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    Hi elen,

    I was referring to what's his name's impression of Elvis

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    funny, Elvis always hated playing Elvis...really.

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    Perhaps - just perhaps Jim Carrey is trying to escape the world he is in. Perhaps just perhaps he worked hard to be a comedian and got what he wanted and now that he sees the truth - he is in a bind. The bind being that he is connected to two paradigms - the one of the entertainment world and the one he wants to be a part of, that of the paradigm the rest of us live in ...?????

    I don't know him personally but I get the feeling he is trying to escape 'something' and that is what he is trying to explain. I never liked his comedy but I did have a friend take me to see The Truman Show. That was a proper item of beam ray technology and he played the role well.

    Perhaps he is trying to tell us the truth. I could not begin to imagine how difficult it would be to extricate yourself from the hollywood world particularly if he has sold his soul - as so many have done ... well that is my understanding. Selling your soul and then entering the awakened state - and - realising you wanted out, well that is a place I would not want to experience.

    Who knows what is really going on - someone does - they always do.

    Much Respect & Much Peace - Amanda

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    Sounds like life to me....

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    I personally feel that anyone who tells you that Life is basically random, purposeless, or even insane, should be regarded with the gravest suspicion.

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    Quote Originally posted by DMt. View Post
    I personally feel that anyone who tells you that Life is basically random, purposeless, or even insane, should be regarded with the gravest suspicion.
    I'd try to make a more positive and constructive judgement for them. I am sure many people who don't have the ability to properly express themselves might say something like that and they really mean that they find life at times challenging and confusing and wish to find some form of perspective.

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    Shouldn't they then, really, be saying [or radiating] that, instead of the it's-all-random stuff, though?

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    Quote Originally posted by DMt. View Post
    Shouldn't they then, really, be saying [or radiating] that, instead of the it's-all-random stuff, though?
    I'm not really sure who it is who is being spoken of. But no they wouldn't be radiating the judgement I had hypothetically formed about them. They would still be radiating their course of all random and purposelessness.

    I apologise I am somewhat splitting hairs. In some cases if someone tried to sell me personally something which smelled bad, I would not purchase, but my reaction to that person would not necessarily be condemnation, is my point.

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    I don't know enough about Mr. Carrey to venture on actual condemnation. He may well, as Amanda notes, be a decent sort doing his best in a difficult context.

    It's only that I personally find him, his work and his take on Life oddly disturbing and repellent.

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    Oh so you were referring to Jim Carrey, I wasn't sure because I dont really recall that which you stated as being the core message or topic that was spoken. That's fine, I understand those somewhat irrational feelings about him as I already have stated the same, but not to the extend that I would exclude finding out whether it is my own issues of judgement or not and just run with it and then publish that as statement.
    We are now entering into a debate about semantics. I used the word condemn, because really, that is what you are doing, but yes you have every right to, and I do not really care. You can choose to use my communications above and here, as you wish.
    :-)

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    I didn't mean to be obscure, or to use slippery semantics, Nothing; so I accept your polite rebuke for my admittedly-unexamined dismissal of the man and his work, and will shut up about it now.


    Quote Originally posted by Nothing View Post
    Oh so you were referring to Jim Carrey, I wasn't sure because I dont really recall that which you stated as being the core message or topic that was spoken. That's fine, I understand those somewhat irrational feelings about him as I already have stated the same, but not to the extend that I would exclude finding out whether it is my own issues of judgement or not and just run with it and then publish that as statement.

    We are now entering into a debate about semantics. I used the word condemn, because really, that is what you are doing, but yes you have every right to, and I do not really care. You can choose to use my communications above and here, as you wish.
    :-)

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    Haha all good mate, think nothing of my pedanticness. And thanks for your response there, I am really just chewing the cud or however they say it, best intentions and all and was hoping I hadn't stepped over the line.
    I indeed would be interested to know which side of genuine this fellow actually is. It is funny how we could find flaws in a persons journey, and either excuse them as naivety or use it to dismiss the person. And I doubt there is any way to actually tell that for sure huh.

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    Jim strikes me as sincere in these statements. He's had this crazy comedy, entertainment life and has now moved in a spiritual direction. He's very intense. He embraces his spirituality strongly, I would think.

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    Quote Originally posted by DMt. View Post
    I personally feel that anyone who tells you that Life is basically random, purposeless, or even insane, should be regarded with the gravest suspicion.
    Even the most directed and focused of lives is headed for existential disappointment, if the direction and focus is towards a goal that isn't a reflection of a higher other than self end.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Jim strikes me as sincere in these statements. He's had this crazy comedy, entertainment life and has now moved in a spiritual direction. He's very intense. He embraces his spirituality strongly, I would think.
    I think that's it. If one considers he has no material worries at this point...He's now looking for what's real for him and utlimately what is real for all of us.

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    Quote Originally posted by NotAPretender View Post
    I think that's it. If one considers he has no material worries at this point...He's now looking for what's real for him and ultimately what is real for all of us.
    Hmm yeah, although I think he is equally trying to catch up with those who have had nothing and managed to shake off the shackles that that brings. Much of the buzz is just that he has famous face and voice, which can be more dangerous maybe to those wishing to maintain a status quo than someone who has spent more time and is further along, without a voice. Maybe they DID try to push him of his soapbox with that bit about his wife passing.

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