Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00208)

Brenda,

I agree with you 100%. Nearly everything I've seen here is gossip -- though not
all of it is negative. When I signed on to this list, I was hoping to participate
in some discussion of metaphysical principles, techniques, enlightenment, cosmology,
etc. Instead, as you say, it is mostly gossip with an occasional quotation regarding
some dogma (ie. the writer is quoting someone else's works without adding anything
useful). Of course, I have not offered any original thoughts or experiences myself,
either, so I'm not in any position to cast blame on anyone, just making an observation.


Terry

>Hello,
>
>As fond as I am of all of you, it's difficult to try to convey how I feel
>about people who have done what is considered a "great work" on the planet.
>Does anyone feel like I do that mostly what we hear is just plain gossip? I
>have never found any exception to "great workers" except by those lurking
>people who feel so slighted and so belittled by their own "great work" not
>comparing to what the "great gossip objects" have done.
>
>Do you think there is value in recalling what is said about people who love
>to gossip?
>
>When I hear something negative about someone or some group, I immediately
>think that must not be true, that there is some vindictive individual
>trying to create a downfall for those who have risen above. Then I think,
>well, just for the sake of the "love of truth" I will go to this person or
>this group and judge for myself. Does anyone else feel this way? Why are we
>so different in our approach to dealing with opinions of dislike?
>
>I wonder what lies behind our own relationships as individuals to the point
>that I ask why we don't just talk about each other this way and leave
>"them" to their peers. Do people here sometimes feel equal to these
>wonderful, illumining minds? To be equal do we have to be willing to
>forfeit our calm freedom from degradation by the words of others?
>
>I feel like making a request to stop all harmful slurs against others who
>are not represented and direct them to me. Maybe I could do something about
>slurs you choose for me. Wouldn't the rest of you love to be the ones that
>hurtful, slapping, belittling comments are made against?
>
>Who are the people that make these comments and who are the people who
>refuse to make them? What can each group accomplish and where?
>
>Any comments?