tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1155324316740755246..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: On Having Faith in RealityGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84391935786951492312011-07-27T18:43:20.772-07:002011-07-27T18:43:20.772-07:00Way late to the picnic, but the comment section is...Way late to the picnic, but the comment section is quite a tasty buffet as well.swiftonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532818697764708659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66492314854552237312011-07-26T07:16:34.178-07:002011-07-26T07:16:34.178-07:00I could use a little mania to help me with the hou...I could use a little mania to help me with the housekeeping chores :)Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46997556366616481412011-07-26T06:52:32.553-07:002011-07-26T06:52:32.553-07:00Dougman - No, our schedule was changed at the last...Dougman - No, our schedule was changed at the last minute. If things go according to plan, I should see him this Thursday and/or Friday, so I'll certainly find out what I can. I'm guessing that there's not a general rule except perhaps to try a more stimulating/less sedating SSRI, such as Effexor or Cymbalta. Wellbutrin is also stimulating, probably with a slightly greater risk of triggering mania....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20105508610328498392011-07-26T04:56:53.230-07:002011-07-26T04:56:53.230-07:00Bob,
Did you have the chance to talk to your frien...Bob,<br />Did you have the chance to talk to your friend on Friday?Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60996908648954748792011-07-26T04:50:36.319-07:002011-07-26T04:50:36.319-07:00WV says to gomingle so, I'm out of lurky mode....WV says to <i>gomingle</i> so, I'm out of lurky mode.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13893858833437686312011-07-26T04:01:00.591-07:002011-07-26T04:01:00.591-07:00now i figgered back then why bother w/ RAWilson, w...now i figgered back then why bother w/ RAWilson, when Crowley was there to dip into?<br />[RAW seemed like AC lite]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29233286471491743932011-07-26T02:20:45.085-07:002011-07-26T02:20:45.085-07:00Excellent post, Bob!
It's a veritable feast a...Excellent post, Bob!<br /><br />It's a veritable feast at OC everyday!<br /><br />"In other words, spirit is both alpha and omega, in that it is simultaneously an "attainment," and yet, the underlying ground, or surrounding tortilla, of the whole existentialada. One might say that, just as in individual development, the cosmos becomes what it already is, which is what we call in the book Cosmotheosis, another word that should have been made up long ago."<br /><br />Don't forget the guacamOle! :^)<br /><br />I love that word: Cosmotheosis.<br />It definitely qualifies as a Word in my book. <br /><br />It's also refreshing when you talk about faith not bein' blind.<br />Unfortunately, far too many priests and preachers don't realize that.<br /><br />Faith, justice, truth, love, etc., is never blind but lots of folks are willing to go all out (instead of all in) with blinders on.<br />As if they could possibly contain them by bein' willfully (or brainwashedly) blind.<br /><br />I believe a man or woman of God does far more if they manage to get folks around them to think and experience (or face) Reality rather than blindly accept whatever they are told.<br /><br />Because faith, hope, love, truth, etc., cannot be realized if one is blind to them. <br />Bindness is a collective trait while seeing n' hearing n' experiencing is personal.<br /><br />Once someone personally experiences and realizes these uncontainable things they can then experience it collectively with like-minded brothers n' sisters.<br /><br />They will also gno that there's so much more to see n' hear through faith. It certainly ain't finite (or it only is in an infinite and eternal sense and verse vica).USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63860728984546359952011-07-26T01:30:32.476-07:002011-07-26T01:30:32.476-07:00"Old nihilists don't pass on with much gr..."Old nihilists don't pass on with much grace or dignity -- see George Carlin or Hunter S Thompson for two more examples of what happens when you spend an entire lifetime smashing Daddy's Idols, and then have nothing to look forward to at the end, and no legacy but having popularized cynicism and bitterness in the culture."<br /><br />Winged Words, Skorpion.