopper, he is a full grown locust! And he doesn't even touch coffee, he drinks only artesian spring water right out of the ground. Thanks for your interest, The Committee

1. Investment advice, from a karmic perspective, of course. 2. The fate of the world. Thumbs up, or thumbs down? Will I survive? Is there any way for me to get rich from 'The End of Life As We Know It?' 3. What's the deal with full lotus? Thanks Blasto, Songs

I must say, pedicabber, that I admire the moxie and directness of your latest self-defense, even though I would admire you more if you were able to ignore us, much as you implore us to ignore you. At least you are now admitting that you are obnoxious, and hopefully you see that that quality fully carries over to your online presence, which is why so many of us, over time (and looking back, there have been quite a few) have offered up resistance to your aggressive/passive stance here. Do you notice that none of your 'intellectual police' that help to keep you in line have a problem with anyone else here on this forum? And so, I will bow out of this thread, and will give Vaj the Crusader a break from me, and for a month I will not respond directly to any of his obnoxious posts. have a super-nice day

Well it's obvious that you are a very special person, with very special beliefs and very, very special leg muscles. I stand back in awe. So if we do not understand you, why do you project so much onto us, too? Please notice that you constantly use the word 'you' in your responses to people, projecting onto others, even as you cry how so many do this to you. You have no idea who I am, either. I think you would be shocked, but I refuse to divulge my life on the Internet as you have. I am sure the pedicabber's union provides a generous retirement package, so you can probably rest your legs for awhile and travel to Tibet China and study Buddhism some day. Ooh, so you're an Indigo Child? That increases your specialness quotient! And you're not a fundamentalist, you just say that your Buddhism has a "special place" among the spiritual traditions? Of course it does, otherwise why would a special ashram raised Indigo Child be practicing it, if it weren't the most special of all! That's what ALL fundamentalists believe...that their way is the chosen, special way. I seems you lack insight into your offensive aggressive/passive postings here, and you feel the need to constantly defend yourself...why? You will know when you have graduated from this phase, young master, when you no longer feel the need to defend! But I'm so glad you told us all to 'back off!', because we indeed not know who we're dealing with. Now I'll just go back to my rocking chair and smoke my corncob pipe and shoot at squirrels with my air rifle. I don't think your mom did you any favors raising you in an ashram. It only taught you spitritual pride, which will take you a long time to unlearn your 'specialness'. But I know you shall get there someday! Now that you've told us how much cash income you bring in, don't forget to declare all of it like a good and ethical boddhisattva so the IRS doesn't come sniffing up your muscular little rear end!

I don't know, but can you edit your post and LOSE THE CAPITAL LETTERS? It's poor forum etiquette.

Not a good idea. I know of a guy who was sitting cross legged and using drugs and alcohol, fell asleep for 9 hours and woke up with peroneal nerve palsy, resulting in permanent foot drop. As always, moderation in everything.

No, you are way too obnoxious and too into offending others and telling them what's what to be left alone. I renew my commitment to oppose your zealotry, especially since ralis is taking off for awhile. Besides, it's too much fun to poke holes in your faulty logic and "irrationality" ! You basically have no idea what you are talking about most of the time, and your responses are sorely lacking. (Blasto did set you in your place in your exchange with him, despite your petulant point by point responses ). And now that you finally admit that you are not who you think you are, will you stop telling other people that constantly? Thank you. Wishing you peace, enlightenment and pink light for your blind third eye, Have a nice day

Ah, you couldn't just take the fig leaf. Insufferable, as usual. I'm taking back my and shootin' ya a .

You agreed with me?!?

I'm willing to wager that the chicken you had for dinner tonight suffered far more than the cat in the rubbish bin. I can propose the evil of the food production system we don't even notice, more than I can the Tabby that the lady tossed inside. Far, far greater suffering on factory farms, yet we don't even speak of it.

Sorry Hundun, I disagree. Energetic development does not equal spiritual development. They often go together, but are not fully linked.

My point is we all have that inside of us, even you. This is too much for many people to acknowledge, but enlightenment cannot occur without shining light under every rock.

I was using irony to make a point. The most interesting part of this whole thing, though is this: what was going on with that being that she would do that, in that instant? Has she always wanted to do something like that? Was it just a momentary, irrational impulse that she indulged? Or has she thought about doing such a thing? Maybe for a long time? Does she do this all the time? Did she have second thoughts after she did it? Did she feel good? Did she feel bad? Was it a pleasurable thing for her to do? Has she done stuff like this before? Did a cat bite her when she was a baby, or something similar? Does she have a conscience? Did she feel justified in doing this? Is she a sociopath, without regard to the feelings or well being of other beings? Do sociopaths deserve the same compassion as others, even after callously hurting other beings? Maybe she "never would do something like this. I don't know what came over me". What did "come over her"? Is there some part of you, somewhere inside, that somehow, irrationally wishes to do this kind of thing too? Even just for a flash of impulse, which is always repressed?? (even though you would never actually do it?) Is her shadow somewhere inside us all, even as an impulse only, that we instantly repress? Can I even ask these questions without even making you uncomfortable, a bit? I remember, when I was very young, about 4 or 5 probably, holding the hand of a little baby, and feeling how soft and squishy and plump it was, and I recall the almost overwhelming urge to squeeze it as hard as I could, knowing full well it would hurt the baby, yet really wanting to do it. This happened several times, I never did it, but something within me wanted to. And then I 'outgrew it'. Or my conscience became good at stuffing down that part of me. Being able to acknowledge the evil that dwells within us is critical to spiritual enlightenment. We are not just beings of light. I submit to you all that there is a part of us, even if you are an animal lover and save kitties for your life's work, that wanted to do exactly as that lady in the video did? Somewhere that flash of an impulse exists, or existed, before we learned to let the light shine over the darkness? I acknowledge this is within me, even as I do work that involves love, immense compassion, and attending to suffering almost every day, that far surpasses what most people do? Perhaps that makes me especially good at what I do? Why is it that ordinary, caring people are capable of cruelty? Sometimes like the guards in concentration camp, or even the Abu Ghraib guards, there is that part of us that could ignite if not immediately eliminated, that could somehow be capable of cruelty? There is a famous psychology experiment where ordinary people were told they were giving shocks to subjects (who were actors pretending to be shocked), and most of them continued to increase the intensity of the suffering because they wee told to? What do you make of what I've just said?

You, either, my bro! Jeez, you have put up an awful lot of personal stuff on the internet over the various forums, though. That's also why it feels like TMI...no boundaries for Vaj! Whatever floats the big Buddhist boat, as it were.

STFU!

Oh God. All these details. You used to have your and your lady's picture in your avatar for a really long time, so excuse me if I'm feeling a little nauseated reading some of the posts in this thread.

So, the interesting thing about this whole story is not the cat, but what was going on for the woman. Obviously, she is fully EVIL, and she should probably burn in hell, after various taobums have first stuffed her EVIL ass into a trashcan for 15 hours with smelly sardine cans and poopy diapers. Behold! the face of evil! Is stoning legal in the UK? Let's get her!!!