Tarzan
09-06-2001, 05:59 AM
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><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">david, </span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">that was a fabulous reading, thank you.</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">i wonder why it is so important to "dispassionately" engage with life? to quote a part:</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">since these experiences can seem overwhelming at times, we encourage a more
[b]dispassionateattempt at service...</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">[end quote; bold emphasis mine]</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">i have noticed that ra has said a number of times to be "dispassionate". the idea of being dispassionate seems to be important. why so? i suppose that extremes of emotions can throw one off, but one's extreme is another's easy stretch. certain kinds of passions can be very beneficial, such as sex. who wants dispassionate sex? when i think of dipsassionate sex, i think of making love with a cold, grainy mud pie. sheesh.</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">what are the hallmarks of being dispassionate? how does one know that one is dispassionate, yet compassionate enough to connect and assist with healings of self and others? could it be that being dispassionate is to act without emotional investment in the outcome of an event related to one's actions? the random house dictionary describes "dispassion" as "...unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm..." which ones of those or a combination of them or other meanings does ra mean in their use of the word "dispassionate"?</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">seth</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">david, </span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">that was a fabulous reading, thank you.</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">i wonder why it is so important to "dispassionately" engage with life? to quote a part:</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">since these experiences can seem overwhelming at times, we encourage a more
[b]dispassionateattempt at service...</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">[end quote; bold emphasis mine]</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">i have noticed that ra has said a number of times to be "dispassionate". the idea of being dispassionate seems to be important. why so? i suppose that extremes of emotions can throw one off, but one's extreme is another's easy stretch. certain kinds of passions can be very beneficial, such as sex. who wants dispassionate sex? when i think of dipsassionate sex, i think of making love with a cold, grainy mud pie. sheesh.</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">what are the hallmarks of being dispassionate? how does one know that one is dispassionate, yet compassionate enough to connect and assist with healings of self and others? could it be that being dispassionate is to act without emotional investment in the outcome of an event related to one's actions? the random house dictionary describes "dispassion" as "...unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm..." which ones of those or a combination of them or other meanings does ra mean in their use of the word "dispassionate"?</span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001"></span></font>
><font color="#0000ff" face="arial" size="2"><span class="450063812-06092001">seth</span></font>