(urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))

[Jerry Friedman]

Not in general.  I'm surprised you apparently inferred I did.  I thought you might answer my request, though.  Maybe I should say I'm not and wasn't criticizing your decision not to answer it.

I'll limit my comments on this subject to one that's on topic.  In my life, I've seen my laziness and other people's rewarded on several occasions.  But I don't recall ever seeing that happen in a Gene Wolfe story.  In fact, I don't recall much laziness (but then there are a lot of books I don't remember very well).  One example that comes to mind is the Rajan's major-domo or whatever he is.

Jerry Friedman




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From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
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Subject: Re: (urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))

You expect laziness to be rewarded?

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> From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>
>
>>No.
>
>> It's in the Talmud also.
>
> Now that would be a much bigger surprise for me.
>
>> And before you ask: no.
>
>> No one spoon fed me.
>
> Whatever.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>
>> Can you give me a citation, please?  One would be enough for my
>> surprise.
>>
>> Jerry Friedman
>>
>>>From: "brunians at brunians.org" <brunians at brunians.org>
>>
>>>Subject: Re: (urth) Building up yang through 10 lifetimes (was Re: Urth
>>> &
>>> Earth (was "Travelling North aka >miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe"))
>>
>>>It's all through QBLH.
>>
>>>Be surprised.
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>> It's in the /Journey to the West/.  Whether Chinese Buddhism got it
>>> from
>>> Taoism I don't know.  I believe it's also in Tantric Buddhism.
>>>
>>> I will be very surprised to hear that Judaism has this idea.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jerry Friedman has been surprised before.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
>>> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
>>> Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 1:22:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: (urth) Urth & Earth (was "Travelling North aka
>>> miscellaneous
>>> thoughts on Wolfe")
>>>
>>> Taoism too, right?
>>>
>>> I'm never sure what planet you're from.
>>>>
>>>>For the record, Nietzsche shared your view that there was some
>>>>biological benefit to preserving the seed.  He too was a bit of a
>>>>nutter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:20 PM, <brunians at brunians.org> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>It
>>>>>is biologically based.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>If a man does not have orgasms, he becomes capable to perform
>>>>>>> certain
>>>>>>>spiritual acts which he cannot otherwise perform, or not as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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