<br /><br />Going in my quote Archive.Cond0011https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576204654819543273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52685641552965418912011-07-25T20:08:03.063-07:002011-07-25T20:08:03.063-07:00I was just thinking that. Stewing in all the negat...I was just thinking that. Stewing in all the negativity nihilism engenders over the course of a lifetime has got to be akin to pickling your brain. There's nothing much to live for, but you don't want to die. Heh - I'll bet that's at least part of William's obsession with competitive running: he thinks he can outrun the reaper.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15875312259369879072011-07-25T20:04:12.697-07:002011-07-25T20:04:12.697-07:00Which I think is the rule for nihilists. In the e...Which I think is the rule for nihilists. In the end they either become "weightless" or heavy with bitterness.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57614171251351488092011-07-25T20:03:04.882-07:002011-07-25T20:03:04.882-07:00Entirely concur. RAW was just the logical extensio...Entirely concur. RAW was just the logical extension of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon for rebellious adolescents of an older vintage. By the end, he was a bitter old crank.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51256344031886738672011-07-25T19:56:40.682-07:002011-07-25T19:56:40.682-07:00Skorpion, that's a great analysis of both Thom...Skorpion, that's a great analysis of both Thompson and Carlin. I was never much taken with Thompson who always seemed to me to be trying way too hard. But Carlin back in the '60's and '70's was pretty funny and insightful. It was sad to see him later on when there was clearly nothing on the inside but bile and bitterness. <br /><br />And he was still funnier than Maher.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19712130928431935642011-07-25T19:35:46.825-07:002011-07-25T19:35:46.825-07:00Robert Anton Wilson was a HUGE influence on me whe...Robert Anton Wilson was a HUGE influence on me when I was younger. These days, however, I see most of his "philosophy" as hopelessly sophmoric, and intellectually dishonest. (As I put it once, "Wilson was Ayn Rand for the teen intellectuals who WERE *getting laid and doing drugs*!") <br /><br />Too, he spent his last years with a bad case of <i>Bush Derangement Syndrome</i> --completely contradicting his own lifelong-maintained image as an ideological agnostic -- as well as a generally sour attitude about everything, prompted no doubt by the terrific pain his post-polio syndrome was inflicting on him. Old nihilists don't pass on with much grace or dignity -- see George Carlin or Hunter S Thompson for two more examples of what happens when you spend an entire lifetime smashing <i>Daddy's Idols</i>, and then have nothing to look forward to at the end, and no legacy but having popularized cynicism and bitterness in the culture.Skorpionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637971946739703816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26246438115132659152011-07-25T16:43:24.634-07:002011-07-25T16:43:24.634-07:00I keep meaning to read the Illuminatus Trilogy. DH...I keep meaning to read the Illuminatus Trilogy. DH has a copy around here somewhere...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87750036483721195592011-07-25T16:38:40.583-07:002011-07-25T16:38:40.583-07:00Back in the day, I used to like Robert Anton Wilso...Back in the day, I used to like Robert Anton Wilson -- e.g., Illuminatus Trilogy, Cosmic Trigger, etc.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49907697212148040462011-07-25T15:29:38.400-07:002011-07-25T15:29:38.400-07:00My favourite enigmatic novelist and nutty drugged-...My favourite enigmatic novelist and nutty drugged-out aristocrat frenchman is raymond roussel, [inspirational to Duchamp] whose working method consisted of playing with puns/homonyms etc in such a way as to generate the texts of his works...one reason i appreciate Bob's punning so.<br /><br />Plays-on-words ...argot...L'art gothique...the most serious fun<br /><br /><i>Michel Foucault: “Things, words, vision and death, the sun and language create a unique form ... Roussel in some way has defined its geometry..."</i>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33849977625670173692011-07-25T14:36:27.611-07:002011-07-25T14:36:27.611-07:00The horror...The horror...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37799162115212305632011-07-25T14:27:41.657-07:002011-07-25T14:27:41.657-07:00>> For I am just an errant boy zenned by glo...>> For I am just an errant boy zenned by glossary quirks to correct some bull.