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Subject:Re: The Big Deal (was Re: No Time to Read) From:"Connie Giordano" <connie -at- therightwordz -dot- com> To:"Elizabeth J Allen" <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>, "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:16:32 -0500
Since I had never heard the term before, I did my search by using the "define: gunny sacking" Bill's definition came up first that way. Either way, Tony/Anthony/Richard is still doing what he did before under whichever name you care to refer to... but I tend to regard anyone spouting any pseudo-methodology as the secret to it all with a healthy amount of skepticism...
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> From: Elizabeth J Allen <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>
> Subject: Re: The Big Deal (was Re: No Time to Read)
> Sent: 13 Aug '07 12:42
>
> Sorry Bill, at least three of the top 10 results of a google search
> on "gunny sacking" yield the meaning that Richard/Tony/Anthony is
> referring to.
>
> To wit:
>http://www.weddinglinks.com/articles/fightfair.htm
>http://www.stpat.net/fight.html
>http://life.familyeducation.com/parenting/communication/45282.html
>
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> "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." ?Albert
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>
> On 13-Aug-07, at 1:35 PM, Bill Swallow wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure where you're getting your definitions there Richard, but
> > it's not. It's carrying around a load of negativity that wears you
> > down over time. Common results of carrying too much manifest
> > themselves in physical ways, causing restlessness, depression, and
> > anxiety, among many other things. It's coined "gunny sacking" because
> > there's a belief that you can empty it and move on. Thus my reference
> > to the samadhi tank.
> >
> > On 8/13/07, Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> >> Gunny Sacking is bringing up old complaints with a current complaint.
> >>
> >> Richard Lewis
> >
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