James S Saint

[obsrvr524]

@Ben JS

@obsrvr524

I feel like I am becoming James (so I hope wherever he went was a good place) - but I am NOT James.

I see this thread as a memorial to James.

Whilst we all have our personal philosophies, this isn’t the thread to be espousing them.

I’m guessing you didn’t read it.

I posted it here because of the portion that is about James - which I might expand on here later.

[Great_Again]

Some excerpts from the first page of this thread with the honorable name “James S. Saint” as the title:

@encode_decode

I have been wondering for a while now where James is.

@Mithus

Me too. I miss him here.

@Meno_

@Mithus

Me too. I miss him here.

I also miss Arminius. Or maybe its not an odd coincidence that they are both missing at the same time, they appeared to share views in a very supporting manner.

@Mr J

Hope he is doing alright.

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@Mr J

I know that James was an older man [70’s?] and we’re all wondering if he has died passing on from this world. That’s at least what me and Wendy are thinking anyways. If he has passed on from this earthly realm I hope he found peace in what this world could not offer him. We never agreed much on anything philosophically but he was an interesting man that was strong in his convictions where I respected that. RIP James S Saint.

“Death is the last greatest adventure for us all.”

We younger generations will carry the torch that you dropped fighting against the New World Order James.

@Mithus

I sincerely hope that he merely takes a break from ILP because he has something better to do than posting here.

@Mr J

@Mithus

I sincerely hope that he merely takes a break from ILP because he has something better to do than posting here.

That’s what I thought also originally but we’re talking about a man that before his disappearance was on here more than any other member concerning hours of interaction. I’m thinking it is for the worse.

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@Chakra Superstar

Fixed hasn’t been here for hours. I think he’s dead.

It’s not such a typical page of a typical ILP thread, is it?

It’s kinder, friendlier, gentler, more honorable, more reflective, more contemplative, more likeable (and at the end also a bit funnier) than the overwhelming majority of all ILP threads.

Thank you, folks.

[Ben_JS]

@James S Saint

No one is actually afraid of death itself. What people are afraid of is loss. Loss comes and goes as does gain. So if you are going to make peace with something make peace with the tides coming and going concerning gain and loss.

But never fight a battle until you have already won it. In that effort, you will make mistakes and have to try again from your new situation that you hadn’t intended. But equally never presume that a loss really is a loss until the losing is already over, because equally, you will make mistakes in presuming a loss before your game was really over. At all times attend to the reality of the actual situation without presumption and you will be as alive as anyone could be. There isn’t actually any room in the living mind for death to earn attention.