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missing · 02-27-2009, 10:51 AM

so what happens if you decide the lesson is stupid, existence is stupid, and you want out? Do your guides leave you alone and stop dropping you on your ass? I don't know, the whole thing sounds rather sadistic and authoritarian, with a sprinkling of condescension. Sorta, "learn this lesson, or we're gonna hurt you realll bad... but only cause we love you... and you damn well better appreciate it, or we're gonna hit you even harder till you do!" *bam*. I wonder what the appeal is in being part of a consciousness where we hurt whom we love, "for their own good".

Am I the only person who sees it this way or am I just nuts? Hmm, maybe best not to answer that...

02-27-2009, 10:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
missing Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 388	so what happens if you decide the lesson is stupid, existence is stupid, and you want out? Do your guides leave you alone and stop dropping you on your ass? I don't know, the whole thing sounds rather sadistic and authoritarian, with a sprinkling of condescension. Sorta, "learn this lesson, or we're gonna hurt you realll bad... but only cause we love you... and you damn well better appreciate it, or we're gonna hit you even harder till you do!" bam. I wonder what the appeal is in being part of a consciousness where we hurt whom we love, "for their own good". Am I the only person who sees it this way or am I just nuts? Hmm, maybe best not to answer that...