re why you aren't enlightened

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Michael wrote:

>Yesterday I got to meet a kind of person that I had only seen remotely.

>This person was full of life. Full of curiosity. This person was

totally natural. Natural and comfortable in her own skin. A person

without concepts or beliefs.

>She had bright intelligent eyes and an open mind.

>I met this person in the parking lot of a nearby store. As I took the

shopping cart to the cart rack she called out to me from the window of

a car. As I passed by on the way back to my car she held out her hand

and softly called to me again. I stopped and said hello. I asked the man

in the car with her if it was ok and he replied that it was up to her.

> I held out my hand and she gently touched the back of it with her

lips. Then she sat back and regared me with most honest open expression

one would ever hope to see.

>This person was a young chimpanzee! How beautiful she was!

 

Ahhh, Michael, what a lovely story! I'll bet it was great fun!!!

 

It reminds me of one of my first encounters with animal research. My

high school class went on a field trip to Yale University, and for some

reason we saw the chimpanzees in the research facility. I remember

being startled by chimps in cages with what looked (to a high school

student ) like corks in the tops of their heads (I presume these were

electrode connections and that we were seeing animals being involved in

brain research.) I also was stunned by the attitude of the chimps in

cages who seemed quite angry and were giving us the finger. Ah well,

I'm not so surprised anymore. Your encounter sounds more pleasant, but

similarly educational.

 

 

My only question is how do you know your new friend has no concepts or

beliefs? Could that be projection? (sounds like a belief to me)

 

 

Love, Mark

ps I can just see you two grinning at each other! YUM!