http://tinyurl.com/uck8 ---> done :)

... along with the advice 2 light-en up ... hmmm :)

Afterthought ... that emissary quote about ego and seriousness ... is it in my excerpts?

Mate ... so much for let-it-go :) ... Um ... what was I going 2 add ... oh yes, I just noticed one of his posts said he came here 2 understand why seemingly rational people hold such beliefs ... yeah sure you did, but the 2ne of many posts is belittling as if YOU are the infallible guide 2 what is true and we are lost sheep ... mate ... a wise man once said do you wanna be right or do you wanna be happy ... mate ... Now you may well be a perfectly content person but I doubt it by the belittling 2ne of your posts ... truly happy peaceful people don't belittle others ...

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I myself used 2b a very clever atheist not so long ago. So people can & do change :)

---> Meditation has made me WAY less angry & WAY less reactive & WAY less judgemental ...

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May as well add the other stuff from Nov 2003 journal ...

Let me see ... there was the bit about believing you are 100% right -

You seem 2 be expending an awful lot of energy trying 2 persuade others that you are right & they are on the wrong track. You might be interested in something one Deepak Chopra wrote on this subject ... (include a link 2 the law of defenselessness ... click :)

It must be verrry frustrating 2 belive that you are 100% right (about God etc) and yet not be able 2 persiuade everyone else 2 think the same way you do ...

Yes ... that would be incredibly frustrating ... oh what am I saying ... I know from direct experience how maddening it is ... (been there, done that) ...

BETTER version ... mate ... Poor Goaty. I feel 4 you. I really do. It must be terrribly frustrating 2 believe you are 100% right (about God etc) and yet not be able 2 persuade everyone else 2 think the same way you do ... that must be maddening. :)

Then there was this -

What's it like? What's it like 2 have such God-like certainty that you are on the right track and you can thus tell everyone else what they should or should not believe? Does it bring you tranquillity & peace of mind? I can't imagine that it would ...

Hmmm ... oh yes, I did write on a sheet in rucksack ... something along the lines that Do you believe that belittling others (because they happen 2 believ differently from yourself) will bring you peace of mind. I can promise you it won't ... 2o preachy?? :)

Finally?? ... cwg scans & that which you judge you will one day become ... :)

... oh I may as well mention www.paradoxicalcommandments.com :)

Then ... www.soultravel.nu - of course souls exist otherwise we could NOT have sites such as this one :)

The VERY same day this - from Joel -

As crazy as this message may sound, I feel compelled to type these words because of the sudden and overwhelming enlightenment I experienced tonight. I just wanted to tell you that reading your website tonight was the most inspiring experience that I have had... perhaps in my whole life. I have spent countless hours contemplating the very thoughts and ideas about reality (and normalcy) that you posted on your site. I would like very much to establish some sort of communication with you. I am sure that you have your hands full with people emailing you, but I would like to ask permission to write you in detail of my experience of reality and how completely shocked I am about how well it parallels your own. For some reason I feel confident that you will reply kindly to this request if you are at all able to do so. If for some reason you are not, please know that I thoroughly enjoyed reading your website and that I feel unbelievably blessed to have gained the spiritual insight and validation I harnessed from your effort. May God bless your soul.

Sincerely,

Joel R Warren

Hmmm ... my biggest fan mail in a while ...

I replied as follows - could be another betty type ?? :)

Hi Joel

Thanks for the email. I am glad you enjoyed my site.

I wrote those thoughts a while back. Come to think of it, I have probably forgotten about most of them. That's the way my writing goes - I just write it down and usually forget about it.

Feel perfectly free to write me in more detail if you wish. Maybe we are on a similar wavelength.

Cheers

Geoff

P.S. Your email was far from crazy. :)

Thanks again

Then a second email asking how on earth he found my site ... :)