> [Original Message] > From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 9/28/2006 11:19:34 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Aaaaaargh > > > > Eric's right, just the fact that we write back and forth on this list is > evidence that we are celebrating life. Some things really are simplistic. > Well, then, I'm celebrating life. So what's your problem? > > Just watching a cat play with a cricket can be joyful -- I'm sure you'll > say "not for poor defenceless cricket". > Don't be silly. Being on the receiving end of razor sharp claws is the essence of joy, a celebration of life. > Really you should get out and enjoy life. You only get one. > Or, as Mike says, because I don't indulge in happy talk, I should go out and kill myself. He only says that because he loves life and wants to preserve it for others who love life. Eric's wonder at life from an airplane, and depression upon seeing it up close and personal, calls for happy talk. Lots and lots of happy talk. Otherwise, how else to deal with being on the ground? BTW, Eric, who said anything about an unconscious system? The unconscious is simply hidden motives, feelings, thoughts. They're hidden only on the outside. Inside they wreak havoc, including making the world the piece of work humans have made it. They are the reason life looks so good from 40,000 feet and stinks on the ground. In order to participate on this list without getting beat up on a regular basis, one needs to limit one's self to looking on the sunny side, looking at life from 40,000 feet. Except when advocating torture ... > celebrating life even though I've had one or another ailments in my body > for nearly all of 2006, Maybe your body's telling you something? Not a chance. > consciously yours, Of only the good stuff, but since that's all there is, that's all that's needed. Can't fix what ain't broken. Three dimensionally yours, A.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html