>On May 14, 11:11 am, george hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On May 14, 9:06 am, Reality Scan gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 14, 2:01 am, Deborah dumpetydump.com> wrote:

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>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:30:06 -0700 (PDT), Reality Scan

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>>>> gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>On May 14, 12:30 am, Deborah dumpetydump.com> wrote:

>>>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:59:20 -0700 (PDT), Bruce
>>>>>> wrote:

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>>>>>>>On May 13, 11:31 pm, Deborah dumpetydump.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:38:23 -0700 (PDT), Bruce
>>>>>>>> wrote:

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>>>>>>>>>On May 13, 12:06 pm, "Pieter" wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> "Reality Scan" gmail.com> schreef in berichtnews:6a578577-1ee7-467a-a528-54f7d1f02aa6@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

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>>>>>>>>>>> On May 9, 4:34 am, "Pieter" wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> "Reality Scan" gmail.com> schreef in
>>>>>>>>>>>> berichtnews:498d200a-9c9a-4cf3-82a4-5e5e0985823d@d19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...

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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 7, 6:03 pm, george hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are both in the position to apply the Course that's why you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> studied it isn't it?

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>>>>>>>>>>>>> You and perhaps a few others are the only posters I've actual seen
>>>>>>>>>>>>> apply the course. That's not exactly the purpose of TRCM course
>>>>>>>>>>>>> discussion.

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>>>>>>>>>>>> Imho "the purpose of TRCM Course
>>>>>>>>>>>> discussion" is what YOU choose it to be.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Others cannot decide that for you.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Let alone that you need to be the
>>>>>>>>>>>> victim of their supposed choices.

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>>>>>>>>>>> What can I say, Pieter? Blissninny assholes can apologize for
>>>>>>>>>>> anything. I mean look at Charlie Manson he had no problem slaughtering
>>>>>>>>>>> people for spiritual reasons. Actual if you get the basic lexicon and
>>>>>>>>>>> rap down and have a receptive audience, it not at all to generate
>>>>>>>>>>> "profound." I'm sure a competent programmer could devise an automatic
>>>>>>>>>>> reply program which would be indistinguishable from your replies.

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>>>>>>>>>>> I mean hell? Why blame Charlie Manson? Sharon Tate and her unborn
>>>>>>>>>>> baby chose to be victims their choices!

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>>>>>>>>>> - Could you explain the relationship
>>>>>>>>>> of what you write here with what I wrote?
>>>>>>>>>> Since I do not see it. Thanks in advance!- Hide quoted text -

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>>>>>>>>>(ref. Lesson 31)
>>>>>>>>>I think the relationship is as follows:
>>>>>>>>>Pieter believes, "I am not the victim of the world I see."
>>>>>>>>>John believes, "I AM the victim of the world I see."

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>>>>>>>> What about you, Bruce? Are you the victim of how John sees the world?

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>>>>>>>> Deborah (BC)- Hide quoted text -

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>>>>>>>No, I do not feel victimized by John or the way he chooses to see the
>>>>>>>world.

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>>>>>>>I do however, see a theme within John's posts where he does seem to
>>>>>>>feel victimized by many members of this newsgroup and outside events.
>>>>>>>He doesn't seem to be aware of it though.

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>>>>>>>Bruce

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>>>>>> Seems to me the ONLY victim of the world John sees... is John. And
>>>>>> that's perfect justice, isn't it? We literally get what we give, and
>>>>>> in a very immediate way.

>>

>>>>>> Deborah (BC)

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>>>>>My, my, it so convenient to use a course concept to attack, then use
>>>>>it again as a defense if anyone complains!

>>

>>>>>I dunno, Deborah. I figure it pretty much the height of irony to have
>>>>>the victim routine run on me by a depressive and an an anonymous smirk
>>>>>buddy of Ellen's. But there always a plus side. Gas will be $4 dollars
>>>>>a gallon by the end of the month and likely $5+ a gallon by the end of
>>>>>June. One can already see indications around here that some posters
>>>>>suddenly have bigger concerns than playing asshole games on the
>>>>>Internet.

>>

>>>> Just to give you a little perspective John, so you don't have to scare
>>>> yourself to death with the world you see...

>>

>>>> The average price of gas per litre in the USA today is 96 cents. In
>>>> Canada it is $1.27, and in Europe it is far higher and has been for
>>>> years. I don't see the European Union's economy crashing, as yet.

>>

>>>> Deborah (BC)

>>

>>> You have a very elementary understanding of economics. Gas pump prices
>>> is only an indicator, and what's indicated by the rapidly rising
>>> prices is $200 per barrel oil. This is largely because the US has been
>>> printing paper money to finance its military operations to the point
>>> that hardly anyone outside the US wants highly inflated US dollars.

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>>> This has worked in the past because the dollar is the default currency
>>> to buy oil, and other countries finance our debt by buying T bills.
>>> When creditor nations stop buy US debt which is what is happening now,
>>> the result be a hyperinflationary spiral, which most likely will
>>> result in war to enforce hegemony of the dollar and the Western
>>> Banking System.

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>>> On top of economic and politics, one also sees massive and undeniable
>>> climate and earth changes and there is much evidence that the
>>> government and elites of the world are preparing for massive,
>>> cataclysmic change and continuity of their power through this change.
>>> Its not exactly like people conversant in metaphysics should be
>>> unfamiliar with the Edgar Cayce predictions of earth changes and a
>>> pole shift, or that course students shouldn't be aware of the world
>>> crisis the author alludes to in the Course text.

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>>> What this means, is once the system starts falling apart is will most
>>> likely fall apart rapidly. If someone is dependent on money,
>>> paychecks, pensions, investments or saving for substance, rather than
>>> self-sufficient living outside the system then basic living and even
>>> survival will become increasingly difficult.

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>>> I suspect will will all know by the end of summer and early fall,
>>> which way the wind blows.- Hide quoted text -

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>> I beliee an economic storm is coming also. One of epic proportions in
>> my iew. I hope I'm wrong but I do see it heading our way.

>
>Well yeah. We live in very uncertain times. How does it make sense to
>argue how high gas prices are in other countries when the government
>itself is warning us that cities can be targeted with easily
>constructed dirty atomic bombs or suitcase nukes?
>
>THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THIS! NOT TIN FOIL CONSPIRACY WACKOS.
>
>I suspect the days of the Internet are quickly coming to a close.