<br /><br />For that, you owe me a new keyboard, Colonel....Melmoth the Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130512701199083736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10203708878972238372011-07-25T11:13:53.832-07:002011-07-25T11:13:53.832-07:00... it is not physical but metaphysical, and is a ...<i> ... it is not physical but metaphysical, and is a vital principle for understanding most everything; ...</i><br /><br />Somewhat related: <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/e-opf072511.php" rel="nofollow"> As we get older, it harder to see the forest for the trees</a>.<br /><br />Prompted by some commercial blurb on television the other night, I asked my wife how it is that age has become a disease. <br /><br />While I would not dare compare myself to a brilliant young person like Julie, comparing my old self to my young self, the only component that has degraded is my near-infinite memory capacity. But I wouldn't trade my improved problem-solving "wisdom" to have it back. <br /><br /><br />WV has given us a great new word: <i>POOFSWAT</i>, what Bob does to trolls.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80929474425763089102011-07-25T11:02:37.826-07:002011-07-25T11:02:37.826-07:00Thanks, Van.Thanks, Van.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75560956925880322272011-07-25T10:41:02.833-07:002011-07-25T10:41:02.833-07:00"By that I mean, I didn’t do a very good job ..."By that I mean, I didn’t do a very good job of explaining why this place is titled Beach Head. It’s not something that is so easily put into words; which is sort of the point, the teleological “point” of this project and the “point” or purpose of people in general, myself included. In other words, and as many as it takes, we hope to find out who and what Beach Head is by the time we’re finished. Or die trying. This is everyone’s job. Whether they like it or know it or not. As I offered in the side bar, it is also your mission in the herebelow, to establish your own beachhead. And then populate it. With as many good friends and descendants as you can drag onto your I-land. There you will enjoy banquets and coconut cream pies in the face."<br /><br />Nicely put Rick.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45647915482459920932011-07-25T10:31:26.849-07:002011-07-25T10:31:26.849-07:00Julie said "For one of the underpinnings that...Julie said "For one of the underpinnings that allowed our civilization to grow is the culture of trust - trust that what is bought and sold is, more or less, what it is purported to be."<br /><br />Yes, honest individuals and trust in them, is a vital component of the free market - it cannot function without them. See the bizarre bazaars of the mid-east to see just how far a civilization can climb up without that.<br /><br />Or... <a href="http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson062111B.html" rel="nofollow">Victor Davis Hanson</a> for a glimpse at what is coming our way.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52933684751018898252011-07-25T10:24:32.370-07:002011-07-25T10:24:32.370-07:00"Am I asking for your faith? Yes, but surely ..."Am I asking for your faith? Yes, but surely not blind faith, rather, only faith in reality and in our ability to comprehend and convey it."<br /><br />(Just wanted to see it again)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71742176355264081152011-07-25T10:24:00.292-07:002011-07-25T10:24:00.292-07:00And indeed. As far as "witness" goes, I&...And indeed. As far as "witness" goes, I've beginning to suspect that one's mission hear on the tarmac is to <a href="http://reachbeachhead.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/my-brother-the-butcher/" rel="nofollow">prove one's case</a>. Before it's too late.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68215102586746339822011-07-25T10:22:15.996-07:002011-07-25T10:22:15.996-07:00"And in communication that is "free,&quo..."And in communication that is "free," i.e., between two subjects, the truth is limited by "the freedom of the one revealing." <br /><br />And by how much we might restrain ourselves from seeing... it burnsss....<br /><br />"Testimony requires a witness. Is the witness reliable? Can we trust him? Can we place our faith in him? Shall we Cross-examine him?"<br /><br />What use a witness who claims they cannot see? You've gotta wonder about a people throw off the what their own eyes can see, in favor of the say-so of a witness who claims he cannot see. <br /><br />Only the very intelligent are capable of being so entirely stupid. Unfortunately the less intelligent tend to assume the more intelligent are also wise. And makes them into Professors and the teachers of the teachers of their children.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com