[ExI] "Up against the warming zealots"...hmmm

MB mbb386 at main.nc.us
Mon Jul 23 17:56:46 UTC 2007


> I don't experience a lot of that around here, but I know it is out
> there. You seem to have a good handle on it. I always understood that feelings that
> don't utilize actualy thought are held on to because they have some kind of
> emotional "gain". Do you have an idea of what they gain emotionally from those
> "feelings"?

My first response is that folks are comforting themselves with warm fuzzies. They
have little to offer of substance.  This vibrations/thoughts/colors mystical type
stuff is something they can *do*, be part of, without training or skill.  A sense of
personal power and personal contribution?

However, that is a bit mean of me. I have nothing to offer either. Many (by *no
means* all) are careful in their use of resources and try (in the limited American
fashion) to leave a "small" footprint.  Which is a Good Thing (tm) for the
resources. (I'm careful because of finances, mostly!)

There's a goodly number who are supporting themselves financially by getting on this
bandwagon of fear. And they do not (for good reason) say anything against what they
are promoting in their work.  Who knows what they really think?  There's money to be
made!

There's too much hype and excitement. It makes me very suspicious.

Regards,
MB




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