JrzyTmata wrote: 


1) I was talking tongue in cheek.
2) I didn't judge him, I made an observation.
3) I completely agree with your last sentences

 steeler wrote: 


As the Dalai Lama says, If it doesn't work for you, forget about it!
Look, there are people who derive happiness from praying the rosary and think that god guides their lives. Whatever works for you.

 hippiechick wrote: 
holy crap! talk about projection.
it sounds like you are disappointed in your successes and his comment hit that nerve.

just because you never saw him make any efforts doesn't mean it doesn't do it. maybe that's just you judging him.

so take his negative attitude toward you and apply the buddist/tolle/landmark philosophies to it and learn something.
nothing is bad or evil. it just is.

 hippiechick wrote: 

Serious comment:

Those may work for  you, and they may work for others.  But that does not mean they work for everyone. Nor does it mean that philosophy is right.  What makes the  pursuit interesting is the sharing of philosophies.        

 mzpro5 wrote: 
That is just wrong.

 hippiechick wrote: 
Whose name calling now missy???

I should have realized a lot earlier that trying to have an intelligent discussion with a bunch of jr high school kids was a ridiculous idea.

 Southern_Boy wrote: 

 Coaxial wrote: 

 hippiechick wrote: 
It had me on the floor.

 Southern_Boy wrote: 
Which of course made you Happy! You have won the war.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Buzz seems to be disappointed in my successes in life. The comment I made about you is because I wanted to give him a personal perspective of what it would be like to have a person in the situation I was in. He makes it sound like it was the best thing in the world, why work when I can mooch? The truth is, I don't recommend anyone being in that situation unless they would like to test the limits of their sanity and delve way deep into their souls. Whatever my identity was 10 years ago (wife, mother, self-supporter, manager, etc) no longer exists, I am a completely different person. I had to be able to let go of all those things I thought I was so that I could move forward with my life.

The thing is, when your identities leave, you have a big empty hole left, that needs to be filled. Who am I? What do I want from life now? I had to start from scratch. I had to relearn how to live, so, like many times before, I started researching. I tried different ways to make money, I developed a new philosophy using the tools I received from Landmark, Eckhart Tolle, and Buddhism that I believe is the correct one for living life. I had to get to the nitty gritty, find out what and who is really important in my life.

I had a mother who thought I was stupid, fat, and ugly. It took me all the way until I was 38 years old to realize that I was none of those things, and that generally speaking, what people say is just a projection of their own egos, and so I really don't care about it. Do you really think I care about what Buzz says? I have never seen him even make an effort to walk in someone else's shoes, or say anything positive, just negativity. I gave him razzberries just to be funny.

 Steve wrote: 
Not sure why, but that made me laugh out loud.

 steeler wrote: 
Being true to oneself = good
Self-aggrandizement = bad

Empathy = good
Antipathy = bad

Happiness = good
Hoppiness = mmmmmmm . . . beeeeerrrr

 Coaxial wrote: 
   HEY!! This is not the right topic for frivolity.

 oldviolin wrote: 
Beetlejuice...

 Coaxial wrote: 
It's the Buddhist way