tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7301276437052052853..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Blogisattva Hatred and the Mind's Passion for Gravitating Towards CriticismNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-26219234773079608882010-12-26T08:43:42.939-08:002010-12-26T08:43:42.939-08:00Hmm, I missed all the "fun" apparently. ...Hmm, I missed all the "fun" apparently. <br /><br />I was having pizza with friends and family yesterday. A good time! <br /><br />As Dean pointed out about his hope post, this post was mostly about the tendency to gravitate towards the negative, but hey, where ever the comments go, they go.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-3179884735293131622010-12-25T10:17:17.697-08:002010-12-25T10:17:17.697-08:00Kyle deleted his blog, said he is quitting. Looks ...Kyle deleted his blog, said he is quitting. Looks like for the last 24 hours or so Pettri has been giving very strange and frequent updates about everything Kyle does.<br />http://primejunta.blogspot.com/2010/12/death-threats.html<br />After reading the personal emails Pettri posted and watching this very strange post, I can see why he came to the conclusion he is kind of being a bit of a stalker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-36390844209024318592010-12-24T16:39:05.124-08:002010-12-24T16:39:05.124-08:00Nathan, I noticed a similar thing with my post abo...Nathan, I noticed a similar thing with my post about "The Illusion of Hope" the other day. I've never had so many comments on my blog. I've reflected on it a lot since then and I can't help but feel they completely missed the point. My post touched a nerve that they weren't willing to look into because it challenged their whole sense of identity and their sense of selfDean 'Jagaro' Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675825920815339816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-64570448485182256522010-12-24T14:26:15.628-08:002010-12-24T14:26:15.628-08:00For the record, I have not sent a death threat to ...For the record, I have not sent a death threat to Kyle—or anyone else, for that matter—by email, nor in any other medium.<br /><br />Under the circumstances, I've posted all the email correspondence I've had with him on my blog. Regrettably not as interesting as Wikileaks, but there it is.<br /><br />Incidentally, my hit count is way up. What was that about the attraction of a train wreckBrikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-40939189684905925632010-12-24T12:36:21.484-08:002010-12-24T12:36:21.484-08:00"but we told her we couldn't change the n..."but we told her we couldn't change the name on the blog site since others were nominated...she got angry and demanded to Nate that she be removed from the awards site."<br /><br />THIS IS UTTER BULLSHIT. I did not ask to change anything on the website of their little club. I did not communicate at all to anyone before my post. I got angry because I was told I could not regift the NellaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247769132258539996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-50241009247585448582010-12-24T09:42:54.744-08:002010-12-24T09:42:54.744-08:00Mumon: Yeah, I included your response because it w...Mumon: Yeah, I included your response because it was a response. That's all. <br /><br />Petteri and Kyle, I'll refrain from commenting here, and look at your posts. <br /><br />Carole, I keep running into writings reminding us that for much of human history, survival often was staked to being keenly aware of threats, whether from other humans, animals, or the environment. When I take a Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-4383741408363266282010-12-24T08:41:00.936-08:002010-12-24T08:41:00.936-08:00...And that it's good now and then to recogniz......And that it's good now and then to recognize <i>differences</i> in performance.Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-80113863765485905282010-12-24T08:39:11.200-08:002010-12-24T08:39:11.200-08:00P.S.,
Most of what I thought I wrote was pretty ne...P.S.,<br />Most of what I thought I wrote was <a href="http://mumonno.blogspot.com/2010/12/dunning-kruger-effect-blogisattvas-and.html" rel="nofollow">pretty neutral on the overall subject</a>, other to say that we're often pretty bad judges of whether we're good or not at something.Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-28776620263624376832010-12-24T08:36:24.512-08:002010-12-24T08:36:24.512-08:00Criticism is like everything else - a phenomenon. ...Criticism is like everything else - a <i>phenomenon</i>. <br /><br />We can do with it what we will.<br /><br />In the course of my job, I have to deal with a great deal of criticism, most of it ancillary to the performance of my duties. <br /><br />Yeah. It's true. I could go into details about this in terms of office communications sent and their correlation to the objectives of the projectMumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-73072974193684918142010-12-24T06:28:27.148-08:002010-12-24T06:28:27.148-08:00The post wasn't about Nella, it was about Pett...The post wasn't about Nella, it was about Petteri. So there ya go. I've now asked in public for Petteri to leave me alone. Given his track record, I'm doubting that will happen.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-34996404745573679392010-12-24T01:10:53.060-08:002010-12-24T01:10:53.060-08:00Oh dear, looks like the Dynamic Duo is doing their...Oh dear, looks like the Dynamic Duo is doing their best to sweep this thing under the rug. Blogisattva.org is no longer even acknowledging that the list has changed, and naturally all those... disruptive... comments are gone too.<br /><br />Good to see they're upholding such high ethical standards for the Buddhist blogger community they appointed themselves to curate. Tsk tsk..Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-63519937703025815282010-12-23T21:06:28.492-08:002010-12-23T21:06:28.492-08:00Been doing some gravitatin' myself. Read all a...Been doing some gravitatin' myself. Read all about it <a href="http://primejunta.blogspot.com/2010/12/buddhadrama.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a><br /><br />Short version: as Kyle and Nate's latest actions show, the misgivings of the 'haters' have been more than well-founded. They've appointed themselves pillars of the Buddhist blogger community. That puts the in a position Brikoleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318706625291447339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-58688779539841658402010-12-23T17:22:30.938-08:002010-12-23T17:22:30.938-08:00PS - Just to be clear, my post was about one thing...PS - Just to be clear, my post was about one thing pertaining to the whole hubbub, but it wasn't exactly what you think. Ack, confusing...anyway, it will be clear tomorrow.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-77114494291862886962010-12-23T17:17:21.055-08:002010-12-23T17:17:21.055-08:00Don't worry, I'm done defending the awards...Don't worry, I'm done defending the awards. Anyway, there is a lot more to it than you know...and no my post was not about who you think it was. If you notice on Nella's blog I only had one comment praising her blogging skills. I think Tom was doing most of the defending there. She requested to give her award to another blogger, which was cool, he could post he won, we don't care,Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-39696312476580571242010-12-23T15:57:29.425-08:002010-12-23T15:57:29.425-08:00I took an online course called "Awakening Joy...I took an online course called "Awakening Joy" a number of years ago feeling it was an antidote to what I saw as a personal "negative outlook" on life. I remember a talk given by Rick Hansen from a site called Wise Brain in which he basically said this is a natural human tendency stemming from the reptilian brain. So the research was saying that we need to use our awarenesszendotstudiohttp://www.zendotstudio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-62208168637525865162010-12-23T15:45:21.086-08:002010-12-23T15:45:21.086-08:00Really hadn't noticed the brouhaha, but my blo...Really hadn't noticed the brouhaha, but my blog-surfing has been at an ebb this week. And I've been obsessed with torture and domestic surveillance lately, so my blog is not exactly a barrel of monkeys either.<br /><br />Anyway, yes. It is easier to stop at the negative stuff, especially when we have something to defend.Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.com