short explanation

May 6, 2001

O well, what fun, little announcements. and confessions, must be the

personal column - I am a constantly married mother of three - thats

children, not husbands, although actually I have three of those as

well, (three too many) drove me batty trying to tell the difference

(between kids and husbands). There was none. All these marriages just

tells you what a slave to convention I really am -so this lost suits

me. I take time out from life in various monasteries to figure out

who Im currently married to and thus I learn all these neat things I

post.

Im a complete slave to other's sensibilities, sensitivities, but I

absolutely expect to encounter future misunderstandings and

misinterpretations which unless Im pissed off about anything (which

is then my problem) your stuff is your problem. At times Im

completely arrogant, other times a real sweety, and hard to know

which is which since its all happening in your mind and you'd have to

tell me, I don't guess. In person, Im very funny, but with language,

Im still working on that thesis. Also, I don't to the

notion that "spirituality" means "being nice" although some here on

this list are congenitally nice -which is nice for them. I have no

expectations, so the not-nice folks can feel safe with me. I find

not-niceness refreshing. If I was any better at being techie Id

start the not-nice-spirituality list - still, I get whiffs of

not-niceness here on this list which cheers me on.

Signed, "Naughty Girl"

I have a little announcement to make in order to eliminate

future possible misunderstandings & misinterpretations.

I am a single mother of two , I work and sometimes because of

tiredness , or of my son's demanding his rights to use the computer ,

or because at that very moment my daughter has something to tell me,

or because all of this together , sometimes I am very short in my replies

to people. Please don't misunderstand me.

I am the first to disagree with any kind of disrespect to people ,

or with not considering other human beings' feelings and sensibilities ,

I am the first to disagree with arrogance on a spiritual list ,

and with any kind of superiority one's ego might impose

on another on any spiritual list and in any other life circumstance ;

Sometimes I feel I am too short or too direct ,

I wish I would have more time for this "email" activity ;

I wanted only to explain this to you so you would know me better and

that there should be no room to misunderstandings let.

This list is a very good list ,

it's good to be here ,

vicki

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May 6, 2001

Thanks for the issue of the personal issue Joyce - as if there would

be any other issue <laugh>

The impersonal doesn't have to realize another impersonal - the

personal has to realize that in essence,

it isn't different from, in fact is, the impersonal as well. Only

then, life can be a joy, irrespective of the "ups" and "downs".

But no doubt your three teachers told that already

And regarding your "not so nice" list_to_be, that can't be one for vegetarians

unless they eat their holy cows first.

So a possible list name could be "Shakti's barbecue party" <laugh>

Joy, laughter and humor,

JanOn 5/6/01 at 7:33 PM Joyce Short wrote: