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Good god! from cynicism to sadism!

Too much cynicism there for me.

Wear the outer robe of the law; but wear the inner robe of the mystic.

Not likely

Yep, Mantak knows his audience and how to make a buck off them (a hell of a lot of bucks).

I was tempted to say that there is too much dwelling going on (multiple occasions, multiple participants). But, if people need to work things out; that too, has its' place. Poisons can not just be wished away. I have actually been sensing a break-through lately, and that pleases me.

I have noticed that @dawei has not been here since 7-21-20. We did not see eye to eye on many things, but, I do miss him.

I believe all of the above exists at TDB---- and it should, for we all come here at different levels and needs. Keeping the balance is a tricky thing though. I believe as long as the moderators continue discussions and enforcements in a public forum, we as a community will do the best we can. I have confidence in my friends, aquaintances and moderators here.

Interesting! That is why I do not fish anymore.

So, my friend,do you feel your skin thickening up?

I did not say it was an over reactive nanny state. I asked at what point does TDB become an over reactive nanny state? It was a purposely nuanced question, as a segue for the future. Thank you for re-opening them.

There will always be consternation! But, what strikes you as more offensive--shutting down a bunch of non-offenders or one or two possible offenders for review? I also am interested in community brainstorming. Let it continue, while screening for true offenses, instead of locking down all of the positive input with the very few (possibly) questionable ones.

I believe lobs are more constructive in these circumstances, fastballs might get the thread locked down for review. Plus you got a laugh out of it-- usually a good thing!

Do you guys have the capability of pulling out one comment and say it is under review, instead of closing down the whole thread? At what point does TDB become an over-reactive nanny state? I for the most part applaud the new mods here. But, there has to be a better way than shutting down entire threads, over one or two comments.

I feel that William Blake was an under-appreciated painter and poet. The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun William Blake 1804

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” ― Lao Tzu “We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.” ― Deng Ming-Dao “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” ― Alan Wilson Watts

The layered bloom of hills and streams Kingfisher shades beneath rose-colored clouds mountain mists soak my cotton bandanna, dew penetrates my palm-bark coat. On my feet are traveling shoes, my hand holds an old vine staff. Again I gaze beyond the dusty world- what more could I want in that land of dreams?--- Hanshan ( 1865-1944)

all in front of you, yet pierced with less than a word availed and veiled

The web site you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist Chaos reigns within Reflect, repent and reboot Order shall return Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, Taxes and Lost Data. Guess which has occurred. You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. Where is the printer? The printer can not be found Though it is next to me By various anonymous contributors

I truly and sincerely believe, that every single human being in the world, truly and sincerely believes, at least one thing; that is not true.

BABBLE the great Tower of Babble not about the scattering: but the language taken back; unity on earth now lost our cultivators tend to us with art poetry, and mist, with failure and gain Caretakers and the nurtured teachers and students all trying to make up for that terrible loss

To hear, one must be silent.