Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:33:34 -0400
Subject: (urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth &
 Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))
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I have resolved to be less of a jerk, and I am sorry I fell short in that.

I have, in the past, had sort of a fucked up attitude, and want every one
of you to know that I however harsh I may sound sometimes, there's nothing
personal behind it.

I hate to say something that sounds like it might be an excuse, but I am
sometimes overresponsive to physical pain. I have, more times than I like
to think about, harshed on someone who had not done anything offensive,
because I was in physical pain.

I have been getting much better at not allowing the higher levels of pain
to grouchify me, but I am not perfect at it and probably never will be.

.
> Not in general.  I'm surprised you apparently inferred I did.  I thought
> you might answer my request, though.  Maybe I should say I'm not and
> wasn't criticizing your decision not to answer it.
>
> I'll limit my comments on this subject to one that's on topic.  In my
> life, I've seen my laziness and other people's rewarded on several
> occasions.  But I don't recall ever seeing that happen in a Gene Wolfe
> story.  In fact, I don't recall much laziness (but then there are a lot of
> books I don't remember very well).  One example that comes to mind is the
> Rajan's major-domo or whatever he is.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 5:02:04 PM
> Subject: Re: (urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth &
> Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))
>
> You expect laziness to be rewarded?
>
> .
>
>
>
>
>> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>>
>>
>>>No.
>>
>>> It's in the Talmud also.
>>
>> Now that would be a much bigger surprise for me.
>>
>>> And before you ask: no.
>>
>>> No one spoon fed me.
>>
>> Whatever.
>>
>> Jerry Friedman
>>
>>
>>> Can you give me a citation, please?  One would be enough for my
>>> surprise.
>>>
>>> Jerry Friedman
>>>
>>>>From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>>>
>>>>Subject: Re: (urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth
>>>> &
>>>> Earth (was "Travelling North aka >miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))
>>>
>>>>It's all through QBLH.
>>>
>>>>Be surprised.
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>>> It's in the /Journey to the West/.  Whether Chinese Buddhism got it
>>>> from
>>>> Taoism I don't know.  I believe it's also in Tantric Buddhism.
>>>>
>>>> I will be very surprised to hear that Judaism has this idea.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jerry Friedman has been surprised before.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
>>>> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
>>>> Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 1:22:53 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: (urth) Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka
>>>> miscellaneous
>>>> thoughts on Wolfe")
>>>>
>>>> Taoism too, right?
>>>>
>>>> I'm never sure what planet you're from.
>>>>>
>>>>>For the record, Nietzsche shared your view that there was some
>>>>>biological benefit to preserving the seed.  He too was a bit of a
>>>>>nutter.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:20 PM, <brunians at brunians.org> >wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>It
>>>>>>is biologically based.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If a man does not have orgasms, he becomes capable to perform
>>>>>>>> certain
>>>>>>>>spiritual acts which he cannot otherwise perform, or not as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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