Thoughts on Buddhism

[Abracadabra]

But along the way, I saw too many of Abra's posting of *rofl* smilies, and decided that a person with this little respect for the person they were talking to is not worth bothering over.

Oh dear me. It was never my intent to use the rolf smilie to imply disrespect for anyone. When I posted that icon I was laughing at the very things I was addressing. I was laughing at life itself and how silly things can often be. I never meant for that to be taken as laughing *at" someone.

So my deepest apologies to anyone who took it that way.

I guess it's probably best to stay away from using emoticons because you never know how someone else might take them.

Let's just pose Abs a parting question.

You wake up one morning and you're dizzy and seeing things and you have a massive headache. Who do you turn to first?

1. A doctor at a hospital.
2. Some guru smearing ashes on his face.

Truth? I steer clear of doctors as much as I possibly can. Recently I've been using "mystical" methods to improve my health, and as far as I'm concerned it's been working pretty well.

But yes, if I broke a limb, or woke up one morning with boils all over my face, I'd run to a doctor. I have no problem with modern medicine. I'll confess also that I'm not the greatest magician in the world anyway. I didn't even star practicing witchcraft until my late 50's. It's not something you learn overnight. In fact, it's almost like learning to play a musical instrument. The more you practice it the better you get at it. And I haven't been practicing it very long.