Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00307)

Jan 12 2005

Dear J:

Ity seems it does not give much room for minds to grow?  

Kind of like a universe of one [then a barrier] and the rest are debarred
from it.

Is that by any chance what one calls a "closed mind?" 

What happens should such an individual be wrong? 

I think our Universe has the utmost variety, and ought to invite
exploration. Of course, some are overwhelmed by that, and demand for
themselves seclusion and rest. Or some intermediate freedom.  

Isn't this one of the proofs of the "freedom of the individual mind?" 

Is that by any chance what one calls a "closed mind?" 

Seems to me, from my experience, it is more interesting to contact variety.
On the other hand, such a one-focussed mind is a contradiction (or a paradox
in itself).  

I mean, it knows of its existence, is convinced of its acuity, perception
and uniqueness, yet has a desire to contact others of similar capacities
(strength unknown) in an effort to dominate or denigrate. 

So what is achieved?

How did you arrive at the title of your organization?  

No question but "always" is a trigger word to exclusiveness. Yet we
frequently use it without thinking out its limitations. A kind of a "put
down." 


Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: john,
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:45 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: A Question for the New Year



<< Even when the writer is satisfied that the sentence or paragraph 
carries its intended meaning, that is no guarantee that the sentence 
will not have a very different meaning to the reader. >>


This statement reminds me of why I dropped out of participation in a 
particular Mensa discussion list years ago. (Yes, I used to be a member, 
am no longer, no activities in rural Arkansas.)

In this particular group was a lady who insisted an telling us exactly 
what we meant by our words. It did us NO GOOD to tell her what we meant 
by those words. She knew, 100%, what we meant, even when we didn't mean 
it (and even if everyone else in that group understood our meaning).

It just got so frustrating to get into arguments based on her knowing 
she was 100% right. She was the type of person who even KNEW that it was 
wrong to shout, even one word. She had learned, years ago, that if you 
wanted to emphasize one word, that you were to do it with extra 
characters. She would *emphasize* a word like that, and insisted that 
was the *only* way to do it. But as you can see with my prior sentences, 
paragraphs, I prefer to EMPHASIZE a word by capitalizing it. She called 
that shouting. It did us no good to point out that "Netiquette" 
tutorials defined shouting as capitalizing entire sentences or entire 
messages. She knew she was right.

Anyway, mhy point is that there will ALWAYS be people who will interpret 
someone's words the wrong way, and KNOW that they are right, even if 
everyone else has a different point of view.