[MD] Pragmatism

[Peter Corteen]

On 25/12/2007, Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>      [Peter referring to Steve's daughter about Santa
> Claus]
> She already suspects he's not quite what he appears to
> be.
>
     [SA currently]
>      I don't know what you mean by "he's not quite
> what he appears to be", but...


I meant that she had probably seen a man dressed as Santa at the shops and
thought that the beard looked weired.

     When I was young, I really believed I heard him
> one Christmas Eve downstairs.  He was as real as I am
> real.  My niece the other day said she heard him one
> Christmas Eve.  She got up, but saw her brother was
> sleeping in his bedroom still, so were her parents,
> and Santa Claus just left for the presents were under
> the tree.  No wonder a man can become a duck!  And I
> can't doubt Santa Claus or ghosts exist even today.


You mean they exist as ideas in the social mind?

  I know when I dream sometimes, my dreams are as real as
> real can get, I sometimes get so scared I'll moan and
> wake myself up, look around, and as Zhaungzi once
> said, 'I then wondered if I was dreaming the butterfly
> or the butterfly was dreaming me.'


I sometimes wake up from a powerful dream and the emotion stays with me for
a while as if the dream really happened.

the little elves did it again,
> Santa Claus has all the gifts ready to go,
> SA


Sorry SA, but I think when kids ask for the truth you should give it to them
as you see it. I don't like it when parents think they should encourage
children to believe that fairy tales are true.

Have a happy festive season,

-Peter