Tantric Zen And The Art of Apple Picking
Nov. 8th, 2001 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Hullo there...
Man, so support, empathy and backing come from the oddest places. So does ridicule.
Today, I let people know on FM that I would be scarce for a while, since I plan on giving up the Internet (at least for recreational purposes) for Ramadan (I now have the correct spelling!). Most people, I assume, are OK with it. A few asked me why, and I told them. One, however...really just sucked about it.
First, he asked me if I knew what Ramadan was even about. While I'm pretty sure I'm ignorant of the exact history and details about the holiday, I'm pretty sure I know the basics of it. Wrong, this person said, because he was told by someone who had a PhD in History. Well, whoopdedoo. He also said I was weird for celebrating Ramadan when I'm not Muslim. That's pretty much like calling a Wiccan weird for reading the Bible (and many do). The road to enlightenment isn't going to be found on any one path, and even still, there's nothing wrong with mixing things if they work for you. This is an experiment about that very idea.
I think it really got to me that this friend was so derisive and dismissive of my intentions. I mean, he's supposed to be a bit more open-minded than that. The fact that he met the notice with such scorn and pretention really pissed me off. It just cemented the alienation I feel whenever I'm on-line in the first place, and made it a bit more likely that I won't be back as much as I used to be. More and more, I feel like there's nothing for me there...with the exception of three or four great people (and you know who you are).
Anyway, beyond that, everything's good. I'm not writing like I should be, Joey got pissed at me *again* for not inviting him to eat with me and March, and I'm still eating way too much, but everything's good. I want to rent a bunch of movies over the weekend and watch them, namely "Seven" (which I've never seen) and "The Thin Red Line," which I've heard nothing but great things about. Maybe I'll do it, maybe not; I really need to save my money for MFF.
I'm still too scared to call my mother, but I'm gonna *have* to. If I don't do it by this weekend, I'm gonna slap myself.
Anyway, off to breakfast, then bed. Hoorah for me. ;)
-David
Man, so support, empathy and backing come from the oddest places. So does ridicule.
Today, I let people know on FM that I would be scarce for a while, since I plan on giving up the Internet (at least for recreational purposes) for Ramadan (I now have the correct spelling!). Most people, I assume, are OK with it. A few asked me why, and I told them. One, however...really just sucked about it.
First, he asked me if I knew what Ramadan was even about. While I'm pretty sure I'm ignorant of the exact history and details about the holiday, I'm pretty sure I know the basics of it. Wrong, this person said, because he was told by someone who had a PhD in History. Well, whoopdedoo. He also said I was weird for celebrating Ramadan when I'm not Muslim. That's pretty much like calling a Wiccan weird for reading the Bible (and many do). The road to enlightenment isn't going to be found on any one path, and even still, there's nothing wrong with mixing things if they work for you. This is an experiment about that very idea.
I think it really got to me that this friend was so derisive and dismissive of my intentions. I mean, he's supposed to be a bit more open-minded than that. The fact that he met the notice with such scorn and pretention really pissed me off. It just cemented the alienation I feel whenever I'm on-line in the first place, and made it a bit more likely that I won't be back as much as I used to be. More and more, I feel like there's nothing for me there...with the exception of three or four great people (and you know who you are).
Anyway, beyond that, everything's good. I'm not writing like I should be, Joey got pissed at me *again* for not inviting him to eat with me and March, and I'm still eating way too much, but everything's good. I want to rent a bunch of movies over the weekend and watch them, namely "Seven" (which I've never seen) and "The Thin Red Line," which I've heard nothing but great things about. Maybe I'll do it, maybe not; I really need to save my money for MFF.
I'm still too scared to call my mother, but I'm gonna *have* to. If I don't do it by this weekend, I'm gonna slap myself.
Anyway, off to breakfast, then bed. Hoorah for me. ;)
-David
