[Buddha-l] Prapanca

[Wong Weng Fai]

Wow... all these discussions on prapanca is going way beyond me...

All I know is that I have a prapanca expert in my house - my mum. She is 
diagnosed with dementia (doc isn't sure if it is Alzheimers but for sure, 
something snapped). She can take bits and pieces of random facts and 
happenings totally out of their contexts and spin the most convoluted, 
ridiculous and often disjoint stories that inevitably centers on 
herself, her insecurities and her negativities. At times, she can whip 
herself up to such an emotional frenzy by these totally incredible tales, 
verbally abusing nearly every living (and at times non-living) thing in 
sight, that no one can calm her down. One cannot reason her out of it 
because there is no logic (beyond the tetralemmas certainly!) behind the 
tales. All one can say is "that's not true!" - which in itself adds fuel 
to the fire - "so you calling me a liar?" BOM! My wife and I just have to 
practice patience to wait till all the negative energies dissipate and the 
whole episode disappears as mysteriously as it began. (Fortunately  for 
me, she has not yet gotten physical. She is staying with me.)

Prapanca in action!

W.F. Wong