Guest guest Posted August 14, 2001 Report Share Posted August 14, 2001 This is one of the last messages of exo at coollist where we had anonymous posting and people unable to (amongst other things :-) ======= >I think that "people one hopelessly detests" may >sometimes simply be one person: one's self. > >No escaping yourself... well, one way, anyway... > >I have found a nice way of learning not to >detest people. Spend time with them as if you >were them. Become them. > >It has taken me years, in some cases, to unlearn >the feeling of detesting... other times, the veil >dropped away nearly effortlessly. > >What's all this stuff about discovering the true >self? The true self is all selves... silence or >flurry? Reduction or expansion? Exclusion or inclusion? > >Curious. > >In the end, it may be that the detesting goes on. >But somehow, the detesting is no longer a hell... >the detestable still detested, but having found a >home, is related to, tolerated, absorbed. > >Hating is a peculiar way of making love. =========== exo has now moved to a new location People can join the list via email simply by sending a BLANK email to: exo- or visit http://pages.britishlibrary.net/lobster/exxo Lobster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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