Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Aviation is self cleansing

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

After reading many of these posts, even when removing emotion from it, the choice of wording does come across as an improper way of presenting the situation.

 

To cleanse is “...a process or period of time during which a person attempts to rid the body of substances regarded as toxic or unhealthy...”. Stating aviation is self-cleansing is a way of saying these pilots made an *intentional* massive mistake(s) which cost them their lives. Or, to put in another way, admitting to their cockiness, taking inappropriate actions and removing themselves from life because of it. The act of self-cleansing in this manner is suicide.

 

Why can it not be said that X pilots made X mistakes and it resulted in a crash? As an example, you have this incident and you have, for instance, Malaysian Airlines MH370. Both are crashes, one an accident, one intentional.

 

Peter  

 

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From: Rick Moseley
Sent: November 13, 2021 7:21 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Aviation is self cleansing

 

You imagined judgement.  

I assure you.  None was offered by Clyde.  He hasn't the time, want or need for it.

 

You are still missed the point.

You are concentrating on the cleansing and not aviation.

 

On Saturday, November 13, 2021, 07:05:51 PM PST, Anthony Bauco <tbauco [at] gmail.com> wrote:

 

 

I didn't catch it live but that was another spectacular sight.

 

On the other stuff, I get it.  Don't confuse observation and awareness with emotion.  I have had plenty of the latter so I know the difference, even in myself.  I saw judgment.  All judgment is based in ego.  It is a validation of identity.  Perhaps you are a spiritual man.  The very first lesson in the Bible is "Eat not the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil".  It is a stark warning against dualistic thinking and judgment.  So much so that it is considered the original sin.  It got Adam and Eve cast out of the Garden of Eden.  But you and I know this was just a story.  So what did the Garden of Eden really represent?  Peace.

 

So being aware of ego is not emotional.  We all have one.  It was critical to human survival.  But holding onto that identity as if it was the totality of one's existence absolutely leads to suffering.  For the record, I am not at all implying that you, personally, are holding on particularly tight to an identity.  But while you may not be, consider the possibility that you also might not be in tune to those who are.  My wife's grandfather landed at Normandy and fought his way to Germany.  He received multiple medals for what he did.  He was a good guy and we got along great.  We shared a lot of interests that, literally, no one else in his family did.  I can tell you, he suffered.  I like to think the many hours I spent at their house distracted his mind to happier topics and allowed him to be at peace.   I watched him as he went through the process of dieing.  He was able to do so at peace.  I watched others die who didn't.  The difference, I think, was that some were able to let go of most of their baggage and just be.