01-15-2011, 08:33 AM
(01-15-2011, 03:15 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:(01-15-2011, 01:08 AM)turtledude23 Wrote: I understand where you're coming from amiyou, some members annoyed me at first but STO is about acceptance. As long as they're not harming anyone let them be. We're all unique, we all have unique ways of expressing ourselves. If one person's preferred way of expressing them self seems arrogant or over top to you, so what? They're not hurting anyone, and they probably are giving some good information in their posts. You can find wisdom even from an illiterate drunk, so surely you could find at least some wisdom from people who read the same book as you. And maybe they're not being as weird as you think they are. Reality is relative to the instrument measuring it, as Robert Anton Wilson would say.
Well said!!!
Especially this part:
STO is about acceptance.
Ok, thanks for the responses so far. But I must say this before people get carried away, say whatever you feel, but don't put words in my mouth please.
I did not say it annoyed me, that is entirely altering what I said. I did say I found it a bit nauseating, but that is different to annoyance, and I'm quite happy for people to be what they want to be.
The point was not wether it annoys me, not about being accepting of people. It was simply this:-
If people go over the top and fit the image that was created to put people off thinking in any spiritual capacity. Then i think it makes it a whole lot harder for others to see the things that caused people to get that strong spiritual feeling.
It's a bit like science being written in the code language that they mostly use, hiding behind mathmatical equations are beautiful things that most will never know because of the language and methods used to describe it.
I was really just saying, it might be a little more thoughtful for the sake of others to try to keep the language and behaviour a little bit more accessible for people who otherwise have not a lot of chance to see what it is that created that feeling, and as a result those people who currently know only what the television and authorities tell them to know, will continue to be pushed around by those in the world that wish to manipulate their thinking.
I suppose it's a bit like people escaping from a sinking ship, some will see the escape route and run, never looking back, others will stand by the exit and not leave that post so that the other slower escapees can see where to go.
Again, I'm not telling anyone to be anything, or do anything, except to consider that they could be very helpful to the mentality of the planet if they can control their language and behaviour a little more.