Tang Huyen wrote:

Ch'an Fu wrote:

MasterChef:

Tang Huyen:

Judy Stein:

When his fellow Jaina monks (the five monks who will
become his first five disciples) hear that he has
taken milk, they take him to have fallen from grace.
After his awakening, he goes to see them, and the
first thing they say is that he has reverted to
luxury -- utter disgrace.
So, if the Gnostics are told that the world is not
so evil and cruel, that their forebodings and fears
are unfounded, not just in some particular instances
but also in general, they even feel a certain
disappointment, as though they were thus deprived
of a pleasant expectation.
They have banked their whole life on misery, not
just individual but also cosmic, and to be told
that it isn't necessarily so is counter-climactic.

Much like the "survivalist" who is disappointed that Armageddon has not
yet arrived so he can test out his night-scope and hidden bunker.

Dammit when bads things don't happen.
--
Lee Dillion